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And you can't limit the car's speeds forever, eventually that becomes the story that electric cars just can't go faster because you're the big poster child for the whole industry. Basically if you're gonna race around a British park gently caress Battersea and make it Donington Park where all racecars should be.
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I think there's still something pretty cool about seeing a bunch of racecars flying around city streets. I wish there was a Denver ePrix, I'd definitely go to that.
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drgitlin posted:Di Grassi did make a point about the cars technically being able to run the Nordschleife, but then you'd only get 4 laps to a race. WTCC has done 3-lap rounds of the Nordschleife the last couple years, so it's possible!
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Schlesische posted:Formula E budgets are going to skyrocket in 5 years; the only reason they were so cheap up to now is because everything but the actual powertrain was spec (and the powertrain was heavily regulated). If Merc is coming in, with BMW confirmed as being in and with Audi taking over Abt and making it a genuinely works team, the spec elements are going to die a painful death. wasnt there talk a few years ago of making Super GT, DTM and some American series i cant remember, a shared platform?
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Basticle posted:wasnt there talk a few years ago of making Super GT, DTM and some American series i cant remember, a shared platform? There was, but it never went anywhere.
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drgitlin posted:There was, but it never went anywhere. well obviously
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Wikipedia check says... it was supposed to be a class in IMSA's top series, but that never happened.
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iospace posted:Wikipedia check says... it was supposed to be a class in IMSA's top series, but that never happened. god that would have owned. Wasn't bruton smith trying to rebuild the nurburgring in  to boot? Another cool project.
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FuzzySkinner posted:god that would have owned. No that's not really a cool project, it's definitely a tall order but it would be out of place as gently caress.
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drgitlin posted:There was, but it never went anywhere. I believe platforms have converged for DTM and Super GT, but obviously nothing came to pass for a US series. My guess is they wanted at least one American manufacturer to bite as the home team, and nobody did.
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Yeah I remember there was a conversation during a Super GT race last year where the commentators were puzzled why Super GT would want to go to DTM regs for GT500 when GT500 was a fairly healthy class.
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Nice that they've decided not to let LMP1 limp on for another year and just put a bullet in its head now.
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Like I said earlier in the thread, I can't wait for the Team Joest Mazda DPi to win LeMans next year,
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Eyud posted:I think there's still something pretty cool about seeing a bunch of racecars flying around city streets. I wish there was a Denver ePrix, I'd definitely go to that. You'd love Indycar then.
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KingShibby posted:
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The time is now, for ByKolles
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Feels Villeneuve posted:The time is now, for ByKolles Until they quit too and we can all make ByeKolles jokes.
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njsykora posted:Nice that they've decided not to let LMP1 limp on for another year and just put a bullet in its head now. If LMP1 dies completely does LMP2 get a change in regulations to boost performance?
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track day bro! posted:Like I said earlier in the thread, I can't wait for the
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So Porsche goes to Formula E and saves $190m a year. Wonder if they are considering any other racing programs with that extra coin (*coughcough* DPi or IndyCar)
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If only Porsche had made this decision last year. Jackie Chan would be an overall LM24 winner!
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Cygni posted:So Porsche goes to Formula E and saves $190m a year. Wonder if they are considering any other racing programs with that extra coin (*coughcough* DPi or IndyCar) VAG already entertained the idea of entering Lambo into Indy but said no. Mind you, that was before this happened.
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They should enter a Bentley or Bugatti (lol) DPi
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Next year the LeMans 24 hours will be a round of the Blancpain Endurance Series 
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Basticle posted:They should enter a Bentley or Bugatti (lol) DPi you laugh but Bentley was a rumor when DPi was getting started. VikingSkull posted:kill prototypes bring back homologated GT1 can't wait for the BoP arguments regarding GT1 cars in a few years. but seeing as manufacturers are in a "cut spending" mood, this really seems like a solid plan...
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Cygni posted:So Porsche goes to Formula E and saves $190m a year. Wonder if they are considering any other racing programs with that extra coin (*coughcough* DPi or IndyCar) oh god I loving wish.
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CactusWeasle posted:Next year the LeMans 24 hours will be a round of the Blancpain Endurance Series Having 2 24h races on the BES schedule would own. Speaking of which it's the Spa 24 this weekend.
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harperdc posted:you laugh but Bentley was a rumor when DPi was getting started. I was only laughing at Bugatti
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It's really shocking how fast LMP1 fell apart. Just two years ago it was the arguably the pinnacle of motorsports development and seemed like it was thriving and ushering in a new age of high-performance hybrid sports cars.
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an oddly awful oud posted:It's really shocking how fast LMP1 fell apart. Just two years ago it was the arguably the pinnacle of motorsports development and seemed like it was thriving and ushering in a new age of high-performance hybrid sports cars. welcome to sportscars
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If sports car racing doesn't cannibalize itself every couple of years it's not real.
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an oddly awful oud posted:It's really shocking how fast LMP1 fell apart. Just two years ago it was the arguably the pinnacle of motorsports development and seemed like it was thriving and ushering in a new age of high-performance hybrid sports cars. Wonder what would've happened without Dieselgate. Seems like Audi might've been off to F1 anyhow, but Dieselgate made it a pretty easy decision for Audi and now possibly Porsche to pull out of LMP1 and save a large amount of money for VAG.
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Rally Finland is on. Perhaps the most iconic rally along with Monte Carlo, it an insanely fast gravel rally with jumps and berms everywhere. http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/livecenter/page/4175----.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW-bzleToS8
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an oddly awful oud posted:It's really shocking how fast LMP1 fell apart. Just two years ago it was the arguably the pinnacle of motorsports development and seemed like it was thriving and ushering in a new age of high-performance hybrid sports cars. Yeah, 2015 we had 14 LMP1 entrants. 2016 it was 9 This year it was 6. Next year right now we have 3 officially announced. And 2 of those are a manufacturer who will now be epically pissed off and the rolling comedy troupe that is ByKolles.
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gret posted:Wonder what would've happened without Dieselgate. Seems like Audi might've been off to F1 anyhow, but Dieselgate made it a pretty easy decision for Audi and now possibly Porsche to pull out of LMP1 and save a large amount of money for VAG. Dieselgate made Audi's P1 diesel program troublesome from a marketing perspective, and from a financial one as well. They'd probably still be in P1. Porsche would've stayed as well but in this case now they didn't want to be left holding the bag, and needed the pocket change to go towards Dieselgate payouts (now and in the future). VW would be in rallying still too no doubt. Would Audi and Porsche still go to Formula E? Most likely. It's cheap. They could've done both. But VAG needs almost half a billion per year for other things.
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LMP1 had a good run to be honest. Still sad Peugeot dropped out with those insanely fast 908s
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I'll watch formula E when it isn't spec everything and they don't have to jump into a second car to finish the race. Or is it no longer a spec series yet?
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