2017 General WEC/ELMS/AsLMS Discussion ThreadSports Cars

[01GTP]

He's looking for Fonzie, isn't he?

 

[Scuderia Paul]

Toyota have received a 4 lap post-race penalty for Nakajima not reaching the minimum time behind the wheel of the #5 car.

 

[IforceV8]

They screwed up by not putting Kaz back in the car for that final lap which took 1:59:31. He was only credited with driving about 30 minutes when the car broke down.

 

[Roo]

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

*Fonzie*

DSC_2721 by GTP_Roo, on Flickr

 

[trustjab]

From dailysportscar.com

despite Sebastien Buemi losing power to drive the car beyond La Source after crossing the line, showed substantial charge left in the battery pack – More to learn (and to unlock) from this package yet for Toyota)

Toyota has some serious potential! Now to learn about that engine issue.

 

[FutureF1]

At this point Jordan's not even going to be driving in Le Mans He's gonna be in the stands making videos while his teammates go around

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

At this point Jordan's not even going to be driving in Le Mans He's gonna be in the stands making videos while his teammates go around

I'll need to remember not to fall asleep during the night.

 

[Panoz]

Corvette fans rejoice!

Team AAI will race the winning C7.R chassis from last year's Le Mans for this year.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Just recieved this anyone fancy it?
http://www.astonmartin.com/events#event=Fast+Track+Adventure:+The+24+Hours+of+Le+Mans

 

[Scuderia Paul]

Just recieved this anyone fancy it?
http://www.astonmartin.com/events#event=Fast+Track+Adventure:+The+24+Hours+of+Le+Mans

£5,875? Blimey, is that all?! I refuse to go below £10,000.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

£5,875? Blimey, is that all?! I refuse to go below £10,000.

Well it is based on 2 people sharing so it is £11,750

 

[IforceV8]

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

I like how they only show the front to hide the turbo intakes and the rear end.

 

[Furinkazen]

Meet the 2017 Ligier.

 

[RACECAR]

Interestingly, not called 911. If this is the first Non-911 GT car Porsche is racing for quite sometime in 2017, then that is huge. You almost can't look at Sportscar racing in General without thinking of the 911.

 

[Snaeper]

Interestingly, not called 911. If this is the first Non-911 GT car Porsche is racing for quite sometime in 2017, then that is huge. You almost can't look at Sportscar racing in General without thinking of the 911.

Wheres your source on that?

 

[catamount39]

Wheres your source on that?

Well, as far as I know there's no official release of it yet, they did state previously that the 2017 car would be a non-911 car with an MR layout to better suit the new GTE aero regs.

 

[RACECAR]

Wheres your source on that?

Porsche's Twitter page.

 

[IforceV8]

ELMS Imola qualifying on now. http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/en/live

 

[The Stig Farmer]

Porsche's Twitter page.

It looks like a 911. Porsche has never gone factory GT racing in the modern era with anything other than a 911. Probably is a 911

 

[IforceV8]

Top 4 within .044 with 2 different chassis and 2 different tire brands. http://europeanlemansseries.com/assets/1/course/114/03_Classification_Qualifying_Practice_725401.pdf

 

[Snaeper]

Porsche's Twitter page.

Don't see that tweet. I did see the one where they called it the "2017 911 RSR" though.

Did you mean GT3?

 

[IforceV8]

Don't see that tweet. I did see the one where they called it the "2017 911 RSR" though.

Did you mean GT3?

The "successor to the 911" and not the new 911.

 

[Furinkazen]

Porsche's Twitter page.

The "successor to the 911" and not the new 911.

I hate to be technical, but the "911 RSR" name has been around since 2004. Likely to be a new name badge I reckon.

 

[Snaeper]

The "successor to the 911" and not the new 911.

Right. And then there's this:



So until any real meaty press info comes out stating "This isn't going to be called a 911", I'm going to be sprinkling salt an all claims.

Like I said though, it not being called a GT3 would be something entirely more plausible.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Like I said though, it not being called a GT3 would be something entirely more plausible

It definitely won't be called a GT3 because it's a GTE car, which is a completely different class.

 

[Snaeper]

It definitely won't be called a GT3 because it's a GTE car, which is a completely different class.

Don't make me laugh that hard again, it's bad for my health I think.


But you do raise a good point, if highly inadvertently. Most of Porsche's competition has gone turbocharged (Ford, Ferrari, BMW) or will likely be turbocharged in the future (Aston Martin w/ AMG's V8's) with only the Chevrolet pretty much guaranteed to be NA for the foreseeable future.

Given that the base 911 is now turbocharged and there's another top of the line performance 911 that's been turbo'd for a few decades now, it might make sense for Porsche to go that route and trump up forced induction, while leaving the NA GT3 to compete in the class that it shares a name with.

One could say that it might be the GT2...

 

[IforceV8]

ELMS at Imola.

 

[Tired Tyres]

FCY for rain. Leader just spun off.

 

[IforceV8]

It is weird because the radar is not showing any rain, and yet is is pouring.