2023 FIA World Endurance ChampionshipSports Cars

[IforceV8]

I was about to say Fassbender might finish on the podium at the ELMS Paul Ricard round until he was punted by his Proton teammate Ryan Hardwick.

And a few laps later he was passed off the track by a Ferrari who then let him back by and then drove into the side of him a lap later at the last turn.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

The WEC was accidentally leaking the driver's licenses, passports, and other government IDs for all of their drivers, totaling 1.1 million files

FIA World Endurance Championship driver passports leaked

Le Mans Endurance Management, operating the FIA World Endurance Championship’s website, exposed the data of hundreds of drivers by leaking their IDs and drivers’ licenses, the Cybernews research team has discovered. On June 16th, our researchers came across two misconfigured, meaning publicly...

securityaffairs.com

The WEC is aware of the situation, have notified the teams, and are "putting extra measures in place"

WEC Responds To ‘Data Leak’ Reports | dailysportscar.com

The FIA World Endurance Championship has released a statement today in response to the Cybernews article earlier this week, which revealed that Le Mans Endurance Management had left the personal data of hundreds of drivers exposed. The original story states that Cybernews' researchers "came...

www.dailysportscar.com

 

[IforceV8]

24 hr race results are now finally final.

 

[TheHun99]

Pretty good overview for LMGT3 for next year. Some speculation for sure but still, Rossi would be great in WEC with WRT

What Will The FIA WEC’s LMGT3 Class Look Like? (Updated) | dailysportscar.com

DSC ran the first version of this piece two months ago. It's a mark of the rapid-fire changes in the marketplace that we've chosen to update it substantially so soon. The switchover from the start of the 2024 season to GT3-spec cars from the current GTE spec machinery for the FIA World Endurance...

www.dailysportscar.com

 

[TheHun99]

Manthey will be Porsche's LMGT3 team. Not particularly surprising, of course.

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/manthey-selected-as-porsche-lmgt3-team/

 

[IforceV8]

 

[Touring Mars]

SC63 prototype test at Imola...

Full article/pics: https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/m...toric-maiden-test-for-sc63-prototype-at-imola

 

[skazz]

Hmmm, I'd hope the Lambo would be more ...eccentric... Kind of as bizarre as the Peugeot with it's lack of rear wing, but then Lambo style.

It all looks a bit too normal, a bit too Audi-sourced to me.

 

[i386]

I'd hope the Lambo would be more ...eccentric... Kind of as bizarre as the Peugeot with it's lack of rear wing, but then Lambo style.

Yeah, I also hoped that it would look "edgier" (like lamborghinis look compared to ferraris)

 

[TheCracker]

Hmmm, I'd hope the Lambo would be more ...eccentric... Kind of as bizarre as the Peugeot with it's lack of rear wing, but then Lambo style.

It all looks a bit too normal, a bit too Audi-sourced to me.

It's got to be function over form if they want to be pushing for results in an ever increasingly competitive catagory.

Looking different is fine if you are pushing for sales in a look-at-me road car segment, but you've got to go with what works in racing.

 

[i386]

Thanks to the wec removing the lmp2 category from the championship this also frees lmp2 up from their restrictions (lower bhp, more weight, no diveplanes/other aero realated stuff) for the elms 2024 season (https://www.dailysportscar.com/2023/08/23/4h-aragon-wednesday-paddock-notes.html)

Edit: replace "limitations" with "restrictions"

 

[McLaren]

COTA just shared an hour ago they will be hosting the 6th round in 2024 around a year from now. This was such a fun series to attend years ago, hoping it’s another 6-hour race.

 

[IforceV8]

 

[Tired Tyres]

 

[Touring Mars]

I'm not sure why the FIA WEC decide to update the app the day before a race - and it nearly killed my iPad just now.

While watching the qualifying replay, I couldn't control the app at all, and it wouldn't even let me hard reset the iPad for several minutes while the app went mental It doesn't bode very well for later...

 

[i386]

I was checking out the fia wec youtube channel today and found this:

 

[IforceV8]

Sunny and 80 in Fuji for the 6hr race.

 

[Com Fox]

Sunny and 80 in Fuji for the 6hr race.

I hope that isn't Celsius or I don't know anyone can race, yet alone even be outside.

 

[IforceV8]

Both Ferrari Hypercars under investigation for going GT lobby at turn 1.

 

[SestoScudo]

Porsche Penske is hanging on.

Ferrari disappointment to be honest.

Toyota as usual OP. GR010 is just a refined car in every way.

Toyota will still take the championship.

 

[Tired Tyres]

This race is epic.

 

[SestoScudo]

Porsche is literally a warrior just hanging on.

Its fighting a losing battle. Toyota is just there smelling blood its a matter of time before they catch it.

Porsche has literally surprised me.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Rain coming.

 

[IforceV8]

Without politics involved they are a step above everyone.

 

[i386]

"How is it going Porsches?"
#5: **** you!
#99 & 38: it's okay
#6: **** yeah! (finished in p3)

 

[Tired Tyres]

Oh. It's 9:30 am and I'm going to bed.

 

[Veinz]

It’s a 6 hour race but all they can manage is a 4 min highlight reel on youtube, why?

 

[i386]

It’s a 6 hour race but all they can manage is a 4 min highlight reel on youtube, why?

I think they make two versions; a normal one and later an extended version that can go up to 1hour

 

[contactual]

I think they make two versions; a normal one and later an extended version that can go up to 1hour

They've stopped doing those since Sebring this year.

The ACO's management of their own race series are a joke (same for IMSA in this regard).
For such a detailed and nuanced sport as sportscar/endurance racing, they couldn't even bother to make a proper highlight/recap reel for their races, when you'd think that an official detailed recap/highlight should be basic for any kind of competitive sport worldwide. The "highlights" that they show are merely a collection of replays that feature a few action moments in the race, paying no attention whatsoever to the actual important details involved - strategy battles, actually important in-class fights, impactful penalties, etc.
You'd watch them and come out without a clue of how the winners won, how the losers lost, and just how the race overall turned out as it did.

I've been trying to do what these race organizations couldn't by making my own proper, in-depth weekend recaps for every race on youtube, but unfortunately my own efforts are rather powerless compared to what their media teams could do (but chose not to).

 

[RACECAR]

They've stopped doing those since Sebring this year.

The ACO's management of their own race series are a joke (same for IMSA in this regard).
For such a detailed and nuanced sport as sportscar/endurance racing, they couldn't even bother to make a proper highlight/recap reel for their races, when you'd think that an official detailed recap/highlight should be basic for any kind of competitive sport worldwide. The "highlights" that they show are merely a collection of replays that feature a few action moments in the race, paying no attention whatsoever to the actual important details involved - strategy battles, actually important in-class fights, impactful penalties, etc.
You'd watch them and come out without a clue of how the winners won, how the losers lost, and just how the race overall turned out as it did.

Are you sure about IMSA doing that? They literally have full race replays uploaded within the same week (Something that last I checked, WEC doesn't even do at all)