2020 Lone Star Le Mans - FIA WEC 6H of COTA Engineering Notebook
The first WEC round of 2020 amongst months of discussion and news surrounding the future of Sportscars brought with it some focus on the present. This round replaced the Interlagos race that was cancelled due to financial issues with the race promoter, resulting in a return to the Circuit of the Americas for the first time since 2017. This article will follow the usual format, focusing on using top laps to show what each car proved it was capable of performing, giving an indication of performance of the chassis, driver, tyres and setup. LMP1 Going into the race, Rebellion needed to make up for lost ground in Bahrain, where despite having the fastest car, they lost out to Toyota after necessary repairs.The pace in Bahrain gave a prediction of what to expect at COTA considering Toyota were given more handicap in the break - On paper Rebellion should win a clean race at COTA. Rebellion's Handicap Coefficient was less than halved for COTA, from 0.25 to 0.1 s/km. This equate