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another instance in a long line of Le Mans/Japanese heartbreak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDLm-4D5UlE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_lmacEmy78
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Has anyone located Nakajima yet?
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Jun 19, 2016 14:34
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George Zimmer posted:I'm wondering if Toyota will continue with the program. This might be too cruel. of course they will. a couple other times they've been incredibly close; this one just happened with 5 minutes on the clock. They'll be absolutely gutted, heartbroken, and so frustrated once more, but they'll be back. And you have to imagine they've still got a great chance to take the WEC title too, but without scoring points at Le Mans...gonna be tough.
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Jun 19, 2016 14:35
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What Audi are already making a new car?
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Cubey posted:I believe Audi is bringing a new car next year, and this was Toyota's car for next year. If they do continue I do not at all like their chances for the next few 24s. Not quite. Toyota brought their new engine but not the chassis. That's still coming.
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harperdc posted:of course they will. a couple other times they've been incredibly close; this one just happened with 5 minutes on the clock. They score with the second place car at least.
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Jun 19, 2016 14:36
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Jun 19, 2016 14:39
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What a dull race, the 2 car won from the pole by 3 laps. 
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Jun 19, 2016 14:43
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guys i still dont know exactly what to think about this
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go3 posted:guys i still dont know exactly what to think about this Audi didn't win.
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go3 posted:guys i still dont know exactly what to think about this this: Cubey posted:As much as I am beyond gutted at the result, this race is why endurance racing is the best form of racing in the world
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Jun 19, 2016 14:53
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The only thing I can think of that comes close to this was JR Hildebrand wrecking coming out of turn 4 and Dan Wheldon passing him to take the checkered flag at Indy in 2011
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Jun 19, 2016 15:13
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But that sounds like a driver error, or at least pinpointable. This feels more like an act of God, a bolt from the blue.
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kill me now posted:#prayforkaz honestly hope he doesn't do anything stupid, not even kidding i hope the team looks out for him, losing le mans on the last lap to mechanical failure after essentially a perfect run is brutal, even worse it was a DNQ so Audi loving got a spot on the podium, and they'd been loving it up all race.
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Jun 19, 2016 15:51
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I think Nakajima is a ok driver, aside from his time in F1. I follow Formula Nippon as well and he's good there.
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I crashed at Midnight US Central time and woke up a few minutes ago. Checking the results and poor Nakajima-san. 
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I crashed right when poo poo hit the fan apparently. Everything was clean with very problems until many cars crashed or had problems. I was rooting Audi but goddamn that's just punching you in the nuts for 24 hours. Most similar thing was probably Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Andy Wallace's run in the 2004 Rolex 24 where the whole rear end broke off with 16 mins to go. And since we haven't talked that much about GTLM, at this rate the whole class will be under a protest or 2. http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/multiple-protests-in-wake-of-gte-pro-finish-at-le-mans/ I'm not a conspiracy theorist but that class was handled pretty poorly this year.
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lol Ferrari is complaining that Ford went too fast. thats their actual loving protest. not that they cheated, or schemed... but that they went too fast in relation to P2. ferrari is the worst. maybe they are just trying to remind us all of the original GT40 years where they kicked and whined and complained the entire time then, too
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Oh good. I was looking for angry internet commentary that Ford dishonored Le Mans by fielding a very fast car.
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Cygni posted:lol Ferrari is complaining that Ford went too fast. thats their actual loving protest. not that they cheated, or schemed... but that they went too fast in relation to P2. Meanwhile the Ferrari was on the same lap at the end
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Managed to catch a few of the last hours, but missed the finish. Poor, poor Toyota. Running flawlessly for 23:55. Not good enough. Just, wow. ed- Radio Le Mans reacting to the last five minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIIPAXYIOng&t=9990s WindyMan fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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Ferrari probably had the faster car too
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And so far both 1st place Ford and 2nd place Ferrari got penalized for different things but still the 7% rule protest thing is up in the air. Ah good old shitstorm of politics being combined with BoP. E: and both didn't lose a spot with those penalties. BMB5150 fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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WindyMan posted:Managed to catch a few of the last hours, but missed the finish. Poor, poor Toyota. Running flawlessly for 23:55. Not good enough. Kinda glad I was listening to the wec feed and not RLM. The wec crew at least had half a clue about what was going on.
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I just assumed RLM hadn't heard the radio message saying the Toyota had lost power. That made it pretty immediately clear to the TV audience even if you didn't want to believe it.
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Fauxhawk Express posted:i hope the black, red, and white car wins yay
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Eurosport got it instantly too. The telementary, which was live on the screen at the time made it pretty clear it wasn't going above 120mph either.
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Re: the questions a page ago about whether Toyota will continue in WEC https://twitter.com/ToyotaMotorCorp/status/744796291268370432
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Has it come out what exactly failed on that car? Was it electrical, the engine, the hybrid system?
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kill me now posted:Has it come out what exactly failed on that car? Was it electrical, the engine, the hybrid system? i assumed it was the transmission at first because it seemed like he couldn't get out of 4th
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Jun 20, 2016 17:29
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Rumours are turbo failure.
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Riso posted:Rumours are turbo failure. But it didn't poo poo its turbo out the exhaust. Usually with a turbo seizing up it will poo poo the turbo out the exhaust as the vanes inside the impeller section break off.
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wicka posted:i assumed it was the transmission at first because it seemed like he couldn't get out of 4th I assumed it was electrical because of the stop and reset he did at the start finish line.
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I'm a bit dumb on how endurance race rules work. What would have happened if the Toyota stopped just before the line instead of just after? Could it have held onto podium position still if it rolled over it after the Audi started its lap after the clock hit zero?
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Goetta posted:I'm a bit dumb on how endurance race rules work. What would have happened if the Toyota stopped just before the line instead of just after? Could it have held onto podium position still if it rolled over it after the Audi started its lap after the clock hit zero? It would have had to complete a cool down lap but yes. He kinda screwed up by rolling across the start/finish line, but at the time I'm sure he was hoping to get it going again.
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If they determined the car could drive but he was intentionally sitting short of the finish line they could DQ him under 10.15
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BG1vuFgKe2K/
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Tokyo Sexwhale posted:But it didn't poo poo its turbo out the exhaust. Usually with a turbo seizing up it will poo poo the turbo out the exhaust as the vanes inside the impeller section break off. Boost pressure control system failure according to a 2nd hand translation of a Japanese blog. Fits the loss of turbo with no smoke description.
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Depending on the anti-lag system they are using (which I assume is real complicated and above my head), that could be more than enough to screw everything up
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