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I’m not sure I like the idea of throwing their promise out the window and making a unilateral adjustment. Toyota being at the maximum weight is also quite a big swing. If it weren’t for Vanwall and Glickenhaus it wouldn’t be the case, but oh well I guess. Those two kinda throw off the metrics of the whole class.MSN
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IIRC, WEC said there would be no BOP adjustment for leMans, but there it is anyway. I think we will probably be lots of BOP discord as the Lemans weekend unfolds. I would not be even slightly surprised if we see a lot of griping.
Aside from that what this mean is we will probably get a better race. This won't be much consolation for the teams on the short end, but at least whomever wins will probably have to earn it. My guess is Toyota will still find a way to be fastest and unless they have a lot of problems they will probably be in contention. They are just too far ahead, but I hope this doesn't cripple them.
The good news for IMSA fans is the GTP (or LMDh) will probably be in the fight. I generally don't keep up with BOP adjustments, but these ones see to be a step in the right direction. We won't know for sure until they race the things, but it at least appears WEC is trying to be fair. It's hardly been fair the opening races with Toyota running away with it, but hopefully this will address that and we'll have a righteous battle on our hands.
Kobayashi said the weight will cost them 1.2 seconds per lap. Hopefully this means everyone is on roughly equal ground now. I do think the adjustments between Porsche, Cadillac, and Ferrari make sense but I’m not sure Toyota should be heavier than Ferrari.