New WEC pit rules 'take a bit of the spectacle away' - Howarth




Wednesday, 21 March 2018


Stephen Kilbey / Image by JEP/LAT


Aston Martin Racing's team principal Paul Howarth feels that the new-for-2018 pit regulations for the FIA WEC "will take a bit of the spectacle away from the sport."

In the 2018/19 Super Season, teams will be able to change tires while they refuel their cars for the first time. This means that there's no advantage on adding stints to tires to get out of the pits quicker to gain track position, and almost no chance for the mechanics to gain the team precious seconds by changing tires quicker than their rivals.

 

What's the reasoning behind this change? They better have a good one if they make things less exciting because of it.

 

I agree with you.

Fast efficient pit stops have always been part of racing.
It's the overall effort that wins a race and when you do it better, you get to be the winner.
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I want to point out that the liberals in the US want every kid to get a trophy.
Liberals want everyone to be "equal" and competition is bad.

What they are trying to do is slow down the people who are fast by making slower refueling,
so that everyone will be "equal".
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I wish to point out that every time liberals politicise something in the US, it messes up
whatever is politicized.
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The racing officials had better NEVER complain about smaller fields of cars and
should NEVER complain about falling spectator admission tickets.
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Here's how the officials screwed someone out of winning at the Daytona 24:

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/a...w-you-out.html