"Yes: Thank you to Audi and Porsche for not coming to the race."
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:42 pm
by dodint
Yeah. I've been in a bit of a spat with some folks about the merits of 'how hard Toyota worked' vs. the meaning of the word 'win.'
Yeah, they bought their trophy, lets not kid ourselves.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:44 pm
by dodint
They'll 'win' next year too.
Have you been following the 2020 faux-GT1 regs? If they don't **** it up it could turn out to be absolutely fantastic. Open design on the bodies with the intent that they'll look like road cars. No more prototypes that look like F1 cars with a top pasted on. It's the first time I've ever been excited about any class other than GT at LeMans.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:55 pm
by tifosi77
#groupC
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:21 pm
by Shyster
"Do you have anything to declare?"
"Yes: Thank you to Audi and Porsche for not coming to the race."
Funniest take I've seen on this is that RB is just biding their time waiting for Porsche. k.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:31 pm
by CBear3
Re: Toyota
The flip side is you can only beat the guys that show up.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:40 pm
by tifosi77
Which is a nice way of saying "Paul Tracy, 2003 CART champion".
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:28 pm
by tifosi77
So, watching Paul Ricard on TV hurt my eyes. I'm still not sure I watched a complete lap with confidence that I knew the layout.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:36 pm
by dodint
...Seaman rounding the La Source hairpin. Or ‘Turn 1’ as it’s probably referred-to these days...
Remembering pre-WWII Mercedes driver Dick Seaman, who died from injuries sustained on this day in 1939 [6/25/39] following his crash whilst leading the Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps in a works W154
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:41 pm
by tifosi77
Please reassure me that I'm not alone in chuckling at the driver's name.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:18 pm
by Shyster
So, watching Paul Ricard on TV hurt my eyes. I'm still not sure I watched a complete lap with confidence that I knew the layout.
Vettel seemed to be similarly confused on lap 1.
Grumble grumble fantasy team grumble.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:15 pm
by Shyster
A Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo LMP1 racer, driven by Timo Bernhard, just demolished the all-time lap record at the Nürburgring by more than a minute. The video of the run looks like it's on fast-forward.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:19 pm
by dodint
Yeah, it's bonkers. And I sincerely mean it when I say it's a bigger accomplishment than what Toyota did at LeMans.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:43 pm
by tifosi77
360 km/h = 224 mph.
Bananasville
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:45 pm
by dodint
They averaged 160mph for the duration of the lap. hehehehehe
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:13 am
by dodint
Circuit sizes are to scale, the outer perimeter is the Isle of Man TT.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:13 pm
by CBear3
That's actually pretty cool, I'd rock that as a poster in the man cave.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:17 pm
by dodint
Pikes Peak is way longer than I thought it was.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:51 am
by tifosi77
I like how they're sort of geographically grouped. But yes, that would look sweet in a shadow box frame.
Is Pike's Peak the squiggle on the left that goes from Stowe to Buenos Aires?
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:54 am
by dodint
Yeah. It blows right by the Top Gear Test Track enroute.
Surprised to see Indianapolis missing, the only real obvious omission to me since both Daytona and Pocono (but not it's infield) was included.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:12 am
by tifosi77
Indy's there, on the left, just a couple down from the Top Gear track.
Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:15 am
by dodint
Oh ****. The infield broke up the silhouette my brain was looking for. And it's smaller than I would've guessed, or Pocono is bigger than I thought. I've been to Pocono but everyone always talks about how megalithic Indy it is (has a golf course, lake, major metro area inside it, etc).