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Problem is that the Continentals were hard as a rock and not particulary fast and yet seemingly not very durable or long lasting. They were almost as bad at times as Goodyear's NASCAR tires on prototypes, especially in the rain as demonstrated at PLM a couple of years ago (by and far the worst tire package I've seen in road racing, even compared to Pirelli in F1. Nothing though can out-do Goodyear in NASCAR for making junk.).
Why design such a hard tire without a provision to double or even triple stint? IMSA's rules don't make sense in that regard.
And if IMSA wants to see the DPIs increase in speed to being roughly similar to LMP2--or let alone they adopt ACO style pit rules where you can't refuel and change tires at the same time--you need grippy tires that can last.
Granted, didn't someone from Continental say they could easily make better tires but IMSA asked them not to?
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