The FIA & ACO have presented the future vision for the ‘premier class' of FIA WEC and thus the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2020 during a press conference today replacing the current LMP1 class. The 2020 regulations will mark a strong reduction in operating, testing and running costs for the teams and manufacturers involved with the ACO/FIA targeting a 25-30m per season budget based on a two car team excluding marketing and infrastructure costs and based on a 5 year R&D spend. If the organisers can achieve this target then this would equate to the 2020 regulations comparatively spending 20-25% of the recent factory LMP1 budgets. In theory therefore it would help level the playing field...
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