ELMS ELMS Discussion - Page 4

peebee2 · 27 Mar 2018, 22:07 (Ref:3811361)

It’ll be Paul I think.

gert · 28 Mar 2018, 10:26 (Ref:3811454)

Paul Petit indeed.

I forgot to include the link, that would have avoided all the confusion.

Here it is: http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/rac...-son-equipage/

MaskedRacer · 28 Mar 2018, 12:59 (Ref:3811503)

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/...ng-lmp2-drive/

Seat for Oliver Pla. Mainly posing this to voice my opinion that I think he is the most OVERRATED driver in pro sportscar racing today. I'm not that impressed honestly.

Coach Ep · 28 Mar 2018, 13:39 (Ref:3811512)

One of the fastest guys but also rather incident prone...

Curious to see him in an Oreca - does that mean he's no longer Onroak/Ligier's factory driver?

gert · 29 Mar 2018, 10:12 (Ref:3811725)

Endurance-Info announces Pierre Ragues, Nelson Panciatici and Nicolas Jamin for Duquiene Engineering's LMP2.

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/un-...e-engineering/

airbusA346 · 29 Mar 2018, 17:56 (Ref:3811791)

Joel Camathias to race with Proton, co-drivers will be Christian Ried and Dennis Olsen.

http://www.cdt.ch/sport/auto%20e%20M...o-anche-meglio

Steve McQ · 31 Mar 2018, 09:34 (Ref:3812085)

Andrea Pizzitola to be the "true silver" rated driver at G-Drive/TDS this season. Vergne will be replaced by Imperatori on races where there is a conflict with Formula E.

Deleted · 4 Apr 2018, 11:31 (Ref:3812783)

DSC says that the 17 full season + 2 guest entries for HTTT make it the biggest LMP2 entry ever in LMS with 19 cars

Of course not in terms of chassis/engine as it is just the sad spec 3+1 but numerically in entries they seem to have taken the record

EffectiveSprinkles · 4 Apr 2018, 15:42 (Ref:3812817)

That does prove making the engine spec was the correct move though, in my opinion. Especially considering the LMP1 field we're gonna have.

airbusA346 · 4 Apr 2018, 17:24 (Ref:3812846)

Raymond Narac joins Ebimotors and Gulf Racing enter a Porsche for WEC driver line up.

airbusA346 · 12 Apr 2018, 18:40 (Ref:3815062)

Camathias and Proton split. Marvin Dienst is his replacement.

http://www.endurance-info.com/en/joe...gree-to-split/

rich07 · 12 Apr 2018, 22:36 (Ref:3815108)

Quote:

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Camathias and Proton split. Marvin Dienst is his replacement.

http://www.endurance-info.com/en/joe...gree-to-split/

Well that didnt last long. Seems a bit odd if Camathias is blaming the car yet they 'mutually decided to split'.

**joeb** · 13 Apr 2018, 12:58 (Ref:3815201)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rich07

Well that didnt last long. Seems a bit odd if Camathias is blaming the car yet they 'mutually decided to split'.

I thought that too. Maybe his budget had to cover the repair cost and that left no money for the seat?

Juntos · 13 Apr 2018, 23:10 (Ref:3815290)

When you smash your boss car in the warm up lap, you can expect another end. Being fired from your job can be a major setback. But it doesn't mean the end of your career. Joel will get over it.

Purist · 14 Apr 2018, 17:35 (Ref:3815460)

From the times I'm seeing set at Paul Ricard, it sure looks like they're back to using the full, uninterrupted Mistral Straight, and I'm glad to see it.

Akrapovic · 14 Apr 2018, 17:50 (Ref:3815462)

Yeah, full straight. Odd qualifying as there was a red flag so the grid isn't fully representative. United Autosports struggled a lot.

Does seem like an Oreca fest still.

Juntos · 14 Apr 2018, 21:17 (Ref:3815529)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Does seem like an Oreca fest still.

Did you expect otherwise?

RedSquirrel · 15 Apr 2018, 10:35 (Ref:3815686)

I really love Circuit Paul Ricard.

Anyone else watching?

Akrapovic · 15 Apr 2018, 10:39 (Ref:3815687)

I am. Hate the circuit but the racing has been good so far. Signatech are looking strong for the win. That's my prediction.

Akrapovic · 15 Apr 2018, 10:42 (Ref:3815689)

Unexpected side effect of the new pit stop rules: Cameraman can't get close enough to see the driver change in detail, as the mechanics need in to change tyres.

Tyres can easily be changed within the fuel time, making strategy far less important. As we all knew.

RedSquirrel · 15 Apr 2018, 12:01 (Ref:3815713)

What is Jonny Palmer talking about? Safer to repair a barrier under safety car than Code 80? 80km/h is first gear in every car. What could be safer?

Akrapovic · 15 Apr 2018, 12:07 (Ref:3815715)

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedSquirrel

What is Jonny Palmer talking about? Safer to repair a barrier under safety car than Code 80? 80km/h is first gear in every car. What could be safer?

Usually they switch to SC when the barriers are very close to the track. That way it gives the marshalls a big 3 minute block at a time without a car coming by as they're behind SC in a bunch. But it doesn't really apply at Paul Ricard because the barriers are further away than the horizon.

Not really sure the SC was needed for this one. FCY would've been good enough. Doesn't appear to be an attempt at fixing the barrier either. Edit: They're going to stick tyres in front of it. Fair enough.

RedSquirrel · 15 Apr 2018, 12:11 (Ref:3815716)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Usually they switch to SC when the barriers are very close to the track. That way it gives the marshalls a big 3 minute block at a time without a car coming by as they're behind SC in a bunch. But it doesn't really apply at Paul Ricard because the barriers are further away than the horizon.

Not really sure the SC was needed for this one. FCY would've been good enough. Doesn't appear to be an attempt at fixing the barrier either. Edit: They're going to stick tyres in front of it. Fair enough.

Yeah, that's what I meant. The barriers are so far from the track they're nearly in Italy. Seems perfectly safe to repair under Code 80.

J Jay · 15 Apr 2018, 13:20 (Ref:3815734)

I've missed the first three hours. No problem though, I'll just rewind the YouTube live stream ...

... which is missing the first hour.

I know it's a running joke that ELMS start times are always 1 hour off, but it seems the ACO takes this very seriously

Who thought a rolling 2 hour window for a YouTube stream was a good idea? Looks like I'll be watching on replay.

EffectiveSprinkles · 15 Apr 2018, 13:40 (Ref:3815741)

Isn't that a Youtube limitation? I could be wrong.

The race has been very fun so far, I've watched much more of it than I thought I would.

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