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14 Mar 2022, 11:35 (Ref:4102419) | #427 | |
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Yes, all changes toyota did without spending a single joker is quite bizarre...
it seems as long they can prove they need to change something out of stability/reliability issue, that change is granted no matter how big can impact the original homologated design of the car. |
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I think part of their argument is that it was flawed because it was designed to a set of regs which were subsequently changed. So the minimum weight change meant their weight distribution was not great which meant the tyre sizes they had chosen were wrong etc etc
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A pragmatic approach.
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And fair play from both parties, allow the team to present its case and FIA to review why change is needed based on other changes made rather than the blanket NO, you're wrong.
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Seems reasonable to me. I didn't think the changes were for weight distribution reasons nor did I think their changes for them would be allowed without a joker. Very interesting.
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19 Mar 2022, 11:40 (Ref:4103241) | #432 | |
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Not the brightest moment for Lopez yesterday and he's made quite a few mistakes in his WEC career, don't think he's long for that seat. Who knows though, maybe he's best buds with Kobayashi?
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Genuine question - what other mistakes has he made beyond Silverstone 2017 on his debut? I heard Haven referencing similar on the commentary but my memory aint great.
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Seems like the Toyota has really been pegged back. They made a race out of it but theirs pace was not close to the Alpine. But if the ACO wants it to be sprint vs stint then it seems this way is here to stay. Imo it's not the beat but if it's producing an actual race that's a plus.
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toyota already 1 car down at spa
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I wonder if the hybrid problems are related to the battery state. Toyota were saying that they were not boosting enough related to how much regeneration takes place. I'd guess that'd be a problem after a while but just a guess.
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yeah, konopka binned it and caused a red flag, buemi’s issues occured on the restart from that.
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They managed to win again despite everything, although the weather made the race a bit of a lottery. Next time they might not be so lucky
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The weather seemed to work against them as they seem to be relatively slower in the wet. I think they prefer it dry.
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The limit on the hybrid deployment speeds must be the reason for that.
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Apparently, Toyota is developing a brand new Hypercar for 2023
https://en.endurance-info.com/auto/a...ar-toyota-2023 |
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Are we really surprised by this? It's looked a bit of a mess hasn't it since debut. Even hobbled by BoP it's been a struggle for Toyota to get it in the performance window they'd like.
It really doesn't seem like they'd be in a great spot once the LMDh armada arrives. |
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It's a bit R15.
Look forward to seeing the new car and it up against the influx of new starters. |
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Technically and sport. regs speaking, I think LMH will still have advantages on lmdh, just for the simple reason that LMH can push 500-520KW for the whole time, no matter if from ICE or ICE+ERS while lmdh will probably be in that range of power only during the ERS boost release. So what about the homologation rule if toyota will be allowed to use a fresh new car next year? Just throw that out of the window or a big work around rules exercise? |
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