Official Endurance Racing Thread

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:19 pm

2012 World Endurance Calendar

March 17th : Twelve Hours of Sebring (USA)
May 5th : Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL)
June 3rd : “Les 24 Heures du Mans” test day (FRA)
June 16 & 17th : 80e “Les 24 Heures du Mans” (FRA)
August 25th : Six Hours of Silverstone (GBR)
September 15th : Six Hours Sao Paulo (BRA)
September 29th : Six Hours of Bahrain (Sakhir, BHR)
October 14th : Six Hours Mount-Fuji (JAP)
October 27th : Six Hours of Shanghai, (CHI)

2012 Le Mans Series Calendar

March 9-10th - Paul Ricard Test (FRA)
April 1st - Six Hours of Le Castellet (FRA)
May 20th - Six Hours of Zolder (BEL)
July 15th - Six Hours of Donington Park (UK)
September 9th - Six Hours of Brno (CZE)
November 4th - Six Hours of Portimao (POR)

2012 American Le Mans Series Calendar

March 17th - Twelve Hours of Sebring (FL)
April 14th - Streets of Long Beach (CA)
May 12th - Six Hours of Laguna Seca (CA)
July 7th - Lime Rock Park (CT)
July 22nd - Mosport International Raceway (ON, CAN)
August 4th - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (OH)
August 18th - Four Hours of Road America (WI)
September 2nd - Baltimore Street Circuit (MD)
September 15th - Four Hours of Virginia International Raceway (VA)
October 20th - One Thousand Miles of Road Atlanta (GA)

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:52 pm

Right the first test for this year is this friday and saturday at Paul Ricard.

Followed by the 12hrs of Sebring on saturday.

Really looking forward to this weekend to see how the new Toyota Hybrid gets on.

trying not to mention the p word but still looking forward to Le Mans too.

Khazrak134 · Post by **Khazrak134** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:15 pm

i love this type of racing, i follow every race that they show where i live. call it blasphemy but, im kind of looking forward for the 12 hours of Sebring more than the Aussie GP

nexus · Post by **nexus** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:58 pm

The Audi R18 e-tron hybrid

Launch video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J7kNQSW ... e=youtu.be

The new Lola

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:08 pm

The new Lola

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that looks mean

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:41 pm

Sebring International Raceway 3.7 miles / 5.95 km, Florida, USA.

60th Anniversary since the first 12 hours in 1952.

Saturday 17th March - Start 10:30am ET (15:30hrs GMT) 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

http://sebringraceway.com/

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... hedule.pdf

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... -Entry.pdf

ABC Television Broadcast: Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 12:00pm EDT

ESPN3 Live Streaming: Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 10:15am EDT

ESPN3 Live Qualifying: Friday, March 16, 2012 - 3:15pm EDT

huggybear · Post by **huggybear** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:19 pm

nexus wrote:
The new Lola

First thing that sprung to mind was a spider.

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:26 pm

nexus wrote:The Audi R18 e-tron hybrid

great video from audi

http://www.lemans.org/fr/actualites/aud ... _6377.html

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:26 am

Brundle testing at Paul Ricard

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:22 pm

Mclaren posted quickest time in gtc, but they're not an official entry to lms

but then it caught fire :blush:

Asphalt_World · Post by **Asphalt_World** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:04 pm

Can wait. A week to go.

This could seriously interest me more than F1 this year. The cars are simply wonderful, great variety in looks, engines and with multi classes there is so much going on.

Bring it on!!!!!!!!

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:07 pm

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:54 pm

rife_hypocricy wrote:Sebring International Raceway 3.7 miles / 5.95 km, Florida, USA.

60th Anniversary since the first 12 hours in 1952.

Saturday 17th March - Start 10:30am ET (15:30hrs GMT) 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

http://sebringraceway.com/

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... hedule.pdf

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... -Entry.pdf

ABC Television Broadcast: Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 12:00pm EDT

ESPN3 Live Streaming: Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 10:15am EDT

ESPN3 Live Qualifying: Friday, March 16, 2012 - 3:15pm EDT

great spotters guide on: http://www.spotterguides.com/

nexus · Post by **nexus** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:03 pm

Race will be streamed live

Some good news from the FIA today – there will be an official live video stream for the 12 Hours of Sebring – the opening race of the 2012 World Endurance Championship – at http://www.fiawec.com.

It will be available in “all parts of the world with the exception of North America” where presumably there is some other contract in place.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/groups/endur ... -12-hours/

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:13 pm

nexus wrote:Race will be streamed live

Some good news from the FIA today – there will be an official live video stream for the 12 Hours of Sebring – the opening race of the 2012 World Endurance Championship – at http://www.fiawec.com.

It will be available in “all parts of the world with the exception of North America” where presumably there is some other contract in place.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/groups/endur ... -12-hours/

great thanx

audi dominate first day

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... on%201.pdf
http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... on%202.pdf

Potaton · Post by **Potaton** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:59 pm

Le Mans Series is my favourite series to marshal at Silverstone...I'll be doing it again this year!

MrGordon · Post by **MrGordon** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:22 pm

For North America you can get live streaming of the race and qauly directly from the ALMS website:
http://www.americanlemans.com/races/60t ... rs-sebring

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:01 pm

lotus

SDLRob · Post by **SDLRob** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:09 pm

That car looks great...

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:23 pm

rife_hypocricy wrote:Sebring International Raceway 3.7 miles / 5.95 km, Florida, USA.

60th Anniversary since the first 12 hours in 1952.

Saturday 17th March - Start 10:30am ET (14:30hrs GMT) 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

http://sebringraceway.com/

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... hedule.pdf

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... -Entry.pdf

ABC Television Broadcast: Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 12:00pm EDT

ESPN3 Live Streaming: Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 10:15am EDT

ESPN3 Live Qualifying: Friday, March 16, 2012 - 3:15pm EDT

sebring 12 hours live legal stream on audi tv and wec website 1430gmt

SDLRob · Post by **SDLRob** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:31 pm

rife_hypocricy wrote:
rife_hypocricy wrote:Sebring International Raceway 3.7 miles / 5.95 km, Florida, USA.

60th Anniversary since the first 12 hours in 1952.

Saturday 17th March - Start 10:30am ET (14:30hrs GMT) 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

http://sebringraceway.com/

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... hedule.pdf

http://www.americanlemans.com/sites/def ... -Entry.pdf

ABC Television Broadcast: Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 12:00pm EDT

ESPN3 Live Streaming: Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 10:15am EDT

ESPN3 Live Qualifying: Friday, March 16, 2012 - 3:15pm EDT

sebring 12 hours live legal stream on audi tv and wec website 1430gmt

with most of the race live on Motors TV as well... (bar a couple of hours for a NASCAR race)

SDLRob · Post by **SDLRob** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:33 pm

anyone else watching on Motors TV think their image looks off?

Crash before the start.... :thumbdown:

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:38 pm

wec not working either, got radiolemans on

SDLRob · Post by **SDLRob** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:41 pm

rife_hypocricy wrote:wec not working either, got radiolemans on

Motors TV is running, but when i switched over, the image looked Zoomed in.... now it seems a little stretched...

though now i type that, it's zoomed back in :thumbdown:

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:46 pm

good race so far, not the same when there is no-one to challenge audi

SDLRob · Post by **SDLRob** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:59 pm

that was one hell of a traffic jam....

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:39 pm

Unfortunately it looks like the new toyota hybrid had a bigg accident at a test last wednesday:

http://www.lemans.org/fr/courses/fia-wo ... _6716.html

Love the new viper tho :thumbup:

http://www.lemans.org/fr/courses/24-heu ... _6700.html

Volantary · Post by **Volantary** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:28 pm

I've always found the way that the French grammar works with 24 Hours of Le Mans a bit weird, maybe it's the reduced number of words. I understand why, it just doesn't look right!

Anyone got a TV schedule for this sort of racing?

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:11 pm

ALMS this wknd with Indy Cars at long beach

Lucas Luhr fastest so far in practice 1

Blancpain Series kicks off at monza,
In the No. 46 is a cameo from Valentino Rossi in a Ferrari 458 gt3

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:28 pm

ALMS spotters guide

http://www.spotterguides.com/wp-content ... _SG_v1.jpg

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:42 pm

rossi 458

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:20 pm

alms stream on mainsite

http://www.alms.com/camera/live-broadcast

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:34 pm

crazy first lap

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:34 am

caution

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:36 am

green

SDLRob · Post by **SDLRob** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:45 am

Watching it via the ALMS website atm.... been a few collisions... track quite tight it seems.

Also have to say how annoying it is that the site can only have audio for the on track action... anything else has to be silent. There was a decent looking Porsche memorial clip earlier that they couldn't have the audio on :thumbdown:

ashley313 · Post by **ashley313** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:08 am

Boring race. ESPN showed more Bowling Masters commercials and shots of the Queen Mary than on track action.

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:09 pm

blancpain live now

http://eurovision.digotel.com/gt1/index.html

come on rossi :twisted:

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:14 pm

safety car start

rife_hypocricy · Post by **rife_hypocricy** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:49 pm

at last