The WESS Series is a bit of a ????????.
It's mainly made up of events that Red Bull have backed. Events that have been built up by / in and of themselves, some for many, many years.
A 'series' made up of these events has been proposed for a few years now, with arguments going back and forth as to what it will do to each event. Many say it will dilute / damage each event, others say the opposite. Many of them, had no need of them being part of a series, being successful for the promoters / clubs that ran them.
But, Red Bull, obviously have the money and influence to bring them together. I worry that it gives them 'ownership' of our sport. Look to the 'ownership' Monster have over so much if our Motorcycle Sport.
I've followed pretty much all of those events as free standing events (some) for decades now.
I'll follow them still, now they are part of a series, just as I follow the WEC, and so many other Motorcycle / 2 wheeled sports.
KTM / Husky still have some of their riders in WEC. I wonder at how much politics / money/ naming rights And Control (by individuals and companies) , and the continual changing of things are a part of all of these kerfuffles in the WEC.
One thing I'm sure of, the infighting and controversies are not good for the sport as a whole. We've enough enemies on the outside of our sport as it is, and having enemies within
Is making their - our 'outside' enemies - goal of harming us, ever easier.