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Hmmm, that doesn’t seem right. I will check later. Thanks
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Yes! Mistakes everywhere!
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23 Apr 2024, 12:20 (Ref:4206168) | #105 | ||
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I was surprised at the BoP changes last time. Specifically the Ferrari v Toyota change. Although looking at these numbers it didn’t make a difference to the gap.
Ferrari tested a lot at Imola. Toyota not. So it could still be decent. Most of the little tweaks got lost in the big Peugeot change as we saw. |
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Looking at the average lap times from the most recent events in each. Also using the analysis from the Unified thread. In fact, now I think of it, I'll post this there. Here is the original post I quoted. WEC Cadillac are 0.04% (0.03s) slower than the average of the fastest car from BMW, and Porsche. This put them 0.67% or (0.62s) slower than the fastest car in WEC (Ferrari). IMSA Cadillac are 0.32% (0.23s) faster than the average of the fastest car from BMW and Porsche. This put them 0.27% or (0.20s) faster than the next fastest (Porsche). Comparison to Porsche and BMW shows they are all pretty close in both, and overall everything is very close. So part of this is that everything is so close a little difference has a big impact, especially in WEC with the bigger field. What is causing the difference? Potential things. Comedy theories alert! A. Difference in BoP between the series? This post here contains the difference between Power/Weight for IMSA and WEC. There is a similar situation in both. There is a small penalty for Cadillac in WEC v. IMSA relative to Porsche (less v. BMW). Is this down to the approach (possibly) or compensation for the tracks (maybe). B. Cadillac's commitment to the series. It is clear there is more relative effort in IMSA (relative to their competitors) is higher than WEC. More cars maximizes you getting the best out of it. The analysis above is comparing to the fastest car from any manufacturer. And in WEC that is Caddy's only car. Also how are the current team feeling about it all. It feels like every race is an away race in WEC. C. Could be the random variations you get race to race, track to track, driver to driver, etc... My guess is B, but A could be influencing it, and C makes it difficult to draw conclusions! |
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1 car Caddy team on circuits they don't know as well as the others is bound to hurt. You start off on the back foot, then collect less data than everyone around you.
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Sneaky strong lap times from Alpine in Spa!
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Thanks. Isotta and Lambo are outliers, the only cars over 101%...
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Small changes after Detroit.
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Comedy Rankings.
1. Porsche In both IMSA and WEC they are doing well, whether Penske or the privateers (Jota). They have numbers, as they often have done down the years. 2. Ferrari They have the pace, but it hasn't happened. They can blow up in a race (metaphorically) - how can this stereotype seem to continue!? Moaning doesn't help here either. Last year I thought they were quite aggressive in the race with backmarkers and kerbs, but it did them well. And the third car might enable them to continue to be aggressive. 3. Toyota Pace not quite there, but the drivers and the team are gelling. They should be there come Le Mans 4. Acura Get a bump up because they have just won. The next batch could arguably be in any order. Maybe even throw Toyota in to this batch. 5. Alpine These seems silly in some ways, but they had sneaky at Spa - did that come from no where, or three races in did they find something? I could be very wrong here. 6. BMW I could have rated them much lower. They just aren't getting it together. Disastrous race at Detroit, but pace was there. Will the 25th anniversary spur them on at Le Mans? 7. Cadillac 7th? Really? Crashes haven't helped, but since the season openers they seem to have slipped. I don't know why, because I can't say I've ever wanted a Caddy, but I 'd love a good result from Caddy. 8. Peugeot They have to work this car out soon. Surely? Maybe that comes at the same time as the ACO ease off the new car BoP? They are a race behind BMW, Alpine, Lamborghini and Isotta Franschini there. 9. Lamborghini One car could be the downfall. Spa not good. 10. Isotta Franschini At Spa got closer to the front that Vanwall ever did. The one car and lack of testing comapred to all the others is always going to hurt them. I assume Peugeot, and the other new ones will definetely get it at some point. Isotta Franschini might just always be playing catch up. Their best hope is that as the car is established the BoP comes off. |
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I definitely noticed that their pace was quite strong at Spa. Surprised their result didn't quite align. I expect to see them factor in at LeMans, if their drivers can hold it together. Quote:
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