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Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005
Lead car gone bang

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Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

RIP that BMW

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind

VikingSkull posted:

this happened today



FTFY




Kilonum posted:

RIP that BMW

https://streamable.com/2e1h

Roller Coast Guard
Aug 27, 2006

With this magnificent aircraft,
and my magnificent facial hair,
the British Empire will never fall!



The fastest part of a damp and rapidly darkening Nordschleife, let's add a smokescreen!

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

L_Harrison posted:

um we're gonna need a video.

No video but an article, British F3 at Oulton Park:
http://www.motorsport.com/bf3/news/vaidyanathan-escapes-horror-crash-at-oulton-park-741441/

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
I have no idea how the Haribo team came up with this great plan. I am going to pre-emptively laugh when the one car they didnt retire doesnt finish

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind

L_Harrison posted:

um we're gonna need a video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZKqGBpSe_g

Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005
Bentley statement about the PWC crash:

quote:

“Bentley Motorsport can confirm that Bentley Team Absolute driver Andrew Palmer will remain in hospital following an incident at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut earlier today. He has sustained a head injury and is being closely monitored after treatment by specialists.

“Bentley’s Director of Motorsport, Brian Gush, comments: “Everyone at Bentley Motorsport is thinking of Andrew and we all send him our best wishes. We are a close-knit community and we have team members at the hospital with him and his family. We will continue to offer our support to them at this difficult time. Our thanks go to the trackside team at Lime Rock Park and the medical professionals who have helped Andrew so far.”

“No further update is expected today. Bentley Motorsport will release another statement in due course.”

:smith:

Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

On N24 chat, I like how the onboard video from the top 30 qualifiers looks kinda like police dashcam footage.

Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005
#30 hit the wall hard

https://twitter.com/NickMcMillen80/status/736710081488637952

tater_salad
Sep 15, 2007


why isn't there 1 GD tv station or livestream that's not just an incar?

Slickdrac
Oct 5, 2007

Not allowed to have nice things
Did you check the last page?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zspyrZ07Ok

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



Nürburgring has been living up to its nickname of "The Green Hell" for sure.

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
How long has that Audi TT been there now?

Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005

Onboards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHE6v6mj600

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
These announcers are killing me eternally. "he wrecked in this turn. no he wrecked here. no he was already past there"

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is

Peanut President posted:

These announcers are killing me eternally. "he wrecked in this turn. no he wrecked here. no he was already past there"

Would you feel more comfortable if they said SUNOCO RACE FUEL every 8 seconds?

tater_salad
Sep 15, 2007



Ahh poo poo this sucks as I would have watched a ton of it. When I used that link yesterday I got a "this event has ended" error. :(

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

CactusWeasle posted:

Would you feel more comfortable if they said SUNOCO RACE FUEL every 8 seconds?

Two sides of the same bad coin.

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
This is loving EPIC

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
ahahha goddamn, HTP going to race control

Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005
He looked pretty disappointed when he left, guessing they didn't see it the same way.

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
Why do I suddenly want an AMG GT3

track day bro!
Feb 17, 2005

#essereFerrari
Grimey Drawer
Still a 24hr race ending with just s 5 second gap between 1 and 2 is good as h*ck.

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



There was like 6 or 7 factors that had they been different in those last 3 laps, there would have been a different car at the top of the podium, that race was as close as it gets.

Hell, when they were counting off the seconds it took to push-start the HTP car, it was something like 5.5 seconds. If the car had fired and not needed the assist, it potentially would have been a completely different finish.

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

CactusWeasle posted:

Why do I suddenly want an AMG GT3

Cuz it's dead sexy?

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



Norns posted:

Cuz it's dead sexy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYXbKpH6OQ

Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans24/neil-cunningham-passes-away/

:(

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012




:rip: The Stig

jammyozzy
Dec 7, 2006

Is that a challenge?
Quick video I got of the restart at the Nurburgring 24h:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTW4NnCUFMY

Bentai
Jul 8, 2004


NERF THIS!


http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/130239-wec-series-evaluating-indy-round-after-500-visit?showall=1&limitstart=
WEC possibly considering a move from COTA to IMS.

gret
Dec 12, 2005

goggle-eyed freak


It would be a shame if CotA loses WEC to the loving IMS infield road course.

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
The IMS road course is a bit short for a 6 hour enduro, yeah?

Unless they do an oval + road course config, like Monza. :allears:

Roller Coast Guard
Aug 27, 2006

With this magnificent aircraft,
and my magnificent facial hair,
the British Empire will never fall!


CotA is a garbage track and IMS is one of the less bad rovals.

OhsH
Jan 12, 2008

Helicon One posted:

CotA is a garbage track and IMS is one of the less bad rovals.

I'll also be able to go to IMS compared to CotA.


VVVVV its -1. because indy owns.

OhsH fucked around with this message at 23:25 on May 31, 2016

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Helicon One posted:

CotA is a garbage track and IMS is one of the less bad rovals.

science has not yet discovered a number that can illustrate how much better CotA is than the loving IMS poo poo rear end road course

Roller Coast Guard
Aug 27, 2006

With this magnificent aircraft,
and my magnificent facial hair,
the British Empire will never fall!


minus infinity?

Seriously though CotA is one of those dumb 'lets join a load of corners from other tracks end to end' magazine articles made flesh and is Exhibit B* in the case for why Hermann Tilke should have his hands smashed with a hammer.

*Exhibit A is Fuji

Roller Coast Guard fucked around with this message at 23:30 on May 31, 2016

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Say what you will about IMS, but they at least run events better than COTA does. They know how to do sportscars, and I think if they moved the September double-header up to Indy, it would probably draw better and better. The actual circuit might be better at COTA, but they're proving themselves unable to sell an event. MotoGP ran the 2.6 mile version of the circuit, so it would be a short and fast track compared to a lot of the ones run on the WEC.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Helicon One posted:

minus infinity?

Seriously though CotA is one of those dumb 'lets join a load of corners from other tracks end to end' magazine articles made flesh and is Exhibit B* in the case for why Hermann Tilke should have his hands smashed with a hammer.

*Exhibit A is Fuji

this opinion is honestly worse than racism

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OhsH
Jan 12, 2008

wicka posted:

this opinion is honestly worse than racism

yankee go home

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