Endurance Racing 2015+

Arthur Daley

No the toyota is dnf

Killinator

Killinator wrote: »

Delighted to see Davidson up top, hope he can see it out but the record for Japanese cars is so poor at Le Mans that it's hard not to expect something to come

We'll I did say it myself but thought we'd got away with it

Arthur Daley

It is amazing only mazda in 91 has won for japan

donspeekinglesh

Race Control have declared the 5 as not classified.

Heartbreaking.

TheChrisD

10.15 Conditions for classifications
To be classified, a car must:
d) When 75 % of the time of the race has elapsed: at least 50 %
of the distance achieved by the car leading the race under pain of
exclusion;
e) Taking the last lap in a time inferior to 6 minutes (start/finish
line-start/finish line or pit exit loop-start/finish line), except in case
of "force majeure" at Stewards’ discretion.
It is forbidden to stop on the track to wait for the presentation of
the chequered flag.

#5's last lap was 11:53.815. It makes one wonder what if Kazuki had stopped the car before the line, crawled over before Porsche took the chequered, and then proceeded to do the final lap at half power?

Killinator

Maybe it's just a sense of deflation after that race but the F1 seems so soulless after it.

SniperSight

I'm a die hard Audi fan...but that was hard to watch. Gutted for Toyota!!
On another note, what an achievement by Frédéric Sausset, a truly inspirational person and everyone involved in that project should rightly be proud.

Larbre34

SniperSight wrote: »

I'm a die hard Audi fan...but that was hard to watch. Gutted for Toyota!!
On another note, what an achievement by Frédéric Sausset, a truly inspirational person and everyone involved in that project should rightly be proud.

It was very appropriate that he ended up giving a lift home to that useless spoiled child Taittinger, she has no business near a motor race.

Inquitus

Any idea what went wrong with the Toyota, it seemed like some sort of electrical / computer meltdown, no visible signs of the engine letting go or anything like that.

Grim.

Inquitus wrote: »

Any idea what went wrong with the Toyota, it seemed like some sort of electrical / computer meltdown, no visible signs of the engine letting go or anything like that.

turbo failure according to twitter

edit: apparently Toyota, Audi and Porsche's turbos are made by the same company Garret

donspeekinglesh

Ford have protested the 82 Ferrari, and Ferrari & Aston Martin have protested Ford in retaliation (for breaching the performance window between LMP2 and GTE)

Www.sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/multiple-protests-in-wake-of-gte-pro-finish-at-le-mans/

donspeekinglesh

Time penalty for the Ferrari, but conveniently an identical penalty for the 3rd place Ford (for ignoring yellow flags). So no change to the finishing order.

Inquitus

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Time penalty for the Ferrari, but conveniently an identical penalty for the 3rd place Ford (for ignoring yellow flags). So no change to the finishing order.

Nice, a fair outcome, despite the ridiculous call during the race.

nu_90

Today's race Nurburgring was live on Bt sports 2Hd , ment to post up about this the other day.
First time a full wec race was live on Bt sports anyway , hopefully more to come. Highlights Thursday at 7.

donspeekinglesh

Good race too. Mostly listened to it on the radio though as I was travelling. Caught the highlights after though.
Scary fire for the #67 and some great action between the #2 and the Audi pair.

Sterling Archer

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Good race too. Mostly listened to it on the radio though as I was travelling. Caught the highlights after though.
Scary fire for the #67 and some great action between the #2 and the Audi pair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqx_aGl9wwY

Grim.

Major drama ahead of the 24h of Spa, all of the Mercedes in positions one to six on the grid have had their qualifying laps cancelled and have been given a 5 minute stop and hold penalty for using dodgy engine maps

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/07/30/mercedes-amg-hammered-for-rules-breaches-in-superpole.html

Charlie-Bravo

What channel is covering this?

Grim.

motors tv and a stream on daily motion

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4m6wn0_total-24hrs-of-spa-2016-live-english_sport

and on nissan's youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1fFh23Ddf4

Charlie-Bravo

Oops..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia22Ym5B0hw

And his tweet:
https://twitter.com/kevinestre/status/759431510835494912

Sterling Archer

Here comes the rain...

Ghost Train

forecast looks like it will be short spell of light rain

Ghost Train

Traffics a bit mad in the Mexico race

donspeekinglesh

I think it'll get messy if the expected rain arrives. Very twisty track.

Ghost Train

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

I think it'll get messy if the expected rain arrives. Very twisty track.

Short track also doesn't help.

Busy pit lane busy with the full course yellow

Grim.

WEC race at cota starts at 11pm, doesn't seem to be on BT sport this time but is on eurosport and motorstv

donspeekinglesh

I'd be surprised if Dumas gets away with that.

donspeekinglesh

Mark Webber is retiring at the end of the season.

Killinator

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Mark Webber is retiring at the end of the season.

One man everyone will be sorry to see go.

Grim.

rumors of Audi pulling the plug on their lmp1 program at the end of 2017

Harika

Grim. wrote: »

rumors of Audi pulling the plug on their lmp1 program at the end of 2017

Are both part of the VW group so two teams make no sense.

Ghost Train

Good close racing (at times )

ScumLord

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Mark Webber is retiring at the end of the season.

He's always retiring from something.

Jordan 199

Ghost Train wrote: »

Good close racing (at times )

I was happy to see Toyota back winning again.

donspeekinglesh

That was fantastic. Was the closest finish in a WEC race too(, in P2 as well I think).

Harika

Grim. wrote: »

rumors of Audi pulling the plug on their lmp1 program at the end of 2017

And confirmed
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/groups/formula-e/forum/topic/audi-drops-wec-programme-for-formula-e/

SniperSight

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!

Killinator

Sad sad day. Was hoping theyd come back and try to win next year before leaving.

Frank Bullitt

Thats a real shame.

I'll miss them on the grid for sure.

donspeekinglesh

Not the most exciting race to finish the championship, but probably the best possible podium. Pity the Toyotas weren't more competitive and pushed the #2 more.

TheChrisD

Anyone else been paying attention to the Daytona 24 Hours this weekend?

donspeekinglesh

Dipped in and out. Controversial and close ending!

Sterling Archer

Great last few hours to that race

Jordan 199

Toyota to enter three cars at Le Mans this year. Excellent news

Killinator

Great stuff.
Can imagine last year's finish is still very fresh in the memory. They'll be desperate to win especially now that Audi are gone.

TheChrisD

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Toyota to enter three cars at Le Mans this year. Excellent news

Yea, but only 6 cars total in LMP1 😑



Perhaps the ACO need to look into doing something like IMSA did in making LMP2 the primary prototype class.

Quazzie

Takes a lot of the fun out of it when it's a two horse race.

Grim.

Quazzie wrote: »

Takes a lot of the fun out of it when it's a two horse race.

Had it for a long time with Audi and Peugeot and it was produced some amazing races, 2011 in particular.

P2 and GT should be pretty awesome this year pity not to see Murphy prototypes on the list though

donspeekinglesh

I don't know what Murphy's plans are. They're not even doing ELMS. And they changed their Facebook page from Murphy Prototypes to Murphy Motorsport.

Killinator

It's very disappointing. Heading back over for LM this year and was hoping to meet up with Murphy's as we have done previous years over there.
There was talk of a WEC season a while back, that's clearly fallen through.
Wonder what's happened, was nervous when they changed the name recently.