Category: ALMS
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Understanding the New Balance of Performance Approach
Thierry Bouvet and FIA technical engineering director Thomas Chevaucher outlined the BoP process for FIA WEC 2025 1. It is based on recent race lap times. Here is a look at those recent races and how they influenced BoP for the Opener in Qatar. Along with a look at how Qatar’s lap times will influence…
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2025 Le Mans Entry List
ACO Announces the entries. Still some drivers to be confirmed1.
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FIA WEC BoP Process Explained (2025) Updated
ACO competition director Thierry Bouvet and FIA technical engineering director Thomas Chevaucher explain (Sportscar365) This was updated with additional information from Racecar Engineering1. This is a significant change from 2024 2 to something that is easier to administer. They are now looking for convergence, rather than same operating window. The ACO and the FIA met…
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FIA WEC Circuits 2025
Circuit Maps of all the 2025 Venues Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8
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2025 ACO Racing Calendar
Happy New Year!
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2025 Power Unit (ICE) Technical Regulations
No real changes, but a good reminder1
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Welcome to the Sportscar Race Analysis
Here we will look at how races unfolded, build-up to races went, differences in manufacturer, team and driver performance, and how different series compare.
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Long Beach BoP
A fun little sprint race coming up, here are the BoP changes.1 Power to Weight BMW and Aston Martin gain relative to the others who lose power. BMW has been strong, but not got the results recently, so this could be good for them. They’ve had their moments at Long Beach too. Aston Martin is…
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Drive Comparisons – GTP Sebring
A look at how the intra-team drive line ups compare. Just the charts. Words later. Porsche Let’s look at Penske first, because Penske was first. And second. Penske’s approach was to give one driver (#7 Nasr, #6 Jaminet) in each car the bulk of the time. This driver started and finished the race. The approach…
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The battle for Sebring
It was a close fight throughout, but in the end Penske Porsche had the legs to take their 19th Sebring win. 1 Battle shows the 1st, 2nd, 4th cars at the flag. The Cadillac lost out because it couldn’t keep the stint length long enough, but felt like the closer challenger so more comparisons will…
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Sebring Sells Sanctuary
IMSA 2025 Round 6 SebringWinner #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport, 353 laps Race lap comparison is v. 2022 Cadillac DPi-V.R 351 laps which is the highest in the DP/GTP eras.Absolute record distance was 2009 Audi R15 TDI 383 laps. Lap Chart: It’s wide, but if you download it is fine. Allez les Bleus! The Beeb
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Sebring Lappery (after practice) UPDATED
Laps after two practice sessions. Aston Martin low on laps again.
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Sebring Race BoP
After some big swings for testing (Daytona and Sebring tests) it has settled down, but we are left with a bigger spread than we normally have. 1 Power:Weight The spread is noticeable in Power:Weight. Lamborghini has gained here, mainly by the others losing out. The Acura dropping below the Cadillac we saw in the Sebring…