Airfreight ensures Imola race

GARY WATKINS

WEC The entire World Endurance Championship grid is being flown back to Europe from Qatar to ensure that the next round at Imola goes ahead. A repeat of the shipping delays that forced the postponement of the Prologue test in the Middle East could have put the Italian race on 21 April in doubt. The WEC organisation described airfreighting the cars and equipment as the “only viable solution which would guarantee the safety of the WEC’s freight, as well as everything arriving on time for Imola”. Its short statement acknowledged that the change in logistics had a financial implication. The teams will have to foot the bill. One competing in LMGT3 put the cost at over £250,000, and it is understood that it will be substantially more for the manufacturers competing in Hypercar. The…

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