Small changes in WEC Fuji BoP

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After a rain-dominated race at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) have made very minimal changes to the Balance of Performance (BoP) for the upcoming World Endurance Championship (WEC) round in Fuji.

The biggest change in the Hypercar class is for the Alpine A424, which gets an extra 6 KW of power, and no changes to minimum weight. No other car in the class has had a weight change either, with all eight manufacturers weighing in at the same they did in Texas.

The only other significant changes are an extra 2 KW each for BMW and Porsche, with Cadillac and Toyota losing 1 KW each. The largely unchanged BoP from COTA is likely due to the fact we saw a very rain dominated race last time out for the Lone Star Le Mans.

There are slightly more significant changes in the LMGT3 class. On the power side of things, the only change is for BMW, who get bumped up one position on the power curve. Weight wise, they will also gain 8 KG.

Aston Martin and their Vantage are the only ones losing weight (-5 KG), with Corvette (+3 KG) and Ferrari (+4 KG) also gaining. The biggest change goes to Ford, who gain a sizeable 15 KG minimum weight from COTA

It is also worth noting that all cars have recieved roughly 30 MJ in maximum stint energy (give or take 3 MJ) for the race, so we will likely see all cars in the class go much longer compared to the Hypercars.

The WEC 6 Hours of Fuji gets underway on Sunday at 11:00 local time, or 03:00 BST.