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Originally Posted by ss_collins
The ACO want to increase the LMP2 weight - why? everyone loves watching the little cars beating up on the big un's
GT rules look ropey too - why change GT2 - it seems to work just fine, as does GT3, but they want to meddle. (Forget GT1 - lame duck class),What are others opinions on the new rules and has the ACO lost the plot?
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Because Acura should be in P1 sometime in 2009, likely with a Coupe, Aston and Corvette are seriously eyeing Coupes, while Lola and Oreca have reported manufactuer interest in their Coupes.
That leaves Porsche, by 2009 the diesel/petrol equivalency should be sorted, so nothing to stop a move to P1, while continuing to sell P2 customer cars. It opens up a new P1 customer market (the current RS Spyder is P1+ money) and a genuine potential Le Mans winner against their greatest rivals, who will be in P1.
It's really just a matter of looking 12-18 months down the line, even those in the heat of the P2 battle are eying P1, leaving P2 for customers, it's a transitional phase that suits everyone ATM.
Current P2's remind me of 2l Kit Cars in the WRC, Peugeot and Citroen used a rules loophole to produce 4wd WRC beaters should the conditions suit (sound familiar), they created havoc for 3 seasons before stepping upto full 4wd WRC cars.
As for GT1, sure, kill it off in 2009, it's finished.
I'm then unsure whether to scrap GT2, with only two serious manufacturers, make it the top class and up the sex the cars, or move straight to GT3.