[WEC] 2016 WEC Discussion

[TzeiTzei]

They just like to shoot themselves in the foot. Just like with having the stream behind a paywall.

[cokata]

They are going the F1 route. And this transformation has happened very rapidly.

[gustavobamba]

"Car no 2 with @RomainDumas back on track. Still 1st (1.40,175) with #7 on P2 (1.41,239)."

21 minutes ago from @Porsche_Team

[TzeiTzei]

Originally Posted by cokata

They are going the F1 route. And this transformation has happened very rapidly.

At least F1 had the patience to grow its fan base first. I've said this before, but right now WEC should be investing, not cashing in.

It shouldn't be too difficult to turn on the live timing and maybe set up a Periscope stream. And everybody would be praising them. Now this just leaves me with the impression that they don't really care.

[cokata]

Currently #Porsche still on P1 (1.38,264); car #5 P2 (1.40,517)

Already within a second of last years best time.

[gustavobamba]

I just can´t understand why no live timing

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by cokata

Already within a second of last years best time.

And a second faster than the best time in the equivalent session last year.

[J Jay]

So much for slowing them down.

I know the effect will be more pronounced at LM but still, I would be very surprised if the fastest time this year isn't faster than last year's.

[cokata]

[GasperG]

Last year best times (overall) for comparison:
1 18 Porsche Team 1:37.220
2 17 Porsche Team 1:38.552
3 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:39.058
4 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:39.354
5 1 Toyota Racing 1:39.949
6 2 Toyota Racing 1:40.819

[Toyotats03OUS]

neil jani thinks that toyota might be the team to beat this year,,,!

http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/n...-stone-682131/

[Toyotats03OUS]

this is ridiculous ,,is like the prologue is happening in another dimension,,, you cant find anything anywhere,,, every year the same thing..!

[seanyb505]

Going by the article, he also thinks Audi may be the team to beat as well lol

[deggis]

Irony is that the session time is running on the live timing page. No car times.

http://live.fiawec.com

[deggis]

Originally Posted by cokata

They are going the F1 route. And this transformation has happened very rapidly.

lol what. This is a test with limited PR scope outside of core followers. Considering that session time is running is on the live timing page this is probably just typical technical incompetence/unpreparation, an ancient trait of ACO, but always blame FIA anyway.

[GasperG]

The times are in:
http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/

Toyota highst speed 338.6 kmh, Porsche highest 301.7 kmh, definitely to very different aero packages

[Akrapovic]

If it's just speed traps rather than recorded top speed then Porsche could be off throttle recovering energy just before braking.

[gustavobamba]

Toyota 338,6 km/h top speed!!!!!!

But still 2 seconds off the pace to Porsche

[cokata]

Originally Posted by GasperG

The times are in:
http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/

Toyota highst speed 338.6 kmh, Porsche highest 301.7 kmh, definitely to very different aero packages

Wow i can't believe that speed is on ICE power alone. I just checked the data lap by lap and the trap speeds ranges between the high 320s to the low 330s, so that is the genuine speed from the car. 350kph at Le Mans

For reference Porsche also capped out at 338 kph last year, but in 99% of their laps the top speed was ~320kph

[GasperG]

Looks like last year Porshe ran similar aero package as Toyota this year and they were a lot faster. Overall it seams Porsche has nothing to worry about, but competition has a lot more room to perfect their cars only time will tell.

[Pontlieue]

That's one thing I really love about LMP1 at the moment. These cars make their laptimes in very different ways, but are still closely matched.

That Audi/Porsche fight at Silverstone last year was the most epic fight between two drivers I've ever seen. The Audi passing in the corners, only to be passed again by the Porsche on the straights. And it went on for about an hour at that intensity, and remained interesting for the entire race.

[cokata]

Originally Posted by Pontlieue

That's one thing I really love about LMP1 at the moment. These cars make their laptimes in very different ways, but are still closely matched.

That Audi/Porsche fight at Silverstone last year was the most epic fight between two drivers I've ever seen. The Audi passing in the corners, only to be passed again by the Porsche on the straights. And it went on for about an hour at that intensity, and remained interesting for the entire race.

For this kind of fight to happen more often, we need more high speed circuits like Spa, where a variety of different downforce levels are suitable, and then you have the chance of different teams running with different aero levels.

[Coach Ep]

Monza comes to mind...

Btw, the Ring wasn't too bad either if I remember correctly.

[cokata]

Getting closer.....

[cokata]

And Toyota are the first to improve their 2015 time, not much of a surprise really