2017 General WEC/ELMS/AsLMS Discussion ThreadSports Cars 

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I'm actually cheering for Toyota this year, that opportunity was just too good to pass up. :lol:
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Like how Porsche passed them up the front straight with only minutes left? :P
 
With only two bodykits this year, is it the best decision to run the LM kit and give away the performance/look of it but work on the homologated package in the first two races until LM? Or is it best to use the high downforce bodykit and keep the LM package a secret until the big race, developing it until then in testing?
 
The moment you officially run the LM kit it is locked for LM so you leave it to the last minute.
 
trustjab
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Huge light assembly.
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I was trying to figure out where I've seen those lights before...


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IforceV8
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New P2 cars are now 20 mph faster than the P3 and GTE cars 👍. Last year's car were only 5 mph faster at Ricard and Le Mans.
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Now if only they could all use different engines...
 
fortbo
Now if only they could all use different engines...
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At the opening round of the ELMS in 2016 there were 15 P2 cars, 12 had Nissan engines. By the end of the year at Estoril they were down to 10 cars, 9 of those were Nissan with only 1 Judd left racing.

Adding costs to adapt different engines to spec chassis and then having to deal with BOP seems counter productive in a cost capped regional Pro-Am series.


3rd Toyota driver with Lapierre and Sarrazin.
 
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It looks like they have a much larger black trim ring around the lights on the track car today than the overhead shot posted earlier.

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IforceV8
It looks like they have a much larger black trim ring around the lights on the track car today than the overhead shot posted earlier.

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Totally off topic for a second, but Mark is a good chap. ✌️
 
IforceV8
It was nice of him to post those comparison pictures on twitter so I could borrow :O them and post here. :cheers:
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He did a livery for me on Forza with a Viper GTS-R, did a really good job on it despite some limitations of the livery creator in game.
 
The studio pictures of the Toyota seemingly show the high downforce version. This is the launch car (assuming that's the LM version)-

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