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Well, maybe you could squeeze someone in there, not Justin Banner though. Maybe that's what the can of WD40 is for.
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It was amazing watching just how fast the Dyson crew was. The crew worked with calmness and minimum motion, quickly and quietly.
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The transaxle and rear suspension are almost ready to go back in the car. We didn't want to get in the way so no close-ups of the assembled suspension, sorry. Yes, I am bummed too.
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The engine is almost ready to receive the transaxle.
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The car is much less than the GTP cars I used to love, smaller, lighter, less power, less fuel consumption, less downforce but more as well. The more is more reliability, more speed and faster lap times due to advances in materials, aerodynamics, suspension, brakes and analytical tools at the engineers' disposal.
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As much as I like the P1 class it is lightly populated with a very low car count. I hope that some of the factory teams like Toyota and Audi will choose to run more events for next year. I was disappointed that these cars didn't come out for Long Beach.
I hope that promoters and sanctioning bodies will get it. Road racing fans don't want spec cars. They want to see technical diversity with unique chassis and engines. Spec cars are what killed open wheel racing in this country and what are still plaguing it today although there is now at least some diversity with the engines. They want the drivers to be known and stuff about them publicized and put forward in the media. NASCAR and even Formula D does a good job of this. Drivers should be heroes, not unknown robots sealed in capsules.
My fingers are crossed that the American Motorsports fans will soon want something more than NASCAR and Monster Trucks and we will see the return of sponsor dollars, fans and TV coverage to road racing. We should all hope.
