"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
11/10/2019 at 12:10 • Filed to: None
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"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
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Rebellion managed to beat Toyota on pace in the Shanghai WEC race. First time since Porsche beat them at Silverstone in 2017 that Toyota wasn’t first to the line. First time since Sebring 2012 that a non-hybrid won too.
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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/10/2019 at 12:17 |
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Mega OP BOP tho
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TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
11/10/2019 at 12:47 |
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Toyota has still been in another league from the privateers all season. I think they missed the aero setup for this race by a long way. They had no straight line speed outside of hybrid boost. The Hybrids have always been 200+ HP down on the non hybrids outside of boost but I have never seen it translate to a speed differential like this.
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/10/2019 at 13:17 |
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The BOP isn’t there for Le Mans, so I don’t think Toyota really gives a shit.
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TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/10/2019 at 13:27 |
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No success ballast for Le Mans or are they de restricting the Toyotas to some level ? I haven’t heard anything about Toyota being given extra power for Le Mans. Toyota was easily 15mph slower on the straights outside of boost which isn’t a ballast issue and would murder them at Le Mans.
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/10/2019 at 14:28 |
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No ballast and they will be sandbagging until then
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/10/2019 at 16:05 |
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https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/buemi-success-handicap-produced-very-artificial-racing/
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TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/10/2019 at 16:30 |
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An advantage in corners and under acceleration but a disadvantage down the straights due to ballast? I’m pretty sure adding weight to a race car hurts you into and out of the corners without affecting top speed (I have some friends who do some land speed racing and they routinely strap up to 300lbs of lead to their cars). There’s a different reason why they are beyond slow down the straights. He does raise a point about the ballast being different for identical cars.
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/10/2019 at 16:50 |
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It’s not just weight
“ This Success Handicap will be limited and regulated for the season. The handicap may be the result of ballast, or a modification to the power output. It is not just ballast, which is why it’s known as a Success Handicap and not Success Ballast.”
https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/eot-success-handicap-bop-and-success-ballast-an-explanation/6465
shop-teacher
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/10/2019 at 18:35 |
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Good for them!!