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Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:47 pm
by ashley313
They are all like F1 cars underneath - the big difference in Toyota is their commitment to aero development in a very F1-like manner. Will see the same from Audi this year for sure, no matter how badly they want to make mechanical engineering work because its their "thing".
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:26 am
by ashley313
Magnus Racing Daytona preview vid. Prepare to laugh. I <3 these guys
http://vimeo.com/magnusracing/rolexpreview2013
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:26 pm
by rife_hypocricy
Gangnam style was definitely missing from that.
Rolex GT/GX preview...
http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArtic ... EA720DCECC
Timing and Scoring for 51st Rolex 24 @ Daytona International Speedway, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd. Daytona Beach, FL 32114-1243, USA...
http://www.grand-am.com/LiveTimingScoring.aspx
Schedule...
http://www.grand-am.com/Portals/0/grand ... hedule.pdf
Entry List...
http://www.grand-am.com/scheduleResults ... 3463&sid=1
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:31 pm
by ashley313
Some drivers have been added to the entry since that was posted. Hartley in the second Starworks car for example. I might actually give in and watch.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:19 pm
by rife_hypocricy
ashley313 wrote:Some drivers have been added to the entry since that was posted. Hartley in the second Starworks car for example. I might actually give in and watch.
http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArtic ... F59DD01741
Best thing to do is watch the start and the end, everything in-between and before the race and after too.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:31 pm
by RaggedMan
This years "Garage 56" entry is a hydrogen/hybrid electric that looks like it was drawn up by a 5th grader.
http://green-gt.com/en/greengt-h2.php
I won't rag on it's looks too much because I love the Delta, and plenty of people had bad things to say about it last year. I just hope they put a little more protection around the hydrogen tanks for the race.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:52 pm
by dave_the_fish
Really looking forward to the new season, can't wait!
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:06 pm
by rife_hypocricy
RaggedMan wrote:This years "Garage 56" entry is a hydrogen/hybrid electric that looks like it was drawn up by a 5th grader.
http://green-gt.com/en/greengt-h2.php
I won't rag on it's looks too much because I love the Delta, and plenty of people had bad things to say about it last year. I just hope they put a little more protection around the hydrogen tanks for the race.
I hope Nakajima doesn't sideswipe it like he did last year to the Delta
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:18 pm
by ashley313
Radio Le Mans have come through, and WILL be covering Daytona live but from the UK. YAY! Now I can watch without having to listen to the retardation that is Speed TV.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:10 pm
by dave_the_fish
ashley313 wrote:Radio Le Mans have come through, and WILL be covering Daytona live but from the UK. YAY! Now I can watch without having to listen to the retardation that is Speed TV.
When's the first race pls?
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:13 pm
by ashley313
The only race. Saturday. I think the schedule is posted above.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:14 pm
by rife_hypocricy
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:17 pm
by ashley313
Sooooo does everyone think the vettes are still sandbagging? lol
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:22 pm
by rife_hypocricy
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:33 pm
by ashley313
RLM live now
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:58 pm
by rife_hypocricy
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:02 pm
by rife_hypocricy
Anyone recognize this livery..
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:41 pm
by rife_hypocricy
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:14 pm
by rife_hypocricy
Not long now.... Anthony Davidson, Alan McNish, Ryan Dalziel, Dario Franchitti, Justin Wilson, Oliver Gavin & Richard Westbrook.
Plenty of bullets in the clip for the UK, but who can get the win?
http://radiolemans.0157.org/nplayer.php for commentary
http://www.grand-am.com/LiveTimingScoring.aspx for timing
and
http://stream.speedtv.com/rolex24 for onboard action
1530 hrs start cet 2030 hrs for uk
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:23 pm
by ashley313
they look a lot better from the front than they did from the back
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:39 pm
by RaggedMan
Speed just gave Brian Johnson from AC/DC subtitles during the pre-race show.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:28 pm
by ashley313
Less than an hour into the race and already too many major failures. Oh Grand-Am, you're still a bit of a joke.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:51 am
by rife_hypocricy
looks like the new Audi has the wider rear wing end-plates ("Toyota wheel arch extentions")
2012 car
2013 car
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:00 am
by rife_hypocricy
Sebring 12 hrs starts @ 10:45 EDT (14:45 GMT)
#1 Audi on pole by 0.009 to No. 2 Audi, Deltawing 15th, Franchiti P2 pole, GT top ten separated by a second!
di Grassi, McNish, Prost, Heidfeld, Brabham, Johannson, Senna, Lamy, Magnussen, and names like Tomi Drissi, Rusty Mitchell and Chapman Ducote and for the cheesy aftertaste.
Spotters guide...
http://www.spotterguides.com/wp-content ... g_v3SG.jpg
Timing...
http://scoring.alms.com/
Qualy...
http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files ... ying_0.pdf
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:03 pm
by aman0496
What a fantastic end to race in the 6 hours of silverstone Mcnish chasing down his teammate in the last 30 min and overtaking him with only 5-6 min left what a race
Weirdly his mistake into maggots and Beckett which ruined his tyre's paid off for him because using his fresh tyres he was chasing his teammate down by 2 seconds a lap and overtook him into brooklands
What a great recovery from Mcnish
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:23 pm
by Robbo-92
I really need to start watching endurance racing, seems like a great series with the different classes.
A quick question for UK viewers, are the races shown on TV? I know I have watched a bit of le man 24h last year but can't remember the channel but do other races get shown on TV as well? Or is it just via the free web stream that the FIA have?
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:40 pm
by shift
Great season opener; rain-madness at mid race was epic.
Also Bruno Senna and Kamui Kobayashi did a fantastic work, considering it was their first race in the Wec.
Loved the podium, two of my favourite drivers back on top.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:57 pm
by rife_hypocricy
I think they missed an opportunity at Silverstone to keep the ELMS alive by combining it with the WEC into one big race.
23 entries from ELMS - result...
http://www.dailysportscar.com/Uploads/E ... e_Race.pdf
+31 entries from WEC - result...
http://www.dailysportscar.com/Uploads/W ... e_Race.pdf
It could have been an epic race with over 50 cars, a proper tourist trophy, in the end nobody really turned up to watch.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 6:17 pm
by rife_hypocricy
Nurburgring 24 Hours on tomorrow @ 5pm CET, with Audi #4 on pole and Aston #007 second in a close qualifying.
Qualifying Report...
http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArtic ... 886C51F6E1
Legal TV stream and Timing...
http://www.24h-rennen.de/en/live/
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 2:40 pm
by amirb
Wow, drivers from DTM at Brands Hatch are heading back over to compete with this. Very busy weekend for them
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:04 pm
by mcdo
This thread hasn't been seen in a while.
Anyway, so we have this story about Juan Pablo Montoya supposedly wanting to give Le Mans a shot to clinch the Triple Crown. And talks began with Porsche about a possible test.
http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2015/ ... r-montoya/
With Nico Hulkenberg now provisionally ruled out of Le Mans 2016, what do we think the chances are of us seeing JPM get that Porsche seat?
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:20 pm
by RaggedMan
mcdo wrote:This thread hasn't been seen in a while.
Anyway, so we have this story about Juan Pablo Montoya supposedly wanting to give Le Mans a shot to clinch the Triple Crown. And talks began with Porsche about a possible test.
http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2015/ ... r-montoya/
With Nico Hulkenberg now provisionally ruled out of Le Mans 2016, what do we think the chances are of us seeing JPM get that Porsche seat?
I'd like to see it. Doesn't seem to me that he's lost his touch behind the wheel and in a team effort any lack of experience in LeMans specific racing won't be a big issue. And it's not like he's lacking in endurance racing experience overall having done the Daytona 24 several times.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:21 pm
by Asphalt_World
So, Bernie has arranged for the European GP to clash with Le Mans.
Um, now I wonder if that has anything to do with a certain F1 driver doing rather well at Le Mans this year!
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:44 pm
by RunningMan
I'm sure it was completely accidental. Scheduling Baku 7 days after Canada? That could only be an honest mistake, no one would intentionally be that silly
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:59 pm
by Asphalt_World
Loving the Silverstone ELMS race so far. Stunning looking cars and such a mixture of racing.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 7:23 pm
by Asphalt_World
Well, the Spa 6hr race kept me guessing for, well, 6 hours! Incredible stuff.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:51 pm
by Asphalt_World
Thought I'd resurrect this thread, although I accept it might vanish again. Anyway......
I'm beyound excited for the future of the WEC. 4 of these beasts being entered. If other top brands enter as they said they would, this racing should look and sound phenomenal. Just hope and pray Ferrari join in the fun.
Credit autosport
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/aston- ... I6DmeTcKfG
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:24 pm
by Covalent
Beautiful, looks like a F1 car that's been covered with some shrinkwrap.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:32 pm
by Fiki
I will probably lose some interest in endurance racing when the "prototypes" disappear. I don't doubt the racing will be fine, but to me one of its main attractions will be gone.
Anyway, last Saturday at a Meet & Greet, Stoffel Vandoorne signed three pictures I took at the WEC race at Francorchamps earlier this year. He experienced four seasons in the first hour of his stint, and mightily impressed. I hope he gets another shot at F1, but this time with a team that knows it's got 2 drivers.
Re: Official Endurance Racing Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:40 pm
by Option or Prime
Any chance of posting them Fiki?