Author: fortythree
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Spa – Quick Look at Day 1
Wooo! Spa! Hypercar Here are the fastest laps and when people set them: Practice makes perfect But really it is about getting those laps in: #51’s running was limited by an off at Raidillon the start of fp2. So it did less laps than…
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High Speed Power Activation Speed Reduced to 200kph
Back to the normal sprint race format. Here are the BoP changes.1For the first time in either WEC or IMSA the rule makers have reduced the high speed power activation speed. High Speed Power >190kph! Unlike in WEC where there is a single…
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Imola First Look at Relative Speeds
Highlighting the Top 10 laps and 60% fastest of each car. The first race where we have to wonder about what happens when a car has it’s laps disrupted. i.e. poor conditions, safety car, and retirement. Although Cadillac was impacted a little by…
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Imola Hourly Update
FIA WEC 2025 Round 2 ImolaWinner #51 Ferrari AF Corse, 212 laps Comparison to previous races. Looks at all races at Imola since 2011 (ILMC race, won by Peugeot) and 2024 WEC are the only other races considered.
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FIA WEC Imola Build-Up
Ah, Italy. Great food, great wine, great motor racing… …and sun! LMGT3 Manthey and Iron Dames lead the way in laps completed. There was a little difference in approach. On Saturday it ended with lots of short runs for both before qualifying. Manthey’s…
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FIA WEC Imola Friday Practice (UPDATED)
Ah, Italy. Great food, great wine, great motor racing… A quick look at the number of laps after the first days practice. LMGT3 Manthey and Iron Dames lead the way in laps completed. There was a little difference in approach. Manthey’s longest run…
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Even a Brick Can Fly
A quick look at the drag of Hypercars. An adjustment for High Speed Power was introduced into FIA WEC in 2024 and IMSA for 2025. After reviewing the BoP adjustments for High Speed Power it seems that the FIA adjust the power in…
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JDC Miller MotorSports at Long Beach
A quick look at the stints and times of the #85 car, which ended up 10th after stopping twice after contact with a GT3 Aston Martin. How did #85’s race pan out: Two stops. The first was normal and similar to everyone else.…
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Long Beach Race
Penske Porsche have the race pace1. GTP BMW had the pace, but Porsche took advantage of a quicker stop and then had more pace as the race went on. The two BMWs held 1-2 at the start, but the #7 kept a 3s…
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WEC Imola BoP
Second race of the new 3 race average approach. Here is an attempt to understand how that might work. Let’s remind ourselves of the performance order from the last three races and the race that falls off the list Combined Peak and Stint…