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I think 59 didn't have any issues at all as well, except the moronic fuel miscalculation on the first stint, I mean that was the most idoitic thig I've seen at Le Mans ever... Well, maybe Risi running out of fue with a few corrners from victory at Pettit is better
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17 Jun 2012, 22:33 (Ref:3093837) | #1677 | ||
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Footage of Motoyama trying to fix the Deltawing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJylUpzQ-iQ
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17 Jun 2012, 22:47 (Ref:3093846) | #1678 | |
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The right rear wheel on the Toyota broke off and that is why the car lifted off. The fin is designed to keep the car on the ground when it goes sideways.
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Maybe but with all four wheels on the ground I doubt the right front end would have lifted up as much as it did or at all and the fin would have been more effective, as the car traveled side ways.
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17 Jun 2012, 23:11 (Ref:3093856) | #1683 | |
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Worth mentioning. Where does the #2 Audi go from here? I think the #1 car is now the strongest lineup...Well maybe I could beg that they swap Fassler for Duval in the #1 car...
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17 Jun 2012, 23:44 (Ref:3093864) | #1684 | ||
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If they plan to keep the AM drivers, which I think they should, the ACO really needs to get a rule out stating that the faster cars can't under any circumstances pass a slower car while cutting the racing line...( with heavy penalties in case they do)..
Yeah it was AF corsa drivers fault, but in his defense, he is an amateur, he probably didn't except him to be there It's seems like he just turned into the coner not knowing that davidson was there.. I'mean miscalculations happen all the time to professionals, just look at Romas Dumas, and McNish, you can't really expect Amatours to not make mistakes... IMO It's always the experienced professionals drivers fault... I mean seriously, when you drive your car on roads, you never expect everyone will drive by the rules, you always watch out that some idiot will make a mistake and cost you your life...same thing here, you know they can't drive, or judge closing speeds as racing drivers should, so you look at them as hazards, you respect them, you don't go diving into corrners fealing assured he is gonna do everything right |
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To me, those 2 cars are certainties. Now let's look at a few scenarios. First, 3 or 4 cars. If 3 cars, do you keep Fassler? If yes, then McNish and TK are both gone to Audi Ambassadorship (or Toyota). If no, then I say Duval gets drafted in and McNish leaves due to his numerous errors of late. Kristensen would move to the 3 car. However, there is no real way I think this happens, so I will just predict a new man is hired to run in the old guy's car (maybe another young gun from DTM like Ekstrom-he never got the R8 drive that many said he was promised) and another young gun fills the void in #3. |
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18 Jun 2012, 05:29 (Ref:3093928) | #1686 | |
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Most cars to still ever finish on the lead lap at Le Mans: 2
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#1 Lotterer, Treluyer, Duval #2 Kristensen, McNish, Bonanomi #3 Rocky, Fassler, Jarvis and Mortara 10th driver/reserve. |
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I'm pretty sure Gene has reserved himself a seat on the team with his late race performance.
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Im really happy for all the class winners.
#1 Audi-great to see the young guns defend their title. Fassler aint the star of the trio but Ive been a fan of his since DTM so its great to see him grab another Le Mans win. Rebellion-awesome to see them being the fastest of the privateers although I have to say I'd be surprised if they hadnt been. They looked the fastest and most prepared of the privateer LMP1s so it was their title to lose IMHO. Starworks-What a dream debut year in ACO LMP racing for this team. Very happy for the guys. AF Corse-The car gets binned in practice and then they come back to win. Wow. The 458 did really well last year and failed but this year makes up for it. Fairytale. Such a great win that even Badger wasnt unhappy to see it happen. Larbre-Great to see them win again especially with Pedro Lamy in the car, its nice to see a good race for him with his recent ups and downs. Although I must ask-why'd they stop at the end to swap drivers? |
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18 Jun 2012, 10:10 (Ref:3094028) | #1691 | |
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i think that duval, who has been the best driver in the #3 (at least the one that didn't crash during the race and scored 3.24.0 in qualifying) will join other gt500 drivers in the #1. While if capello really will leave his prototype driver role, surely in the #2 will be addede gené as third driver because of his coupè/diesel experience. In next year surely the third car will be used only at spa and le mans, and i think that there will be three drivers between fassler/rockenfeller/bonamoni/jarvis/some other dtm driver.
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Why hasn't Ekstrom ever been used in the Sportscar programme? I've always thought he'd be an excellent Endurance driver.
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He doesn't like Le Mans. He was at the test day once and later he talked about how the traffic and compromising in terms of set up annoyed him.
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While I’m not surprised, I was disappointed again at the pretty poor coverage of the race by the mainstream press. With no clash with F1, I thought there was a possibility that some of the F1 writers would be sent over to cover the race. The coverage it did get was down to the Davidson crash, like McNish’s last year..... As has been said before, but it seems truer than ever F1=Motorsport!! Last edited by ArnageWRC; 18 Jun 2012 at 13:42. |
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18 Jun 2012, 15:38 (Ref:3094162) | #1697 | ||
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Hows Ant Davidson doing ?
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Davidson was able to take his first steps today, his pit crew visited him and bought him a nice gift. http://pic.twitter.com/b2sIQJdm
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