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Nissan should have probably waited for 2016.....
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10 Jun 2015, 17:41 (Ref:3547012) | #104 | |
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While cutting the chicane, but still impressive considering conditions.
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10 Jun 2015, 17:50 (Ref:3547016) | #105 | |
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Still disappointed with the S103 pace considering Dome's reputation. Would be sad to see the company's final effort begin and end with a whimper.
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10 Jun 2015, 17:52 (Ref:3547017) | #106 | |
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Dumas' lap now under investigation
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10 Jun 2015, 17:53 (Ref:3547018) | #107 | |
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Just saw the #9 Audi hitting 339 km/h in a slipstream
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This. They have a ton of learning to do, lots of data to obtain... Going to take a massive effort to wrap their heads around all of it. No better way to gather that than run in the conditions they face.
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10 Jun 2015, 18:06 (Ref:3547022) | #109 | |
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The lap from Dumas was removed from timing and scoring (and rightly so).
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I disagree, from a marketing perspective surely it would have been better to miss the 24 and do the later WEC rounds. I appreciate that they wouldn't glean the data accumulated over a 24 hour race but nonetheless their lack of pace is significantly below that achieved by Porsche on their return and I can't imagine that they are doing themselves any favours with half of the car not working.
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No coverage of the Aston session on Radio Le Mans?
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But from a developing/engineering perspective, running three cars at this race is great for development of this car. They'll have sooo much data that will help them develop the car for next year's race. |
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That's my point, inadequate preparation = egg on face
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An egg on the face for this race, yes, but that's besides the point; although they know the car isn't good enough for this race, it's providing the perfect test bed to learn about and develop the car as much as possible. 2016 is the year they want to mount a serious challenge for the win
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That is a myth, and is simply not true. Porsche announced their intention to return in June 2011. They recruited their Technical Director in October 2011. Initially they were a team of 5 people and had to work out of a container whilst offices were being built. The car was first rolled out at the end of 2013.
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I don't...a promising car is quick out of the box, you only need to work hard to find the remaining 5%..and make it reliable. Nobody would blame Nissan for the car not being reliable, the problem is that it significantly lacks speed as well. Compare that to Toyota who brought a very rough and untested car to Le Mans in 2012. The car wasn't reliable and dialed in yet, but it showed promise right away. The Nissan still has to show any promise, right now it's massively behind a privateer effort running on a shoestring budget.. |
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Top speeds from FP (edit: should say speed trap)
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#17 Porsche 336.0 #18 Porsche 336.0 #8 Audi 334.9 #21 Nissan 334.9 #2 Toyota 333.9 #12 Rebellion 333.9 #23 Nissan 333.9 #7 Audi 332.9 #22 Nissan 332.9 #1 Toyota 331.8 #9 Audi 331.8 #13 Rebellion 331.8 #19 Porsche 327.8 And here's the best times of each car through Porsche curves. Nissan losing a shocking amount of time. Code:
#7 LOTTERER 15,511 #18 JANI 15,768 +0,257 #8 JARVIS 15,984 +0,473 #9 ALBUQUERQUE 15,996 +0,485 #17 WEBBER 16,001 +0,490 #1 BUEMI 16,243 +0,732 #19 TANDY 16,265 +0,754 #12 BECHE 16,337 +0,826 #2 CONWAY 16,368 +0,857 #23 MARDENBOROUGH 18,682 +3,171 #21 MATSUDA 18,833 +3,322 #22 TINCKNELL 18,869 +3,358 Last edited by Martin90; 10 Jun 2015 at 19:40. |
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If the weather conditions allows, Peugeot's record is gonna get smashed in the next 120 minutes , methinks
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Murphy will be back on the track this session.
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3:17!!!!!
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Well that was quick ...
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