WEC Kolles Prototype - Page 49

Deleted · 7 May 2018, 10:24 (Ref:3820559)

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Originally Posted by TF110

I think it might be or equal to their highest placed finish. They did win a couple races against Rebellion, but I don't know if it was up to 4th place overall! Lets see if they can qualify as high at Le Man. I want to see the real speed of that Nismo.

In the three races they "won" against Rebellion, they were 18th, 8th and 7th

Dillman's fairly good, at least compared to the others, he should make fairly competitive quali time. But I think 7th will be the maximum possible given the Dallaras will have insane straight line speed on Mulsanne

S griffin · 7 May 2018, 10:46 (Ref:3820564)

Really all that matters is how well Kolles do this season. Really the drivers will be wanting to make sure they get a reasonable performance from the car

nobster · 7 May 2018, 12:10 (Ref:3820579)

It is good to see that at Spa they were reliable.

Damian Baldi · 7 May 2018, 13:23 (Ref:3820595)

From ByKolles facebook page

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Boris Bermes (Head of Race/Test and general operation): "Our week-end definitely started in a very concerning way, with lots of issues which clearly jeopardised our free practices here; we patiently managed to overcome these problems just before the qualifying which we started being short on track time but we still managed to recover and enjoy a good qualifying and an excellent race which leaves us with a good feeling on where we could have been without those complications".

Manfredi Ravetto (Team principal): "We considered this race as an additional step for preparing 24hrs of Le Mans and this is why we decided to run on low aerodynamical downforce configuration; I also must add that, contrary to our competitors, we were not running a specific qualifying setup also because several technical set-backs in all free practices didn't allow us to find one. Still, we delivered a race which we see as very promising in hinsight of Le Mans".

TF110 · 7 May 2018, 21:20 (Ref:3820660)

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Originally Posted by Damian Baldi

From ByKolles facebook page

Sounds good for them. They'll have plenty time to correct that because they have a test scheduled alongside Toyota in the coming weeks. Then the test day and all the practice sessions for Le Mans. I am hopeful that this team will be able to show good pace and maybe get lucky for a podium. If they do get another car running, it needs good drivers. It's destined to have at least one pay driver.

S griffin · 7 May 2018, 21:29 (Ref:3820669)

Seems like they could improve at Le Mans. Especially if the test goes well. We’ll see what happens to them in time

Damian Baldi · 7 May 2018, 21:33 (Ref:3820675)

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Originally Posted by TF110

Sounds good for them. They'll have plenty time to correct that because they have a test scheduled alongside Toyota in the coming weeks. Then the test day and all the practice sessions for Le Mans. I am hopeful that this team will be able to show good pace and maybe get lucky for a podium. If they do get another car running, it needs good drivers. It's destined to have at least one pay driver.

I don't know what to think, it looks like ByKolles team have a problem to put the car back together every time they disassemble it hahaha, so if they fixed something for an specific race, it doesn't meant they can mess it all again for the next one.

S griffin · 7 May 2018, 21:35 (Ref:3820677)

Indeed, it’s a bit will they, won’t they with Kolles atm

TF110 · 8 May 2018, 02:27 (Ref:3820718)

Lots of things are new on the car. They suffered from issues, but so did every other lmp1 team at Spa. But hey, they finished the race and fought well with a compromised setup and with a new driver. Held on to the top 5 for a good portion of the race too. Each team has work to do especially in terms of the setup and pit stops. I guess it'll be who makes the least mistakes more than ever this time around.

andrewn7 · 8 May 2018, 08:49 (Ref:3820759)

The car, and drivers, ran solidly if unspectacularly all race. They stayed out of trouble and looked, to me, like they were running to a pace they were comfortable with, rather than trying to aggressively chase down others. I'd imagine a P4 result was beyond their expectations, so good job all round I say.

AndyN · 13 Jun 2018, 10:34 (Ref:3828864)

Good luck to this team and car at Le Mans, I hope it does well and realises its potential

Damian Baldi · 13 Jun 2018, 13:11 (Ref:3828890)

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Originally Posted by AndyN

Good luck to this team and car at Le Mans, I hope it does well and realises its potential

I wish them a good race. I think they could have a rival in DragonSpeed.

Juntos · 13 Jun 2018, 22:58 (Ref:3829184)

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Originally Posted by Damian Baldi

I wish them a good race.

What is a good race as per your definition?

Damian Baldi · 14 Jun 2018, 00:08 (Ref:3829193)

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Originally Posted by Juntos

What is a good race as per your definition?

A race without problems.

TF110 · 14 Jun 2018, 02:37 (Ref:3829196)

Shame their best lap got deleted. The car looks like it has potential for a sub 3:20 if they hook up a lap and if the track continues to get better. They weren't the only team to run foul on fuel flow limits as well.

Juntos · 14 Jun 2018, 13:47 (Ref:3829290)

Seems Ginetta is taking some of the bad protagonism from Kolles this year.

**joeb** · 15 Jun 2018, 01:01 (Ref:3829562)

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Originally Posted by Juntos

Seems Ginetta is taking some of the bad protagonism from Kolles this year.

tired of beating on Ginetta so you have to poke in here to belittle Kolles too?

Juntos · 15 Jun 2018, 23:31 (Ref:3829792)

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Originally Posted by joeb

tired of beating on Ginetta so you have to poke in here to belittle Kolles too?

I "belittled" Kolles enough. You just need to read the previous posts. I am just taking a conclusion. If Ginetta's performance was not close to ridiculous, I am pretty sure we would be here discussing ByKolles's pace. Just said.

hondafan37 · 16 Jun 2018, 02:22 (Ref:3829813)

By Kolles Racing is already thinking about the new LMP1 regulation.
Manfredi Ravetto, director of the Austrian team said:
It has always been in our 'business model' to produce a hypercar for the road and competition, as we had already done with the Lotus C01 motorcycle.

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/byk...entation-lmp1/

Juntos · 16 Jun 2018, 14:05 (Ref:3830042)

Ravetto must focus on WEC Super Season first.

What did happen to ByKolles in the 24-hour start?

Juntos · 16 Jun 2018, 17:18 (Ref:3830304)

Big shunt for Dominik. Sad way to retire.

AndyN · 16 Jun 2018, 21:05 (Ref:3830573)

Shame, a 1-2 next year peut-etre ?

AndyN · 16 Jun 2018, 21:15 (Ref:3830583)

Shame, a 1-2 next year peut-etre ?

Damian Baldi · 27 Jun 2018, 14:54 (Ref:3833335)

ByKolles has uploaded some pictures from Le Mans. Were they using negative dive plates?

source

rich07 · 30 Jun 2018, 08:39 (Ref:3833725)

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Originally Posted by Juntos

Big shunt for Dominik. Sad way to retire.

At the least the car didn’t burst into flames as per tradition. Glad to hear Dominik wasn’t hurt.

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