I think most of today's problems are the lack of cooperation between IMSA and ACO to set the new rules on the last years. We have read about Hypercars and DPi 2.0 for years without any difinition until last month. Even now there are doubts about how Hypercars and LMDh will be balanced.
The lack of very clear rules puts every new possible entrance in doubt. Zak Brown said something interesing the other day, it was that they had a three years plan to run a car, less than that doesn't have sense. So, in the past years since DPi cars were introduced, there were several BoP changes, LPM2 cars were put out of equation, but the supposed new rules were delayed again and again, holding up any new possible intention to join. Now it's about Hypercar and LMDh BoP.
If the new LMDh cars are a success, I think it will be in Europe more than in US. IMSA could get extra cars for the main events as it happened in the past, but the focus of the european teams is alwasys Le Mans.
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