

They argued this proved necessary because the differences in the performance of cars built to the LMH rules were “greater than initially anticipated” after Toyota dominated the opening three rounds of the series. The decision to issue a revised BoP incorporating wholescale changes to the cars across the cars built to the two ruleset was described in a joint FIA/ACO statement as “a correction”. “As soon as there are adjustments like this, then you create an incentive to have sandbagging.”


“The principle was to discourage people from sandbagging because there was no adjustment,” explained Vasselon. #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 - Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez But the FIA and ACO exercised their right as the ultimate arbiters of the WEC to impose a new BoP last week ahead of Sunday’s Le Mans Test Day.
