r/wec • u/krzysiek_aleks NISSAN DeltaWing #0 • Dec 27 '23
24hr Series 24h Dubai postponed by two weeks
https://twitter.com/Century_Msport/status/173997875783705811837
u/Titan-Lim Dec 27 '23
So how much does one need to fork out for a race seat? No shortage of rich people in Dubai
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u/Academic-Fish-3540 Dec 27 '23
10k+ Most drivers are not from Dubai though and you need a racing licence to drive so it’s not like they can just go ask rich people around town.
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u/Dexter942 Dec 27 '23
There's other factory drivers available.
Heart of Racing is likely going to pull out.
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u/mrmattyuk Dec 27 '23
Would probably be 30-50k GT4 and 70-100k GT3
It's not just having the money it's having the correct race licence too
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u/krzysiek_aleks NISSAN DeltaWing #0 Dec 27 '23
Quite strange that this is the way we get a message like this, there is nothing from the promoter, but it's Creventic, so...
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u/bad_motivator Corvette Racing C.7R #63 Dec 27 '23
When's the last time there were two 24hr races on the same day?
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u/JordFxPCMR Dec 27 '23
No idea but I know what one I’m gonna be watching
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u/Competitive-Ad-498 Dec 27 '23
I watch both. Not that difficult.
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u/JordFxPCMR Dec 27 '23
I should of kept my third monitor 😂 to watch both racss
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u/Competitive-Ad-498 Dec 27 '23
Do you know how many English natives make a mistake when spelling Dutch names? And therefore bastardize their names? Like Rinus Veekay? (Rinus van Kalmthout)
Or using capital letters in the word "van"?
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u/Competitive-Ad-498 Dec 28 '23
Correct. I'm not a bot.
And I know I react on a bot. But when a bot starts to nag about grammar, then i will do the same.
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u/Silver996C2 Dec 27 '23
I’m not a bot. But I delete bot accounts like a bot. Does that fucking count - bot? Shrugs like a bot…
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u/agoia Corvette Racing C.7R #63 Dec 28 '23
But that means you lose either the livetiming monitor or the gaming monitor to sub for a race that is much less significant.
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u/ajax30za Dec 27 '23
I booked leave to attend the race and take pictures.. Now I am working on the new date and I can’t change my work shift… 🤬
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u/Bryan17g Dec 27 '23
I’m curious what RSL will do since it’s probably all hands on deck in Daytona as always.
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u/wecaccount Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 #4 Dec 27 '23
Wish I could watch Dubai 24. Problem is that I'm already gonna be at Daytona to watch it live.
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u/Disastrous-Force Dec 27 '23
The 12hrs of Mugello will probably be postponed too. The container return date from Dubai is now very tight, being the back end of the week before IIRC. I can see any Dubai 24hr entrants that suffer significant damage dropping out of Mugello.
Creventic where, well are stuck with a bit of a problem cancelling would still leave them with all the containers en-route and in the wrong place, and costs of getting the containers back to Rotterdam, Barcelona and London. Delaying any further would impact on to SRO world challenge Europe, British GT and Creventic 24hr series Mugello.
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u/Michal_Baranowski Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid #8 Dec 27 '23
Situation in the region is troubled. I wonder whether it may affect WEC's opener in Qatar... Seems less likely, however we have to be ready for any scenario.
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u/Disastrous-Force Dec 27 '23
WEC Qatar is an air fright (fly away) round, rather than sea containers. One of the things the Qatari money is doing for WEC is bringing more cash for fly away rounds.
Le Mans > Brazil is the next fly away then USA > Japan. Brazil > USA is sea freight and so is Japan > Bahrain.
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u/Michal_Baranowski Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid #8 Dec 27 '23
Good to know. Thank you for the clarification.
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u/cypher50 Dec 27 '23
Should have just canceled because we all know which race will get priority.
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u/kjm911 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 #6 Dec 27 '23
Why cancel when 90% of the field are just amateurs who want to go racing
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u/Murbanvideo Dec 27 '23
Cancelling wouldn't make sense. 99% of competitors are gentleman drivers that have paid to race. It's an amateur racing series.
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u/V8-Turbo-Hybrid Manufacturers Dec 27 '23
Basically, the reason is by the war. I really wonder they able to postpone again.
It seems like the war would take a long while, it wouldn’t end very soon.
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u/knifetrader Dec 27 '23
The war - or at least the Houthi missile attacks - are taking place in the Red Sea, which is on the westside of the fairly enormous Arabian peninsula, whereas Dubai is on its eastside, i.e. hundreds if not thousands of kilometres away and thus probably as safe as a place can be in that part of the world.
The problem is that the cars are shipped on container freighters that typically go through the Suez canal and the Red Sea and which now have to take the longer route around Africa, hence the delay. But once they get to their destination, the race should be able to go on pretty much as planned.
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u/TimTri BMW Dec 27 '23
Looks like there’s now a clash with the Rolex 24 and we know which one all the big drivers will prioritize…