24hrs of Spa-Francochamps Review
After a long wait, the 2015 edition of the Automation Motorsport World Endurance Championship has begun, with the 24 hrs of Spa-Francochamps! And what a race, but first, let's discuss the AP1 specs that were released a couple of days ago.
The
AP1 Class cars are specially made for racing, with teams expending quite a lot just developing these cars. Sure, with an averge of
556.31hp it's easy to think that a road sport car has more power, but it won't go as fast. Take the
NV810 for example. With only
467hp It can go from 0-100km/h in
3.1s, 1/4 mile in
10.5s and brake from 100km/h to a stop in
26 meters. If you want one you will have to pay $150,700 plus over $7,000 a year. And You can't take it on public roads (altough it can run a 24 hrs race under full throttle).
There are 10 Mid-engine cars and 3 front-engine cars, 10 V8s, 2 V6s and 1 L6. The engine that captures my attention is the one in the
Exilus, a massive
5.5 liters in-line 6, with
433lb-ft at 4,900 rpm and
540hp at 7,000 rpm, it's the engine with the largest power band in the competition.
On the other hand, the
Alpha and the
Prima 1 are the cars with the higher output, pushing over
700hp (as they are the heaviest cars), they probably can't corner as fast as others, but they will definetly be seizing all the long straights.
Finally, the
RRSX-R (I really like the looks of the car) and the
Il Capo will be fighting each other, since the both share almost the same displacement and almost the same power and torque (
Il Capo is lighter tho).
Now onto the race!
See the overall results here --->
viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8291&start=220#p89600And the Championship scoring in the OP
The champion on this first round is the Zeus GT Spec (basically a Znopresk Zeus on Gryphon Gear stereoids) with a huge gap of 10 laps!, proving that the AGTE cars can compite with the technologically advanced AP1 cars. In second place it's the Kraft Haus Technik's Sepang, one of the most-well-balanced cars and in third the Vulcan GT, followed by the M128 LM, both cars from Meliora Automotive (after their Hot Hatch Cup participation
viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8160#p84968 this surely feels like a victory for the manufacturer). The Prima and Spina came 5th and 6th and considering the AP2 hard regulations it's amazing how good these cars performed on the track. Finally the NV810, against all odds ended in 3rd place in the AP1 Class (7th overall) despide of being quite underpower and beating over 700hp machines.
Next week we'll be flying to South America for the 6h de São Paolo! Have fun and stay racing my friends.
Here are the scores divided by classes:
Some figures:
- The winning car covered 3,558.032 kilometers and used 410.38 liters of fuel.
- The fastest lap was 2:40.319 by the Vulcan GT (another AGTE car).
- The LMPC by Luther-Mulholland used only 258.54 liters of fuel, about 63% of the fuel used by the Zeus GT Spec.
- Of the top 10 cars, 4 were AP1, 3 AP2 and 3 AGTE.
- The NV810 and the Zeus GT are so drivable they didnt have any minor accident. However the Zeus had 17 pit stops and the NV810 only 7!
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