16 Reasons Why FIA WEC Was Better Than F1 In 2015

The FIA World Endurance Championship enjoyed another spectacular season. Here's why it was one of the best motorsport championships this year!

Jack Leslie

13 Dec 2015

16 Reasons Why FIA WEC Was Better Than F1 In 2015

It wasn’t a great season for F1. The majority of the races were dull, largely uneventful and predictable. The FIA WEC, on the other hand, enjoyed a brilliant, action-packed year, full of memorable moments and great racing. Here’s what was awesome about the series in 2015:

3. The mind-blowing technology in LMP1

4. LMP2 machines looked sexy as hell

5. And the variety in the LM GTE categories was a real treat

8. The third Porsche entry went into Le Mans as underdogs and won

11. We never got tired of seeing FIA WEC cars racing at night

12. The quality of drivers was incredible

16. With very deserving winners

In case you didn’t know, the champions were:

LMP1 - Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley
LMP2 - Roman Rusinov, Julien Canal and Sam Bird
GT drivers - Richard Lietz
LMGTE AM - Viktor Shaitar, Aleksey Basov and Andrea Bertolini

Comments

FIA WRC was also better :)

#17 because Mark Webber

COMMENT OF THE WEEK

Will Stevens. Your argument is invalid.

Hybrid makes WEC better, but really has no place in Formula 1. And the racing is just simply better in WEC. Although there is hope for a Ferrari/Mercedes battle next season! The only thing I would wish for is better sound and more exciting engines from the LKMP1 cars. V4 engines or V6 diesel? Sorry, but that’s the only part that doesn’t excite me about WEC.

I’d have to agree. V4 and V6 do have a potential to sound good, but a nice V8 or a V10 diesel would sound amazing..

Although the engines dont make that nice of a sound, the Audi regen system (dont think its being used anymore for the 2016 season) but its whinning sound makes me happy, it sounds futuristic and suits their style, although i admit the onboard engine sound of the audi isnt the nicest, its just grunty

But no #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe? I am afraid I must disagree.

Jk WEC this year was great.

Yes Wec was so much better… oh c’mon, when you have 6 hours per race, a million cars per race, it’s only normal you have more action, but the fact that it is 6 hours just makes it a big turn off

6 hours of WEC is less boring then 2 hours of F1. Actually it’s 6 hours of exciting racing not just in the LMP2 and GTE classes but above all in the very fast P1 class ( they were as fast in qualy as pre 2014 F1 cars in the race at spa ).