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I'm trying to behave myself and actually put this stuff in the proper season's thread.

The F1 Italian GP is that Sunday, which is why the WEC Silverstone race is Saturday. And I'm glad to see the 4-hour races put back up to 6 again.

The ILMC was a good start, and in some ways I preferred having the WEC being made up of select events from the various regional Le Mans Series. Of course, with IMSA, it became the case that US round would have to be a standalone.

Compared to 2011, I'm glad we now have Monza instead of Imola. Also, I think being in Japan is better than just being in China (Zhuhai that year), though I'm hoping that maybe the AsLMS shifting the Japanese round to Suzuka could be a sign of things to come for the WEC. Kyalami seems like a good addition.

I'm frustrated, like a number of people, at the loss of Interlagos, and thus it appears any South American round for the moment. I'm also certainly not thrilled with Bahrain. (I know they pay the bills, and wealthy Middle Easterners buy plenty of Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis, Mercedes, etc.) One thought I've had for that is, if it's not going to be dropped outright, have a rotation. Say, switch it up between Bahrain, Dubai, and Kuwait each successive season. (Then, at least, it wouldn't be the same each year.)

Naturally, more ideally, yes, that region would be dropped. Of course, I don't see Austin getting it since there's already a US round at Sebring. And I made no secret of my lack of excitement for Tailem Bend in Australia. (The lap is too slow and fiddly, making traffic a mess, not to mention the difficulty in actually racing, and that all just makes the long lap seem too long to an even greater extent.) I'd be good with an Australian round, but I'd take Eastern Creek over The Bend, and easily Phillip Island over either one.

Here's an illustration of the 2020-21 circuits, plus several others for reference. I'll give track length, number of turns, and (estimated) number and proportion of high-speed corners (100-mph apex speed) for the high-downforce cars.

On the 2020-21 WEC calendar:
1. Fuji, 2.835, 16, 7 (43.75%)
2. Kyalami, 2.850, 16, 9 (56.25%)
3. Bahrain, 3.366, 15, 7 (46.67%)
4. Monza, 3.600, 13, 8 (61.54%)
5. Silverstone, 3.667, 19, 12 (63.16%)
6. Sebring, 3.700, 17, 9 (52.94%)
7. Spa, 4.352, 22, 14 (63.64%)
8. Le Mans, 8.467 miles, 35, 20 (57.14%)
Not on the 2020-21 WEC calendar:
9. Eastern Creek, 2.442, 11, 5 (45.45%)
10. Interlagos, 2.678, 16, 9 (56.25%)
11. Phillip Island, 2.765, 12, 7 (58.33%)
12. Shanghai, 3.387, 16, 7 (43.75%)
13. Austin, 3.427, 20, 10 (50.00%)
14. Suzuka, 3.608, 20, 12 (60.00%)
15. Miller, 4.486, 23, 10 (43.48%)
16. Tailem Bend, 4.828, 35, 10 (28.57%)

Hopefully this helps infer the relative proportion of lower-speed corners at the various circuits as well. Touching on The Bend one last time, even my most optimistic appraisal only grants it 12 high-speed corners out of the 35 total. BTW, Hungaroring would be 5 out of 15. Of course, given the length of the Australian circuit (4.828 miles), distance-wise, it would be exactly the same as adding Budapest (2.722 miles) to Cleveland (2.106 miles).