F1 Fanatic

After seeing the Toyota LMP1 pictures earlier today I got very excited about the WEC again, now this? Gutted.

Have they given any reasons? I really enjoyed the 2011 Le Mans 24 hour race, and I was hoping this year we’d have another tense battle at the front between Audi and Peugeot, with Toyota hopefully being somewhere near them as well. What a buzz-kill.

I should add, hopefully Peugeot will at least let a customer team run their cars at Le Mans. Would be a dreadful waste otherwise.

What on earth is Anthony Davidson going to drive now?

Honda are also joining the WEC party with their ARX, so it’s not all bad.

But with Porsche and Toyota needing to pick up steam this will hand Le Mans over to Audi for another five years. First Barrichello not being a part of F1 anymore and now this – truly a sad week for racing, I guess.

This is a really bad surprise. However, it also reminds why F1 should focus on supporting private teams instead of trying to attract the big manufacturers at all costs. A manufacturer can decide to “concentrate resources on its sales performance” at any time.

@KNF To Sky? :D

@Girts The ironic thing is, the reason they usually give to go racing is to help improve sales. As the old maxim goes, “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.”