Toyota Gazoo Racing’s technical director David Floury has launched a stinging criticism of the FIA World Endurance Championship’s current Balance of Performance (BoP) methodology, calling for immediate changes amid what […]
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I wanted to link the article on sportscar365 but I guess it's the same. As I was reading the comments, one thing came to me. WEC and IMSA should have 1, maybe 2 full seasons with the following BOP/homologation conditions:
1. each car set to their category's minimum weight and max power everywhere
2. No changes whatsoever to the current cars, no developments, just what exists currently
Additionally, watching the data logs like hawks and punish hard if someone isn't on full throttle where they should be. Maybe then we could see the true performance of each car and then reign them in as needed. The current back-and-forth is a big POS. As a Porsche fan, do I want to see Porsche to win all the time? Sure. As a racing fan, do I want to see that they have to work their asses off to make that happen and then occasionally lose and others would win? Oh boy, absolutely yes, that's the whole point.
I'm not a Toyota fan and was tired of their bitching all the time when they still were competitive. But being 14th and 15th at Interlagos doesn't seem to be realistic for their car, their drivers and their teams, same with the Ferraris at 8th, 11th and 12th, all of them 3 laps down... If they would have been in the same order but all within a lap, that's something one can believe but 3 laps... I haven't seen or read about any technical issues for these 5 cars and a drive-through wouldn't set a car back 3 laps (and it hasn't done it for the #51 Ferrari), this is non-sense.
At this point once the BOP tables are published, we know who will win in the next IMSA or WEC race. Maybe they should just be honest with the fans, come forward and release the already set schedule for the next like 2-3 years, which races will be won by which manufacturer to ensure their happiness.
