The term was invoked by FIA Endurance Commission president Richard Mille when the governing body and WEC co-organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest outlined their vision for the BoP last weekend at the WEC season finale in Bahrain.
The two organisations explained that they want a simpler BoP and one that puts more onus on the manufacturers.
“If a competitor is expecting the BoP, because they made a bad choice or they don’t perform, will bring everyone back, it is not possible,” said Mille. “The BoP cannot solve all the problems; that is just a dream.”
ACO president Pierre Fillon added that the BoP “should not be an excuse when you don’t win”.
The statements by the FIA and the ACO follow discussions by the rule makers and the manufacturers at a working group meeting in Paris in September at which the majority of participants in Hypercar are believed to have voted in favour of the status quo.
But the FIA and the ACO insisted that the plan to reduce the scope of the BoP for next year remains what both Mille and Fillon described as “a work in progress”.
“We want to change to improve it and make it more simple,” explained Fillon.
Source: Autosport