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The auto-entry is given to the team, regardless of the associated manufacturer.

IMSA GTD teams had to find an ACO-compliant car to race at Le Mans, so any team which wins IMSA or AsLMS with a Mercedes or Audi GT3 will probably have to find another car for Le Mans.

To me, it totally sounds like the ACO saying "just sod off to World GT and NLS already, we don't want you in our series if you have no intention of developing an hypercar" to Audi and Mercedes.

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After the manipulation of 1998, anything that keeps Mercedes away from world sportscar racing is great.

I know, crappy wording. At this point there would be a decent chance that the team decides to forgo the entry.

Well, your point still stands though.
It's quite bizarre to be racing in a championship named Asian LE MANS Series and not being allowed to go to race at Le Mans with your championship winning car.

At least IMSA has a different denomination.

GT3 just isn't an ACO thing, but something they were somewhat forced to accept if they wanted to keep the rich privateers on the grid (hence a pro-am oriented class with a mandatory bronze driver).
And it shows.

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What's the reasoning for that rule? Not wanting to deal with the BOP is the only one I can think of?

Yes, they don't want to try and work out the BOP for a car that hasn't been racing against other BOPd cars in the same series.

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Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

If only there was an established and successful GT3 BOP.

Even without ACO's obvious not-invented-here syndrome LM probably still needs special BoP.

Jota have announced Hanson, Nato and Ilott.

I hope the Balance of Performance is in their favour this year

Mmmm.....BOP

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

My god, I got the joke...

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This is why I'm glad there's no-one under 30 on here, only 30+ would get it

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Du bop ba duba dop ba du
Yeah, yeah

Maybe that's why I don't get it lol

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New TGR colors and livery

Nice, that's a big improvement

Nice to have something a little different from them.

Tyre warmers banned at Le Mans next year, expect lolz into the chicane.

Iron Lynx (aka the Lambo team) have announced Bortolotti, Kvyat and Mortara for WEC and Grosjean, Caldarelli and Cairoli for IMSA.

Instead a sea of tyres lying in the sun out back. Silly rule to ban tyre warming imo.