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Old 17 Apr 2016, 00:18 (Ref:3633541)   #1
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Stopping: A Cost Reduction

New Brake Rotor & Pad Rules From PI Round

Why would V8SC want to cut costs on safety equipment??
Madness!!

There was a team at the AGP that trialled using the same rotors & pads across the 4 races there. They were apparently ruined after the 3rd sprint race...
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Old 17 Apr 2016, 00:55 (Ref:3633572)   #2
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Dumb.

Jason Bright's drop gear concept has more benefits to it than this.

Teams have already reported cracked rotors on several occasions. This has got bad news written all over it.
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Old 17 Apr 2016, 11:40 (Ref:3633758)   #3
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So what sought of $ saving is this scrimping going to bring over a season? Exploding brake rotors aren't good, witness Don Watson's fatal at Bathurst in 1994 after one let go. What next, take out some of the safety intrusion bars to save a few quid?
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Old 17 Apr 2016, 11:56 (Ref:3633767)   #4
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Rick Kelly had one let go last meeting.

While the rule wasn't in place at the time, you would surely believe that they'd re-think the whole idea.
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Old 19 Apr 2016, 13:45 (Ref:3634821)   #5
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Everyone's up in arms here, but I thought the rule was only to be applied at certain circuits which don't have high braking demands.

"In a move designed to save costs, Phillip Island is the first of three events where teams are prohibited from changing brakes from Saturday qualifying onwards." - it doesn't mention which events.

I have an alternative idea for cutting costs: remove telemetry, other than for monitoring of critical systems (and even that can be done onboard by a driver rather than remotely by an engineer). Other than sustained employment of ~40 folk across the industry, I don't think the sport gains much from having full telemetry on vehicle dynamics and driver inputs.

It's not as though the drivers need to learn how to interpret data in V8SC to make the next step in their careers. For 99% of them, V8SC (or NASCAR, which also has limited telemetry) is the pinnacle for their career prime time.

Thoughts?
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peckstar has a lot of promise if they can keep it on the circuit!
wonder if there were issues at PI with this, didnt hear anything
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