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Originally Posted by joeb
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Thanks for the pointer. However, Murphy also suggests that the R18 might be canned because the ACO is taking to long with the new rules.
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Ingolstadt won at Le Mans and continued to talk about the R18 as if there were such a thing. Though a few parts and pieces and some engine development can go forward on whatever “slush funds” Ulrich can tap, major advancement of the program depends on funding approval by Volkswagen’s Management Committee. Dr. Ulrich can’t even ask the board until he has a rule set to build to. The ACO hasn’t yet provided one, and that’s the problem, of course, just as it was in 2008 and 2009.
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I doubt Ulrich will have a hard time convincing the board with the recent Le Mans 1-2-3.
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However, continuing rules prevarication from the ACO has caused a GT program to become a much more attractive option to Audi. One source says that the R18 – if it does go ahead – is now a “Le Mans only” car; not LMS, not ALMS, not LMIC – Le Mans ONLY.
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That one is rather hard to believe, because Audi experienced last year that racing is a necessity in the development of new car.