‘Let them race’ – rulemakers explain new Hypercar rules

GARY WATKINS

WEC The Automobile Club de l’Ouest and the FIA have vowed to “let the manufacturers race” under the World Endurance Championship’s new system of Balance of Performance in Hypercar introduced for 2024. The series organisers will set a window in which they want all nine manufacturers competing in the class to fall, and adjust the performance of the cars that lie above and below it. But crucially, they did not reveal the size of that window when they offered an explanation of the new system ahead of last weekend’s Qatar 1812Km season-opener. They have hinted that it will be determined by the gaps they see between the cars fielded by each manufacturer. “We have looked at last year and there are differences between two identical cars from the same manufacturer and it would…

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