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Nissan made one of the worst concepts into reality with their stupid FWD car. Honda is absolute garbage. Toyota is forever cursed. Subaru doesn't even do anything anymore. Mitsubishi has been on the verge of bankruptcy/bankrupt for almost 10 years now. Mazda might as well not even exist. Japan is in a sad, sad place.
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If only toyota made a nice reliable and fuel efficent rotary engine for Lemans.
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I can arrange that
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Please do it. He is my spirit animal.
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1500quidporsche posted:Please do it. He is my spirit animal. Done.
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Much appreciated.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_lmacEmy78
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Wirth1000 posted:Nissan made one of the worst concepts into reality with their stupid FWD car. Yamaha and Kawasaki doing well in MotoGP and WSBK respectively. Even Honda in MotoGP. Two wheel racing would be a joke without Japanese brands.
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Whitey Ford posted:Yamaha and Kawasaki doing well in MotoGP and WSBK respectively. Even Honda in MotoGP. Honda kinda loving up in MotoGP lately too, though. Lucky they have Marquez, who's the only one that can deal with their bike on it's bad days.
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Don't know about that. I get the feeling Marquez just isn't liking the latest development in the tyres more than anything else.
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Carth Dookie posted:Don't know about that. I get the feeling Marquez just isn't liking the latest development in the tyres more than anything else. Well, I was referencing their problems with acceleration and all the engine development they've gone through to little effect compared to the other factories.
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Toyota are having a pretty decent return to WRC, it has to be said.
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Are the Japanese punishing us westerners for something we have done? I thought we'd always got on quite well (since 1945 any way)
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Wirth1000 posted:Nissan made one of the worst concepts into reality with their stupid FWD car. Nissan's GT3 car is good and I think they're still in V8s as well? Toyota doing well in NASCAR and back in WRC Mazda having early issues with the DPi but still out there, and also sponsor the entire American open wheel development ladder Mitsubishi is kind of a joke and Subaru needs to come back to rallying (their Super GT car keeps that spirit alive though!) but yeah.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Toyota are having a pretty decent return to WRC, it has to be said. WRC 
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It's not bad this year, but the rallies are still way too short.
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There's a legit chance that an LMP2 car could win the 24 overall. gently caress me, maybe this hybrid shite's not all that after all.
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If you haven't been, you NEED to tune into Le Mans now. The last 2.5 hours left and it's a chase-down from a P1 trying to catch a P2!
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harperdc posted:If you haven't been, you NEED to tune into Le Mans now. The last 2.5 hours left and it's a chase-down from a P1 trying to catch a P2! Live on ITV4 for brits
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/130222/sauber-f1-has-become-too-technical gently caress off Sauber
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Toto throws Nico some serious shade (i believe the kids are calling it these days?) Nico Rosberg: The Vicious One http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-4611948/Nico-Rosberg-vicious-one-clashes-Hamilton.html e:fb Kilmers Elbow fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Jun 18, 2017 |
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LMP2 team just successfully fixed a stuck starter motor by hitting it with a hammer. I hope they're carrying raw eggs in the car just in case of a radiator leak.
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Kilmers Elbow posted:Toto throws Nico some serious shade (i believe the kids are calling it these days?) Beign a better driver: the ultimate mind game
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Whitey Ford posted:LMP2 team just successfully fixed a stuck starter motor by hitting it with a hammer. Jeremy Clarkson has to be their chief engineer
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Whitey Ford posted:LMP2 team just successfully fixed a stuck starter motor by hitting it with a hammer. Endurance racing is grossly underappreciated.
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With 23 of the 24 hours completed only 11 of the 60 odd cars have retired.. too bad they're all LMP1 
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iospace posted:Endurance racing is grossly underappreciated. Also, even for a modern prototype car, a starter motor's still just a starter motor. Fix it with a hammer on an old American yacht or a carbon fiber prototype 
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harperdc posted:Also, even for a modern prototype car, a starter motor's still just a starter motor.
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Maybe on the LMP1s, but I assumed the rest of them it's just easier to fit a starter. It's probably the lightest/shittiest one though. I dunno how on earth you make a starter last less than 24 hours.
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1500quidporsche posted:Maybe on the LMP1s, but I assumed the rest of them it's just easier to fit a starter. It's probably the lightest/shittiest one though. I dunno how on earth you make a starter last less than 24 hours. You begin by making it as light and small as possible then jam it somewhere full of heat and vibration then compromise the unit by taking more weight off it and keep making it smaller. Then try and use it 20 times in race conditions. But then none of it matters when you have an access panel to enable your crew to belt it with a hammer.
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I watched a lot of LM24 this year. Is it supposed to be exiting? because it isn't. Wow some bad gt cars in a class noone gives a poo poo about had a slight battle after 24 hours. Truly the jewel in the motor racing crown. Actually it is a jewel in the Crown in the way that monaco is a jewel in the Crown. Namely: it used to be good I guess and now skirts by on nostalgia and "tradition" while being dull as dishwater in reality.
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What a crazy Le Mans 24hr, those GTE Pro final laps..
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NtotheTC posted:I watched a lot of LM24 this year. Is it supposed to be exiting? because it isn't. Wow some bad gt cars in a class noone gives a poo poo about had a slight battle after 24 hours. Truly the jewel in the motor racing crown. Top Fuel drag racing is something you should look into, hth
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NtotheTC posted:I watched a lot of LM24 this year. Is it supposed to be exiting? because it isn't. Wow some bad gt cars in a class noone gives a poo poo about had a slight battle after 24 hours. Truly the jewel in the motor racing crown. 
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NtotheTC posted:I watched a lot of LM24 this year. Is it supposed to be exiting? because it isn't. Wow some bad gt cars in a class noone gives a poo poo about had a slight battle after 24 hours. Truly the jewel in the motor racing crown. Mods?
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Le Mans is the test match cricket of motorsport
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1500quidporsche posted:Am I correct in thinking the #9 driver hosed Toyota out of a win by rushing back to the pits and destroying the rear end? The #2 was nowhere near them at the time iirc. I believe it was stuck in 5th gear, so he physically couldn't come back slow enough to stop the tyre flailing. The accident that caused the damage was entirely his fault though so you are right in a roundabout way
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