[WEC] FIA World Endurance Championship

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

If the car pictured is the car they are using they cant be taking it that seriously with a 4 year old spec car.

We are getting a MY2011 RSR.

Tom.

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by AGD

Who knows if the ACO would even bother sending the bill to Toyota

*COUGH* ..... hope they supply a customer car or two .

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

We are getting a MY2011 RSR.

Tom.

4 year old chassis with Danials ..... total AM effort , which is fine by me .

[joeb]

Originally Posted by KlBD

Quick question: I thought LMP2 teams were only allowed to field 1 FIA Platinum-rated driver? According to the latest FIA Driver Classification (Feb. 9) Ryan Dalziel was a Platinum driver since last year, so how is Starworks allowed to run both him and Sarrazin in their lineup? (with BoP?)

Good question. Maybe as long as they have the bronze driver they are fine.

[deggis]

6 of 8 and 1 instead of 2 are official now: http://www.planetlemans.com/2012/02/...pice-up-lm-p1/

[cmk]

Originally Posted by AGD

It would be odd if only Toyota was allowed to drop races. Could I see the ACO doing it? Yes, but that would be rather odd and one-sided even by ACO standards. Then again, if only Toyota got that, would all the other P1 teams have to sign off on it?

I should revise a statement I made in my previous post, but it's too late to edit that one. "If only 1 entry counts towards points, would it be the best finishing car or a pre-determined car selected by the team? In the case of the former (said latter in the original post), it would still give Audi a pretty big advantage if they have two cars and Toyota has one in some of the races."

The rules apply to all and have been agreed upon by 'all the teams', which means Toyota and Audi since this is a question of the manufacturer's title. It's obviously a move to support Toyota in return for them making this happen in the first place, but as you say, Audi still knows they're sitting in the catbird seat.

[cmk]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

We are getting a MY2011 RSR.

Tom.

Surely you mean 2011, since it's an AM entry the car must not be to current spec. I thought the chassis was going to be the ex-Porsche Motorsport car used by Flying Lizard at La Sarthe last year?

[wolfhound]

The new rule could allow Lola and others in with a chance of some decent finishes for the championship as they have a a number of customer cars and the works teams run into trouble.

[Rodger Davies]

the new rule won't affect anybody other than Toyota and Audi as they're the only two entered for manufacturer points

[deggis]

Bahrain GP is merely a month away and:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B30tFVZdzzc

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/worl...thousands.html

[Acid09]

I expect both the GP and the 1000k to run as scheduled, in the end the series and the FIA don't give a **** about what happens outside the circuit.

[TF110]

Really? I suspect you're running their series'? Or you're just like the rest of us and have no clue. At least it aint the Syrian GP!

[deggis]

Originally Posted by Acid09

in the end the series and the FIA don't give a **** about what happens outside the circuit.

The teams aren't exactly saints either. Last year they started caring only after the situation got so bad that they felt their safety would be compromised.

[Acid09]

Kind of ironic how there are billboards for the F1 race alongside the street on which people are protesting.

[Simmi]

Full Sebring TV coverage details here. A bit of info about the WEC's plans for the season too.

http://www.planetlemans.com/2012/03/...ns+Newsfeed%29

[alexkiller8]

full streaming should be available in audi-tv and ACO sites

[TF110]

I saw SPEED on there for the U.S. but what events (besides LeMans)? Hope there's more info.

[chunterer]

Elsewhere it's gonna be a great weekend at Silverstone in August with FR3.5 confirmed on the same programme as the WEC's!

That'll make it the second biggest UK race weekend to the GP I would've thought?

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Full Sebring TV coverage details here. A bit of info about the WEC's plans for the season too.

http://www.planetlemans.com/2012/03/...ns+Newsfeed%29

Poor coverage from Eurosport as usual.

What is Motors TV UK coverage like?

Tom.

[NightStalk3r]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Poor coverage from Eurosport as usual.

What is Motors TV UK coverage like?

Tom.

They miss just over 2 hours late Saturday for Live Motorbikes, the rest is live.

[FstrthnU]

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...-championship/
Editorial by Dagys on WEC

[deggis]

"Bahrain proposed us a very good deal"

[chernaudi]

Reports now are that the WEC personnel in FL for Sebring had a lot of their laptops/hard-drives/TV equipment stolen before leaving for Europe.

The FIA/ACO might use this as an excuse to have races away from Sebring, my cynical mind tells me...

[Pandamasque]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

The FIA/ACO might use this as an excuse to have races away from Sebring, my cynical mind tells me...

Why would they need an excuse?

[deggis]

I was a bit confused about the "privateer trophies", but apparently in essence they are team's championships and in LMP1 privateer teams' championship:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_FI...d_Championship

This also means, that basically the only common championship for LMP1 teams is the drivers' championship. I'd honestly prefer a single constructors' championship. Specifically with that name, so it would avert the problem of manufacturer status. But I guess "everybody has to win".