Category: BoP

  • Petit Le Mans BoP

    Petit Le Mans BoP

    The last race. The championship deciders. A great track. Let’s not get bogged down in the tedious BoP stuff. Power to Weight The gap to Porsche narrows for most. Weight Weight contributed to that. Power And power High Speed Power Cadillac loses out…

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  • BoP – FIA WEC Fuji

    BoP – FIA WEC Fuji

    Rain Delays Update The approach for this race is to move forward with the BoP set for COTA with only some small tweeks. COTA was wet throughout, with only a few tentatively trying dry tyres towards the end in Hypercar. These small changes…

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  • Indianapolis BoP

    Indianapolis BoP

    Last endurance Indy race before it returns to the normal sprint 2 hours 40 minutes. Power to Weight Two races left from Lamborghini, can it take advantage? There is some subtlety with weight and power, as always. Weight Reversing the Cadillac and Porsche…

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  • Road America BoP

    Road America BoP

    Back to a six hour race. Some recent movements have been reversed, however there are subtleties with how this was done with power and weight. Power to Weight Porsche remains the lowest, back down to the lowest it has been. BMW has also…

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  • BoP – FIA WEC COTA UPDATED

    BoP – FIA WEC COTA UPDATED

    Updated after FIA confirms it is best two of three1. The previous version was based on last two races. Conor Orr Take Aways Comments, corrections, and suggestions welcome. At the very least contribute to the proof reading as the editor has gone missing.…

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  • BoP – FIA WEC COTA

    BoP – FIA WEC COTA

    Conor Orr Take Aways Comments, corrections, and suggestions welcome. At the very least contribute to the proof reading as the editor has gone missing. Hello Sports Fans! There are long breaks in some sports. Pro football, of the American kind, doesn’t have any…

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  • Road America BoP

    Road America BoP

    Power to Weight Porsche remains the lowest, but has its disadvantage reduced. BMW moves in the same direction too, with Cadillac and Acura losing out. Aston Martin is as favorable as the rule makers wish to go. There is some subtlety with weight…

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  • São Paulo BoP

    São Paulo BoP

    Back to the regular six hour races and back to the regular season way of doing BoP. Here is a look from some time ago of the performances and BoP that went into this. This will be compared to the changes later… Here…

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  • Watkins Glen BoP

    Watkins Glen BoP

    Back to an endurance race. The high speed power speed is increased back to 230/240kph and IMSA clarify the adjustment transition. Power to Weight Little change to P/W from Detroit. Cadillac getting a boost. However some of the power and weights have shifted.…

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  • Le Mans BoP

    Le Mans BoP

    For Le Mans we see a narrowing of the ranges. We’ve seen this before where the regular races are less sacrosanct and lesser cars were helped significantly to be up with the most professional teams. As such lets look long term for context,…

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