2017 General WEC/ELMS/AsLMS Discussion ThreadSports Cars
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Whereas the Toyota's are losing the old fashioned pace battle. 
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They are saving fuel and will have gained 5 extra laps by the end of the race.Whereas the Toyota's are losing the old fashioned pace battle.
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It's called thinking progressively... Diesel made sense for endurance racing until the FIA came along and screwed it all up...
Maybe Colin can make some extra laundry money renting that car out to local fire departments for training exercises. 
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Gotta love DHH everyone that's faster than me must be a pro.
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I saw most of the 2nd Half of this round at the Nürburgring. It was so not a cool moment seeing Porsche-on-Porsche violence when that one Porsche Hybrid took out a GT Porsche to force a Full Course Yellow. This was a good race for the most part. I hear the next race of the FIA World Endurance Championship is in about five weeks in Mexico.
I still feel like I have missed out on sportscar racing from the mid-late 1990s, but I do think it has great seeing just how far sportscar racing has come between when I started seeing these events in 1999 with the former American Le Mans Series, to my first Le Mans live in 2001, and up to now. I've loved sportscar racing just about all my life as a racing fan. The action and names are much different now compared to then. But despite this, the action is still great to watch.
Having said all of this, congratulations to the winners overall and in each class from the FIA WEC race at the Nürburgring.
I still feel like I have missed out on sportscar racing from the mid-late 1990s, but I do think it has great seeing just how far sportscar racing has come between when I started seeing these events in 1999 with the former American Le Mans Series, to my first Le Mans live in 2001, and up to now. I've loved sportscar racing just about all my life as a racing fan. The action and names are much different now compared to then. But despite this, the action is still great to watch.
Having said all of this, congratulations to the winners overall and in each class from the FIA WEC race at the Nürburgring.
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- catamount39
So children in the kart ranks would be pros too then?
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Erm what about for mileage??? Which is kind of super important in endurance racing... The R10 could drive a hell of a lot longer than its petrol powered rivals on similar tank sizes. Diesel should be the fuel of endurance racing as it allows more mileage per tank, hence decreasing the amount of fuel stops in a long race...
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Neither does gasoline if you are looking at it that way. If they have a superior fuel or superior technology that is within the bop, the others should have to catch up to it. The car with the superior technology should not be nerfed down to the level of the other cars.
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Mileage =\= eco-friendly.
Choosing between petrol or diesel is choosing a lesser evil, which is petrol. You will find that, yes, diesel offers better mileage. But diesel also emits more hazardous particles than petrol engines do. So you may be running longer on a tank of fuel, but you are actually not being any more generous towards nature.
Environmental issues with engines go way beyond mileage, what do you think is all the fuzz around VW about?
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This is auto racing we are talking about. None of the cars have any sort of catalytic converters. Both are emitting dangerous chemicals, but only over a short period of time. We aren't talking about everyday road cars here.
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Never said eco friendly... Just said it allows more miles per tank, which is better for endurance racing...
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I never said that...
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I never said that...
It wasn't pointed directly at you, I think it's just something we all have to live with in due time. As much as I love the smell of high octane fuel, somewhere down the line it'll be a thing of the past.
And it doesn't need to make motorsports any more boring either. I mean, in the almost 20 years I've watched Le Mans, I've never seen anything with 1200hp lap the track this fast.
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