Exploring 2018 Rolex 24 with P1Analysis
Ahead of the upcoming 2019 Rolex 24, we'd like to share some explorations of the 2018 race through P1Software's P1Analysis v2 reports.
Our customers receive interactive, single-page reports directly emailed to their laptops, tablets, or cellphones while at the track or at the office for easy study.
Land Motorsport's Penalty
One of the talked about, and unusual events in GTD was IMSA's five-minute stop and go penalty given to the #29 Land Motorsport Audi R8, whose refueling times were deemed unacceptably fast. Read Marshall Pruett's detailed report in Racer magazine's Feb 1, 2018 PRUETT: The strange Land Motorsport penalty.
We'll take a short exploration using P1Analysis's interactive charts.
The Hero Gap Chart allows us to visualize the time gaps to a reference car - in this case, the winning car #11. Below we zoom in on the first 303 laps of the time gaps to the eventual GTD winning #11 GRT Gasser Lamborghini Huracan. We see from about lap 170, #29 pulls away from the other GTD competitors.
- We can see how #29 increases its gap, both while it is On-Track.
- And also while it is in Pit Lane.
- At lap 303, #29 serves its 5 minute stop and go and relinquishes its lead and drops off the chart.
The Pit Lane Chart stacked bar chart below shows the total time each competitor spent in pit lane, summed from each of the stops.
- We highlight car #29's 11th pit stop, at lap 289. It has spent less total time on pit lane than any of its competitors.
- Car #29's serves its 5 minute stop and go on its 12th pit stop, at lap 303. It is a 344.767 second pit stop.
- We can also read each car's Pit Tm column from the Time Cards chart.
Your Turn
We invite you to explore each of the 2018 Rolex 24 WeatherTech Prototype, GTLM, and GTD races as well as the Continental GS and TCR races by clicking on their screenshots below to access their interactive P1Analysis reports.
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