Introduction Qatar Prologue Final race with the wingless wonder → Peugeot debuting the 9X8 with the wing after the season opener BoP changes for Hypercar (SEE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE) → Porsche with a power reduction and weight reduction (515 kW to 505 kW) (weight increase from 1046 kg to 1048 kg) Toyota → weight increase (now 1089 kg) and power reduction (power reduction 514 kW to 510 kW) No changes to Ferrari Cadillac → power reduction (504 kW to 499 kW) and 2kg weight increase Jota Porsche 963 fast, along with the #5 factory Porsche 963 Lexus LMGT3 quick Pipo Derani vs. Isotta Fraschini Twitter feud → Isotta Twitter admin claps back at him Toyota lower on the charts → were they actually slow or just sandbagging Kobayashi and Hartley allude to them actually struggling (spoiler alert, they were actually struggling) Round 1: Qatar 1812 km Qualifying → Is this a good format? (New format for qualifying introduced this year with hyperpole being in all races. It was initially only at LeMans) TF Sport Corvette on pole for LMGT3 Lexus struggling in qualifying Porsche Penske #5 car on pole for Hypercar (Matt Campbell continuing his Toyota #8 car struggling, did not make hyperpole, #7 car did though Good race? Yes or no? Race Start Isotta Fraschini stopped on track before the start during the pace laps (struggled most of the race unfortunately) Peugeot 94 gets spun entering turn 1 499P Ferrari has contact with one of the United Autosport McLaren LMGT3s → rear wing falls off and causes a safety car Middle/ End of Race Lots of cars go off into the gravel, which brings more gravel back onto the circuit (probably should’ve swept the track but oh well) Porsche Penske #6 car collides with one of the Akkodis Lexus LMGT3s → causes body work damage on the 6 (side number panel ends up damaged and rules state that it has to be displayed and fixed within the next pitstop, team pits one last time to slap a sticker on the car that displays the number) Lexus receives penalty for the incident Good battle between #5 Porsche Penske and #12 JOTA 38 JOTA Porsche breaks **93 Peugeot collapses on the LAST LAP of the race (the wingless wonder goes out with a whimper) Winners: Porsche Penske #6 wins overall and in Hypercar class (porsche front row lockout and sweep, also ends Lotterer’s win drought in WEC as his last win was back in 2015 at Spa) Manthey Pure Rxcing Porsche win in LMGT3 Struggle Bus and Lost at sea teams: BMW Hypercar team, Isotta Fraschini, Akkodis ASP Lexus team (78 car DNF), Toyota Hypercar team, Cadillac Hypercar (managed a 4th place finish), United Autosports McLaren LMGT3s, TF Sport Corvette (made it to hyperpole and got pole, then fell off during the race) Surprises: Mick Schumacher/ Alpine Hypercar team (finished best out of all the debuting HC teams) Aston Martin LMGT3s (managed a podium) Peugeot → was doing relatively well throughout the race up until the end *POST_RACE UPDATE*: **93 Peugeot receives disqualification after the race due to breach in BoP** Explanation: Vergne deployed ERS (Energy Recovery System) and the speed was below the set BoP threshold (150 km/h for Peugeot, equivalent to about 93 mph) after running out of fuel Rules require that if you do it, you must pit → pitting however, would result in a DNF, since it was done in an attempt to qualify the car, it resulted in a disqualification Rule’s main purpose is to put LMHs and LMDhs on a level playing field LeMans entry list https://us.motorsport.com/lemans/news/the-2024-le-mans-24-hours-entry-list-in-full/10577368/ Noteworthy: Alex Palou confirmed to be Cadillac’s third driver for the 02 for the race Thomas Preining in one of the factory Porsches for the race (speculated) References: https://mcusercontent.com/58ec14b624aac0d4f32a73311/files/0ebf92a8-39ae-be4b-7607-b8be9b39c3b8/TBP_Report___2024_WEC_R01_Qatar.pdf https://www.fiawec.com/en/season/result

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