The privateers haven't really run to the same rules as the factories since 2003, and they were pretty plentiful at the time. It's the progressive and systematic division of factory teams, constructor teams, and customer teams into distinct and partially separate categories that has created the problem at the top.
When there's only 5 seconds/lap between non-hybrid LMP1 and LMP2 at Le Mans you really have to wonder why there needs to be two classes besides some belief that class podiums will sell sponsorship and ride buys.
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