Changes to ELMS Balance of Performance for Paul Ricard

This weekend will see the penultimate race of the 2014 season when the 4 Hours of Paul Ricard will take place in the South of France near Le Castellet on Sunday 14 September. A total of 37 cars across three classes will line up for the race and the ACO have sent two updates to the LMGTE and GTC Balance of Performance since the last round at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.

The changes affect the Porsche and Aston Martin entries in LMGTE.  The Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2012 and 2013 specs both get a reduction in the weight to 1190kg from 1210kg, while the 2012 sepc gar has had the height of the Gurney flap reduced by 10mm from 25mm to 15mm. The weight of the latest spec Porsche RSR (991) will be adjusted to 1250kg, +5kg over its base weight and specs for the restrictors, Gurney, Fuel tank capacity, height of the rear wing and ride height have all been added to the BoP sheet V09e.

The 2012 spec Aston Martin Vantage will have a total weight of 1160kg, 85kg less than the base weight of the car, while the 2013 cars will have a total weight of 1165kg after the BoP announcement.  Both cars also have small increases in the restrictors, the two restrictors on the 2012 cars at 29.7mm and the 2013 cars at 29.4mm. 

In the BoP changes issued on the 4th September, V10 a small change has been made to the restrictors of the GTC spec Porsche 911 GT3 R, the 2013 and 2014 spec cars having an increased restrictor of 1 x 60mm, up from 1 x 56mm. 

All of the other Balance of Performance figures used during Round 3 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria remain unchanged. (BoP V09).

BoP V10 of September 4th 2014

The 4 Hours of Paul Ricard will take place on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September.  More information on the event can be found on the official website.