Very nice analysis of the GT2 battle by John Brooks:
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010...s-gt-wars.aspx
A new insight on the Risi "gurney" incident:
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Gianmaria Bruni scorched round in 3:59.233 to take class pole, then came technical inspection. The official story was that the rear wing gurney flap was 2mm too low. Even though this was not the part used on the pole time run, the car was despatched to the back of the grid. There were questions about how full this explanation was and it seems that there were some movable or flexible elements to the rear assembly as well. That was the bit that really upset the ACO and was a sign of how close to the maximum all the leading teams were having to push.
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And the Corvette waiver situation:
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The Pratt & Miller Corvettes looked as if they had the whole field covered, even the Risi car. There was much talk of the number of waivers that the ACO had allowed on the car, 47 I believe. The most significant that emerged from the fog was that the C6.R ZR1 cars were both running a Bosch direct injection system, giving nearly two laps fuel advantage over the other GT2 cars.............15.6 laps against 14. For 2011 all the GT2 waivers will be made public, so this sort of surprise will not happen again.
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Another good point about the Davidson-Collard incident:
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There was a deal of hysterical and downright wrong commentary on TV, Radio and forums, all fully blaming Davidson. There were even some threats made in his direction from forum warriors, pathetic. It was a racing incident and both drivers played a part and should take a portion of responsibility.
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Discussing this with a beer in hand after the race, one of my colleagues made the sage point that for once P&M missed a trick. With a two lap advantage, they should have warned Collard that the Peugeot was pushing at qualifying pace and on a charge, so give the prototype plenty of room, let the 908 go.
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