At this stage it looks as the manufacturer involvment will be more or less the same one as this year, except Mazda will bring diesel engines to LMP2 and Viper in all probability gets two entries for GTE-PRO - seeing as the 8L waiver was granted by ACO itself and every self respecting GT manufacturer wants to be part of LM if they are offered a chance
As for automatic invites, they're only crucial for non-factory teams and for those who have no WEC entry and/or loads of extra cash lying around. Ie most of GTE privateers
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