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And on the GT front, nobody is ready to admit defeat yet and the ACO won't just say they are going for standard GT3.
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They would be better off spending $50,000 on reducing the cars weight.
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Please, no. This isn't IMSA. Closing the pits during FCY would remove one of the few performance/strategy variables left in the age of BoP and super reliability.
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I'm struggling to see the rationale for the change after all these years? One thing I haven't loved is FCY's been extended longer than needed to ensure all cars get a chance to pit. That kind of removed the tactical edge anyway as it let slower teams react. So in theory it should lead to quicker FCYs/more green time. That's the only thing I can think of. But a knock-on will be there needs to be some sort of emergency service provision now like in IMSA. So some teams will get nailed due to that. As long as they don't mess around with Le Mans too much I don't mind I guess. |
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LMP2 could be dropped from WEC as early as 2024
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I don't have the subscription to Endurance-info, but the headline looks very interesting:
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Solution to that is dead simple. Just have a separate thread for it. The ACO aren’t very bright.
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25 Nov 2022, 18:40 (Ref:4134906) | #35 | ||
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Owner is President of FIA Endurance Commission ???
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And?? LMP2 is spec so the least able to bend the rules and just because YOU can't separate operations and have managers under you perform work doesn't mean others can't
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Early 2024 calendar rumours (Paywall):
https://www.endurance-info.com/auto/...ricaine-du-wec Sebring out. Replaced as season opener by Qatar (*vomits*) Alternate American rounds being looked at. |
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Wow. Swapping Sebring for Qatar. That is a serious downgrade.
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An equally accurate statement to yours, Mike.
Should this come to pass, I, for one, look forward to Pierre Fillon insisting the billiard-smooth Losail is as much of a test as Sebring with a straight face. |
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29 Nov 2022, 00:28 (Ref:4135263) | #40 | ||
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Interesting time for the rumor to come out. The views of having sporting events in Qatar aren’t completely favorable.
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Sebring is in the DNA of sportscars. Its like the ACO take one step forwards, then two steps back.
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The FIA and the ACO don't care if WEC races are held in the middle of nowhere, and that's sad.
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Middle of nowhere pays the bills, ugh
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WEC is not normally on my radar, as most of my motorsport is attending more parochial stuff . But I thought it was about time I saw a round again, as it is over twenty years since I did . So what happened ? I look at the calendar , and see rounds at venues steeped in sports car history, not , like Portimao and (FFS) Bahrain . And nothing in the UK .How long haven't we had a race and why don't we have one any more ?
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I suspect the powers that be really don’t like the fact that the WEC race isn’t the main attraction at Sebring
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