2023-06-08 10:01:08
The world’s premier discipline of Endurance and the motorsports industry’s leading digital platform offers fans the opportunity to share their opinion.
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As excitement builds as the centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans approaches, Endurance fans will have the opportunity to make their voices heard regarding the discipline.
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), Le Mans Endurance Management, promoter of the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) and Motorsport Network are today launching the 2023 FIA WEC Global Fan Poll, which aims to gather the opinion of motorsport fans around the world on this discipline. The survey is available in 11 languages on the group’s flagship site Motorsport Network is Motorsport.com, and the results will be analyzed by motorsport data specialist Iris Sport.
Announcing this global Le Mans fan survey, FIA WEC Managing Director Frédéric Lequien said: “Fans around the world make our sport what it is. On this historic race weekend, as we celebrate 100 years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and welcome the new era of Hypercars, we want to understand what our fans think and how they judge the WEC.”
“It’s the best way for us to make strategic decisions regarding how we develop our sport to keep it engaging and entertaining for our audience. Using the power of Motorsport Networkwe will be able to reach fans around the world, which will provide us with invaluable feedback on what our audience expects from our sport and where we can improve in the future.”
The FIA WEC and Motorsport Network team up for a big survey.
This is the second global fan survey conducted for the FIA WEC, following the 2017 survey. Motorsport Network is a leader in this field, having recently conducted global fan surveys in partnership with F1™ (October 2021), NTT INDYCAR Series (February 2022) and MotoGP™ (September 2022). More than 330,000 enthusiasts from 197 countries made their voices heard through these three surveys.
As well as identifying fans’ favorite drivers, teams and circuits, the WEC survey aims to collect their feedback on a wide range of topics. Among them are viewing habits, attending races on location and how media is consumed. Fans will be able to express their opinion on future changes to improve the discipline, as well as their ideas on key issues outside of what is happening on the circuits. Questions also relate to fan engagement and the growth of video games and esports.
The public at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
“We look forward to hearing from Endurance racing fans around the world. Having recently conducted large-scale polls for Formula 1, MotoGP™ and INDYCAR, we understand the importance of global endurance racing surveys. fans for rights holders and organizers of major racing championships, who can use the results as a compass for the future of their sport”, said James Allen, president of Motorsport Network and leader of the Global Fan Survey project.
“The FIA WEC and its legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race is one of the oldest sporting challenges in the world. We have the data from the last survey from 2017, but a lot has changed since then and we are now at the start of what promises to be an exciting era for endurance racing, with the incredible Hypercars. We can’t wait to see the results.”
The 2023 FIA WEC Global Fan Poll is open to anyone over the age of 16 and will run for four weeks, starting June 8. The main results will be announced later in the season.
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