WEC 6H Shanghai
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She's asleep right now, and I NEVER wake up the beast or poke it with sticks...but I have to go out and make a few bucks in a few minutes....
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By the way....how do I post a profile picture?...
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At your name at the top and then profile, should workwoody wrote:By the way....how do I post a profile picture?...
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Free practice session 3 starts now
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Qualification starts now for GT Cars
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P2 for the #83
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WEC: No BoP Change Made to Ferrari 488 in Shanghai
The FIA has clarified that no Balance of Performance adjustment has been made to the Ferrari 488 GTE cars during this weekend’s World Endurance Championship event in Shanghai, despite what the Italian manufacturer initially alleged.
A Ferrari representative told Sportscar365 that the pair of AF Corse-run Ferraris were forced to revert to its pre-Shanghai boost configuration, following a boost increase given to the Prancing Horses earlier this week.
Additionally, Ferrari provided details of its alleged “BoP change” in its post-qualifying press release, which the WEC says is not true.
A WEC spokesperson confirmed that only a small change in the referenced atmospheric pressure was made between Friday’s pair of Free Practice sessions and Saturday, applicable to both the turbocharged Ferrari and Ford GTs.
The 8-millibar decrease (1018 to 1010mb), adjusted due to a change in Sunday’s weather forecast, is understood to only be a marginal change, estimated at 1 horsepower and is not classified as a BoP change.
A WEC spokesperson told Sportscar365 that the turbos will go back to the 1018mb referenced atmospheric pressure for the race tomorrow.
The AF Corse entries topped the GTE-Pro class time charts in Friday’s Free Practice 2, some 1.2 seconds quicker than the No. 66 Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT, which was third quickest in class following the opening day of track activity.
However, it was the pair of Fords that swept the class front row in qualifying, with the best-placed Ferrari set to start fourth in class.
The FIA has clarified that no Balance of Performance adjustment has been made to the Ferrari 488 GTE cars during this weekend’s World Endurance Championship event in Shanghai, despite what the Italian manufacturer initially alleged.
A Ferrari representative told Sportscar365 that the pair of AF Corse-run Ferraris were forced to revert to its pre-Shanghai boost configuration, following a boost increase given to the Prancing Horses earlier this week.
Additionally, Ferrari provided details of its alleged “BoP change” in its post-qualifying press release, which the WEC says is not true.
A WEC spokesperson confirmed that only a small change in the referenced atmospheric pressure was made between Friday’s pair of Free Practice sessions and Saturday, applicable to both the turbocharged Ferrari and Ford GTs.
The 8-millibar decrease (1018 to 1010mb), adjusted due to a change in Sunday’s weather forecast, is understood to only be a marginal change, estimated at 1 horsepower and is not classified as a BoP change.
A WEC spokesperson told Sportscar365 that the turbos will go back to the 1018mb referenced atmospheric pressure for the race tomorrow.
The AF Corse entries topped the GTE-Pro class time charts in Friday’s Free Practice 2, some 1.2 seconds quicker than the No. 66 Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT, which was third quickest in class following the opening day of track activity.
However, it was the pair of Fords that swept the class front row in qualifying, with the best-placed Ferrari set to start fourth in class.
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Interesting. Thanks to woody
Have been pouring thru the various auto-racing periodicals to find out the story of the BoP and from what I can tell the BoP has been set back to the level of that during the Free Practice sessions...however the grid from qualifying that had the #51 Ferrari in 4th and the #71 in 6th will remain...
Amato Ferrari had threatened to pull his team from the last race in Bahrain in protest of these latest BOP "adjustments"...and from the comments made by the AF CORSE drivers, they are not happy...but if the adjustments revert back to practice session levels, the AF CORSE Ferrari will have a fighting chance at a good results...
Have been pouring thru the various auto-racing periodicals to find out the story of the BoP and from what I can tell the BoP has been set back to the level of that during the Free Practice sessions...however the grid from qualifying that had the #51 Ferrari in 4th and the #71 in 6th will remain...
Amato Ferrari had threatened to pull his team from the last race in Bahrain in protest of these latest BOP "adjustments"...and from the comments made by the AF CORSE drivers, they are not happy...but if the adjustments revert back to practice session levels, the AF CORSE Ferrari will have a fighting chance at a good results...
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I would actually like to see Amato Ferrari pull his team from Bahrain...not having Ferrari in this type of racing would cause serious problems for the ACO...the ACO has had their nose up the ACO's rear end all year...and it was that way in IMSA....One of our favorite drivers CONFIRMED to me that IMSA finally gave Risi enough performance to win races when they were mathematically out of championship contention...
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