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Anybody have any predictions on how the P2s or Mazda will do this time round?
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Midweek Motorsport @specutainment 10m10 minutes ago The press conference @roadamerica starts 11:45am local 17:45 UK that's when you can hear Scott Atherton EXCLUSIVELY on @IMSARadio
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First practice and the Fords are in the 2:04's. P is relatively slow with 1:57's.
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Mazdas top the sheets, that should make mr field happy.
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Of course, 1:57 is over 10 seconds a lap slower than the pole time an Audi R10 set there in 2008. Who knows what the 2011-present factory LMP1s could be capable of. Also, a 7 second gap to GTLM isn't anything to write home about, either.
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Why do people always compare cars that are intended to be P2 speed to P1 cars...of course they're gonna be slower...
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People find it interesting? I like the idea of automotive progress. It's one of the reasons I follow racing. Two top tier classes. What's the progress looking like?
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Nothing says a 2016 LMP2 has to be slower than a 2008 LMP1. After all a 2008 LMP1 was over 5 seconds a lap faster than a 2002 one and the current LMP2 cars are faster than the old WSCs that raced SR1 in Grand Am. WEC P2 cars would probably set lower lap times than the R8s did, although the track should be a little faster now with all the extra pavement.
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I noted that because if current LMP1s are as fast as the 2008 cars are, then we know what the current ACO spec cars can do. Biggest thing hold back both the DP and LMP2 cars are probably the spec tires, though.
Also, only a 7 second gap around a 4 mile long track isn't anything to brag about IMO. |
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In the Indycar RA thread I extrapolated what current 919/R18 pole times would be on RA. It would be about the same as Indycar's pole
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Well in second practice they were doing 1:55.7... That's about a second faster than last year.
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Mazda down to the 1:55.0 range in the last practice before qualifying starts in 2 hours.
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Might see some 1:54's if they can improve again? I fear they'll still get swamped on the start. But maybe if they lock out the front row they can stutter the dp's.
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There's a cracking chase going on in the final few laps of the CSTCC race right now.
Edit - Espenlaub pits on the last lap! They must have known they wouldn't make it, so Johnson takes the lead. Half the ST field seem to be pitting for a 1-lap splash. The other half have either slowed to a crawl or stopped on track... Johnson wins, but he was on fumes and almost stuttering up the hill. Bleekemolen holds off Cosmo for 2nd. Last edited by J Jay; 6 Aug 2016 at 19:08. |
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GT qualifying is spectacular at the moment!
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Down to the 54's in qualifying for the #55, and Pew gets stuck in the gravel.
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Mazda 1.1s faster on QLF but the "last chapter will not be told", sorry!
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