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About the race, expecting the opening race of a new rule set to be a humdinger seems unrealistic. BoP is there to give everyone the same maximum performance, not to equalise everyone's pace on track. It's up to the teams to reach the potential set by the BoP, through reliability and driver/team performance. If you want close racing where the car is not a differentiating factor, LMP2 is where your focus should be. It's a de-facto spec class, which will always bother me, but that does mean there is always on-track excitement.
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Originally Posted by Simmi
I'm also not clear on how the Porsches, without major issues from what I could see, managed to finish two laps back on the leading Ferrari/Cadi. Their pace was in the Peugeot range in the hands of quite a few drivers so of all the teams, they were probably the most underwhelming for me vs expectations.
Peugeot are drifting into Nissan territory and I know I'm not the only one fearing they've built a dud.
All in all I think it was on a par with many WEC races. Glimpses of great moments, very watchable if you're a hardcore fan. I'm not sure it would have converted any casuals who tuned in for the first time. But I'm very optimistic for the future.
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Be careful there, I can hear Darren Cox sprinting towards his keyboard...
The Porsches looked particularly hard to drive getting the tyres up to temperature, but their pace was erratic. Lots of work required for a good showing at Le Mans this year.