Endurance Racing Discussion Thread - WEC, ELMS etcSports Cars

[BrainsBush]

Wow we were witness of the horrible accident of Fittipaldi at Eau Rouge. "Luckily" he has only two broken legs. Yes thats a disaster for him but if you saw the accident you would expect the trauma helicopter....besides that its a lovely event.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Holy crap it must have been really bad to break legs let alone both of them.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Well I've subbed to the Euosport player for the first time since the WEC started streaming and I'm now watching the qualifying that happened earlier.

I don't have to connect my laptop to my TV to watch it on the big screen though. There's a Eurosport player app on the PSN. It works pretty well.

 

[sumbrownkid]

The Ford GT is absolutely mental in the flesh. I had earplugs in last year, but when they came past you could just feel a drum beating on your chest, that's how loud those GT's really are. I think the GT's are absolutely astonishing machines to behold at the track.

Well, this just increases my desire to have the Ford GT LM GTE in GT Sport.

 

[LongbowX]

The Ford GT is absolutely mental in the flesh. I had earplugs in last year, but when they came past you could just feel a drum beating on your chest, that's how loud those GT's really are. I think the GT's are absolutely astonishing machines to behold at the track.

I can't help but disagree to just about every word of this description. It's amazing how two people can have such different experiences to the same thing!

 

[Sentry87]

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/no-7-toyota-loses-pole-for-fuel-flow-infraction/
Pole goes to number 8 Toyota of Nakajima, Buemi, and Alonso after a fuel infraction for the number 7

 

[sumbrownkid]

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/no-7-toyota-loses-pole-for-fuel-flow-infraction/
Pole goes to number 8 Toyota of Nakajima, Buemi, and Alonso after a fuel infraction for the number 7

Alonso's KIMOA power already paying off.

 

[trustjab]

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/no-7-toyota-loses-pole-for-fuel-flow-infraction/
Pole goes to number 8 Toyota of Nakajima, Buemi, and Alonso after a fuel infraction for the number 7

Wasn't even running illegally, just had the wrong 'pin #'

 

[BrainsBush]

Welcome to the digital age. Yes it is printed but still analog bulletin boards.

For the walking public, like me, this is nostalgia and fun to see.

 

[BrainsBush]

I have a lot of pictures. Will share once at home but this one just had to be shared.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Eurosport player now showing build up before the race.

 

[GenPattonX]

Hi,
How can I watch the 6 hours of SPA live and free? My TV sport channels is just showing cycling and snooker... last year I could find a live stream on the web, but I've searched now and can't find anything reliable, only websites that are trying to trick me I think.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Safety car out before the first lap is over.

He was trying to avoid a 488 that spun.

 

[GenPattonX]

where are you watching this

 

[fortbo]

I can’t find the race on the motortrend app, where is it?

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Accident at the same place as the accident during qualifying.

Driver is outside the car.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Good to see him walk away from that.

Full course yellow now. It had looked as if they'd forgotten how to do that.

 

[crooky369]

The Ford GT is absolutely mental in the flesh. I had earplugs in last year, but when they came past you could just feel a drum beating on your chest, that's how loud those GT's really are. I think the GT's are absolutely astonishing machines to behold at the track.

Are you confusing it with the Corvettes? The Fords aren’t very loud and the noise they make is like a farty turbo noise. They come across as fast and efficient not some loud beast to me.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

SMP has crashed at the top of Raidillon. Driver is outside the car

 

[Jezza819]

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Accident at the same place as the accident during qualifying.

Driver is outside the car.

Was it two years ago that another Ford GT crashed hard at Eau Rouge/Raidillon? That area hasn't been too kind to the Fords in the last three years.

 

[Furinkazen]

Nail biting stuff. Great racing.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Contrived for the win, given how Conway caught up, dropped back, caught back etc. Excellent GTE racing as usual.

 

[fortbo]

Are you confusing it with the Corvettes? The Fords aren’t very loud and the noise they make is like a farty turbo noise. They come across as fast and efficient not some loud beast to me.

Have you heard the Fords in person? They are very loud.

 

[adb]

GTE Pro podium battle was awesome, also GTE AM win battle was cool, only caught last 10 minutes or so, but enjoyed it
Hoped Toyotas would go for it, wonder if they were afraid Alonso would defend too hard

 

[Tired Tyres]

GTE Pro podium battle was awesome, also GTE AM win battle was cool, only caught last 10 minutes or so, but enjoyed it
Hoped Toyotas would go for it, wonder if they were afraid Alonso would defend too hard

More likely that they expected a penalty for passing before the line on the restart and getting a win and then losing it would be embarrassing.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Alonso finally has a win in how long? Good for him.

 

[adb]

More likely that they expected a penalty for passing before the line on the restart and getting a win and then losing it would be embarrassing.

Oh, thanks for that, didn’t know that, couldn’t have followed whole race

 

[zzz_pt]

Alonso finally has a win in how long? Good for him.

6 or 7 years? Not sure.


Amazing race in every category, especially GT pro and am.

 

[catamount39]

GTE-Pro and Am proving to be the best among the field once again, great battles in both those classes.

 

[Sentry87]

No replay on motor trend app? Seriously? I'm canceling