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It was rich dudes who were funding the private teams in LMP900 and LMP1 in the past.
Biggest different between that and now is that LMP2 is ultra privateer friendly, LMP1 pushed aside rich privateers in favor of factory teams, and LMP2 is a pro-am formula, which encouraged some of these team owners to become drivers.
Now I'd argue that the boot could be on the other foot. If some guy wants to go out, buy a customer car, hire an all-pro driver line up, and the ACO decide to give private teams a chance at overall wins at least in sprint races, that could bring some teams into the class.
Not to mention that LM this year did seem to give some of the LMP2 teams thoughts of LMP1 being viable if done right.
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