Jackie Chan, not just a martial arts movie star legend, he's co-owner of a LMP2 Porsche race car


The #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca led the race overall with just 70 minutes to go, when the recovering works Porsche 919 Hybrid finally overhauled it for outright honours.

But Chan's car – crewed by Ho-Pin Tung, Oliver Jarvis and Thomas Laurent – still claimed class honours, and second place outright of the 2017 Le Mans this past June

https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/jackie-chan-le-mans-oscar-920284/


but here's something else it did... it beat all the LMP1 cars, as they broke, crashed, or had other problems.

So, really, aren't the LMP1 and LMP2 classes no longer relevant?

When the lead, stunningly, went to the No. 38 ­Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca., an LMP2 car using, like almost all the 23 P2 entries, a spec Oreca chassis, and a spec Gibson 4.2-liter V8.

 Fortunately for the WEC, and for Porsche, the No. 2 Porsche LMP1 team rallied back and won, only a single lap ahead of Chan’s entry.

 So what if an LMP2 car had won? And wins again?

The WEC has a rule, no factory involvement in P2. For privateers only.

So the big dollar manufacturers fight it out in LMP1 class. The problem is, the manufacturers have abandoned LMP1. Audi is gone, Porsche is leaving at the end of 2017.

That leaves Toyota wondering what to do next. If it returns to LMP1 in 2018—assuming the FIA and WEC allow it—Toyota would certainly have its best shot at a first Le Mans victory. But, critics say, it would be a hollow victory with no competition.

 Even worse, suppose it loses to an LMP2 team?

http://autoweek.com/article/sports-cars/wec-crossroads-series-must-have-strong-lmp1-class-or-else

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