Club Arnage

It was announced today that the FIA/WEC regs have been modified by the FIA Endurance Committee. It may seem a subtle change but it has important implications.

"c) For the LMGTE Am category only, the rule governing the composition of the crews derives from the categorisations
of the drivers: a crew of 2 or 3 drivers must include at most one Gold or Platinum driver at least 2 Silver or Bronze"

the aco need to adjust the performance of the gt cars,at paul ricard they were out dragging lmp2.very embarrasing.ok lmp2 got them on downforce in the corners but a little tweek may be needed.

Paul Ricard is not at all typical, also the 2014 regs are already set in stone. This makes any adjustment inadvisable right now.

The FIA/WEC BOP regs for GTE were adjusted at the same time as the driver regs, but nothing significant.

the elms regs state balance of performance may be made at any point during the year.

The same is true for all ACO/FIA sanctioned series, but the BOP measures are very carefully and gently tweaked, no big mid-season changes. If you have the situation of the faster LMGTE cars out-dragging prototypes, it is a situation that is probably beyond the scope of BOP measures.

This is nothing new, the old full fat GT1 cars were way quicker in a straightline than LMP2 cars, and probably not far off some of the slower LMP1 cars too.

I thought BOP was only for balancing within a class, not overall balancing anyway.