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Originally Posted by Chiana
The old non-spec P2 cars have been dropped in favor of more sub-trophy spec P2 cars, and The Bend has been axed in favor of Shanghai. No reason to ever follow this series again either then, got it
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OK - I'll bite
The older P2 car class were either ORECAs or Ligiers, were ageing, with engines difficult to source and expensive to rebuild. Some of these cars are already in historic race Series - in fact the Championship winning car (United Ligier JSP2) from Asian Le Mans Series in 2018/19 raced in the Masters Historic Legends Race at Monza, in full Asian LMS livery, just weeks later!
The Bend has been shelved for two reasons this coming season - One the timing of Chinese New Year, an essential matter for any Asian-based product to take account of, the other the reality that the additional expense of freighting to/ from Australia, and the additional travel costs fro the teams, would have been a significant issue for an industry that is REALLY going to struggle in the wake of COVID19.
If you aren't expecting other Series to adopt a similar strategy of cutting back on cost then you can expect to suffer significant further disappointment, or they can expect to see entries dematerialise!