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Nando going to take it across the line.  (Slowly with fire coming out the arse end)
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May 5, 2018 17:18
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learnincurve posted:It’s on motorsport TV I don't think that channel exists in my country
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ilmucche posted:I don't think that channel exists in my country motorsportsstreams subreddit my dude, theres a bootleg youtube stream
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May 5, 2018 17:24
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Which is pretty good, I've been watching it since the start. And enjoying a wikipedia edgelord deleting me adding the G-Drive car to the WEC page because it's apparently not an entrant. You know, despite the fact it's on the FIA's entry list, which I cited and is actually racing right now.
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May 5, 2018 17:27
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uh oh
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May 5, 2018 17:27
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That looks expensive
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May 5, 2018 17:27
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RS3 commentary reporting that the car may have taken off Webber-style
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May 5, 2018 17:30
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Car 7 reported for overtaking under the SC
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May 5, 2018 17:45
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god drat that was good poo poo
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May 5, 2018 17:47
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Oopsie
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May 5, 2018 17:48
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71 Ferrari might get dinged for that, it was all fine until on the exit of the corner he suddenly turns right for no reason.
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May 5, 2018 18:32
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yay nando
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May 5, 2018 18:32
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Nando...podium
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May 5, 2018 18:32
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This seems really lukewarm. Like, of course Toyota would engineer it so Alonso would win in a 2-car battle wwhere reliability was their only enemy. This is Michael Schumacher's 2002 & 2004 season all over again.
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May 5, 2018 18:35
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I managed to tune in right at the end, that battle for 3rd between the Porsche and the Ferrari was cool.
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May 5, 2018 18:35
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Wirth1000 posted:This seems really lukewarm. Well, the only good news is that woth Toyotas engineers something is going to go wrong. Hopefully at fuji, because gently caress them.
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May 5, 2018 19:02
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Leaving nothing on the table in the Conti race, the 59 mustang expired 1 corner after the checkered leaving quite a mess:
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May 5, 2018 21:39
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In racing news in which the winner isn't a foregone conclusion, Acura Penske swept the front row at Mid-Ohio qualifying today and Mazda Joest swept the second row We may actually see one of these teams finally score a win tomorrow, probably Penske but the Acuras may eat their tires too quickly and fall off the pace late in the stint, so I'm hyped
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May 5, 2018 21:56
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https://i.imgur.com/SGAWYuQ.gifv
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May 5, 2018 22:39
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEuU64Zt4B0
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May 5, 2018 22:43
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The lead Rebellion car of Jani & Senna & Lotterer DSQ'ed cause of an excessively worn skid plate. https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/lead-rebellion-stripped-of-spa-wec-podium-finish-1034122/
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May 5, 2018 22:56
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Terrible NHRA news https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/nhra-statement-atlanta-incident I've seen only a few screenshots, but looks to be this accident but the impact was on the roof where the driver is.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToeeOxbRS-w
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May 6, 2018 02:18
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BMB5150 posted:Terrible NHRA news Thought the video was of the crash but realized it was kind of dated. For others who don't know that video is from a 2005. quote:On October 7, 2005, during a qualifying event at the Texas Motorplex, Allen was competing against Kenny Koretsky in a qualifying pass when his car, a Pontiac Grand Am lost control half-way on the strip and swerved onto its side causing a collision with Koretsky's Dodge Stratus. The resulting collision caused Allen's car to make heavy contact and split his car causing an explosion which destroyed Allen's car with the 500-cubic-inch engine rolling down the strip.[2] The crash caused him to retire from the sport.[3]
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May 6, 2018 02:21
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Wirth1000 posted:Thought the video was of the crash but realized it was kind of dated. For others who don't know that video is from a 2005. Yeah NHRA is scrubbing youtube from that video getting out. Screenshots were as horrific as that but the car was facing in the worst direction for a car to drive through it.
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May 6, 2018 02:25
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Tincknell's shunt was 29G In other "news" https://www.racefans.net/2018/05/06/todt-aiming-for-seven-manufacturers-in-new-low-cost-lmp1-from-2020/ quote:FIA president Jean Todt aims to lure manufacturers back to the top class of the World Endurance Championship with a new, much cheaper formula from 2020. since he offers literally no details other than "we want more manufacturers", how what would you guys suggest they do? The only way I see them lowering costs is to use a shared chassis and theres no way in hell that ever happens since it defeats the purpose of a top tier manufacturer-driven class.
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I think F1 and WEC are in a similar situation. The difference is, F1 is now worth so much money that there's no reason not to stay in if you're able to remain competitive. Ferrari and Mercedes are both spending over 500million euros a year on F1 and are both (apparently) making profits. IMHO, both formulae are too aero dependant which means the only value as a manufacturer is in advertising revenue and there are just easier and more effective ways to get it. If they could magic up a non-BoP EoT set up where Peugeot could The quick fixes would be some form of partnership with IMSA to up the number of races WEC competes at (and open up the US which would be a strong lure to both US and EU automakers) but, lets be real here, that's not happening. We're not seeing LMP1s at Daytona because the ACO will refuse to allow DPis at Le Mans (and also because IMSA, much like Indycar, refuses to accept it's a "2nd tier" competition even if it does have way more manufacturer involvement). The other quick fix would be to do what IMSA did with LMP2 and introduce a DPi-esque formula but for LMP1. It might draw someone like Peugeot in because it washes their hands a lot, Toyota prolly stick if they're allowed to keep going with their Hybrid stuff since they love them the engineering data they get from WEC (apparently) but it's not gonna draw in VAG again (reminder: Joest asked if they could race the already built and designed 2017 R18 and Audi said - apparently - "if we aren't driving it, no one is") because they want complete control. Other companies might join but the Euro ones (your BMWs, Mercedes, Renault-Nissans) are mostly salivating over Formula E and the American ones appear to have theirs heads shoved up their asses (where they've been for the last 30 years). Ultimately, Le Mans is back in that weird place it found itself in after Bernie killed WSC. Like there's not enough value in WEC to draw in manufacturers but it's not cheap enough to draw in manufacturers either. Privateers make fun racing but they also stagnate a sport if you're relying on Mechachrome, Cosworth and whogivesashit to make you engines. The current LMP1-L chassis are also all super ugly so there's no value there either. They need to swing to an extreme either open it up, and let Manufacturers go crazy and hope you get enough inertia from that that you survive the inevitable manufacturer exodus with 3 or 4 companies committed to WEC long term, OR drive the cost down and hope the privateers keep it alive long enough to put a bit of meat back on the bone and excite a couple manufacturers into coming back. The old safe bet that "Porsche will be back and they'll inject us with enthusiasm!" is clearly dead and buried, exponentially so if they go to F1 and have any success in the first 5 years. Schlesische fucked around with this message at 14:15 on May 6, 2018 |
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May 6, 2018 14:09
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On a personal level WEC's problem is that because of the lack of manufacturers and because most of the calendar is at tracks I dont give a gently caress about watching I just don't care about the series as a whole. If Le Mans didnt exist and it was just 18 months of the 12 hours of Abu Dhabie and poo poo like that I wouldnt even watch.
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Basticle posted:On a personal level WEC's problem is that because of the lack of manufacturers and because most of the calendar is at tracks I dont give a gently caress about watching I just don't care about the series as a whole. If Le Mans didnt exist and it was just 18 months of the 12 hours of Abu Dhabie and poo poo like that I wouldnt even watch. Yeah. The cars aren't that exciting (they weren't that cool last year either, but Toyota vs Porsche was interesting) there's never anywhere near enough races (assuming the hosting fees are way too high) and the tracks don't tend to be interesting (although the Superseason has Spa, Sebring, Le Mans which are iconic and great with Fuji and Shanghai which are pretty good, as well as Silverstone which... pass). There's the GTP thing on the horizon that sounds like the rebirth of the tragically short GT1 era (HOMOLOGATE THAT poo poo YOU gently caress KNUCKLES) but Aston Martin's CEO (and wide eyed dream man) has already come out demanding that it be "an order of magnitude less than LMP1" (which for those playing along at home would make it around 20mil for a manufacturer). Schlesische fucked around with this message at 14:30 on May 6, 2018 |
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May 6, 2018 14:27
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Le Mans is one of those races that will always exist, and WEC knows it. The problem is right now is WEC was sticking it to F1 in terms of hybrid development, and was an attractive alternative, at least at the start, for teams who wanted to build a hybrid racing powertrain but didn't want to commit F1 dollars to it (and not have the risk of flaming out in 5 years). However, the rise of Formula E, which is cheaper and focuses more on the electronic tech (which in terms of automotive applications is still relatively in its infancy), was an even more attractive alternative because it's so much cheaper. So all the car companies who want to help get electronics down pat ended up jumping ship to F-E instead of F1 or LMP1-Hy.
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May 6, 2018 14:30
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NANDO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7h4wLeOnf0 iospace posted:So all the car companies who want to help get electronics down pat ended up jumping ship to F-E instead of F1 or LMP1-Hy. I was hoping Porsche would get into F1 but yep, just did F-E instead.
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May 6, 2018 15:16
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Zaphod42 posted:NANDO! https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/135834/toyota-froze-positions-in-alonso-car-favour
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May 6, 2018 15:24
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Wirth1000 posted:https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/135834/toyota-froze-positions-in-alonso-car-favour Hah! Scandalous. Except not really, they raced to the last pit stop and then didn't want any poo poo to take out both of their drivers. Red Bull could learn from Toyota.
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May 6, 2018 15:46
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I know it's probably heresy but could the WEC just make GTE the top division? Just a little looser with the homologation?
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May 6, 2018 17:30
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Peanut President posted:I know it's probably heresy but could the WEC just make GTE the top division? Just a little looser with the homologation? It'd just end up like old FIA GT where it basically just turns into a prototype class. I mean we're already halfway there with the Ford GT.
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May 6, 2018 17:32
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Mazdas staying right with the Acuras, and as of this posting have not yet exploded e: I dont know whats more unreliable, Mazda prototypes or IMSA live stream. Garbage again.
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May 6, 2018 18:20
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Is John Hindhaugh drunk?
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May 6, 2018 18:23
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7 went from the lead to 4th in half a lap.
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May 6, 2018 18:52
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55 Mazda behind the wall Water wet, grass green
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CactusWeasle posted:Mazdas staying right with the Acuras, and as of this posting have not yet exploded well there goes one!
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