'It’s important we are honest and not come up with solutions that look good but in fact may not be so good for the environment.' Jim Glickenhaus isn't convinced by the WEC's decision to scrap tyre warmers in 2023:
Last December, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and the FIA announced that tyre warmers would be scrapped from both the WEC and European Le Mans Series this year in a move"designed to reduce the teams’ environmental impact".
"I think it’s important to know how much energy not having tyre warmers will save versus increasing the qualifying time from 10 minutes to 15 minutes," said Glickenhaus in an online press call organised by the WEC. "I think we have to study the math. If it [having cold tyres] causes one crash, how much energy does that cost, to rebuild the car? And the five minutes of having all the Hypercars running, how much energy will that use?
"In the end, if it brings the green factor that much, I doubt it. I think Jim is right. But on the other side I think we should use the opportunities which have been given there to work with the circumstances.In the longer term it should have a benefit to all of us, and especially towards the environment."Porsche, along with Cadillac, already has experience of racing its new LMDh cars without tyre warmers in last month's Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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