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Porsche Team | 15 | 19.48% | |
Audi Sport Team Joest | 18 | 23.38% | |
Toyota Racing | 19 | 24.68% | |
Rebellion Racing | 8 | 10.39% | |
ByKolles Racing Team | 3 | 3.90% | |
*No strict favorite for me* | 14 | 18.18% | |
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23 Apr 2016, 00:19 (Ref:3635798) | #26 | |
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Funny, for me Peugeot were always the good guys and Audi the "evil empire" bad guys. The narrative was that the heroic Frenchmen entered the sport to save the integrity of prototype racing from the domination of cold corporate Audi.
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23 Apr 2016, 02:35 (Ref:3635807) | #27 | |
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Yeah, but isn't most of the car designed and made in Japan? I see a lot of Japanese sponsors on the car. I might change my mind about them if there are considerable German engineering in their cars .
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23 Apr 2016, 06:42 (Ref:3635821) | #29 | ||
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I follow Toyota in most forms of motorsport. WEC, Super GT, Super Formula, Nascar, GT3 with Lexus and next year WRC. But I like Mazda and Subaru as well. I'm a fan of lmp1 in general. But I hope the direction it goes in looks is more futuristic and less daytona prototype. |
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23 Apr 2016, 11:56 (Ref:3635844) | #30 | ||
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When I was testing the waters with sportscars (09-11) it was Audi all the way, but since the WEC was established I've just wanted to see good races, both between the factory and privateer cars.
Better a 23 1/2 hour ding-dong that ends up in a 1-2-3 rather than three different teams on the podium that finished laps apart. |
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23 Apr 2016, 19:12 (Ref:3635907) | #31 | ||
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But thankfully at LM it's still pure, and what you say is so. |
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23 Apr 2016, 19:55 (Ref:3635915) | #32 | ||
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Toyota,then audi, and kinda porsche.....I just want to see good racing....and the best car/drivers/team win.
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24 Apr 2016, 04:25 (Ref:3635969) | #33 | |
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Wow, that's a tough question. One of the things that makes LMP1 so awesome is the diversity of design amongst the different makes. I guess If I have to pick one favorite, it would be the Audi team. I have been watching sports car racing for over fifteen years now and Audi has been the brand most committed to the sport in this era. I have a lot of great memories watching them win so many ALMS races season after season. Back then, I would always cheer for the underdog teams, but I grew to appreciate over time just how awesome an achievement Audi's dominance was. Plus the various cars Audi campaigned were always incredible. I just wish I'd been able to start attending races sooner.
While Audi is overall my favorite team, my favorite of the current cars is absolutely the lovely Porsche. The 919 is simply stunning and the Porsche brand is legendary. Such a shame that the Porsche never was able to race in the ALMS as reportedly intended. A final mention goes to Rebellion. Always a great fan friendly team and the winners of the final Petit Lemans, the very last ALMS race. |
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24 Apr 2016, 13:03 (Ref:3636031) | #34 | ||
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I would like Toyota win LM once because I have always seen them miss the victory despite their efforts since 1985.
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24 Apr 2016, 15:09 (Ref:3636063) | #35 | |
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25 Apr 2016, 03:50 (Ref:3636180) | #36 | ||
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I really enjoyed watching the RS Spyders compete for the outright win. Nothing like seeing the outright go to a lower class but then again the RS Spyder was in a class of its own.
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25 Apr 2016, 18:09 (Ref:3636308) | #37 | |
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Toyota mainly because I want them to win Le Mans at least once before they leave. If/when that happens I'll revert back to Porsche.
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26 Apr 2016, 00:58 (Ref:3636385) | #38 | ||
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27 Apr 2016, 08:10 (Ref:3636639) | #39 | |
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I like all 3 brands that are currently in LMP1. Probably my favourite car maker is BMW and that's a marque that I'll likely support regardless of the series and time.
I was never a particular fan of Audi before following sportscar racing but they have been my favourite team because they are very fan friendly, unlike Toyota(and to a lesser degree,Porsche), with all the access they give to us, fans. Audi Sport has been providing live onboard stream since 2011 and they are the ones that usually tests on more public places like Sebring and Monza, and they launch their cars much earlier than their rivals and, thus, give us more to talk in the off season, for example. I also like that Audi is less conservative with their design, again unlike their rivals. Their livery was hideous in the last few season and they massively improved for this year. The car has a very ugly nose and windshield but I like very much the rest. Porsche and Toyota have somewhat nice looking cars and I like them too but I can't support them due to their reclusive and more secretive nature. |
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28 Apr 2016, 19:03 (Ref:3636971) | #40 | ||
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29 Apr 2016, 09:32 (Ref:3637056) | #41 | ||
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The toyota tour was the first year they were there so quite a while ago now, we all had a great time and the following year we were on the pit lane visit poster from the ACO so one of my claims to fame
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30 Apr 2016, 00:06 (Ref:3637245) | #42 | |
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It's kind of a mix of all of them in a general way, but also none of them. There are things I like about each of them, but not one of them really does anything for my "heart" or whatever you want to call it. If they win, lose, dominate or break down, I just can't really bring myself to care much, so the only thing I care about is the quality of the racing.
I tend to relate to brands more by their road cars though, so my interest/feelings for the road cars is the major influence on my feelings towards the teams in racing. Audi has been easy to sort of generally "like" or at least be okay with as they have usually been fairly "classy" and I've liked most of their drivers well enough. Usually their drivers were enough to have me somewhat on their side a few years ago. Porsche is a company I have huge respect for and value a lot as a competitor, but I've just never really been in their corner and probably never will be. For the team, I liked the physical looks of their cars so far, and I generally like their driver lineup okay, but working against them is their terrible livery. I did like the way they used the different colors last year though, that was enough for them to earn my support for that race, which probably shows how little I care in general when something so minor tips the scales. Other than the FR-Z86 and a few Lexus models, Toyota hasn't built a road car I've given a damn about in a decade now (and that's being very generous to the Celica), so they aren't normally a brand I've liked at all. They do seem to be the underdogs a bit though so that definitely earns them some points, and when they had the V8 they at least sounded okay so they had been the ones I was pulling for the most, even if it was a narrow lead. Rebellion I was more of a fan of a few years ago. The more dead the P1... whatever privateer class is called now gets and the further behind the factory P1 cars they get, the less I can bring myself to be invested. Also their liveries have gone down hill a bit, but I still like them and want to see them do well. Kolles... I respect his effort even if they don't always turn out the best. On the upside of being a picky grouch it is kinda nice not really caring who wins or loses, it allows me to just enjoy the races. On the downside though, not caring about any of the entrants does dampen my enthusiasm for the class in general, and often I find myself just watching the first hour of the race and the final half hour because I'm just not invested enough. |
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30 Apr 2016, 03:52 (Ref:3637269) | #43 | ||
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Since Panoz ended the prototype program, Zyteks went away, and dinosaurs roamed the Earth, I haven't had a favorite. I'm more of a prototype observer, I guess.
I have strong opinions in the GT ranks, however. |
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30 Apr 2016, 14:07 (Ref:3637335) | #44 | ||
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Porsche- I am happy as a duck on the pond on a rainy day when Porsche is around.
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30 Apr 2016, 19:17 (Ref:3637396) | #45 | ||
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Toyota, with Porsche a close second. Privateers come next, I cheer for any good results they can grab. Audi... I have massive respect for what they achieved over the years, but I simply cannot support them.
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1 May 2016, 00:22 (Ref:3637418) | #46 | |
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I'm more a fan of specific cars rather than manufacturers or teams, the Toyota TS020 is probably my favorite car of all time and I could count in one hand the number of Toyota road cars I like and though BMW is my preferred brand (I'd likely give up my fiancée before my E92 M3 ) I think their sportscar efforts have been a joke for years. That said, Rebellion damn well know how to make a car look good, so my vote goes to them.
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1 May 2016, 01:07 (Ref:3637423) | #47 | ||
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I won't pretend to ever understand why people get tribal about their team in endurance racing - or any form of motor sport, for that matter. I love football/soccer, but one of the appeals of endurance racing is that it's absolutely nothing like it. I just want to see a good race.
That said, Toyota would be my "preferred" winner this year. I think it's long overdue. |
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While you and I choose not to ascribe these feelings to any team I don't think it's hard to see why others do, especially for those who actively ignore the more popular team (i.e. ball) sports for chasing $£€s at the expense of the culture and fans. At least it keeps the Audi/Porsche/Toyota threads ticking over nicely! |
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1 May 2016, 11:55 (Ref:3637499) | #49 | ||
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I used to be a BMW and Ford homer at various points in my life. Nowadays all I care about is seeing a good race.
My cynicism can't help but creep into it. The manufacturers can PAY me to promote for them but there's no way in hell I'm doing free advertising for them. These are multi billion dollar corporations who do everything they can to make more money. And I feel becoming a "fan" of one is essentially doing free promotion. Same thing goes for team sports. Those oligarchs, oil sheiks and others aren't getting a penny of my hard earned funds. |
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1 May 2016, 16:02 (Ref:3637557) | #50 | ||
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Because I don't need the sense of belonging, I only watch when the series interest me for technical reasons(big freedom for development, innovative designs, room for creativity and variety...) and cars are fast enough, especially cornering-wise. I didn't watch Silverstone and don't particularly look forward to the championship, this year, but the WEC still holds my attention in some aspects. Overall, I think sporstcar fans watch more for the reasons I mentioned and for the actual racing rather than say, F1 fans, who are mostly(at least it seems to me to be so) "fanboyism" driven ones. |
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