The P2 auto entries are solid gold since they are only given to the class/series winners really. But the thing with LMP2 at Le Mans is that strangely more often than not it's not quite the ultimate excitement show as the entry list would suggest, for whatever reason. I mean it's good, but not quite there. Sure they're not exploding one by one like they used to in late P675 / early P2 era (there was certain charm to that though
) but somehow the field has tended to spread out every year the current cost-cap-mediocre-performance P2 formula has run. Well anyway, at least the new coupes and stuff keep it interesting.
P1 auto entry is sort of useless as since the WEC is the only remaining place to run those cars anyway, and realistically the ACO isn't gonna deny any P1 entrant (full/partial/one-off) are they really. They will take anyone willing to race. IIRC the last P1 to end up in the sewer was Hope Racing's hybrid some years ago, but those were different times
Really, really wouldn't mind if they threw some of those AM auto entries to the reserve lists so that we get more prototypes instead... I mean when you think about it it doesn't sense make for auto entries to not end up on the actual initial list, but if Team Taisan "deserved" it this year, then so do teams like AII...
Anyway, the two USCC at-large auto entries are gonna go for LMP2 and/or GTE-AM only due to the pro-am force feed, and more likely to AM, so more of that coming up...