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IMSA Makes Balance Of Performance Adjustment
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The IMSA Technical Committee made unprecedented changes to the LMP2 race cars that compete head-to-head with Daytona Prototype international (DPi) cars in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship prototype class.
The news comes ahead of next week’s two-hour, 40-minute America’s Tire 250, the headline event for the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on September 7–9.
Since the current generation LMP2 cars began competing alongside DPi cars at the start of the 2017 season, the only Balance of Performance (BoP) adjustments in the Prototype class had been made to DPi cars, with the goal of balancing all DPis to the best LMP2 example.
However, in the wake of three straight victories by LMP2 cars, the IMSA Technical Committee determined that adjustments to LMP2 cars now were necessary. Ten kilograms have been added to all LMP2 cars, and the fuel capacity in each LMP2 car is being reduced from 75 to 72 liters.
In addition, all DPi cars will see an increase of two liters from their previous fuel capacity, and the Mazda DPi cars will see a 10-kilogram reduction in weight.
The recent BoP adjustment is in compliance with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) and IMSA technical partnership.
The news comes ahead of next week’s two-hour, 40-minute America’s Tire 250, the headline event for the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on September 7–9.
Since the current generation LMP2 cars began competing alongside DPi cars at the start of the 2017 season, the only Balance of Performance (BoP) adjustments in the Prototype class had been made to DPi cars, with the goal of balancing all DPis to the best LMP2 example.
However, in the wake of three straight victories by LMP2 cars, the IMSA Technical Committee determined that adjustments to LMP2 cars now were necessary. Ten kilograms have been added to all LMP2 cars, and the fuel capacity in each LMP2 car is being reduced from 75 to 72 liters.
In addition, all DPi cars will see an increase of two liters from their previous fuel capacity, and the Mazda DPi cars will see a 10-kilogram reduction in weight.
The recent BoP adjustment is in compliance with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) and IMSA technical partnership.
