[WEC] New rules. New manufacturers. The 2021 and beyond positivity thread!

[Graham Goodwin]

Originally Posted by veeten

Well, they were promised a privateer 9X8 a while back...

No - no they weren't

They expressed interest in running one - it was clear from the start they did not have remotely enough budget and were counting on fullsome support from a single sponsor that told us immediately that it wasn't happening

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

Surely Mercedes would go for a LMH vs LMDH, right? Freedom to design the car how they want, combined with more than enough budget to fund the development.

Of any manufacturer that could come in I think they are the most likely to go LMH. They are a little like Ferrari like that in that they could use old F1 resource that isn’t needed with the budget cap. Although their facilities are quite the same.

However LMDh is very attractive to do. There is still stuff to do and it is nice a simple to get into. This makes it the most likely if they do enter.