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Originally Posted by Erki
But where did I hear about R10's 10-year long lifespan?
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The only reason the R8 had such a long lifespan was due to the lack of competition.
With competition you'd expected major chassis changes every 3, at most 4 years.
Looks at Mercedes, CLK - CLKLM - CLR, 3 new cars in 3 years.
Even P2 teams are upgrading at regular intervals, Belmondo for example will be ditching the C65 for the LC75 next year.
If you read the statement it also quite clearly says the bottom chassis and engines will remain the same, so development work on a current car could be carried over to a new one.
IMO, this is fantastic news.