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Circuit of the Americas (early September? with PCW?) | 17 | 36.96% | |
Indy - plenty of history and, more importantly, plenty of run off | 6 | 13.04% | |
Montreal - close enough to the US border and would serve US N-E audience very well | 8 | 17.39% | |
Road America - the only right choice but lots of 'upgrading' to do to please the FIA blue blazers | 7 | 15.22% | |
no US (or Canadian) round at all - the WEC doesn't need a race there anyway... | 6 | 13.04% | |
somewhere else in North or South America (Brazil???) | 2 | 4.35% | |
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31 Mar 2017, 20:18 (Ref:3722886) | #351 | ||
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I may have misread, but it seems that Toyota and Porsche might both run LM bodykits though LM.
IMO, that's sort of odd given that Toyota seem to have their sprint bodywork up and running. |
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31 Mar 2017, 20:36 (Ref:3722892) | #352 | ||
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Also, we better hope for some dry running this weekend, since it's supposed to rain at Monza all weekend now.
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31 Mar 2017, 21:09 (Ref:3722904) | #354 | ||
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I originally read that Toyota wanted to run their sprint kit at Silverstone and maybe Spa, then I caught on DSC that it might not have been the plan. I don't know if that was a typo or what. But I had thought that Toyota wanted to run their sprint kit at least for Silverstone.
If so, and Toyota have the speed, Porsche might have a hard race as Toyota should have the edge on grip and probably tire wear (more important this year, since the 6 hour races will have 4.5 sets of tires vs 6.5/8.5 last year) Also, Toyota will have three cars at Spa, so the #9 might be in the LM kit, similar to what Audi did in 2013/14. |
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31 Mar 2017, 21:15 (Ref:3722907) | #355 | |
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Yeah I think it's safe to say that's what they mean when Vasselon says the third entry will sport the LM kit in Belgium. So that'd be the #9 getting prepared for the big race.
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1 Apr 2017, 08:17 (Ref:3722962) | #356 | |
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Standing after the first hour https://twitter.com/SpeedChillsView/...82720769146880
The P1's are already a second faster than the best lap from the Peugeot 908 in 2008's race. |
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1 Apr 2017, 08:30 (Ref:3722963) | #357 | |
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Why is it so hard for the WEC to have live timing for the prologue? Every year its the same song and dance.
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1 Apr 2017, 08:37 (Ref:3722964) | #358 | |
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Not a good omen, the Bykolles has yet to turn a lap.
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1 Apr 2017, 08:40 (Ref:3722966) | #359 | ||
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Another missed opportunity to connect with the fans. When the focus is on cost reduction, slowing the cars, etc, then the mind-set is always retrograde. Focus should be on growth and improving the product for the fans.
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1 Apr 2017, 15:13 (Ref:3723037) | #360 | ||
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Porsche and Toyota trading fastest times in the first two sessions, and all 4 cars covered by under a second roughly. Looks like, at least in terms of their battle, we might be in for a good season.
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1 Apr 2017, 15:24 (Ref:3723041) | #361 | ||
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And even though the LMP1s are over 4 seconds a lap faster than the LMP2s, the LMP2s have the edge into the speed traps on the order of nearly 10kmph. That's unless the lift and coast BS is being reflected into the speed traps. At least with air restrictors the speed into the speed traps are actual speeds and not gaming a laptime with fuel flow.
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1 Apr 2017, 15:34 (Ref:3723043) | #362 | ||
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1 Apr 2017, 15:41 (Ref:3723048) | #363 | |
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That's what everything hinges on. As the Audi vs. Peugeot years have shown, two manufacturers are enough to carry the sport if the battle is close enough. What we can't afford is one of them dropping the ball and falling behind though.
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1 Apr 2017, 15:58 (Ref:3723055) | #364 | ||
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Well, session two had a Toyota ahead of it's teammate and both Porsche's by about a second.
I'll bet the results of Silverstone will probably hinge on luck and what aero kit Porsche runs. With Silverstone being a high downforce track and the times being close today, Toyota might have forced Porsche's hands into an early adoption of the sprint body kit. |
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1 Apr 2017, 16:24 (Ref:3723060) | #365 | |
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Let's see what they do in the night session. I hope it's still close. And I also hope to see the CLM do some laps.
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1 Apr 2017, 17:09 (Ref:3723082) | #366 | ||
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LMP2 drivers are saying that LMP1s have been struggling to pass them down the straights. Again, screw the fuel flow meters, and screw lift and coast:
http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/m...ay-notebook-3/ |
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1 Apr 2017, 17:30 (Ref:3723086) | #367 | |
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Yeah and that's with the lmp2's running the high downforce package. I think the ACO should be looking at relaxing the restrictions put on the lmp1's.
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1 Apr 2017, 17:34 (Ref:3723087) | #368 | ||
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Or not give LMP2s the same 600hp for their engines as what LMP1s have, or not have the fuel flow meters. Air restrictors worked fine at keeping top speeds down (the main reason why they and the fuel flow meters exist), and they're cheaper and less complicated.
IMO, it's sort of dangerous to give two classes of cars near equal engine power but two different ways of restricting them. |
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1 Apr 2017, 17:46 (Ref:3723090) | #369 | |
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The cars are built to run to these fuel flows, so dropping them is pointless when they're already integrated into the cars. They could relax the fuel flow by a percentage and the cars would automatically go seconds faster. Look at 2015's speeds. Porsche was running damn near flat out with minimal lift and coast at Le Mans compared to now.
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1 Apr 2017, 18:05 (Ref:3723098) | #370 | ||
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But like with NASCAR and ISC at Daytona, you have to appease the liability insurance a-holes...
That's even when ironically faster actually probably is somewhat safer. And even with the ACO saying that the LMP1s are actually probably hitting 200mph before the speed trap, that's only 6-8mph faster than what the LMP2s top out at. Last edited by chernaudi; 1 Apr 2017 at 18:23. |
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1 Apr 2017, 18:46 (Ref:3723104) | #371 | |
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1 Apr 2017, 19:11 (Ref:3723115) | #372 | |
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alakamelsystems has the results up from today as well. I do wonder how they can't do live timing when the results are already up and the session just ended!
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2 Apr 2017, 07:10 (Ref:3723188) | #373 | |
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The ACO just pointlessly continue to slow down the P1 cars after 2016 when they were already 4 seconds per lap slower than 2015. Now we are going to have a situation similar to pre-2014 P1 where all the overtaking was happening in braking zones and corners which is much more dangerous. Crashes like the one McNish and Rocky had are now much more likely to repeat than they were in the past few seasons.
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2 Apr 2017, 07:46 (Ref:3723196) | #375 | |
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They cut downforce, but at least this time it wasn't fuel flow. I'm sure that's they're next bright idea though.
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