[WEC Race] 2016 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Bahrain - Race Thread

[JoeW04]

Is it just me or do you think the result of Le Mans (whatever it may be) has too much of a bearing on the points standings, just feels like ever since winning Le Mans the #2 has been holding on ever since?

[gert]

end of lap 147: 7 and 6 pit
end of lap 148: 8 pits

[ederss7]

Why did the #8 pit so early?

[bentley speed 8]

Originally Posted by JoeW04

Is it just me or do you think the result of Le Mans (whatever it may be) has too much of a bearing on the points standings, just feels like ever since winning Le Mans the #2 has been holding on ever since?

It does have a big impact, but then again it's the longest and biggest race of the season, so why not?

[gert]

Originally Posted by ederss7

Why did the #8 pit so early?

pickup on the front it seems

end of lap 150: #1 pits

[Starfish Primer]

So only one pitstop remaining for all of them?

[AndreasDavour]

Man, that #13 looks good.

[justracing]

Originally Posted by JoeW04

Is it just me or do you think the result of Le Mans (whatever it may be) has too much of a bearing on the points standings, just feels like ever since winning Le Mans the #2 has been holding on ever since?

Personally I think the points were deserved, at the end of the day it's a 24hour marathon and even in these days of pretty consistent reliability it's an incredible feat. We as spectators tend to observe from a distance even if you attend the Le Mans live we tend to treat the drivers as metronomic performers in infallible machines whereas in reality they are humans driving highly developed sophisticated pieces of equipment with the added problem of having to overtake numerous slower cars with drivers of extremely varied abilities. Add to that the variation in continual climatic and light conditions and I'm amazed that even the top teams manage to achieve a finish at all let alone a podium spot.

[ederss7]

Duval complaining about understeer. Doing very slow laps at the moment.

[J Jay]

Collector's item - Rene Rast spins the #26.

[gert]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Collector's item - Rene Rast spins the #26.

Avoiding action on the 50 Corvette?

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by gert

Avoiding action on the 50 Corvette?

Probably, but Rast is normally good enough to have made the car intangible and driven it right through the Corvette

Fassler catching Duval pretty steadily.

[ederss7]

All LMP1 lapping slower than normal at the moment.

[gert]

The Toyotas swapped places again, but are now 45 seconds behind the #1 Porsche.

[gert]

Front aero problem is eating the front tires on the #8 Audi.
Caused by rubber pickup it seems.

[TF110]

Maybe tire choice hindering the Toyota's? They were way closer in practice to the Porsche. Still pretty hot, so possible that teams were counting on the track to cool more significantly?

[bentley speed 8]

One more hour to go for the Audis

[ederss7]

1:47 by Duval. You can clearly notice the understeer on the onboard cam.

[Akrapovic]

Rast showing he'll be a wasted talent in DTM.

[gert]

Last stop for the #6 and the #8

[billy bleach]

Originally Posted by justracing

I tend to agree, I think we've all get used to the Geordie's faux pas, he's become the Muddy Talker of sportscars and you're right, at least he's put sportscar racing on the map.

I suspect this commentator cannot be held responsible for putting Sportscar racing on the map! ACO, AUDI, TOYOTA OR Porsche maybe ?

[J Jay]

It's a good thing that Audi mechanic stuck the landing!

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

I suspect this commentator cannot be held responsible for putting Sportscar racing on the map! ACO, AUDI, TOYOTA OR Porsche maybe ?

I don't think you understand how important to the sport Radio Le Mans is. Its so important that Audi were patrons of Radio Le Mans in 2005 when John and Eve took it over to stop it being shut down. There's a reason that WEC, ELMS, IMSA, Creventic, VLN and Blancpain use Radio Le Mans. They have transformed how we watch and absorb sports car racing, both at home at at the circuits.

[AndreasDavour]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

I don't think you understand how important to the sport Radio Le Mans is. Its so important that Audi were patrons of Radio Le Mans in 2005 when John and Eve took it over to stop it being shut down. There's a reason that WEC, ELMS, IMSA, Creventic, VLN and Blancpain use Radio Le Mans. They have transformed how we watch and absorb sports car racing, both at home at at the circuits.

That can't be stated loud enough.

[gert]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

I don't think you understand how important to the sport Radio Le Mans is. Its so important that Audi were patrons of Radio Le Mans in 2005 when John and Eve took it over to stop it being shut down. There's a reason that WEC, ELMS, IMSA, Creventic, VLN and Blancpain use Radio Le Mans. They have transformed how we watch and absorb sports car racing, both at home at at the circuits.

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