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It's like what Kevin Harvick said about a decade ago when motorsports writers start spreading rumors. Quote your sources. If they're not willing to go on record, don't mention them or make it clear that it's rumor.
But then again, DSC/RLM don't always quote stuff that's also dead obvious, like the real reason why VAG dumped their LMP1 programs in favor of Formula E. Dieselgate made a convenient cover story for that. Just remember that an unnamed Porsche Motorsport official (at least he was willing to ID himself as such) said that Porsche (and probably Audi Sport as well) only seriously gave a damn about LM, and that the rest of the WEC didn't warrant the investment/had no worthwhile ROI for them. And FE sends a green message while being massively cheaper than LMP1.
Granted, on that one one can say that no one held a gun to VAG's head to spend $150 million+ a year on LMP1 and LM, but the ACO encouraged it with their "go big or go home" attitude on hybrids and neglect of lower powered hybrids as far as EOT/BOP and disdain for privateer teams in LMP1--at least until the writing was on the wall. One, even Toyota was spending nearly $100 million a year on LMP1 in '16 and '17, and they were the only factory team in LMP1 still standing after that.
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