[WEC Race] 6 Hours Of Spa-Francorchamps 3-5 May 2018

[Damian Baldi]

The SMP #17 is slowly closing the gap with the #3 Rebellion.

[rubberduck]

Originally Posted by RedSquirrel

Ah, yeah that's not great.

One of the funniest penalties I've ever seen in motorsport happened at Le Mans in 2014(?) when the 77 Proton car spun its tyres leaving its box. Race control didn't know until Patrick Dempsey's PR person posted a video of the pit stop to Twitter. Race control then saw it and penalised them.

And he posted it because it’s super impressive imagery. Cameramen up close, the crazy Porsche exhaust system and off you go.
But nope, let’s short stint lengths to get the boys in more often to let them do less stuff there. Won’t like the new pit stops rules...

[TF110]

Rebellion gonna have to repair a transmitter. That sucks.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by rubberduck

And he posted it because it’s super impressive imagery. Cameramen up close, the crazy Porsche exhaust system and off you go.
But nope, let’s short stint lengths to get the boys in more often to let them do less stuff there. Won’t like the new pit stops rules...

To be fair, the wheel spin rule has been here about 10 years now, maybe more. The new pit stop rules are allowing tyre changes and fuel at the same time - that's what everyone really hates.

[chernaudi]

I fear Toyota will probably have it easy now, provided that they don't screw up. The fact that they have made mistakes shows the threat from the privateers will be a potentially serious one.

[Irie]

Can SMP hold the podium position

[TF110]

Lotterer telling it how it is.

[rubberduck]

Yes, I know.
Yet I feel like I see it happening all over the place and never penalised.

That is, a stop and go seems pretty harsh of a penalty when at the same time the commentators casually talk about Toyota running wide basically every time they hit traffic, but that’s ok just as long as you don’t do it every lap...





oO, mandatory parts ****ing races up reloaded?

[EffectiveSprinkles]

Originally Posted by TF110

Lotterer telling it how it is.

I just missed it, what did he say?

[TF110]

Originally Posted by EffectiveSprinkles

I just missed it, what did he say?

An FIA part fails, and they get penalized if it's not fixed. Said it's not our faults your part failed but we have our race ruined because of it.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by EffectiveSprinkles

I just missed it, what did he say?

Short version: It's an FIA part. It has nothing to do with us. It broke. We have to fix it. We got screwed because the FIA part is crap.

It's like the fuel flow sensors all over again.

[TF110]

Unsafe release there by the Ferrari. Dinged that Porsche.

[Irie]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Short version: It's an FIA part. It has nothing to do with us. It broke. We have to fix it. We got screwed because the FIA part is crap.

It's like the fuel flow sensors all over again.

At least it didn't catch fire

[Toyotats03OUS]

Originally Posted by EffectiveSprinkles

I just missed it, what did he say?

He was saying how the fia are a bunch of incompetents ..that’s such a BS . A team puts huge amounts of resource and energy to compete and win a race and because somebody else doesn’t do a better job or prepare them self better for this situation . The team is force to lose the race !!!! Just like Toyota at Le Mans .. such bullshit ..

[Akrapovic]

The commentators are debating it, but the damage is on the left side of the Ferrari, so it has to be on the Ferrari being released, not coming in.

[rubberduck]

Oh boy, they totaled their car in pit!

[Akrapovic]

#1 Rebellion 23 seconds down on the #17 SMP. 40 off of #3.

[RedSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

#1 Rebellion 23 seconds down on the #17 SMP. 40 off of #3.

Time to set Neel Jani to kill mode?

[RedSquirrel]

No, Martin. That BMW with the blue nose has a big "81" on each side. It's in eighth place.

[Adam43]

It's only really the last bit of the straight were you could say the Rebellion has a speed advantage over the Toyota (judging by that one lap).

[Irie]

Telling the truth about the BoP

[RedSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Adam43

It's only really the last bit of the straight were you could say the Rebellion has a speed advantage over the Toyota (judging by that one lap).

The Toyota's top speed is actually 320/321 km/h compared to the Rebellion's 312-ish. The official figures don't reflect this because the Toyota is coasting by the time it gets to the speed trap.

[EffectiveSprinkles]

I think Rebellion are using a somewhat high DF package.

[Articus]

Originally Posted by Irie

Telling the truth about the BoP

The pace today seems to match the prologue at Paul Ricard. Ford-Porsche in a class of their own.

I'd like to see Le Mans be much closer. Visibly, the Ferrari and the BMW look well balanced and handling. Nothing a power and weight adjustment can't fix. The Aston leaves something to be desired. The BOP might be off for them, but the car doesn't look all that great on track.

[TF110]

Originally Posted by Adam43

It's only really the last bit of the straight were you could say the Rebellion has a speed advantage over the Toyota (judging by that one lap).

Almost sounds like Toyota is using the boost out of Eau Rouge on some laps. The top speed was around 325kmh going into the chicane on one lap I saw chasing the Rebellion. They never get that high with just the engine.