As usual, thanks for the video. So, the Isotta remains in the garage, not surprising, it did the 24H du Mans last year, now it can join the show-room of the brand to sell their hypercars, I think their objectives were not beyond that. But more seriously, this sadly leaves at least 1 Lamborghini, 1 or 2 Vanwalls, and the 2 ex-Jota Porsches in the garage. I thought I'd see a second Porsche Proton, and a Porsche Rodin. It's good to see Mercedes-Benz AMG back in GT3! And if I've understood correctly, in LMH/LMdH, we should probably (the announced projects seem serious) see the arrival in the next few years of Genesis/Hyundai LmdH with an Oreca chassis, Mercedes-Benz AMG, and McLaren.
im so hyped for 2025. rooting for astons hypercar and gt3, cant wait to see the hypercar on track. its unfortunate that we dont have a 'small' brand or underdog in hypercar or gt3 like isota, vanwall, etc.
@vitreo1363 Hello Vitreo, My name is Cameron Greenwood Cramp AKA CGC. I'm an Aussie. I'm almost 28 years old. I was born on February 6 1997. I live in Melbourne in Australia AKA the land down under. I am the biggest fan of IMSA and the WEC in the land down under too. I've been into IMSA for 21 years now. And I love it. It's actually my favourite motorsport nowadays along with the World Endurance Championship AKA WEC and MotoGP & the 24 Hours Of Le Mans. Back in the day, I used to be into all motorsports, but not anymore. It's been like that for the last 12 years also. My favourite IMSA season is every single one of them. From the classic original IMSA from 1971 to 1998 and new IMSA from 2014 onwards. My favourite races in IMSA are the Daytona 24 Hours, the 12 Hours Of Sebring and of course the Watkins Glen 6 Hour held at The Glen. My favourite World Endurance Championship or WEC for short is every single one from 2012 to present day. Watkins Glen AKA The Glen in Upstate New York, where they make steamed hams, is the best race track in the United States of America. Also, Francios Cevert is the greatest French person of all time, apart from Rene Arnoux, Alain Prost, and Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan. And also, 1989 is the best Le Mans ever, along with 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 1995. The Le Mans 24 Hours is my favourite race of the year and my favourite sporting event of the year too. Le Mans is my favourite race track in the world along with The Glen AKA Watkins Glen and Bathurst. Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna are two of my favourite drivers of all time. They are two of the greatest drivers who ever lived. Colin McRae and Walter Rohrl & Henri Toivonen are three of my favourite rally drivers of all time. They're tree of the greatest rally drivers who ever lived. Burt Munro along with Freddie Spencer are two of my favourite motorcycle riders of all time. They are two of the greatest motorcycle racers who ever lived. The Ford GT40 and the Ford Mustang are two of my favourite Ford's of all time. Two of the best Ford's ever made. Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty are two of my favourite NASCAR drivers of all time and two of my favourite Amercians too. The Dodge Viper RT/10, the McLaren F1 and Mini Cooper are my favourite cars of all time. Search And Destroy by Iggy Pop And Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley are two of my favourite songs of all time. Along with Colorado Boy At Heart which is a song that wrote and recorded entirely by myself. It's also fun little song about Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty who's from Colorado. A very cool place. Albert The 5th Musketeer is my favourite cartoon of all time and The Young Ones is my favourite TV show of all time. Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan is my favourite Musketeer too. I'm the 6th Musketeer. Grand Prix Legends AKA GPL is my favourite game of all time. The Shawshank Redemption and The Incredibles are two of my favourite movies of all time. 1967, 1976, 1989, 1991 and 1997 are five of my favourite Formula 1 Seasons of all time. James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Barry Sheene, Striling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Ken Miles n David Purley are my favourite Brits of all time. Dan Gurney is my favourite big tall guy. And also, Dan Gurney is my favourite person with the name Dan too, apart from Dan Wheldon and Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty too. Chris Amon and Lloyd Ruby are two of my favourite drivers who were great despite having a bad luck reputation. On Any Sunday and The World’s Fastest Indian are two of my favourite motorcycle films of all time along with Race For Glory and of course Silver Dream Racer. David Purley AKA David Charles Purley is my definition of an absolute hero. Kork Ballington and Jody Scheckter along with Jon Ekerold are three of my favourite guys from South Africa. My favourite female racers are Penelope Pitstop and Janet Guthrie & Dancia Patrick. Ford VS Ferrari, Rush, Senna, Grand Prix, Le Mans, Race For Glory: Audi VS Lancia, Days Of Thunder, Talladega Nights and The Love Bug & The Last American Hero are my favourite car movies of all time. The Driver as well. My favourite Australians are Jack Brabham, Peter Brock and Mark Skaife. Bruce McLaren, Burt Munro, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme are my favourite Kiwi's of all time. Also, Lorenzo Bandini and Valentino Rossi are my favourite Italian's of all time. Jacky Ickx is my favourite all around driver and my favourite person from Belgium. Aguri Suzuki is my favourite person and driver from Japan. Great country. Ronnie Peterson is my favourite Swedish person and the greatest person from Sweden too. Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet are three of my favourite Brazilian guys and three of the greatest Brazilian's who ever lived. Henri Toivonen is my favourite Finnish person and the greatest person from Finland. Pedro Rodriguez is my favourite Mexican of all time and the greatest Mexican ever. Jim Clark, Colin McRae and Jackie Stewart are three of my favourite drivers from Scotland and three of the best Scotsman ever. 1971, 1982, 1992, 1995 are four of my favourite Indianapolis 500's of all time. Jaques and Gilles Villeneuve are two of my favourite Canadians of all time and two of the best Canadians too. And Jeremy Dale. 1992, 1995, 1997 (CART) are three of the best IndyCar Seasons ever and three of my favourites. 1979 is my favourite Daytona 500 ever along with 1997 and 1998 & 1976. The 1979 Daytona 500 is also my favourite NASCAR race of all time apart from the 1992 Hooters 500. 1979, 1992, 1996, 1997 are four of my favourite Nascar seasons. 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003 are favourite Bathurst 1000's of all time. 1993 to 2007 and 2013 are my favourite V8 Supercars seasons ever. Two of the greatest male cartoon racers are Speed Racer and Tom Slick and two of my favourite male cartoon drivers too. 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2003, 2012 and 2014 are my favourite Daytona 24 Hours and are the best as well. 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2012 are my favourite Sebring 12 Hours and are the best too. Niki Lauda and Jochen Rindt are two of my favourite Austrians and two of the best people from Austria. Juan Manuel Fangio and Carlos Reutemann are two of the best Argentina racers and two of my favourites from Argentina. Clay Regazzoni and Jo Siffert & Alain Menu are my three favourite Swiss people. Three of my favourite drivers from Switzerland. Steve Kinser is my favourite Sprint Car Driver of all time. Like with most people. 1982 to 1986 which were Group B, along with 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2003 are my favourite World Rally Championship's AKA WRC's. 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994 and 2018 are five of my favourites in the British Touring Car Championship. 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 and 1989 are my favourite World Sportscar Championship's AKA WSC's. Every single 500cc season was and is my favourite Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season, especially the ones that had Freddie Spencer in. And finally.... Walter Rohrl is my favourite German and easily the best guy from Germany. Last but not least, Eddie Irvine is my favourite Irish and the best person from Ireland. :)
It's sad to see that Lamborghini & Isotta left. When it comes to no. 46, will Valentino Rossi gonna drive the hypercar & when it comes to Lamborghini, what happened to the drivers? If they're staying in WEC, which cars are they gonna drive? When Sarah Bovy got promoted, will she gonna drive the hypercar as Iron Dames team?
Most exciting? No doubt, the new Aston Martin LMH Hypercar. Finally coming to the WEC. Too bad Lamborghini is gone. But not a surprise looking at the financial problems the parent company Volkswagen and therefore also Audi as the owner of Lambo have.
I saw a post of Manthey Racing where Iron Dames is a stand alone name while 1st Phorm have Manthey in their name, so calling them Manthey Iron Dames might not correct but it's a fact that they are using a Manthey Porsche
You’re correct, It is technically just Iron Dames but they have partnered with Manthey, hence the Manthey name being incorporated. But it will be referred to as The Iron Dames Porsche
Whelp, looks like I called it months ago, Lambo would pick the cheaper IMSA over the WEC. ACO really needs to stop shooting themselves in the foot every time they get success. IMSA's not perfect with their manufacturer limits/fees and some of the on track calls, but damn at least Doonan is of the "We'll try to make it work and try to grow" mentallity. Not whatever this elitest "we're too good for you" B.S. the ACO and the FIA keep doing. Never let the french run anything.
@@vitreo1363 that's marketing, we haven't seen a successful leave then return of a manufacturer mid ruleset as far as I can remember in my life. When they have, it's always been after a ruleset changed or new class was formed. It's always an "indefinite" break.
@@asymsolutions if they shut down the program all together, then you may be right, but if they stick around for IMSA like they said they would, there's still a chance they continue and expand back into WEC as long as the car is still being developed. Granted, it's mostly hopium on my part, but stranger things have happened.
I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the lineup of drivers. The 33 Corvette makes me wonder if Ben Keating is going back to TF Sport and WEC. Can’t wait for the WEC to start.
@@Kaufman55 When? Last I checked, when the decision was made to move to GT3 in both WEC and IMSA, he specifically went with Corvette as the last GTLM machinery; said he wouldn't drive GT3 because he hated ABS, and after that he moved to LMP2 with a team I forgot.
@@vitreo1363 but he drove a AMG Mercedes GT3 in IMSA GTD before going to WEC. TF sport put a X post of the pro drive saying he can’t wait to say his other drivers. Plus Ben had that LMP2 invite for La Mans he needed to use. The WEC was also getting ready to make him a silver rated drive after the GTE AM was done. He doesn’t want to be a silver rated driver.
@vitreo1363 dunno why that rule is there. Wasn't it also only GT3 manufacturer that had intentions to run hypercar that was allowed in? Rather see privateers then lmp2 to fill the grid
@@justkris6461 No; I thought so as well, but it's not a requirement… _they just give priority to manufacturers participating in the top class._ So someone like Mercedes can be in LMGT3 without a Hypercar, but if another manufacturer like Hyundai came with a Hypercar and a GT3, they'd get priority and Mercedes could be left out.
Peugeot confirmed that Muller will go out and Malthe Jakobsen will step up to take his space already. So no other changes from their side. It is not shown on the official WEC entry list, but it's pretty sure from Peugeot's side, no?
VR had make a statement that in 2025 he's gonna race either WEC or GTWCEu... but with no #46 in the WEC grid, looks like he's going to race in GTWCEu only...
LMP2 has been removed since the start of this year in WEC as they can only have a maximum of 40 cars on the WEC grid, they are still at Le Mans with atleast 15 guaranteed grid spots reserved for them.
I don’t understand the two car mandate. Is it a matter of being more lucrative for the Le Mans organization? Next time we chat, please explain? I’m so lucky to be able to pick your brain!!! Way to go, Formula Jonah!!! 🎊 🏎️
Please do another video when all drivers have been confirmed. Damn, no lambo on WEC? WEIRD... But hey, they were abysmal last year, on both classes, I guess they're too embarrassed, anyway, Manthey + Dames? man, I hope Manthey experience nullifies those girls bad luck, they had pace and car, but not a single drop of luck, and btw, I'm ok with SB parting, she did some terrible things last year, specially at SPA, she destroyed not only her race, but 2 others.
@@NicoNice24 She was good at quali, I'll give you that, for sure, but at endurance, she was average overall, she was fast, but had too many little mistakes, and was too hash, had a bad decision making mind for endurance, and that, more often than not, ruined their races, I can remember at least 3 of them this year that she did it, unless she fix that, she doesn't deserve a seat at a team as big as Manthey.
Is there something wrong with the Hypercar class? Since it's inception, we have seen FOUR manufacturers ( Lamborghini, Isotta Fraschini, Glickenhaus and Vanwall ) all pull out in the span on only about 2 years. Is the class broken ? Or are the manufacturers full of shit
It's a tale as old as time... Money. Big V6/V8/V12 hybrid engines made for racing with sophisticated chassis and aerodynamics aren't exactly cheap. And while the operating cost is 3x smaller than something like F1, the profit for participating is not even close to being comparable.
Not really as Issotta is an extremely wealthy manufacturer and besides these LMH/LMDH cars are much cheaper to produce and run than the previous LMP1 cars
Glickenhouse and vanwall kinda make sense, since they didn't really make a lot of points, but Lamborghini does make me scratching my head, because they leave both the GT3 and the Hypercar category, which is.... Weird.
I wouldnt say it is bad. 3 of 4 are small car companies (if you even include Vanwall as a car company), 2 couldnt even complete a full schedule. And you have Vanwall who was barely faster than LMP2s and is run by Bykolles a team that has only finished just over 50% of WEC races they have actually participated in. Lamborghini is the only shock but is kind of understandable when you look at the fact they wrote off a car in testing before last year which had knock on effects which caused them to lose out massively on testing time and money rebuilding the car. It makes sense for Lambo to pull out for a year in WEC, especially with the 2 car rule, and spend a year developing the car while also running a full year in IMSA to get race time aswell. So it actually is 1 manufacturer that has fully pulled out, 2 manufacturers hoping to rejoin and 1 manufacturer taking a year break to help develop the car more.
I’m honestly sad to not see Isotta on the grid next year. Their biggest achievement this year was finishing the 24 Hours of Le Mans
@@johnvandeventer8668 me too
Maybe in 2027 we could see Isotta back.
@purwantiallan5089 And Vanwell
The wording that Lamborghini have used (Paused) gives me hope they will come back to WEC in the future.
I hope they do return as well! My suspicion is that they aren’t done with the WEC yet. 😉
But the WEC could be done with them by the time they want to come back…
they do have the Temerario GT3 coming in 2026, so let's hope they return with that
Hopefully it's better than their GT program. So glad lynx and dames dropped them asap.
@@mcgoo721 Im so glad lambo drop that woke ass team.
Always so nice to see a fan so fluent and up to speed with the IMSA and WEC seasons.
Keep up the updates, Jonah!
I'm sad to see Lamborghini leaving both classes in wec but at least I'm happy that there's two Cadillacs now in hypercar😢😊
How about their lmgt3 program?
@@tyoyusuf8501 both classes me lmgt3 aswell
@@tyoyusuf8501 Mercedes are a great addition in their absence.
@@vitreo1363 no not a Mercedes but their lmgt3 Cadillac general Motorsport program chevrolet corvette
@@vitreo1363Lamborghini still working for their probably biggest LMGT3 project in 2 years time.
glad to see aston martin in hypercar and mercedes in lmgt3!
Mercedes LMGT3 hopefully gonna finish top 3 in WEC 2025 standings.
As usual, thanks for the video. So, the Isotta remains in the garage, not surprising, it did the 24H du Mans last year, now it can join the show-room of the brand to sell their hypercars, I think their objectives were not beyond that.
But more seriously, this sadly leaves at least 1 Lamborghini, 1 or 2 Vanwalls, and the 2 ex-Jota Porsches in the garage.
I thought I'd see a second Porsche Proton, and a Porsche Rodin.
It's good to see Mercedes-Benz AMG back in GT3!
And if I've understood correctly, in LMH/LMdH, we should probably (the announced projects seem serious) see the arrival in the next few years of Genesis/Hyundai LmdH with an Oreca chassis, Mercedes-Benz AMG, and McLaren.
Shame no Vanwall and empty spaces
Well done on the video Jonah, your content kicks ass, I'm glad there's someone covering endurance racing the way it deserves to be!
Thank you so much, I am very happy to hear this. I really appreciate your support, and thanks for watching!!
As usual you explained the WEC silly season very well. Looking forward to the Aston Martin in Hypercar.
Thank you, I appreciate your support! I’m also looking forward to the Aston Martin Hypercar!
Looking forward to that Bourdais - Lynn - Bamber entry 👍🔥🏆
IRON LYNX MERCEDES!!
AND IRON DAMES MANTHEY COLLAB!
So hyped for this season
I thought Iron Dames and Manthey still gonna race as separate teams.
Looking forward to that Valkyrie. Anything designed by Newey surely has a better than average chance of being good
It's sad to see Schwartzmann leave but will be cool to see him in Indycar
Good no Israeli
I'm excited to see aston martin's valkyrie joining in. I can't wait.
The Cadillacs will look good on the grid with the gold Hertz Team Jota livery
im so hyped for 2025. rooting for astons hypercar and gt3, cant wait to see the hypercar on track. its unfortunate that we dont have a 'small' brand or underdog in hypercar or gt3 like isota, vanwall, etc.
Thank You.
You're welcome
I just started to watch the WEC series this year, and it has caught my attention. I'm looking forward to watching in 2025, and beyond.
Rooting for Aston Martin in Hypercar and Manthey 1st Phorm in LMGT3
AM also did contact Lance Stroll because they wanted to test the gravel traps at Le Mans!
Lamborghini comeback in lmgt3 would be interesting because they're making new Temerario gt3 debuting 2026.
I was hoping that there would be 40 cars, but hopefully, next year or some time in the future. :)
Think there's a few tracks on the calendar that don't have 40 put stops which is why they run the current number
36 entries is still a decent amount, all things considered. If Hyundai can get their Hypercars ready, we might see them toward the end of the year(?)
@vitreo1363 absolutely :)
@@theovanbooma8508 yeah
@vitreo1363
Hello Vitreo,
My name is Cameron Greenwood Cramp AKA CGC.
I'm an Aussie. I'm almost 28 years old. I was born on February 6 1997.
I live in Melbourne in Australia AKA the land down under.
I am the biggest fan of IMSA and the WEC in the land down under too. I've been into IMSA for 21 years now.
And I love it.
It's actually my favourite motorsport nowadays along with the World Endurance Championship AKA WEC and MotoGP & the 24 Hours Of Le Mans.
Back in the day, I used to be into all motorsports, but not anymore.
It's been like that for the last 12 years also.
My favourite IMSA season is every single one of them.
From the classic original IMSA from 1971 to 1998 and new IMSA from 2014 onwards.
My favourite races in IMSA are the Daytona 24 Hours, the 12 Hours Of Sebring and of course the Watkins Glen 6 Hour held at The Glen.
My favourite World Endurance Championship or WEC for short is every single one from 2012 to present day.
Watkins Glen AKA The Glen in Upstate New York, where they make steamed hams, is the best race track in the United States of America.
Also, Francios Cevert is the greatest French person of all time, apart from Rene Arnoux, Alain Prost, and Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan.
And also, 1989 is the best Le Mans ever, along with 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 1995.
The Le Mans 24 Hours is my favourite race of the year and my favourite sporting event of the year too.
Le Mans is my favourite race track in the world along with The Glen AKA Watkins Glen and Bathurst.
Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna are two of my favourite drivers of all time.
They are two of the greatest drivers who ever lived.
Colin McRae and Walter Rohrl & Henri Toivonen are three of my favourite rally drivers of all time.
They're tree of the greatest rally drivers who ever lived.
Burt Munro along with Freddie Spencer are two of my favourite motorcycle riders of all time.
They are two of the greatest motorcycle racers who ever lived.
The Ford GT40 and the Ford Mustang are two of my favourite Ford's of all time.
Two of the best Ford's ever made. Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty are two of my favourite NASCAR drivers of all time and two of my favourite Amercians too.
The Dodge Viper RT/10, the McLaren F1 and Mini Cooper are my favourite cars of all time.
Search And Destroy by Iggy Pop And Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley are two of my favourite songs of all time.
Along with Colorado Boy At Heart which is a song that wrote and recorded entirely by myself.
It's also fun little song about Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty who's from Colorado. A very cool place.
Albert The 5th Musketeer is my favourite cartoon of all time and The Young Ones is my favourite TV show of all time.
Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan is my favourite Musketeer too. I'm the 6th Musketeer.
Grand Prix Legends AKA GPL is my favourite game of all time.
The Shawshank Redemption and The Incredibles are two of my favourite movies of all time.
1967, 1976, 1989, 1991 and 1997 are five of my favourite Formula 1 Seasons of all time.
James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Barry Sheene, Striling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Ken Miles n David Purley are my favourite Brits of all time.
Dan Gurney is my favourite big tall guy.
And also, Dan Gurney is my favourite person with the name Dan too, apart from Dan Wheldon and Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty too.
Chris Amon and Lloyd Ruby are two of my favourite drivers who were great despite having a bad luck reputation.
On Any Sunday and The World’s Fastest Indian are two of my favourite motorcycle films of all time along with Race For Glory and of course Silver Dream Racer.
David Purley AKA David Charles Purley is my definition of an absolute hero.
Kork Ballington and Jody Scheckter along with Jon Ekerold are three of my favourite guys from South Africa.
My favourite female racers are Penelope Pitstop and Janet Guthrie & Dancia Patrick.
Ford VS Ferrari, Rush, Senna, Grand Prix, Le Mans, Race For Glory: Audi VS Lancia, Days Of Thunder, Talladega Nights and The Love Bug & The Last American Hero are my favourite car movies of all time. The Driver as well.
My favourite Australians are Jack Brabham, Peter Brock and Mark Skaife.
Bruce McLaren, Burt Munro, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme are my favourite Kiwi's of all time.
Also, Lorenzo Bandini and Valentino Rossi are my favourite Italian's of all time.
Jacky Ickx is my favourite all around driver and my favourite person from Belgium.
Aguri Suzuki is my favourite person and driver from Japan. Great country.
Ronnie Peterson is my favourite Swedish person and the greatest person from Sweden too.
Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet are three of my favourite Brazilian guys and three of the greatest Brazilian's who ever lived.
Henri Toivonen is my favourite Finnish person and the greatest person from Finland. Pedro Rodriguez is my favourite Mexican of all time and the greatest Mexican ever.
Jim Clark, Colin McRae and Jackie Stewart are three of my favourite drivers from Scotland and three of the best Scotsman ever.
1971, 1982, 1992, 1995 are four of my favourite Indianapolis 500's of all time.
Jaques and Gilles Villeneuve are two of my favourite Canadians of all time and two of the best Canadians too.
And Jeremy Dale. 1992, 1995, 1997 (CART) are three of the best IndyCar Seasons ever and three of my favourites.
1979 is my favourite Daytona 500 ever along with 1997 and 1998 & 1976.
The 1979 Daytona 500 is also my favourite NASCAR race of all time apart from the 1992 Hooters 500.
1979, 1992, 1996, 1997 are four of my favourite Nascar seasons.
1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003 are favourite Bathurst 1000's of all time.
1993 to 2007 and 2013 are my favourite V8 Supercars seasons ever.
Two of the greatest male cartoon racers are Speed Racer and Tom Slick and two of my favourite male cartoon drivers too.
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2003, 2012 and 2014 are my favourite Daytona 24 Hours and are the best as well.
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2012 are my favourite Sebring 12 Hours and are the best too.
Niki Lauda and Jochen Rindt are two of my favourite Austrians and two of the best people from Austria.
Juan Manuel Fangio and Carlos Reutemann are two of the best Argentina racers and two of my favourites from Argentina.
Clay Regazzoni and Jo Siffert & Alain Menu are my three favourite Swiss people.
Three of my favourite drivers from Switzerland. Steve Kinser is my favourite Sprint Car Driver of all time. Like with most people.
1982 to 1986 which were Group B, along with 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2003 are my favourite World Rally Championship's AKA WRC's.
1998, 1997, 1995, 1994 and 2018 are five of my favourites in the British Touring Car Championship.
1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 and 1989 are my favourite World Sportscar Championship's AKA WSC's.
Every single 500cc season was and is my favourite Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season, especially the ones that had Freddie Spencer in.
And finally.... Walter Rohrl is my favourite German and easily the best guy from Germany.
Last but not least, Eddie Irvine is my favourite Irish and the best person from Ireland.
:)
That Aston looking elegant
It's sad to see that Lamborghini & Isotta left. When it comes to no. 46, will Valentino Rossi gonna drive the hypercar & when it comes to Lamborghini, what happened to the drivers? If they're staying in WEC, which cars are they gonna drive? When Sarah Bovy got promoted, will she gonna drive the hypercar as Iron Dames team?
@frank0484 - Frank Lamborghini will be competing the 2025 IMSA. Daytona 24hour Daytona and Gran Touring Prototype.
Most exciting? No doubt, the new Aston Martin LMH Hypercar. Finally coming to the WEC. Too bad Lamborghini is gone. But not a surprise looking at the financial problems the parent company Volkswagen and therefore also Audi as the owner of Lambo have.
With Lamborghini pulling out of the WEC entirely do you think that the SC 63 will go full time in IMSA 🤔
Hi,
What do you guys Think about Kevin Magnussen going from Formula 1 to BMW Hypercar
Hopefully the Aston Martins have a better debut than back when they tried to run the AMR-1s
Aston Martin LMH 🔥
Could be more updates later on as 4 empty slots remain.
Wonder if Doriane Pin or Sarah Bovy will slot into one of those Iron Lynx Mercedes..
Pin in the Mercedes GT3 would be a killer
I want Alonso in one of those Astons....
in 2026 or 2027 maybe. With Newey in Aston he wil surely try to get wins last time before retirement
Lambo and Isotta are happy to stay, but not enough money for private teams to have 2 hypercars. Shame, but at least we have Cadi and Aston.
I'm gutted we won't see sarah bovy next season
I think the hypercar class should just focus on manufacturer teams and not customer entry teams as it's clearly fighting for space now
I saw a post of Manthey Racing where Iron Dames is a stand alone name while 1st Phorm have Manthey in their name, so calling them Manthey Iron Dames might not correct but it's a fact that they are using a Manthey Porsche
I might be wrong 🩷
You’re correct, It is technically just Iron Dames but they have partnered with Manthey, hence the Manthey name being incorporated. But it will be referred to as The Iron Dames Porsche
I hope Lexus RC F GT3 can be more competitive next season. It's competitive in IMSA, so it's confusing to see it struggling in WEC
Is there any info about le mans? Will cadillac return with the 2, 3 and 311?
Lambo should stay in LMGT3. 38 cars would be so better, and WEC already expanded the grid size to 40 cars
What would be sick is to see Alonso jump into the AMR Hypercar😂😂
aren't there some open grid slots then?
The 2025 LMGT3 WEC entry list is simply epic especially with Mercedes LMGT3 car.
Is there still a possibility to see vanwall or isotta on the grid?
It would seem not. Although it does say "Provisional Entry List".
@@Dmooreslotreviews Because you can still define which driver appears in which car, but the number of entries on car level is finalized.
I hope to see lamborghini and isotta at Le Mans
Not possible if Lamborghini drives only in IMSA like Acura
They would have to race in WEC to do Le Mans.
@@CobraFerrariFth Are they not inviting IMSA cars anymore?
@@vitreo1363 Yes the Red ans Yellow Cadillac
@@Maenfy IMSA cars only get invited if they either win Rolex24 or win the IMSA championship, they can also get an invitation from the ACO itself
Whelp, looks like I called it months ago, Lambo would pick the cheaper IMSA over the WEC. ACO really needs to stop shooting themselves in the foot every time they get success.
IMSA's not perfect with their manufacturer limits/fees and some of the on track calls, but damn at least Doonan is of the "We'll try to make it work and try to grow" mentallity. Not whatever this elitest "we're too good for you" B.S. the ACO and the FIA keep doing.
Never let the french run anything.
We'll see; Lamborghini described their absence as a pause, not an exit, so there's reason for hope that they'll return.
@@vitreo1363 that's marketing, we haven't seen a successful leave then return of a manufacturer mid ruleset as far as I can remember in my life. When they have, it's always been after a ruleset changed or new class was formed.
It's always an "indefinite" break.
@@asymsolutions if they shut down the program all together, then you may be right, but if they stick around for IMSA like they said they would, there's still a chance they continue and expand back into WEC as long as the car is still being developed. Granted, it's mostly hopium on my part, but stranger things have happened.
Not gonna lie I am excited for THOR AMR
I wonder how long Caddy (and Vette) gonna stay given they will be in F1
Mercedes back at le mans! Aston Martin too! Hopefully the Mercedes-Benz doesn't flip like the Mercedes CLR and the 1995 Mercedes 300SL LM.
Nice video but Vanwall it’s still waiting to be approved by the FIA next year.
Fingers crossed! I hope they make a return one day!
@@FormulaJonah Yup! Performance aside, I love the look on their cars.
Also, originally there were 20 spaces for Hypercars, no? 2nd Proton and Isotta being the suspects. What happened to that? There will be no full grid?
I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the lineup of drivers. The 33 Corvette makes me wonder if Ben Keating is going back to TF Sport and WEC. Can’t wait for the WEC to start.
I thought Keating didn't like GT3s… tho I'd love to see him come back in some form.
@ he drove GT3 in IMSA.
@@Kaufman55 When? Last I checked, when the decision was made to move to GT3 in both WEC and IMSA, he specifically went with Corvette as the last GTLM machinery; said he wouldn't drive GT3 because he hated ABS, and after that he moved to LMP2 with a team I forgot.
@@vitreo1363 He was with United Autosport
@@vitreo1363 but he drove a AMG Mercedes GT3 in IMSA GTD before going to WEC. TF sport put a X post of the pro drive saying he can’t wait to say his other drivers. Plus Ben had that LMP2 invite for La Mans he needed to use. The WEC was also getting ready to make him a silver rated drive after the GTE AM was done. He doesn’t want to be a silver rated driver.
They should move to pro hypercar and privateer hypercar class. With pro need double cars and privateer needs just one
Think it could cause a lot of manufacturers to move to privateer? If you leave it as an option, you might as well not require it.
@vitreo1363 no big manufacturer should be allowed ether. Only brands like isotta, vanwall, glickenhaus.... True privateers
@@justkris6461 Wasn't the point of this idea to prevent situations like with Lambo?
@vitreo1363 dunno why that rule is there. Wasn't it also only GT3 manufacturer that had intentions to run hypercar that was allowed in? Rather see privateers then lmp2 to fill the grid
@@justkris6461 No; I thought so as well, but it's not a requirement… _they just give priority to manufacturers participating in the top class._ So someone like Mercedes can be in LMGT3 without a Hypercar, but if another manufacturer like Hyundai came with a Hypercar and a GT3, they'd get priority and Mercedes could be left out.
Nyck DeBris
Peugeot confirmed that Muller will go out and Malthe Jakobsen will step up to take his space already. So no other changes from their side.
It is not shown on the official WEC entry list, but it's pretty sure from Peugeot's side, no?
You forgot Malthe Jakobsen
Oh yes! Thanks for the reminder. I went off the WEC entry list!
I wonder who else is driving the number 33 corvette. Cough Ben Keating.
The legend returns!
/wishful
No Rossi 46?
So we wont have the 91 Porsche the team who won in gt3 in next season
No. Their bronze driver Alex Malykhin got promoted to Silver and now they are racing in LMP2.
no 46 bimmer, is that mean rossi abandoned his effort in WEC? or straight up promoted to hypercar with his silver license status?
VR had make a statement that in 2025 he's gonna race either WEC or GTWCEu... but with no #46 in the WEC grid, looks like he's going to race in GTWCEu only...
so... Cadillac factory pulled out?
Nope jota is cadi's factory team from next year
Wait, there is no LMP2 prototypes anymore? did i miss something?
LMP2 have been removed to make way for hypercars for this year.
LMP2 has been removed since the start of this year in WEC as they can only have a maximum of 40 cars on the WEC grid, they are still at Le Mans with atleast 15 guaranteed grid spots reserved for them.
An entire season.
@@maxb148 Ah bcs i only just watched the LeMans 24h and Spa 24h. I didnt know there wasnt LMP2 anymore
Rossi not racing in WEC 2025?? 😢
FIA Hypercar World Cup: am I joke to you?
Well, there's 2 entries, they will at least win a vice-championship :)
FINALLY - less Porsche LMDH cars!!!!
Lamborghini 😕🤧😢😢
I don’t understand the two car mandate. Is it a matter of being more lucrative for the Le Mans organization? Next time we chat, please explain? I’m so lucky to be able to pick your brain!!! Way to go, Formula Jonah!!! 🎊 🏎️
Sadly 😥 Lamborghini out, I'm out... I'll come back if they do.
Please do another video when all drivers have been confirmed.
Damn, no lambo on WEC? WEIRD...
But hey, they were abysmal last year, on both classes, I guess they're too embarrassed, anyway, Manthey + Dames? man, I hope Manthey experience nullifies those girls bad luck, they had pace and car, but not a single drop of luck, and btw, I'm ok with SB parting, she did some terrible things last year, specially at SPA, she destroyed not only her race, but 2 others.
she was by far the fastest of the bunch though while being a Bronze driver
@@NicoNice24 She was good at quali, I'll give you that, for sure, but at endurance, she was average overall, she was fast, but had too many little mistakes, and was too hash, had a bad decision making mind for endurance, and that, more often than not, ruined their races, I can remember at least 3 of them this year that she did it, unless she fix that, she doesn't deserve a seat at a team as big as Manthey.
I think you forgot Sebastian vettel because he joins Porsche
I hope Vettel joins for Le Mans! But he hasn’t been confirmed just yet 😉
As a F1 fans, we need to get Lance Stroll in the Aston Martin Valkyrie next year😅
LOL!
… No.
@@vitreo1363 haha I can only hope
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Hope lotterer goes to proton
No second Proton is disappointing. Otherwise, no surprises.
Lamborghini is very surprising and sad to be honest.
Is there something wrong with the Hypercar class? Since it's inception, we have seen FOUR manufacturers ( Lamborghini, Isotta Fraschini, Glickenhaus and Vanwall ) all pull out in the span on only about 2 years. Is the class broken ? Or are the manufacturers full of shit
It's a tale as old as time...
Money.
Big V6/V8/V12 hybrid engines made for racing with sophisticated chassis and aerodynamics aren't exactly cheap.
And while the operating cost is 3x smaller than something like F1, the profit for participating is not even close to being comparable.
Not really as Issotta is an extremely wealthy manufacturer and besides these LMH/LMDH cars are much cheaper to produce and run than the previous LMP1 cars
You forgot the thing that units all four of those manufacturers. The were all back markers.
Glickenhouse and vanwall kinda make sense, since they didn't really make a lot of points, but Lamborghini does make me scratching my head, because they leave both the GT3 and the Hypercar category, which is.... Weird.
I wouldnt say it is bad. 3 of 4 are small car companies (if you even include Vanwall as a car company), 2 couldnt even complete a full schedule. And you have Vanwall who was barely faster than LMP2s and is run by Bykolles a team that has only finished just over 50% of WEC races they have actually participated in.
Lamborghini is the only shock but is kind of understandable when you look at the fact they wrote off a car in testing before last year which had knock on effects which caused them to lose out massively on testing time and money rebuilding the car.
It makes sense for Lambo to pull out for a year in WEC, especially with the 2 car rule, and spend a year developing the car while also running a full year in IMSA to get race time aswell.
So it actually is 1 manufacturer that has fully pulled out, 2 manufacturers hoping to rejoin and 1 manufacturer taking a year break to help develop the car more.
The Second car rule destroy‘s everything.
I don’t get it. But anything in life boils down to $$$. 🏎️
maxime martin just left bmw tho
Hi
Racing is not Lambo's DNA. Lambo's DNA is only to become Ferrari's rival in road car. Not in racing. Lambo's racing cars are bullsh*t.