I would hope that would be the case, that we have a significant upsurge in the LMP1 privateer field. But I have a feeling that at least some perspective teams are waiting to see what Porsche and maybe Toyota do. Also, as Bart Hayden from Rebellion said to SC365, he doesn't want to jump back into LMP1 and be basically the only guys there.
And outside of the race being rescheduled to different times of the year (1956 due to track construction and 1968 due to strikes and protests), the only time that LM was canceled was 1940-1948 due to World War II and it's aftermath, and 1936. And that was the year where a combination of economic problems and issues with getting entries and rules sorted out lead to the race being postponed, and later canceled that year.
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