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Yes | 21 | 31.34% | |
No | 45 | 67.16% | |
Maybe so | 1 | 1.49% | |
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23 Sep 2013, 02:58 (Ref:3307930) | #401 | ||
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23 Sep 2013, 07:29 (Ref:3307991) | #404 | ||
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As regards Ant's performance, he made it clear during an interview that he had very little dry running on this new track prior to the race and that it took him 10 laps or so to find his marks. Unfortunately for him, the first part of his stint came at a time when super-fast Duval was sitting in the #2.
Sarrazin did a really good double stint. Buemi's performance early in the race was great. He was very aggressive (sometimes at the limit). His last stint was less impressive however. Can anybody recall what happened on lap 142 when he did a 1:58.763 and lost 10 seconds to TK ? |
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23 Sep 2013, 07:50 (Ref:3308002) | #405 | |
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He had a spin in that lap.
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23 Sep 2013, 08:54 (Ref:3308028) | #408 | |||
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Toyota acknowlegded their defeat when they saw that McNish did not change tyres on his last stop. Quote:
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23 Sep 2013, 09:09 (Ref:3308036) | #409 | ||
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But what was with Buemi limping getting out of the Toyota? And what was with the decision to make a driver change and not take tires? Strange move IMO.
And in honesty, I sort of don't think that Audi thought that they could double stint successfully until Toyota sort of pushed them into pursuing that as a possible advantage. They tired that at Sao Paulo and had a hard time with it. But during Ben's triple in the #1 Audi, that was ended with a double stint, and Fassler did a double stint late, and both times there wasn't as much drop off as they thought it seemed. That's probably the determining factor in McNish's last run being a double stint for both tires and driver. That doesn't bode well for Toyota, since, especially in the first half of the race, even they had trouble with that due do fall off in stint 2. It seems that what Toyota can do, Audi can also now do when it comes to tire stints. Cooler temps in Fuji and possibly China will help both Audi and Toyota in that regard, though China's surface is more abrasive than Fuji. And I don't know that as far as climate that Bahrain will throw at everyone in late Nov--hopefully cooler than in Sept of last year. |
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23 Sep 2013, 09:27 (Ref:3308050) | #410 | |
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Throwing a second full-time Toyota into the mix plus a couple of Porsches is just mouth-watering.
If we can get this excited about a three-car race, what will we be like next year! |
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I assume that this strategic decision was made before the start of the race. Of course the safety car at the beginning of the race helped them a bit. McNish only needed to do 24 + 18 = 42 laps on the same tyres. Without the safety car, the race would have be 3 laps longer. |
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23 Sep 2013, 09:43 (Ref:3308063) | #412 | ||
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IMHO it was pretty evident that Audi would take the "risk" of double-stinting the tires for the last part of the race. Considering that Audi had to stop before Toyota, it would have been foolish to put new tires on considering that the Audi only had a 35 sec advantage over the Toyota which could have opted to do a fuel-only stop had Audi changed the tires.
However, as chernaudi said, it is somewhat strange that Toyota did not change the tires as well when Sarrazin took the wheel. |
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23 Sep 2013, 10:17 (Ref:3308079) | #413 | ||
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Sort of OT aside from a similarity that I found, but as an extra FYI, Barhain's Nov date may have weather similar to Austin, or, most likely, somewhat cooler.
myweather2.com has a motorsport weather database section, and high temps for late Nov are between 22-28 degrees C/72-82 degrees F with high humidity. In other words, what we saw in Austin with Audi and Toyota strategy may work there if weather is similar. Austin may've been a good rehearsal for the rest of the season depending on how pace works out between Audi and Toyota. |
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23 Sep 2013, 12:49 (Ref:3308156) | #414 | |
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When Buemi could no longer drive due to severe leg cramps, Sarrazin got back in so the car could finish the race. Toyota didn’t also take tires because even the loss of a few more seconds would have only hurt the car’s chances, (which were entirely in Audi going off or breaking down.)
The team manager told Buemi “Audi didn’t take tires so we have to keep pushing. Tell me if you are okay.” At the time no one but Toyota knew what that meant, but now we can surmise that Toyota knew Buemi was cramping, needed to know if he could finish. Toyota didn’t think they’d have the pace to catch the Audi even with new tires, so why take the time? Unless McNish made an error or the Audi broke, Toyota was finishing second. |
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Overall a great race, the tactical fight at the front was brilliant. But what on earth was going on at Oak I will never comprehend, the look of anger on Gonzales face as he was wheeled back into the garage was amusing, given it was his fault. |
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23 Sep 2013, 14:43 (Ref:3308185) | #416 | |
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Also a surprising podium finish for the Lotus finally, after all the financial and legal chaos with Adess
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23 Sep 2013, 17:00 (Ref:3308238) | #418 | ||
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Yes, cheers for them! I'm glad to see them getting results so early in this program against all the Orecas and Zytecs that are much more developed. I was worried after the team car dropped out at the start, but this has to make up for it.
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23 Sep 2013, 18:14 (Ref:3308275) | #419 | ||
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My problem with them is when someone gets pushed into them. A driver might be able to put the squeeze on another car when the other driver is going for an inside pass. |
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23 Sep 2013, 18:32 (Ref:3308281) | #420 | ||
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I like the pyramids, I´m fed up of drivers blatantly ignoring the track limits.
Why was the #97 denied to return to track? |
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23 Sep 2013, 19:40 (Ref:3308317) | #421 | ||
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23 Sep 2013, 20:46 (Ref:3308359) | #422 | ||
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Endurance Info have put a photo on Facebook showing the #97 Aston with the following message written on the front wing (bodywork):
"What happened to the spirit of Le Mans??" |
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23 Sep 2013, 20:48 (Ref:3308360) | #423 | |
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Haha, they aren't too pleased with the wec's ruling of not letting them back out to run for points. Sad.
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23 Sep 2013, 20:56 (Ref:3308365) | #424 | |
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I don't know the full situation or what was said in the garage at the time but I think they have a point.
Ironically the FIA/ACO angering Aston has maybe helped appease Ferrari who were also unhappy campers prior to the race. |
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24 Sep 2013, 18:53 (Ref:3308858) | #425 | ||
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Supposedly the top of the shock tower broke. They tried to fix it but the WEC tech people were not happy with the fix.
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