New BoP more balanced between top 4 manufacturers

WECHyperCar

Jul 9

After benefiting from a more than favorable BoP, Ferrari dominated the championship in an insolent manner. Since the Balance of Performance for the Hypercar category was adjusted comparing to the Spa BoP, the performances of the Hypercar entries should be a little more balanced in Sao Paulo. Published on July 7th, the new BoP should give Cadillac, Porsche, and Toyota a slightly better chance of defending their chances at the upcoming 6 Hours of Sao Paulo.

Both Ferrari 499P at Spa — 📷© Luc Warnotte at Spa. Both Ferrari 499P

São Paulo new BoP in brief

📷© Luc Warnotte at Spa. Winning Ferrari #51.

Comparing the top four manufacturers new BoP, the Ferrari 499Ps gain the most weight, with an additional 12 kg, while the Cadillac V-Series R and Porsche 963 lose two kg.

📷© Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Le Mans 2025. #6 Porsche 963 ended runner-up and Cadillac V-Series.R #12 finished fourth.

Regarding the maximum power allowed below 250 km/h, Ferrari suffers a significant reduction, with 9 kW less, while Cadillac see its power increased, with the maximum being 15 kW, Porsche 7kW and Toyota 5kW.

BoP comparison Ferrari, Cadillac, Porsche and Toyota ahead of 6 Hours of São Paulo.

FIA HYPERCAR WORLD ENDURANCE MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

The manufacturers' championship is, however, almost decided, as Ferrari has a 77-point lead over second-placed Toyota. Porsche and Cadillac have "caught their breath" by scoring big points at Le Mans and are back in the race still 88 and 96 points behind Ferrari.

📷© Luc Warnotte. Left: Winning #50 at Qatar 1812; right: winning #51 at 6 Hours of Imola.

With three races of 25 points each for the winner and Bahrain allocating 38 points to the winner, a maximum of 113 points is available for the winners in the last four races. The second placed car will therefore be critical to score the highest number of points possible to challenge Ferrari in the manufacturers title.

#7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid — 📷© Courtesy of Toyota Gazoo Racing at São Paulo.

After two pole positions, two wins and three podium finishes in its four visits to date, the 6 Hours of São Paulo offers Toyota Gazoo Racing an opportunity to reduce the gap with Ferrari.

FIA HYPERCAR WORLD ENDURANCE DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP

Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi leading

Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi are currently leading the drivers championship with 105 points followed by Yifei Ye, Phil Hanson and Robert Kubica (89 points) and Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen (57 points).

Kamui KOBAYASHI, Mike CONWAY, Nyck DE VRIES fourth

The #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid drivers Kamui KOBAYASHI, Mike CONWAY, Nyck DE VRIES are so far second with 44 points. With a 61 points gap, the #7 trio would need to win the next three race and the #51 trio not clinching more than 14 points (a P4 (10 pts) and a P8 (4 pts)) to lead the drivers championship before the last round at Bahrain.

The Interlagos circuit has witnessed significant milestones in Toyota Gazoo Racing’s WEC history, from its maiden victory in 2012, to securing the manufacturers’ World Champions for the first time two years later. Last year’s successful title challenge was strengthened by a dominant performance there, with pole position and victory.

📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. #7 GR010 HYBRID

Kamui Kobayashi (Team Principal and driver, car #7): “The whole team is looking forward to racing again, especially in Brazil. The support we receive from our colleagues at Toyota do Brasil is fantastic, and the atmosphere at the circuit is really special. We didn’t get the result we wanted in Le Mans, and this makes it almost impossible in the World Championship, but we never give up and we want to fight for victory at every race. We know it will be a challenge because our rivals have shown strong performance so far this season, but we are all working very hard for this.” Source: Toyota Gazoo Racing

Kévin ESTRE, Laurens VANTHOOR and Alex LYNN, Norman NATO, Will STEVENS fifth

Porsche #6 drivers Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor as well as Cadillac #12 trio Alex Lynn, Norman Nato and Will Stevens came back in the run for the title thanks to their P2 and P4 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

#6 Porsche 963 — 📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. The Porsche #6 gave some hard time to the Ferrari’s

📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA .

“We’re improving a lot, which we showed at Le Mans. The car has a lot of strong points, and we aim to utilize them on the Interlagos circuit,” Alex Lynn said of the first-year Hypercar works team: “I think the progress we’ve made since last year in Brazil and understanding the importance of tire management on the circuit puts us in a better position to challenge for the podium. We’ve done sim work and other things to prepare, and hopefully data collected at Le Mans and Spa will be put to good use.” Source: Cadillac Racing