Toyota calls WEC 2025 "boring" in BoP revision push

Nobody wins from a WEC system that doesn't make sense

After the finish of the World Endurance Championship's São Paulo 6 Hours last Sunday, a member of the Alpine Endurance Team shared a remark that was as amusing as it was disheartening: "Back in March, we told ourselves that if we could fight with Ferrari and Toyota in the second half of the season, it would be a sign we'd done a good job."In both qualifying and the race, the Alpine A424s were ahead of one or even both factory Toyotas and Ferrari…

Toyota’s Floury Calls For “Urgent” Change to Fix “Artificial” Racing

Photo: James Moy/Toyota Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director David Floury has called for an “urgent” rethink of the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Balance of Performance process, which he feels has led to “boring” and “artificial” racing this year. Floury made the remarks during a 6 Hours of Sao Paulo weekend in which the two Toyota GR010 Hybrids made little impact, qualifying 10th and 18th before finishing 14th and 15th, three laps…

Toyota calls WEC 2025 "boring" in BoP revision push

Toyota has labelled this year’s World Endurance Championship as “boring” and made a thinly-veiled call for changes to the system of Balance of Performance to improve the spectacle.David Floury, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, bemoaned the quality of the on-track action in the WEC's Hypercar division during 2025, labelling it “a sad season” and suggesting that it has ...Keep reading