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From a note in DSC's report of this morning's free practice session, the earth-shattering issue around the Audi logos on the Kolles transporters might have been that they'd been applied too high- new Audi vinyls apparently appeared on the trucks this morning, about 20cm lower than the old ones.... |
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Think they have to add 30kg. If the basic car is 920kg they have to run 950kg now ...
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Yeah, minimum in LMP1 is 900 kgs. 900 + 30, = 930 kgs. Regulation states that with the 30 kgs removed the car can't weigh less than 900 in order to prevent them from making a super light chassis to "eat" that 30 kg addition. So with them weighing in at 920 kgs at Sebring (Audis were dead on 900), they really only giving up 10 kgs. |
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Not ambiguous at all, the Pegueot is homologated to 900 kgs. This isn't 920 + 30 = 950. They can run to 900 if they choose to. At Sebring they came in overweight. So that's simply 900 + 30 = 930. |
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9 May 2009, 18:13 (Ref:2458693) | #133 | |
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What would keep Peugeot from getting the car down to 900 then adding the 30? Nothing. There's no statement that says the car's weight is frozen and then they have to add the 30 kgs. 930 is the new minimum for LMP1 diesel.
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bahh ban deisel powered racing cars! problems all over with this. Here in LMS and in wtcc. It dont sound like racing at all. especially the seat in wtcc.
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Why would Peugeot be running overweight in Sebring, or how would they be to shed 20 kg in a few weeks? That seems like a full winter development and serious $$$$$$$$$.
Does anyone know their weight in Sebring last year, or at Petit? |
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9 May 2009, 18:36 (Ref:2458711) | #137 | |
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939 at Le Mans last year (average), 920 at Sebring. Note the Sebring cars were rather tired, this from people close to Peugeot ("No point bringing the good stuff to Sebring when we could very well end up wiping it against a wall.").
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I understand from where you're coming from, but let me put it this way; it's Peugeot's fault if they come in over 930 kgs. So in "theory" they'll only be dragging along another 10, if they get their act together. You have to think they will, Le Mans '09 is do or die and Audi just showed up with the R15.
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Thinking about this a little more, don't believe Peugeot's hype about having to test the car at the new weight to make sure things don't break. Sure, they could very well show up way over weight (compared to what we all think it should be). But know they're in a great position having regularly raced over 900 (and look how fast it's been) to show up with a car that is effectively only a "few" kilos over what they have been racing at. Can they find 20 kgs to shed to get back to 900 before heading to 930? Absolutely. And they won't break the bank doing it either. Since its inception, the Peugeot program has never looked particularly "tight" (like a tiger), and the results speak.
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The way I've read the rules and seen people talking about them, you have to install 30 kg of ballast and be able to take it out so it can be weighed by the ACO.
And the Peugeot guys don't seem worried about their overweight status and are certainly not talking about taking weight out of the cars like they did last year. |
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looking forward to tomorrows race very much, decided to skip Donington Historic F1 to have a day in, crack open a few beers and watch the race, very excited to see what the new Oreca's can do, a lot of promise in there. Peugeot could very well run away with it, but the petrol battle will be epic, Aston Martin, Oreca, Pescarolo and Zytek.
Question is, how fast would the R15 be round Spa? |
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My interpretation was the 30kg ballast was ALMS style performance balancing based on Sebring pace, not just a straight reg change dictating the diesel P1 minimum weight is now 930kg.
The diesels will be scrutineered before each race, if the 908 comes in at 920kg, they'll have to run at 950kg, with the ballast placed on the car by the ACO, preventing it being strategically located by the team. If they come in at 900kg, they'll run at 930kg but if the car again shows the performance advantage seen at Sebring, the ACO would considering upping the ballast once again, if not this season, next. |
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Warm-up cancelled due to fog.
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Looks like warm-up has been canceled due to fog!
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Unless they decide to race with only 3 wheels or no front splitter I think no team can shed 20 kg's in few weeks. Anyway, on with the race and see what Oreca can do. They seem to have been quite good this weekend so far. |
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Any idea when the www.race-rally.be stream will start broadcasting?
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