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As to Hypercar, may be they're looking for a squirrel tail…
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The actual tech report from the post race checks is here, As you can see its quite involved. - http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Res...neering%20.pdf My theory is that something on the car did not pass post race scrutineering and they could not verify the part without getting the manufacturer to inspect it. |
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The ACO should know what's what, since it's their homolgation and they're running the show (IMO, the FIA just tag alone to provide the "World Championship" moniker--all the WEC brass are ACO people).
If F1 or NASCAR can make such decisions as far as DQ's on the fly (NASCAR has DQ'd teams within an hour or two of the conclusion of their races), why can't the ACO? Smells of bureaucracy and deal making to me. And yes, I know that ACO/FIA decisions of this nature can be appealed, which can take months. Like the 1993 Jaguar DQ deal where IMSA and even the FIA sided with Jaguar, but the ACO told them to pound sand (the LM24 from '93 to 2011 wasn't part of a major championship and was solely the ACO's baby). And in GT1 years ago, a team appealed twice a penalty that the FIA/SRO imposed, and it took months before a FIA tribunal overruled the SRO/FIA. |
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There would be minor winners or losers and when implemented or lifted. But would fun and games when groups of cars approach a SZ just before and after it’s lifted. Are SZs removed with notice from race control? |
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By the text:
The Race Director / Clerk of the Course may decide to implement a SLOW procedure. The marshals’ post or posts (depending on circuit configuration) preceding the Slow Zone will have a single waved yellow flag. The sector/s under the SLOW procedure will have marshals’ posts, within its/their boundaries displaying boards indicating SLOW accompanied by double waved yellow flags. Teams will be informed via pit-wall radio and by a message on the timing monitors. Drivers will also be alerted by the onboard display. In the preceding zone marshals will display "Next Slow" boards. The maximum speed of 80 kph is to be respected throughout the entire zone/s that is/are under SLOW regulation. Overtaking is forbidden from the first yellow flag preceding the SLOW until the car is clear of the waved green flag at the end of the Slow Zone. A Slow Zone may be preceded and/or followed by an FCY or a Safety Car procedure. Several Slow Zones, consecutive or not, may be in use at the same time.Good reading |
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I think the early SZ which saw Bourdais collected and two GT-Ams retire was badly managed by race control. They had the initial SZ from finish line up to Dunlop for the Sales shunt - then cleared that. Then less than a minute later appeared to add the next SZ down to Tertre Rouge.
Running both simultaneously for a short period would have been better than removing one and quickly adding another. Creates the chance for confusion or miscommunication with drivers thinking it's clear. SZ entries are always super sketchy - as anyone who has spent time watching the race at Tertre Rouge can attest. It just doesn't seem that drivers are always that well armed with the info - the amount of times they nearly nail into the back of each other, fully locked up. And that's often pros on pros too. |
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I believe there was a team caught cheating racing something on the BTCC support package? Clio’s?
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In other WEC races some drivers exploit the leeway when FCY imposed, so assume it’s mainly a problem with cars in class racing into SZs and generally WEC drivers (and lack of penalties) not following flag signals well enough. Thanks for info Gerard - seems they have regs there if need to take it further |
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Thanks to you RL17! Why sometimes SZ are necessary at the beginning from the vid showing a big rescue team on the track: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lnwjz
What happens at night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap0qXIx6VDU What happens after a SC:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2lkpdEH2I Please note that no squirrel has been severely hurted during the writing of this post… |
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Timo has added the usual Le Mans Statistics in our race-Report:
http://www.gt-eins.de/Berichte2023/2...al=Statistiken (More of these from different classes under the above Link) |
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Amazing from this one chart you can see the difference from the top 5 finishers to the next 2. Thanks for the reminder, and I am definitely checking out the others. |
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Great stuff, I love these charts. I'm quite often surprised by who is the slowest driver in each. For example, Lotterer was the slowest in his car. |
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Yes, you would never have guessed Andre would have been, given his experience and speed. Not enough confidence to push to car might be it given his subsequent comments
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I remember a front end change on a Porsche but dont remind which. The front end was damaged but they changed the rear end too, which looked good. May be they were adapting the aero package to the track change?
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