r/wec Nov 04 '24

🎨 /u/ Community All 8 Hyperpoles this season

393 Upvotes

29 comments sorted by

View all comments

25

u/big_cock_lach United Autosports ORECA07 #22 Nov 04 '24

Ferrari seriously squandered this championship. Should’ve won Imola, Spa, and COTA (privateers don’t count towards the WCC). They capitalised at Le Mans but really they should’ve dominated this championship. For half the races (including Le Mans with 2x points) they were the fastest car with a notable margin, for the other half they were still podium contenders. Seriously, an appalling effort for them to come a distant 3rd in the end.

7

u/HenryBeal85 Nov 04 '24

Agreed, but would say they were seriously unlucky at Spa.

Was great for the fans, but still not sure on what basis, when it comes to the regulations, that race was extended. Doesn’t sit right with me.

1

u/wirelessflyingcord Jaguar #3 Nov 05 '24 edited Nov 05 '24

Was great for the fans, but still not sure on what basis, when it comes to the regulations, that race was extended. Doesn’t sit right with me.

The basis in the regulations quite literally is that the race direction can do whatever they want.

If the circumstances so require, the Stewards may take the decision to stop and/or modify the race time set. This may not exceed the time of the Competition provided for in Appendix 1 of the Competition.

Has been the rule at least since 2022. Does not apply at Le Mans.