Endurance Racing Discussion Thread - WEC, ELMS etcSports Cars

[suomi1]

My thoughts exactly.

LMP2 won't improve either. Sadly...

... and the server on the FIAWEC website is down...

It works "fine" for me (in France), but overall I found that the quality has dropped compared to what it was back in the early days of the WEC. And it was free. Free Practices aren't even broadcasted.

Watching the Hyperpole was an awful experience.

Gutted to find out that Eurosport has been chopped from my TV service...

I hate that channel, too many ads. They are even cutting their commentators for it. Pretty low end service imo considering it's a paid channel.

 

[Touring Mars]

Yeh, Eurosport was quite annoying - most of their ad breaks seemed to be taken up with segments about their own channel, and I always thought why? I have the bloody channel already!

The FIA WEC website did finally work for me, so I paid for the pass for the day 10 Euro is not too bad, but still a bit annoying!

 

[suomi1]

Yeh, Eurosport was quite annoying - most of their ad breaks seemed to be taken up with segments about their own channel, and I always thought why? I have the bloody channel already!

The FIA WEC website did finally work for me, so I paid for the pass for the day 10 Euro is not too bad, but still a bit annoying!

Hope we have a nice time watching the race!

 

[Tired Tyres]

Yeh, Eurosport was quite annoying - most of their ad breaks seemed to be taken up with segments about their own channel, and I always thought why? I have the bloody channel already!

The FIA WEC website did finally work for me, so I paid for the pass for the day 10 Euro is not too bad, but still a bit annoying!

I use the Eurosport player. No adds. £6.99 for one month

 

[Touring Mars]

Is anyone using the Le Mans app or the FIA WEC website??

I know the race hasn't started yet, but I can't connect using the app (it doesn't recognise my account) and there's currently nothing streaming on the FIA WEC website either...

edit: 5 attempts later and I'm now logged in ... although...

 

[Tired Tyres]

I'm logged on on the WEC app but only getting a busy wheel at the moment.

Incidentally anyone can use the App for timing and scoring plus audio from the race.

Radio Le Mans YouTube stream is live



Plus there looks to be live streams from onboard the two Toyota GR010's.

 

[Touring Mars]

Build up and first 2 hours of the race (but that's all ...) are on Freeview channel 12 (Quest) from 2 pm

 

[Tired Tyres]

Build up and first 2 hours of the race (but that's all ...) are on Freeview channel 12 (Quest) from 2 pm

They will get the last hour as well if memory serves.

You might want to start with Quest given how badly the WEC server can be at the start

 

[Touring Mars]

They will get the last hour as well if memory serves.

I thought so too, but I don't see it

I'll start on Quest though... pity it is not HD, but I want to watch F1 qualifying on my iPad at the same time

 

[Tired Tyres]

I thought so too, but I don't see it

I'll start on Quest though... pity it is not HD, but I want to watch F1 qualifying on my iPad at the same time

I'm listening to Test Match Special. New Zealand are putting England to the sword.

 

[suomi1]

The stream has started (for FIA WEC, in french at least).

 

[Northstar]

More pics of the Cadillac.

 

[suomi1]

More pics of the Cadillac.

THIS is an hypercar!

 

[HenrySwanson]

More pics of the Cadillac.

Sub-Zero

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Porsche 963 LMDh officially revealed

 

[IforceV8]

If it didnt say Porsche Penske on it I would say its the new Multimatic LMP2.

 

[suomi1]

Red, white and black.. Again.. 🙃

 

[Quakebass]

It’s becoming hard to decide who to root for in 2023…

Not a bad problem to have.

 

[IforceV8]

JOTA Hypercar. https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/jota-to-run-hertz-backed-customer-porsche-lmdh-program/

 

[suomi1]

Glickenhaus go for sky blue!

Say Hello to Sky Blue 708

 

[G.T.Ace]

Ferrari LMH testing at Fiorano:

Ferrari WEC hypercar breaks cover at Fiorano test circuit

www.motorsport.com

EDIT:

 

[G.T.Ace]

Isotta Fraschini HyperCar “In Build” And Targeting 2023 Debut | dailysportscar.com

DSC has confirmed with more than one industry source that the LMH Hypercar programme, revealed on these pages in May from the relaunched Isotta Fraschini brand has progressed from the conceptual stage to a completed design with a prototype car understood to be currently in build. The programme...

www.dailysportscar.com

 

[Northstar]

I have more faith that we will actually see the byKolles/Vanwall car than that one. At least with Kolles you have a history of them actually showing up.

Hopefully we do see both on the grid though as it would be nice to see a battle at the back of the grid rather than one team just running laps.

 

[lancia delta hf]

The Cadillac is how I was hoping these new cars would look. The others do not look much different than what's been racing for the last decade, which I'm not a big fan of those looks .

 

[Touring Mars]

More pics of the Cadillac.

Loving that semi-transparent rear fin/whateveritscalledbackthere... gorgeous.

 

[fortbo]

Cadillac on track in race form for the first time!

 

[Jezza819]

Onboard lap of Monza in the Peugeot 9X8.

 

[Autobahn GTO]

Yeah, excited to finally see the Peugeot 9X8 in action. It's arguably the most beautiful of all Hypercars; hope it performs as well as it looks.

Wish they hadn’t blurred out the steering wheel in the in-car camera though.

 

[suomi1]

Gaps in this morning session were quite close:

#8 - 1'37'692
#93 - 1'37'775
#708 - 1'37'961
#94 - 1'38'061
#36 - 1'38'082
#7 - 1'38'116

 

[05XR8]

At least I can watch this race til I hit the sheets.