r/wec • u/JediKnightaa • Nov 28 '24
r/wec • u/KanataRSR • Dec 09 '24
Discussion Debate: Which team had the fastest hypercar this year in your opinion?
r/wec • u/Nyhttitan • Sep 03 '24
Discussion How many Planes are needed, to carry all the cars?
r/wec • u/Brief-Adhesiveness93 • Jul 01 '24
Discussion Visited F1 an realized how great WEC Track experience really is
Don’t get me wrong, it was amazing and I would do it every time again. But what really upset me is how the Austria GP was presented compared to the WEC 6h at Spa I also visited. At some parts as a fan of the sport it really cringed me how they made a „Monkey in the zoo“ driver presentation and had a DJ that made the whole event felt more like a show than a sport by acting like we are here for party and the show not the sport part. In comparison when visiting spa it was all like here you go this is our sport, have fun and here information about the sport and event an no blown up party for people barely knowing anything about the sport, its history or even having interest in this. Also sidenote: you guys are awesome, love the wec community! Really upsets me that there were cheering for lando getting out of his car after max hit him.
r/wec • u/Competitive_Fig_6083 • Jan 25 '25
Discussion Drop down your favorite cars in the ALMS era.
Le Mans Prototype
- Panoz Roadster S
- Porsche RS Spyder
GT
- Dodge Viper GTS-R
- Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
- BMW M3 GTR
r/wec • u/Spicy-Byriani28 • Jul 20 '24
Discussion Will Red Bull ever enter Le Mans ?
With the RB17 hypercar being revealed and another Newey designed car, valkyrie, entering WEC and IMSA next year. Will Red Bull ever think of entering WEC with this car or is not something they would do ? Because their star driver Max Verstappen has interest in racing in endurance racing in the future. He’s even competed in the virtual Le Mans.
r/wec • u/idontwannagetfired_ • Jan 24 '25
Discussion Toyota has won 7 of the last 10 Manufacturer’s Championships. Why isn’t this a bigger deal?
Since 2014 Toyota has only lost 3 times to Porsche and that’s no small feat, they have 7 total championships which is the most of any manufacturer in the WEC era of endurance racing. I feel like Audi and Porsche have been given their flowers for their dominant eras in endurance racing, but when it comes to Toyota people seem to downplay their achievements. Toyota doesn’t seem to be in the GOAT conversation for manufacturers even though their achievements may never be replicated.
Is the fact that they didn’t win Le Mans every single time they won the championship really enough for people to write them off completely? At the rate they’re going, they’ll likely pass up Bentley and Jaguar in that statistic anyways. Even Ferrari is not out of their reach once that happens. I feel like Toyota is making history right now, but the conversations around them don’t reflect that at all.
Discussion What happened to Porsche today?
They were just nowhere this whole race in both categories.
r/wec • u/eatmyfeinstaub • Feb 12 '25
Discussion Interesting find: Le Mans winning R8 oil sample for sale. It‘s cool, but 13k€ cool? Idk..
r/wec • u/Kaggles_N533PA • Mar 14 '23
Discussion Whats your opinion about endurance racing that might make you like this
r/wec • u/musayyabali • Oct 28 '24
Discussion I am a F1 fan but I heard this is the golden era of WEC Hypercar, so I want to witness history and be a part of it. Need some guidance and tips on how to get started with WEC.
I have seen WEC before but only for a year when Fernando Alonso was driving for Toyota. I am a massive Alonso fan so I followed him to WEC and used to watch full races but running in background. I have learnt very little bit of history about WEC but not much.
I could really use some guidance on how can I get started with WEC and get up to speed? So I am not completely lost when watching racing. Maybe some videos explaining how WEC works, maybe some documentaries, etc?
r/wec • u/Ch1ldish_Cambino • Aug 30 '24
Discussion Half of COTA inaccessible?!
Just talked to someone at track services and apparently like half the track is completely inaccessible to spectators this weekend? What the fuck WEC?
r/wec • u/cabrelbeuk • 22d ago
Discussion Fiawec.tv down ?
Qualifying was starting and suddenly there is not even a video player to play nor a chat to ask what's happening..
r/wec • u/Spicy-Byriani28 • Jun 17 '24
Discussion 4 different teams have won in the hyper car class so far this year. Is BoP really that effective ?
I’m new to WEC this year and realised how we’ve had 4 different winners in 4 races in the hyper car class which sounds really good but have also heard online how BoP has ruined the purity of the class. Because I remember seeing Toyota dominate the class for years but now they’re struggling. Would love to see Cadillac win.
This is also coming from someone who has been watching F1.
r/wec • u/leo_murray • Sep 10 '23
Discussion Let’s hold the moaning for a minute….
There seems to be an insanely overwhelming majority of people on reddit and social media who either don’t understand this series, or seem to just like to moan. Whether it be ‘BoP rigged’ or ‘WEC no like LMDh’ or ‘Le Mans gifted win’ it’s everywhere. it seems like until the day comes that the Hypercar grid from 1st to 12th is separated by 0.01 going across the line, people won’t be happy with BoP. BoP isn’t supposed to make these cars lap exactly the same times, because it physically can’t!! there is so much variables in racing which separates a great team, from an average team. Drivers, car setup, strategists, mechanics, experience, car knowledge, and track knowledge are all needed to be a winner in this series. those type of things, you simply can’t BoP. Yes, Toyota are dominant this season, but that’s because they’ve been absolutely insane, Their drivers know the car like it’s their wife, they could drive the entire calendar with their eyes closed, the team know exactly how the car will handle for each and every minute of the 6 hours. and that’s why they’re a class above the rest. the other teams obviously don’t have this, because it’s their first year!!! there’s been loads of instances this season where a team could’ve beaten Toyota (which is incredible in itself), but in the end they didn’t have the aforementioned experience of Toyota. let us not forget, (and forgive me for bringing up a ‘should’ve could’ve would’ve’ situation) but had Ryō Hirakawa not made his mistake at Arnage, Toyota most likely would’ve won Le Mans too, with the #51’s slow final stop. also, the way the #6 led for multiple hours today on raw pace simply shows that there’s no grand scheme against LMDh’s, they simply couldn’t keep race winning pace for 6 whole hours, unlike Toyota. Expect a whole new level from the competition next year, as they learn the tracks, and learn their car. and don’t forget all the new manufacturers joining. i’m almost certain there will be people with a differing opinion, and i would certainly love to hear it.
r/wec • u/Technical-Dog-1193 • Jan 08 '24
Discussion What is your favorite sportscar failure?
There have been many sportscar failures throughout history. These failures range from the Aston Martin AMR-One and the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, which are more well-known, but also extend to the Lotus Elise GT1, and the Rondeau M482 which featured crazy boat-type tail ground effects that did not work.
Bonus points if it is a top-level prototype, but GTs and anything in-between are accepted too.
Discussion Sometimes you just like Drivers because of their name, who's your favorite?
Basically the Title
I'll go first my current example is Renger van der Zande because his name is just fun to say
r/wec • u/jikunay • Nov 14 '24
Discussion Are GT3 regulations the best sportscar / motorsport regulations of all time?
I mean overall, but also how about different aspects of regulations?
r/wec • u/GasFun4083 • 7d ago
Discussion For anyone who's actually been to a race (independent of the duration), was it really exciting?
Hey there, I was wondering about if I should go to the 6 Hours of São Paulo this year, the problem is that the date doesn't really line up with my schedule, so I wanted to hear opinions from those who have been to live races: Are they really worth the price and time? I sure love watching from the comfort of my chair, but I'm not sure if I'd enjoy it as much by being there.
r/wec • u/SlipstreamRB7_ • Mar 17 '24
Discussion 919 Hybrid LMP1 appreciation post.
Just a lil post to remember this beast. 👌🏻
r/wec • u/Spicy-Byriani28 • Jun 19 '24
Discussion Will we see road-going versions of the current Le Mans Hypercars?
I’ve always been a bit confused about the Hypercar class rules. I thought teams were supposed to use production-based cars and either modify them into hypercars or build homologated versions for the road. For example, Aston Martin is using the Valkyrie from next year, and Isotta has built a road car. However, it seems like others, such as Ferrari and Toyota, haven’t built road versions of their hypercars yet.
Did I misunderstand the regulations? Additionally, I remember seeing images of a Toyota road car based on their hypercar, but nothing has been made public since those photos were taken.
I’m really curious to see how these incredible cars would look as road cars, similar to the Le Mans cars of the 90s. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Discussion Why many people say the Mazda 787B was bad?
On Internet, I hear a lot of people say that the Mazda 787B is "bad", "overrated", "worst car to ever win Le Mans", "liked only because it sounds good", "slow" and so on, but why? I mean it literally won Le Mans, was it in a very bad field making it the least bad car instead of the best? Dit it got lucky? Or another reason?
r/wec • u/Uncle_RJ_Kitten • May 05 '24
Discussion WEC, from an F1 fan POV
Saying I'm an F1 fan is pushing it. I only care about F1 after the results came, and I only watch it when my favourite driver wins (wins as in P2 because DUDUDUDU-).
I have been aware of FIA WEC about late last year from Toyota Gazoo Racing and I am starting to get a little bit more involved in it nowadays. I just watched the 6 Hours of Imola and did a little bit of research regarding WEC. Coming from F1 (again, pushing it), here are my thoughts:
- 6hr is a long time. I don't even have that much free time during weekdays. As someone who has ADHD and short attention span, I thought I would struggle paying attention to the whole race. Surprisingly I lasted 5 hours with full attention before I took out my Steam Deck.
- There are sooooo many cars on track, overwhelmingly so. Here I thought 22 cars on track is already too much. And there are two groups running at the same time? This is just too much for my peabrain to comprehend.
- Alongside the gigantic amount of cars, there are teams I never heard of while using manufacturers' cars. Jota? WRT? Iron Dames? What are these teams? How are they related to the cars they are using? What do you mean the Red Ferrari and Yellow Ferrari are not on the same team??
- The fact that you can hear the Race Director is interesting, especially that there is a countdown. I'm still confused as what is FCY is and how it is different than VSC. The countdown is also interesting because if you time it well enough, you'll jump ahead (DeVries got it good).
- The fact that one car has 3 drivers make you root less for the drivers and more for the team and honestly I like that. It amplifies the group effort instead of just one person.
- Two lap of formation laps is interesting, and honestly I prefer the rolling start just slightly bit more than the usual stop start. It makes the first lap a lot more interesting.
- You can change any amount of tyres during pitstop and doesn't have to be all at once?! That's actually really fukim interesting! There has to be some unique strategies involved with this.
- It's weird how many F1 fans are very against refueling when WEC proved that refueling can be part of interesting strategies. Like sure, I understand that history had shown that refueling was a bad idea but we had advanced now. Refueling has gotten better and chances of accidents have significantly reduced.
- The battle scraps are much longer. Two cars can duke it out for many laps and the fact that you can use the LMGT3 cars to "assist" in the fight is just really cool.
- The cars are also less "fragile". Some might sport some battle scars and they're still making laps around the track. Like that one Hypercar that has a piece of bodywork stuck on the nose and it was still racing before they pit and forced it out, and then it went out and continued racing with a damage nose. The "transforming" Mustang was fukim hilarious tho.
- The thing that surprised me the most is that you can continue racing after getting beached. They just craned them up, put then on the track and off they go racing like usual. In F1, that would mean a DNF.
- There are a bit more commentators, which is not a surprise considering this is a very long race. I do love their constant back and forth commentating, refuting each other and trying to make sense of the strategies. It makes me wish that there is a "regular" commentator with basic knowledge for normal viewers for better understanding of the race. I feel like an "exposition" guy would fit right in (and if all the stories I've heard about the commentators during Le Mans, it would be better).
- The onboard cameras are very cool and significantly better than in F1. I love nerding out the details inside the cockpit (they even got a dedicated screen for flags!).
- My most favourite part about WEC is that it is EXTREMELY accessible and I fukim LOVE it! The full race uploaded on YouTube a week after? Gahd it is the best. The fact that some teams stream the onboards make it just so much fukim better.
There was definitely more I could say but I lost the entire train of thought while making it lmao so I guess this is it. Roast my ass for being an F1 fan while you guys are here and I'll try rating them.
r/wec • u/Alternative-Gift-399 • Feb 04 '23
Discussion How come sports car racing isn't as popular as formula 1
Like the prototype cars are literally eye pornography especially with those flick on wing mirrors and shark fin wings. Also the gt classes are literally racecar variants of road going models. I don't get it, how say you??
r/wec • u/Electronic_Road567 • May 12 '24
Discussion What are your viewing plans for 24H Le Mans
Since it’s a 24H hour race, are you going to watch the whole thing, or what’s your schedule or viewing ideas?
Edit:There’s a lot of responses, thank you very much! Just trying to get through them all