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Another good head scratcher that Ford led most of the race at Sebring but Porsche got piled on with the BoP nerfs.
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Add to that the engine being in the rear, and it's not hard to see how they could see a potential advantage for the Porsche. Except that as we all know, the GTLM Porsches are now mid-engined instead of rear-engined, so if IMSA was taking THAT into account in their decision they done screwed up. I'd like to assume they're smart enough not to make that mistake, but we've seen enough questionable actions by IMSA that I simply can't put the possibiltiy aside. Regardless, the torque issue is probably the big deal. But since they haven't been to GTLM as Cadillac has been to Prototype, they can't take a massive swing at it(forcing a change in gear ratios is, frankly, the nuclear option when it comes to BoP), so they do a light adjustment instead. This of course still doesn't explain the lack of adjustments to the Ford, nor the torque monsters that are the Corvettes. But the big question I have about those adjustments is rather different... While is only the Riley-Multimatic getting a refueling rate change? With all the ACO-spec P2 cars being the baseline and expected to be treated the same shouldn't they ALL get that change applied to them? |
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Why heck did they go and mess gtlm,now Porsche is going to be racing against BMW.
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I'm reminded of the 2006 ALMS season in GT1. Sure, the racing was great. But BoP changes every race drove Corvette and Aston nuts. It's been eleven years and I guess we forgot that lesson?
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We all generally complain until race day and then GTLM is fun and 9 times out of 10, is the best thing on track.
We could actually see what actually occurs on track before we blow our tops. Alas, that's far too reasonable. Carry on. |
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It's just scary seeing significant BoP changes leading up to Daytona, then after the first three races of the year. I don't envy the job of trying to equalize all these machines on these disparate race tracks. Heck, there will be more changes ahead of CotA. Hopefully the pace of BoP change slows down as we start hitting more conventional race tracks. Chris |
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The first three circuits are totally different. I think so far so good in GT, considering there's certainly ways to debate what's a "production car" and how street versions are altered for the race track. That doesn't matter. IMSA has done a decent enough job for the first two rounds, from a layman's standpoint. I'd throw a little bone for another widely different circuit before throwing shade, and will happily eat crow if actual on track results show otherwise. |
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It is concerning when the cars change from race to race, especially with things as dramatic as the series limiting gear ratios, but again this is nothing new. I guess we've gone around and around it, we both hope that the changes become less radical and less frequent as we hit the meat of the series schedule. But we also understand the radical nature of the start of the IMSA season - no other series in the world does anything like this. Chris |
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As a big fan of the NFL here in America, look at how constant rules tinkering, punishments, etc the last several years has turned off many. I do find myself following less football games. The NBA had the same turn-off over a decade ago when they radically changed the rules to be less physical, tried to quickly regulate which was SO Wildly inconsistent or flat out wrong calls. Oddly enough I'm turning away from football and found myself watching more Hockey and got back into Basketball as there is change afoot and it's gotten exciting again. @chernaudi As many have stated motorsports or any other sport for that matter isn't worth getting depressed over. Find another hobby, experiment with other recreations. I had a buddy that immaturely enough lost his religion all because his soccer team lost in the FIFA World Cup. Life is too short. There are more important things. More importantly, find what drives, whats your passion. With that comes purpose. It's alright if motorsports is A passion, just don't let it be THE passion. |
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Thanks, brother. I stopped visiting the forums around the ALMS/GA merger because the discussions became intolerable, less discussion - more tinkling match. But I'm enjoying that things are settling down and its fun to talk about racing again. Thanks to you, and all the guys involved in this discussion!
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According to the Podium Predictor competition page, Risi will run a second car in the Advance Autoparts Sportscar Showdown. The Texas team will enter a 488 GT3 wearing #82. Anyone have news on the entry and potential drivers?
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In Le Mans the drivers will be Vilander, Fisichella and Kaffer; perhaps Kaffer will be one of the drivers in the #82. |
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26 Apr 2017, 14:24 (Ref:3729307) | #5294 | |
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no #82 or second Risi entry on the Garage assignments sheet for CotA:
http://competitors.imsa.com/sites/de...nments_v_2.pdf Nothing definite of course, the entry list hasn't occurred yet even though the event is about a week out... |
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Oooopppsss...
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26 Apr 2017, 15:36 (Ref:3729324) | #5296 | ||
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The entry list is due out today. We'll see if it has a #82 car on it.
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26 Apr 2017, 18:06 (Ref:3729360) | #5297 | ||
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And here is the entry. http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/40-entries-for-cota/
Apologies, I couldn't edit the previous post. No #82 car, yet. "Risi Competizione’s planned expansion into GTD with a customer Ferrari 488 GT3 is not listed, with the team reportedly still waiting on the car’s arrival into the U.S." So not a mistake, or the rumor-fuled hopes of the Podium Predictor web master. I'm also interested in seeing how the TBD's are sorted. Particularly for the Porsche teams. Chris |
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Hopefully Watkins Glen then. Plenty of time to get a car for that one I imagine.
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