Imsa 2023

[rfuerst911sc]

Looks like the Ferrari crashed and is beyond repair ?

https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/wec-prologue-ferrari-crash-damage/10442808/

[CurtEgerer]

Pretty sure they found no structure damage, just electrical systems, and will be back for Weds practice sessions. No tire warmers allowed this year and the driver went off on Turn 1 right out of the pits.

ferrari-499ps-conclude-the-wec-prologue-at-sebring

[rfuerst911sc]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Pretty sure they found no structure damage, just electrical systems, and will be back for Weds practice sessions. No tire warmers allowed this year and the driver went off on Turn 1 right out of the pits.

ferrari-499ps-conclude-the-wec-prologue-at-sebring

Good to hear , the article I linked said they were out indicating beyond repair . I want to see all competitors out there . Looking forward to the race .

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ Awesome photo on the Ferrari website:

[CurtEgerer]

Everything one needs to know about the 963 engine ....

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by URY914

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/more-racing/a43280041/meyer-shank-racing-cheating-rolex-24/

A lot of information in this articale.

Tom Brady would be a natural sponsor for MSR.

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ LMAO. That's good.

[URY914]

That is a good one.

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Looks like the Ferrari crashed and is beyond repair ?

https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/wec-prologue-ferrari-crash-damage/10442808/

As of this morning, they're doing a 'chassis change' (sounds simple ). Apparently, Ferrari first evaluated the damage and found nothing. Then they decided to bring Dallara in (who build the chassis) to double check and Dallara decided to err on the side of caution and change out the chassis. Practice starts at 10:55 tomorrow morning. It's going to be a long night in the Ferrari garage!

[URY914]

Dallara also supply the Cadillacs. And of course they will say you need to change the chassis. $$$

[CurtEgerer]

Ferrari: we checked everything and find no damage. Can you double-check us on that?

Dallara: sure! although we can find no damage we highly recommend you swap in a new chassis just to make sure .... cha ching!

[CurtEgerer]

The good news is Ferrari got the #51 chassis swapped in time for morning practice. The bad news is they nearly wrecked it again right in front of me. Missed the guardrail by about 6 inches

[Deschodt]

Amazing pics, thank you !

[CurtEgerer]

Right place, right time. And then he gathers it up and sets 2nd fastest time in FP1!

[CurtEgerer]

[CurtEgerer]

I think Villeneuve was in the Vanwall for all of FP1. Slight improvement but he's still running down at the lower end of the LMP2 cars. He was all over the curbs and misfiring.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Great photos, thanks for posting and that's one LM Hypercar car I'd love to work on

I'm supporting Ferrari in Hyper car class and Accura in LMDh class

[URY914]

[URY914]

[CurtEgerer]

Toyota just seems to be able to go as fast as they need to. They dipped into the 1:46s in FP2. Tomorrow will be interesting for sure. IMSA and WEC practice back-to-back. So there will be 4 Porsches running. Can the MS Acura run fast with air in the tires? Has BMW made any progress?