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Grim. · 21-11-2017 6:10pm

Alonso Testing United Autosports P2 car at motorland aragon

Killinator · 22-11-2017 1:20pm

New Vantage GTE. Phwoar!

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/11/21/aston-martin-unveils-2018-vantage-gte.html

Frank Bullitt · 22-11-2017 6:25pm

Porsche are still developing their V6 engine even after they leave the LMP category...now remind me, what other category uses a V6 again?

Ghost Train · 23-11-2017 12:20am

Gintonious wrote: »

Porsche are still developing their V6 engine even after they leave the LMP category...now remind me, what other category uses a V6 again?

indycar

donspeekinglesh · 30-01-2018 12:34pm

https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/fernando-alonso/mclaren-allows-fernando-alonso-compete-2018-le-mans-and-wec/

Alonso confirmed. Wonder which Toyota driver will get the chop.

Harika · 30-01-2018 12:54pm

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/fernando-alonso/mclaren-allows-fernando-alonso-compete-2018-le-mans-and-wec/

Alonso confirmed. Wonder which Toyota driver will get the chop.

Davidson was chopped where his team mates will be former F1 drivers Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima.

donspeekinglesh · 30-01-2018 2:08pm

Ah no. Ant is one of my favourites.

Killinator · 01-02-2018 10:26pm

Poor form to keep Lopez over Ant.
Poor Ant broke his back (and toe) for Toyota and gets shafted to reserve.

Killinator · 08-02-2018 8:23am

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/02/08/toyota-shows-off-201819-super-season-ts050.html

New TS050. Not a huge departure, not sure the red at the front does the new nose any favours

Sterling Archer · 08-02-2018 6:24pm

Not a fan of the Red at the front, looks too much like roadkill

Sterling Archer · 04-05-2018 7:54pm

Bad cash today.. hope fittipaldi makes a speedy recovery

jelutong · 04-05-2018 8:08pm

Interesting to see how Alonso gets on tomorrow. 2nd fastest in qualifying.

donspeekinglesh · 05-05-2018 10:21am

Shane_ef wrote: »

Bad cash today.. hope fittipaldi makes a speedy recovery

He's going to miss his Indy 500 debut now too. Awful luck.

And the pole sitting Toyota was DSQed from the session for a fuel flow issue - will be starting from the pits a lap down. Good headstart for the Alonso car.

Ghost Train · 05-05-2018 5:30pm

An hour to go (I think)
Safety car out with a car off at eau rouge

Ghost Train · 05-05-2018 6:37pm

Not too bad
Pity Porsche and Audi not in lmp1 anymore

skipper_G · 05-05-2018 6:40pm

Ghost Train wrote: »

Not too bad
Pity Porsche and Audi not in lmp1 anymore

Yeah obviously I'm happy to see Alonso win anything but sort of a hollow victory when Toyota are in a race of their own

Ghost Train · 05-05-2018 7:34pm

I guess lemans will still be the big test. They'll do well not to screw up winning it

Sterling Archer · 09-05-2018 11:55pm

Footage of that crash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5bPgU1n4yI

Ghost Train · 10-05-2018 12:43am

had wondered what happened, scary

Killinator · 10-05-2018 9:16am

That's a novel new way of going into Eau Rouge, not sure it'll catch on!

Sterling Archer · 19-05-2018 10:16am

A good looking car

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/05/18/castrol-honda-racing-enter-spa-24-hours-with-nsx-gt3.html

Quazzie · 13-06-2018 9:28am

Anyone excited for LM24hr at the weekend?

Surprised to not see a thread in here dedicated to it.

Grim. · 13-06-2018 6:29pm

don't think there has ever been a dedicated thread we tend to just use the endurance racing one, but yeah cant wait!

Sterling Archer · 13-06-2018 9:06pm

I can't wait.. although I won't get to see the full race this year sadly, missing 5pm-1am then missing everything after 10am

tigerboon · 14-06-2018 8:47am

Quazzie wrote: »

Anyone excited for LM24hr at the weekend?

Surprised to not see a thread in here dedicated to it.

Hard to be excited at the moment. It's Toyota and then the rest. Hopefully a few gremlins will get them and close things up with the rest of LMP1. They don't have to race flat out however, so engines should last. I'm hoping for the Rebellion of Lotterer, Jani and Senna. Good team and Lotterer knows how to win at Le mans
LMP2 will be a good battle

Harika · 14-06-2018 9:18am

tigerboon wrote: »

Hard to be excited at the moment. It's Toyota and then the rest. Hopefully a few gremlins will get them and close things up with the rest of LMP1. They don't have to race flat out however, so engines should last. I'm hoping for the Rebellion of Lotterer, Jani and Senna. Good team and Lotterer knows how to win at Le mans
LMP2 will be a good battle

Toyota was set for a 100% win, several times already. Even two laps before the race ends you cannot be sure with them. And a race car is designed to run at 100% not 90%, what might even damage it, as seen some years ago when the unexpected stoppage in the pitlane killed the car.

Trampas · 14-06-2018 11:22am

Le Mans I’ve no interest this year. Crazy rules I’ve been reading that non hybrid cars I.e. non Toyota can’t lap faster than them. Drive through penalty if they do. Hybrid have a minimum pit stop five seconds shorter.

Whatever happened to pure build fastest car instead of manufacturing racing

Harika · 14-06-2018 11:57am

Trampas wrote: »

Le Mans I’ve no interest this year. Crazy rules I’ve been reading that non hybrid cars I.e. non Toyota can’t lap faster than them. Drive through penalty if they do. Hybrid have a minimum pit stop five seconds shorter.

Whatever happened to pure build fastest car instead of manufacturing racing

The rules are there to level the playing field if the non hybrid cars were misleading the rule makers, Toyota is rewarded for sticking in and staying with the hybrid technologies. Overall they look faster, need less pit stops so should be an easy win, if they finish and don't run into technical gremlins.
Always sticky when several technologies are competing in one class.

donspeekinglesh · 14-06-2018 12:17pm

Trampas wrote: »

Crazy rules I’ve been reading that non hybrid cars I.e. non Toyota can’t lap faster than them. Drive through penalty if they do.

This is only the case if the non-H cars were sandbagging in the test etc. They won't be punished for doing some laps faster than the H cars.

Deadwards.com · 14-06-2018 5:07pm

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Our very own moderator here is racing in the Road to LeMans at the moment. Think he will be on track later tonight.

Would that be Dan by any chance? Did his qualifying in LMP3 earlier today

irishrover99 · 15-06-2018 8:54am

If Toyota don't win this year, i can see big problems for LMP1 in the future, with respect to big manufacturers been involved.
Toyota spend up to 200 million or more per year and with no other big manufacturers 100% penciled in for the next few years i could see them pulling out altogether.
I also think them not taking 3 cars to Le Mans to come back to haunt them.
All things been equal, i think they'll cruise it but we know that the race isn't always like that.
They are over 4 seconds ahead of the Rebellion but i expect those gaps to come down during the race.

tigerboon · 16-06-2018 2:04pm

tigerboon wrote: »

Hard to be excited at the moment. It's Toyota and then the rest. Hopefully a few gremlins will get them and close things up with the rest of LMP1. They don't have to race flat out however, so engines should last. I'm hoping for the Rebellion of Lotterer, Jani and Senna. Good team and Lotterer knows how to win at Le mans
LMP2 will be a good battle

Lotterer seems to know how to lose it as well

Cool_CM · 16-06-2018 2:07pm

Jaysus, imagine being the person to bin it into the first corner of a 24 hour race, bet that doesn't feel too good!

tigerboon · 16-06-2018 2:16pm

I have this recording. I think it'll be a case of coming back to it every couple of hours and a lot of watching at 30x speed
The rain might shake it up a bit

ayux4rj6zql2ph · 16-06-2018 4:07pm

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irishrover99 · 16-06-2018 4:34pm

Prisoner 6753 wrote: »

Do people think Alonso can win it? In relation to the Motorsport triple crown bit, I’m amazed Montoya didn’t go to Le Mans. Indy 500 & Monaco Grand Prix winner already.

Montoya is racing but not lmp1

Grim. · 16-06-2018 6:50pm

Arse clenching restart there

h3000 · 16-06-2018 10:58pm

I’m loving the racing but I can’t fight the sleep any longer after being awake 18 hours. Bright eyed and bushy tailed for the morning.

ayux4rj6zql2ph · 16-06-2018 11:13pm

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tigerboon · 17-06-2018 12:00am

Prisoner 6753 wrote: »

I don’t understand this as much as F1 but have been doing a little reading, Alonso is running 2nd I believe, or rather car #8 is, do they have a chance of victory after the Shunt/puncture?

Yes, unlike F1 the cars are designed for and expected to have incidents. It's not unusual for cars to be involved in major incidents, driver rips off loose bodywork and limps back to the pits and emerge with a race fit car an hour or two later.

Arthur Daley · 17-06-2018 12:28am

Forgot Fabian Barthez has LMP2 car racing here. With Olivier Panis. But neither is driving at this stage.

rizzodun · 17-06-2018 11:41am

For the first year since I can remember, I missed watching Le Mans, including the build up, but no Porsche? LMP1 seems like an anti climax??

Ghost Train · 17-06-2018 12:11pm

Haven't watched much, a little bit here and there

Good battle between ford gt 40 and the Porsche for a while, although some of the driving from the Porsche looked a bit questionable

Cool_CM · 17-06-2018 12:22pm

#7 Toyota in trouble

skipper_G · 17-06-2018 12:37pm

Cool_CM wrote: »

#7 Toyota in trouble

He forgot to pit, and had to manage his fuel. Terrible mistake

rizzodun · 17-06-2018 12:38pm

Haha interesting point mentioned by the commentary team, if that means he was then in the car longer than he should have been.

17-06-2018 1:13pm

Did Quest have full coverage? Only put it on with an hour and a half to go.

skipper_G · 17-06-2018 1:16pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Did Quest have full coverage? Only put it on with an hour and a half to go.

No the coverage was sporadic, an hour here or there. This stint started at 10am this morning

joujoujou · 17-06-2018 1:31pm

skipper_G wrote: »

He forgot to pit, and had to manage his fuel. Terrible mistake

In addition to that, just got 10 second stop&go penalty for more than allowed laps done on one top-up.

donspeekinglesh · 17-06-2018 1:54pm

Hasn't been a classic by any stretch, no good battles for the lead in any class.
The privateer P1 teams all beat themselves. Some good fights in GT Pro though.

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