Le Mans - For the love of God don't post the results in thread title!
06-19-2017, 06:13 PM
#46
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I never understood how BOP doesn't defeat the whole purpose of factory car competition. Here I am doing all this research, extracting as much performance as possible out of a given hunk of metal only to be told: "Yea, good job you did there. As a matter of fact, so good that we would have to choke or fatten up your car a bit so it doesn't destroy its competition." What?
What's the point of factory car competition when every car has to be submitted to a 'fair equalizer' (BOP) whose goal is to make it as equal as possible to every other competing car? It seems that the only thing a factory car win proves is that the BOP has somehow unfairly advantaged the winners vs. the losers.
06-19-2017, 06:28 PM
#47
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I posted this in the GT3 forum's Le Man thread:
I never understood how BOP doesn't defeat the whole purpose of factory car competition. Here I am doing all this research, extracting as much performance as possible out of a given hunk of metal only to be told: "Yea, good job you did there. As a matter of fact, so good that we would have to choke or fatten up your car a bit so it doesn't destroy its competition." What?
What's the point of factory car competition when every car has to be submitted to a 'fair equalizer' (BOP) whose goal is to make it as equal as possible to every other competing car? It seems that the only thing a factory car win proves is that the BOP has somehow unfairly advantaged the winners vs. the losers.
I never understood how BOP doesn't defeat the whole purpose of factory car competition. Here I am doing all this research, extracting as much performance as possible out of a given hunk of metal only to be told: "Yea, good job you did there. As a matter of fact, so good that we would have to choke or fatten up your car a bit so it doesn't destroy its competition." What?
What's the point of factory car competition when every car has to be submitted to a 'fair equalizer' (BOP) whose goal is to make it as equal as possible to every other competing car? It seems that the only thing a factory car win proves is that the BOP has somehow unfairly advantaged the winners vs. the losers.
06-19-2017, 06:34 PM
#48
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But what does a factory 'win' mean or prove other than showing which car gained a bigger advantage by that particular set of BOP modifications? In what way does it show that a Porsche is better than an Aston or a Corvette?
06-19-2017, 07:00 PM
#49
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Originally Posted by ChrisFL
Really ACO? because of a cut-out in the body work?? Would this not be caught during the pre-race scrutineering?
http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story...le-mans-061917
http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story...le-mans-061917
06-19-2017, 07:06 PM
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And then, they tried to cover it up... NO touching the car in parc ferme or impound...
And then, they tried to cover it up... NO touching the car in parc ferme or impound...
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06-19-2017, 07:11 PM
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In case you missed the race, here are the high lights in 10 minutes http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/v...-highlights-3/