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17 Jun 2019, 10:53 (Ref:3912401) | #1876 | |
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The fact is Le Mans is a test of endurance of man and machine. If a car in front has a problem with a car or a tyre, then it's hard for them, but then that's a part of Le Mans, who can run the smoothest and quickest to the chequered flag
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17 Jun 2019, 11:02 (Ref:3912404) | #1877 | ||
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I really enjoyed the race as a whole.
Losing the win for #7 was unfortunate, it would have seemed "more fair" to have them win, since in my eyes they deserved it more than the #8. However, I think it would have been wrong for Toyota to switch the #7 and #8 around, becaue that for certain would have been a manipulated / staged / team-ordered win. I don't believe the conspiracy theories that Toyota wanted the #8 to win over the #7. If they really wanted that there would have been much better ways to achieve that without the obvious heartbreak for the #7 crew. Neither Vasselon nor Leupen are idiots, and would have thought out a much better and subtle way long before the race even started - IF the #8 was to win at all cost. The #7 was the best team for about 22 and a half hours. Unfortunatly for them, the race lasts 24 hours, and during the last 90 minutes they made several errors. I think the person responsible for placing the sensors or reading the sensors (it's a bit uncear exactly what went wrong) as well as the person deciding to only replace 1 tire will not have slept well. The same may be true for the team manager of #7 for not overruling the decison to only change that one tire, and maybe some of the general Team Management (Leupen/ Vasselon/some other) as well, if they feel they could and should have overruled that decision. I'm happy for SMP & AER for the result they got. The car is fast, very fast for a private LMP1but has been involved in incidents too frequently. At least the #11 had a near troublefree run this time around. I think both Rebellion would have been up there as well, and maybe even in fron of the #11, but the reliaility wasn't there this time, and they had too many errors. Not a classic Le Mans maybe, but one I enjoyed very much |
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I also see Lopez as the weakest of the 3 drivers on the #7, however I think his last stint was imo his least unimpressive. He didn't do much wrong and everything that went wrong was none of his fault.
They could have changed Lopez to Conway but probably not at the first puncture: if all went right there, Lopez would have brought it home, and there was too much panic already. Maybe putting Conway in would have been too short a call anyway at that time? For the second puncture they had 4-5 minutes, so could get Conway ready if they wanted. However I doubt it would have made any difference at all. Conway couldn't have done much more than Lopez already did. Maybe the gap would have been a few seconds closer but not 20. I feared Lopez was going to bin it, but ultimatly he didn't. Given the circumstances I think he did well on his last stint. Last edited by gert; 17 Jun 2019 at 13:26. |
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I was thinking Conway to finish as an overall prerace plan, not as a reaction to the puncture. I would want the driver in, or ready to jump in if needed at the end.
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There's an anecdote. Russian company has ordered some electronics from different countries and asked a "failure rate" not more than 10 units from 1000. French company said that they have "fr" at that level. Germany company said that they have usually 5 units from 1000. Japanese had send 1000 working units and a special parcel with 10 broken with a note "We do not know why do you need then but still we've sent it".
I mean, it's not the first time "a sensor" steals the victory from a certain trio. |
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17 Jun 2019, 17:10 (Ref:3912468) | #1884 | ||
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About the #7 I think aside the sensor issue, the car had bad luck with the SCs periods. Every time a SC was released the #7 had a entire minute of gap to the #8 that went lost.
If they could had been able to put a lap over the #8 the race would have been won. I don't think that giving the lead back from the #8 to the #7 on the last hour would had been a fair thing. Lopez performance I think wasn't his best, but I think it wasn't bad. There were lot of interviews from argentina's media before and while the race, and I'm noted him stressed or feeling the pressure. It's been a new drama for Toyota, the idea to make the #7 win the race and the #8 get the championship I think it could be the best scenario. |
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Pruett reporting that GTE Am results are still provisional as the ACO are debating on whether or not to penalize an as of yet unnamed team for a possible fuel capacity violation.
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Either Keating or Project 1. I don't think that Pruett would mention this if there wasn't a US/IMSA interest in it. Both Keating and Lindsey are regular IMSA competitors.
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Pending appeals, Keating Ford penalized. DQ'd for fuel capacity irregularity.
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17 Jun 2019, 18:52 (Ref:3912497) | #1891 | ||
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That is a very political correct answer from Lopez.
Hmmm, I hope it was just a stupid mistake/ fault from the team. We will never know for sure. |
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#68 Ford in GTE Pro penalized/DQ'd for oversized fuel tank per SC365.
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Sounds like we need to DQ and ban them all
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17 Jun 2019, 19:29 (Ref:3912509) | #1896 | ||
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Now I can't find anything other than a FB message by Marshall Pruett regarding a possible penalty for the #85. For sure the #68 has been penalized.
Endurance Info also had an article up regarding possible DQ for the 85, but now that's a dead link. At least one other car might get DQ'd per SC365 for a similar infringement. |
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This is silly fords DQ a day after the race, what a farce
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