[WEC] WEC 2022 Season

[kvenom]

I know its asking for a miracle, but I hope they get the wild BoP swings ironed out. Its crazy to have one car dominate a race, be nowhere in the next one, then dominate again.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Gingers4Justice

I mean I really want to know what the engagement has been for some races. We used to have threads for each round of the WEC but lately, each race is lucky to get half a dozen comments in this thread.

I used to watch every race. This year I watched 4 hours of Bahrain and that was it.

I have no interest in Toyota driving about pretending they won't win.

[Aysedasi]

I think once the Glick(s) pulled out, any potential residual interest after LM was gone for me, even with the arrival of Peugeot.

[rdjones]

Maybe it's not all over - https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/...programme.html

[RL17]

Was away for long weekend with poor internet coverage so only managed 4 hours of Bahrain at start of this week until unofficial video bumper - so will probably have to wait a bit for remainder - offical videos up next week or so?.

So FCY pitstops benefitted Ferrari and Corvette (uncompetive due to BOP) twice compared to top Porsche in championship? Assume if affected AM too.

Pitting under FCY not really a Le Mans problem - for the shorter courses they could hold cars for say 30 seconds like they do for penalties(average pit stop (1 min?) x (80kph/average lap speed of slowest class)with a bit of rounding). To largely reduce avantage.

Stopping FCY pit stops for WEC in 2023(like possibly happening) does create problems if FCY goes on for more than a few laps as you then get the penalty of a minimum/emergency refill stop (which would tend to penalise cars that have gone longer between earlier stops).

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...nge-next-year/

[seanyb505]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

I have no interest in Toyota driving about pretending they won't win.

Perfect summary of last several years. And then a Camry drives 15 under the speed limit the next day on the way into work. And a Corolla takes so long to turn off the road you miss a green light.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by seanyb505

Perfect summary of last several years. And then a Camry drives 15 under the speed limit the next day on the way into work. And a Corolla takes so long to turn off the road you miss a green light.

Ok, off topic, but do you see this too? For years it has been Toyota drivers (and lexus) that seem to be the slowest, least aggressive drivers on the road. I've always thought it was because Camrys are kind of boring and boring people drive them.

[seanyb505]

Lol I think it's a combination. They typically make unengaging vehicles as appliances bought by people who also need a fridge, dish washer and laundry machine for their house. Then if you would categorize yourself as a spirited or "motivated" driver, that puts a majority of drivers as "slower" than you. And who sells the majority of cars...

Also reminds me of the George Carlin bit about how all people driving slower than you are idiots and everyone driving faster is a maniac.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by RL17

Was away for long weekend with poor internet coverage so only managed 4 hours of Bahrain at start of this week until unofficial video bumper - so will probably have to wait a bit for remainder - offical videos up next week or so?.

So FCY pitstops benefitted Ferrari and Corvette (uncompetive due to BOP) twice compared to top Porsche in championship? Assume if affected AM too.

Pitting under FCY not really a Le Mans problem - for the shorter courses they could hold cars for say 30 seconds like they do for penalties(average pit stop (1 min?) x (80kph/average lap speed of slowest class)with a bit of rounding). To largely reduce avantage.

Stopping FCY pit stops for WEC in 2023(like possibly happening) does create problems if FCY goes on for more than a few laps as you then get the penalty of a minimum/emergency refill stop (which would tend to penalise cars that have gone longer between earlier stops).

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...nge-next-year/

It would be interesting to go through some of the FCY scenarios from this year in regular WEC rounds and see how long they went on for. Having small debris clear-ups impact the race heavily for example really seems wrong. If the pits are shut they don't have to extend the FCYs any longer than needed - which has been the case to try and let the whole field pit across two laps.