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