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Originally Posted by MaskedRacer
Do you think as soon as 2019, that IMSA could split DPI and LMP2 into different classes. But also at the same time invite non Hybrid LMP1 to complete in the DPI class. With some BoP of course. Which I think is quite doable. The speed gap between the Oreca R13 and BR1 Dallara vs the DPI cars on Michelin tires with much less BoP restrictions probably is not much. I think the P1s would need to be "BoP'd" down just a tad.
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What's the point of this? Given the schedule realities — the WEC bow has its own race at Sebring, PLM falls when the WEC is in Asia, Watkins Glen comes two weeks after Le Mans — this would really be just a bid to attract some P1s to Daytona. And even then maybe only for 2019 and 2020, as the ACO/WEC haven't yet decided whether current generation non-hybrid LMP1s will be eligible for the 2020-21 season. And it's far from a given that any would show up.
Daytona is its own beast, making a workable BOP very difficult to achieve, particularly given the limited data IMSA would have on LMP1 privateers. There's a chance they could get it wrong, generating lots of bad publicity for the series.