2017 General WEC/ELMS/AsLMS Discussion ThreadSports Cars

[PzR Slim]

This is ridiculous! What a race! Got to be the best WEC race I have seen! It's got everything.

 

[20832]

Holy crap that Alpine overtake!

In true Mika Häkkinen fashion! Outstanding, simply shows how much talent is in these LMP2 cars!

This is ridiculous! What a race! Got to be the best WEC race I have seen! It's got everything.

Typical WEC race, such an engaging race over such a long period! Racing at it's best!

 

[RACECAR]

Oh lord. a Audi spun by an Audi Driver. Not good.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Toyota want to do one last lap on hybrid only, to secure championship points.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

They (all the teams) better get their reliability way up by Le Mans or it's gonna be an interesting race for the Privateer LMP1 teams.

 

[20832]

The Manor ovetaking for P3, wow!

Toyota want to do one last lap on hybrid only, to secure championship points.

I'm pretty sad about that actually. It looked so promising, especially with all the Porsches falling out, and generally speaking with the terrible season last year I was hoping for a Toyota victory.

Now the ugly duck scored a win, oh well. Well done, Audi!

 

[catamount39]

#98 Aston wins GTE-Am!

 

[DesertPenguin09]

What's this about 70% and 112 laps? I thought it was just race for six hours?

 

[Furinkazen]

What's this about 70% and 112 laps? I thought it was just race for six hours?

To be classified for points.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Buemi is still running around the track at 50 kph, come on man!!!

EDIT: HE DID IT! Hahahaha! First full electric lap of a LMP car. lol

 

[20832]

Buemi is still running around the track at 50 kph, come on man!!!

EDIT: HE DID IT! Hahahaha! First full electric lap of a LMP car. lol

Which, if you think about it, is quite impressive given the 7+ km of Spa

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Congratulations to Porsche for taking their first ever win in the LMP1-L class

E- Does Buemi needs to do another lap (the slow down lap) to be classified?

 

[G.T.Ace]

The Toyota is listed infront of the #1 Porsche. This was a weird, weird race.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Just goes to show nothing interesting happens in endurance racing ever. No wonder people prefer F1 where you have no clue who will win the race or anything else like that.

 

[IforceV8]

The #1 must have found that track shortcut since they made it to 70% exactly.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Just goes to show nothing interesting happens in endurance racing ever. No wonder people prefer F1 where you have no clue who will win the race or anything else like that.

Gotta give credit to F1 for one thing though: It... nah, scratch that. lol

 

[DesertPenguin09]

The only thing F1 has going for it is less drivers to keep track of. One driver per car is nice and I know who to root for instead of just rooting for a team in general.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

The #1 must have found that track shortcut since they made it to 70% exactly.

I remember seeing Webber cutting a chicane earlier, that means they completed 69.9999% of the race distance so should get no points

 

[IforceV8]

I remember seeing Webber cutting a chicane earlier, that means they completed 69.9999% of the race distance so should get no points

If Mercedes were here there would be a protest lodged for sure.

 

[20832]

Just goes to show nothing interesting happens in endurance racing ever. No wonder people prefer F1 where you have no clue who will win the race or anything else like that.

Gotta give credit to F1 for one thing though: It... nah, scratch that. lol

Oh, come on!

Considering the last two years, F1 is at least in some aspects more interesting. Of course, it's quite obvious who's going to win, but the mid-field is more competitive than ever.

 

[Panoz]

Rebellion is going to be my favourites for Le Mans.

 

[FutureF1]

Let's see...

Rebellion has epic straight line speed and bulletproof reliability...

The manufacturers have similar straight line speed with better acceleration but also dreadful reliability...

Conclusion: ByKolles will win

 

[trustjab]

So sad for Toyota. They were the class of the field today. Even with their damage on the #6 car, Kobayashi was putting in laps that were near as fast as the lead #5. He caught the Audi and got his lap back then had to pit and never returned At least the #5 did that final electric lap to do one more total than the #1 Porsche, taking the finish and sealing 4th place in class for 12 points. Amazing and sad all at the same time. This was the worst and best race I've seen this year, in a long time actually.

 

[Scuderia Paul]

I have only just finished watching the 6h Spa because I was working yesterday. What an incredible race! It had everything you associate with motorsport, and if you are not a fan of any one team, but the entire series then it will be a long time before that race is bettered.

I reckon even the 2015 Nissan GT-R LM Nismo could have won that race.


However, being a die-hard Toyota fan I was getting very excited indeed seeing the #5 leading comfortably and the #6 gaining on the Audi despite having had several issues until I saw that white smoke come from the #5 on the 2h remaining mark. The life drained from me. @trustjab above summed it up perfectly. It had the highs and lows of emotions for a Toyota fan.

However, it is better to have these issues now several weeks before the 24h du Mans so as to have sufficient time to hopefully rectify them. If we see as much unreliability through the classes during Le Mans then we may see a GTE car as overall winner!

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

 

[RACECAR]

I find the amount of free time in this video disturbing

 

[catamount39]

Imagine what he'll do when they win Le Mans.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

How nice that the #8 finally got a win! Di Grassi is the first Brazillian to win in a top tier Le Mans sanctioned prototype since Boesel, who was world champion with Jaguar in 1987!

After those two races, I dare to say that Rebellion is my favourite for Le Mans. Everybody else will get delayed because hybrid/turbo related reasons.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Imagine what he'll do when they win Le Mans.

 

[catamount39]

I blame having had my wisdom teeth removed like 3 days before the race for forgetting that.