WEC Race 2016 Round 8: 6h of Shanghai - Page 2

Starfish Primer · 5 Nov 2016, 09:38 (Ref:3685466)

Ridiculous and stupid move by the ACO. I understand perfectly AF Corse position threatening leave the WEC.

Akrapovic · 5 Nov 2016, 12:43 (Ref:3685483)

Ford is never "no where". The cars as fast as they want it to be politically. They can game the system to not only take pole, but have their competitors penalised too. They have no interest in a straight fight, and we seen another example of that at Le Mans. Remember at Spa, the car was short shifting everywhere and looked lost at sea until the final yellow - then once the gap had closed, the car was magically able to keep up with the leader and almost take a 'surprise' win.

Ford is playing the political game. You can say it's the ACOs fault, and it largely is, but nobody else is quite taking the **** like Ford.

As for LMPs, both LMP1 and LMP2 are looking awesome for tomorrow.

bentley speed 8 · 5 Nov 2016, 14:07 (Ref:3685492)

Now it seems that there were no BoP changes made to the Ferrari as per S365....
But yeah, ACO's supposedly "anti-sandbag" measures have failed miserably

OmerRS · 5 Nov 2016, 15:34 (Ref:3685512)

Quote:

Originally Posted by helgi

ACO put themselves into stupid position. One day Ferrari appear to be full with that BoP nonsense and they step away. Italians just build a real GTE, making a high stake onto aerodynamics (more aero grip and higher drag) - and now their GT3 version struggles in the hands of amateurs who have no abilities to make time in turns. Ferrari put all their money onto another Le Mans win with that. And what? Ford comes with a prototype and hit them with some ridiculous help from the French side. That Ford could be a very interesting machinery, but today it looks like all their "anniversary" win is one of the biggest fakes in the history of autosport. All the applause go to ACO who managed to do all the possible wrong moves and even more of them.

Ferrari and Aston had BOP performance increase this week, larger restrictor for Aston and higher boost for Ferrari. There was no change for Fords.

At the moment Ferrari has alot more power than Fords, with 0.2 bar more boost and higher displcement V8 engine.

BOP tables published before the race weekend on fia.com if interested.

Carbone · 5 Nov 2016, 16:27 (Ref:3685528)

Quote:

Originally Posted by OmerRS

Ferrari and Aston had BOP performance increase this week, larger restrictor for Aston and higher boost for Ferrari. There was no change for Fords.

At the moment Ferrari has alot more power than Fords, with 0.2 bar more boost and higher displcement V8 engine.

BOP tables published before the race weekend on fia.com if interested.

Ford GT = 1’248kg / 93 liters / 33.3mm (fuel restrictor)

Ferrari = 1’268kg / 87 liters / 28.2mm (fuel restrictor)

Starfish Primer · 5 Nov 2016, 19:56 (Ref:3685595)

BT Sport will broadcast from 4:45 UK time, not the full race

From 1 to 4:45 there will be the Aussie V8s.

TF110 · 5 Nov 2016, 22:10 (Ref:3685615)

That german motors tv feed still looks to be on. I'm surprised at the pace of the Toyota here. I didn't think they'd challenge for the top 3 let alone for pole. And Sarrazin was surprisingly fast as well. I hope this stays on into next year. We will have a real fight between them and Porsche.

tux · 6 Nov 2016, 00:18 (Ref:3685655)

So DSC say there was no BOP change for the Ferrari?

TF110 · 6 Nov 2016, 02:18 (Ref:3685687)

Nope. Sc365 changed their story to show that as well.

Ferrari333SP · 6 Nov 2016, 02:51 (Ref:3685704)

VLC link?

TF110 · 6 Nov 2016, 02:58 (Ref:3685709)

Here's a stream http://video.eurosport.de/wec/video-live.shtml

Articus · 6 Nov 2016, 03:01 (Ref:3685712)

Toyota!!!! absolutely MEGA!

Well Conway certainly left more room than he needed to. Could have been a Toyota 1-2

TF110 · 6 Nov 2016, 03:07 (Ref:3685714)

Ouch, feel for the Manor guys. Too bad because the action up front was good.

Giba · 6 Nov 2016, 03:07 (Ref:3685715)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Articus

Toyota!!!! absolutely MEGA!

Well Conway certainly left more room than he needed to. Could have been a Toyota 1-2

I wouldn't be so hard on him, there is a long way to go

TF110 · 6 Nov 2016, 03:15 (Ref:3685718)

Looks like Hartley is trying to get a gap, but will the tires hold up?

ederss7 · 6 Nov 2016, 03:26 (Ref:3685725)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

VLC link?

http://esioslive6-i.akamaihd.nethlsl...list_1800.m3u8

Articus · 6 Nov 2016, 03:36 (Ref:3685729)

Not sure what it is but the lines the Ford is taking look extremely conservative compared to the FErrari. Ferrari seems to need to use all of the road. The Ford just looks to be in the middle of the track on corner entry and middle of the track on corner exit. Surely Ford don't have it THAT good right?

Looking again, the Ford is hardly using any curbing anywhere..There goes Mucke round the outside...Bruni sure didn't give that one up.

bentley speed 8 · 6 Nov 2016, 03:41 (Ref:3685732)

Hahaha, who knows? The outside pass on the #51 looked like it was pretty easy.

Articus · 6 Nov 2016, 04:17 (Ref:3685741)

The games have begun at Audi...
Didn't get a fuel fuel fill for the 8 car...

bentley speed 8 · 6 Nov 2016, 04:26 (Ref:3685742)

That's the #8's title hopes getting much slimmer. #7's oddly off the pace for now
Toyota need to take the fight now, the Porsches seem to be getting away

bobec · 6 Nov 2016, 04:34 (Ref:3685745)

Things are getting even more bizarre at Audi. Did Dr Ullrich say the #8 received another half tank?

ederss7 · 6 Nov 2016, 04:37 (Ref:3685746)

The #8 could only refuel half the tank? Lol.

Maelochs · 6 Nov 2016, 04:38 (Ref:3685747)

Seemed he said that haven't fixed the fuel rig problem yet ... and Mikhail Aleshin is a heck of a driver ... he did cut off the Audi, which sort of overshadowed the amazing pass he put on his team mate --- went strong outside, forcing Vitally Petrov to radically alter his entry to peak early, then Aleshin dove all the way up the inside to snatch the position.

TF110 · 6 Nov 2016, 04:41 (Ref:3685748)

Sarrazin not as quick as Conway, maybe it's used tires he's on?

Acid09 · 6 Nov 2016, 04:45 (Ref:3685750)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobec

Things are getting even more bizarre at Audi. Did Dr Ullrich say the #8 received another half tank?

Ugh, at this point you them to win another one because it surely can't end like this.

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