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Old 19 May 2020, 17:28 (Ref:3977189)   #26
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t sounds reasonable, but he is just describing the ILMC. Not that that is a bad thing, and it would definitely make Chiana happy
Nah, as much is the case with IMSA, the problem with WEC is no longer the calendar, which has (mostly/partly) been fixed. It's cars and internal regulations that are fundamentally broken. Fixing WEC with ILMC format would be like putting band-aid when the patient needs surgery asap. I mean, I guess it could and would make the overall thing slightly less worse, but you know...

In retrospect, I did love the ILMC, almost to the level or even equal to old ALMS. The "shared world" it created between different series and classes combined both the vintage and modern views of sportscar racing. Not only did we have big, varied grids and races that mattered as unique events themselves, but the spirit of the 20th century was still there in terms of constructors competition. But having said that, obviously there were underlying brewing problems happening during it's short lifespan as well: we had GT2/GTE's shady transformation into modern times politics, forced class separation between factory and privateer teams, disputes between ACO and IMSA, the inclusion of Le Mans into the series and it's double points, the birth of driver rankings, the birth of cost cap, the birth of modern fake chassis rebadging etc. Things such as these raised criticism. However, those were what I'd call first world problems in relatively terms. Things which at the time seemed like notable issues, but which now later on can be recognized as (at least partly) useless nagging when compared to what became years after. We should have been more happy than what we have, because in essence we were still living in the golden years. Wasted Years, as Iron Maiden put it.

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