The FIA has reverted to the association used for the final version of the Sebring 1000 Miles in 2022 within the wake of the occasions of the official pre-season WEC take a look at.
A revised entry to the pitlane was launched for the Prologue on Saturday and Sunday: the vehicles entered the WEC pits located on again straight on the surface of the exit of a quick curving left-hander often known as Bishop Bend.
This has been modified upfront of the beginning of apply on Wednesday in order that the vehicles now bleed off the monitor on the surface of the kink between Turns 15 and 16.
Considerations in regards to the pitlane entry used for the Prologue centred on the pace of the part and the truth that prototypes routinely overtake slower vehicles across the exterior.
These fears had been introduced into focus when David Heinemeier Hansson crashed his Jota ORECA-Gibson 07 when he made contact with Thomas Flohr’s AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
The accident occurred late within the closing session of the Prologue when the Ferrari moved to the appropriate to enter the pits simply because the LMP2 driver was lining as much as cross.
The pitlane entry the WEC will use for this weekend
Picture by: Gary Watkins
Heinemeier Hansson mentioned: “He was going at full pace on the road after which braked to enter the pits.
“It doesn’t appear wise to me to have the pit entry the place you’re doing 250km/h [155mph] in sixth gear.
“There have been some points with what we had earlier than however you’re in third gear doing 120km/h [75mph].”
The reversion to the earlier format has been welcomed by Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi, who instructed Autosport: “I discover it significantly better to return to what we had final yr. It’s not good as a result of the pit entry is a bit on the racing line.
“However what we had on the Prologue was very harmful since you had the entry at a spot the place you don’t usually brake, which meant you had somebody braking on the racing line.”
Ferrari driver James Calado added: “I believe it’s the right transfer and it’s good that the race director has taken our opinions on board.”
The preliminary considerations raised by the drivers after the primary day of the Prologue resulted in an extension of the white bleed line into the pitlane.
The extra pits on the again straight, also called the Ullmann Straight, had been in-built 2019 for the primary operating of SuperSebring weekend when the WEC races on the eve of the IMSA SportsCar Championship 12-hour race.