IMSA DPi Discussion

[Akrapovic]

I understand the spec part argument. But there has to be a cut off, a line drawn where you say enough is enough. For whatever reason, people seem to be able to excuse terrible tyres. But if the same argument was being had about ECUs, people would be unhappy.

Lets say DPis all used a standard ECU, but that ECU was designed by an engineer who couldn't hold a pencil properly, and the result was that any car going over 180mph would misfire. The same argument applies of "Well it's a spec part, they all need to get used to it", but really, we'd be up in arms about it.

It's the same for the tyres IMO. It is a spec part. But if the spec part is so bad that not one person who uses it likes them, then something should be done. It DOES effect the racing - the issues at Daytona where the tyres were literally taking 10 laps to get heat into them gave us a lot more yellow flags than what we would have done, as even professionals struggled for half a stint, and ams were binning it all over the place.

When your spec part is so bad at doing the job it is meant to do, that we end up with worse racing, it needs looked at. I believe Conti crossed that line at Daytona. If the Sebring tyre is better, then great.