Mercedes in ACO series and the next decade

[tomcosgrave]

Okay so we all know that Mercedes have a huge amount of baggage as far as endurance racing is concerned. 1955 and 1999. And they seem really spooked by that and I guess it is not a surprise - 1999 did them harm in terms of damage to the brand.

But time moves on and as more and more manufacturers move into hypercar manufacture, surely Mercedes are going to be forced to compete?

I know F1 will take their resources for some time yet but surely they have to consider it? Comments so far from them are a "no" but not a hard no either.

Surely they at least have to do GT3 when that starts up?

PS: I drive a Mercedes, I'm a tad partial here ;-)