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Originally Posted by Coach Ep
FIA World Endurance Championship 6
European Le Mans Series 4
Michelin Le Mans Cup 1
Asian Le Mans Series 2
Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup 0
Spa 6 Hours (2018-19) 8
Le Mans 24 Hours (2018-19) 8
Silverstone 6 Hours (2018) 2
Fuji 6 Hours (2018) 2
Shanghai 6 Hours (2018) 1
Sebring 1500 Miles (2019) 9
LM P1 - 7
LM P2 - 7
LM P3 - 2
LM GTE-PRO - 5
LM GTE-AM - 2
For me the best part of the WEC was gone before it even started: the ILMC. Never been a fan of WEC's desire to be a F1 clone by going to sterile, low atmosphere tracks, setting low entry caps and standardizing many aspects of the series. So I guess I'm very much in the same boat as Chiana here but probably not as enthusiastic as him as the ACO more or less continues on its chosen path.
Anyways, I'm more of an IMSA focused person these days, the presence of many old school tracks is a major attraction over WEC's parking lot fetish so the return to Sebring is huge!
Here's hoping the new 2020 (or whenever) P1 rules will benefit both sanctioning bodies and provide more harmony than conflict - the sport would certainly prosper as a result.
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I understand your frustration, but you can't place all the blame on the WEC for choosing these tracks when the FIA stipulates that only certain ones can be used thanks to the speeds of the lmp1's and the multiclass nature of the series. Does IMSA run an FIA sanctioned championship? If not, they may not have to worry about that. But the WEC does since it wants to keep that status. I think places like Silverstone and Fuji have a lot of character because of where they are and their storied history, not to mention at Fuji you get the backdrop of one of the most beautiful mountains in the world!
Compared to somewhere like Sebring it's picturesque, but since Sebring has maintained it's 'purity' it's seen as a lot more appealing to many. That's my take on it at least. I don't like acres of paved run off, but it's hard to find a track to run a world championship with these cars' speeds without it.