Comments on: Planetlemans analyzes the Silverstone 1000km http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/09/16/planetlemans-analyzes-the-silverstone-1000km-2/ The latest Le Mans, Sportscar and GT racing news! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:53:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bamba http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/09/16/planetlemans-analyzes-the-silverstone-1000km-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2900 Bamba Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:02:23 +0000 http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/09/16/planetlemans-analyzes-the-silverstone-1000km-2/#comment-2900 Well winning gives you the most points. However the Peugeot didn't win the drivers title because even though they were faster it was not the same car winning the other 4 races. So consistency is a big thing especially in endurance racing. So even though the #2 car never won they were consistently placing well. As far as the driving the LMS is to laid back on that. I remember in 2007 I think at Silverstone also. The Charouz Lola weaved side to side on the track to keep the Rollcentre Pescarolo and the #16 official Pescorolo that were closing in behind it. In the end causing them both to go off track. They showed a shot of the Charouz team celebrating in the pit. The Rollcentre car crashed and the #16 of Romain Dumas got a puncture. The Charouz car went on to grab a podium spot. But nothing was done about the incident. I couldn't have imagined such behavior not being addressed in the ALMS. Well winning gives you the most points. However the Peugeot didn’t win the drivers title because even though they were faster it was not the same car winning the other 4 races. So consistency is a big thing especially in endurance racing. So even though the #2 car never won they were consistently placing well.

As far as the driving the LMS is to laid back on that. I remember in 2007 I think at Silverstone also. The Charouz Lola weaved side to side on the track to keep the Rollcentre Pescarolo and the #16 official Pescorolo that were closing in behind it. In the end causing them both to go off track. They showed a shot of the Charouz team celebrating in the pit.

The Rollcentre car crashed and the #16 of Romain Dumas got a puncture. The Charouz car went on to grab a podium spot. But nothing was done about the incident. I couldn’t have imagined such behavior not being addressed in the ALMS.

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