Sebring 2007

[Erki]

any way its amazing how the LMP2 class is getting so close to the more powerfull LMP1 cars, in LMS there is no doubt that these small prototype will be very slow as the ACO is imposing a 5% restriction to prevent them from overall victories !!!

I'm afraid many of them will be even slower than the fastest GT1s...

[Jock7]

speaking about Acura, its strange how the Courage LC75 is quick now, in the winter tests the Lola/Fernandez was much quicker tha the other 2 teams of AGR and Highcroft !!

Acura have dropped the Courage name and made a lot of changes to the car but the Lola hasn't changed at all... I wonder how Fernandez feel about that?

[RS Spyder]

any way its amazing how the LMP2 class is getting so close to the more powerfull LMP1 cars, in LMS there is no doubt that these small prototype will be very slow as the ACO is imposing a 5% restriction to prevent them from overall victories !!!

.....and therefore protecting a certain French manufacturer from possible humiliation.

This is what this 5% reduction is all about!

It's just being cloaked under a series of subterfuges to mislead the racing fans.

[harvick#1]

Acura have dropped the Courage name and made a lot of changes to the car but the Lola hasn't changed at all...

Its still a Courage, Acura made a few tweeks on the exterior, but it still is a Courage

[Sleeper]

The Acura Courages got a heavy re-working to the aerodynamics. I read somewhere that the Andretti-Green and Highcoft drivers could feel an immediate improvment in the car on its first run with the new kit, something that isnt available to other Courage teams. A bit like what Pescarol did a few years ago to the Courage C60, which eventually became known as the Pescarolo C60. Fernandez is running the brand new 07 eaero kit from Lola so he's not completely short of development, its just not manufacturer backed.

I read in Autosport last week that it was already decide that Andretti-Green would concentrate on chassis development (Honda do want to build their own car so might as well start out developing a car that has not reached its full potential) whilst Fernandez concentrates on engine development. Dont know were Highcroft come into this though.

[viper_man]

Stayed up to watch the race the other night, great battle in GT2, but very naughty in the final corner.

Well done Acura too

[Rover V8]

any way its amazing how the LMP2 class is getting so close to the more powerfull LMP1 cars, in LMS there is no doubt that these small prototype will be very slow as the ACO is imposing a 5% restriction to prevent them from overall victories !!!

First session times from the LMS test at Paul Ricard seem to suggest it hasn't slowed them down that much- fastest LMP2s (RML, works Radical and ASM Lola) are about 3-4 seconds off the two fastest P1s (Peugeot and Pescarolo), but comfortably up on the GT1s

fastest- LMP1- Peugeot 1m44.382
LMP2- RML 1m47.670
GT1- ORECA Saleen 1m55.820

http://www.endurance-info.com/articl...d=3368&thold=0