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Xisticide posted:Boost pressure control system failure according to a 2nd hand translation of a Japanese blog. Fits the loss of turbo with no smoke description. god drat, that's horrible luck to have that fail at that time.
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Turns out F1 can't compete with Le Mans. https://twitter.com/adamcooperF1/status/744458871125737472 https://twitter.com/adamcooperF1/status/744459105868275712
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F1 is NASCAR with a thin veneer of European civilization
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VikingSkull posted:F1 is NASCAR with a thin veneer of European civilization please turn in a 30 page paper on this thesis by friday
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wicka posted:please turn in a 30 page paper on this thesis by friday it's just gonna be "gently caress Bernie France Jr. III" over and over
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Hey, NASCAR is international just like F1. They race in Canada, and Mexico that one time. Oh, and Japan that one time! Better watch out, Bernie.
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njsykora posted:Turns out F1 can't compete with Le Mans. Ecclestone is still mad his main man Hitler lost the war to those dastardly french.
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To be fair, Bernie was a little unlucky that it all went south at LeMans as the F1s were on their formation lap.
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Dudley posted:To be fair, Bernie was a little unlucky that it all went south at LeMans as the F1s were on their formation lap. I'm also going to go out on a limb and guess that more of the press could easily get visas for France than for Azerbaijan. But the WEC has been on the way up the last few years, so it's not a massive shock.
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Has there been any stated reason why they have the scheduling overlap outside of pure F1 ego? I seriously doubt this is literally the only weekend a dictatorship could close its streets for instance.
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Goetta posted:Has there been any stated reason why they have the scheduling overlap outside of pure F1 ego? I seriously doubt this is literally the only weekend a dictatorship could close its streets for instance. No, IIRC it was literally Bernie's ego and not wanting his drivers to run in LeMans and bring attention to another series.
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Goetta posted:Has there been any stated reason why they have the scheduling overlap outside of pure F1 ego? I seriously doubt this is literally the only weekend a dictatorship could close its streets for instance. There was some mutterings that it was done on the back of Canada to prevent any human rights stories from building similar to what happened with Bahrain a few years ago.
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Bernie is the Vince McMahon of Motorsport
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There is no reason to run a race on the same day as LeMans and the Indy 500, but Bernie does it anyway.
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julian assflange posted:Bernie is the undead Vince McMahon of Motorsport
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Human Grand Prix posted:There is no reason to run a race on the same day as LeMans and the Indy 500, but Bernie does it anyway. monaco does not compete with indy's time slot and i think most people agree that the trifecta of monaco/indy/charlotte makes for a fantastic day of racing.
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Also Baku started right as Le Mans finished. The only thing bernie did was prevent someone like Hulkenberg getting more coverage than the F1 race...not realizing that was actually advertising as wel... Old media moguls need to step the gently caress out of the way, or die.
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People who hate ovals disagree.
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Riso posted:People who hate ovals disagree. Only idiots hate oval racing.
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Riso posted:People who hate ovals disagree. a person who hates ovals but enjoys a parade through the paradise of the megarich is not a person you want to listen to
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wicka posted:a person who hates ovals but enjoys a parade through the paradise of the megarich is not a person you want to listen to That's why I only like the megarich enclave when it's raining cats and dogs.
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Norns posted:Also Baku started right as Le Mans finished. That's a pretty big "only thing," and especially when it seemed like other drivers are/were interested in doing Le Mans alongside a full-time F1 drive. It prevents someone like Hulkenberg from defending his title.
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if you run a race against lemans or indy, whose dates are pretty static, you are a butthole i know that sucks cuz you only have so many weekends in good weather in a lot of places but thems the breaks
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wicka posted:monaco does not compete with indy's time slot and i think most people agree that the trifecta of monaco/indy/charlotte makes for a fantastic day of racing. You forgot Nurburgring which was fantastic this year also. Greatest racing weekend ever. However, I agree. Putting F1 on the same weekend as static Lemans is just dumb. HFX fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Jun 22, 2016 |
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It's not just static (for the most part), they also confirmed next year's dates on last Sunday. F1 can barely ratify a calendar by December some years. I know it's not a direct comparison, F1 has more moving parts to its scheduling, but come on.
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HFX posted:You forgot Nurburgring which was fantastic this year also. Greatest racing weekend ever. Nurburgring in the hail storm was probably my favorite thing I've watched all year
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Somewhere Toyata dies, Porsche cheers, Ford and Ferrari trade penalties to see who wins, but mighty Fox Sports struck out. You go to sleep, having set the dvr, because you want to watch the whole race in the proper order...and Fox Sports decided to show golf for the last two hours, unannounced. Ruined the greatest finish in Le Mans history. It was Heidi all over again.
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Kataphract posted:Somewhere Toyata dies, Porsche cheers, Ford and Ferrari trade penalties to see who wins, but mighty Fox Sports struck out. You go to sleep, having set the dvr, because you want to watch the whole race in the proper order...and Fox Sports decided to show golf for the last two hours, unannounced. Ruined the greatest finish in Le Mans history. It was Heidi all over again. Most painful if you wanted a Toyota win! But Ford won, so it balances out.
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Cygni posted:if you run a race against lemans or indy, whose dates are pretty static, you are a butthole
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Kataphract posted:Somewhere Toyata dies, Porsche cheers, Ford and Ferrari trade penalties to see who wins, but mighty Fox Sports struck out. You go to sleep, having set the dvr, because you want to watch the whole race in the proper order...and Fox Sports decided to show golf for the last two hours, unannounced. Ruined the greatest finish in Le Mans history. It was Heidi all over again. As long as the WEC streams this race I'm never going to deal with the Fox channel dance and commercials every 10 minutes again.
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At first I got onto a Fox stream since it synced up closest with the Radio Le Mans feed. Then I realized that commercials ruin the endurance racing experience. I ultimately paid for the WEC stream, though I lament not being able to stay awake during the final hours for the finish. One of these years we need to get a goon meet together, somewhere, and just power through the whole 24 together.
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Eat ramen for a day and use the savings to purchase the WEC stream
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WindyMan posted:One of these years we need to get a goon meet together, somewhere, and just power through the whole 24 together. I would suggest it being at the Circuit De La Sarthe
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http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/06/23/toyota-failure-explained.htmlquote:Car #5 suffered a technical defect on a connector on the air line between the turbo charger and the intercooler, causing a loss of turbo charger control. The team attempted to modify the control settings to restore power and this was eventually achieved, allowing the car to complete the final lap. However, it was achieved too late to complete that lap within the required six minutes.
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kill me now posted:As long as the WEC streams this race I'm never going to deal with the Fox channel dance and commercials every 10 minutes again. Same here. I think that $15 I spent on the WEC streaming package for the 2016 race was 1,000,000% worth it and the best $15 I've spent in a LONG time. It's honestly got me highly considering the season package.
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CactusWeasle posted:I would suggest it being at the Circuit De La Sarthe I am down with this
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Hello from Pikes Peak! I am at this year's Hillclimb, covering it for Ars Technica and wanted to see if anyone has any questions they want me to ask or cars/teams/drivers they'd like me to talk to etc while I'm here? Monster Tajima's team and Giti Tires asked me to embed with them for their attempt at the outright victory, but the paddock is even friendlier than your average WEC or IMSA event and people seem happy to chat. Quite a few interesting EV entries this year. In addition to Tajima-san there's Rhys Millen and his Hankook entry, Acura are here with a basically stock NSX, a pretty heavily modified NSX, and a silhouette car that looks like an NSX but has four motors and torque vectoring (as does Tajima-san, courtesy of Rimac). There's also a Tesla Model S in the production EV class.
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drgitlin posted:Hello from Pikes Peak! I am at this year's Hillclimb, covering it for Ars Technica and wanted to see if anyone has any questions they want me to ask or cars/teams/drivers they'd like me to talk to etc while I'm here? My only request is that you  at everything
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