from dailysportscar:
"Jack Leconte (Larbre team owner) <...> commented in the Fench press yesterday that the ACO had put too much emphasis on American teams, and that French and European teams <...> had been neglected."
...and...
"Philippe Poincloux, Luc Alphand's right hand man, is much more angry. The team’s 550 Maranello Ferrari has been admitted by the ACO, but the GT Porsche <...> has not been admitted.
"' ...All our partners, and especially Hornby, an American toy manufacturer, were focused on that Porsche. To-day, everything has fallen through and I don't know whether we can maintain the Ferrari entry or not...'"
Poor babies...
http://www.dailysportscar.net/news/news0262.htm