Tag: Norman Nato
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Understanding the New Balance of Performance Approach
Thierry Bouvet and FIA technical engineering director Thomas Chevaucher outlined the BoP process for FIA WEC 2025 1. It is based on recent race lap times. Here is a look at those recent races and how they influenced BoP for the Opener in Qatar. Along with a look at how Qatar’s lap times will influence…
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2025 Le Mans Entry List
ACO Announces the entries. Still some drivers to be confirmed1.
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FIA WEC BoP Process Explained (2025) Updated
ACO competition director Thierry Bouvet and FIA technical engineering director Thomas Chevaucher explain (Sportscar365) This was updated with additional information from Racecar Engineering1. This is a significant change from 2024 2 to something that is easier to administer. They are now looking for convergence, rather than same operating window. The ACO and the FIA met…
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FIA WEC Circuits 2025
Circuit Maps of all the 2025 Venues Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8
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2025 ACO Racing Calendar
Happy New Year!
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2025 Power Unit (ICE) Technical Regulations
No real changes, but a good reminder1
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Welcome to the Sportscar Race Analysis
Here we will look at how races unfolded, build-up to races went, differences in manufacturer, team and driver performance, and how different series compare.
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Aston tests at Daytona. Porsche tests a lot.
The Aston got down to some testing in an IMSA sanctioned test. Lap times weren’t super fast, but I doubt that was what it was about. It got in a decent 4th session with 85 laps. This was mainly eight 10 lap stints. With some in and outs. That was actually more than Lamborghini did…
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Petit Le Mans Hourly Positions
Lap chart for the 2024 Petit Le Mans Full Race Video Sportscar365: CGR wins Petit Le Mans This year’s race distance exceed last year’s GTP total due to more than 2 hours less yellow flag running (1:25:45.909 verses 3:35:54.850). However it fell some way short of the 2019 record due to the slower running. Grosjean’s…
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Indy 6 hour – Hourly Positions
A quick post! IMSA 2024 Round 8 IndianapolisWinner #24 BMW M Team RLL, 219 laps
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Fuji JOTA Highlight
A quick look at the driver useage and laps times of the six JOTA drivers All pretty close! We need to be a bit careful as who got the best track times and new tyres will influence this. All got 40 odd decent laps in before stint length and other slow laps started impacted them.…
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Ironmen Milesi, Schumacher and Bamber
All three completed over 100 laps and were fast. With Bamber consistently fastest of all. Let’s look at the spread of a selection of the fastest drivers from the race. the top three drivers and the rest of their crew was chosen. This includes the top two in the race and the pole winning Cadillac…
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Cadillac had the pace in Fuji
but it didn’t quite fall their way. dailysportscar: Porsche Wins Drama-Filled 6H Fuji As Pure Racing Clinches LMGT3 Titles Cadillac had the fastest lap. Porsche more consistent, but by less than 0.1s average over the Top 100 laps!The whole field was within 1s of each other! When we look at how the different manufacturers compare…
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Porsche wins in Fuji – BMW and Alpine challenge
A very competitive field battled it out. BMW grabs it’s first podium. Alpine couldn’t overcome problems to really challenge Porsche. Caddy’s race fell apart. It was a good race by the winning crew – the most under control of all. The gap to leader chart shows the Penske Porsche #6 and lone Cadillac were closely…