Anyone who complained about getting more racing from the current era of WEC is out of their damn minds. Race was brilliant. Andlauer repeatedly overtaking people at Eau Rouge was *chef's kiss*.

I was at the track, The decision was the best they ever made

The cheers that emanated from the main grandstand when it was announced there would be a restart over the remaining race time was something to behold…

Loving this Era of WEC so far, Can’t wait for Le Mans

the history of jota racing would make a hell of a video

I was there at Spa, this weekend, and I'll never ever forget it. It's a privilige to be able to witness a WEC race in this era, and certainly one at Spa. Thank you for your brilliant review of the race. Spot on.

I'm pissed that Ferrari got the kick in the butt at Spa but rules are rules. And the WEC races lately has been an absolute banger. I just love this era of WEC, may long it lives. Also, I am torn between wanting Ferrari to win Le Mans again this year or Porsche getting their 20th Le Mans win. Or maybe going curveball and see Peugeot win. I really don't know what I want but pretty sure I'll enjoy tuning in to Le Mans 24 this year.

I was at Spa spend 3 hours in a traffic jam for parking and missed the start. But i had a blast.

Between LMU and Forza, the thing I've learned playing with those Hypercars are, they are much longer than you think and it's super easy to forget that when making an overtake

The more I get, the more I realise. I don't like formula 1. I like racing. And you're helping me realise that. Thank you for opening my eyes to a world where there's so much to see.

Playing New Vegas with a blue HUD deserves a trip to The Hague.

It was good because it was the longest 6 hour race of all time, ever. I'm a recent convert. Will be watching WEC for racing action & F1 only if I need to cure my insomnia...

WEC and IMSA are crushing it. sooooooo goooooood. I want Porsche to win Le Mans but this looks like more of a championship year for them. Cadilac and BMW will be the cars to watch at Le Mans.

Whenever that clause is activated I'd like to see them allow refueling the parked up cars to something like 30%

I was there. It was brilliant. Standing right at the fence on the Kemmel straight is one of the most exciting things I've ever done.

This was my first time at a WEC race at the track, and it was one of the best days of my life. The cars were extremely loud (unlike at the Nürburgring where I usually go to), the racing action was amazing and the weather was awesome. The only two things I'd criticize would be the lack of video walls around the track as well as the lack of (active) speakers. It took a while until we realized they would actually restart the race and many people already left the track

Eduardo Freitas and the stewards are heroes. 👍

Hi Aiden, thank you again for great content! I was at Spa this weekend. One thing I would like to add is that the organizers on saturday might have been influenced by a large amount of spectators missing the race start. Because a massive traffic jam blocked spectator cars from entering the parking lot. I waited in my car for 2 hours and 40 minutes. The row of cars was so long that it blocked the highway near the town of Stavelot. Felt like nobody was ready for so many cars turning up.

Been watching Le Man since 2013 and this year is easily the most I've been hype(r)d for. Last years was fantastic but I cant wait to see that start formation and all those cars on the grid

This is my first season following WEC and I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far. Spa was the best race of the season

Race 3 of the F4 Spanish Championship being awarded to the driver who caused a red flag was a farce. Spa on the other hand was glorious.

And is nice to see Velention Rossi is doing well in WEC .Looks 2 or 4 wheels does not matter much for him .

I went to see the race in imola irl, and yea wec currently is in a golden period and def my favourite series currently...

As soon as I saw the clock reset to pre accident time and the energy graphic I knew jota or Penske would win as everyone else had to pit for fuel

We are back in the golden age of Endurance boyz!

Imagine complaining about the race going the actual race distance. Sounds about Ferrari. Anyway, my biggest takeaway was that BMW’s hypercar program is an absolute bust.

YEEEEEAAAAAH I love me some WEC content! Also one of the most Bonkers Races ever. Loved every second of it (except for the last Iron Dames Pitstop, they had the pace, but they did not have the luck)

A bunch of fans at spa being left to watch a stopped race for a couple hours and then not restarting would be terrible. Good thing no racing series would ever let this happen.

6 big kaboose bots spamming ai generated crap.

Thanks Aidan, with the WEC proper coverage being absolute krap, and the usual KZfaq channels being below par, its good to get some clarity around the WEC from you, thanks much appreciated. Yes, this WEC season is very interesting, and if you can park the BOP, and it would be great if you could do a pre/post event analysis similar to this fantastic episode, don't sweat the footage, we've already seen it, but your understanding would be appreciated. best regards

Another top series to mention was International GT Open at Hockenheim the past weekend with a 31 cars strong GT3 field.

WRC was on this weekend too

great video

Great video. 👍 I wonder if they will ease up on the B.O.P. for Peugeot for Le Mans?

I didn't know such a rule existed either, lucky this is my first season of WEC so I just rolled with it. It's similar to Formula E's added laps when there's a safety car, brought in after the nightmare of everyone running out of energy in Valencia. I thought it was simply taking advantage of the conditions, the commentators speculated that this maybe wouldn't have happened in a wet race, because it would be darker earlier, Le Mans being the circuit set up for darkness, etc. Wah Wah, get over yourselves, tifosi. A friendly reminder that this isn't just a British problem. Still learning, endurance is so different to anything I've seen. After doing the long slog of Le Mans last year, just because I'd never seen it before, I hope to have a better understanding this year. Insert quip about Alpine having more points than in F1 here. It was bumper for me. Watched this race live, recorded IndyCar and streamed highlights of Formula E, whilst also trying to keep up with the World Seniors Snooker - congratulations Igor Figuereido! - and Eurovision: Total War.

That same Lexus was causing issues for the hyper cars at Imola too.

WEC is making a huge mistake in not coming back to Silverstone. That was always a cracking weekend and I'd have it back on the calendar in a heartbeat.

Lost interest pre hypercar. Now I can't get enough of it. Should help the championship grow.

Even as a Ferrari fan I think the decision was right, especially for the fans at the track💪🏻

Just imagine the NRG as fuel. Nothing more than that.

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

Apparently, it was by the book, so I'm ok with it. I'm pretty happy a privateer won.

Awesome race Big win for wec

As a massive WEC fan, I loved how they went back to racing but I do think they need to change the restart procedure if this happens again. I think everyone should be given the chance to refuel after they start back behind the SC and everyone rejoins the SC queue so that cars that pitted before the red flag have the advantage but anyone caught out by the red flag doesnt lose a minute. Imo I dont think Ferrari would have won the race even if they were able to rejoin the back of the SC queue. Illot was pulling on the Ferraris the whole last 100 minutes, with the only time he lost time was because of the shorter Ferrari stop.

I know the argument against the BoP in Hypercar is that "It just exists so the LMDh cars don't get absolutely humiliated by the *actual* LMH cars" ... and in theory I agree, I suppose. The issue is that what's happened in WEC recently is a golden age of racing, some of the best I've seen, and it's very hard for me to get on board with changing something when the results of are this good currently. Would Hypercar be more "pure" to the performance of the cars etc with BoP gone? Certainly. But also... I prefer to watch 6 hours of good racing even if there is an element of handicap to make that happen.

I like how these videos give notice that they are finished, allowing you to click onto another video, saving data, etc.

There's two other things that should be considered. 1.) Had the race been called, only half points would've been awarded. The red flag had came out with over 1:15, or before 75% of the race time completed. 2.) Countback would've scored the Cadillac in fourth. I shouldn't have to explain why _that_ would've been controversial.

I am really enjoying the hyper car generation more than the lmp1 monsters.

Excellent point about value for money. Imagine paying for a ticket or to watch a 6 hour race and the course is damaged and you only see a couple of hours of of racing action. Definitely the right call to give everyone a full race timing.

Also if you let the teams know what the BOP strategy is then they might try to game the system in some way

I’m glad this has BOP as it makes it so we have no clue who might win it makes the races so enjoyable to watch

I actually watched an entire WEC race. Can’t justify the length of these things in my schedule but dang I’m glad I stuck. Can’t help wonder how amazing an F1 length race with these cars would be.

Spa WEC is my annual trip to the Ardennes. This year's event was brilliant - perfect weather, fantastic race. Ferrari's sporting director should have read the rulebook more closely - the Stewards were perfectly entitled to extend the finish time - we had the double bonus of a full 6 hours racing,, AND a British team winning!!

I wanted to see a Ferrari win and I think they were good value for it - but extending the race was the right decision. WEC is a growing category and needs to keep growing it's fanbase and offering. Rewarding the patience and attendance of fans at the track and those who paid to watch the race (of which I was one following online) was the correct decision. I remember watching the infamous 6 car US Grand Prix back in the day and the damage that did to the F1 brand in the US market (and is still a meme today nearly 20 years on from that race). While this wouldn't have been so dramatic had the race been concluded with an approx. 1.5hr red flag and safety car period, it was the right call for the fans. The fans got to see more great racing and got their money's worth. Think of the new fans who were watching their first WEC race, they would likely feel valued as fans and may want to now watch further WEC races. Ferrari may feel a bit aggrieved that extending the race cost them a win (or more than 1 car getting onto the podium) but the same could be said for the Iron Dames who had something like a 40 second lead after the first stint before the safety car brought the field back together or the Iron Lynx team who had to pit on the final lap costing them the win or any other team caught out. Who knows, maybe if there was another safety car or incident in the final hour or so of the race, Ferrari may have been back in a position to challenge for the win. The reality is endurance racing requires luck and good fortune and while the top 2 cars may not have been among the leaders for most of the race, they were the beneficiaries of circumstances. That has always been a factor in racing and what makes it unpredictable and exciting. Keep the faith my fellow Tifosi brethren, Ferrari arguably should have won both Imola and Spa, they are building and have strong race pace. If they continue this form, and continue to learn and gather more experience, then we will surely see a Ferrari win soon - who knows, maybe it will be at the biggest race of them all next time out! For now, let's just enjoy this incredible WEC era.

Your a good man aido

Glad all drivers involved in Earl bambers crash are alright. Was a scary one

I was at spa, and what a great race!

the problem here is not that we got more racing (that was a great decision imo), it's why did they wait until the last second to announce the extension when it was abundantly clear that the barrier repair was gonna take longer than they expected?, they could have easily taken the decision 1 hour into the red flag, hopefully they'll tweak that for clarity, but the biggest issue that nobody is mentioning is that those armco barriers are obsolete with the speeds the cars are now traveling and how long it takes to replace them

Le mans has the chance to be a classic this year

virtual energy is the amount of fuel they are allowed to use in one stint (they measure fuel in energy for some reason). For instance, let's assume one car can use 78 kg of fuel per stint, that is 100 percent. Theh may physically have an extra buffer kg of fuel, so the fuel tank is 1 + 78 kg of fuel, but teams aren't allowed to use the full physical capacity of the fuel tank. Let's assume the car has 2 kg (=2.56 %) of fuel left when entering the pit box, the team is only allowed to pit 97.44 % (=76 kg) of fuel max.

did you meant to say 1m 44? seems a tiny bit off time wise

that lasts Legends race from Brands Hatch was mad and that finish....wow.

That’s funny, I just beat New Vegas for the first time a couple days ago. Bloody good game, never finished a fallout game before.

I checked the Le Mans entry list today... it's bonkers!! Probably even better than last year.

9:01 in F1 the race timer (2hours/305km) doesn't keep running under red flags, only the 3 hour timer

But this rule need to be used consistently. Interresting fact: in F1 there are no rules Safety Car should come ahead of first place, they can come out to any position, it's just they used it that way and everybody expects it for the next instances

Spa is an awesome track. Was always my favourite to watch as a kid and to play on the PlayStation. It’s fast, it’s tricky in certain areas, and the scenery is beautiful. There are a few first corners in motor racing more strange than that first hairpin. Also, the amount of times I lost my front wing in the bus stop while playing on the PlayStation. LOL.

Le Mans is going to be lit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

It was the right decision, especially for the fans. There are other comments about traffic problems getting into the track which caused people to miss the start. Combine that with disappointment of going home unfulfilled If the race had been terminated without a green flag finish and a good number of people would not have returned next year.

I only saw the main points of the race but what I saw of it looked good.

The reasons made for BoP changes are made on FIA calculations, watch the episode from the Vanthoor brothers podcast with a FIA engineer

I was there. We went home about 20 minutes before the end because we didn't see how there would be a restart.

I honestly don't understand why there are any entrants or spectators with BOP being part of the picture. On the upside, it's humbling to have to accept being completely baffled, so that's at least a personal benefit. All I can imagine is that close racing is all that matters to spectators but the manufacturers have no clear way of winning in what is essentially a poker game.

0:55 mental health is no joke, i sometimes skip days at university because id much rather get a worse mark than my mental health deteriorating

I have to get to a wec race next year

I don’t know what side of the whole should the race have been extended thing to be on, but I do think that now that it has happened once, it should happen for the remainder of the season.

it was proton that getting robbed

I think the decision to extend was one of the best things i've seen in motorsport

Although like to add When Earl Bamber wanting to pass 99 Porsche The Porsche does a block as well hitting the back side of the Porsche He is aware of the BMW GT3 car

I didn't know anyone was saying that they were robbed

Your commentary makes WEC sound way more exciting than F1 at the moment. I'll have to catch up.

not sure about the thing you mentioned!

didn't the tiffosi get the memo that Ferrari International Assistance changed their name to RBIA back in 2021? XD

I am a Ferrari fan but rules be rules if we broke em we need to be punished no one is above the rules . Penske in Indycar run that show kicked out it’s own cars so meh Ferrari ain’t above that

Great content as always. Special points for the black country flag. Bostin!

I’m a die-hard Tifoso and have no issues with either the qualifying penalty decision or the race-timing decision. Both were entirely fair and straight forward as per the rules. “The racing gods giveth, and the racing gods taketh away.” Hopefully dealing with the strategy situation at Imola and the issues at Spa mean the team are well practiced and mentally agile for whatever Le Mans throws at us 👍

I think it's a bit misleading to say that Ferrari "took a BoP hit" after Imola. As far as I know BoP is not the same thing as success ballast and it's not a reactionary measure, or a penalty.

Are people seriously complaining that we got 1 hr and a half of extra racing that we should’ve gotten anyway just because Ferrari was in the lead? That’s an entire Grand Prix… grow up.

Was watching from Oz 🦘 I thought it was a cracking race! Experience counts, Toyota will be strong at Le Mans.

That fallout reference... god damn it, i feel seen Sidenote: totally glad 92 porsche took P2 in LMGT3, a bit of national bias, because manthey pure RX is racing under lithuanian flag 🇱🇹

Shows up at next race 3 kilo over: "Yeah sorry the unlimited breadsticks were for real"

The thing that winds me up about the BOP is that, fine... a car that has been successful gets more weight and a touch less power for the sake of grid competitiveness and "the show", but a car that is unproven and has had a mediocre to poor previous performance? I'm seriously hoping that Peugeot get a leg up for their home race just like Ferrari did at Imola. They're not allowing them to attempt to compete. It's not completely balanced and it seems to favour a couple of teams. I'm a long time endurance fan but this seems too frustrating for me. Anyone else find this?

This really is the new f1.

Ferrari fans have got to remember thst the massive hit on the Bop to Toyota at last years LM, virtually ensured a Ferrari victory. Refuelling just before a safety car or red flag is just the luck of the draw. Pleased to see a Jota win, love the gold livery. Off to LM on 6 June for 12 wonderful days, csnt wait.😋

This seems to be happening a lot now when someone's not happy with results......change the rules....... no, that's not the way to satisfy a dummy spitter in every race....it is ruining motorsport. Let's get back to basic, get out there and race, sometimes the unplanned happens and can't be helped.

Being an iron dames fan is pain

Have a coffee on me. Great job. Grts fr belgium

I would even argue that Ferrari would have been gifted the win by the race direction if they decided to not continue the race despite the rules and the track conditions allowing it to do so.

New mic?

I watched this race and I saw Ferrari do Ferrari does special in Formula One but elsewhere like the WEC they screwed up their strategy game and got beat because they messed up