2017 General WEC/ELMS/AsLMS Discussion ThreadSports Cars 

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I looked out my window and saw nothing
 
Interesting bit by RadioLeMans on how the "Equalization of Technology" isn't really all that equal...
 
More of a reason for me to hate the fords... Why does Audi have absolutely DREADFUL luck?!?!?
 
Let's hope the Porsche goes boom.
 
fortbo
Let's hope the Porsche goes boom.
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Just to clarify for any mods watching, more of a peaceful boom. More like a poof. Enough of a poof for the car to be unable to make it back to the pits.
 
FutureF1
More of a reason for me to hate the fords... Why does Audi have absolutely DREADFUL luck?!?!?
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Why, because the Audi moved over on top of him?
 
MustangManiac
Why, because the Audi moved over on top of him?
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From the onboards it looked like he gave tons of room on the inside. From what I saw, the ford ran wide and hit the Audi off. Could be wrong, but the onboard shots seemed to indicate that was the case.
 
Audi was also continuously flashing that ford all the way back at turn 14 and 15.
 
Crazy that the #6 is now 2nd, good for their driver's title chances!
 
FutureF1
From the onboards it looked like he gave tons of room on the inside. From what I saw, the ford ran wide and hit the Audi off. Could be wrong, but the onboard shots seemed to indicate that was the case.
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The announcers and I seem to see it differently. Isn't it the car making the pass who has the responsibility to do so cleanly? That corner falls away to the outside and it looked to me like the Audi pulled in to early to set up for the next left hander. Seems like a racing deal to me, but if anything the Audi had the speed, power and downforce advantage so should have been able to pass clean.
 
Sitting at the top of turn 1, I'm going with the track announcers thinking both did their part to come together.
 
MustangManiac
The announcers and I seem to see it differently. Isn't it the car making the pass who has the responsibility to do so cleanly? That corner falls away to the outside and it looked to me like the Audi pulled in to early to set up for the next left hander. Seems like a racing deal to me, but if anything the Audi had the speed, power and downforce advantage so should have been able to pass clean.
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Yep down to the car behind to make a safe overtaking move and the car im front is to maintain the racing line.



Unless you're on GTP then everyone thinks the lower car should jump out of the way every time.
 
Some pictures from my time at the Lonestar Lemans:
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I have about 500 more. I'll post a few more later.
 
Panoz


Short video of the start from me.
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Considering that the WEC's popularity is almost non-existent in the US and the Mexico race happening just a few weeks ago, that is an amazing crowd!
 
When a POS Sports network is doing US coverage of a series mostly overseas, that tends to happen.
 
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So it was a record attendance this year for the Lonestar Lemans...over 70,000 people. A few thousand more than last year.
 
fortbo
So it was a record attendance this year for the Lonestar Lemans...over 70,000 people. A few thousand more than last year.
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Some media pundits don't think those numbers add up.
 
trustjab
Some media pundits don't think those numbers add up.
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Like who? There was certainly more people this year than last year. The crowds were almost annoyingly large.
 
fortbo
Like who? There was certainly more people this year than last year. The crowds were almost annoyingly large.
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Some of the RLM broadcasting crew who were also there. I'm indifferent on the matter. I hope it's a success so the wec stays in the US so I can attend one day. If there weren't that many in attendance, will that affect the race?
 
trustjab
Some of the RLM broadcasting crew who were also there. I'm indifferent on the matter. I hope it's a success so the wec stays in the US so I can attend one day. If there weren't that many in attendance, will that affect the race?
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Likely. CotA isn't in great economic health.
 
Well, I did see a good sign for the return of COTA next year. Marcel Fassler made an Instagram post saying that he is looking foreword to next years race at COTA. Maybe he knows something we don't?
 
fortbo
Well, I did see a good sign for the return of COTA next year. Marcel Fassler made an Instagram post saying that he is looking foreword to next years race at COTA. Maybe he knows something we don't?
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The race's continuation may have hinged on how successful it was. If it didn't meet expectations, WEC could easily move the American round elsewhere.
 
May be a 9 round calendar, but its an amazing one with a total of 72 hours of racing. Glad to see COTA back. 👍
 
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