I must be the only Toyota fan in here who thinks Audi thoroughly deserved the win?
Am I tired of seeing Audi win? Well, yeah, perhaps. But Audi had by far the better car. And let's be brutally honest here, there hasn't been one indication since the TS030 was unveiled that would have proven the TS030 to be on par with the R18. Audi just seemed way more prepared than Toyota was.
If balance is to take place, then I'm just wondering why Toyota did not deploy 3 cars, or why Audi wasn't limited to running 2 cars. Toyota could've run 3 cars, and have one of them go for a 10-lap stint strategy like the Audis and run a much more aggressive pace-wise strategy. Instead Toyota seem to have opted for the option fuel-saving mode, and beating Audi with sub-par cars. Well, against Audi that is never going to happen.
As for next year, we will see what happens. Everyone seems to have an impression that Porsche might be able to win this from the start, but the fact remains that Porsche hasn't been at Le Mans with a GT-prototype car since 1998. They do seem to be preparing well in time, we'll just see what they will be able to bring to Le Mans next year. All I am hoping for is that all 3 manufacturers start the race with an equal amount of cars. Before this happens, the discussion of balancing petrol and diesel cars cannot take place.