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Originally Posted by Damian Baldi
I don't agree with the idea of split DPi and P2 cars. First because we will lose the original idea of being able to take a P2 and compete for the overall win, we will lose the european teams crossing the Atlantic too. Worst of all, the DPi will become faster and faster and that means more money, but cost is what the DPi have of attractive.
I think the key is still the BoP. The problem is that the biggest race is the first one, and it have place in a very particular place. After Daytona BoP is always changed because tires changes for Sebring and the rest of the season. Sebring was a good race for the DPi, but a crap for the P2 cars.
At Mid Ohio, Acura and Mazda were realy fast, but he rest of the field was in a close fight.
Last year we have good races with the yellow banana almost winning two races, and then a Ligier winning at Laguna Seca. At the end of the year, Penske, Rebellion and JDC were at the front of the race most of the time, so, it's not just BoP, teams matter too. Where is JDC team this year? Totally lost at the back of the field. It's the only team running the same car that was competitive last year.
IMSA have to find a good BoP and dont move it race by race to reach some credibility, that's the biggest point IMO.
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If they align DPi with private lmp1, we'll have european teams come over and challenge for wins.
You might as well imo. Then you can have Rebellion, DragonSpeed etc. try the NAEC races. Lmp2 cars hardly ever feature in these races. You only see them if they're holding up the leaders. All this work to slow them down and they're still way faster. Imagine if they just said "ok, you can run a little bit more free" they'd be going 2, 3 seconds faster per lap easily. They'd probably run that fast if they didn't bop them down from what they're originally at. I think it's a no-brainer. Lmp2 guys get their own class and their own wins, no reason to play second fiddle and pray for a miracle win or podium.