The 2021 WEC season enters its final stretch. With a double date in Bahrain, the contest will start its particular ‘stay’ on the circuit with a 6-hour race. An event in which Glickenhaus will not be, so The premier class returns to the head-to-head duel between Toyota Gazoo Racing and Alpine. A scenario in which the FIA and ACO have decided to carry out a deep adjustment in the ‘Balance of Performance’, since the absence of Glickenhaus allows defining an equation similar to the one that occurred at the beginning of the season when the SCG 007 LMH of the American firm had not yet debuted.
In fact, The Toyota GR010 Hybrid and Alpine’s LMP1 have seen their running weight reduced to early season values. In this regard, the two Toyota Gazoo Racing LMHs go from 1,066 to 1,040 kilos in weight, while the Alpine A480-Gibson stays at 930 kilograms after losing 22 kg. It was precisely this weight that they gained in Portimao when Glickenhaus appeared in the championship. For its part, the Toyota will have a maximum energy of 909 MJ and 520 kW of maximum power, while the Alpine will have 816 MJ of energy per stint and a maximum power of 454 kW.
Unlike in the queen class, there have been no weight changes among the GTEs of the LMGTE-Pro categoryAlthough the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo has seen the maximum capacity of the fuel tank reduced by four liters, so it remains at 89 liters. This same change also applies to Ferrari of the LMGTE-Am class, where Aston Martins are also affected by a reduction in liters. As is customary for the concept of weights for successes that regulates the amateur category, the Ferrari # 83 is the heaviest car in the LMGTE-Am class..