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Originally Posted by Mixer
How about the Hyundais having their boost cut and being disqualified from quali a while back, imagine that happening in Supercars?
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Refer to my previous post.
WTCR/WTCC (FIA) uses the global TCR BOP as a starting point. They then decided to implement their own additional measures including boost limits against the advice of WSC (TCR catagory management), which backfired spectacularly. The cars in most if not all cases, are boost-managed by the ECU. To alter the boost settings requires a complete remap, however the parameters are locked at the time of homologation at the start of the season when all cars are tested back-to-back on track, in the wind tunnel, and on the dyno.
I think Honda was also involved. To do a complete remap of the ECUs of half a dozen cars or thereabouts from the two camps by their respective tuning partners, wasn't practical at such short notice (it was mandated at the actual race meeting, from memory). Drivers were actually lifting and short-shifting to avoid going beyond the new maximum boost pressure.
Under normal TCR-sanctioned competition, it's only the minimum ride height and weight that are adjusted throughout the season. In comparision to Supercars, they do as much as they can to get the recipie right at the start of the year. If a manufacturer isn't showing their full hand, or are perhaps foxing, the catagory has ways of evening things out.