News Details

Todt sees benefits to technical 'unification' of F1 and WEC

FIA president Jean Todt believes common technical ground between F1 and sportscar racing would help sustain manufacturer involvement in both series. Todt paid the World Endurance Championship a visit last weekend for its first round which took place at Spa and saw Toyota and Fernando Alonso take top spoils. The president of motorsport's governing body would love to see a form of unification take place between the top two categories of racing, insisting the idea would promote manufacturer presence across both series. "It would be ideal to achieve some unification, but in practice this is not easy," said Todt. "Ideas appear but it's more difficult when you start to get into...
Full Story »
8y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes could emulate Haas-style tech partnership...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the German manufacturer could establish a...
8y ago from F1i.com

Pastor Maldonado returns to racing as WEC season begins

Former Formula 1 driver Pastor Maldonado makes his WEC debut at...
8y ago from FormulaSpy.com

F1-sports car unification ideal - Todt

May 7 Jean Todt says it would be "ideal" to achieve some...
8y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Formula1 drivers on sportscar duty at Spa

Fernando Alonso's participation in the World Endurance Championship with...
8y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez quickest in second MotoGP practice

Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez crafted together the fastest lap as he...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar video game delayed until 2027

iRacing and IndyCar have announced more details surrounding the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Merino: From mobility scooter to World Cup hero in six...

Mikel Merino might have hoped to appear earlier than the 85th minute...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Watch: Man Utd star makes costly error as Arsenal's...

Mikel Merino has done it again. He has come off the bench to save Spain...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'It's very clear…' – Ben Jacobs delivers...

It's very clear that Bruno Guimaraes wants to join Arsenal and...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources raise 'very odd' element of Bruno Guimaraes to...

Sources have reportedly described Arsenal's transfer strategy in their...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.