🗣️'What took place during the race was a sad display of just how flawed the current IMSA BoP system truly is.' IMSA’s reluctance to tweak its BoP and aid the latest Porsche at Daytona has prompted 2022 GTD runner-up Ryan Hardwick's switch to the WEC ⬇️
The 42-year-old has signed to race a Proton Competition Porsche in at least the first three rounds of the WEC, alongside 2021 IMSA GTD champion Zacharie Robichon and two-time Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Harry Tincknell, and will also contest the first two rounds of the European Le Mans Series for Proton with Robichon and Alessio Picariello.
But Hardwick explained that his decision to concentrate on European racing while downscaling his IMSA GTD programme to the four endurance races was prompted by a trying debut for the latest iteration of Porsche's 911 RSR-19s at Daytona in January. 2.849s slower than Philip Ellis’ class-leading Winward Racing Mercedes AMG GT3, while Pfaff Motorsports's GTD Pro Porsche was the best placed of the 911s in the race and finished a lap down as the tenth GT3 car home.
“What took place during the race was a sad display of just how flawed the current IMSA BoP system truly is. “This sport is special because it has historically been a competition among people, and it has always rewarded those people who can extract the most performance from their cars. Unfortunately, the current BoP process and the IMSA officials who continue to defend it, are severely damaging the true spirit of competition within our sport.
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