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29 Sep 2012, 17:20 (Ref:3143817) | #251 | |
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The problems with the lights appear to be a global issue.
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I heard 'debris on track'.
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29 Sep 2012, 17:42 (Ref:3143825) | #256 | |
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Toyota done!
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29 Sep 2012, 17:43 (Ref:3143826) | #257 | ||
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29 Sep 2012, 17:43 (Ref:3143827) | #258 | |
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Strange that Lapierre does not try to get the car back to the pits.
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29 Sep 2012, 17:44 (Ref:3143828) | #259 | |
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I think Strakka may have had something to do with it, unless it just broke.
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29 Sep 2012, 17:47 (Ref:3143830) | #261 | |
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Yup, knew it. Strakka turned into him.
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29 Sep 2012, 17:48 (Ref:3143831) | #262 | ||
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Sure about that? Looked like the Toyota might have gone for the inside too late....
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29 Sep 2012, 17:49 (Ref:3143832) | #263 | |
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Indeed. That seemed like an optimistic move from Lapierre on the inside of Kane.
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29 Sep 2012, 17:51 (Ref:3143833) | #264 | |
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He still got turned into.
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29 Sep 2012, 17:57 (Ref:3143836) | #265 | |
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Wasn't Kane already a lap down on the #7? Maybe he didn't realize it was a lapping car.
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Doesn't matter! Lapierre went for a move that looked to be far too late and it wasn't on, just because the Strakka was a lap down doesn't mean he should jump off the track.
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29 Sep 2012, 18:15 (Ref:3143844) | #267 | |
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The LMP2 leader, Starworks HPD, is not restarting
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I think it's going now, what a shame!
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As to the politics, there was a fire bomb attack on a police vehicle yesterday, so the security forces were very visible. As usual though, I found the people to be very pleasant and courteous. I concur, things are not brilliant, but as someone who lives out here I would ask those who wish to comment to actually come out and take a peek, you'd probably be surprised. And as we are now discovering, the whole thing is not about democracy. I had to get back to Doha so missed the race, hopefully some of the many pics I took yesterday, will be suitable for posting. |
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Lapierre says the Strakka had blue flags waiving for him, I guess he thought they'd slow and heed the position. http://www.toyotahybridracing.com/to...ed-in-bahrain/
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During the race I was wondering how the race would have evolved if Toyota did not have to fix the illuminated car number. I just had a look at the timing data on http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/ to try to answer this question.
Toyota's third pitstop toke 8 min 38 sec and not 1 min 20 sec, like the first two stops. That means that Toyota lost 7 min 18 sec with the repair of the number panels. The Toyota crashed 4 hours 40 min into the race, after it had completed 144 laps. At that moment the Toyota was 3 laps and 46 sec behind the #1 Audi. If we assume that one takes 1 min 49 sec, the gap between #1 and #7 would have 6 min 13 sec. So hypothetical the Toyota would have been 1 min 5 sec into the lead at that stage of the race. We know that Toyota would have had to do a 7th fuel stop to finish the race, whereas the #1 Audi only had to do 6 stops. That additional stop would have cost Toyota around 1 min 20 sec. Conclusion: Toyota would have needed to gain an additional 15 sec on the track, in order to keep the lead after its last stop. That suggests that it could have been a very close finish. |
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They had a top speed of 280kmh, compared to 275kmh for the Strakka. That's not massive! I think their acceleration is what is the biggest difference. Looks like Kane thought he was just another LMP2 or something. I think Lapierre was trying to hurry up and lap the cars, being down 3 laps and all.
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