🗣“Giving them a 20-minute hold in free practice is a weak penalty.' Leading LMP2 team bosses have hit out at what they claim is a mild penalty handed to rivals for running illegal laser ride-height sensors during the 24hoursoflemans Test Day. LeMans
United Autosports team principal Richard Dean and WRT founder Vincent Vosse criticised the 20-minute stop-and-hold penalty to be taken by six P2 teams in opening free practice for his weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours round of the World Endurance Championship round.
The six teams were all sanctioned for running the sensors on their ORECA-Gibson 07s during the Test Day, which “gives a sporting advantage to the competitor” according to the stewards’ bulletins confirming the penalties. “The information they gained is massively valuable and is going to be of massive benefit through the rest of the week — it’s huge,” Dean told Motorsport.com.Vosse echoed Dean’s comments, adding: “It’s a big gain in terms of the data you collect.”
Three of the six teams approached by Motorsport.com described the presence of the two ride-height lasers on their ORECAs in terms of an oversight or a mis-reading of the regulations, at the same time playing down the gains involved.
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