Yeah a single official P1 manufacturer and maybe 3 teams in the private class, they basically reversed what happened two years ago with 3 official teams and one private (I don't even count Bykolles because come on). I honestly preferred if they scrapped P1 altogether and filled the gaps with more P2s, it's not like those aren't fast or entertaining to watch, it's just that nobody gives a shit about them because they aren't associated with famous brands.
the WSCC has been doing fine with just P2, current entry list sees 21 protos, of which 11 are legit P2 and the rest are DPi, with a total of 14 teams all officially competing in the same P class. The WEC, on the other hand, will probably have around 15/18 total protos (ACO explicitly said they want to keep proto numbers balanced with GT numbers, and the full grids will be in the 30/35 ballpark) split in 3 classes, one of which has only one competitor in it. It's not like P1 aren't fun to watch, it's that seeing the top class with one competitor and the top sub-class with maybe 3 gets boring fast IMO, at that point I would prefer to see 18 P2 all fighting for the same objective and none of this incredibly mismanaged P1 class.
We'll see who's right next month when the official WEC entry list will be released.
Jordan Johnson
WEC is a shit show this year. Has anybody looked at their calendar for this season? It goes for this May until the 2019 LM24. Then they follow that up with a shorter season going from fall 2019 to the 2020 LM24.
P1 is in its death throes and might drag the rest of the series down with it.
Brody Morales
Circuit shit is boring it's all safe slow over regulated crap.
Same with all Motorsports they are so preoccupied making it as dull and mundane as possible to watch.
Glad racing is going underground on the streets again 1320 nights are much more interesting to watch than a weird f1 thing that hasn't really changed since the 90s and is handicapped by ancient restrictions and rules.
Fuck sake even 2017-2018 wrc eased up on the rules to get people interested again and it worked.
Spectator deaths and smouldering wrecks is the best part of any sport because it brings out the inner gladiator
Austin Rodriguez
That's because they want to make Le Mans the season finale, but they don't want to change it's date in the middle of the year.
So they're doing the "super season" to transition to a winter schedule
Evan Brooks
This is going to be the most expensive WEC season ever. Two 24h races and one 12h race is gonna be hella expensive for everyone involved.
Considering how the FIA has been trying to cut costs since forever, I wonder what the fuck were they thinking when they planned this shit
Jeremiah Torres
As a season yeah, but month to month costs are pretty much the same if not lower. There are more races but it's an 18 month season.
Samuel Roberts
Teams who entered for the season will still have to race the whole season. You can skip races, sure, but that kind of defeats the purpose of fighting for a championship.
My whole point was about season costs, obviously. I'm sure many possible participants willing to upgrade from minor series were seriously put off at the prospect of committing for two 24h races and one 12h in a single season, switching from ELMS/ALMS/IMSA is already a huge jump in budgeting.
They will obviously fill the grid anyway, as there is hardly a shortage of rich people willing to pay for this superseason, mine was just a consideration about how the ACO/FIA keeps making more problems than it solves.
James Sanders
>That's because they want to make Le Mans the season finale
There are several reason for it doing it that way, but making the LM24 the season finale is far from the most important.
One of the main reasons is the high speculation that Toyota is looking at exiting WEC after 2019. They already openly said that they were committed through 2019. With the "super season" format, they get to do two LM24 races in a single season and still keep their promise without having to do the extra 5-6 rounds that would normally be in a full season.
Most likely they are waiting to see if P1 shapes up or not which leads to the second reason: It's a last-ditch effort by the FIA to save P1 and attract more entrants. Without another major manufacturer to race against, Toyota is most likely gone regardless of what else happens in P1. However, there's still some hope left for a completely privateer P1-Lite category if there are enough entries to keep it afloat.
Another reason is that Mexico, COTA, Nurburgring, and Bahrain were dropped from the calendar. In their places there will be a trip to Sebring, a second round at Spa, and another LM24.
Furthermore following the 2018-19 super season, there will be a 2019-20 mini season with only 5-6 races. This is mostly for security of the privateers who may buy a P1 this year some security that there will be a few more races where they can drive it.
Ethan Gomez
>FIA Formula One's viewership has fallen >make a million stupid rules >no more manuals wow be shock. Yuropoors like real racing not that stupid bullshit
Blake Kelly
Toyota will win Le Mans this year.
Then they will get disqualified from the race and permanently banned from WEC.
