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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Mazdas? With a redline in the stratosphere? Say it isn't so!

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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


But it's such a drag, man.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Cygni posted:

M8 lookin pretty good



So it's no longer a whale in your opinion?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


julian assflange posted:

Does Neuville still wear those e-sports glasses?

Rip your avatar.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Friendly reminder: we do have a discord if you want to hang out there: https://discord.gg/kg3d2Uu

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


SpitztheGreat posted:

Is this the right thread for 24 hours at Daytona? What just happened with this "nuclear rule"? A five minute penalty? he broadcasters sound confused.

Yes, and it's basically "you sandbagged too much, take a timeout."

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwLVSX1p_nM

As always, gently caress Whincup.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


MazeOfTzeentch posted:

the time counter just went to 400 laps... is this a Time or Distance certain event? 2500km or 12h?

12 hours or 400 laps, which ever happens first.

The latter is almost not going to happen anytime soon but it's a "well, assuming we have absolutely no safety cars, we at least can call it early" thing.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Rip that transmission :rip:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PP6nQo7CBo
:stonk:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Incoming crosspost:
https://twitter.com/Team_Penske/status/964514731749924864

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Today, in cool and good things: http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/147705-new-lego-set-features-scuderia-corsa-ferrari-nielsen

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Worked for Aston Martin at Le Mans last year

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Basticle posted:

I've done that a bout a million times in Forza lol

They even said "We got some Forza action here" on the broadcast :laffo:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Basticle posted:

What the gently caress is that thing

One of those canopies that you see at tailgates.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


loving Mazda.

Though I'm cool with Nissan winning and WTR taking 2nd with a geyser for a cooling system.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Frond posted:

ByKolles is insanely awful.

That's an understatement.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


MazeOfTzeentch posted:

Porsche is taking a modified, insane 919 out to go poo poo on F1's lap records all over the world



no mirrors, no headlights, no fuel flow limit, no hybrid deployment limit, no ballast, side skirts, long tail

rumored to have 1200hp combined

they're estimating 6 seconds faster at Spa than the current outright record

:swoon:

This is entirely my poo poo.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Please come to road America.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


I can see them running the start and finish of Daytona on NBC, then the entirety of Long Beach and Detroit on NBC coupled with IndyCar.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Also, is it just me, or does it feel like NBC gives any sort of poo poo about motorsports these days?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Racer is updating their site and the transition is going...

About as smooth as Sebring :haw:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


https://twitter.com/CautionClock20/status/992405236013727744
He apparently broke both legs :stonk:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


By the looks of things, he may have had an engine failure? If that was the case, then he lost power steering and welp, nothing but a passenger at that point.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


The Kimoa Kid posted:

Do his headlights flash just before he loses it? Electrical glitch maybe? Regardless, I'm not real impressed with the safety of that car if he broke both legs in that impact.

They do, and there's two smoke clouds, a brown one while still on track (which may be from the driver) and a white one just before the barriers.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Dragonspeed confirmed that Fittipaldi's crash was due to an electrical gremlin. He has a compound fracture though :stonk:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


harperdc posted:

#8 Toyota

...meanwhile good to see Sportscar racing retains its inherent sportscar-ness, even in TYOOL 2018: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/news/sports-cars/manor-pulls-out-spa-6-hours


this obviously is not a good thing but so typically sportscar to have the organizations turfed by lovely "yeah don't worry we've got money" people.

No drug lords willing to launder money this year?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Le Mans is one of those races that will always exist, and WEC knows it. The problem is right now is WEC was sticking it to F1 in terms of hybrid development, and was an attractive alternative, at least at the start, for teams who wanted to build a hybrid racing powertrain but didn't want to commit F1 dollars to it (and not have the risk of flaming out in 5 years). However, the rise of Formula E, which is cheaper and focuses more on the electronic tech (which in terms of automotive applications is still relatively in its infancy), was an even more attractive alternative because it's so much cheaper.

So all the car companies who want to help get electronics down pat ended up jumping ship to F-E instead of F1 or LMP1-Hy.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Basticle posted:

oh gently caress I completely forgot next weekend is the Nurburgring 24 hours

Is the Opel Manta returning?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


We're live!

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

And the Fox Tail is flapping :getin:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


A driver getting out of his car to clean his radiator is the most endurance racing poo poo.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


That was a pitstop straight out of the Haas playbook.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


"F1 Parade" :allears:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Feels Villeneuve posted:

Monaco is occasionally very good and it's one of the most iconic venues in all of motorsport, who cares if it's usually boring when most F1 races are usually boring.

Monaco is good for qualifying, more than any other race, if you ask me. The actual racing part is meh.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Is Bykolles competing this year?

Sorry, let me rephrase that:

Is Bykolles going to participate this year?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Why are they giving the US the finger again?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


I get to catch the whole thing this year! :getin:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


MazeOfTzeentch posted:

TEAM NO SLEEP

I'll probably sleep but only for a few hours and get up at 6 to catch the last two :shobon:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


SPACE HOMOS posted:

So the best case scenario is that both Toyotas blow up and ByKolles gets the win.

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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Schlesische posted:

Not for Toyota.
For some bizarroworld reason they draw the LMP1's funding from car R&D as well as marketing.

Toyota is really big on hybrid tech in road cars.

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