I was with AUDI Marketing when they first went to Le Mans in 1999. I remember the annual budget for developing an LMP1 car and running the team was similar to F1. I reckon it's still the same today. But back then BMW and Mercedes were still competing, and there were 20 or so LMP1 cars (don't remember exactly - too long ago
). Today there's Toyota and maybe Peugeot coming back, that's not really Porsche competition, is it?