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The root cause of the current stratification problem between LMH and LMP2 can be traced back to the changes the ACO made at the end of 2016. They increased the power and aero in GTE to make them faster than GT3 cars. That in turn meant that LMP2 power was increased from around 450hp to 600hp so that they would still be able to pass GTEs on the straights and not have to dive-bomb them in the corners.
It wasn't a problem whilst we had LMP1s with 900kg weight and 700-1000 hp, but now that we've got the heaver LMH class there's not much headroom for LMP2 to be slowed down. Remove too much power and you have the problem again that they can't pass the GTEs.
I reckon the only option the ACO have is to get rid of the GTEs altogether and replace with something slower, which would then allow LMP2 power to be returned to pre-2017 levels. The question is, would current GT3 be that much slower than the current GTE machines anyway?
I have no idea how this will play out, but it really doesn't look good for the WEC to have the second string prototype class quicker than the hypercars.
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