Originally Posted by porschemeister

no sand bagging in ALMS GT2. You should have seen the Risi team trying to beat Pielet's qualifying time...

Originally Posted by ZAPmobile

Porsche did not loss the race on the track, they lost it in the pits. On the last round of pit stops the Ferrari got out a little quicker.

Originally Posted by MJSpeed

Quali times don't mean much if anything in ALMS or Sportscar racing in general...after all teams have been known to "sand bag" in order to keep the governing body, in this case IMSA from "adjusting" the competitive level.

Also please explain what makes you think that changing the fronts (tires) would lengthen the stop by 7 seconds...aren't both sets (front & rear) done at the same time, after they're done with re-fueling?

The only real way to shorten the stop is to double stint the tires...

Originally Posted by ceebee

All you guys know how important wieght is, particularly in a small displacement, low torque car.
Well, the wieght penalty for going to the 14" tire was 100 kilos (220#). The RSR went from 2445# to 2665#. That is IMSA's way of "performance balancing".

Originally Posted by OldGuy

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I think youre right the GT3 is penalized more than most if not all teams. I mean (and I dont know) how does Ferrari go from 3.6 to 4.3 liters and still run in the same class? I would not think that the ALMS Management people would do what ever they can do to to KEEP the GT3 in that class. ITs probably the most historic of the racers in that class. They can start penalizing he other teams and let the Porsche stay at its design limit. But what do I know. I think the only way the ALMS management lets the GT3 retire is that Porsche lets them know they have another car up their sleeve. But again........