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Problem is that being equally fast on one lap pace is different than matching that over a stint. We saw that with DP vs LMP2 in IMSA in 2014-15 and DPI vs LMP2 in 2017-18. Yes, the Rebellion split the Toyotas for a few laps at the start of the race, but the Toyotas after that being basically uncontested 1-2 for the rest of the race further hammers home the point.
Again, go back to the Audi era with the R8 and early R10 days. Privateers could go fast over one lap, but once the race started, the Audis came to the fore due to various advantage of being a factory team vs privateer teams.
The WEC's model for LMP1 was built around factory teams racing each other, but when you have just one OEM team vs privateers, that shows that the model is flawed without an apples to apples competition.
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