Round 3: Lime Rock 8-9 July 2011 - Page 5

AGD · 8 Jul 2011, 20:28 (Ref:2923912)

Kane's close, he could pull this off.

**joeb** · 8 Jul 2011, 20:29 (Ref:2923913)

That 2nd Dyson car has a nice livery.

FordCosworthPanoz · 8 Jul 2011, 20:32 (Ref:2923914)

Klaus is one hell of a driver, incredible pushing in the corners.

FordCosworthPanoz · 8 Jul 2011, 20:36 (Ref:2923918)

So Chris (spinning out) and Klaus (locked up) will have to start on the same tires? That should make for an interesting start.

Audi Racer · 8 Jul 2011, 20:36 (Ref:2923919)

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Originally Posted by joeb

That 2nd Dyson car has a nice livery.

second that

**joeb** · 8 Jul 2011, 20:37 (Ref:2923921)

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Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

So Chris (spinning out) and Klaus (locked up) will have to start on the same tires? That should make for an interesting start.

Chris came back out after that, so I think his tires are fine. Don't know why Chris came back out though, they had pole, and all they are doing is running life off of the tires.

AGD · 8 Jul 2011, 20:37 (Ref:2923922)

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Originally Posted by WolfsburgRS

I don't see why everyone gives Chris any grief about not being a very good driver - he seems to be able to keep it pretty quick. Either way the Mazda turbos sound really nice - very aggressive.

Chris has been pretty fast today. He was good enough for pole, I don't think anyone can complain. He was quite slow at Long Beach though.

I hope that spin did not hurt his tires, but I think it will be ok.

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Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

Klaus is one hell of a driver, incredible pushing in the corners.

That Aston looked scary on almost every lap. I wonder why they did not put on maximum downforce to begin with.

FordCosworthPanoz · 8 Jul 2011, 20:40 (Ref:2923923)

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Originally Posted by AGD

Chris has been pretty fast today. He was good enough for pole, I don't think anyone can complain. He was quite slow at Long Beach though.

I hope that spin did not hurt his tires, but I think it will be ok.

That Aston looked scary on almost every lap. I wonder why they did not put on maximum downforce to begin with.

I thought Klaus was going to crash about 7 times! The car doesnt seem to like the circuit in its current setup, although the Aston is usually a better race car than the Dyson, plus judging by races like Road America last year or Long Beach, Muscle Milk seems to be a little better than Dyson on race strategy.

Great job by Steven as well.

Purist · 8 Jul 2011, 20:41 (Ref:2923925)

You also wonder whether Pickett's guys gave something up at a track like this going from a full-on P2 to a car that started as a full-on P1. I would guess that the Dysons will have an edge in agility, and the Aston can't really take advantage of its power, or particularly, of its torque.

**joeb** · 8 Jul 2011, 20:44 (Ref:2923928)

A Lola Aston has never raced at Lime Rock, so it is a bit of a new experience.

Also, the announcers mentioned that the 16 car has lengthened its wheelbase, was that just to fit into the P1 bodywork?

Audi Racer · 8 Jul 2011, 20:45 (Ref:2923929)

interesting..........Dunlop tires on the GTE and LMP1 pole sitters.......Perhaps the dunlop tires are better suited to the (just dried track conditions)..........hence the large gap between the BMw's on dunlops and the rest of the GTE's on Michelins....its a very real possibility........say what you want about BMW restrictors but Dunlop tires in GTE have been looking really good this year (more life than the Michelins at Imola and Lemans)(BMW;s and the rob bell ferrari double stinting at imola)...

AGD · 8 Jul 2011, 20:50 (Ref:2923933)

I'm not too concerned about Cytosport for tomorrow. They weren't that far off the pole even with those scary laps.

We'll have to see what the fellow from Abu Dhabi can do. I'm sure his pace will prevent that car from competing for the win, but maybe Kane can rescue the effort if he can keep it close enough and there is a FCY.

Jonerz · 8 Jul 2011, 20:51 (Ref:2923934)

Really exciting qualifying sessions. That 20 Oryx-Dyson Racing Lola looks really good. I'm also interested to hear about the 16 car having a lengthened wheel base. Perhaps that is just a result of the spares that were available after the fire last(?) year.

Chris

AGD · 8 Jul 2011, 20:53 (Ref:2923936)

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Originally Posted by Audi Racer

interesting..........Dunlop tires on the GTE and LMP1 pole sitters.......Perhaps the dunlop tires are better suited to the (just dried track conditions)..........hence the large gap between the BMw's on dunlops and the rest of the GTE's on Michelins....its a very real possibility........say what you want about BMW restrictors but Dunlop tires in GTE have been looking really good this year (more life than the Michelins at Imola and Lemans)(BMW;s and the rob bell ferrari double stinting at imola)...

Dunlop has some very good tires right now. 1-2 in both of the classes they are competing in, how can one argue against that?

David Phillips had an article a few weeks back talking about Cytosport and they were saying they were having some trouble putting heat into their tires because they were designed for diesels or something like that. Maybe the Michelins just don't work well for the petrol runners, who knows.

Here is the quote:

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"Michelin has done a great job with the tires," Pickett said. "Honestly, one of our problems with the P1 tire is the Peugeots and the Audis, with all their power, are so difficult on tires. So this car, without the power it's had in past years, it's hard to get heat in the tires we'd like. But Michelin is working very closely with us and I think we're making a lot of progress in that regard.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing...ory?id=6682465

AGD · 9 Jul 2011, 02:02 (Ref:2924007)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Also, the announcers mentioned that the 16 car has lengthened its wheelbase, was that just to fit into the P1 bodywork?

Dagys has more on Dyson's upgrades.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-lime-rock-notebook/P1

Duff_44 · 9 Jul 2011, 04:37 (Ref:2924021)

This might be nothing, but at the track today I noticed the #16 and #20 had slightly different exhaust notes.

The #16 was more "gravelly" sounding while the #20 was more of a "whistle"/turbo sound. Maybe they different exhaust layouts due to the longer wheelbase?

Audi Racer · 9 Jul 2011, 05:22 (Ref:2924025)

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Originally Posted by Duff_44

This might be nothing, but at the track today I noticed the #16 and #20 had slightly different exhaust notes.

The #16 was more "gravelly" sounding while the #20 was more of a "whistle"/turbo sound. Maybe they different exhaust layouts due to the longer wheelbase?

Yeah..during the qualy stream they mention something about the longer wheelbase being related to the turbo cooling?So theoretically they might have lengthened some of the pipes which would make a different sound?

Matt · 9 Jul 2011, 06:00 (Ref:2924028)

Just got back a little while ago. The Aston is without a doubt the best sounding racecar I have ever heard.

AUSRSR · 9 Jul 2011, 10:44 (Ref:2924089)

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Originally Posted by Matt

Just got back a little while ago. The Aston is without a doubt the best sounding racecar I have ever heard.

Shame I'll never get to hear it in real life

How piercing is the sound? Say compared to an F1 car?

Danny_GT2 · 9 Jul 2011, 11:50 (Ref:2924114)

Looks like the P1 battle will be interesting! GT it seems is dominated by BMW atm & with an 8 tenths gap between 2nd & 3rd, it looks like they'll take the win! Hope I can watch this, if not live I have a user on justin.tv who has them recorded!

tux1234 · 9 Jul 2011, 12:32 (Ref:2924120)

Just a reminder for those with Motors Tv they are showing the remaining races live (maybe not Petit).

Matt · 9 Jul 2011, 12:32 (Ref:2924121)

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Originally Posted by AUSRSR

Shame I'll never get to hear it in real life

How piercing is the sound? Say compared to an F1 car?

I've never heard an F1 car in person, so I couldn't tell you. You could hear the car all the way around the track though.

bolderer · 9 Jul 2011, 13:24 (Ref:2924129)

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Originally Posted by Danny_GT2

Looks like the P1 battle will be interesting! GT it seems is dominated by BMW atm & with an 8 tenths gap between 2nd & 3rd, it looks like they'll take the win! Hope I can watch this, if not live I have a user on justin.tv who has them recorded!

Is ESPN3 unavailable in Europe?

**joeb** · 9 Jul 2011, 13:47 (Ref:2924135)

I noticed on the official ALMS qualifying report that the lap record was broken for all classes. I think that is pretty amazing that the P1 record was broken, but I assume the track layout has something to do with it.

NightStalk3r · 9 Jul 2011, 14:05 (Ref:2924140)

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Originally Posted by joeb

I noticed on the official ALMS qualifying report that the lap record was broken for all classes. I think that is pretty amazing that the P1 record was broken, but I assume the track layout has something to do with it.

Its a new layout that has never been used before, there was no track records to break.

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