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20 Nov 2017, 22:15 (Ref:3781837) | #26 | |
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I would guess they allocate pit space to teams and if another entry appears, then one team may get a shaft on their space. If they just stated to teams that there is a possibility of extra entries, and they needed to shrink their work space it wouldn't be a problem. Some things they do are questionable, but maybe they change?
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21 Nov 2017, 15:04 (Ref:3781970) | #28 | |
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I've witnessed plenty of boring races there over the years, 30 or so cars (even sportscars, let alone slower ones) on a 7 km track won't quite cut it. No need for worshipping.
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21 Nov 2017, 15:14 (Ref:3781976) | #29 | |
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The most bizarre thing about Spa nowadays is that they have that separate ELMS weekend in September, it makes absolute zero sense whatsoever
Spa could LITERALLY hold a 70 car grid simultaneously when both paddocks are utilized but no, they just run two separate micro grids at separate times (plus Michelin Le Mans Cup) |
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I'm very surprised that so many forum members ignore GTE-Pro.
It features several factory teams with top drivers, and the cars are awesome. |
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21 Nov 2017, 16:00 (Ref:3781990) | #31 | |
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21 Nov 2017, 16:12 (Ref:3781995) | #32 | |
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I agree. If GTE Pro isn't strong, that is a deal breaker for me. LMP does not interest me much at all next year with Porsche going away. They all look the same to me. Thankfully the new GT-Prototype rules for 2020-2021 looks very promising.
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Trust me, trackside and in the grandstands if you see a train of GT cars thundering past you racing for position those three letters get removed from your brain in an instant.
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Then WWE happened to GT and I lost literally all interest, it's 100% prototypes now. Too bad LMP2 has gone into quasi spec too, and North America's been ruined with 'DPi, so it's mostly P1 left. But thank god that's still awesome, and 2017 looks to be great |
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Oh, personally I don't WORRY about it anymore. Remember the times when every other day I came here crying and moaning about the latest BoP tables and whatever? Those days are over, I can't even remember the last time I went to the FIA committee site. But that's simply because I don't care about them anymore.
They are non factor. GTEs and GT3s are there, doing their own little thing, whatever it is, and I simply choose to ignore them. Just like a bully. There is one good thing about them however, and that's traffic obstacle for prototypes although I'd rather have LMP3 doing that, they're slow enough for P1 ad P2 |
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21 Nov 2017, 18:07 (Ref:3782030) | #38 | ||
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i feel that although the lmp classes are the cutting edge of technology i love to watch the GT's the good old days of Le mans GT's were racing for top spot but today they can never match the LMP's, but i will follow the gt's and love the close racing and unexpected turns that always seem to happen every year.
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I have done some analysis of the data from this highly scientific survey
The results are not surprising. In order of popularity, based on average scores: Circuits Le Mans 9.8 Sebring 8.9 Spa 8.0 Silverstone 7.5 Fuji 6.8 Shanghai 6.1 Categories LMP1 8.7 GTE Pro 7.3 LMP2 6.9 GTE Am 4.1 LMP3 3.4 Series WEC 8.2 ELMS 5.5 MLMC 2.1 ALMS 2.1 ALMSC 0.8 |
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FIA World Endurance Championship = 8
European Le Mans Series = 8 Michelin Le Mans Cup = 0 Asian Le Mans Series = 3 Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup = 0 Spa 6 Hours (2018-19) = 8 Le Mans 24 Hours (2018-19) = 10 Silverstone 6 Hours (2018) = 8 Fuji 6 Hours (2018) = 4 Shanghai 6 Hours (2018) = 4 Sebring 1500 Miles (2019) = 6 LM P1 = 9 LM P2 = 9 LM P3 = 0 LM GTE-PRO = 8 LM GTE-AM = 8 |
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23 Nov 2017, 08:40 (Ref:3782379) | #41 | |
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I don't worship tracks. I also don't need huge grids to enjoy races. Two cars can make a race imo!
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I'd say for me the interest of watching these (non-LM) races are made 60% of what entries are present, 25% about the track/event and 15% about specific rules for it. Something like that anyway |
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23 Nov 2017, 20:33 (Ref:3782483) | #43 | |
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Why can't we enjoy both for what it is? I love LMP1 (including hybrids). I also love DPi. LMP1 isn't right for IMSA, and DPi isn't right for WEC. They're very different and both awesome in their own ways. They also both have huge downsides. Just enjoy both.
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One can enjoy Star Trek the Next Generation without enjoying Star Trek Discovery, or vice versa. Sure you CAN like both, but it's also reasonable if you do not. |
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I agree. Now that DPi are real prototypes and not the tube framed DP Grand Am era cars I agree! Do I miss the ALMS? Yes. But the reality is DPi has depth and diversity (look at the heavy hitter teams just like ALMS 2006-07) and I would argue it is better than WEC P2. Plus the Euro teams are starting to come over again for the big races. I am happy to be proven wrong about the "merger" of Grand Am and the ALMS. The united series was terrible for a couple of years but is now really finding its' stride. Racing is a huge part of my life so I am so happy to see a healthy IMSA once again. I will be attending Daytona, my first IMSA race since 2014 when I attended 3 and did not enjoy the rules, officiating, BoP, terrible announcers, lucky dog wave-bys DP cars, etc. I left all of them angry.
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BONUS QUESTIONS
1) Would you be interested in watching an ACO race where this class was the headliner category (above other slower categories, whatever they are) - YES/NO LM P1 - LM P2 - DPi - LM P3 - LM GTE-PRO - LM GTE-AM GT3 - 2) Would you be interested in watching an ACO race where this class was the sole category racing on track - YES/NO LM P1 - LM P2 - DPi - LM P3 - LM GTE-PRO - LM GTE-AM - GT3 - |
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I'll get to the original rundown after this.
To the Bonus Questions: 1.) LMP1- Yes LMP2/DPI- Yes LMP3- No GTE- Yes GT3- No (Too many national series are already like that.) 2.) LMP1- No (I doubt there would be enough cars out there to be that interesting.) LMP2/DPI- Yes (If it's a mix of the two.) LMP3- No GTE- Yes GT3- No (FIA GT already exists.) I don't worry about the GTE-Pro/GTE-Am distinction. They're the same class of car. That's one nice thing about the GTLM/GTD arrangement in IMSA. |
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Back for the original rankings, after mulling things over.
FIA WEC- 8 ELMS- 7 LMC- 3 AsLMS- 5 AsSC- 1 Silverstone- 6 Spa-Francorchamps- 8 Le Mans- 10 Nurburgring- 6 Mexico City- 5 Austin- 5 Fuji- 6 Shanghai- 5 Bahrain- 5 Sebring- 8 LMP1- 8 LMP2- 7 LMP3- 5 GTE- 9 GT3- 7 I don't follow LMP3 much. As for GTE, see my above post. In addition to that, the score for the class in an individual series would vary based on how many of the different car types are present in the series. Too many things are still up in the air with the new iteration of LMP1 to put it higher than GTE/GTLM at the moment. Last edited by Purist; 24 Nov 2017 at 02:51. |
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For ELMS and AsLMS tracks not included in the WEC:
Monza- 8 Red Bull Ring- 7 Paul Ricard- 6 Algarve- 7 Zhuhai- 6 Buriram- 7 Sepang- 7 |
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For IMSA:
Daytona- 7 Sebring- 8 Long Beach- 6 Austin- 6 Detroit- 6 Watkins Glen- 8 Mosport- 7 Lime Rock- 7 Road America- 9 VIRginia- 9 Laguna Seca- 7 Road Atlanta- 9 Mid Ohio- 8 LMP2/DPI- 9 GTLM- 9 GTD- 7 IMSA- 9 The scales used here have somewhat different benchmarks when comparing IMSA and the WEC, ELMS, etc. Pulling out the paved run-off at the Glen could make that one a 10. Pulling out the paved run-off and making it an enduro could make Road America a 10. Adding the P cars and making it an enduro could make VIR a 10. It's hard to compare permanent road courses and street circuits, since the sets of parameters are different. As circuits, I prefer Long Beach and Belle Isle over Austin, but they are short races, and don't include all classes. Sorry for the serial posts. Last edited by Purist; 24 Nov 2017 at 03:18. |
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