WEC 2018 – The 6 Hours of Fuji: Schedules and broadcasts

As we have commented at the end of our summary of today's F1 race, Fernando Alonso He is not leaving Japan, he is staying in the country of the rising sun because he will have an appointment with his Japanese team at the WEC 2018. Yes, I am talking about Fuji 6 hours to be held next weekend while the rest of the F1 drivers rest. We already explained at the beginning of the year the tight racing schedule that Alonso had with F1 and WEC, as well as adding more races such as karting races, etc.

But first I want to give you bad news for toyota, as the FIA ​​has applied new restrictions for the TS050 to make it even more equal to its competitors. The privateer teams with LMP1 prototypes will have more fuel capacity so they don't have to spend as much time stopping less, they will be able to refuel more quickly to make quicker stops, and this adds to the penalties for Toyota which will have 904 kilos of weight , 26 extra kilos that they add for this appointment, that is, 85 kg more than the atmospheric LMP1 and 70 more than the turbocharged ones. This without counting the restrictions for Toyota that have been added almost in each appointment of the world endurance championship together with the advantages of private teams...

Summing up, the Toyota TS050 could be around 0,3 tenths per lap slower or more of that. And you should also keep in mind that adding weight means that the mechanics such as the suspensions will have to work with greater inertia, the brakes will also be punished more, etc. In short, it will put the Toyota's reliability to the limit, so it does not become an EoT that only affects lap times but could also affect the level of reliability.

Well, remember that the appointment will be next weekend, so you don't miss anything you should know that you can follow the event on Eurosport if you have this channel or through the Eurosport Player app. In addition, as expected, the TDT channel DMAX (Discovery Max) will broadcast part of the race (fragments of the 6 hours) of the race in open. Remember, the race will be on Sunday, October 14: