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Core Nissan fastest in both of the first two practices at Mosport. Would be cool to see them win after the trash year they have had.
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Cygni posted:Core Nissan fastest in both of the first two practices at Mosport. Would be cool to see them win after the trash year they have had. They managed to qualify on pole, just edging out the #7 Acura, followed by the #55 Mazda. Then the other Acura and the other Mazda. Fastest Cadillac is Nasr, more than a half second back from the #54, so it looks like they might struggle again.
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So I somehow missed this but apparently the SRO & FIA is adding a new class to the Blancpain GT series next year called GT2. The cars have more horsepower and less downforce than the GT3 cars they're currently running, and are apparently meant to be driven by amateur and "gentleman" drivers, which seems like literally the worst idea ever????? Initially only the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport was entering it, making it a single-make series, with Aston Martin, Mercedes and Lambo considering it. But a couple of days ago Audi unveiled their version of the R8 for the class and holy poo poo  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PBlLecmpsk 
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I like how they called it GT2 to make the rich kids feel like they're better than the GT3 poors who had to work for their seat.
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Basticle posted:So I somehow missed this but apparently the SRO & FIA is adding a new class to the Blancpain GT series next year called GT2. The cars have more horsepower and less downforce than the GT3 cars they're currently running, and are apparently meant to be driven by amateur and "gentleman" drivers, which seems like literally the worst idea ever????? Vadim Kogay cmon down!
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Jul 7, 2019 18:23
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I support the class of cars that only exists to have massive accidents
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I support the class of cars that only exists to have massive accidents If you open the door and press a button, a backboard slides out
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I support the class of cars that only exists to have massive accidents Isn't that basically what those Lamborghini and Ferrari one make race series are for since it's pretty much just rich guys?
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net work error posted:Isn't that basically what those Lamborghini and Ferrari one make race series are for since it's pretty much just rich guys? Yes, the difference is these cars (GT2) will be in the same race as everyone else lol
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Basticle posted:Yes, the difference is these cars (GT2) will be in the same race as everyone else lol isn't that just Le Mans
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Feels Villeneuve posted:isn't that just Le Mans Now that is called GTE (or GTLM in North America). The new GT2 category will race under SRO (Blancpain etc) and it’s closer to the old GT1 category at Le Mans. Confusing, eh?
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Jul 7, 2019 19:29
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We desperately need universal homogulation for classes, but especially GT classes
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Jul 7, 2019 19:55
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Yikes, Juncos Caddy absolutely wrecked...
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Still haven't seen a replay of it after 8 minutes of caution and TV broadcast. No update from IMSA on his status either. https://twitter.com/PMotorsportMX/status/1147947593474793472
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Replay: https://streamable.com/xkq7s yiiiiiikes
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Jul 7, 2019 20:34
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iwentdoodie posted:Mazda really gonna do this again, huh 
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Juncos driver awake and alert, going to hospital for checks
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That's right Calvin, if these trends we're seeing here today in Canada continue, *audibly pauses to check notes* Mazda will never lose a race again
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I’ll never understand why people insist that pavement runoffs are better on road courses than grass or gravel. Ovals maybe, but not road.
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dsriggs posted:I’ll never understand why people insist that pavement runoffs are better on road courses than grass or gravel. Ovals maybe, but not road. I dont think anyone outside of the FIA itself thinks that. Even Hamilton said he wants grass and gravel.
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There's a safety element to it I believe, since cars can dig in to grass and gravel run offs and roll if they hit them at speed (see Alonso's crash in Australia a few years back). The bigger reason though is almost certainly they don't want to risk losing rich track day dudes because they got their car stuck in gravel.
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njsykora posted:There's a safety element to it I believe, since cars can dig in to grass and gravel run offs and roll if they hit them at speed (see Alonso's crash in Australia a few years back). The bigger reason though is almost certainly they don't want to risk losing rich track day dudes because they got their car stuck in gravel. I see both sides, but it does ruin a lot of racing. Also, pavement is arguably safer for bikes, but can also lead to some horrendous accidents from the lack of speed scrubbing off. Cannot for the life of me remember his name, but a rider died a couple years back from sliding under the tires and colliding with the concrete that would never have happened with grass or gravel.
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iwentdoodie posted:I see both sides, but it does ruin a lot of racing. Lorenzo probably would've walked away from his fall last week if he slid off onto grass or tarmac. Riders falling into gravel always scares me because the tumbling can be real nasty.
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iwentdoodie posted:I dont think anyone outside of the FIA itself thinks that. Even Hamilton said he wants grass and gravel. The super grippy tarmac runoff sections are preferred for a few reasons: 1) grass when wet is slippery as hell and the car doesn’t lose speed before hitting the barrier 2) gravel has a few problems, the first is that as nskynora pointed out cars can dig into it and tumble, as Alonso did in 2016 in Australia. Another thing that can happen is that cars can not dig into the gravel properly at high speeds and instead sort of skip over it, Schumacher did this in 1999 at Silverstone and broke his leg for his trouble. The third issue is that, and this one is debatable I’ll admit, going wide into a gravel trap can leave a car beached and out of the race, which is probably a bit harsh of a punishment for making a mistake.
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Quinntan posted:The super grippy tarmac runoff sections are preferred for a few reasons: 1) grass when wet is slippery as hell and the car doesn’t lose speed before hitting the barrier 2) gravel has a few problems, the first is that as nskynora pointed out cars can dig into it and tumble, as Alonso did in 2016 in Australia. Another thing that can happen is that cars can not dig into the gravel properly at high speeds and instead sort of skip over it, Schumacher did this in 1999 at Silverstone and broke his leg for his trouble. The third issue is that, and this one is debatable I’ll admit, going wide into a gravel trap can leave a car beached and out of the race, which is probably a bit harsh of a punishment for making a mistake. The other is that (as mentioned) tracks that serve both top-line auto racing as well as top-line motorcycle racing, the bikes much prefer to not have gravel anymore. So with all those benefits (or “benefits”) that’s why so many tracks are going away from gravel and grass.
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https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/smp-ends-wec-program-lmp1-field-drops-to-six-cars/ SMP is out. I'm expecting Rebellion to confirm the rumoured drop to one car too. Don't know if I'm going to bother going to le mans next year...
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A Ford-Multimatic test mule ran miles already, supposedly. But I think Ford is in Ultra Pout mode at the moment and it’s not gonna happen. At least, that’s the latest drama I heard.
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Cygni posted:A Ford-Multimatic test mule ran miles already, supposedly. But I think Ford is in Ultra Pout mode at the moment and it’s not gonna happen. At least, that’s the latest drama I heard. This is correct. The plan was Riley Multimatic + 3.5 EcoBoost + Chip Ganassi as a bridge program to keep the band together until a new car is developed for 2022. But Ford canned it late in the development process. Allegedly, the chasses are now spares for Mazda
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Formula E is just the best.
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Even for FE, that was good. https://twitter.com/SamCarpenter_/status/1150146497973030915 Beep Beep.
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Super Formula's live and wet at Fuji: https://youtu.be/j60LIdJ3tv8
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marshalljim posted:Super Formula's live and wet at Fuji: https://youtu.be/j60LIdJ3tv8 You had me at "live and wet". e: remember when F1 didn't quit the second it got mildly moist
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Was a good season of Formula E. Also if a race series runs the same track 2 days in a row, they should just change all the runoffs and access points and go the other way. 
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