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Comments on: Bump and Grind https://www.doubledeclutch.com/?p=1041 The Right Stuff, The Wrong Way Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Brock Sampson https://www.doubledeclutch.com/?p=1041#comment-182 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:50:21 +0000 http://www.doubledeclutch.com/?p=1041#comment-182 Why does the Highcroft “problem” need to be fixed? The main focus of these new regs was to make the petrol powered cars competitive with the factory diesels. You said it yourself a few lines later that the petrol cars could have used a little help in the last few years. I think the ACO nailed it, the HPD didn’t just keep up in Sebring, it beat the factory diesels (2 of which are full-2011 spec). Bear in mind that this is a team who doesn’t even have funding for a full season, with a car that was debuted in its earliest form back in 2007 and has been competing and developing since.

What Highcroft did in Sebring was great for the team, great for the ACO, and great for Aston Martin Racing. If the HPD could do so well in Sebring, the new AMR-One (with a full factory effort behind it) brings alot of promise into its first meeting with the diesels at Spa in just over a months time.

If the AMR and the HPD efforts continue to show well through out the 2011 season then we could potentially see a big increase in factory involvement in the LMP1 ranks. Given that Nissan and Toyota have both been seen as engine suppliers in the LMP2 class they have both shown interest in returning. Its not inconceivable to see one or both of them (or anybody else for that matter) joining the LMP1 ranks with a factory effort in the near future. I think for the moment that the changes for this year were the right move.

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