How GTE could solve WEC's manufacturer problem

The FIA World Endurance Championship is pressing on with plans for a new 'hypercar' class to replace the failed LMP1 category. But Jamie Klein believes a simpler solution already exists on the championship's grid.

Jamie Klein Oct 8, 2018, 11:16 AM

Upd: Oct 8, 2018, 1:29 PM

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In a little under two years from now, the 2020/21 FIA World Endurance Championship season should be getting started, marking the start of the series’ new hypercar era.

The early signs for the new ruleset, which will replace the current-generation of LMP1s, are encouraging, with as many as six prospective entrants. If even only half of those end up taking part, that provides a solid platform to take the championship out of its current funk.

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Author Jamie Klein

Jamie Klein is one of Motorsport.com’s Global News Editors, reporting primarily on the FIA World Endurance Championship, Super Formula and SUPER GT. He took his first steps into motorsport journalism in 2013 as a freelancer before joining Motorsport Network full-time in 2015 as UK Editor. In 2016, he moved into a more wide-ranging role as he became a regular in the paddocks of the WEC and MotoGP. After a two-month trip to Japan in late 2018 gave him his first taste of reporting live on Super Formula and SUPER GT, he made the move to Tokyo permanently in 2019, and has been a regular presence in both paddocks since 2020. Away from motorsport, he is studying the Japanese language and can often be found relaxing in an ‘onsen’ (hot spring) or gorging on ramen, occasionally at the same time. He can be found on Twitter at @JamieKlein_.