Thread: IMSA Race Road America 2015
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Old 9 Aug 2015, 03:35 (Ref:3564754)   #44
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BullMan should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Artur View Post
Do you know this for a fact or are speculating(and exaggerating with it)?

On the 24 of Nurburgring qualifying, the fastest car on Pirelli tires was a Bentley, which was 6s slower than the fastest Bentley on Michelins. They all run on 'closed' sets(tires returns to the manufacturer so that the secrecy in the compound is kept) afaik.

Can Pirelli, off shelf(which won't have their best compound which is already a lot slower than Michelin's to begin with), tires really "blow the doors" off the spec Continental?

If Contis are really this bad I think IMSA should do something about it and request a better product from them(I'm sure they are capable of and their street tires are usually among the top rated)
Yes, it's a known fact that the tires Conti supplies are slow compared to pretty much everything else.
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