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ahahaha brabham goes to italy and is a ferrari lmp1 rumor? This obsession confirms that ferrari p1 question need be to analyzed in a less endurance/sportscars contest and in a more financial question. I don't like F1, but can't be denied that each automotive manufacturer's greatest ambition is to get inside the circus, possibly with a competitive car. Nothing else but F1 gives brand exposure, sponsorships and pay-TV rights money. Reading porsche statements of recent years, germans were very interested to enter in F1, even just as 2014 spec engine supplier, but someone inside porsche AG believed that step inside F1 could be too much risky watching honda, bmw, toyota and first 3 mercedes seasons fails... tons of $ wasted to obtain..... nothing. They wisely switched for an lmp1 program because they think to have a better know how and concrete chances of victory. Now let's talk about ferrari. Ferrari doesn't need to step inside le mans because is already the king of f1 playground. Ferrari even if doesn't win a championship since 2008 and unable to develope a car competitive like the redbull, with mclaren and lotus (and williams a lot of years ago) is an historic top team inside the circus, being also the most political influential manufacture inside FIA, FOTA and between teams, each year gain a lot of money from main sponsors (santander and marlboro) and not less the possibility to promote the brand in each corner of the world. Simply can't ask nothing more from motorsport and le mans/WEC can't ensure all these benefits. To compete at le mans is just a way to spend not less than other 80 mln of € per year to obtain nothing comparable to F1. Ferrari CEO is made by lawyers and finance experts who look for money only and don't have any motorsport passion, they simply don't care of sportscars palmares.
Anyway if ferrari will join, ACO will get a great manufacturer but will get also a lunatic montezemolo and his unfair and political pressure behaviour that little by little will break the armony between ACO and the other manufacturers. Things should remain as are now: toyota, porsche, audi in LMP1, manufacturers already involved in f1 should remain in f1.
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