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| 2014 Season Halftime Update | |
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|  | | July 19 2014 12:32:10 AM EST | |
| The inaugural season of the Tudor United Sportscar Championship has seen many ups and downs, as expected. Combining the different philosophies of the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am series was no small task.
Thankfully for us, in the GTLM class, very little was changed, but the series as a whole has gone through some teething pains. The good news is that IMSA and all the parties involved have been working non-stop to address all issues from the fundamentals of event scheduling and set-up to the on-track product and everything in between.
Racer.com's Marshall Pruett has put together a fantastic series of articles called "State of the Union" for each of the 4 classes.
State of the Union: Prototype
State of the Union: PC
State of the Union: GTLM
State of the Union: GTD
Here are the points, as of after Mosport (Round 6 of 11)
GTLM DRIVER/TEAM POINTS
1. #3 Corvette (190pts)
2. #55 BMW (-19pts)
2. #91 Viper (-19pts)
3. #93 Viper (-20pts)
4. #911 Porsche (-25pts)
4. #4 Corvette (-25pts)
5. #56 BMW (-29pts)
6. #912 Porsche (-33pts)
GTLM MANUFACTURE POINTS
1. Chevrolet (194pts)
2. Porsche (-8pts)
3. BMW (-10pts)
4. SRT (-14pts)
5. Ferrari (-32pts)
NORTH AMERICAN ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
GTLM DRIVER/TEAM POINTS
1. #4 Corvette (28pts)
2. #911 Porsche (-1pts)
3. #3 Corvette (-2pts)
3. #91 Viper (-2pts)
4. #93 Viper (-3pts)
4. #912 Porsche (-3pts)
5. #55 BMW (-7pts)
6. #56 BMW (-9pts)
NORTH AMERICAN ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
GTLM MANUFACTURE POINTS
1. Porsche (36pts)
1. Chevrolet (-1pts)
3. SRT (-4pts)
3. BMW (-13pts)
5. Ferrari (-18pts)
Corvette Racing has had a fantastic season thus far. Out of the box, the new C7.R has been major leap forward from the C6.R. Minor mechanical issues hurt the team in the first two rounds but since then the team has won 4 races in a row, and had a podium finish at Le Mans.
Unfortunately it has been the #3 Corvette that has gotten all the glory. Although the #4 Corvette has performed well, luck has not been on their side. Other competitors causing contact with the #4 in all of the past three rounds have taken the team out of podium contention each time. Oliver Gavin tells us at the most recent round at Mosport the #4 Corvette had suffered from a chassis imbalance.
Gavin states - "Before we head off to Indianapolis for the next round of the United SportsCar Championship, our car is going to be thoroughly examined and all the set up decisions we’ve made over the last few races will be analysed and re-examined to try and figure out the chassis imbalance we’ve had. It feels like with five races to go we’re starting from zero again but hope we can now all look forward and not back."
7/17/14 a new set of BoP changes were released for the GTLM class. The Porsche 911 RSR has received a 0.7 mm increase in air restrictor. Additionally, the Porsche is permitted to use a 25 mm larger front splitter and reconfigured rear wing
The Ferrari sheds 30 kg, gains a 0.6 mm larger air restrictor, adjustment in the height of the rear wing, and can run in its 2011 rear wing profile.
The Corvette C7.R gets 25 kg of additional weight, while the BMW Z4 GTE loses 15 kgs.
Five rounds remain in the 2014 season - Indianapolis, Road America, VIR, COTA, & Petit Le Mans
REMINDER - The next round at Indianapolis is on FRIDAY 7/25/14 at 7pm ET on FS1
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