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Originally Posted by SlowOne
What was wrong with what we had before? Did the team placings depend on what people did that James suggests is limited this time? No. Team placings were achieved by driving skill and tactics ("Don't hit anything and let them all go" - ShandACola!) and not being off the track.
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Not attempting to be disrespectful to ChandACola, but with this strategy they came 6th and I believe only started rising up the order once they took more of an aggressive strategy approach. Doris I felt ran the quickest, most aggressive car and probably spent more time than us (Team Dudley) in the pits, however made up for this by being simply much quicker on track.
With regard to bodyshells, yes it would be possible to buy one of each shell and test it in order to find which is quicker - I dont really see as the reward for doing this offsets the cost however, at the end of the day its really not gonna make a lot of difference at these speeds. Personally, like the new mooted tyre rules I see it as another element of strategy that may just give you the winning edge, but wont lose you a second per lap if you get it wrong.
With regard to teams entering "LMP" class cars, why dont we just see what the entry list looks like? I mean, if 5 teams of fifteen want to run an open chassis then thats entirely up to them, and I think the slower GT2 Sprints dodging out of their way (not to mention trying to outlast them in terms of durability and maybe even sneak a surprise finish) just makes it closer to the spirit of Le Mans. If we only get two LMP1 entries as we probably will then I agree that there is not much point.