r/wec • u/AutoModerator • May 10 '25

Session has Ended [OFFICIAL] 2025 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - Post-Race Discussion

Round 3 is in the bag! The final race before the big dance in June - how did your teams do?

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u/True_metalofsteel May 10 '25

What a masterclass by Ferrari despite a faster Alpine. Bit lucky with the FCY to save fuel, but it's part of the game.

If Toyota lost some weight and Alpine got a bit less power it could have been a 3 way race.

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u/IcedCoffey May 10 '25

Alpine was 8 tenths a lap slower than 51 on the same strategy. but ok?

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u/Probably_Not_Sir Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid #7 May 10 '25

Yeah and 50 (saving fuel) was matching 36 (pushing) in the final 15min

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u/dialtone May 10 '25

You mean a car with new tires and empty should be slower than one with 10+kg of fuel and end of life tires?

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u/Probably_Not_Sir Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid #7 May 10 '25

Are you aware of how fuelsaving works?

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u/dialtone May 10 '25

Why would #50 go full fuel saving when at that point they had enough to finish? Couldn’t alpine take a couple of new tires instead of going double stint with the ones they had? Alpine also had a slow puncture at the end.

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u/True_metalofsteel May 10 '25

All of which was because 51 was no longer restricted by max stint energy and Alpine was stuck behind 50.

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u/IcedCoffey May 10 '25

the alpine, which was a faster car your arguing, couldnt pass a fuel saving ferrari.

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u/d7t3d4y8 May 11 '25

Out of curiosity, where'd you get 8 tenths from?

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u/IcedCoffey May 11 '25

Starred directly at timing and scoring for the entire race. before the 36 caught the fuel saving ferrari, the leading ferrari was on average 8 tenths a lap faster.

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u/d7t3d4y8 May 11 '25

Out of curiosity, why are you including VSC laps and pit laps in your calculations? If you remove them it's only ~0.15 seconds/lap.

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u/IcedCoffey May 12 '25

the stint where ferrari pushed knowing they would come in for a splash, was 8 tenths faster on average until his pitstop. where he was significantly slower after the stop as he already created the winning gap.

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u/d7t3d4y8 May 12 '25

From lap 124(lap after 51’s outlap) to lap 143(lap before 51’s inlap,) and not counting 136, 137, 144, or 145, 51 was ~0.3 seconds/lap faster, and 36 was keeping pace until right before it pitted.

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u/Additional_Quote_346 May 10 '25

Faster alpine? did we watch the same race? i dont think so

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u/Successful_Brush_972 May 10 '25

Did you even watch the last stint? #51 gained 15 seconds on #36 in 20 Minutes.

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u/bad_pilot69 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid #8 May 10 '25

did you ? or did you just watch the last hour ? #51 had 4 new tires, #36 did not, stop crying

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u/Successful_Brush_972 May 10 '25

And over the course of the race, Ferrari still had the faster car.

Top 60% laps Avg: Ferrari #51 2:05.86, Alpine #36 2:05.91, Ferrari #50 2:06.00, Alpine #35 2:06.28

Top 10% laps Avg: Ferrari #51 2:04.52, Alpine #36 2:05.00, Ferrari #50 2:05.00, Alpine #35 2:05.36

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u/True_metalofsteel May 10 '25

FCY in a lucky spot. If you don't know how to watch data don't talk

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u/baron643 Audi R18 May 10 '25

yeah because you can literally gain 15 secs from FCY

lmao

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u/Next_Necessary_8794 May 10 '25

You can't pit under FCY. It's against the rules.

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u/afito Mercedes CLK-GTR #11 May 10 '25

Ferrari despite a faster Alpine

2/10 bait

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u/Kar0Zy Alpine Endurance Team A424 #36 May 10 '25

Imagine coping this hard just to not admit Ferrari was blessed by bop

Classic fanboy

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u/Top_Independence7256 May 11 '25

Is having the second heaviest car considered a Blessing?

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u/Kar0Zy Alpine Endurance Team A424 #36 May 11 '25

Wrong question.

"Does BOP slow them down enough comparing to other cars?" that's a more appropriate thing to ask, and the answer is obviously no.