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Originally Posted by The HACK

Why? Anyone expecting the new M8 GTLM race car to be competitive immediately, have unreal expectations.

The Ford GT.R has 2 years of development on it. The Corvette C7.R has 4 years of development on it. Those two chassis are expected to DOMINATE. Porsche RSR, while never a dominating chassis, and likely never will because Porsche doesn't really care that much about their factory racing efforts, is a tried and true platform.

To expect a brand new, unproven, undeveloped chassis to come into the upper echelon of PROFESSIONAL racing on its first year, nay, FIRST RACE and dominate is unrealistic. The brass is right. For the car to finish and not blow up or suffer some serious mechanical failure that prevents it from finish is a positive to build from. IF by the end of the year RLL still isn't competitive with this chassis, then it's time to call it disappointing because RLL is a top notch team with top notch talent and money. But against chassis with more than 2 year's worth of development on it, RLL is fighting an uphill battle.

What's disappointing is the C7.R finishing behind Ford GT.R. 4 years into it that chassis should be DOMINANT. But finishing just down 2 laps at Daytona isn't the end of the world. That Ford vs. GM battle is the fight worth keeping an eye on for the rest of the season IMO.

Originally Posted by The HACK

Why? Anyone expecting the new M8 GTLM race car to be competitive immediately, have unreal expectations.

The Ford GT.R has 2 years of development on it. The Corvette C7.R has 4 years of development on it. Those two chassis are expected to DOMINATE. Porsche RSR, while never a dominating chassis, and likely never will because Porsche doesn't really care that much about their factory racing efforts, is a tried and true platform.

To expect a brand new, unproven, undeveloped chassis to come into the upper echelon of PROFESSIONAL racing on its first year, nay, FIRST RACE and dominate is unrealistic. The brass is right. For the car to finish and not blow up or suffer some serious mechanical failure that prevents it from finish is a positive to build from. IF by the end of the year RLL still isn't competitive with this chassis, then it's time to call it disappointing because RLL is a top notch team with top notch talent and money. But against chassis with more than 2 year's worth of development on it, RLL is fighting an uphill battle.

What's disappointing is the C7.R finishing behind Ford GT.R. 4 years into it that chassis should be DOMINANT. But finishing just down 2 laps at Daytona isn't the end of the world. That Ford vs. GM battle is the fight worth keeping an eye on for the rest of the season IMO.

Yes Disappointing, because:
1. BOP is absolute joke,
2. To be down 70hp
3. This is not brand new chassis development, it's a evolution of M6, plus improved aero,
4. To be behind two fords, two corvettes, Ferrari and Porsche.
And most disappointing of all is, they've missed the trick by not creating mid engine supercar to rival R8