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32 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

End of an era. I began watching during the Audi v. Peugeot days.

End of a rather mediocre era by now. Audi winning year after year after year after year after year and now Toyota basically being as dominant, meh. Hopefully the new top class will help.

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37 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

End of a rather mediocre era by now. Audi winning year after year after year after year after year and now Toyota basically being as dominant, meh. Hopefully the new top class will help.

Those few years of Audi v. Toyota v. Porsche were awesome, but yeah, I hope the new class of cars creates a more competitive race.

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So far the Toyota's are half a lap apart, the Rebellions are a lap behind and the ByKolles is already 10 laps behind. Jackie Chan DC and G-Drive in the lead lap in the LMP2, two AF Corse Ferrari's and an Aston Martin within 15 seconds in the lead in the GTE Pro.

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So far the Toyota's are half a lap apart, the Rebellions are a lap behind and the ByKolles is already 10 laps behind. Jackie Chan DC and G-Drive in the lead lap in the LMP2, two AF Corse Ferrari's and an Aston Martin within 15 seconds in the lead in the GTE Pro.

Not sure who the worst LMP1 team of the era is, but Nissan/Bykolles/JOTA all make great candidates. I think Rebellion deserves a lot of respect for what they’ve been able to do.

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4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Not sure who the worst LMP1 team of the era is, but Nissan/Bykolles/JOTA all make great candidates. I think Rebellion deserves a lot of respect for what they’ve been able to do.

I don't think JOTA deserves that title. They were not great, but in LMP2 they definitely showed to be a strong team with a good number of podium finishes and the lead at this very moment. They nearly won the overall thing while driving an LMP2 car a few years ago :d 

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I don't think JOTA deserves that title. They were not great, but in LMP2 they definitely showed to be a strong team with a good number of podium finishes and the lead at this very moment. They nearly won the overall thing while driving an LMP2 car a few years ago :d 

Bykolles definitely hasn’t found the same success as Rebellion, and they’ve had a few seasons to at this point. They’ve just never really had the pace. I’m was always glad to see people make an attempt at a solid LMP1 entry, but it’s just too hard to compete against the main manufacturers (unless you’re Rebellion for some reason).

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Bykolles definitely hasn’t found the same success as Rebellion, and they’ve had a few seasons to at this point. They’ve just never really had the pace. I’m was always glad to see people make an attempt at a solid LMP1 entry, but it’s just too hard to compete against the main manufacturers (unless you’re Rebellion for some reason).

Pescarolo gave them a bit of a fight sometimes. You know, a bit. Not much, but a bit. They were at least not struggling to stay in the top-20 of the second-tier class :p 

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