FLRacingFan
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& for other ACO-sanctioned racing series (ELMS, AsLMS).
WEC 2025
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Doc Austin
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I may as well complain about Qatar now and get it over with.
FLRacingFan
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The best I can say about it is that it’s better than no race at all. It’s not an interesting track, for sure, nor is there much of a crowd to speak of. It’s pretty disappointing to see the season start and end at those types of venues when the races in between all have grown a pretty good crowd and atmosphere again. I’d unquestionably keep Bahrain over Qatar though.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Oil money can write the big checks needed to buy international good will.
FLRacingFan
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In the case of Qatar it was an event that acted as a mechanism for calendar expansion, granting an eighth event while partnering with Qatar Airways to air freight all the teams’ equipment in between Qatar and Imola and, more importantly, between COTA and Fuji in that compressed September window.
I like Bahrain as a track, but it definitely isn’t on the calendar because of ticket sales.
FLRacingFan
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Boom.
No mention of a parallel IMSA program yet but we’ll see how it plays out.
No mention of a parallel IMSA program yet but we’ll see how it plays out.
Doc Austin
Back From The Dead
There's the final piece of the puzzle. Sportscar racing will be more epic than ever.
Doc Austin
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Alpine reveals 2025 WEC Hypercar livery
FLRacingFan
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McLaren’s likely to announce in June at Le Mans and Mercedes may not be far behind.
Platinum era it is.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
So ... MANY ... cars!
Doc Austin
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Ford is big because of the history between them and Ferrari, and also Porsche.
Just imagine where we would be now if we had the convergence in 1973.
FLRacingFan
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FLRacingFan
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007 - Harry Tincknell / Tom Gamble
009 - Alex Riberas / Marco Sørensen
009 - Alex Riberas / Marco Sørensen
Doc Austin
Back From The Dead
Wow, that thing is pretty.