IMSA DPi Discussion

[WolfsburgRS]

Originally Posted by Mike Hedlund

Michelin only puts their best tires in open tire classes (IMSA/WEC) because in WEC P2 and GTE-AM there is a "tire claim rule". They don't want Dunlop getting their hands on their confidential tires -- it's also why the tires are returned to Michelin after sessions and in the event of failures and teams can be fined for "losing" them. The "confidential" Dunlops are very good, but not as good as the Michelins so they aren't afraid of Michelin deconstructing/reverse-engineering the tires.

The Dunlop "customer" tires are better than the Michelin "customer".

-mike

Mike, this may be something you aren't familar with, but do you know if Michelin customer teams are able to keep tires and sell them once they're "done" with them? Lots of contis would end up on sites like usedracingtires.com. A "not that great" barely used racing slick makes for a very very good HPDE tire