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We agree on one thing Ospi, the FIA Driver Categorization system is flawed. Pointless even!
But that doesn’t change the fact that the Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup rules say driver pairings must be Bronze/Silver according to the latest FIA Driver Categorization list. Aidan Read is as worthy of his Silver rating as any of the other young Silver drivers in last week’s Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup event and shouldn’t have been allowed to share the WinEurasia LMP3 with Matthew Solomon - or any other Silver driver.
You say the WinEurasia driver line-up wasn’t “overly unfair”. What does that mean?
Taking car performance out of the equation, the best race lap by a Bronze LMP3 driver was 2.922 seconds slower than his Silver team mate. Aidan Read’s best lap was just 0.158 seconds slower than Matthew Solomon. That’s an unfair advantage of 2.764 seconds per lap over the best Bronze driver! The entirely predictable results speak for themselves.
Teams, drivers and sponsors spend a fortune on this series and have every right to expect a level playing field and credible enforcement of the rules.
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