Tag: Philip Hansen
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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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FIA WEC Imola Build-Up
Ah, Italy. Great food, great wine, great motor racing… …and sun! LMGT3 Manthey and Iron Dames lead the way in laps completed. There was a little difference in approach. On Saturday it ended with lots of short runs for both before qualifying. Manthey’s longest run was at the end of fp2. The fastest lap came…
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Imola Hourly Update
After Practice and Qualifying
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FIA WEC Imola Friday Practice (UPDATED)
Ah, Italy. Great food, great wine, great motor racing… A quick look at the number of laps after the first days practice. LMGT3 Manthey and Iron Dames lead the way in laps completed. There was a little difference in approach. Manthey’s longest run was at the end of fp2. The fastest lap came from Pera…
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Even a Brick Can Fly
A quick look at the drag of Hypercars. An adjustment for High Speed Power was introduced into FIA WEC in 2024 and IMSA for 2025. After reviewing the BoP adjustments for High Speed Power it seems that the FIA adjust the power in a linear fashion to correct for this. It appears they are using…
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JDC Miller MotorSports at Long Beach
A quick look at the stints and times of the #85 car, which ended up 10th after stopping twice after contact with a GT3 Aston Martin. How did #85’s race pan out: Two stops. The first was normal and similar to everyone else. The second was to repair damage after contact with #27 Aston Martin.…
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Long Beach Race
Penske Porsche have the race pace1. GTP BMW had the pace, but Porsche took advantage of a quicker stop and then had more pace as the race went on. The two BMWs held 1-2 at the start, but the #7 kept a 3s gap to the lead when it settled down. A quicker stop during…
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WEC Imola BoP
Second race of the new 3 race average approach. Here is an attempt to understand how that might work. Let’s remind ourselves of the performance order from the last three races and the race that falls off the list Combined Peak and Stint Performance · 24.6 COTA 24.7 Fuji 24.8 Bahrain 25.1 Qatar 1st Toyota…