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What is the point of hybrid boost or non hybrid boost dialogue. Discussion of technical qualities in context of bop class is like discussing workings of stock market in context of national lottery. Over at LM last weekend Hindhaugh compared the new rules to the 2014 ones, you know reusing the phrase "just don't think about how it's [the complexity] done and just enjoy it", and it felt about as comparatively accurate as King Trump's most remarks in regards to COVID. In fact, if one wants to make a real comparison between the old Le Mans and new Le Mans, I think this suits me the best... in the old world of Le Mans the regulations meant Toyota was Toyota and ByKolles was ByKolles. You didn't even have to know anything about the sport to understand that dynamic. It meant there was Ferrari and there was Minardi and that's how it was supposed to be. Meanwhile the new Le Mans the regulations see Toyota and ByKolles as basically the same exact thing, the same car, which just as well could be a Lada or Saab. The regulations claim ByKolles with 9 people garage staff and 2 caterers should be able to beat 900 staff Toyota in qualifying. If they are even 1 second off or have 0,5 second longer pitstops, the promised regulations, or well the pretense of regulations, have already failed. And in fact if they are that 1 second off from Toyota, then the additional post-qualifying bop penalties, which already have been in use in GTE every single year since 2016 (and thus rendering qualifying and this new hyperpole completely useless), should also be brought to play.

As for "Alpine", they'll get generous Christmas-summer presents for next year for sure, but for 2022, staying in the Formula Le Oreca class with two platinums and fake-silver driver would have been safer for class wins. Peugeot will have more money and political power in the bop courtrooms, at least until they take first win. After that I think they'll hand it to Alpine, unless GM or whoever coming over from DPi builds a new VIP building to Porsche Curves