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Originally Posted by chernaudi
Yet that's not what Toyota and Glickenhaus are going for. If Audi were looking at it, I don't think they'd throw out their tradition of designing their own cars (even if Audi Sport never actually built them).
IMO, DPI, where you just stick a stock block engine in the back of an LMP2 car, is just the cheap, quick, simple way out. May as well just run a LMP2 with more open rules.
Besides, both DPI and LMDH are supposed to be BOP classes, so in theory there's just as little incentive to go one way or another anyways.
I'm already not in favor of the LMP2 rules as it's basically lead to an Oreca lead cartel. Only reason that hasn't happened in DPI is because of BOP.
All the ACO need to do is get away from the ultra big hybrid systems and fuel flow limits that made LMP1 into F1 Light in terms of budgets and tech.
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Have you been paying attention?
DPi- literally proposed as exactly what you described, that's it's reason for existing
LMP2- limited to a cost cap/budget for a reason, that's it's entire reason as well
DPi 2.0- spec again is there entire reason, no spec and common parts and it wasn't going to happen before CoVid
Hypercar- rules that seemed to ignore the desires of all but a few, Toyota was always going to build, pleasant surprise the rules could accommodate Glickenhaus. But you can't change DPi 2.0 (LMD in WEC) to increase the price, all of those who want to have committed at the higher cost.
Audi isn't even making noise about building a car at all, makes me think they're such in FormulaE for now to clean up the image for kids. Such a rich tradition that they joined the spec series and couldn't build anything at first, building their own car isn't important to any of the teams. Ferrari makes noise about it but that's PURELY about selling the chassis, their complaint was owners want a Ferrari chassis number not some other build.