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15 Jul 2017, 13:13 (Ref:3751428) | #4976 | |
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15 Jul 2017, 17:47 (Ref:3751500) | #4977 | |
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It would have been enough to win the race this year if it was coming from a car that was actually reliable or consistent.
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16 Jul 2017, 04:47 (Ref:3751562) | #4978 | |
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16 Jul 2017, 04:50 (Ref:3751563) | #4979 | |
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That kolles chassis is pretty old too. They're doing what they can with it and their budget. But I think that Nissan has given it life. Hopefully next year they will have a good chassis so the Nissan engine can do its thing. It will be interesting to see if the Perrinn and Ginetta make it to the grid and how they get on.
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16 Jul 2017, 04:51 (Ref:3751564) | #4980 | |
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True. But what happened this year doesn't happen very often. Is it worth it to stick around and be an also ran for years just to get one opportunity?
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16 Jul 2017, 08:41 (Ref:3751594) | #4981 | |
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16 Jul 2017, 10:11 (Ref:3751606) | #4982 | |
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That's how this sports car racing thing works, isn't it? Nobody cares Mazda's Group C program wasn't much better than ByKolles most of the time.
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Pescarolo was an also-ran at LM each year his team raced there from 2000-2004 before 2005 and '06, even if he was the best of the rest in 2000, and '04-08. He was also basically downgraded to also-ran status after Peugeot showed up.
Also, since the stuff the ACO tried with the aero packages on LMP1 cars didn't slow them down in terms of laptime, what else can the ACO do? They can't take away anymore top end power, and doing more aero stuff would just be stupid because we've already seen Porsche and Toyota get back what they tried to take away. Only thing I can see them do is increase minimum weight. But then I think that maybe, unless the LMP1s still have straight line acceleration over the LMP2s, the LMP2s might get pegged back on top end. |
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16 Jul 2017, 20:24 (Ref:3751997) | #4985 | |
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But surely the teams are there because they want to race anyway? If the attitude is that if you can't win, don't turn up, then we'll have some very very small grids soon.
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16 Jul 2017, 20:34 (Ref:3751999) | #4986 | ||
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I think that we're seeing that in LMP1. Why be an also ran in LMP1 when you can do no worse in LMP2 for a much smaller sum of money? And likely end up with a chance to win or podium without big money factory team interference?
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17 Jul 2017, 03:47 (Ref:3752061) | #4987 | |
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17 Jul 2017, 05:52 (Ref:3752073) | #4988 | |
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Next year you can run lmp1 for not too much more than the current lmp2's. They need to be powerful and lightweight. If they can make around 700hp and weigh 830kg, any reasonable design will be a rocketship. Kolles was able to do 3:24 and they're well overweight with less power than that.
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17 Jul 2017, 16:31 (Ref:3752184) | #4989 | ||
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They need to develop a set of rules that allows engine builders the freedom to enter what they want and also be reasonably competitive with it.
We should have V12, V10, V8s, turbo V6 etc etc. |
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17 Jul 2017, 18:11 (Ref:3752208) | #4990 | ||
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Fuel flow?
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17 Jul 2017, 18:46 (Ref:3752213) | #4991 | ||
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I say scrap the fuel flow and ERS incentive and go back to air restrictors and a hard cap on max MJ and balance performance from there.
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17 Jul 2017, 18:55 (Ref:3752215) | #4992 | |
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17 Jul 2017, 21:41 (Ref:3752268) | #4993 | ||
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I know that this thread is mostly about technical regulations, but I wonder what the opinion is regarding Le Mans' place in the WEC? Should it be a points paying race, non-points or how should the points be staggered/awarded for LM?
I bring this up because the deal where Porsche called in team orders at Nurburgring was brought about almost entirely due to the #1 Porsche's DNF at LM and not scoring points, while the #2 that won brought home 50 points, worth two regular WEC wins. Right now, the #1 Porsche and more so the #7 Toyota aren't serious threats to the #2 Porsche and #8 Toyota in the championship. Hence they'll probably be forced to play #2/tail gunner for their higher ranked teammates for the rest of the season whenever Porsche or TMG see fit. We know that Neel Jani and especially Andre Lotterer reportedly felt cheated out of an easy win after Porsche made the decision to play team orders with that last pit stop. Problem is that this is also a team sport with a manufacturers' title on the line, and if a team can make a play to favor a higher ranked team with a significant points cushion and not jeopardize the manufactures' points haul, they'll probably do it, just like often happens in F1. And this isn't the first time this happened. Penske regularly pulled it with his teams in the ALMS, and even Audi at times did it to pad a driving pair's points, especially when their other team was out of it for the drivers' title. And we know that Audi often wouldn't play team orders, but they did at races in 2008 (Nurburgring LMS and Road America ALMS to benefit the drivers' championship, and PLM '08 to get the race win with their faster car), ironically due to losing the '07 ALMS Road America round due to not calling team orders to pass the #7 Penske Porsche then try and settle the win. I'm in favor of LM not being a points paying WEC round, and being treated like an all star race. It wouldn't effect the rest of the season as far as points. It would also get around teams compromising part of their season by having to call strategy on when to run certain body kits (WEC would place the whole focus on sprint kits, since LM will be LM and not a championship round). And we have to remember until the ILMC and WEC, LM hadn't been a points paying race for any championship since 1992. Not for IMSA, the FIA SCC, the ALMS, or the LMS. Of course, I know that some of you won't like that idea. But I also don't think that LM, if it's part of the championship, should just have equal points as a 6 hour or 1000km race. Only other way I can see getting around this is do as the ALMS used to do and if you run 70% of the winners' distance/time, you automatically get points based on in-class position, whether or not you finish or not, and make it apply to all races. That wouldn't have done the #7 Toyota any good, as they got no where near 70% distance, and it would only have been of useful benefit to the #1 Porsche if they were scored in LMP1 alone, and not LMP1 and LMP2 combined. But I do feel that those are the only two main ways to keep one race, no matter how important, from spoiling a potential championship chase. |
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17 Jul 2017, 23:41 (Ref:3752285) | #4994 | ||
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Some are protective of the "crown jewel" status Le Mans retains, but I believe the difference in prestige level between Le Mans and other WEC events could be greatly reduced without any real threat to the prominence or weight of Le Mans. I'm sure the ACO see things somewhat differently, though. |
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18 Jul 2017, 16:23 (Ref:3752460) | #4996 | |
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The rules have been skewed towards turbocharging ever since there's been turbocharging. NA cars have won Le Mans overall only 7 times since 1976 and last in 1999, and that includes 3 of the biggest fluke wins in the history of the race (Rondeau, Mazda, and McLaren) and 2 3.5L Group C years. Only Jaguar and BMW really beat turbo cars head to head.
Basically the only competitive NA option for endurance racing was a huge V12 so you didn't have to rev it hard or have a lot of vibration, and those are way too bulky in a modern car. 3-4L NA V8s were ideal from a chassis design and power delivery standpoint and some of those cars were super fast in sprint races on smaller tracks but they were rarely a factor in longer races. With the WEC schedule they wouldn't be as popular even under the old rules. |
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