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The Deltawing isn't using center lock front wheels.
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13 Jun 2012, 17:56 (Ref:3090291) | #54 | |
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Hmm, Pescarolo 03 stopped at Michelin Chicane...
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13 Jun 2012, 18:00 (Ref:3090292) | #55 | |
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Lotterer 3:25.163! Faster than test day and last year pole.
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13 Jun 2012, 18:11 (Ref:3090296) | #56 | |
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I think Audi has taken the decision whether or not to go for pole from Toyota...there's no way Toyota is getting to these kind of lap times.
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13 Jun 2012, 18:17 (Ref:3090301) | #57 | ||
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Those of you in the UK the Audi movie is on Sky Sports 3 at the moment. will be repeated over the next few days or so.
Also on an unrelated note, highlights of the Nurburgring 24 hours are being shown over the week as well. Also Toyota #7 was smoking, did that have an engine problem as well? |
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13 Jun 2012, 18:33 (Ref:3090312) | #59 | |
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13 Jun 2012, 18:42 (Ref:3090318) | #60 | |
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Yes they could but that type of setup would weigh more. You have the remember that the concept is to have most of the weight at the rear.
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I believe the decision was because if you run the centre lock wheels you need a safety pin mechanism on the hub to stop the nut from coming off if it becomes loose and it was heavier than using the 3 nut set up. Plus they don't seem to wear the front tyres much so id imagine they will only change front tyres 4-6 times over the race.
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Gulf racing ME arnt looking good again ..... Is Dave price the team manager there ?
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13 Jun 2012, 18:57 (Ref:3090324) | #63 | ||
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Don't forget that the ACO/FIA has a lot of information regarding the first practice session at the following site: http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Res...ee%20Practice/
The Audi's were clocking 12 lap stints (except for the #2...) from the off, while the longest stint from Toyota (and one of the Rebellions) was 11 laps. |
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13 Jun 2012, 19:05 (Ref:3090328) | #64 | |
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The timing data of the first session is available at http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/
The ideal lap time is always an interesting indicator for qualifying:
I am pleasantly surprised to see that the fastest lap of the #7 Toyota was set by Nakajima (3:28.421) and not by Wurz (3:28.459) like I expected. Toyota is still hiding how many laps they can do on a full tank. The longest stint for the #7 car was 10 laps, while all Audis did one or more 12 lap stints. |
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Anyone found a live stream yet? Last year there was a great site with streaming, RLM, ACO timings and the Spotters Guide.
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Bit of sand baggin going on eh ...... great .
So , the practice tonight is actually first qualifying then ? Should be a few sparks flyin later on then . Mr.Bean is racing in the support race ? ..... hope its not in his mini !!! |
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Well, I'm going to see the last practice tonight in a japanese restaurant in... Velizy !
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13 Jun 2012, 20:33 (Ref:3090362) | #70 | |
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Audi has changed the front end bodywork on at least two cars (one ultra and one e-tron) during qualifying. Why are they doing it?
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13 Jun 2012, 20:33 (Ref:3090363) | #71 | ||
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Aren't they supposed to be in Qualifying Session 1?
I'm not getting LT&S on lemans.org on my computer. Please advise ASAP |
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13 Jun 2012, 20:41 (Ref:3090368) | #72 | ||
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Sorry Tim i dont know why the Lemans.org site doesn't work but this one does. http://thomasbaekdal.com/mini-sites/lemans2012/
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