[ELMS] ELMS Discussion

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Huge crash for #60, thankfully Schiavoni walks away.

Looks like Frey went into the back of him at pit exit.

Edit - Frey moved too late. That's a big error, we're lucky no other cars were taken out.

Bet there has been some interesting conversations in the Proton/Iron Lynx/Iron Dames pits after that.

[v8supes]

A curious incident, later on in the stint she also ran into the back of the Casper Stevenson Aston Martin as it was slowing for the FCY, admittedly im not sure that was entirely her fault.

Was announced at the time that the investigation into the incident was going to happen after the race but as of 8pm Italian time there is no update as to potential penalties. Should it be penalised? I personally dont know, some people say the Schiavoni car may have lifted or had a technical problem. Others, myself included say that Frey just misjudged the move when she pulled out, sure its not good but it does happen, we have seen it plenty of times over the years.

[Adam43]

I didn’t see it, but there has been a decision.

I presume this one:

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I didn’t see it, but there has been a decision.

I presume this one:

I don't believe that's the main incident. That's a smaller one later on.

[J Jay]

Yeah, that one was when all the cars were slowing down for the FCY for #17.

As for the Schiavoni incident, it's a small judgement error with huge consequences. It will happen again to other drivers, and I hope that each time it does, it is judged fairly and accurately.

[v8supes]

30 second post race penalty for the Iron Dames for the incident with #60 Porsche

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

I don't believe that's the main incident. That's a smaller one later on.

Ah sorry, I thought it was the Stevenson that was being queried.

Originally Posted by v8supes

30 second post race penalty for the Iron Dames for the incident with #60 Porsche

Yeah.

[airbusA346]

ELMS returns to the UK in 2025!!

- Prologue - 31 March - 1 April
- 4H Barcelona - 6 April
- 4H Le Castellet - 4 May
- 4H Imola - 6 July
- 4H Spa - 24 August
- 4H Silverstone - 14 September
- 4H Portimao - 18 October

[rdjones]

Fantastic News, hopefully this is stepping stone to WEC coming back

[joeb]

This is really a good schedule. 6 tracks in 6 different countries is a good mix.

[Mike E]

Fantastic news. And it's the full package with Le Mans Cup and Ligier series.

[Akrapovic]

Amazing news. See you all there?

[chernaudi]

IMO, maybe bringing the ELMS back to Silverstone might be a toe in water exercise for going back to Silverstone with the WEC in 2027 or so. The ELMS race could maybe gauge if there's enough interest from fans to look into a WEC return in the future. We do have to remember that the ACO axed Silverstone mostly due to stagnant attendance, poor marketing and support from the BRDC, and the last race there (2019) not being well received by fans or teams due to it's short length (though that probably owed a lot to issues that the ACO had with the BRDC over the last few races in terms of promotion and attendance).


But just as The Racing Line article says, just because the ACO and Peter Auto are sending the ELMS back to Silverstone, doesn't mean that the ACO and the FIA are willing (at least yet) to do the same with the WEC. If the ELMS races are successful and the teams and other stakeholders are for it, we might see Silverstone back on the WEC schedule within the next year or two. But it's not a guarantee at this stage. And for sure, before 2027 the only way we might see Silverstone getting a WEC round (or possibly even after that) is if a current track pulls their date away from the WEC or the ACO axes a current venue and want to keep an 8 race calendar.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

We do have to remember that the ACO axed Silverstone mostly due to stagnant attendance, poor marketing and support from the BRDC, and the last race there (2019) not being well received by fans or teams due to it's short length (though that probably owed a lot to issues that the ACO had with the BRDC over the last few races in terms of promotion and attendance).

The WEC was also extremely stagnant back in 2019 which didn't help.