[WEC] 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by mclarenf1papa

I wonder how competitive the Lola Rebellion will be. (Assuming they don't have the R-One ready) Hopefully the ACO will do a good job with the BOP of the LMP1s.

It certainly shouldn't be any closer to the factory cars than it was last year IMO. I'm not really concerned about the Lola. The important thing for me is that they balance the R-One and Lotus when they arrive.

[TF110]

-10kg, +3liters fuel and bigger restrictor. It will be faster than last year at least!

[eps]

I'll admit that I initially thought that having the 24hrs at the end of the season did sound like a good idea but actually it is a bad idea, imho. The drivers will be tired, the teams will be tired and who knows some may well drop out part way through the season due to lack of funds. It's a massive race.

As others have mentioned you'd have the complication of wanting the WEC and/or the 24hrs.

In a way the 24hrs just doesn't quite sit well with the rest of the WEC. It's a bit like a hexagonal peg in a pentagonal hole. It sort of almost fits, but not quite.

But the drivers do enjoy being able to take part in a WEC.

Needs a little more thought...

[TF110]

Needs more prestige to it imo. Something like 8hr at Monza or Nurburgring. Another "big race" to complement Le Mans. Perhaps in time...

[PorscheFanNo1]

Originally Posted by TF110

Needs more prestige to it imo. Something like 8hr at Monza or Nurburgring. Another "big race" to complement Le Mans. Perhaps in time...

Perhaps a 10h race at the end of the season, maybe on a different continent then LeMans to balance the World-status, like North America? And maybe also a 12h or 24h race at the very beginning of the season somewhere that has a warmer climate in January-March then Europe, to kick it off with a bang?

And imagine if such an event already existed, then it would be easy to include it in the WEC, rather then starting an all new evert, right?

Imagine if such an event existed, how great it would be...

[JoestForEver]

Originally Posted by PorscheFanNo1

Perhaps a 10h race at the end of the season, maybe on a different continent then LeMans to balance the World-status, like North America? And maybe also a 12h or 24h race at the very beginning of the season somewhere that has a warmer climate in January-March then Europe, to kick it off with a bang?

And imagine if such an event already existed, then it would be easy to include it in the WEC, rather then starting an all new evert, right?

Imagine if such an event existed, how great it would be...

How about Nurburgring 1000km as the inaugural race in August, and Le Mans as the finale?

[carbon_titanium]

I would like to see the 12H of abu dhabi as last race of WEC in december

[wewantourdarbyback]

Originally Posted by eps

I'll admit that I initially thought that having the 24hrs at the end of the season did sound like a good idea but actually it is a bad idea, imho. The drivers will be tired, the teams will be tired and who knows some may well drop out part way through the season due to lack of funds. It's a massive race.

More likely that teams pause and don't do a few other WEC races so they can do LM. They get more sponsorship exposure and money from LM than the rest of the WEC.

[Mr Pink]

Originally Posted by PorscheFanNo1

Perhaps a 10h race at the end of the season, maybe on a different continent then LeMans to balance the World-status, like North America? And maybe also a 12h or 24h race at the very beginning of the season somewhere that has a warmer climate in January-March then Europe, to kick it off with a bang?

And imagine if such an event already existed, then it would be easy to include it in the WEC, rather then starting an all new evert, right?

Imagine if such an event existed, how great it would be...

Just imagine huh!

[TF110]

Originally Posted by PorscheFanNo1

Perhaps a 10h race at the end of the season, maybe on a different continent then LeMans to balance the World-status, like North America? And maybe also a 12h or 24h race at the very beginning of the season somewhere that has a warmer climate in January-March then Europe, to kick it off with a bang?

And imagine if such an event already existed, then it would be easy to include it in the WEC, rather then starting an all new evert, right?

Imagine if such an event existed, how great it would be...

Theyre too fast for Daytona Prototypes so your dreams are going to stay just that

[nobster]

Nürburgring race on the nordschleife.... ( and then I woke up....)

[EricS]

New HPD ARX-04b P2 car unveiled: http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/10259...2-car-unveiled

"We're already going ahead in building four cars, and we've got a limit of six," he said. "The problem is we've got expressions of interest for currently seven, which is more than we can build. So it's going to be first-come, first-served."

"We certainly have plans to get the first car on track comfortably before the end of this year," he confirmed. "It will undergo rigorous testing beforehand in simulation and on the racetrack. We expect the car to be quite formidable."

[deggis]

I like the streamlined windshield/cockpit shape vs. the current trend of very bulbous ones.

[Japanese Samurai]

SAAB Draken!

[TF110]

Originally Posted by deggis

I like the streamlined windshield/cockpit shape vs. the current trend of very bulbous ones.

Even though theyre all the same dimensions according to the rules, it looks like the windshield is shaped like the 908's and not the R18's. You get what I mean?

[deggis]

Yes, 908 is what I was thinking too.

[aneesh99]

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

SAAB Draken!

Yosh!

[TF110]

I was thinking more along the lines of the Horten 229 aka "Nazi flying wing"

[Ginaro Zukovsky]

http://www.fia.com/news/world-motor-...pril-marrakech

ENDURANCE COMMISSION

Changes to the 2014 World Endurance Championship Sporting Regulations were approved, including a proposal on the ‘Full Course Yellow’ (FCY) which was agreed for cases when the track needs to be neutralised without having to resort to the Safety Car. Once under FCY, cars will slow down to 80 kph, line up, and maintain their distance to the car in front and the car behind.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Ginaro Zukovsky

http://www.fia.com/news/world-motor-...pril-marrakech

Interesting, so basically a "code 80" but with a safety car out front.

[blankfile]

well it specifically says without having to resort to the safety car

[GT6]

but can the cars pit during the period

[joeb]

Originally Posted by blankfile

well it specifically says without having to resort to the safety car

I missed the key word "without".

[Rodger Davies]

Originally Posted by GT6

but can the cars pit during the period

Presumably. And I hope so. With all the cars spread around the track and all of them travelling relatively slowly, there's no (good) reason not to allow it

[airbusA346]

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