2013 12 Hours of Sebring ALMS

[-Fred-]

Both Audis within 3-4 seconds of each others, somewhere around 5 laps in front of the #12 Rebellion, so it's indeed pretty moot to go and barnstorm the whole thing.

 

[Doth1s]

The 66 car is going to have one heck of a time trying to keep that car on the road with no breaks and a half an hour to go.

 

[MustangManiac]

Vette is 5 seconds from the Ferrari, this is going to get interesting!

 

[Yukon]

Catch your breath John.

 

[Doth1s]

Catch your breath John.

I think he passed out for a minute.

 

[Mac K]

Dis gun be good

 

[spooble]

Woooo. Corvette into the lead!

 

[-Fred-]

Leader change in GT!

 

[Doth1s]

Vette leads, Vette leads!

Two mistakes for Risi.

 

[Doth1s]

Ooops.

 

[Mac K]

Woo hoo!

 

[Yukon]

The #2 Audi is catching the #1 by over a second a lap, too.

This is going down to the line!

 

[spooble]

Bruni is going to be mad at his numb leg.

 

[Mac K]

Tough break for Risi.. Not over yet though.

 

[-Fred-]

It's not over quite yet, however. Mallucelli will have to regroup and go for it again.

 

[Doth1s]

With just under ten minutes, can the Ferrari catch the Vette?

White Flag now out.

 

[Yukon]

Losing power on the very last lap of a 12 Hour Race. That's just cruel.

 

[-Fred-]

Quite happy for Spencer Pumpelly aka Exit Speed, for those of us old enough to remember the Granturismo.com forums, 2nd place in GTC, well deserved for him.

 

[Doth1s]

Losing power on the very last lap of a 12 Hour Race. That's just cruel.

After battling with no breaks for over a half an hour.

 

[spooble]

What a fine race. This should be an excellent ALMS season!

Go Corvette!
Go Falken Porsche!

 

[Mac K]

Sucks for TRG.. Great race! Sad to see the end of an era though..

 

[MustangManiac]

Good race, I always feel so lazy after watching so much tv...and only a little over three hours to go for the F1 opener in Austalia 👍

 

[Yukon]

Exactly, no breaks, no luck it seems too.

Was a good race, as always. I think the GT class would have ended the same even if Mallucelli hadn't missed his breaking point. The 'Vette was closing in fast and probably would have taken him as there was more than ten minutes to go. Another Audi victory for the 'young' team. They're doing extremely well, after winning Le Mans and the WEC last year. They now have a victory at Sebring, too.

 

[Mac K]

Racing is a cruel mistress

 

[Yukon]

Indeed. Well, it's been a pleasure. Thanks for all the contributions today, see you guys in the F1 thread later if you're watching the race. 👍


Or maybe I should go to bed?

 

[Doth1s]

I'm going to try and stay awake for that, but it might get recorded instead.

 

[Mac K]

I'm going to try and stay awake for that, but it might get recorded instead.

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Same here..

 

[Tower Turn 13]

Yeah yeah.

 

[RACECAR]

Great race. Shame that Fox decides to go with the less then ideal method it did today (because everybody cares more about that once race where everyone wrecks each other ) for its final broadcast of the Sebring 12 Hours. I only dread what they'll do to Petit Le Mans.


That aside, enjoyed the race. Deserving winners all around, even if one of them drove for that scumbag. GT didn't dissapoint as all day I really couldn't find a car that I wanted to win.


Now I'm off to occupy myself while waiting for F1 by trying to see how close I can come to the pole times. Later and hope to see you guys for the next major enduro 👍

 

[IceMan PJN]

I have to admit that for some reason I more enjoy watching races on tracks I've virtually run, and I've logged many hours at Sebring in Forza. It kinda sucks that I'm not a big fan of Sebring though, I think mainly because it's as flat as a pool table and with absolutely no scenery of any kind so it's really lifeless. I also enjoy watching my Audi prototypes doing well, since they've been my go-to cars at the top end (in races for high-end race cars) in lots of games over the years.