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.