LMP2 Manufacturers and Engine Suppliers

[Graham Goodwin]

Originally Posted by Steve McQ

I am not sure the gap bewteen racing a full WEC P2 season (6 or 7 6h races all over the world, plus Le Mans) and racing a full ELMS season (5 4h races in Europe only and maybe Le Mans) is so big. It is now in 2023 since all P2 cars are long amortized (they started their carreer in 2017), but with new cars ?

Plus racing only in Europe would allow smaller outfits like Vanwall or Glick or any hypercar customer to test properly their machines between the races. Doing the WEC, cars are travelling 6 months a year.

Allowing only customer cars and boutique manufacturer cars in the ELMS could be a solution to equalize chances when it comes to race at Le Mans.

The budget gap between P2 in the WEC and that for ELMS plus LM24 would still be a seven figure Euro sum