Aston Martin out of Hypercar

[FredericRobinson]

According to Racer.com

[FredericRobinson]

The Toyota statement sounds like a precursor to them following suit

[FredericRobinson]

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/02/19/aston-mar...


Brief mention in here

[FredericRobinson]

Glickenhaus, who won't be ready for the start of the season, who for some reason the ACO/WEC ignore, and er, that's about it.

Toyota face the prospect that the reward for years of sticking with the ACO/WEC and, agreeing to Hypercar, is racing against themselves for a couple of years and then being BOP'd back against manufacturers who've spent far less than them, and in the case of Peugeot, are French

[FredericRobinson]

I've not got a problem with LMDH, after all it's effectively what the Lola Aston Martin was and there was nothing wrong with that, it's BOP I don't like

[FredericRobinson]

Glickenhaus have said they won't be ready, Toyota are thinking again, Rebellion are done, could just be Ginetta (although if Toyota call off they'll just make P2 the top class)

BTW, they're running the WEC on the Saturday this year, the ELMS on the Sunday

[FredericRobinson]

Ginette aren't no, but it was expected P1s would still be allowed to be 'grandfathered' in for another year, trouble is there aren't many left

[FredericRobinson]

Odd thing for Peugeot to say when the class will be BOP'd

[FredericRobinson]

If LMDHs aren't competitive against a Toyota or Peugeot hypercar the ACO won't get the manufacturers entering they need to save their championship

[FredericRobinson]

All the major international 24 hour races other than Le Mans run GT3s, so the distance shouldn't be too much of an issue

[FredericRobinson]

Tyre Smoke said:

Clearly not reading the same regulations as the rest of us.

Or watching the WEC races

[FredericRobinson]

I want more variety, not less, as it is there's far too many Oreca P2s and Ferrari GTEs

[FredericRobinson]

Bykolles are lucky to be as high as 2nd on the reserve list really, there's more deserving teams below them

[FredericRobinson]

Bykolles haven't shown up at all this season though, there's full season teams missing out