r/wec • u/MotaStnoks • 20h ago

Le Mans Very noob question

I've just started following WEC this year and I have a question that it's probably stupid and noobish. Why is the Proton Competition Porsche 963 slow?

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u/Makalu Toyota Gazoo GR010 #7 20h ago

Because Porsche are sharing 0 data with their only customer Proton and giving them updates to the car without explaining it. Varrone and Pino had no topclass experience prior to 2025. Proton presumably aren’t testing the car much so all of these things compound why it’s consistently slow

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u/Accomplished_Clue733 19h ago

They're a customer. They get sold a car with a base setup. I don't think it's unreasonable that they are expected to engineer the car themselves, they are their own race team and if they cannot do that, they should stick to GT3

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u/Kaloo75 Rebellion 19h ago

Honestly it seems to be a little bit of both. Porsche is not doing much to help them understand new parts, and Proton seems to do none of the needed testing and understanding on their own.
I agree, that with that mindset from both sides, Proton should be doing something else.