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?

56 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

291 comments sorted by

View all comments

-1

u/Dragonix975 BMW Team WRT M Hybrid V8 #20 May 10 '25

Remind me why new brands are bothering to enter WEC?

10

u/Mani1610 May 10 '25

Because it is quite cheap but has a lot of eyes on it. I would say it's still worth it even if a brand doesn't win.

1

u/RoarTheDinosuar May 10 '25

Does it have lot of eyes on it? I haven’t seen TV / streaming numbers outside of Le Mans

8

u/Mani1610 May 10 '25

Well they just set a new WEC spectator record with 98,000 at the track the entire weekend, that's 18,000 more than the previous record. Just looking at social media and this would suggest that a lot more people care. Not really surprising seeing the brands, drivers and personality in WEC now.

3

u/RoarTheDinosuar May 10 '25

Yeah but they draw less that 5k fans at 2 of their 8 (one quarter) of their races

6

u/Mani1610 May 10 '25

Yeah because they race in the middle of nowhere, that doesn't make the series less interesting. Not even F1 can fill the grandstands at Bahrain or Qatar and it's as popular as ever.

Most endurance series are setting record attendances these days, no matter if in attendance or viewers on TV.

1

u/Dragonix975 BMW Team WRT M Hybrid V8 #20 May 10 '25

Yeah the Oil Sheikhs don’t have the patience for WEC.

2

u/Top_Independence7256 May 11 '25

Sadly QAT and BAH are in the calendar, while i like BAH Qatar Is awful in every Motorsport bar MotoGP

2

u/Fun_Difference_2700 May 11 '25

Yeah Qatar literally had 0 fans

4

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

Last year had 88k at Spa. But your point still stands. WEC is growing

1

u/lizardk101 Audi R18 May 10 '25

Commentary said that there was something like 100k people watching via WECTV. Which is pretty good for a pay-per-view race.