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View Poll Results: Which track will be added to the 2016 WEC calendar? | |||
Montreal | 10 | 16.13% | |
Mexico City | 9 | 14.52% | |
Monza | 23 | 37.10% | |
Interlagos | 14 | 22.58% | |
Other, .... [please name] | 6 | 9.68% | |
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6 Aug 2016, 17:39 (Ref:3663834) | #1151 | |||
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6 Aug 2016, 17:40 (Ref:3663835) | #1152 | |
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IIRC, LMP1s are allowed to use Grade 2 circuits, it's just that they choose not to.
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I also said that the current budgets in LMP1 were putting off some prospective new factory programmes but that the current teams seem likely to be in it for the medium-term at least. |
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9 Aug 2016, 06:49 (Ref:3664522) | #1154 | |
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It's not even the lmp1 teams who choose this. I don't know who is in charge of the negotiations for hosting an event, but there has to be some sort of bar set that the tracks need to meet. I don't want to believe the WEC ONLY wants F1-tracks. But it wouldn't surprise me if that's the case.
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9 Aug 2016, 07:16 (Ref:3664529) | #1156 | ||
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My understanding - ref Class 1 - is that the principal reason is the level of track safety inherent in the ranking (Le Mans as a Class 2 circuit is, of course, the exception).
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9 Aug 2016, 16:51 (Ref:3664667) | #1157 | ||
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I think that the LMP1 privateer class adopting DPI regs could be a big help to making the class make sense beyond being a two team formula right now.
We know that most carmakers aren't interested in spending Audi or Porsche money on LMP1, or even Toyota money, or even a sizable fraction of that. And we know that with the way things are, private teams won't be competitive with factory teams because of financial and technical gaps. So I see two solutions: Either "wind back the clock" back to the way things were circa 2000, or allow some limited factory involvement in LMP1 privateer. IMO, it's a win-win. Privateers can have meaningful competition and can get hooked to "customer" manufacturer deals, while carmakers can be involved in LMP1 without having to spend insane amounts of money, and can, like in the GT classes, point to winning their class. |
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9 Aug 2016, 19:07 (Ref:3664699) | #1158 | |||
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11 Aug 2016, 12:07 (Ref:3665108) | #1159 | |
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http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/m...mexico-806448/
That's the worst idea in the history of sports car racing. |
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11 Aug 2016, 13:18 (Ref:3665122) | #1160 | |
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Prepare the red/yellow flags already marshals!
Haven't followed him much. Was he in F1 just for money or did he have some sort of skill? |
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11 Aug 2016, 13:32 (Ref:3665127) | #1161 | |
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He had the skill of bringing truck loads of money to the series + keeping the carbon fiber repair shops in business!
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11 Aug 2016, 13:49 (Ref:3665131) | #1162 | ||
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He's won a Grand Prix.
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11 Aug 2016, 15:47 (Ref:3665147) | #1163 | |
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It's called One Hit Wonder.
Anyway cash cash cash that's what matters. |
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11 Aug 2016, 17:17 (Ref:3665166) | #1166 | ||
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It'll be exciting!
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11 Aug 2016, 17:40 (Ref:3665176) | #1167 | |
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I thought the money drains of Venezuela had exhausted already though.
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11 Aug 2016, 17:46 (Ref:3665182) | #1168 | |
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I'm willing to give him a chance. P2's have fenders so if he's going wheel to wheel, he wont take off a front wing or cut a tire.
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11 Aug 2016, 17:50 (Ref:3665185) | #1169 | |
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Malucelli didn't crash out this year at LM either, which in truth was probably the biggest surprise of the year (apart from the Toyota debacle), so Maldonado has hope of not sending the Oreca to scrapyard.
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12 Aug 2016, 10:18 (Ref:3665334) | #1170 | |
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I don't know what to expect from the Crashtor, the first time he will be a sportscar driver, and the other drivers are going to be on the lookout for him when he is driving the car. I just want to see if it is Jerykl or Hyde who turns up to the series
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12 Aug 2016, 14:01 (Ref:3665370) | #1171 | |
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Probably all three of them!
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13 Aug 2016, 01:52 (Ref:3665460) | #1172 | |||
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The FIA grading is a stupidly complex procedure that has less to do with motorsport, and more to do with financial appeasement. |
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13 Aug 2016, 23:05 (Ref:3665540) | #1175 | ||
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The runoffs on the older post-Senna tracks like Sepang are actually considered too big now and certain legacy corners get off easy. In the case of the kink it's not like it's a corner you just blow the entry and go straight on, crashes are generally in the form of sideswiping the wall on exit in which case a soft wall might be considered enough. Chicane is already there anyways. |
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