Porsche is the reigning GTLM class champion, and currently fields two 911 RSR race cars in the series. WeatherTech Championship GTLM Porsches Pegged Back for Road Atlanta. Defending IMSA GTLM champion Bamber, who shares the #912 Porsche with Laurens Vanthoor, currently lies second in the points in what is set to be the last season of Porsche… This was nothing completely new.“The coronavirus break was quite a good [lesson], especially when it comes to discipline when it comes to these remote meetings. It also claimed championship honours with Patrick Pilet in 2015. Porsche 911 RSR-19 handed additional weight, GTD-spec Aston Martin given power break…,The factory Porsche 911 RSR-19s will be carrying additional weight in next weekend’s TireRack Grand Prix at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, as one of several.The pair of GT Le Mans class entries, which have yet to win a race this year in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, have been handed a 20kg increase in minimum weight for the six-hour Michelin Endurance Cup round.The cars will now weigh in at 1320kg, as the heaviest GTLM machine by 40kg.While no other changes have been made to the GTLM class since last weekend’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, the GT Daytona class will see a power increase for the Aston Martin Vantage GT3, in the range of 9.5 horsepower.It will also come with a 2-liter increase in fuel capacity to compensate for the additional power.The Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo, meanwhile, has been given a 2-liter reduction in fuel capacity, coming in the wake of Paul Miller Racing’s post-race technical infraction for having exceeded the 105-liter fuel capacity at the time.No changes have been made to the DPi or LMP2 classes, which rejoin the GT ranks for the Sept. 5 enduro.IMSA expects some LMDh entries in late 2022 but first full-season is now expected...Final regulations, suppliers confirmed; platform still on track for 2022 debut...Fans to be allowed to Acura SportsCar Challenge at Mid-Ohio...No major changes in latest round of IMSA's Balance of Performance...Copyright ©2020 John Dagys Media, LLC. 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Everybody was already primed and ready to go.”.The two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner believes more sports car racing teams will adopt similar measures even after the pandemic ends, in an effort to reduce costs.“I think it’s also going to change motor racing in that sense where I think you’ll see less crew and more of a ‘war room’ where people stay at home to save costs because it seems to be working quite effectively at the moment,” Bamber said.“There is definitely a potential in there,” he said. In the last two years, the Porsche 911 RSR has dominated the GTLM class at the twelve-hour race. Il team Joest prosegue sulla scia di quanto mostrato nel ROAR e precede la prima delle Acura. '”.Hoellwarth said the analysis determined they would lose about half of its existing work spaces at the track, resulting in Porsche looking at “different opportunities” such as mobile offices at the track.Ultimately, on the grounds of cost and safety, it was decided to establish a remote ops room in Weissach.Between five to seven staff members from Porsche AG, including performance, systems and drivetrain engineers, as well as an IT person, are stationed in the room during the WeatherTech Championship weekends, working according to the U.S. timezone the team is operating in.Hoellwarth said they are the same personnel that typically come over from Germany with him to each event.The ops room was first utilized during the Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 program, where it’s believed dozens of engineers and staff worked from.“It was established back then as a measure to reduce costs,” Hoellwarth explained.