Next month’s overall Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona winner could be decided by reliability of IMSA’s top-class cars, as teams battle to get on top of issues with their new-era hybrid machinery. IMSA Rolex24 Full Story: ⬇️
A two-day test session at Daytona International Speedway’s road course this week was the official launch of the Grand Touring Prototype class, and featured hybrid-powered cars from four manufacturers – Acura, BMW, Cadillac and Porsche. It was the first time they had all tested at the same track in anger.
Cadillac’s Richard Westbrook added: “I don’t think anyone is focused on performance yet, honestly the first race is all going to be about reliability. The main thing is not getting to that point to where you have to go behind the wall because that won’t be a quick-fix in the beginning; they’re new cars that are very complicated to work on.”Nine cars took part in the test, which formed part of the homologation process ahead of the 2023 season, with the final step being the Roar test next month.
Porsche’s LMDh project chief Urs Kuratle explained: “I’m not blaming Bosch, but this was one part that gave us, and the other OEMs, a lot of headaches for a time in the summer testing phase. These problems were solved, but everyone is suffering supply chain issues, which is a common problem in the world.”
New-specification fuel, and a cold-weather Michelin tyre, were also used for the first time – although the latter’s use was impacted by warm conditions throughout the test, which included two night-time sessions.
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