The last few days has caused what i can only say as Consternation and anger from people over the reorganisation of the WEC.
The ACO and WEC are businesses as well as sporting ventures. They alone dictate as to what model they will use in future ventures. They are the ones who know what sort of direction they wish to take and what they are willing to pay or not pay for.
Yes the decisions to change the season around to a winter setup is a big change but it is something that they feel will take the championship to a different level, be that good or bad.
They decide where to take the races. the decide on what the cars will be like or able to do.
fans will either be happy or angry. race's have gone in Texas, Mexico, Germany and the UK
This has made a mess for some peoples plans, mine included, we normally fly to Austin as we have friends there. That trip has gone.
People have to adapt. Germans will have to go to the likes of Le Mans and Spa, UK fans will also probably go to Spa, if possible, or find other British races to whatch. US fans will have to look past COTA. It happens.
But the thing is here that no country, track or person has the god given right to demand that a race should be held in certain places. No Country has the right to be further up the pecking order than any other country.
Just because a country has a great Motorsport heritage (Which many do) also does not give them the right to host ANY motor race.....
People will just have to deal with the fact that things are changing, people will change plans will travel to other races, race series or decide to stay at home.
Change always happens. Its something that we must get used too.
People complained about the specs on LMP2, look how helathy and excellent they have become. Many wondered why we needed LMP3. and look how that has turned out. GTE is becoming again some of the best racing in the arena of endurance.
With IMSA everyone bitched that Nascar's owners would make a utter mess of it when it took over ALMS. I must say that is going from strength to strength in a big way. Even here things have changed DP has gone and replaced by DPi, and that is gaining traction in a good way.
I for one have no complaints at the racing scene in endurance, what with British GT, WEC, ELMS, Blancpain, and many others its a race fest that i enjoy no matter where it is held.
