Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28169398-20180626004318/@comment-2405:204:93A0:1683:5D91:F585:B885:C553-20180628190953

Amrosa wrote: 2405:204:93A0:1683:A01E:9859:D4B0:51E1 wrote:

There is no sense in announcing an entry 2 years in advance especially when the rules are not finalised. The senna isn't getting anywhere near the WEC this year.

Which is why Toyota didn't have an event at Le Mans for the GR Super Sports Concept... Oh wait... They did.

GR Super Sport Concept visits the 24 Hours of Le Mans Development of Toyota's next-generation super sports car has started

Actually Mugwumps may have the best guess. That time frame coincides with the 30th anniversary of Senna's win and Prost's 2nd at Hungary (August 7, 1988). If they had locked out the Constructor's Championship in this round, I would be convinced, but they didn't win the Constructor's until the next race, at Spa on August 28th.

However, do you think that sponsorship deals and financial backing for these kinds of projects materialize overnight?

There are years of planning and cultivating sponsors and investors, and what better place than your home Endurance Event to entertain the deal makers and the power brokers.

Plus, they have the added benefit that they can get Fernando Alonso into the Meet and Greet events during WEC week. Sure he is racing for Toyota, but there is no way that McLaren won't have access to him if they have sponsor and investor events planned.

Unless you are a relationship manager or executive at McLaren, then you don't know either.

I simply used available information, in the press, to draw speculation, as to why there would be a McLaren time trial event when there is no new McLaren content. And the only thing that made some sense with the timing is 6-hours of Silverstone the following week, not factoring in the 30-th anniversary of the McLaren constructors championship.

And I am also perfectly willing to believe that EA made a mistake and that should be a Mercedes Time Trial. But if it is a McLaren event, then it is either to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Constructor's Championship or related to WEC introduction. Please tell me where toyota announced that they are actually racing the GR concept in 2020 ? All they say is it's based on the TS050 and that it's good for their image,technology is good etc. In now way did toyota state "hey we're racing this thing is 2020". You can't announce that you're racing in a class that dosen't exist yet, you know that ?