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Someone named John (either Hindy or Dagys, probably Hindy given what I've read since it was in a pod cast) has been making not too subtle hints that Porsche's LMP1 program may be scaled back or shut down, as soon as the end of this season.
IMO, kinda goes back to Akrapovic's point about the ACO making short-ish term gains with little respect to possible long term ramifications or solutions. First the ACO lost Audi Sport, not just two guaranteed entries in LMP1, but Audi and Audi Sport took their cast investments, promotion, advertising, fan activation--all basically free on the ACO's part--with them. Should Porsche leave, the ACO IMO are screwed as far as factory teams being in LMP1 at least until 2020. Toyota might be back in '18 to win LM again, but after that, I'd expect them to take a sabbatical.
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