WEC boss Frederic Lequien confirmed in the wake of the announcement of a record 39-car entry for the WEC in 2022 on Wednesday morning that it had to reject a number of applications from teams for this season.
But he would not go into detail why the German-based ByKolles team was not able to return to the WEC after a year’s absence in the Hypercar car class, which has attracted just six entries for the coming season.
“The selection committee has decided that we do not have all the necessary criteria to accept this entry,” he said.
“It is a decision of the selection committee.”
The committee, which is made up of representatives from the WEC promoter Le Mans Endurance Management, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (which owns LMEM) and the FIA, reserves the right to reject entries if a team fails to meet any of its requirements.
These includes a number of administrative criteria as well as whether the team has a proven track-record to justify an ability to compete in world…
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