Patrick Mordaunt DQ Broken Down and Explained

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In some very confusing events that took place at Formula D Atlanta (Round 2) yesterday we wanted to explain why Patrick Mordaunt was disqualified and had to give Joon Maeng his spot in the top 8. After the top 16 runs between Patrick Mordaunt and Joon Maeng the Formula D officials were testing tires with a tire durometer (tire hardness gauge). The legal limit for tire softness in Formula Drift is a 49. After his runs with Joon he tested at a 44 which resulted in a tire violation per the Formula D rule book. We have been told at least three other drivers tire softness were protested by teams but we are unclear at this time if it was drivers running Toyo Tires or just a random selection of cars. Tommorow we will have a full interview from Patrick on the situation.


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Hm I see...since they mentioned that it was unclear if the drivers penalized were running Toyo Tires only or not I thought it had something to do with competition b/w manufacturers and shady rules like that
 
MiaS13 said:
no cause then people would just run super soft slicks up front and have infinite grip giving un fair advantage
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Doesnt work like that. That would mess up the whole balance of the car. A driver could get a serious advantage running slicks all around, but the breakaway limit is difficult to predict on slicks so its very hard.

Little known fact though: Taniguchi on the 2001 D1 title running slicks on his S15
 
MiaS13 said:
no cause then people would just run super soft slicks up front and have infinite grip giving un fair advantage
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No advantage since everyone could run on slicks what ever the rule is its the same for all.
Option 1. Known fact is that some tire manufacturers cheat by stamping 120 treadwear on the side of the tire while actually using an R compound for their sponsored race cars. He just got gaught with cheating. Which happens in every single racing series.
Option 2. Toyo did not pay enough to FD to run their tires and FD doesn't want Toyo to win.
 
Ter-Tech said:
No advantage since everyone could run on slicks what ever the rule is its the same for all.
Option 1. Known fact is that some tire manufacturers cheat by stamping 120 treadwear on the side of the tire while actually using an R compound for their sponsored race cars. He just got gaught with cheating. Which happens in every single racing series.
Option 2. Toyo did not pay enough to FD to run their tires and FD doesn't want Toyo to win.
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I was wondering some of the same things :ugh:, which is why the rule didn't make sense at first.....shit so much drama
 
i dunno, but Joon lost top16 then made top4 lol.

I talked to pat that night at dinner and he said he doesnt know anything about having 'illegal' tires. Meaning IF there was a violation he wasn't knowingly involved. He was obviously bummed and nothing he could really do about it. Felt bad because he was driving his ass off.

and I dont think its politics because, well, everyone loves Pat. He is the new 'young gun' and all that so I dunno. If you want politics, wait for the Jeff Jones v Sam Hubinette discussion...
 
Jeff Jones VS Drift Ya Later Dude was bullshit. Even Pats call was bullshit, along with the 50 one more times.
 
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