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Originally Posted by GT3.14
Am I the only one not excited about this? GT2 has at least 2 new manufacturers coming in. GT3 is the most successful formula ever. Hundreds of them have been sold. Both have provided incredibly close competition. And what do we do? We throw them out. We already have a capacity grid at Le Mans, do we need a more popular class? P1-P2 was looking promising to displace GTE-AM. GT3 certainly cannot become more popular, everyone is making a GT3 car. But we will not have any more newcomers if a rule change is nigh. And if the cars are supposed to be closer to production form, how are they going to convince ANYONE that their car will be able to compete a 458/458 successor or McLaren with slicks and wings? If it is not broke, don't fix it (new rules), and do not break it (8.0 litre engines for one car).  |
For sure GT3 is wildly popular and lots have been sold. But the proposed changes are not for next season - they are for 2015 at the earliest with the likely scenario where older machinery will live on for an extra year.
So unless you want to look at the same group of cars (many of which are already getting on in life) trundling on for the next four years something new needs to come along. It's not tenable for manufacturers to have to make two versions the same car.
I also disagree about Le Mans/capacity issues. The GT grid there and in the WEC this year has been poor and a clear weak link in the series.