dragging this thread up, i was reading an interview with signatech alpine's phillipe sinault the other day that had some interesting stuff in (if you can get beyond the painful formatting):
http://www.autonewsinfo.com/2014/09/...rd-133916.html
first thing is his mention of budgets for next season: "just over" €2m for elms including le mans and €3.5m for wec? yikes. to align that with single seaters a formula renault 3.5 season for one driver is about the €1m mark, 17 races of 45 minutes each. assuming a fair old chunk of the elms budget is le mans, that's pretty good value for money if you're a driver with some cash. unless you're gold or platinum
second thing is the suggestion of a new car. are they sniffing around a swap to the ligier? or is the new car from oreca due next season and i've just forgotten?