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I'll try to change my point of view about Companc this year and follow better his actions on track. Isn't his first year and it looks like their money don't drive the car.
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28 Dec 2018, 05:08 (Ref:3872752) | #931 | |
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Who is everyone's favorite for the D24? I'm thinking an unlikely winner will emerge in the Mazda. I'm going out on a limb and picking them. They are going to be strong this coming year I think. The bop currently favors them and apparently they did some aero modifications on top of the new(ish) engine. I don't think they are championship favorites or anything but Daytona is going to be a good track for them imo.
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28 Dec 2018, 08:30 (Ref:3872767) | #932 | |
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Yeah, once I realized we had gone adrift I figured ... we are all pretty loosely moored anyway, why not run with it?
I am, waiting until the Daytona Sandbag Festival before I make any predictions about the Rolex. I hear Mazda wants 9300 rpm from the engine that was unreliable at a lower limit? I hate to say it, but a bet on Cadillac is pretty safe. We'll see how Core takes to the Nissan, but, brand-new (to them) car and constantly changing race conditions? |
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28 Dec 2018, 11:50 (Ref:3872783) | #933 | |
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As usual I expect both AXR cadillacs as favourite and WTR with their killer line-up favourite as well. Don't think juncons and JDC will be soon competitive as AXR/WTR because of poor experience with their new guns; same reason I don't expect core to be competitive as it was last season with their new ligier-nissan. The only realistic threath for AXR/WTR cadillacs could be penske acura's if they have finally found out how to put all togheter.
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If we get a surprise winner, I think it'll be one of the new Cadillac teams, but I'm actually gonna go with CORE as my dark horse pick since they always seem able to punch above their weight, and put my money(figuratively since I don't gamble) on the WTR Cadillac. They'll be keen to bounce back quickly from a decidedly meh(by their standards) 2018 and it'll show here. |
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I Hope Core wins ... I have always liked the team---and I am tired of Cadillacs. Neither Juncos nor JDC (IMO) has the team to match the car, I don't think. I'd pick WTR as my favorite Cadillac team (not the most likely to win) but after last season ... I don't know what went wrong and I am not sure anything didn't. They certainly know how to win ... Sad to see Spirit of Failing at Daytona fade away ..... Way more than made up for by seeing Risi come back. it's just not the ALMS without them. I'd pick Risi in GTLM on pure sentiment .. . I wonder which car will wreck them this time? GTD ... throw a dart and see where it lands ... who knows? Paul Miller and the Acuras have to be favorites .... Monoplast by Land also (my pick as long as they don't "outsmart" the rules again.) WRT though .... not sure who will be driving or crewing for them, but they are monstrous in Blancpain. Really, a total toss-up. |
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GTD is the toughest pick of course. For now I'll go with the#33 Riley Mercedes. They always seem to have a driver line up who can keep their heads on and just keep the car on the lead lap for Jerome Bleekomolen to go for the win in the last hour. Prototype pick is the #7 Acura. I think that is CastroNeves/R Taylor/A Rossi The grid size of 47 cars is perfect. I expect few safety car periods once more. |
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Risi Ferrari will be more competitive than at Road Atlanta for sure. Expect an AF Corse driver line up. Will probably feel like your watching the #51 WEC car! |
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More driver news, the new CAT sponsored Acura with the all female lineup will be without the projects leader - Heinricher. She has a back injury and will be replaced by Christina Nielsen for Daytona. Pretty strong lineup in that car with Legge, Beatriz, and De Silverstro.
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/n...-for-rolex-24/ |
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28 Dec 2018, 15:32 (Ref:3872821) | #941 | |
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So the entry list article for Daytona said that 37 of the 47 cars are full season. It did not specify who is among the ten cars that are not but I was able to break it down to these guys:
18 Oreca 07 Dragonspeed 81 Oreca 07 Dragonspeed 62 Risi Ferrari 488 11 Grasser Lamborghini 540 Black Swan Porsche 911 51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 29 Land Audi R8 13 Italia Ferrari 488 46 Ebimotors Lamborghini 99 Herberth/NGT Porsche 911 Which of these cars do you think WILL NOT be at Sebring |
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28 Dec 2018, 16:04 (Ref:3872832) | #942 | ||
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Maybe because before 2017 season, WTR team was the first to ever test the cadillac dpi or mostly because last year, has been assisted by dallara engineers all season long? Not to mention Ricky Taylor best season ever. Twist of fate, they had a not so great 2018 season, but; thanks to 0 points marked by #5 AXR at laguna seca; managed to finish 3rd -7 points far by the champ winner #31; if WTR boss didn't retire the car at daytona because of continental unreliable tires, they would have finished the race in top10 for sure and got those missing points for the glory Last edited by canaglia; 28 Dec 2018 at 16:09. |
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Not to demoralize, but IMSA is sure to have 37 full season cars.... on december.... most of gtd teams can miss a pair of races for a lot of reasons (lack of budget, car crash, paying drivers not funding anymore etc...) or drop the series at once. Lmp2 class entries don't look so stable even. |
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Disappointed with short entry list for LMP2. Strong field for DPI eager to see how the Roar goes have some favorite drivers and teams but then their is sandbagging IMSA has made it more difficult but it still goes on. 80 degrees here In Deltona FL today for
the Roar looks like mid 60's hopeful it will be warmer but it is Rolex 24 so expect it to be cold, hot and rain have all the gear so it will be fun as always |
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1) Got to take into account sprint cup only entries which there will be several. They still have until April/May to finalize a program. That is still incomplete 2) LMP2 in IMSA is irrelevant. Nobody cares. |
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But, that was before BoPing. 'Had a chance at Sebring in '08 to briefly talk to Rogere and he detested what IRL, NASCAR and GARRA had done to Indy car, stock car, and sports car racing and saw it coming throughout the racing world. (Voila, here we are...) Maybe it's his turn to get fixed...errr...I mean BoPed...to the front. Guar-own-teed he doesn't like it. (the moola, of course; the racing, no) |
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And the Rolex Sports Car Series crippled his Porsches, some say in order to keep Hurley Heywood from winning more races---they gave Hurley's Porsche DP the Rolex, stifled the car all season making sure that the winner said hi to his family at home (Actually Gainsco won the title, but Gainsco had the decency to use a "made in USA" motor) .... and then let Hurley win the last race of the season in his last drive in the Rolex Series, just as a favor. Penske's Porsches got axed almost incidentally ... and still did well, despite losing a gear and revs and all the other crap GARRA threw at Porsche. some say. No wonder Penske hated GARRA. Penske also used to have amazing professionalism and organization, which I think has been slipping a little as the his clock ticks past 80. I think if the Captain had been more firmly at the helm, we'd have seen Acura atop the podium already [/QUOTE] Quote:
Core also ... no amount of BoP will make up for not having a book of suspension settings for differing track conditions ... However .... Here is something I had not taken into account ... Everyone will be on real tires for a change---tires which have grip and fall off, instead of performing poorly all stint long. How much tire testing each team has done will play a role perhaps ... some of the big guns might lose a little edge ... as I recall WTR always ran different suspension settings than AXR, and who knows how much information Cadillac and Michelin are sharing? |
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as far I can remember, acura got only some fuel tank cut, nothing special also because actually fuel tank cut/add are set to give everyone the same stint lenght.
By now acura got some extra boost. Anyway agree, the one who better and sooner will adapt to michelin will get the best and short term benefits. Any news about what kind of compound michelin will supply? all continental tires compounds were hard as stone |
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