Originally Posted by Spiffu
Audi is putting P2 cars in next year, and Acura is putting in P1's in as well.
Though none are removing any from respective classes.
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State your sources on an Audi P2. I see almost NO chance of that happening. Audi is all about winning at Le Mans, the ALMS and LMS are afterthoughts. Winning LMP2 at Le Mans, well doesn't really mean anything, and with the way the regulations are headed (and the way they're currently
supposed to be now, LMP1 is for manufacturers, and LMP2 is for privateers, so an Audi LMP2 doesn't really make much sense.
Audi WILL have an all new car next year, and there are rumors that Audi (at least in a full factory sense) may significantly dial back its ALMS/LMS involvment in 2009. I'd expect the car to be a coupe seeing as the aero advantages are quite large, and I'd expect it to be a diesel (althogh I've heard rumblings of going back to the FSI V8 from the R8).