The second race of the WEC, the world endurance championship, is scheduled for this weekend on the Imola track: tomorrow free practice 1 and 2 will start, Saturday will be the turn of free practice 3, qualifying and hyperpole, both for the LM GT3 and for the Hypercars, while on Sunday, at 1pm sharp, we will start for the 6 hours on the racetrack dedicated to Enzo and Dino Ferrari. Speaking of Ferrari, there is a desire for redemption for the Maranello team, which plays at home; but even Toyota, the team with the reference Hypercar until the opening race, wants to make up for it.
On the other hand, the overwhelming success of Porsche in Qatar led to a review of the BOP, or the balance of performance, to level out the performance which, thanks to the characteristics of the track, in the first round of the season contributed significantly to the performance of the 963 LMDh. Thus, among the Hypercars, Ferrari is ready to get back on top, and will also be able to make use of the third 499P, number 83, which is aiming for victory among the independent teams. While Toyota, with more power and less ballast, will be able to return to being the protagonist. There is the unknown Peugeot with the revised prototype now equipped with a rear wing, while the Cadillac will be able to benefit from the better weight/power ratio. Porsches, on paper, have all the potential to always be competitive, but it's clear that values now seem to have leveled out. There is always a lot of curiosity around the Lamborghini team, as well as for BMW and Alpine, dealing with totally new projects, and also for Isotta Fraschini, a historic name in motoring that wants to make a comeback. In the LMGT3 class Valentino Rossi is announced as the protagonist, and with his BMW M4 GT3 he is aiming for the podium that narrowly eluded him in Qatar. To conquer one of the three steps, however, in addition to Porsche and Aston Martin, at the top of the category in the first round, he will also have to deal with the AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3s.