The one and only official 10/10ths BOP thread

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Articus

Since when is GTE a development class? It's the exact opposite. They only get a lemans aero and a non lemans aero package that they must use for the rest of the season. The end game for GTE is one where teams win based on strategy, pit stop speed and a bit of luck. ACO want all of the GTE cars to run the same ultimate lap time at every track if that was easy to achieve. I'm not against that, because that's the only thing you can do for GTE to remain sustainable considering it's not the class for the overall victory.


What you're hinting at and what we'd all like to see with GTE isn't actually sustainable nor worth it if they aren't racing for overall victory which is why it won't happen.

GTE has always been a development class. It was always about who developed the best car - that's what a development class is. It has a defined set of technical regulations, and manufacturers build the car to fit into those regulations, and the best car wins. It was never meant to be about race to race BOP - that's just what it has become.

What you're describing is GT3 - that has no real technical regulations and uses the concept of performance boxes - the car has to 'fit' into 'boxes', and when it doesn't, it's BOP'd up or down to adjust so it then fits. BOP is absolutely fine for GT3 (IMO) because that's what the entire class is based around. The fact a customer can buy almost any GT3 car, for around the same price, and know for a fact it'll perform decently well, and if it doesn't then it can be made to. That's great for customer racing. But that isn't great for factory racing.