[WEC Race] WEC 2015 Round 5: COTA

[chernaudi]

I'm thinking that the Porsche's problem isn't a quick fix or may be terminal. There's not a lot of urgency in that garage stall. Both Audis have been by and are now 2nd and 3rd.

[bentley speed 8]

Overheating battery pack?
Meanwhile both Rebellions dead last

[Oracle]

Has to be a retirement?

[Richard C]

#18 was slow into turn #1 on the lap prior to it pulling into garage.

Richard

[ederss7]

Now I wonder how they did the fastest Le Mans in the history(pace, not distance) without this kind of issue.

[TheMightyM]

Originally Posted by tux

First time they will finish the race without any problems this year.

Well, they just had a 3 minute pit stop, and now behind the top six P2s. Still well ahead of the two Rebellions though.

[chernaudi]

Hartley only has to bide his time. Unless the Porsche breaks like it's brother did a while ago, Lotterer won't catch him being about 2/3 of a lap behind.

[Artur]

With Lotterer onboard, #7's fastest lap now is only 1 tenth away from the Porsches and #8's best qualifying lap

[BullMan]

FOUR MINUTES between commercials on FS2. I'll never feel guilty for circumventing IMSA to see the commercial free, Varsha-less stream ever again.

[TF110]

Good job for Porsche. Theyre car is mostly untouchable unless it has issues like the 18. Fuji should be a great race with the top speeds of these lmp1's.

[porman]

A real shame for the guys in the 18. I also feel bad for Mr. Conway. You could tell he was gutted when he gave an interview shortly after his return.

Congratulations Porsche to your wins in LMP1 and GTE Pro.

[ederss7]

Even with a last lap of 35 minutes, the #18 was still classified?

[TheMightyM]

Originally Posted by ederss7

Even with a last lap of 35 minutes, the #18 was still classified?

Should be, yes. It did the required 70 percent of the total race distance and took the checkered flag. (It sat in the pits for 32 minutes+ of that time.)

[EricS]

Originally Posted by ederss7

Even with a last lap of 35 minutes, the #18 was still classified?

It's only a Le Mans rule that the last lap has to be within a certain time.

[Richard C]

Congratulations Porsche. I had hoped for a 1-2. It it too late tonight and I have a day and a half drive back home, but before end of week I will post photos from today.

Quick funny story...

I am not one for autographs, but did participate in the WEC driver autograph session. Long story short, Mark Webber effectively refused to give me an autograph! The fans were roughly lined up as the drivers moved along signing and handing out photo cards. He moved right past me as if I wasn't even there. I moved to two open gaps later in the line and he did the same thing each time. I gave up after the third attempt. Not sure what was going on, but it was funny. I must have reminded him of someone he didn't like. I did get autographs from other drivers just fine.

Richard

[Artur]

Originally Posted by TF110

Fuji should be a great race with the top speeds of these lmp1's.

Curiously, I guess GT500 might have higher top speed given they have 640HP while LMP1 have less than 600(hybrid power is only used on low speeds).

Anyway, Audi had 10kmh of more top speed over Porsche here and still lost the race on S2.

Dempsey was too slow even when compared to the other amateurs:
http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Res...river_Race.PDF

[tux]

Wow, i did not realise how far off the pace Ed Brown is.

[Spyderman]

I'm gutted for the #18.

[ModelT]

Originally Posted by tux

Wow, i did not realise how far off the pace Ed Brown is.

Yep he talks the walk, pays for the walk, but can't walk the walk.

But good that Scott Sharp has someone to pay for his racing

[carbsmith]

Brown is a legitimate hazard because he regularly fails to drive fast enough to retain heat in the tires, thus he proceeds to get even slower then crash in some completely nonsensical way.

[gert]

If Porsche wants to win the driver championship, maybe they should start playing the Audi trick at or at least after Fuji: let the 17 have all the poles, and let it finish in front of the 18.

The 18 crew is so far back now, that it will be difficult for them.

[Richard C]

Originally Posted by carbsmith

Brown is a legitimate hazard because he regularly fails to drive fast enough to retain heat in the tires, thus he proceeds to get even slower then crash in some completely nonsensical way.

So... I don't follow that team and had no clue who the drivers are. I was in the turn 1 grandstands and even with many many cars streaming by, the #31 caught my eye a bit before the crash. It just seemed slow. I didn't know if something was up with the driver or the car. Then a bit later was the crash.

Richard

[kvenom]

Toyota have got to be cringing looking at Fuji, you can never discount miracles, but they are probably going to be well off the pace and with all the big bosses watching.

[Hawkwood]

Originally Posted by Artur

Curiously, I guess GT500 might have higher top speed given they have 640HP while LMP1 have less than 600(hybrid power is only used on low speeds).

Anyway, Audi had 10kmh of more top speed over Porsche here and still lost the race on S2.

Dempsey was too slow even when compared to the other amateurs:
http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Res...river_Race.PDF

I may just be having a massive brain-fade moment, but how do I get that same fastest-lap stats list for this year's Le Mans?

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by Hawkwood

I may just be having a massive brain-fade moment, but how do I get that same fastest-lap stats list for this year's Le Mans?

Alkamel -> 2015 -> Le Mans -> Hour X -> Classification by Driver Fastest Lap (3rd)

Where X can be any hour from 1 to 24, obviously. If I've explained it right, this is the list for the full race (i.e. at hour 24).