LMDh (DPi regulations version 2.0)

[Nick Woodbury]

Oh boy!! Porsche with a tease.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1482027229383217156

[Nick Woodbury]

And as soon as I posted that video above....

Full body shot and shakedown report from S365!

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...Vm8pSXOum-Gyow

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Nick Woodbury

And as soon as I posted that video above....

Full body shot and shakedown report from S365!

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...Vm8pSXOum-Gyow

First shot of an LMDh! Looks pretty good. Can't wait to see how different the Audi looks.

[Pandamasque]

Basically LMDh looks more or less like LMP1 before the bulbous front ends came in vogue. Lola-Aston could easily pass for an LMDh.

[canaglia]

Originally Posted by Pandamasque

Basically LMDh looks more or less like LMP1 before the bulbous front ends came in vogue. Lola-Aston could easily pass for an LMDh.

Don't know, just from this short clip you can tell how "bigger" this lmdh look, it seems the increased length to 5m helps a lot to make these cars more distinctive. Lmp2 cars (and old lmp1 as well having same size) look cool on TV but if you watch them in real life they look so tiny... almost like toys if placed close to a GTE car.

[FIRE]

[seanyb505]

Originally Posted by Pandamasque

Basically LMDh looks more or less like LMP1 before the bulbous front ends came in vogue. Lola-Aston could easily pass for an LMDh.

The lola Aston was the original dpi. Manufacturer shaped grill, production related engine. Done and done!

[Pandamasque]

One other thing I've noticed and I'm not sure what the rules say about this, but the splitter leading edge is not straight in plan view, unlike with every LMP/DPi car. This is another thing that made LMPs unattractive and blunt looking. This one is curved. Those following Formula1 will know that as of 2017 the F1 regs mandated that front wing's leading edge must have a particular < shape in plan view, instead of the traditional [ which simply maximised the bodywork within the allowed "box".
This Porsche is not quite a < but more of a (
Subtle change, but not unimportant, especially for those watching on TV.

Originally Posted by canaglia

Don't know, just from this short clip you can tell how "bigger" this lmdh look, it seems the increased length to 5m helps a lot to make these cars more distinctive. Lmp2 cars (and old lmp1 as well having same size) look cool on TV but if you watch them in real life they look so tiny... almost like toys if placed close to a GTE car.

I only stood (and touched, rather gleefully!) next to an old 908 and the early Penske RS-Spyder (the one with huge lights). They didn't feel tiny. Perhaps because because of how low they were, especially the Porsche, they seemed imposingly long and wide.

[canaglia]

Originally Posted by Pandamasque

One other thing I've noticed and I'm not sure what the rules say about this, but the splitter leading edge is not straight in plan view, unlike with every LMP/DPi car. This is another thing that made LMPs unattractive and blunt looking. This one is curved. Those following Formula1 will know that as of 2017 the F1 regs mandated that front wing's leading edge must have a particular < shape in plan view, instead of the traditional [ which simply maximised the bodywork within the allowed "box".
This Porsche is not quite a < but more of a (
Subtle change, but not unimportant, especially for those watching on TV.


I only stood (and touched, rather gleefully!) next to an old 908 and the early Penske RS-Spyder (the one with huge lights). They didn't feel tiny. Perhaps because because of how low they were, especially the Porsche, they seemed imposingly long and wide.

If memory helps me, both 908 and rs spyder had same size 4650mm x 2000mm while oreca 07 is slightly longer and 1900mm wide...
they look quite tiny when you see a lmp2 next to a GTE car

[S griffin]

Love seeing the Porsche out for the first time. Certainly something to look forward to when it is finally ready to race

[philipp]

heard someware that porsche is showing the LMDh this week in Daytona.....

Is it true???

Does anybory know?

[canaglia]

Originally Posted by philipp

heard someware that porsche is showing the LMDh this week in Daytona.....

Is it true???

Does anybory know?

it was a consistent rumor of late last year days, maybe they changed their plans.

[Simmi]

Better change the name of the thread!



https://www.imsa.com/news/2022/01/27...nning-in-2023/

[seanyb505]

I like it

[broadrun96]

Meh, not a fan of the current we can't think of new sh-stuff any more so let's use the old stuff again with a lick of paint. TV, movies now racing? LMDh was fine, but guess when you buy out HSR and you want to push the tie-in cause you're gonna add HSR events to a few IMSA events in the future, use the old name.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by philipp

heard someware that porsche is showing the LMDh this week in Daytona.....

Is it true???

Does anybory know?

The usual 2021 excuse brought up this afternoon for that:

***Initial plans for the car to complete demonstration laps this weekend was ruled out after a supply-chain delay forced its rollout to earlier this month instead of the originally scheduled December run and has since re-focused the test program in Europe--From S365

[Pandamasque]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Better change the name of the thread!



https://www.imsa.com/news/2022/01/27...nning-in-2023/

It almost makes too much sense to be true lol
The LMDh has been the butt of jokes from the day it was presented, and for just as long many have been suggesting GTP as the appropriate moniker.

[S griffin]

Nice to see the GTP name making a comeback, so much better than LMDh

[canaglia]

good nostalgia effect move, even if to me "GTP" should had been reintroduced in 2012 when riley and corvette DP3 were actually looking like GTP cars

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Pandamasque

It almost makes too much sense to be true lol

The LMDh has been the butt of jokes from the day it was presented, and for just as long many have been suggesting GTP as the appropriate moniker.

I had the same thought, didn't believe IMSA would do something that actually makes sense!

I liked the little video they put out about it too, mostly because of the shots of the old cars

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZQH8Op...um=share_sheet

[NaBUru38]

In my opinion, GT* cars should resemble road cars. These certainly look like sports prototypes.


At least it's easier to pronounce than LMDh.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

In my opinion, GT* cars should resemble road cars. These certainly look like sports prototypes.


At least it's easier to pronounce than LMDh.

LMP, or is it to obvious?

[Adam43]

I’d have called it Special Type Daytona category.

[joeb]

Watchint the 24 and just had the thought that the GTP class is going to sound an awful lot like GTD and especially GTDP. Can we rename the lamp classes GTP2 and 3.

[broadrun96]

Yeah, the NBC GTDP is CRAZY hard to see and looked like GTP the first time I saw it