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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
I think Sebring is the right track for WEC, but I don't think it should be riding the coattails of IMSA when it's there, because it'll always be the unwelcome cousin. It is possible to make new classics (see Petit Le Mans), but it won't be done by just saying "hey we're here too! Please stay awake...please?"
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But isn't that because Sebring is limited on the number of weekends it can run events on the full circuit? Meaning if the WEC wants to race at Sebring it has to join up with someone else. And IMSA is a much better match than anyone else that races there.
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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
Yes, they are open to changing things. However they missed the glaringly obvious issue of conflicting with Daytona. And the rest of the calendar conflicts with IMSA too. It's great they are willing to change things, but they seem completely unable to see past their own series and plan things thinking they are the be-all and end-all of sportscar racing. It's a relatively small community of teams and drivers that fill these series, so blindly going at your calendar and creating issues is foolish.
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When you say the rest of the season conflicts with IMSA, that's actually only two races: Spa and Fuji.
The WEC has clashes with IMSA
every season, and for 2018-9 they have had to make extra efforts not to clash with either F1 or Formula E.