AMR "equalize engines or were not racing "

[harvick#1]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83908

Thank you Aston Martin, finally a team wants to have the rules for the Diesels to be on par with the gasoline engines.

hopefully other will come follow suit to asking for the equalization.

[AndyRAC]

Quite agree, what's the point in competing when you've no chance of winning. The Diesels are faster, and more fuel efficient - shouldn't it be one or the other? I'm starting to get tired of Audi v Peugeot.....we need others to join in the fight.

[wbcobrar]

I have not been paying attention, but is Porsche constructing a P1? They may be the factory team with enough clout to finally get the gas / diesel rules on a level playing field.

[ioan]

Funny how AMR begs for the rules to be changed in their favor when they can not build a ca fast enough to beat Peugeot and Audi.

Equalization =/= competitiveness, and is only for cowards.

[Rollo]

Funny how AMR begs for the rules to be changed in their favor when they can not build a ca fast enough to beat Peugeot and Audi.

Equalization =/= competitiveness, and is only for cowards.

Hear hear exactly.
See previous threads for further discussion on this.

[Tom206wrc]

Especially when ou see AMR ONE reliabilty/performance after their few outings this season(Le Castellet 6 hours, Le Mans Test day, Le Mans race)
Equalize Peugeot and Audi on AMR would mean No Pug/Audi after one hour of Le Mans, 'cause broken engine, after having fought against LMP2s/GT2s...and victory to Rebellion/Pescarolo

Be serious, Richards and Howard-Chappell, FIRST work on your own engine before asking rules improvements

By the way, do you know that AMR will bring back the Lola V12 to the rest of ILMC race(from Silverstone to Zhuai) ??? It's official

[BDunnell]

Funny how AMR begs for the rules to be changed in their favor when they can not build a ca fast enough to beat Peugeot and Audi.

Equalization =/= competitiveness, and is only for cowards.

I agree absolutely with you on the equalisation point. It must be said, however, that at present it is surely impossible to build a petrol car that is fast enough to beat the diesels. This is a more deep-seated problem, unless we believe that only diesels should be competitive, which I certainly don't.

By the way, I hadn't noticed that the Astons were racing?

[ioan]

By the way, I hadn't noticed that the Astons were racing?

That's because their cars can hardly last a warm up lap.

[Bob Riebe]

Funny how AMR begs for the rules to be changed in their favor when they can not build a ca fast enough to beat Peugeot and Audi.

Equalization =/= competitiveness, and is only for cowards.

The ACO rules are spec. rules that makes any vehicles as fast, or slow, as the ACO wants them. Being fast or slow in this climate has nothing to do with the normal unrestricted physics of how a diesel or gasoline engine operate; therefore as now written, it is impossible by physics, with the contrived rules forced upon gasoline engines to be able to compete equally with the diesels.

So what is your point?

[Tom206wrc]

Well, I still believe a serious and hardworker constructor who have the financial/technical datas can make a powerful and effciency gasoline engine that threat the diesels