[WEC Race] 2016 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico - Race Thread

[J Jay]

Hartley passes Lotterer. He's looked faster for a while now.

[GT6]

porsche back to second

[Articus]

LMP2 is wild these days.

[airbusA346]

HAHA at Lotterer's radio message.

[airbusA346]

#98 drive through for punting #83.

[TF110]

Annnnd we have commentary!

[cokata]

Wow RLM commentary suddenly is on the eurosport stream

[Rodger Davies]

Oh wow, I'm probably late to the party but this is the first racing I've seen on the Tilke-d version of this circuit; it's horrible, absolutely vile. Probably not helped by watching the VIR race last week, but still, this looks like I imagine Sochi does.

At least GTE Pro looks interesting and the racing is usually good, but not sure I can watch many hours at this venue. Was their tactic to choose somewhere that makes COTA look good?

[bentley speed 8]

This looks like that rubber band AI in racing games...
Loving the race at the moment but I sadly won't be able to watch it in full

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Oh wow, I'm probably late to the party but this is the first racing I've seen on the Tilke-d version of this circuit; it's horrible, absolutely vile. Probably not helped by watching the VIR race last week, but still, this looks like I imagine Sochi does.

At least GTE Pro looks interesting, but not sure I can watch many hours at this venue. Was their tactic to choose somewhere that makes COTA look good?

Couldn't disagree more. The class racing has been absolutely brilliant so far and the crowd and atmosphere has been sky high.

[AndreasDavour]

Originally Posted by TF110

Toyota don't have the funds to develop a super high downforce kit. It's not even the issue of the amount allowed. I think next year with only two kits, they may be closer. Buemi is doing a great job right now, and those clouds are getting darker and darker.

Yeah, they are lacking funds, but now they are stuck with a dog and can't do a thing even if they get a check from the board back in Japan.

Well, let's hope it evens out next year.

[cmk]

It was fun without commentary for a while there, but it's probably well-timed to have it appear as pit stops begin and things become more jumbled up.

The racing is good here, especially with multiple classes, but I think it's still just a little too difficult to pass in many sections. That's true with slower cars but also within class as I felt during the GP last year.

[Maelochs]

It might be a less ugly venue were the sun to be shining ... all it is now is shades fo gray with a little brown ... looks dirty, like an ill-maintained factory. Still much as I love a pretty track, I prefer a good race. This will do.

Makes CotA look good ... hah. Good one. Sad, too ....

[Rodger Davies]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Couldn't disagree more. The class racing has been absolutely brilliant so far and the crowd and atmosphere has been sky high.

That's fair enough if the crowds are in, although I don't have to enjoy it. Atmosphere is always good if any venue is full though, I hadn't seen any crowd shots before.

I know the racing can be good, but when it's in a Tilke car park I'll struggle to stay involved once the race dies down.

Anyway, enough moaning, let's see how the racing pans out...

[J Jay]

Hartley catching Di Grassi quite a bit.

[AndreasDavour]

Derani is nuts! Love it.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

That's fair enough if the crowds are in, although I don't have to enjoy it. Atmosphere is always good if any venue is full though, I hadn't seen any crowd shots before.

I know the racing can be good, but when it's in a Tilke car park I'll struggle to stay involved once the race dies down.

Anyway, enough moaning, let's see how the racing pans out...

I didn't say you have to enjoy it of course, just offering a different perspective. This track looks a little rough in places, which gives it huge amounts of character. It isn't polished to an inch of its life.

Whilst the stadium section is a terrible layout for a single class, it's provided some brilliant moments for multi class. Similarly the esses are proving to be brilliant for this series.

The only things I would change are taking the extra kink out of the stadium, put a bit of grass in the esses and bring back the Aztec style concrete blocks. Apart from that, this track is the best non European track that WEC visits by a country mile.

[airbusA346]

#37 has had an incident.

[airbusA346]

FCY

[TF110]

Uh oh, safety car? Code 60?

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by TF110

Uh oh, safety car? Code 60?

Code 80.

[J Jay]

Longer stops for both Porsches, both full changes whereas the #8 took fuel and tyres but Di Grassi stayed on board.

#5 jumps #2 in stops. Good work from Toyota pit crew.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Longer stops for both Porsches, both full changes whereas the #8 took fuel and tyres but Di Grassi stayed on board.

#5 jumps #2 in stops. Good work from Toyota pit crew.

And #2 couldn't get into it's box.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Longer stops for both Porsches, both full changes whereas the #8 took fuel and tyres but Di Grassi stayed on board.

Driver change should be done before tyres though. Don't know why Porsche were slow. But that's bad news for the 7 Audi. That was basically a lap behind and only gets a third of it back because of this.

[TF110]

Conway, seriously?