Thread: IMSA DPi Discussion
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Old 19 Mar 2016, 14:33 (Ref:3624254)   #17
YZFrider
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YZFrider should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridYZFrider should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
DPi: great potential for growth of class competitors and series exposure, and equally great potential for a management mess...with BOP and the whole "keeping a link with ACO".

My personal feelings are:
1.) a strange feeling that ACO will follow our lead at some point down the road with their version of DPi. LMP1 for privateers isn't that far off anyway. Almost reminiscent of the GroupC/GTP to WSC era. Great for us right?

2.)BOP is necessary I guess but too much BOP I don't like. Nascar drove off a lot of fans when the cars were pretty much the same. And while racing between drivers is important...motorsports is unique in that there is also competition between the machines i.e. Ford vs Chevy. Rivalries like that are great. But the philosophy of DP and now DPi make those irrelevant. Motors with the same power curve, spec aero, etc. maybe great for an amateur class but top flagship class?
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