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It's called "Sports Car Racing" and takes place around the world. Le Mans 24 hour, for instance.

It's a sprint and a marathon.

Open cockpit racing has a history, don't blame it on F1 not having its "act together"

the closed-cockpit McLaren portrayed seems to be in between a normal open-car racer and a sports car though. Sports cars tend to have fully-covered wheels even when they are close cockpit!

Because open wheels are aero inefficient.

No its because of rules. F1 cars are much quicker than even LMP cars, despite 'aero inefficiencies'. What you lose in aerodynamics, you gain (lose) in weight (and thus acceleration, braking, and handling).

F1 cars race for 1.5 hours, LMP1 race for 24hours, at a pace that is 5seconds slower than an F1. They could go much faster but the race is won by the driver which races longer, not by the fastest lap. Moreover the WEC cars integrate different accessories (e.g. pistons to lift the cars during pits) that increase weight. F1 will always be faster because the race has a different target. The problem is that endurance races advance technology that gets ported to everyday cars, F1 doesn't (but this is matter for another discussion).

F1 cars have a set minimum weight

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