Kind of disappointed with GT2...its was shaping up up to be a good race...Guess we could blame that on Melo. I'll say it one more time...what a jackass move...How about a little situational awareness...You're LEADING and about to lap the 2nd and 3rd place cars 6 hours into a 12 hour race, with what seems to be the faster GT2 in the field. Maybe wait until the re-start calms down...then start charging. Thats like getting picked off stealling third base, with a tie score in the bottom of the 9th with no outs. Just plain dumb.
Why would you slow down the LMP2s?? The fastest LMP1 Lap was 2% faster than the fastest LMP2 Lap. The LMP1s were lapping consistently in the 1:46-47s the LMP2 were lapping at 1:48-49s. The lead Audi was only 1:07 back from the leader on the same lap at the end. Despite having to change suspension pieces, Brakes, an of course excursion or two, and at least one stop and go penalty that I can recall. Had Audi ran a flawless race...much like last year...they would have won handily. Had Puegeot had a flawless race they would have beat Audi handily. [sarcasm] Maybe the ALMS should mandate 5 tire lugs like the Grand-Am so the LMP2 can't win or make the Porsche and Acuras more fragile so they are more like the LMS LMP2s [\sarcasm]. IMO LMP2s are too slow that they only beat a car that had that many issues by only 1:07. I personally don't want a car winning that spent as much time in the pits as the Audi did...That's what great about endurance racing a slower car that doens't break can still win. |