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We don't know if Audi and Toyota had requested for German round years ago but didn't got one until now.

We don't either yet know if the summer gap is to be decreased by moving existing event forward. It'd have to be July date to truly fix the impression of it, and if you do that you cannot have another 2 month gap to the September event, but that'd needed to brought forward too.

If majority of the grid imposes calendar expansion, why do you base 50% of the grid for privateer proam teams fighting for sub championships? And if the competitor happiness is the only criteria, which of the teams wanted to race in Bahrain...

It has been said that one solution for expansion could be shorter races for most of the regular events, ie 500km or whatever. However this has been counter argumented by saying it is only gonna save like some fuel and another set of tires. Yet, yet, it was one of the methods for ELMS cutting after the 2012 fiasco. I would also love to know how you explain the sprint racing WTCC teams, most much poorer than those even in WEC, being able to have more rounds in the calendar AND on more continents year after year. Sure the touring cars are cheaper to run themselves, but there are still major logistical factors to be considered.

They shouldn't underestimate the fans. This has been major discussion point within them, and not only hardcores (one could make argument for such thing as casual even not existing for non-LM endurance racing). It has been called off putting. The championship should not be marketed in the light of / as alternative to F1.

Anyway. Even if they retained the same exact lineup of circuits for the next 20 years. Just at least alter the formats, have one 12 hourer at Fuji or wherever, something different and events besides LM that people look forward to as more than just another round of the champipnship.

Even the GT500 oneoff would have been something different, if not much. You saw how excited many were before ACO quickly shot it down? What happened to variety being the joy of sportscar racing, why cannot we have that in calendars and event formats too?

Maybe ILMC 2010-11 was just a pleasant dream.