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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
2018 is really the first opportunity, and by that point they will have more than one car.
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By 2018 they Should have more than one car ... we shall see. if they get a new car or two in 2018, they Should freeze the regs for a couple more seasons, but how often does FIA-ACO do what it should?
I could see them implementing new regs for P1-L starting in 2019 which obsolete the old cars after a season ... seems like their speed.
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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
DPi is a brilliant class. For IMSA. I don't think it meshes well with how the ACO has setup their classes.
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I agree here completely ... but that is where dollars and lobbying pressure makes strangers into bedfellows.
I'd expect (if a class including DPi were included) that there wouold have to be a cost-cap on manufacturer involvement. After all, I am sure AER sent engineers to ByKolles and Rebellion's pits at every race ... and all Cadillac and Mazda are really doing is supplying engines (as AER did) and a little bodywork ... not ongoing research and development.
By making the ACO-DPi class homologated, they would hold costs down and minimize manufacturer involvement as well.