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harperdc posted:I love that the way to get around that $500 limit has been for teams with people involved in racing who happen to “find” things around their workplace that are no longer in use. I think there was a LeMons team of Corvette Racing guys doing just that a few years back. Which is why the smart rules are "You have to sell the car for $500 after any race" rather than "It must cost $500 to build".
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Arcella posted:Anyone going to Le Mans this year? I thought tickets weren't going on sale until like December but the tour company we're going with told me they bought them already For real? I was also counting on going but I can fallback to Monza if there is no hope of getting tickets. Edit: Checked the ticket shop, the cheaper tickets are gone while some of the full packs are still there https://ticket.24h-lemans.com/selection/event/date?productId=10228573963645>mStepTracking=true SlowBloke fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Nov 20, 2022 |
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i am aiming to go to le mans in 2024, can't make it next year for the hundred year anniversary sadly
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SlowBloke posted:For real? I was also counting on going but I can fallback to Monza if there is no hope of getting tickets. Well poo poo, I was going to take my dad this year since he finally retired and do the full gold/panoramic24 experience, but I never got the presale notice from being an ACO member. 
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It looks like nearly all the tickets are still available, you have to hit the "all tickets" button. Includes week long tickets, weekend tickets, etc. The only tickets that are sold out are the grandstand seats which lets be real, you prolly shouldnt get those anyway. Camping doesn't go on sale until Nov 29th. Earlybird prices are through Feb 28th. A weekend "green" ticket is 75eu or 49eu with ACO membership. Not bad! It is looking more and more likely that I'll be going this year too.  https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/tickets/all-tickets
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towtrucks racing on Le Mans racecourses sounds cool af https://www.24h-camions.com/fr/actualites/24-heures-camions-norbert-kiss-et-lionel-montagne-tiennent-bon-en-course-3-56659
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Hey guys just taking a big sip from a glass of water and seeing what the long term plans for LMP2 are in the WEC...
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algebra testes posted:Hey guys just taking a big sip from a glass of water and seeing what the long term plans for LMP2 are in the WEC... Yeah but a whole-rear end field of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa58wKUoAa0 Gods I've missed the hybrid bump starts
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algebra testes posted:Hey guys just taking a big sip from a glass of water and seeing what the long term plans for LMP2 are in the WEC... Le Mans is still in the WEC  I’m fine with that rough plan - the two regional series are likely a better place for the gentleman driver P2 teams, and if the P2 class isn’t included outside Le Mans then they can un-gently caress the LMP2 in ELMS and AsLMS. And if a Ben Keating really wants to go big game hunting then he can wrangle a drive in a customer LMDh / LMH car. The other big news about H is a new driver announced for Lamborghini’s project… https://twitter.com/FIAWEC/status/1600014675768496128
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I guess it seems so counter-intuitive to kill a really healthy category that pads out your grids. If they don't get the numbers in LMDh then it'll be silly with 10 protos and 40 gt3s.
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algebra testes posted:I guess it seems so counter-intuitive to kill a really healthy category that pads out your grids. If they don't get the numbers in LMDh then it'll be silly with 10 protos and 40 gt3s. The P2 class was always filling in the numbers that P1 didn’t have, at least since 2015. They’re expecting double-digit factory cars by 2024, and private cars will boost the grids (hopefully) following after. It’s also to do with budget levels for the WEC. More rounds would stretch the budgets such that fewer P2 teams would come anyway; there’s also practical limits to number of cars they can fit for fly-away races, and Hypercar competitors are likely to take those slots quickly. Letting the P2 cars still be the top class in ELMS/AsLMS with an extended homologation life and lower travel budgets - with a chance to still join Le Mans - seems like a smart way to serve the customers. Graham Goodwin wrote about this very subject ahead of Le Mans this year, and a portion of that is really relevant: quote:The first is a full understanding of the pressures in the LMP2 marketplace, the WEC entry is currently somewhat artificially inflated as a result of the short, more European-based (and therefore cheaper) COVID-affected calendar.
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It's brave because you're actively pinning your hopes on the new GT3s actually getting first year sign ups and that people don't rage quit LMP1.9 as soon as they get/don't get what they want.
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Dudley posted:It's brave because you're actively pinning your hopes on the new GT3s actually getting first year sign ups and that people don't rage quit LMP1.9 as soon as they get/don't get what they want. I don’t think there should be a worry about getting GT3 cars on the grid, my worry is the ACO shooting themselves in the foot somehow. Or something like “can only run GT3 cars from OEMs involved in LMH.” But yes placing your bets on five or six OEMs sticking around has always paid off well. That would be the other issue.
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algebra testes posted:I guess it seems so counter-intuitive to kill a really healthy category that pads out your grids. If they don't get the numbers in LMDh then it'll be silly with 10 protos and 40 gt3s. Le Mans will still have P2s, the real limitation on WEC is sea freight logistics, which is what has capped the grid at 36 or so for years. With double digit hypercar counts, and expected huge GT3 entries there's really no room for a compelling field size in P2 in WEC
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Hasn't LMP2 always been the class that gets squeezed hardest whenever other classes are doing well? Its a class that while fast and easy to drive was never really intended to compete for race wins, and now with burgeoning customer programs in LMDh, and LMDh being roughly equivalent to Hypercar, and more importantly cheap/accessible for a top tier formula, any privateer with a taste for race wins is going to move to LMDh, or move down to GT3 to save money if race wins dont matter to them. I could be talking out my rear end but I'm seeing a future with single digit LMP2 entries again soon.
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harperdc posted:I don’t think there should be a worry about getting GT3 cars on the grid, my worry is the ACO shooting themselves in the foot somehow. Or something like “can only run GT3 cars from OEMs involved in LMH.” Or something like "Must have a pointless expensive 'upgrade kit' literally no-one will notice or care about".
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Dudley posted:Or something like "Must have a pointless expensive 'upgrade kit' literally no-one will notice or care about". Believe it or not, I think they’ve already walked that one back! 
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harperdc posted:Believe it or not, I think they’ve already walked that one back! Oh good, it's like they looked at GTE, massively expensive for a performance difference no-one noticed and thought "Having a performance difference" was the problem. Dudley fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Jan 9, 2023 |
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Today I am thankful for this dude going "huh that's a skidmark on my helmet, probably oughta do something about that." https://twitter.com/NHRA/status/1602392846073360384
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Kind goons, this is a PSA to remember whoever wants to not camp at lemans, booking.com has still rooms at rather expensive prices instead of incredibly expensive. Just booked an apartment at two grand for the event and a few of extra days.
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Just noticed Porsche are uploading a new season of Road To LeMans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip0A88CyCIo
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Dakar is now on, their youtube channel is thankfully far more active so no need to jump on Eurosport to see it.
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Ken Block has died in a snowmobile accident. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm74ZDVL_PS/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a42381041/ken-block-dead/ gently caress 2023 already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDN2bCIyus
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It's an odd feeling knowing that just like that he's gone. He left a tremendous legacy in the automotive space that's undisputable but it's not any solace right now, it's just so sudden.
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Absolutely gutting and shocking news. When I checked, the last thing he sent on Twitter was a preview of a video of his daughter finishing up an Audi Quattro build and starting to drive it. Unreal 
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Never count out Touchdown Tom from also shifting into H https://twitter.com/FredSmith914/status/1611912059540885504 And will draw up a 2023 thread soon.
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Misc. Racing Thread 2023: Prescription H.
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Anyone in here going to the Rolex 24hr at Daytona in a couple weeks? My (now retired) dad and I will be there in one of the hospitality areas.
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News: The WEC entry list has been released, find the PDF linked here Views: 13 Hypercars in that class, including the loving ByKolles Vanwall with Jacques by-god Villeneuve listed as a driver?!?! I don’t know if I want them to make it or not. It’s absolute banter fodder either way.
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If it’s anything like Villeneuve’s other attempts to drive in the modern day he’ll do 2 races and quit because he’s not good enough to win.
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john newhouse is back bitches
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Pvt. Public posted:Anyone in here going to the Rolex 24hr at Daytona in a couple weeks? My (now retired) dad and I will be there in one of the hospitality areas. I'll be there 👍
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harperdc posted:News: The WEC entry list has been released, find the PDF linked here And a 14th comedy entry possible in Monza because VectorSport and 3 Italian Guys in a trenchcoat are still insisting they will debut.
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Dudley posted:And a 14th comedy entry possible in Monza because VectorSport and 3 Italian Guys in a trenchcoat are still insisting they will debut. Sounds like Glickenhaus is promising two cars for Le Mans, now let’s see if they show up at any of the rounds after Monza next year. I doubt that Vanwall makes more than one race. Or does anything but DNF.
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harperdc posted:Sounds like Glickenhaus is promising two cars for Le Mans, now let’s see if they show up at any of the rounds after Monza next year. At this point if the FIA haven't made them pay a major deposit related to actually loving turning up then they've only got themselves to blame. ByKolles by contrast always seemed to have the money to turn up at least. Even if you didn't notice beyond the smoke.
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harperdc posted:News: The WEC entry list has been released, find the PDF linked here correa is driving lmp2 and f2? how does that work?
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ArmZ posted:correa is driving lmp2 and f2? how does that work? I think he uses different cars for each.
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