Don't know how many of you guys caught a recent Autoweek article about one of the RS Spyders racing in LMS next season.
A "gentlemans' agreement" means that the Dutch Equipe Verschuur team will run just one professional driver in 2008.
LMS boss Patrick Peter reached an agreement with team owner Frans Verschuur that he will use one or more amateur drivers and not field the car with two professionals as originally planned. Peter believes that an all-pro line-up in a Porsche would frighten away entrants in the buoyant LMP2 prototype class.
"We have to be prudent," said Peter. "I do not want to get one new car and lose many others."
Verschuur said: "I have to accept this, even though it is not in the rules. You cannot compare us to Penske in the American Le Mans Series: it is a factory team and we are a true privateer."
My first question is he requiring all other P2 entrants to do the same? Only one pro driver. More rules that aren't written into the rules...This just seems absolutely ridiculous to me. I just don't know what to say. More mind boggling BS from the ACO.
Full article:
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...&rssfeed=rss01