2016 24 Hours of Le Mans

[BlackHawkRacing]

Gotta have the money there to even consider an entry. I don't think BMW really cares that much about Le Mans. I also heard on a broadcast that Rahal is looking at going into LMP2 in the future, so that partnership may be coming to a close soon.

That's surprising given that the board held discussions about going back into LMP1. Hope the LMP2 entry is at least semi-bmw backed.

[Jmabarone]

That's surprising given that the board held discussions about going back into LMP1. Hope the LMP2 entry is at least semi-bmw backed.

New rules for LMP2 is a spec engine (produced by Nissan IIRC)

[BlackHawkRacing]

New rules for LMP2 is a spec engine (produced by Nissan IIRC)

Now that you mention it I vaguely remember hearing that during the race. :/

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Just as a follow up, the P2 engines are Gibson's per this article
http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/13088...r-dpi-hopefuls

And here is one with some vauge info on RLL's P2 program.
http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/13081...lmp2-programme

[Charlie]

Anyone know why RLL or another BMW factory team decided not to enter?

No legal car. The M6 is a GT3 based car with GTE mods, like the Z4M before it, so the ACO isn't a fan.

[BlackHawkRacing]

No legal car. The M6 is a GT3 based car with GTE mods, like the Z4M before it, so the ACO isn't a fan.

What is the Corvette considered then?

[Jmabarone]

What is the Corvette considered then?

Corvette is a legitimate GTE car, same for the Porsche and Aston.

[auaq]

Toyota explains a little about their failure.

http://www.f1technical.net/news/2038...e2e3afc6aa8dbd

[BoldUlysses]

^ So basically a hose clamp failed on the turbo-to-IC piping... That's embarrassing, but no more than Seb's alternator failures a few seasons ago or any other mundane part going south.

[Hofmeister]

^ So basically a hose clamp failed on the turbo-to-IC piping... That's embarrassing, but no more than Seb's alternator failures a few seasons ago or any other mundane part going south.

m kinda surprised these teams dont run failsafes for large boost leaks. whats an extra N/A map lying around just to get back to the pits too much to ask for?

[bawareca]

^ So basically a hose clamp failed on the turbo-to-IC piping... That's embarrassing, but no more than Seb's alternator failures a few seasons ago or any other mundane part going south.

One system is as strong, or durable, as it's weakest part. The 5c part that fails deems the whole system inoperable, therefore there is no part cheap enough to be overlooked.

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m kinda surprised these teams dont run failsafes for large boost leaks. whats an extra N/A map lying around just to get back to the pits too much to ask for?

Any street or race car turbo car I know of(more specific the engine management) will cut the boost when a boost leak is detected. However this condition will not affect the idle and low load conditions, medium and high load will be N/A mode. This explanation from toyota seems implausible to me.