WEC Round One: Qatar - March 2nd, 2024 - Page 8

GT3_Fan · 2 Mar 2024, 16:16 (Ref:4199435)

Looks like #92 porsche and #27 Aston are right together battling for the lead now.

GT3_Fan · 2 Mar 2024, 16:17 (Ref:4199436)

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Originally Posted by GT3_Fan

Looks like #92 porsche and #27 Aston are right together battling for the lead now.

Nope I was wrong.

J Jay · 2 Mar 2024, 16:18 (Ref:4199437)

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Originally Posted by GT3_Fan

I was wrong #92 is trying to put 2nd place one lap down

While Rossi is right up to Riberas to challenge for second.

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:19 (Ref:4199438)

He's getting more and more time in these cars and he's getting better and better. It's fun to see.

GT3_Fan · 2 Mar 2024, 16:23 (Ref:4199442)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

He's getting more and more time in these cars and he's getting better and better. It's fun to see.

The car seems to matter for him too. Rossi struggled in the Audi R8. But he took the BMW M4 right way from the start of last year.

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:24 (Ref:4199443)

My kid is also a real sportscar fan. Re:Toyota "they've taken a good looking car and ruined it by making it black".

**joeb** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:27 (Ref:4199445)

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Last 5 stints have been 34 laps and we are looking at distance. It's on just.

Thanks, I was seeing 31 lap stints for some of the other cars earlier, wasn't sure on the Caddy.

I am a fan of teams on different strategies that play out at the end.

GT3_Fan · 2 Mar 2024, 16:29 (Ref:4199446)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

My kid is also a real sportscar fan. Re:Toyota "they've taken a good looking car and ruined it by making it black".

I can see his point. The Toyota colors were fine. Just change the styling of it. The all black does not work for the GR010.

GT3_Fan · 2 Mar 2024, 16:31 (Ref:4199447)

I thought the Ferrari 296's would be faster than they have been.

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:34 (Ref:4199448)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Thanks, I was seeing 31 lap stints for some of the other cars earlier, wasn't sure on the Caddy.

I am a fan of teams on different strategies that play out at the end.

Should jump the Toyota if it can and perhaps the #12 JOTA.

**Aysedasi** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:35 (Ref:4199449)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

My kid is also a real sportscar fan. Re:Toyota "they've taken a good looking car and ruined it by making it black".

It's so obvious how much slower that black paint is.......

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:37 (Ref:4199450)

#94 eek!

#7, #38, #8 eek!

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:41 (Ref:4199452)

Race control messages about car #6.

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19:41
INCIDENT INVOLVING CARS 87 KIMURA AND 6 ESTRE AT T3 AT 19:37 UNDER INVESTIGATION

J Jay · 2 Mar 2024, 16:42 (Ref:4199453)

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No race control messages about car #6.

It will be coming surely.

Edit - It is being investigated. Estre may have cost his teammates the race.

**joeb** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:43 (Ref:4199454)

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Race control messages about car #6.

yes, looked to be a Porsche fault, but it was a tough call based on what the gt car was doing.

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:45 (Ref:4199455)

White we are at it - 4th in GT:

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11:44:58 Race Control PIT STOP CAR 777 AT 19:19 UNDER INVESTIGATION

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:47 (Ref:4199458)

Unless something mad happens - and the 9th hour is going well - it is distance race.

Hour	Laps	Time	Leader #	Laps Simple Projection
1	34	1:00:00.491	93	335 (340)
2	67	2:00:47.174	6	333 (333)
3	101	3:00:24.001	6	335 (336)
4	135	4:00:22.984	6	335 (337)
5	169	5:01:29.360	6	335 (337)
6	202	6:00:06.988	6	335 (337)
7	237	7:01:31.067	6	335 (338)
8	271	8:01:40.285	0	335 (338)

Which I oddly find exciting. I like the mix of distance and timed races.

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:49 (Ref:4199460)

Corvette about 6 laps away - it is tight. Their stints are just over an hour - including pitstop time. About 59 minutes running time...

Edit: That's a load of rubbish. They will do it. It's not that tight. Briefly thought it was a timed race.

**joeb** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:50 (Ref:4199461)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

Unless something mad happens - and the 9th hour is going well - it is distance race.

Hour	Laps	Time	Leader #	Laps Simple Projection
1	34	1:00:00.491	93	335 (340)
2	67	2:00:47.174	6	333 (333)
3	101	3:00:24.001	6	335 (336)
4	135	4:00:22.984	6	335 (337)
5	169	5:01:29.360	6	335 (337)
6	202	6:00:06.988	6	335 (337)
7	237	7:01:31.067	6	335 (338)
8	271	8:01:40.285	0	335 (338)

Which I oddly find exciting. I like the mix of distance and timed races.

Especially when the time is such that there is a question of meeting time or laps. Petit used to be the same way, but there was rarely a chance to make the time with the speed of the cars.

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:55 (Ref:4199466)

I wasn't expecting that!

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Originally Posted by Race Control

11:54:09 10 SECONDS ADDED TO THE NEXT PIT STOP OF CAR 87 FOR THE CONTACT WITH CAR 6 AT 19:37

tomcug · 2 Mar 2024, 16:55 (Ref:4199468)

Looks like Estre is safe then.

J Jay · 2 Mar 2024, 16:56 (Ref:4199469)

#87 gets pinged for contact with #6.

That's not what I expected, the stewards must have seen something that gave them reason to assign fault to the lapped car.

Meanwhile, Andlauer is catching up to the Hirakawa/Calado ding-dong.

tomcug · 2 Mar 2024, 16:58 (Ref:4199472)

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Originally Posted by J Jay

Meanwhile, Andlauer is catching up to the Hirakawa/Calado ding-dong.

And Calado lost that position.

**Adam43** · 2 Mar 2024, 16:59 (Ref:4199473)

Fun 10-11th-12th battle!

wewantourdarbyback · 2 Mar 2024, 17:00 (Ref:4199474)

I thought Calado was a bit naughty there sending Andlauer toward the wall. Not too surprised Andlauer left a little on him in return.

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