IMSA Race 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona(IMSA @ Daytona) - Jan 25-28 - Page 4

RWill2073 · 25 Jan 2018, 21:04 (Ref:3795103)

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Originally Posted by tux

No engine sounds?

Is anyone getting engine sounds on any of the streams?

Akrapovic · 25 Jan 2018, 21:07 (Ref:3795105)

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Originally Posted by RWill2073

Is anyone getting engine sounds on any of the streams?

Negative for IMSA TV.

deggis · 25 Jan 2018, 21:08 (Ref:3795106)

No engine/track sounds but that is not clearly not a stream issue... whoever is responsible for mixing the feed with the RLM comms...

Annoying and it is like you're watching an endless replay.

Akrapovic · 25 Jan 2018, 21:15 (Ref:3795108)

Sound appears out of sync during the interview, and there's a LOT of stuttering for me tonight. Shame, it's normally spot on.

fieldodreams79 · 25 Jan 2018, 21:24 (Ref:3795110)

Well, let's be honest. Is anyone really surprised that the first live session of 2018, we're dealing with issues with IMSA live streams?

Anyone using the app? I gave up on that crap about this time last year?

**joeb** · 25 Jan 2018, 21:26 (Ref:3795112)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Well, let's be honest. Is anyone really surprised that the first live session of 2018, we're dealing with issues with IMSA live streams?

Anyone using the app? I gave up on that crap about this time last year?

I gave up 2 years ago.

Looks like Ferrari locked out the front row in GTD

Akrapovic · 25 Jan 2018, 21:27 (Ref:3795114)

Ambient sounds are here!

fieldodreams79 · 25 Jan 2018, 21:27 (Ref:3795115)

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Originally Posted by joeb

I gave up 2 years ago.

Maybe it was this day 2 years ago....time be flying and stuff.

I'm getting engine noises now!

fieldodreams79 · 25 Jan 2018, 21:29 (Ref:3795116)

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Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Ambient sounds are here!

maybe an electrical tape fix of a loose connection

**joeb** · 25 Jan 2018, 21:38 (Ref:3795118)

Corvette to pole with a 13 thousandth of a second advantage over the Ford!

TF110 · 25 Jan 2018, 21:51 (Ref:3795120)

Lapierre off, doing his best Toyota impression.

fieldodreams79 · 25 Jan 2018, 21:51 (Ref:3795121)

22 ESM in the tires!! Broken, but moving.......

Edit out of harms way for the moment. Staying green!

fieldodreams79 · 25 Jan 2018, 21:56 (Ref:3795122)

And the 77 Mazda will not make this session. Found something in an engine data log that they didn't like? What could that be?

fieldodreams79 · 25 Jan 2018, 22:02 (Ref:3795123)

Wow. That was good fun, even tho RVDZ stole my pick of pole on the last lap!

Akrapovic · 25 Jan 2018, 22:04 (Ref:3795124)

That was amazing.

"Not a mistake you expect from Lapierre"

Well...

TF110 · 25 Jan 2018, 22:05 (Ref:3795125)

Helio probably could have done another one for pole but thought he already sealed it. Damn Cadillac's!

Damian Baldi · 25 Jan 2018, 22:05 (Ref:3795126)

Both Nissans out ! what a mess.

Great fight at the top, literally a tie. The Oreca are faassst always, Ligiers sucks.

13 cars in a single second !

JHamilton · 25 Jan 2018, 22:21 (Ref:3795127)

As this is the beginning of the year, I have to say once again that IMSA's website is a steaming pile of dog ****. ...there, I feel better!

Sounds like it was a good session. What happened to the Nissans?

Damian Baldi · 25 Jan 2018, 22:30 (Ref:3795128)

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Originally Posted by JHamilton

What happened to the Nissans?

The #2 never have leave the pits for precaution about something they found.

The #22 crashed at corner 5 I think. Lapierre went straight and damaged the right front.

JHamilton · 25 Jan 2018, 22:31 (Ref:3795129)

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Originally Posted by Damian Baldi

The #2 never have leave the pits for precaution about something they found.

The #22 crashed at corner 5 I think. Lapierre went straight and damaged the right front.

Ooof! Thanks Damian!

fieldodreams79 · 25 Jan 2018, 22:33 (Ref:3795130)

Several people seemed to get wide at T5 / west horseshoe in the P cars. Lapierre went the widest and found the tires.

fieldodreams79 · 25 Jan 2018, 22:39 (Ref:3795131)

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Originally Posted by JHamilton

As this is the beginning of the year, I have to say once again that IMSA's website is a steaming pile of dog ****. ...there, I feel better!

It's garbage. Me trying to find something on it, then hoping it works:

FormulaFox · 25 Jan 2018, 22:56 (Ref:3795132)

Top 8 entirely made of Cadillacs and Orecas, covered by a whopping half a second.

Mazda posted a 1:36.633, less than a tenth off of 8th place(1:36.567), and almost 3/10ths over 10th place(1:36.931). Good signs on their pace, though the failure of the second one to run the session is cause for concern. For reference, the fastest Mazda last year did 1:39.

The top 13 in P were within a second of pole with the 13th fastest time being set by Fernando Alonso at 1:37.008 - the only Ligier(or Ligier-based) car to go under 1:38.

From the look of things, a considerably more fairly-balanced field than last year, but still some concerning gaps. I'm of the belief that there will never be a truly properly balanced race at Daytona due to it's unique nature, there only being one opportunity to get it right each year and it happening at the start of the season making it impossible to use season-long performance as a metric(things always change a bit during off-season development, even in classes that restrict such).

But I think this is the closest we'll ever see the P class get at Daytona. Particularly considering that the difference from pole to second was 0.007s between two cars that can't get much different without being in different classes.

**joeb** · 25 Jan 2018, 23:07 (Ref:3795134)

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Originally Posted by JHamilton

As this is the beginning of the year, I have to say once again that IMSA's website is a steaming pile of dog ****. ...there, I feel better!

Sounds like it was a good session. What happened to the Nissans?

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

It's garbage. Me trying to find something on it, then hoping it works:

It's almost like they make it purposely obtuse. I only use the "competitors" section or their separate results site, because heaven forbid you would want a nice easy way to find and view results on the main site.

Damian Baldi · 25 Jan 2018, 23:10 (Ref:3795135)

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Originally Posted by FormulaFox

The top 13 in P were within a second of pole with the 13th fastest time being set by Fernando Alonso at 1:37.008 - the only Ligier(or Ligier-based) car to go under 1:38.

From the look of things, a considerably more fairly-balanced field than last year, but still some concerning gaps. I'm of the belief that there will never be a truly properly balanced race at Daytona due to it's unique nature, there only being one opportunity to get it right each year and it happening at the start of the season making it impossible to use season-long performance as a metric(things always change a bit during off-season development, even in classes that restrict such).

But I think this is the closest we'll ever see the P class get at Daytona. Particularly considering that the difference from pole to second was 0.007s between two cars that can't get much different without being in different classes.

I agree, 13 cars in a second is a great BoP job. The fastest DPis are equal with the Orecas, so if IMSA can't apply BoP on the P2 cars, I can't see how they could improve the performance of the slowest P2 cars.

I don't know what happens with the Ligier, because their top speed is good, the engine is the same Gibson as the Orecas, but their lap time is far from the top. Maybe they need to understand better how the new splitter work.

There is nothing to do about the Riley/Multimatic. It's plain slow, the team received the last new parts before practice 1 and the drivers don't know the new P2 cars. So, it's not crazy to think that this car could be faster at the end of the race than we saw today. If they can run in 1.39 1.40 it will be a miracle.

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