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My choice of words might've been incorrect, but the article was about privateers P1s which Glickenhaus is in any case, so they did fail to mention them.
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6 Nov 2015, 12:16 (Ref:3588552) | #7527 | |
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Glickenhaus also said they were worried about money. Although he's a well off man, he's not rich enough to continually compete with the P1s.
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Completely correct - I DID forget. - Now corrected - But the information released by Jim Glickenhaus does NOT suggest an entry into the LMP1 Privateer class - He has talked openly about sourcing a Bosch Hybrid system, that's not, currently at least (no hybrid pun intended) allowed in the sub-class!
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6 Nov 2015, 13:56 (Ref:3588572) | #7529 | ||
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That article has made me utterly depressed about the state of LMP1.
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I can think of a more fitting emotion than depression - one that involves bashing my head against the nearest wall.
At the very least the ACO should have contingencies for LMP1 without manufacturers, no one wants to see it happen but the possibility cannot be ignored. |
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Indeed. I am fully aware that theres more to it than this, but in my mind theres an image of the folks at Rebellion et al waking up every morning thinking, "what's the f**king point?".
The same goes for the grid warmers in F1 I guess. |
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My most reliable source has told me that a meeting in Paris between P1-L/P2 manufacturers and the ACO got extremely heated over the lack of interest in P1-L. It was made very clear that the teams have no interest in committing P1-L since it is to be revamped in 2017/18 and they don't have the slightest inkling of what will change. The anger over the restricted P2 class also came to a head, with the fact that the Gibson spec P2 engine won't be ready until LATE 2016 causing a boilover of the existing tensions.
The ACO has promised to evaluate the concerns brought up by the teams, come up with a NEW plan, and present it in another meeting in the near future. Restricted P2 looks like it may already be on the way out. |
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6 Nov 2015, 20:09 (Ref:3588630) | #7536 | |
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So your saying LMP1 privateer class has no interest, despite people saying many people saying P2 teams are being forced into that class?
DPis ironically could be the one to get a massive boost from this mess, even though I think the chassis restrictions may hamper that class too. Guess will see in 2017. |
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6 Nov 2015, 21:41 (Ref:3588649) | #7538 | |
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The lack of LMP1 privateers worries me. WEC is looking healthy right now, but if VW decides to pull the plug on both LMP1 programms, then it looks quite bad for LMP1-H.
Combined with the almost spec formula that is introduced for LMP2 in 2017, WEC risks ending up with a similarily uninspiring top class as IMSA. And that would be a shame. Sure, there's a lot of ifs in this scenario, but relying on manufacturers is always risky. |
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6 Nov 2015, 21:47 (Ref:3588651) | #7539 | |
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Theres to be talks in Bahrain or post Bahrain on lmp1, so we'll see what comes of that. These guys need to have a strong, loud voice to change things.
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Now this could be - and probably is - my brain on twin ERS-K, but Andrew Cotton's editor piece in the latest issue of RCE talks about a possible/desired 30MJ reduction for the factory cars to slow them down*. Although the context didn't allude to privateer LMP1 (it was mentioned within a discussion on "gentleman" agreements within sportscar racing), I couldn't help but think that this would be the scale of reduction that would get the non-factory cars to within a second or two, at least for the first year.
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Graham Goodwin, given your access within these people as a top sportscar's journalist , can you tell the bigshots there that the fans don't want any slowing down at all for next year, at least, please? |
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If both of you would indulge my penchant for devil's advocate, what would you propose to get more privateers into LMP1? It's clear that simply forcing them out of LMP2 hasn't worked. If slowing down the factory cars is not an option then what else could be done to entice more teams to take part in the top class? |
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Let's rename LMP2 to LMP1-L.
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For me it much more important to understand what it is that manufacturers really want and make rules (stable) that cater to those needs. Privateers will have different needs. Create a separate class if necessary , but I'm firmly against cutting off our noses to spite our faces. |
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7 Nov 2015, 19:57 (Ref:3588844) | #7546 | |
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If they reduce it too far the cars wont be much faster than new lmp2's. I think theyll wait to see what next year is like with the 10mj fuel reduction.
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That would be even bigger mockery than the current unneccesary sub division of LMP1 into two, at least todays hybridless sub class trophy P1s are actual P1s in structual form. Renaming spec-LMP2s as (even sub) P1s would be sacrilege.
I would rather even demote privateer P1s into LMP2 and push P2s into P3 and P3s into P4 |
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7 Nov 2015, 20:57 (Ref:3588870) | #7549 | |
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If ACO had sense they'd not only axe all of the 2017 LMP2 nonsense, but also re-establish the LMP1 Privateer market by reallowing them into regional series. The structure didn't fall to its face because the factory cars got too far ahead, they were similarly ahead in the diesel days, it succumbed because they didn't have any other options than that.
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IMO, LMP2 in the WEC, ELMS and AsLMS should be IMSA's DPi, but with open tires, allowing V12 engines and dumping both the chassis builder restrictions and the restrictions on what bodywork can be changed. That would be a true privateer racer class, slower than P1s but still very quick. |
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