ALMS Round 9/ILMC Round 6: Petit Le Mans 29 Sep -1 Oct - Page 9

gregtummer · 26 Sep 2011, 20:53 (Ref:2961339)

The fastest diesel is 7 seconds faster than the slowest P2 car.

Sounds like some serious sandbagging is going on.

JAG · 26 Sep 2011, 20:55 (Ref:2961340)

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Originally Posted by ALT F4 Racing

The HPd in the 1.13's hmm. only 1 sec off the P1 petrols. doesnt that mean the p1 petrols should be faster, not the diesels slower?

I don't think the top petrol P1's should be much more than two seconds off the diesels.

Road Atlanta however is quite different to a typical F1 style circuit which could hamper them.

**joeb** · 26 Sep 2011, 20:55 (Ref:2961341)

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Originally Posted by gregtummer

I was just going to ask. How bad do you guys think the diesels are sandbagging?

I believe the diesel lap record is a 1:06 something a few years ago. If track conditions are good for q'ing I think we may see that challenged.

ALT F4 Racing · 26 Sep 2011, 20:56 (Ref:2961342)

I want to know where the oreca peugeot fits into all of this especially in the hands of marc gene. theres isnt any room left, so the oreca is either going to be right on pace with the diesels or the diesels are going to get faster.

gregtummer · 26 Sep 2011, 20:58 (Ref:2961343)

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Originally Posted by ALT F4 Racing

I want to know where the oreca peugeot fits into all of this especially in the hands of marc gene. theres isnt any room left, so the oreca is either going to be right on pace with the diesels or the diesels are going to get faster.

The Oreca Peugeot could match the race pace of the factory cars at Sebring, but didn't it get pegged back more after that race?

ALT F4 Racing · 26 Sep 2011, 20:59 (Ref:2961344)

Dumas to the top! 1.08.3

gregtummer · 26 Sep 2011, 20:59 (Ref:2961345)

Romain Dumas fastest lap of the session.

gregtummer · 26 Sep 2011, 21:02 (Ref:2961348)

Looks like a lot of sandbagging from the diesels!

ALT F4 Racing · 26 Sep 2011, 21:02 (Ref:2961350)

I think Audi was annoyed with the SPeed.com headlines..

chernaudi · 26 Sep 2011, 21:05 (Ref:2961353)

It seems that the session has been called and has timed out, with Dumas squeaking to the top in the final seconds.

I do think that we're seeing a divide between each car with Audi and Peugeot. The #1 so far as been faster than the #2 on a consistant basis, and the #7 Pug has been faster than the #8. It seems that the young guns in each group has been faster than the "dream team" guys so far. And there's a bit of a gap between the young guys and the veterans on the stop watch, though the #1 and #7 and the #8 and #2 seem to be closely matched with each other as far as comparing the young 'uns vs the vets on each team.

Is it possible that Audi and Peugeot each may play a split strategy of each having a tortoise and a hare?

Deleted · 26 Sep 2011, 21:07 (Ref:2961355)

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Originally Posted by ALT F4 Racing

I think Audi was annoyed with the SPeed.com headlines..

If this was just regular ALMS round the P1 pace sitter would've been even morre irritated when the title of the article could've been "Corvette leads early testing"

ALT F4 Racing · 26 Sep 2011, 21:07 (Ref:2961356)

It was like that at Lemans,and Sebring,and Spa, and jsut about everywhere this season. nothing to worry about

Rennen · 26 Sep 2011, 21:11 (Ref:2961361)

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Originally Posted by vyselegend

Every diesel driver had the opportunity to do some running since yesterday (Especially Montagny & Bernard did some long stints this afternoon with solid pace), but Davidson is the exception. When will he get behind the wheel? Is he in good shape now? He hasn't tweeted anything since his arrival to the track too.

I was told he did!

gregtummer · 26 Sep 2011, 21:16 (Ref:2961365)

I think the veteran drivers from both Audi and Peugeot might be taking it a little bit easy. No need to wad up a car on Sunday and Monday practice.

Besides, they know the trick to winning the race will be to keep your momentum up through the corners while passing the other classes.

chernaudi · 26 Sep 2011, 22:09 (Ref:2961389)

Could the "old" guys in both camps also be sandbagging?

**joeb** · 27 Sep 2011, 00:24 (Ref:2961435)

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Originally Posted by Rennen

I was told he did!

Thanks! I was wondering if Ant was doing ok with the collar bone rehab.

Victor_RO · 27 Sep 2011, 07:26 (Ref:2961506)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Thanks! I was wondering if Ant was doing ok with the collar bone rehab.

He did tweet about getting to drive in the test after all: https://twitter.com/#!/antdavidson/s...05861864882176

Mal · 27 Sep 2011, 07:37 (Ref:2961512)

It would be quite normal to split the testing strategy so one car does long runs to test fuel mileage and tyres whilst another does quick stints to test set up and ultimate pace

ianroke · 27 Sep 2011, 10:13 (Ref:2961560)

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Originally Posted by gregtummer

The Oreca Peugeot could match the race pace of the factory cars at Sebring, but didn't it get pegged back more after that race?

I believe the Oreca actually benefitted more from the regulation changes between Sebring and Le Mans than the factory Peugeots? I did expect the Oreca Peugeot to do better than it did.

Deleted · 27 Sep 2011, 10:30 (Ref:2961568)

Yup, Oreca's 908 got a 15kg weight break for Le Mans... ACO's logic works in mysterious ways

Mal · 27 Sep 2011, 10:30 (Ref:2961569)

Its a shame we are back to Eurosport for TV coverage in the UK so only 4 hours live

Deleted · 27 Sep 2011, 10:36 (Ref:2961571)

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Originally Posted by Mal

Its a shame we are back to Eurosport for TV coverage in the UK so only 4 hours live

That's still 4 hours more than what the US guys receive (ABC highlights don't count)

Hopefully there's some stuff on the Eurosport player again, as I'm 100% certain that the international feed on alms.com fails miserably at some point... good backup plan is always needed.

vyselegend · 27 Sep 2011, 12:09 (Ref:2961618)

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Originally Posted by Rennen

I was told he did!

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Originally Posted by Victor_RO

He did tweet about getting to drive in the test after all: https://twitter.com/#!/antdavidson/status/118505861864882176

Thanks, That's what I wanted to hear! I'm glad he's ok, and I hope he's hungry after missing Silverstone!

Acid09 · 27 Sep 2011, 14:01 (Ref:2961682)

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Originally Posted by Chiana

That's still 4 hours more than what the US guys receive (ABC highlights don't count)

Hopefully there's some stuff on the Eurosport player again, as I'm 100% certain that the international feed on alms.com fails miserably at some point... good backup plan is always needed.

Wasn't the word that the ACO would stream the race again as well. Dailymotion seems to handle the load flawlessly..

NelisB · 27 Sep 2011, 14:21 (Ref:2961688)

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Originally Posted by Acid09

Wasn't the word that the ACO would stream the race again as well. Dailymotion seems to handle the load flawlessly..

Really hope so. It's a ILMC round afterall...

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