Europe will get an additional FIA World Endurance Championship race next year before June's Le Mans 24 Hours WEC
WEC boss Frederic Lequien has confirmed that the extra event will be in Europe and that its timing in the first half of the season is aimed at producing what he called “a good balance” to the series schedule.
A return to the Algarve circuit near Portimao, which hosted its first WEC round last year, appears to be among the possibilities for the calendar addition. “The situation is under discussion between all the partners, but we have to face this kind of reality as the calendars grow,” he said at Monza last weekend. “Putting the calendars together is like a Chinese puzzle.”
Seven drivers travelled overnight from the single Indonesian race on the Saturday this year to take part in the Sunday test ahead of the double-points WEC round, including eventual outright winner Sebastien Buemi and LMP2 class victorThe clash wouldn’t prevent any drivers with dual programmes in WEC and FE from racing at Le Mans so long as they have a platinum rating under the FIA’s system of driver categorisation.
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