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This makes me incredibly happy since I'm easily the biggest privateerfag around here and also because it'll bring Hypercar racing much closer to home. The Fuji round of WEC is the closest place geographically for me to watch top class Hypercar racing atm, but it isn't the cheapest or easiest trip to do. Sepang is much closer and easier on the wallet
Not to mention the fact that I'm a massive fan of customer racing in the top class a la the Porsche 956/962s in the 80s as well as the customer F1 GTRs and 911 GT1s in the 90s
Having some avenue for that when the privateer Proton's exit from WEC seems imminent makes me relieved to say the least