[Noah930]

Slightly off-topic, but also slightly related question: Why doesn't Porsche sell the 919 to privateers?

In the past, the 917 and 956/962 (and 935 in its various iterations) were sold to privateers. That made it worth Porsche's while ($$$$) to develop the cars. And it also allowed privateers to fill the fields of sportscar races with Porsches, thereby helping to cement Stuttgart's racing legacy.

With the 919, why not sell it to privateers to campaign? Is the car, itself, too complicated for that to happen? Is the tech too proprietary? Are there too few privateers with enough money to race at the LMP1 level? Are the regulations changing too rapidly, thereby making the 919 obsolete? Wouldn't factories (whether Audi, Porsche, or Toyota) selling last year's LMP1 cars/technology to privateers help to fill the fields with LMP1 entries, while also reducing costs for the privateers (and factories)? To a certain degree, it works even in F1, where Ferrari/Mercedes/Renault/Honda sell their engines (sorry, power units), to non-factory teams. That reduces the cost of engine development programs (programmes) for the privateers.