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7 Jun 2006, 03:46 (Ref:1628955) | #1 | ||
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"Penalty-limit" for LM-lap-times
Maybe I missed the info in all the discussions - but when I remember right there was last year a limit announced by the ACO that if a GT2 or GT1 was under a specific lap-time, the make which archieved this was expected to be slowed by the regulations.
I think last year it was something around 4:05 for the GT2 and while 2 or so Porsches reached this, all RSR were handicapped for this year - which explaines a little the cuurent advantage of the F430. Now that the F430 has reached similar times at the pre-test I wonder if the ACO will slow them down too. Are these limits from last year still valid? |
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I have heard no mention of limits for GT1 or GT2 this year, last year yes there was specific limits but seeing as they dont seem to have been mentioned this year perhaps the ACO will let the cars run at their true pace? I hope so.
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Indeed, hopefully natural pace will be left alone.
It seems to rather defeat the point otherwise. |
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If the P1s go under 3.30 during the race (very, very unlikely), GT1's under 3.55 (quite possible) and GT2's under 4.05 (doubt it) there could be issues. |
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I really don't understand what they are trying to achieve by this rule. They should focus on controlling themselves from going over the mark.
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I'm probably repeating something I've posted previously on another thread, and if not, it's something I've been thinking since the verbal 3:55 GT1 ruling was first mentioned by the ACO.
The regulations the ACO have put in place are just fine as they are. The lap times we witnessed last Sunday are proof that they ACO have got the correct balance in performance between the four classes. If we take approximate probable pole times for next week's race we end up with gaps of almost exactly 10 seconds between each class: LMP1 3:30 LMP2 3:40 GT1 3:50 GT2 4:00 Let the cars run to their full potential without the threat of penalties and we have a real race on our hands. I find it utterly ridiculous that the organisers of a race of this stature decided to make 'sandbagging' compulsary. Hopefully it's now been forgotten and there will be no mention of it again from the ACO this year.............. |
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Wouldn't the redesigned track make for different lap times anyways? The Pescarolo's 2006 lap times are quite a bit faster than the their 2005 times.
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Hopefully the ACO have forgotton about the lap time limits and we will see what the cars can really do during qualifying and the race and we wont see false lap times. |
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My worry is that they only peg back the cars that acheive the lap time rather than peg back the whole class, thus preserving the relative performance of the cars. If they want to keep lap times less than, say 3:55, then fine, but keep the rules relatively the same for all and don't just reward those who do nothing to make their cars quicker. |
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That would put them on the same pace as the long tail F1 GTR's. |
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