2016 ENTRY LIST
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http://www.24h-lemans.com/wpphpFichiers/1/1/ressou...
Sadly Viper Exchange have opted out of competing this year as the ACO were being indecisive and they could not afford to wait to hear whether they were in or not as they were the 2nd car in the GTAM reserve list.
Being a non factory small team they had to get shipping organised early and this affected the decision not to attend.
Gutted
Sadly Viper Exchange have opted out of competing this year as the ACO were being indecisive and they could not afford to wait to hear whether they were in or not as they were the 2nd car in the GTAM reserve list.
Being a non factory small team they had to get shipping organised early and this affected the decision not to attend.
Gutted
FredericRobinson said:
Reserves aren't allocated by class, so they were 7th reserve whoever dropped out, given they aren't running the car in a qualifying championship they haven't got too much cause for complaint, not compared to some on the reserve list
My info came from team mechanics 
but thanks for the info on how the reserve list is used 
I will have to go back to supporting the V8 Yellow Devils
FredericRobinson said:
The system used to be separate reserve lists for prototypes and GTs, changed 2 or 3 years back.
It's a shame there's a lack of variety in GTs these days, no Pagani / TVR / Panoz / Spyker / Morgan / Saleen / Viper
Yes I know what you mean but its not too bad. C6 and C7 corvette, two types of Ferrari, FOUR Ford GT (how did they get 4???). And nom third Audi in LMP1. It's a shame there's a lack of variety in GTs these days, no Pagani / TVR / Panoz / Spyker / Morgan / Saleen / Viper
FredericRobinson said:
The system used to be separate reserve lists for prototypes and GTs, changed 2 or 3 years back.
It's a shame there's a lack of variety in GTs these days, no Pagani / TVR / Panoz / Spyker / Morgan / Saleen / Viper
LMP2 is going the same way, pretty much all Nissan engined cars. LMP1 hardly looks in rude health either.It's a shame there's a lack of variety in GTs these days, no Pagani / TVR / Panoz / Spyker / Morgan / Saleen / Viper
williamp said:
FOUR Ford GT (how did they get 4???). And no third Audi in LMP1.
Ford get four PRO GT cars by throwing lots of money at it, I don't imagine platinum drivers come cheap either. A lack of money at VAG due to having to set aside a considerable sum to cover the emissions scandal means the big three LMP1 teams are on a level footing this year with two cars each.DMN said:
LMP2 is going the same way, pretty much all Nissan engined cars. LMP1 hardly looks in rude health either.
The idea is to split LMP1 in to manufacturer and privateer classes and get some of the LMP2 teams to move up so Rebellion have someone to race. Bykolles have already moved and Strakka are re-working their Dome from LMP2-LMP1 for next year.LMP2 would be better if the ACO just left it alone - and stop what looks like money buying the rules. A couple of years back Honda had a great engine and everyone was swapping to HPD. Randomly the ACO punished HPD for doing a good job and restricted them, making them uncompetitive against the Nissan engine. Nissan haven't faced any similar punishment though...?
Paul Ricard was a bit of a mixed bag. It's only a test of course but Toyota started in low downforce mode and were off the pace compared to the Porsche and Audi which were running high downforce. When Toyota tested in high downforce they moved above the Audi but Porsche seem the ones to beat.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123465...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123465...
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DMN said:
LMP2 is going the same way, pretty much all Nissan engined cars. LMP1 hardly looks in rude health either.
The idea is to split LMP1 in to manufacturer and privateer classes and get some of the LMP2 teams to move up so Rebellion have someone to race. Bykolles have already moved and Strakka are re-working their Dome from LMP2-LMP1 for next year.LMP2 would be better if the ACO just left it alone - and stop what looks like money buying the rules. A couple of years back Honda had a great engine and everyone was swapping to HPD. Randomly the ACO punished HPD for doing a good job and restricted them, making them uncompetitive against the Nissan engine. Nissan haven't faced any similar punishment though...?
The ACO seem to want both LMP2 and LMP3 to be spec series. Which is bad. With limited Chassis and engine suppliers. The elephant in the room is IMSA and where the DP's go from here. Trying to shoe-horn factory backed teams into LMP2 to compete with the Europeans at Le Mans is silly.
They should be looking at the LMP1 rules to allow non-works, but factory backed Daytona Prototype teams to build new non-hybrid LMP1's.
DMN said:
They should be looking at the LMP1 rules to allow non-works, but factory backed Daytona Prototype teams to build new non-hybrid LMP1's.
I think that is what the ACO are doing. They know they haven't done enough for the LMP1 privateers and want to find a way of getting the DPs in.Paul Ricard timing is available here http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/
I understand what the ACO is trying to do with P2. The basic idea was that the cost capped cars should enable everyone to buy and compete on a level playing field with no factory teams and if they did compete they would be forced to use the same equipment like they sold to their customers.
However certain teams (SMP and Strakka) had their own cars where in reality there was no cost cap. They said they would sell cars but in reality they were not planning to do so... hence the approved chassis manufacturers
Engines have become quasi standard and they wanted to control costs and give them a bit more oommpf... they get 100bhp more in a specially built racing engine.
The original plan for engines 5 years back was that they should be production based and those rules were severely bent by the OEM's when they started out... Judd is BMW based , HPD obviously Honda and Zytek is Nissan. That engine was the most heavily modified bordering of being against the spirit of the rule book if not the letter.
However certain teams (SMP and Strakka) had their own cars where in reality there was no cost cap. They said they would sell cars but in reality they were not planning to do so... hence the approved chassis manufacturers
Engines have become quasi standard and they wanted to control costs and give them a bit more oommpf... they get 100bhp more in a specially built racing engine.
The original plan for engines 5 years back was that they should be production based and those rules were severely bent by the OEM's when they started out... Judd is BMW based , HPD obviously Honda and Zytek is Nissan. That engine was the most heavily modified bordering of being against the spirit of the rule book if not the letter.
Edited by Great Dane on Thursday 31st March 22:23
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