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Old 5 Aug 2016, 18:35 (Ref:3663656)   #1534
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Originally Posted by Chiana View Post
Just as in 2013, 1 car in post-LM makes sense considering there's nothing to achieve and it saves money for better prepared pre-LM campaign the following year. Plus now the needed upgrades. They really should rent Paul Ricard for 30 hour test next spring, that is what I really want to see happening and have for some time with the lack of reliability in the current package.

They didn't need incentives in 2011 and prior and were happy to be there, and back then their chances of overall winning were just as bad as now (after coming of Pug and diesels anyway). Of course they're not gonna say NO to ACO if they can get giant trophy and press release out of it for free just by being there but winning that sub class is not why they're there. If it were they wouldn't talk of potentially abandoning it for ELMS or whatever and there wouldn't only be 3 competitors in it. If ACO wants them to win something it should be overall in regional series, not in 6 hour race where AER failure brings you crawling to 19th overall place to win the 'class'.

Anyway this is again just repeating same record. I'm just happy they sticked to the LMP1 Oreca and we'll see it at Le Mans next year (should encourage CLM to stick too), there's some unfinished business. Entry wise it doesn't look too good for 2018 (again) but maybe Courage or whomever gets their act together
You continue to say "put them in regional series" with no regard to the participants already there challenging for wins. You said it yourself, they want to be in lmp1 with the big boys. So why should the aco screw up the huge elms grids for one or two teams? Your logic just baffles me. In 2011 there were two private teams that stayed on the next year. The wec would have folded if Toyota didn't jump in. You think the 'regional' series would be the lmp1 privateer answer? The class either dies or it gets better rules, and fast.
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