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From the beginning of Formula E I've wondered if or when Tesla might want to jump in as a manufacturer or a technology partner. If the brand sees itself competing with the luxury/technology set of Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, they should surely be noticing that all of them are in Formula E now. Tesla has a big head start on electric vehicle and battery tech, but if everyone else is tinkering and pushing one another in FE then I think that advantage would get cut into pretty fast.njsykora posted:The question regarding ending car swapping has mostly been do you eliminate the need for a pitstop completely, allow hotswapping batteries or use some kind of quick charging system. All 3 have advantages regarding electric car development and it's going to be interesting which one they go with. Tesla designs their cars for the batteries to be swappable in minutes. That kind of application would be cool to see hyperspeed in a racing environment. Although a "fueler" attaching a hose full of electricity to "refuel" would be pretty sweet as well.
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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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quote:CotA sucks As is often the case, it's not the track that sucks but the cars that drive on it. Example of CotA not sucking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEX5dvw50wQ
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Wirth1000 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_lxcMIvlTQ Roborace is going to be amazing because it's about the tech first and the racing second. The first event that is completed without cars crashing off the track or into each other—no way in hell that is going to be the first race of the inaugural season—will be a drat-amazing milestone for car technology. With time these cars are going to be better-programmed and start getting more aggressive on the track, at which point the racing should be a lot more interesting. I tell you what though, the first autonomous pass for position during a live race will be worth tuning in for.
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Dudley posted:That track really needs to not have the tyre chicanes but when 1 mistake is going to literally kill 12 people what are you doing to do? When safety is your first priority…you add chicanes.
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767B + Visor Cam = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG07uCRR20I
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CBJSprague24 posted:Does this mean PC is going to be its own race now or is this a new IMSA series? iospace posted:It's been it's own race for a while. The glorious PC Master Race.
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A world endurance championship isn't a bad idea. The problem is that the top endurance tier is destined to go through boom-bust cycles, making a world endurance championship anchored on it a terrible idea.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:historically the result of that is the works teams kick the poo poo out of the privateers And because of this there's no reason to try to compete as a P1 privateer. When the P2 class is way more competitive and a lot cheaper, all of those teams are going to go there.
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Sep 1, 2017 01:00
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Cygni posted:Sebring isnt a combined race... its TWIN 12 hours, lmao This is both the worst thing and the best thing.
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BMB5150 posted:How many cars can we fit in the Sebring pits? Entries were capped to 63 cars in 2013. That was the last ALMS race there and also the last appearance of the Audis at Sebring.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-jKkBa74AI I need to see this race before I die.
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Sep 16, 2017 02:25
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Dumb Username posted:So this happened:  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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orange juche posted:2018 IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship is going to be a nonstop erection from January through October IMO. IMSA 2018 is gonna own Indycar 2018 is gonna own NASCAR 2018 is gonna be ow
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Sep 27, 2017 04:22
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The onboard shots with the fireworks going on in the background made this so loving epic
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Sep 27, 2017 04:45
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Toyota can win it, but everyone will forever call them the Overall Winners* of the Le Mans 24.
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Cygni posted:ACO apparently told Toyota that they wont give them an invite to LeMans unless they agree to do the entire WEC season. Which, you'll recall, is now a TWO year season. Think the writing might be on the wall here. The only thing that makes sense here is if the ACO was deliberately trying to force out Toyota so it can just blow up LMP1 and start looking ahead to 2019/2020 ASAP. If Toyota takes that poison pill, that's an unexpected bonus for the ACO.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:McLauchin's pole lap for Bathurst was loving amazing. How the hell he didnt crash at McPhillamy I have no clue Video "You can now tell Greg Murphy that The Lap of the Gods has been totally whacked."
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I bet a part of Ricky's decision to move away from WTR was to prove he can still be a winner outside of the family business. As we all know, you don't want to be stuck racing for your father your entire life.
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iospace posted:The question now: will WEC be worth watching if just for the trainwreck factor? Yes. Because trainwrecks in this kind of racing might result in something nuts like a P2 or GT overall win, and is therefore always worth your time to watch.
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Oct 12, 2017 01:43
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Nando at the Rolex 24! http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/145227-alonso-to-contest-rolex-24-with-united-autosports
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Oct 24, 2017 17:31
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The DeltaWing was a cool and good car. Anyone that disagrees with this is a bad and wrong person.
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Nov 7, 2017 22:44
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Feels Villeneuve posted:It stank and looked dumb Hey look, a bad and wrong person
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iospace posted:It looked like this: I'll have you know that penises are cool and good. As if you'd know!!!!!!!!!
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:possibility of 24 prototypes taking the green flag at daytona If your erection lasts four hours, pop another pill because you've got 20 hours to go
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http://www.racer.com/international/world-rally/item/145761-2017-baja-1000-viewer-s-guide Baja 1000 today/tomorrow. Livestream, GPS tracking, and radio relay coverage. Nice!
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Thunderhill 25hr is this weekend. Streaming live and they're going to have a bit of production behind it this year. https://nasaspeed.news/race-coverage/25-hours-of-thunderhill/follow-all-the-racing-action-live-from-the-2017-nasa-25-hours-of-thunderhill/
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Dec 1, 2017 22:03
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Zanardi in the 2019 Rolex 24. Fuuuuuuuuck yeah! http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/146324-zanardi-to-enter-2019-rolex-24-in-modified-bmw
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Dec 15, 2017 22:23
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Only nine GTLM cars. That's awfully low, isn't it? Won't matter so much. Next month is gonna own hard.
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Dec 27, 2017 19:55
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Cygni posted:Scott Pruett to fade after the Daytona 24.
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https://jalopnik.com/englishtown-raceway-abruptly-closes-its-nhra-drag-strip-1822154422 Englishtown is shutting down its dragstrip effective immediately, so no NHRA Summernationals this year (after the schedule with them on it was released, oops).
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wicka posted:Is there another way I can stream it? Yes.
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Cygni posted:Daytona 24 spotters guide. Looget all them protos: I'm perplexed as to why they still don't have separate colors for the Protos and the GTLM cars. Same with the PC and GTD cars before PC went away. OK, you want red to designate the pro classes, but there are plenty of situations where it's handy to be able to differentiate at-a-glance between P and GTLM, like in the spotters guides or especially in the scoreboard tickers.
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