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And its the same ting with the tires in ALMS u guys were sayin that Michelin cleary dominates Pirelli but in FIA GT isnt it a bit more even? one suited more for outright speed and one suited more for lasting longer??
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I honestly dont' know, but I can't imagine a huge difference. Same cars doing the same thing afterall. But yes, Michelin does dominate Pirelli. Dyson wasn't the only team to switch to them in the ALMS this year. The ACEMCO Saleen did too.
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and the 360's are right there with the Porsches in FIA GT but in ALMS im not too sure there right up there with Porsche yet
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The Risi 360 from last year was very under funded. They didn't even make the whole season. Porsches program with ALMS seems to be much much better than Ferrari's. From what I can tell, Ferrari wasn't involved much at all. Whereas, I think they are in FIA.
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I also heard the FIA GT cars were a whopping 3 seconds a lap faster then their ALMS counter parts (ex. 550 vs 550 360 vs 360 etc etc.) and that the FIA GT cars will be slowed down significantly next year too
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The rules between FIA and ALMS are a bit different, so it is possible. I think there has been some recent rule chages in FIA, and thats whats causing cars to slow down. The LeMans Endurance Series is taking offect on FIA's entries as well.
If I could have one question answered right now, I'd like to know what the hell Maserati is up too? The car is now illegal for FIA GT (too long, too wide) and if they wanted to run at Lemans, the ACO said they had to race at Sebring. As far as I can tell, they have no intention of racing at Sebring. There is still time to enter, but a factory effort usually lets it's intentions be known well in advance.
Also, what are they going to do with the MC12's? They were not cheap, not at all, and I find it hard to believe they haven't built a new, rule complying version. If they haven't, some team owners are gonna be mighty pissed off.
In other ALMS news, there is a American company entering an all new P1 car. They built the car themselves, so the car is entirely new. Thats all that has been said. No names, no engine choice, nothing. Just that it's an american company that has raced before and they built an all new car that will contest a full season. Secrets suck.