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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
Dunno, not seen a good argument for splitting the classes other than wanting more speed. Racing has been great, which is the whole point.
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Here is how I understand the argument. The DPi teams don't like to be slowed down. They're racers, they want to go fast! Plus they are being slowed to the level of a pro-am team. So the speed of the P2's can only match that of the DPi when one driver is in. And say what you want about balancing speed, the teams will look at results and say "P2's have a disadvantage because we haven't won".
For the P2 teams, they have to sell seats. How easy is it to sell a seat when you say, look we can battle against these factory teams when your codriver is in the seat, but when it is your turn we will lose and hopefully finish 6-8th. If you could instead say, look, we have this awesome, fast, internationally relevant race car that you can race here, or in the ELMS, or Le Mans, where you will be fighting against other teams who have to fill a seat with an am just like you. You could win!
That is how I see it at least. DPi's don't want their speeds cut to run against am's and the P2 teams want to offer a chance for victory - even if it is a class victory.