Baltimore Grand Prix - 2/3 September 2011 - Page 6

Purist · 2 Sep 2011, 19:30 (Ref:2950071)

I can believe that there have been other storms since then, but all the news bits I've heard talk about Fran (1996) as the last major hurricane to hit the Atlantic Coast directly (not counting Florida).

AGD · 2 Sep 2011, 19:43 (Ref:2950075)

Man, Wolf must think he is in a race. He's on it for sure.

NightStalk3r · 2 Sep 2011, 19:44 (Ref:2950077)

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Originally Posted by AGD

Man, Wolf must think he is in a race. He's on it for sure.

certainly ringging the neck out of the car, did anyone else see his hand brake turn into the corner behind the corvette lol

**joeb** · 2 Sep 2011, 19:49 (Ref:2950078)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

certainly ringging the neck out of the car, did anyone else see his hand brake turn into the corner behind the corvette lol

that was great, you could see the car move around so much.

Also, all the on-boards were very good to see.

AGD · 2 Sep 2011, 19:58 (Ref:2950081)

I'm looking at the results for the session. There were definitely some anomalies. The 44 is almost as fast as the 45 (the Miller Porsche is right there too) and the Ferraris appear to be struggling a tad.

We'll have to see what Muscle Milk can do in qualifying. They are going to be up against it this weekend I think, but it's not like Dyson is tearing up the track either. Would it be funny or sad if a LMPC wins overall on outright pace? It's probably not going to happen, but hey, who knows.

NightStalk3r · 2 Sep 2011, 19:59 (Ref:2950082)

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Originally Posted by AGD

I'm looking at the results for the session. There were definitely some anomalies. The 44 is almost as fast as the 45 (the Miller Porsche is right there too) and the Ferraris appear to be struggling a tad.

We'll have to see what Muscle Milk can do in qualifying. They are going to be up against it this weekend I think, but it's not like Dyson is tearing up the track either. Would it be funny or sad if a LMPC wins overall on outright pace? It's probably not going to happen, but hey, who knows.

Id be surprised if either of the Dyson cars finish tbh.

Acid09 · 2 Sep 2011, 20:04 (Ref:2950086)

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Originally Posted by AGD

We'll have to see what Muscle Milk can do in qualifying. They are going to be up against it this weekend I think, but it's not like Dyson is tearing up the track either. Would it be funny or sad if a LMPC wins overall on outright pace? It's probably not going to happen, but hey, who knows.

As cool as that would be for the team that wins, it would be absolutely pathetic for the series.

A proper LMP2 like the Oreca 03 would probably run circles around the LMP1s this weekend.

AGD · 2 Sep 2011, 20:05 (Ref:2950087)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Id be surprised if either of the Dyson cars finish tbh.

I don't know, do you think the drivers will make mistakes? Obviously Humaid and Chris are going to struggle with a lack of track time so I guess that is a possibility. Also, getting through traffic could be tricky.

Cytosport had such an edge on Dyson at Long Beach (at least in the race), but I don't know. It helps that Dyson has had a couple of restrictor breaks since then. I'm not sure how much Romain has been in the car (never maybe?) and obviously the team is behind in terms of track time. They could still be ok if they are willing to push whatever they have. I guess I'd rather have Romain guessing what is going on than having Chris Dyson guessing what is going on, but we'll see I guess.

Deleted · 2 Sep 2011, 20:09 (Ref:2950088)

Or Porsche Spyder...

GTs are pretty darn close to both P classes as well, who knows what kind of whackiness and pile-ups we see tomorrow. Overall win by a production car would definitely be more positive for the series

extramundane · 2 Sep 2011, 20:09 (Ref:2950089)

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Originally Posted by Purist

I can believe that there have been other storms since then, but all the news bits I've heard talk about Fran (1996) as the last major hurricane to hit the Atlantic Coast directly (not counting Florida).

Yeah, I'd say that's wholly inaccurate. But whatever.

FordCosworthPanoz · 2 Sep 2011, 20:10 (Ref:2950092)

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Originally Posted by AGD

I don't know, do you think the drivers will make mistakes? Obviously Humaid and Chris are going to struggle with a lack of track time so I guess that is a possibility. Also, getting through traffic could be tricky.

Cytosport had such an edge on Dyson at Long Beach (at least in the race), but I don't know. It helps that Dyson has had a couple of restrictor breaks since then. I'm not sure how much Romain has been in the car (never maybe?) and obviously the team is behind in terms of track time. They could still be ok if they are willing to push whatever they have. I guess I'd rather have Romain guessing what is going on than having Chris Dyson guessing what is going on, but we'll see I guess.

In my opinion, the key for Dyson this weekend is simple: pitstops!

Humaid and Chris will probably have issues, but I dont see this as the biggest problem. This week because the faster LMPC cars are just a tiny bit slower (may even be faster), if they lose time in the pits like they have been doing recently, not only will they come out behind the Aston but also behind many of the LMPC or even faster GT cars!

For my race picks though, I really cannot bet against a lineup like Graf/Dumas.

AGD · 2 Sep 2011, 20:18 (Ref:2950096)

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Originally Posted by Chiana

GTs are pretty darn close to both P classes as well, who knows what kind of whackiness and pile-ups we see tomorrow. Overall win by a production car would definitely be more positive for the series

I saw a couple of rain drops on the on-board camera lenses. Is there any serious chance of rain during the race hours? The Wolf is looking mighty strong as it is in the dry, just imagine what he could do in the rain. I could certainly see GT cars winning overall if that happened. Although I think rain can make a race interesting, who knows what the drainage situation is like at this circuit. It could be a disaster, who knows.

To be fair, the circuit looks pretty racy at least as far as street courses go. I guess it is a good thing that it is just a 2 hr. race or we could see some breakdowns.

EDIT: As far as pitstops go, I think it will be important here. There should be some FCYs if things go the way most of us expect things to go. Muscle Milk could gain a lot of ground (assuming their qualifying isn't good) if they play their strategy correctly and have clean stops. Then again, we really don't know what kind of pace that car has around this track. They could come right out and put a whooping on Dyson in qualifying. That's not likely if Guy is driving, but we'll see.

Coach Ep · 2 Sep 2011, 20:24 (Ref:2950100)

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Originally Posted by AGD

I don't know, do you think the drivers will make mistakes? Obviously Humaid and Chris are going to struggle with a lack of track time so I guess that is a possibility. Also, getting through traffic could be tricky.

Cytosport had such an edge on Dyson at Long Beach (at least in the race), but I don't know. It helps that Dyson has had a couple of restrictor breaks since then. I'm not sure how much Romain has been in the car (never maybe?) and obviously the team is behind in terms of track time. They could still be ok if they are willing to push whatever they have. I guess I'd rather have Romain guessing what is going on than having Chris Dyson guessing what is going on, but we'll see I guess.

That´s a lot of guessing! Power-to-guess-button perhaps?

AGD · 2 Sep 2011, 20:30 (Ref:2950107)

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Originally Posted by Coach Ep

That´s a lot of guessing! Power-to-guess-button perhaps?

Well, I have my Magic 8 Ball going this weekend! It might be more accurate at forecasting this race than anything else!

Power-to-guess button. Maybe that is Guess Racing's secret weapon? Well, if they ever show up that is! "Will we make Silverstone?" "Outlook not so good!"

arakis · 2 Sep 2011, 21:06 (Ref:2950121)

so when is the qualy starting, in gmt oc cet plz.

AGD · 2 Sep 2011, 21:15 (Ref:2950126)

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Originally Posted by arakis

so when is the qualy starting, in gmt oc cet plz.

Exactly 45 minutes from now. I guess you can figure it out from the time of the post.

Deleted · 2 Sep 2011, 21:16 (Ref:2950127)

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Originally Posted by arakis

so when is the qualy starting, in gmt oc cet plz.

11.05 GMT for the 15-min "practice", 11.25 for combined GT quali

Purist · 2 Sep 2011, 21:16 (Ref:2950128)

If the Indy Cars are any indication, there is quite a bit of time still to be found. Franchitti has a 1:23.3 on the board at present.

arakis · 2 Sep 2011, 21:30 (Ref:2950136)

thanks

Purist · 2 Sep 2011, 22:04 (Ref:2950144)

Indy Cars finished with Power on a lap of 1:22.138.

Practice/Qualifying stream is up for me. We'll see what happens.

Purist · 2 Sep 2011, 22:31 (Ref:2950153)

Well, we knew that Jeroen was a wheel man, but this is something else!

And those Vettes EAT the curbs for lunch!

Livininthinair · 2 Sep 2011, 22:37 (Ref:2950154)

Wow Bleekemolen is by far fastest in class + thankfully the Lizardmobile is picking up speed.

Dead-Eye · 2 Sep 2011, 22:41 (Ref:2950156)

What does Long think he's doing?

**joeb** · 2 Sep 2011, 22:43 (Ref:2950157)

best qualifying i have ever seen
bleek picks up his tire and gets pole!!!!

and then bill adam says "i would have hit him too"

Deleted · 2 Sep 2011, 22:43 (Ref:2950158)

Some really dirty driving on that Risi / FL incident...

Jeroen!

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