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GramCracker
Oct 8, 2005

beauty by stroll

julian assflange posted:

Why? It's a brand new car and has been probably the fastest for sheer pace all season

Because, as Goetta noted, they have been pretty face off pace in the past.

drgitlin posted:

Why? Have you not been watching the WEC this year?

Unfortunately no, not as consistently as I did last year :smith:

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DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Toyota were off pace last year, but previous to that it was a year by year increase in competitiveness for them. And frankly, between their pace and ability to go a lap further than Audi or Porsche, I think it is their race to lose right now.

GOOD TIMES ON METH
Mar 17, 2006

Fun Shoe

Cubey posted:

Toyota were off pace last year, but previous to that it was a year by year increase in competitiveness for them. And frankly, between their pace and ability to go a lap further than Audi or Porsche, I think it is their race to lose right now.

Yeah I think they have the best combination of speed and efficiency so they would be my favorites. Keep in mind that only one Toyota has actually made it through both WEC races so far without a huge mechanical issue, so that will obviously be the big question mark as it is every year for this race.

kill me now
Sep 14, 2003

Why's Hank crying?

'CUZ HE JUST GOT DUNKED ON!
:siren: Tracy Krohn has spun a car :siren:

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Tracy Krohn :allears:

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

Because of course he is

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Is Jamie Howe a former driver? If not, why is she being used as a color analyst?

Looks like the broadcast crews for this are Varsha/Fish/Kendall, Till/Pruett/Howe.

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

Meanwhile on Eurosport we get Liz Halliday and thus win forever the battle of women pundits.

Bentai
Jul 8, 2004


NERF THIS!


Has their been any Ferrari hilarity yet?

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

There's been surprisingly little hilarity of any kind.

I mean Krohn spun but.... you know.

The only actual CRASH has been a Porsche.

drgitlin
Jul 25, 2003
luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

GramCracker posted:

Because, as Goetta noted, they have been pretty face off pace in

GramCracker posted:

Because, as Goetta noted, they have been pretty face off pace in the past.


Unfortunately no, not as consistently as I did last year :smith:

The TS040 was faster than anything else in 2014, it's just last year that Porsche and Audi stole a march on them. And it's worth noting the 2015 TS040 was still 2 seconds a lap faster than the previous year, but the other two found about 6 seconds over that winter.

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

jesus. webbah with a 3:28:04

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

oh to soon, down to 3:21s now lol.

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

Dudley posted:

Meanwhile on Eurosport we get Liz Halliday and thus win forever the battle of women pundits.

I never see or hear of Liz Halliday outside of Eurosport and the LM24. Outside of that one weekend she seems to vanish off the face of the earth

e: I paid cash money to not have to listen to the Eurosport heads

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Is John Hindhaugh working RLM?

Basticle
Sep 12, 2011


RLM freaking about about an accident that they arent showing on the feed..

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

CBJSprague24 posted:

Is John Hindhaugh working RLM?

You can watch/listen to him here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Z3GcLEExM

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

The Ford on board with RLM is good too.

Lol we have 3 TVs going. 3 laptops and when people aren't doing laps on the sim, that's showing stuff too.

This is great.

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


Brit Ford is in the gravel.

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

Man the 67 sure has poo poo luck

Basticle
Sep 12, 2011


"Snatch Tractor" is the best thing I've heard all weekend.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



I hope someone got a GIF of that LMP2 driver shaking his fist and flipping the bird

ch3cooh
Jun 26, 2006

67 back on track

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

ch3cooh posted:

67 back on track

That was quicker than expected

ch3cooh
Jun 26, 2006

Norns posted:

The Ford on board with RLM is good too.

Lol we have 3 TVs going. 3 laptops and when people aren't doing laps on the sim, that's showing stuff too.

This is great.

Agreed. The onboards are awesome, and it will be nice to have some variety when the TV switches to the overnight feed

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



lol get hosed Audi

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

Audi are great for laughs this year for sure.

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
The doors are coming off at Audi

Like, literally coming off

Basticle
Sep 12, 2011


I think my stream (the official one) is like 10 seconds behind RLM which is kind of annoying.

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
If you're listening/watching the RLM feed just pause it until the clocks sync. I've had to resync a few times but it's fine.

ch3cooh
Jun 26, 2006

66 having an extended stop looks like an electronic issue

83 in the gravel at the end of Mulsanne

ch3cooh
Jun 26, 2006

Safety car

Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

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

Hoping this gets answered on the WEC stream

https://twitter.com/Kilonum/status/744283728453701632

ch3cooh
Jun 26, 2006

We are back green

Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005

Kilonum posted:

Hoping this gets answered on the WEC stream

https://twitter.com/Kilonum/status/744283728453701632

Only logical place in motorsport for it, use a standard P2 car as a base and prove it can handle running in faster, slower and same speed traffic without directly competing and having to go wheel to wheel with other cars.

ch3cooh
Jun 26, 2006

Norns posted:

The Ford on board with RLM is good too.

Lol we have 3 TVs going. 3 laptops and when people aren't doing laps on the sim, that's showing stuff too.

This is great.

Is this you?

https://twitter.com/seanfacey/status/744286732317827074

ch3cooh
Jun 26, 2006

kill me now posted:

:siren: Tracy Krohn has spun a car :siren:

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Cubey posted:

Tracy Krohn :allears:

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

Xisticide posted:

Only logical place in motorsport for it, use a standard P2 car as a base and prove it can handle running in faster, slower and same speed traffic without directly competing and having to go wheel to wheel with other cars.

Fair but I wonder if they'd take the risk of it loving up and ploughing through a slow zone at 200

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Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005

Dudley posted:

Fair but I wonder if they'd take the risk of it loving up and ploughing through a slow zone at 200

Oh yeah, you'd need to be absolutely sure before you even suggested it to the ACO. If a driverless car does anything even slightly wrong during an event of this size it'd probably wreck the whole concept the world over.

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