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I can see both sides of the coin--we don't know how reliable the hybrids will be, and they won't race until Spa. Just because Audi had reliablity out of the box with the R8, R10 and the "old" R18, doesn't mean that the R18H will repeat history.
But at the same time, only Toyota will be there as "serious" competition, and if they have decent reliability, the German-Japanese juggernauts might lock out the important spots in LMP1/overall anyways if they don't have major problems. So 4 Audis/2 Toyotas or 3 Audis/2 Toyotas, it'll still be a podium sweep for factory cars most likely.
But Audi's post WEC/LM24 announcement press release says that the "R18 TDI" will run Sebring, and it hints that it could be the older cars that gave them trouble last year, which is maybe why they're entering 3 per rumor at Sebring. Will Audi run the old R18s, or R18H's without the hybrid system--it doesn't make much sense for Audi to run the older R18's with their issues and not give the new areo package/chassis an in-race test.
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