2024 Sportscar Thread (WEC, IMSA, NLS, GT World Challenge)

2024 Sportscar Thread (WEC, IMSA, NLS, GT World Challenge)

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FredericRobinson

4,141 posts

244 months

Friday 30th August 2024
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MikeGTi said:
Does anyone know where it's being shown? I couldn't see it listed on Eurosport
Discovery plus or the WEC app

FredericRobinson

4,141 posts

244 months

Friday 30th August 2024
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FredericRobinson said:
Discovery plus or the WEC app
And Eurosport 1, at 9.30pm

Silver3ides

1,602 posts

237 months

Sunday 1st September 2024
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FredericRobinson said:
FredericRobinson said:
Discovery plus or the WEC app
And Eurosport 1, at 9.30pm
It's confusing with Eurosport ..If using the Discovery TV app for TNT/Eurosport , Click on Sports (On now) , has been live there from 18.30 .

freedman

5,935 posts

219 months

Monday 2nd September 2024
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Incident packed race

Pleased to see Buemi properly penalised for the ridiculous move on Estre

Porsche really suffered from the BOP cahanges

Silver3ides

1,602 posts

237 months

Thursday 12th September 2024
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Truckosaurus

12,393 posts

296 months

Thursday 12th September 2024
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Seems odd to use the Genesis brand rather than Hyundai 'N', but I guess they are thinking they are competing alongside other 'luxury' brands in WEC eg Porsche, Fezza, Cadillac, (historically Bentley), etc.

I once had a Genesis rental car in America, it was perfectly adequate.

freedman

5,935 posts

219 months

Sunday 15th September 2024
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Some weekend for Porsche at the Fuji WEC 6 hours

Manthey Pure wrap up the GT3 Championship with a round to spare

Jota seal the privateer championship in their 963

Championship leaders Estre/Vanthoor and Lotterer drive a perfect race to win and bar a disaster at the last round should bring home the world championship

All the other contenders get things wrong, including a poor show from Toyota.

Great results for BMW and Alpine too

CLK-GTR

1,384 posts

257 months

Sunday 15th September 2024
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Not sure what Toyota are up to with their aggressive driving this season.

Feel sorry for Cadillac today.

trevalvole

1,378 posts

45 months

Monday 16th September 2024
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CLK-GTR said:
Feel sorry for Cadillac today.
In my opinion most of Cadillac's problems were down to Earl Bamber's mindset when driving e.g.

1. Do a risky move around the outside of a corner, when he could have just waited for a straight and blasted past them then;

2. Expect good grip on the marbles and the Alpine to not try and pass the GT3 traffic;

3. His wild drive back to the pits didn't speak of someone in a good place.

He seemed to expect other drivers to be perfect, where, as we know, they are just human and also seemed to expect good grip on the marbles, where, in fact, he was taking a risk.

CLK-GTR

1,384 posts

257 months

Monday 16th September 2024
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trevalvole said:
In my opinion most of Cadillac's problems were down to Earl Bamber's mindset when driving e.g.

1. Do a risky move around the outside of a corner, when he could have just waited for a straight and blasted past them then;

2. Expect good grip on the marbles and the Alpine to not try and pass the GT3 traffic;

3. His wild drive back to the pits didn't speak of someone in a good place.

He seemed to expect other drivers to be perfect, where, as we know, they are just human and also seemed to expect good grip on the marbles, where, in fact, he was taking a risk.
All that maybe true but it was down to the BMW pushing too deep into Turn 1 and not leaving any room when overtaking. Lots of cars were doing it at Turn 1 and i think it should have been penalised.

trevalvole

1,378 posts

45 months

Monday 16th September 2024
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CLK-GTR said:
trevalvole said:
In my opinion most of Cadillac's problems were down to Earl Bamber's mindset when driving e.g.

1. Do a risky move around the outside of a corner, when he could have just waited for a straight and blasted past them then;

2. Expect good grip on the marbles and the Alpine to not try and pass the GT3 traffic;

3. His wild drive back to the pits didn't speak of someone in a good place.

He seemed to expect other drivers to be perfect, where, as we know, they are just human and also seemed to expect good grip on the marbles, where, in fact, he was taking a risk.
All that maybe true but it was down to the BMW pushing too deep into Turn 1 and not leaving any room when overtaking. Lots of cars were doing it at Turn 1 and i think it should have been penalised.
Bamber did put himself in a position where he was vulnerable to other drivers' actions, though, when he could have just passed down the pit straight with little risk.

airbusA346

1,589 posts

165 months

Sunday 29th September 2024
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Bet there has been/will be some interesting conversations in the Proton/Iron Lynx/Iron Dames pits after that crash in the ELMS race at Mugello.

freedman

5,935 posts

219 months

Sunday 29th September 2024
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airbusA346 said:
Bet there has been/will be some interesting conversations in the Proton/Iron Lynx/Iron Dames pits after that crash in the ELMS race at Mugello.
Frey given a drive through, converted to a 30 seconds post race penalty and 1 penalty point

Seems quite lenient


CLK-GTR

1,384 posts

257 months

Sunday 29th September 2024
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Did she just misjudge the tow? Weird place to have an accident.

They've had some shockers this year.

Red Firecracker

5,302 posts

239 months

Thursday 3rd October 2024
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For those that lament the loss of decent modern sportscar racing at Silverstone, ELMS and the MLMC are returning on the 13th and 14th September next year.

(it's better racing than WEC, really)

VladD

8,074 posts

277 months

Thursday 3rd October 2024
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CLK-GTR said:
Did she just misjudge the tow? Weird place to have an accident.

They've had some shockers this year.
It's the only reason I can think of for an accident like that.

And I agree, they've had an incident packed season, and not all of it self inflicted.

Truckosaurus

12,393 posts

296 months

Thursday 3rd October 2024
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Indeed. We should all endeavour to attend, as I'm sure a decent crowd will encourage the ACO/WEC/etc to consider bringing a round of the World Championship back to Silverstone.

df76

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3,960 posts

290 months

Tuesday 8th October 2024
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Decent entry for the upcoming Asian Le Mans Series. Doesn’t appear to be any shortage of cash available. https://www.asianlemansseries.com/news/article.php...

airbusA346

1,589 posts

165 months

Wednesday 9th October 2024
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df76 said:
Decent entry for the upcoming Asian Le Mans Series. Doesn’t appear to be any shortage of cash available. https://www.asianlemansseries.com/news/article.php...
It'll be interesting to see what the Iron Dames do next year with regards to the car they use. ELMS and ALMS where they could race a Lambo, they've chosen the Porsche.

Will Schiavoni be in the other Proton Porsche (it's the same race number used by him in ELMS/WEC).

I wonder if Manthey have entered the second car to see if Shahin can get an auto invite to Le Mans instead of him doing WEC next year. In a recent interview he said he hadn't made his mind up about doing WEC next year.

FredericRobinson

4,141 posts

244 months

Wednesday 9th October 2024
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Petit Le Mans on Saturday, 5pm start, IMSA.tv and Youtube