[FIA GT Race] FIA GT Rnd 10: Dubai 16-18 Nov 2006

[KA]

Originally Posted by geeteeone

I wonder whether the Larbre Ferrari's performance today was down to the electronically restricted engine giving more power than the traditional air restricted engines, or down to Gabriele Gardel who I seem to remember was pretty impressive at Dubai the last two years.

apparently Frederic Makowiecki set the time.

Running without ballast can't have done any harm either...

[Spiteful]

Originally Posted by KA

Running without ballast can't have done any harm either...

I've been wondering... do the 550's still have to carry around the 60 kg (I think) extra ballast the ACO put on them after LM '04 (or '03, or '02, I'm getting old)?
Was/is there a difference between FIA and ACO spec?

[Dani Filth]

Ballast at Dubai..

Car Weight
1 70+25 Kg
2 80+25 Kg
3 40 Kg
4 50 Kg
9 +45 Kg
23 20 Kg
55 10 Kg
56 20 Kg
58 35+28 Kg
59 20+28 Kg
63 45 Kg
75 +28 Kg
77 20 Kg
79 20+28 Kg
80 20+28 Kg
82 35 Kg
99 20 Kg

the Ferrari is the #3

[mirkob]

The F550 run with 50 (40 + 10 kgs setted in the night) kg of ballast and for FIA decision started behind the GT1 cars, and have several problem.

Anyway, the car got the 4th best lap at 3 Tenths from the fastest lap, and the drivers was not champions like Lamy (last year)

I think it is difficulty for FIA/ACO/FFSA accept the car in this configuration, I hope, I dream, but a F550 faster then a DBR9 should be a no-good thing for the Prodrive business.

We need time to understand the situation, and the future of the programs for tha Care Racing

[AU N EGL]

Originally Posted by mirkob

I think it is difficulty for FIA/ACO/FFSA accept the car in this configuration, I hope, I dream, but a F550 faster then a DBR9 should be a no-good thing for the Prodrive business.

If the car did not pass scrutineering the car would not be practicing, qualifing or racing. So there is no difficulty for the sanctioning body.

[HORNDAWG]

The car basically ran to its own rules as a test bed, scoring no points. This was allowed by FIA to see the performance and advantages of a electronic control module as a restriction device! As the car was ran,it sounds like it met no sactioning body's rules. Testing only!

L.P.

[KA]

Originally Posted by mirkob

The F550 run with 50 (40 + 10 kgs setted in the night) kg of ballast and for FIA decision started behind the GT1 cars, and have several problem.

Jack Leconte of Larbre is quoted in DSC's qualifying report saying

However, it should be noted that our car has no ballast, which gave it some advantage. But it should be remembered that last year we had an excellent set-up for the car, which we have not forgotten.

Was there some controversy over the 550's performance?

[ger80]

Maybe they better gone there with 2 550's, one with the old, restricted engine and one with the new one

[panoz.lmp1]

On Fridy evening the GT Bureau add an additional ballast of 10kg to the F550. Then there was a request of all the GT1 teams (again initiated by Vitaphone) that there are some championship decisions are open and that the Larbre F550 must start begind all the other GT1 cars. That request was rejected.
But after the warm-up lap Gabriele Gardel droves through the pitlane instead of the start finish straight.

[911 GT1]

The Ferrari only carried a ballast of 10 KG, not 50. The GT Bureau changed the class from GT1 to G2 and the originally added ballast of 40 KG was deleted. After the shown performance in qualifying they added 10 KG.