IMSA 2022: Looking to the present?

[J Jay]

A quick word for WTR - I'm not sure how the race could have been worse for them, short of a retirement. When they stopped early I thought they were going to even it out three stints. Whatever made them switch to matching the strategy of the leading duo after their earlier stop cost them the championship lead.

[Adam43]

Quick! To the airport!

[broadrun96]

Wonder how many are sharing private planes? Least drivers fit in commercial planes well unlike some of us ogres.

[TheMightyM]

#31 Action Express Caddy sent to the back of its class after failing post-race tech (under the minimum weight).

[Adam43]

Oh.

[broadrun96]

Well that explains being so quick beyond just Pipo being Pipo

[tomcug]

Too bad they didn't say how much the car was underweight.

[S griffin]

Yeah it's a mystery why they aren't saying how much it is underweight. What are they trying to hide?

[J Jay]

Wasn't a GTD car underweight in Mid Ohio, the McLaren I want to say? They never said b how much in that case either, but it still got dropped to the bottom of its class.

I think this is just how IMSA operate; if you fall foul of the post-race check, that's it. By how much isn't really what they're bothered about, there isn't a sliding scale of sanctions for technical infringements. I suspect the teams involved favour this approach, for obvious reasons.

[Simmi]

Yeah even the official penalty notice (which you can find on IMSA Alkamel) doesn't specify.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Yeah even the official penalty notice (which you can find on IMSA Alkamel) doesn't specify.

I hope they at least tell the team!

[Adam43]

What is the rule. They ground to a halt, I presume out of fuel at the end. Is it gross weight or dry weight?

[broadrun96]

Yeah, IMSA just lists the violation, I've never seen them list how much underweight. It would be interesting to know but not what they do. It's not hiding anything, it's just not policy. I would be more interested in how much relative the minimum and if parts were to blame over missing weight

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Adam43

What is the rule. They ground to a halt, I presume out of fuel at the end. Is it gross weight or dry weight?

I honestly don't know the answer to that, but I would like to mention that the race was run caution free! Just like we would have expected with the street course!

[Adam43]

Despite that it was a still fun.

[broadrun96]

According to S365--

"***Derani revealed that the Cadillac, which received a 15 kg minimum weight increase prior to the weekend in the latest round of Balance of Performance adjustments, was 2 kg underweight in post-race technical inspection."

[tomcug]

2 kg is quite a significant mistake by the team IMO. I expected the difference to be smaller.

[S griffin]

Unless it was something unforeseen, that's quite a big mistake by the team. I agree that if it only been a little bit we could have understood more.

[W2Motorsport]

Does anyone know when IMSA releases the entry list for upcoming races? I thought the 6h of the glen entry would be out by now.

[W2Motorsport]

Originally Posted by W2Motorsport

Does anyone know when IMSA releases the entry list for upcoming races? I thought the 6h of the glen entry would be out by now.

It's just been released it seems

https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uplo..._EntryList.pdf

[joeb]

Originally Posted by W2Motorsport

It's just been released it seems

https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uplo..._EntryList.pdf

Pretty strong list for Watkins. The Whelen car has added Conway instead of Nunez as its third driver. I think that says how they see his role going forward....

[gert]

Originally Posted by joeb

Pretty strong list for Watkins. The Whelen car has added Conway instead of Nunez as its third driver. I think that says how they see his role going forward....

He's an important part of the team. We all know that.

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by joeb

Pretty strong list for Watkins. The Whelen car has added Conway instead of Nunez as its third driver. I think that says how they see his role going forward....

Is there a rule saying a team has to run all 3 drivers if 3 are listed on the entry list? Or can the team decide to run just 2 of the 3? If so, I would let Derani and Conway do the bulk if not all of the running and leave Pla out.

[tomcug]

Unless the team requests a driver line-up change, it's not possible:

11.4.2. (SSR) Reserve Drivers are prohibited (all nominated Drivers must participate as required for the Event for drive-time, night laps, etc.).

You can't nominate a driver and later tell him/her to go home However:

11.2. (SSR) Sporting Checks conclude at 4:00 pm local time on the day prior to the first Official Session for the respective Series, or as listed in the Schedule/SR.
11.2.1. (SSR) The deadline to add and/or change licensed Drivers (Drivers previously completing all licensing and medical requirements for that Series) on a Car is by close of Sporting Checks for that Series for the Event.

So in theory it's still possible to make some changes but those have to be consulted with IMSA and IMSA must approve the change.


BTW where's United? I thought they were doing all endurance races.

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by tomcug

Unless the team requests a driver line-up change, it's not possible:

You can't nominate a driver and later tell him/her to go home However:

So in theory it's still possible to make some changes but those have to be consulted with IMSA and IMSA must approve the change.


BTW where's United? I thought they were doing all endurance races.

Not proposing a (last minute) driver change, just posting the question whether teams are allowed to use only 2 of their 3 listed drivers. Since it's a Pro class and (assumingly) driving times don't matter, why can't a team elect to 'bench' one of their listed drivers if it feels it brings an advantage to them? I'm just curious, not truly expecting any team to do so if allowed.


United announced they're skipping this race because their pay driver is having delayed back surgery. Petit is iffy also.