World Endurance Championship (WEC) Thread

[Dudley]

Talk about being in the wrong place at the Wong time for the Rebellion car.

Was sad to see the heart brake of the Porsche garage too

At least they still have the #91

No teams are completely out yet.

[Sidewaysbob]

The first racing lap into that chicane is going to be a bit of a crotch tightener

[ridgeracer]

Yet...

Haha

[Sidewaysbob]

By jingo that's close racing

[ridgeracer]

Eurosport adverts are already bugging me and for some reason I can't get the timing app to work...

[Dudley]

#92 now officially a retirement.

Yet...

Haha

Oh it'll happen.

[f. grimes]

When is the right time to have a beer...

That's a question?!

Should you still need guidance, you could go with every time that someone says 'point'.

Alternatives are Audi, Porsche, Toyota, Dempsey, second, lead, lap, race, safety, fuel, curves, pit(s), P1, P2 or GT. Or pick a number... or three!

Hic!

[Sidewaysbob]

Eurosport adverts are already bugging me and for some reason I can't get the timing app to work...

try this one

http://live.fiawec.com/

[ridgeracer]

Thing is, I only have five bottles. Have got a huge pizza (Sainsburys hot and spicy) for later.

Gotta have the fuel to get me through the night.

(Cheers Bob. The app just started working now!)

[Sidewaysbob]

aaaah no, yeah the whole lots of timing looks broken

[ridgeracer]

Silly strategy by Audi there piting again after 3 laps unless it was a puncture?

(Edit: seems it was a puncture)

[Sidewaysbob]

I predict audi are going to clean sweep the podium. Unless porsche have something in reserve, this a race audi can only lose.

[ridgeracer]

They look strong in race pace, there keeping with the Porsche, no problem.

Let's not mention the Toyota's...

[carred]

I predict audi are going to clean sweep the podium. Unless porsche have something in reserve, this a race audi can only lose.

I think one of them has done that?

[Sidewaysbob]

Thats not going to polish out is it ....

the curse of the armchair pundit

[layten]

Thats not going to polish out is it ....

erm..

[JPR]

Bit of spit and polish for the windscreen and gaffer tape for the body and the job's a good'un, crazy.

[Sun Tze]

Team Joest.... unbelievable.

[Dudley]

Audi back out before they even manage to throw the safety car to repair the damage it caused to the barrier.

"Audi Top Service" indeed.

[ridgeracer]

When the Audi smacked the barrier if you watch the reply it sends a marshall flying too! Hope he's ok.

[Sidewaysbob]

When audi hit a barrier, they take the barrier to parc ferme !

[curium]

First crash caused by the slow zone.

GTE cars obeying slow zone while marshals waving green flags and so Audi #8 was on the gas.

[ridgeracer]

I'm confused at that restart? Did the Audi jump the restart?

[Sidewaysbob]

he was a bit eager yes, but the acceleration is so much more than the gt car in fornt of him

[Dudley]

If the Audi had done that in qualifying it'd have started 2nd.

[Sidewaysbob]

Audi was working on its race pace, Being on pole is worth 1 point. Winning the race is what matters

This is a fantastic race, all the way though its nip and tuck. Just brilliant racing

[morcs]

Decided to give this a go, anyone got a quick summary of what I'm watching? Is the racing mostly between the 2 Audis looking at the timing thing?

[Dudley]

Decided to give this a go, anyone got a quick summary of what I'm watching? Is the racing mostly between the 2 Audis looking at the timing thing?

Yep.

[Count Buffalos]

Four classes of cars making up a field of 55 starters today. Each car is driven by a team over three drivers of over the 24h. Each class has its own winner as well as the 'overall' winner - races within the race, then.The quickest cars are the Porsche and Audi prototype cars, and it's been really close so far. There is also excellent racing in the other classes, which shouldn't be ignored.

[Dudley]

Also you're going to want this.

http://www.spotterguides.com/portfolio/15lm/