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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
I don't think Red Bull (or anyone else) cares about WEC. They do however, care about Le Mans. If Red Bull want a WEC program, it's for the Le Mans victories, nothing else.
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Which is why WEC never should've been a "series" with "rounds", but rather a loosely tied together "collection" of big events worth winning on their own. In those big events - which there would only be handful - you may also integrate grids with regional ACO series.
And Le Mans wouldn't even be part of it, but rather return to separate one-off status. You may earn auto invites for it by winning those other big events the previous year (or the existing regionals), but you wouldn't automatically receive freebie entry just by being participant. That would also fix some of the issues with grid limitations
EXAMPLE
Round 1 Mar - Sebring 1000 Miles or 10 Hours (LM auto invites offered)
Round 2 May - Europe I 1000KM (w/ Euro LMS and MLMC)
Round 3 Jul - Europe II 1000KM (w/ Euro LMS and MLMC)
Round 4 Aug - Japan 1000KM (w/ Asian LMS and maybe SGT)
Round 5 Sep - Kyalami 9 Hours (LM auto invites offered)
Round 6 Oct - Road Atlanta 1000 Miles or 10 Hours (LM auto invites offered)
Two top teams that collected best results all year receive LM auto invites as well but there is no "championship" in line for anything, except maybe for overall chassis constructors