if anyone questions wether Ford calculated their performance just to stay meet the 107% rule from LMP2 to be legit GTE here’s the numbers: the winning GT was only 0.2 from the limit. The other GT’s, trying to catch up I presume, fail the 107% of LMP2 performance rule... Oddly?!?
Ford did not meet GTE requirements... read the rules. They were allowed to race due to the good graces of the other GTE teams. They then sandbagged all season to not receive an accurate BOP. If Ford and other teams for that matter don’t like BOP or the 7% rule, which existed before they entered the class, then they…
Yeh. Top of the line cars today are no joke. Vettes, Ferraris, Astons, Audis, Porsche, BMWs, Focus RSs... it’s telling when Honda can take a Civic econo box make a type R version and run the ring faster than a Ferrari F430. I’m ok with moving the GTE class up or even shaking it up... but not “mid stride” a couple of…
Yeah IDK. Their return was announced at LeMan. The entire hype build up was about LeMan and their anniversary. The anouncement was about returning to LeMan not so much WEC. It’s also one of the most prestigious races on earth. There are still races on the WEC calendar though. I’m not sure how they’ll play out and what…
Sorry. I’ll curl up in a ball, suck my thumb, and cry uncontrollably for a few days... Then I’ll be over it. Now though I’m a little “peeved.” Carry on as you were, I’m just a two bit know it all not wit voicing frustrations on a web forum. Long live the honest race team who works with integrity and values the…
Ferrari is turbo. The GT was fast enough to pit 2 more times than Ferrari though and come out on top, but pit times can be deceiving. The Ferrari trough was fastest on outright pace all year, they would have got a good BOP before the race. With Ford magically finding 5 seconds two days before the race it complicated…
Agreed on the rules... I would say though that if teams didn’t try to exploit every loop hole it wouldn’t take a lawyer to write them and interpret them.
Growing up poor we always had beaters. We wrenched on them every weekend to keep them going. We had at one point a 1970 chevelle as our daily driver. The driver side rear shock would break into the trunk at least every other month so we’d weld it every other month. On one such occasion the rear seat foam caught on…
Yeh. I didn’t have a horse in this race but was rooting for Porsce as my wife and son are fans... all 3 of our hearts sank for Toyota though; we felt bad for them. In a way you could say they deserved it. But, you could also say it’s an endurance race and they didn’t finish. Still heart breaking either way. It was…
Ford GT does not comply with the GTE rules - fact; it got in based on the good will of the other GTE teams. I’m not going to get into the similarities dictated by the rules between the road going and racing versions of the cars... I’ve done it many times here. If I throw the most advanced racing parts into a 70's era…
Nice... if anyone questions wether Ford calculated their performance just to stay within the 107% rule from LMP2 to be legit GTE here’s the numbers: the winning GT was only 0.2 from the limit. The other GT’ s were closer than 107% of LMP2... Oddly?!?
No one saw this “carp storm” coming? Good job Ford! It’s all about you and generating PR on your anniversary. The beck with rules, racing, LeMans, the GTE class, and those who have worked their a as off for years with legitimate GTE cars / programs that didn’t get in based on the good will of of others then sandbag…
Penalised enough to loose - oddly it’ll be tough to understand the performance advantage they had with broken wheel speed sensors. Good thing they held up Ferrari’s penalty for not fixing lights...
How do you define GTE homologation? If you look up the rules the Ford GT does not make the GTE class - fact.
For GTE... Homologation specials based on cars designed for mass manufacturing and daily use - yes. And, you also have to sell a specified number of them prior to the race(s) to be eligible. Ford GT sales to date absolutely zero - fact. Even selling them to a select few at a loss of $ has been delayed... because it’s…
Yeh. Ferrari has been faster on outright pace all season. What made BOP difficult was Ford’s magical pace days before the race. Trying to understand how much to BOP Ford and Ferrari and running the risk of making Ferrari not competitive with Ford or Ford not competitive with Ferrari, otherwise they would have been…
It (BOP) does have a place if it’s defined prior to you joining. If Ford didn’t, or any other Team for that matter, doesn’t like it then don’t join the class - period. If you know going in then it’s your obligation to respect the rules and the other Teams who have agreed to the terms to compete honestly. Those who say…
Yeh. I have no idea about Engineering and Mechanical stress / fatigue and or racing. Seriously? And btw, I gave credit where credit was due. Ford built a car from the ground up to win LeMans. As part of this strategy they modified a few to be road legal to sell to a select few at a loss of $ to enter the GTE class and…