Today’s bulletin from the FIA World Motorsports Council confirms a number of detail changes to the sorting and technical regulations for the FIA WEC but perhaps rather more significantly for now it confirms, ahead of the planned LMP2 Manufacturers meeting at Paul Ricard that LMP2 will see a single engine supplier from 2017.
That has to count as a surprise bearing in mind the perceived stage of discussion with the ACO. No mention was made at Daytona we believe of this measure being up for discussion and/or approval by the WMSC.
Amongst the changes confirmed for 2015 listed in the bulletin “designed to limit costs”:
New limitations will be enforced with regards to engines. LMP1 Hybrid competitors may homologate only one type of power train for the season. In this category, the number of engines will be limited to five per season and to seven for a manufacturer entering its first season in the Championship.
The number of team personnel authorized for entrants competing in the Manufacturer’s World Endurance Championship has been limited.
The number of testing days allowed for competitors entered in all categories has also been limited.
To improve safety, new regulations will be enforced with regards to the weight of drivers. If the average weight of drivers entered in a car is below 80 kilogrammes, ballasts will be imposed.
The FIA Driver Categorisation Regulations have been amended. New criteria and procedures for the attribution of Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze driver status have been set and approved.
Unfortunately none of the links referred to in the FIA release to the revised documentation are yet live on FIA.com.
