2017 General WEC/ELMS/AsLMS Discussion ThreadSports Cars

[Scuderia Paul]

They have to be that big so they can see the Toyota's stranded on the side of the track.

Haha, not this year pal!

Ah look who liked your post... @AudiMan2011. Typical!

 

[Northstar]

Haha, not this year pal!

I'm actually cheering for Toyota this year, that opportunity was just too good to pass up.

 

[Scuderia Paul]

I'm actually cheering for Toyota this year, that opportunity was just too good to pass up.

Well that is ok I guess. You are no longer on my list...

 

[catamount39]

I'm actually cheering for Toyota this year, that opportunity was just too good to pass up.

Like how Porsche passed them up the front straight with only minutes left?

 

[TexasTyme214]

Is that a serious question? I don't know if you clicked the pictures because the first one has a big red PORSCHE on the fin

some more photos are here- http://www.fanswec.org/porsche-919-hybrid-2017-prise-photo-castellet/

The headlight relocation reminds me of the 2015 low drag Audi. If this is what Porsche starts the season with, I can't wait to see the high downforce car.

 

[trustjab]

With only two bodykits this year, is it the best decision to run the LM kit and give away the performance/look of it but work on the homologated package in the first two races until LM? Or is it best to use the high downforce bodykit and keep the LM package a secret until the big race, developing it until then in testing?

 

[Tired Tyres]

The moment you officially run the LM kit it is locked for LM so you leave it to the last minute.

 

[05XR8]

Huge light assembly.

I was trying to figure out where I've seen those lights before...


...

 

[IforceV8]

New P2 cars are now 20 mph faster than the P3 and GTE cars 👍. Last year's car were only 5 mph faster at Ricard and Le Mans.

 

[fortbo]

New P2 cars are now 20 mph faster than the P3 and GTE cars 👍. Last year's car were only 5 mph faster at Ricard and Le Mans.

Now if only they could all use different engines...

 

[IforceV8]

Now if only they could all use different engines...

At the opening round of the ELMS in 2016 there were 15 P2 cars, 12 had Nissan engines. By the end of the year at Estoril they were down to 10 cars, 9 of those were Nissan with only 1 Judd left racing.

Adding costs to adapt different engines to spec chassis and then having to deal with BOP seems counter productive in a cost capped regional Pro-Am series.


3rd Toyota driver with Lapierre and Sarrazin.

 

[Scuderia Paul]

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[RoadRageDudez]

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This year's TS050 is gonna look insane..

 

[Scuderia Paul]

This year's TS050 is gonna look insane..

You should see it uncovered... It is quite something!

 

[trustjab]

You should see it uncovered... It is quite something!

Do share (perhaps privately?)

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

And here is the Toyota in full.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/03/31/toyotas-2017-ts050-officially-revealed.html

 

[05XR8]

And here is the Toyota in full.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/03/31/toyotas-2017-ts050-officially-revealed.html

It's what an F1 car would look like without that halo thing.

 

[RoadRageDudez]

And here is the Toyota in full.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/03/31/toyotas-2017-ts050-officially-revealed.html

Holy....

 

[sems4arsenal]

Porsche unveil their headlights

There is a car behind all that.

 

[RoadRageDudez]

Porsche unveil there headlights

There is a car behind all that.

Pretty soon the car's front will be all headlights lol

 

[05XR8]

Pretty soon the car's front will be all headlights lol

Hey, maybe that brings back the Alpine, Citroen, Acura style band of headlight/driving lights for road cars.

 

[IforceV8]

919 details. http://www.racecar-engineering.com/cars/porsche-919-9r9-my15/?platform=hootsuite

Toyota commits thru 2019 👍 http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/toyota-commits-to-wec-through-2019/

 

[ProjectWHaT]

The headlights look smaller on the car that's at the race track.

 

[IforceV8]

It looks like they have a much larger black trim ring around the lights on the track car today than the overhead shot posted earlier.

 

[RoadRageDudez]

It looks like they have a much larger black trim ring around the lights on the track car today than the overhead shot posted earlier.

Totally off topic for a second, but Mark is a good chap. ✌️

 

[IforceV8]

Totally off topic for a second, but Mark is a good chap. ✌️

It was nice of him to post those comparison pictures on twitter so I could borrow them and post here.

 

[RoadRageDudez]

It was nice of him to post those comparison pictures on twitter so I could borrow them and post here.

He did a livery for me on Forza with a Viper GTS-R, did a really good job on it despite some limitations of the livery creator in game.

 

[IforceV8]

Mirror I guess, county jail edition?

 

[RoadRageDudez]

Mirror I guess, county jail edition?

Looks bad, but useful.

 

[trustjab]

The studio pictures of the Toyota seemingly show the high downforce version. This is the launch car (assuming that's the LM version)-