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Discussion in 'Other Racing' started by steved033, Apr 14, 2023.

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  1. Gatorrari

    Gatorrari F1 World Champ
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    #51 Gatorrari, Apr 16, 2023
    2nd place for Ferrari in 2 classes is pretty good. And Roger Penske should be happy with a podium here after the win at Long Beach. (And he still has the Indycar race to come!)

    But I wonder if Ferrari needs to work on their brake system before Le Mans.....
     
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  2. DeSoto

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    #52 DeSoto, Apr 16, 2023
    Good to see that finally Peugeot managed to do a half decent race. Still worse than the new ones, but it's a start.

    Impressed by the Cadillac. I thought they were only for the promo picture at Le Mans, but without that flat tyre they would have been on the podium.
     
  3. jpalmito

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    #53 jpalmito, Apr 16, 2023
    As always Le Mans will be a totally different story.
    Ferrari reliability must be bulletproof to stand a chance against Toyota..
     
  4. LVP488

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    #54 LVP488, Apr 16, 2023
    What leaves some uncertainty is the amazing possibility of reliability issues - to be honest, I did not expect that from Toyota and Porsche.
    It's like even the established players do not completely master yet the new Hypercar characteristics.
     
  5. steved033

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    #55 steved033, Apr 17, 2023
    it's true. The failures have been strange ones, and the FIA now monitoring specific outputs, well, that doesn't help. A sensor failure where you'd just cancel the error and move on will now have you changing parts. The engineers are already thinking about quick change sensors, I'm sure.

    sjd
     
  6. DeSoto

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    #56 DeSoto, Apr 21, 2023
    To be fair, Toyota´s problem was not their fault, those sensors are supplied by FIA/ACO. One of the Peugeots had a similar failure in the final laps, but they just used a default mode and slowed down to avoid getting over the energy limit.

    Someone should check those sensors, this kind of problems just can´t happen.
     
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