WEC Race WEC/ALMS Round 1: The 12 Hours of Sebring - Page 7

Acid09 · 13 Mar 2012, 16:23 (Ref:3040365)

Here we go, Muscle Milk splits up the Audi pack!

gregtummer · 13 Mar 2012, 16:23 (Ref:3040366)

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Originally Posted by gwyllion

8 seconds? Last year the LMP2 pole was 1:53.815. Same rules minus the fender holes.

I know. I'm frowning over once was.....

gregtummer · 13 Mar 2012, 16:26 (Ref:3040371)

Muscle Milk within .5 seconds of the leading Audi!

Acid09 · 13 Mar 2012, 16:33 (Ref:3040372)

The #25 Oreca moves up to 2nd in LMP2, first time we see one of the Orecas hang with the HPD so far.

chernaudi · 13 Mar 2012, 16:33 (Ref:3040373)

Where are you guys getting your info? T&S at ALMS.com is dead (still showing yesterday's results) and ALMS notes updates have been sketchy? I can't find T&S at the WEC's site.

Acid09 · 13 Mar 2012, 16:34 (Ref:3040374)

Scoring works fine.

http://scoring.alms.com/

gwyllion · 13 Mar 2012, 16:34 (Ref:3040375)

http://scoring.americanlemans.com/ is working perfectly for me.

Acid09 · 13 Mar 2012, 16:35 (Ref:3040376)

Fässler improves but not enough to get past the Muscle Milk HPD.

gregtummer · 13 Mar 2012, 16:35 (Ref:3040377)

http://scoring.alms.com/

Is still working fine for me.

C6R Racing Fan · 13 Mar 2012, 16:36 (Ref:3040378)

Lots of different GTE cars have graced the top of the timing over the last few days sessions. So, unless BMW is sandbagging a lot, we should have a great race.

Lizards #45 is showing a lot of speed it appears!

gregtummer · 13 Mar 2012, 16:36 (Ref:3040379)

Audi went 1:47.1 yesterday right?

If so, that is half a second faster than their qualifying speed last year.

chernaudi · 13 Mar 2012, 16:37 (Ref:3040380)

Now it finally works--thanks guys

It's worth noting that Audi have yet to bust into the 1:48 range, and are about 2 seconds off yesterday's pace--dirty track or sandbagging?

And at least some of the LMP1s that struggled yesterday are now faster than the LMP2s.

Acid09 · 13 Mar 2012, 16:38 (Ref:3040381)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregtummer

Audi went 1:47.1 yesterday right?

If so, that is half a second faster than their qualifying speed last year.

Benoit Treluyer said on Twitter that no more than half the cars were running simultaneously yesterday so traffic is most likely a lot worse today and will be for the rest of the week.

C6R Racing Fan · 13 Mar 2012, 16:39 (Ref:3040382)

Yep, 1.47.187

http://www.alms.com/sites/default/fi...ession%201.pdf
http://www.alms.com/sites/default/fi...ession%202.pdf

gwyllion · 13 Mar 2012, 16:39 (Ref:3040384)

Yesterday the two test session were 4 hours. Today they are only 1 hour each. So more traffic.

C6R Racing Fan · 13 Mar 2012, 16:40 (Ref:3040385)

#22 JRM HPD ARX03a still hasn't been on track, I guess?

Acid09 · 13 Mar 2012, 16:41 (Ref:3040386)

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Originally Posted by C6R Racing Fan

#22 JRM HPD ARX03a still hasn't been on track, I guess?

No, they`re planning on running in the afternoon.

The Badger · 13 Mar 2012, 16:41 (Ref:3040387)

Yaknow , with all the work done to slow these P1's down , their only 1 second off 2003 (Bentley) pole time , and the sparks havent even began to fly yet !!!

Opps , Audi did a 1:47 yesterday , then their 1 second quicker , so far , than 2003 pole time .

Acid09 · 13 Mar 2012, 16:43 (Ref:3040388)

I'm not sure there will be much flying sparks. There really isn't anybody to seriously pressure Audi (Muscle Milk won't be able to keep this pace during the race) so there's no reason for them to show their hand really.

chernaudi · 13 Mar 2012, 16:44 (Ref:3040389)

And with those long sessions, it seems that Audi and some other teams were out to just log laps or make long runs, though what we saw yesterday might be more indicative of their true pace.

But with less time, there will be more pressure to run laps, and with one hour available, and likely with worsening track conditions, we probably won't see those times again until qualifying, just like last year.

gregtummer · 13 Mar 2012, 16:45 (Ref:3040390)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Badger

Yaknow , with all the work done to slow these P1's down , their only 1 second off 2003 (Bentley) pole time , and the sparks havent even began to fly yet !!!

Off the top of my head,

2009 Restrictors
2011 Smaller Engines, Big Honkin' Fins, Higher Ride Height
2012 Big Honkin' Holes, 7% Less Horsepower (Diesels), Higher Shark Fin (I think?)

Simply Incredible.

cmk · 13 Mar 2012, 16:47 (Ref:3040391)

Busy dirty track and all, I won't get too over-excited til the HPD is at least in the low 1:48s.

gregtummer · 13 Mar 2012, 17:05 (Ref:3040397)

So what do you guys think the Audi's pole time will be?

I'd guess 1:45.8

alexkiller8 · 13 Mar 2012, 17:42 (Ref:3040409)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregtummer

Off the top of my head,

2009 Restrictors
2011 Smaller Engines, Big Honkin' Fins, Higher Ride Height
2012 Big Honkin' Holes, 7% Less Horsepower (Diesels), Higher Shark Fin (I think?)

Simply Incredible.

not so incredible, in almost 10 years aero and mechanics gears improved a lot so just one second under that pole in maybe a little bit disappointing in my opinion, thinking also that before diesel engines advent in 2006 the power output of engines was comparable to the actual ones

JHamilton · 13 Mar 2012, 18:09 (Ref:3040426)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acid09

I'm not sure there will be much flying sparks. There really isn't anybody to seriously pressure Audi (Muscle Milk won't be able to keep this pace during the race) so there's no reason for them to show their hand really.

What makes you think MM has shown their hand? They have yet to make a qualifying run, so we really don't know who has what. We should know better on Thursday.

Also, Highcroft were competitive last year and I expect the new HPD to be quicker.

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