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Henri's take on the 2011 rules:

I am reserved. I did not hear about it before the conference and I have the impression that the ACO wants to follow a current fashion, which sees the mass-production cars or F1, for example to reduce the engine displacement. I think that the current LMP1 are not so monstrous. Their current output appears exemplary to me compared to certain disciplines. 50 liters per the 100km for a LMP1, against 8% less for one LMP2, will that change the face of the world? I believe especially that people need to dream. At one time, they fantasized about the limit of the 400km/h. If a spectator will not see a great difference in look between a LMP1 and a LMP2, I see badly how to make he dream with a prototype which will not go more quickly in Hunaudières than certain mass-production cars! I think that attention really should be paid to keep a good weight/power ratio. Once again, I hope simply that the automobile race will remain a true show and not an asepticized spectacle.

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