The Ferrari Corse best lap is 1.5 sec quicker than the FGT on WEC timing. So much for BoP. So so coverage on FoXS2... But better than nothing. 8-10 CST. Safety car out now as the Toyota sharded the whole track after cutting a tire. Should tighten up the field. Great motorsports weekend...got up at 1 am to watch F1 also.
Not that I know. Gotta pay €5.
Great coverage on fiawec.com, definitely worth a few Euros. Love that the huge NFGT mural!!
RESULT :
1 : Ferrari.
2 : Ferrari.
3 : Aston Martin.
4 : FORD GT.
5 : FORD GT.
I am a little bit disappointed.
It wasn't great in terms of speed, but I will take the smooth overall operation. Drivers all stayed out of trouble except Franchitti getting clipper by the 919, pit ran smooth, cars were reliable.
They'll get back boost and lose some of the weight eventually. People need to remember, for this first race, the GT was penalized with a weight of 1260 kg, and the 488 was only 1240kg and the Astons were a paltry 1230kg. That's in addition to the GT losing boost at all RPM.
Those 488s were running around with 45 less lbs. That will be addressed. Not sure if the 488 boost level was penalized similarly to the GT.
FWIW, when the Corvette gets to run at Le Mans, they've been granted a 1240kg weight as well. That should tell you something, that seeing what they've seen, the FIA still chose to load the GT full of ballast.
It wasn't great in terms of speed, but I will take the smooth overall operation. Drivers all stayed out of trouble except Franchitti getting clipper by the 919, pit ran smooth, cars were reliable.
They'll get back boost and lose some of the weight eventually. People need to remember, for this first race, the GT was penalized with a weight of 1260 kg, and the 488 was only 1240kg and the Astons were a paltry 1230kg. That's in addition to the GT losing boost at all RPM.
Those 488s were running around with 45 less lbs. That will be addressed. Not sure if the 488 boost level was penalized similarly to the GT.
FWIW, when the Corvette gets to run at Le Mans, they've been granted a 1240kg weight as well. That should tell you something, that seeing what they've seen, the FIA still chose to load the GT full of ballast.
They will have gained a massive amount of data today. The cars ran with no technical issues so a solid performance for the first time out.