V8 Supercars 2017 Thread
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Been watching the V8s for a few years but have just come across this thread while trying to find out where I can watch it.
Ended up not following last season because I don't have BT Sport and couldn't series link it on Motors so never remember to watch it the weekend after.
Watched round 1 and assumed it was back to being live, gutted to find that's not the case. Does Superview let you watch it on demand or just live?
<smugface>Managed to watch races 1 and 4 in person at Albert Park. What a noise!</smugface>
Ended up not following last season because I don't have BT Sport and couldn't series link it on Motors so never remember to watch it the weekend after.
Watched round 1 and assumed it was back to being live, gutted to find that's not the case. Does Superview let you watch it on demand or just live?
<smugface>Managed to watch races 1 and 4 in person at Albert Park. What a noise!</smugface>
A good weekends racing it seemed to suit the Fords but again Redbull showed how much better their braking performance is compared to everyone else they were coming from so far back, which will serve them really well on the street circuits so expect to see them on pole.
The Perth Round is being shown live on Motorsport TV so that's the 6th & 7th May 7.30am/6.40 am
The Perth Round is being shown live on Motorsport TV so that's the 6th & 7th May 7.30am/6.40 am
knowitall said:
It's really pathetic that their UK television deal is so poor and patchy.Not every round is being shown. Not even highlights of all rounds are being shown. The series just seems to randomly be shown when there's nothing better on!
Like I said, pathetic for supposedly a 'big' series.
Phillip Island will be shown in around 10 days time the first round is being shown this weekend, Motorsport TV will show any rounds they don't show live 7-14 days later.Like I said, pathetic for supposedly a 'big' series.
As for it being a big series you can't even find BTCC on Aus TV, the V8's are a big thing in Aus which is where they're market is aimed at, if you want to see it when you want you can always purchase superview.
Motorsport TV has better deals for the Endurance races Blancpain/IMSA/WEC then the Motorbike Road Races Motocross etc the V8's deal came to the party late after BT decided to drop it not long before the season started, on a good note it looks like Bathurst will be shown live.
Here's a summary (not by me) of the last round at Phillip Island:
Tyred and emotional
There’s no doubt that the WD-40 Phillip Island 500 will be remembered for the tyre failures and pitlane penalties that played a major part in the final results.
Saturday’s race was not a great look for Dunlop or the sport, but it was a credit to the bulk of the teams and officials that the damage was minimised on Sunday.
While the simple installation of a cone fixed the fracas over pit penalties, Dunlop now faces the more complex task of ensuring that its tyres can stand the rigours of Bathurst.
Opinions vary as to how much the tyre and how much car set-ups were to blame for the Phillip Island failures, but all agree that a similar debacle cannot be repeated in October.
Raw speed
Scott McLaughlin of DJR Team Penske during the WD-40 Phillip Island 500, at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, April 23, 2017.
Shell V-Power Racing was in the thick of the weekend’s drama with pitlane penalties, a tyre blowout and a strategy error hampering its results.
But when you strip away the circumstantial issues, the real takeaway from the team’s weekend was the raw speed that saw it lockout the front-row for both races.
Scott McLaughlin had almost 0.3s on the nearest non-Shell Ford driver in both sessions. On Sunday there was a full 0.6s back to fourth-placed man Mark Winterbottom.
For comparison, last year at Phillip Island McLaughlin (GRM Volvo) scored each pole with less than 0.1s over his nearest rival and 0.6s covered the top 15 cars on the Sunday.
Reynolds revels
David Reynolds of Erebus Motorsport V8 during the WD-40 Phillip Island 500, at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, April 21, 2017.
While we’re on the subject of year-on-year comparisons, it’s rare to see the sort of improvement that Erebus displayed at Phillip Island.
Eighth on the grid on Sunday was 14 places higher than David Reynolds managed for the same race last year, and third by the end of the 250km was even more impressive.
Reynolds had shone at the Island earlier in his career with Kelly Racing and Prodrive, so it was pleasing to see Erebus give him a car in which he could display his talents.
The car was so good, in fact, that Reynolds was left to wonder whether he should have pushed harder in the closing stages in order to chase down his former team-mates for the win.
Frosty fires
Mark Winterbottom of Prodrive Racing Australia during the WD-40 Phillip Island 500, at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, April 23, 2017.
Having won at Albert Park and led during both races at Symmons Plains, victory for Chaz Mostert’s on Sunday was a continuation of an impressive patch of form.
Second for Mark Winterbottom, however, was arguably the real feel-good story at Prodrive following his shocking start to the season.
Free of the braking issues that had hampered him at the early events, Winterbottom could hardly hide his relief as he proved a top-five contender all weekend.
With Mostert and Cameron Waters already firing, a competitive Frosty is great news for the team – and for the category – as Prodrive makes it a three-way battle at the top.
Nissan's squabble
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If ever you wanted an example of how fiercely competitive Michael Caruso is, this was it.
While many were coasting their way to the end of a weekend of survival, the ever-aggressive Caruso was banging doors with his own boss to turn 10th place into ninth.
Expletives flew on the radios as Todd Kelly was bumped wide, allowing brother Rick to pass both. Rick had himself looked at diving under the duo at Turn 1 before thinking better of it.
It was a fiery end to a fraught weekend for the team and in particular Caruso, who took a pair of top 10 finishes despite suffering tyre failures in both races.
Tyred and emotional
There’s no doubt that the WD-40 Phillip Island 500 will be remembered for the tyre failures and pitlane penalties that played a major part in the final results.
Saturday’s race was not a great look for Dunlop or the sport, but it was a credit to the bulk of the teams and officials that the damage was minimised on Sunday.
While the simple installation of a cone fixed the fracas over pit penalties, Dunlop now faces the more complex task of ensuring that its tyres can stand the rigours of Bathurst.
Opinions vary as to how much the tyre and how much car set-ups were to blame for the Phillip Island failures, but all agree that a similar debacle cannot be repeated in October.
Raw speed
Scott McLaughlin of DJR Team Penske during the WD-40 Phillip Island 500, at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, April 23, 2017.
Shell V-Power Racing was in the thick of the weekend’s drama with pitlane penalties, a tyre blowout and a strategy error hampering its results.
But when you strip away the circumstantial issues, the real takeaway from the team’s weekend was the raw speed that saw it lockout the front-row for both races.
Scott McLaughlin had almost 0.3s on the nearest non-Shell Ford driver in both sessions. On Sunday there was a full 0.6s back to fourth-placed man Mark Winterbottom.
For comparison, last year at Phillip Island McLaughlin (GRM Volvo) scored each pole with less than 0.1s over his nearest rival and 0.6s covered the top 15 cars on the Sunday.
Reynolds revels
David Reynolds of Erebus Motorsport V8 during the WD-40 Phillip Island 500, at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, April 21, 2017.
While we’re on the subject of year-on-year comparisons, it’s rare to see the sort of improvement that Erebus displayed at Phillip Island.
Eighth on the grid on Sunday was 14 places higher than David Reynolds managed for the same race last year, and third by the end of the 250km was even more impressive.
Reynolds had shone at the Island earlier in his career with Kelly Racing and Prodrive, so it was pleasing to see Erebus give him a car in which he could display his talents.
The car was so good, in fact, that Reynolds was left to wonder whether he should have pushed harder in the closing stages in order to chase down his former team-mates for the win.
Frosty fires
Mark Winterbottom of Prodrive Racing Australia during the WD-40 Phillip Island 500, at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, April 23, 2017.
Having won at Albert Park and led during both races at Symmons Plains, victory for Chaz Mostert’s on Sunday was a continuation of an impressive patch of form.
Second for Mark Winterbottom, however, was arguably the real feel-good story at Prodrive following his shocking start to the season.
Free of the braking issues that had hampered him at the early events, Winterbottom could hardly hide his relief as he proved a top-five contender all weekend.
With Mostert and Cameron Waters already firing, a competitive Frosty is great news for the team – and for the category – as Prodrive makes it a three-way battle at the top.
Nissan's squabble
34055445822_ec96a2c108_k
If ever you wanted an example of how fiercely competitive Michael Caruso is, this was it.
While many were coasting their way to the end of a weekend of survival, the ever-aggressive Caruso was banging doors with his own boss to turn 10th place into ninth.
Expletives flew on the radios as Todd Kelly was bumped wide, allowing brother Rick to pass both. Rick had himself looked at diving under the duo at Turn 1 before thinking better of it.
It was a fiery end to a fraught weekend for the team and in particular Caruso, who took a pair of top 10 finishes despite suffering tyre failures in both races.
John Cleland talking about his Bathurst adventures in the new MotorSport podcast @ 40:55
https://soundcloud.com/motor-sport-magazine/john-c...
It was me who put forward the question! Ed Foster needs reading glasses as he got my username wrong!
https://soundcloud.com/motor-sport-magazine/john-c...
It was me who put forward the question! Ed Foster needs reading glasses as he got my username wrong!
Well that was another good round of V8 Supercars some interesting moves some possible championship costing results for some.
In other news there's a rumour Prodrive will be running Lexus's GS-F/RC-F with a V8 in 2019 & DJR will be running the Mondeo/Fusion in 2019 with a 3.5TT engine (basically the ecoboost engine) that they already use in the Fusion so marketing wise it works.
Holden/GM will be running the Insignia with a 3.5TT engine in 2018.
In other news there's a rumour Prodrive will be running Lexus's GS-F/RC-F with a V8 in 2019 & DJR will be running the Mondeo/Fusion in 2019 with a 3.5TT engine (basically the ecoboost engine) that they already use in the Fusion so marketing wise it works.
Holden/GM will be running the Insignia with a 3.5TT engine in 2018.
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