GTE / GTLM 2018, on the way to a new GT1 era

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I don't see how they'd hope to be able to succeed GTE-PRO, because they will never have as good BoP lawyers as brand recognition $$$ OEMs will. And not only are the big shots all bunched up together because of the artificial leveling, the cars there are generally bullet proofed too now, so it's unlike you'll triumph by reliability...

It's just too bad they seemingly gave up on P1, as they'll be sorry in couple years time if they start rethinking about it again. This right here is/was the best time possible to win Le Mans outright as privateer since 2004-2005 (maybe even 2006). If/when the new GTP rules come around the privateers will fall to the wayside again. That's not to say it wouldn't still be worth it, because the top class is always worth it in my books AND you yourself can make a difference to the outcome with better engineering (as P1 along with F1 is the only place left to actually do that), but it's one of those cases where it smells of comparatively missed opportunity still