SPA 24 hrs, 25-26 July - Page 18

MJ_N_09 · 25 Jul 2009, 22:42 (Ref:2508059)

This is the 1st time I've ever seen a Vitaphone Maserati out of contention. Good thing too, not only did it (possibly) wreck the Leading Porsche, but they can't lock out the podium now at this rate.

GrayWolf · 25 Jul 2009, 22:46 (Ref:2508062)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

This is the 1st time I've ever seen a Vitaphone Maserati out of contention. Good thing too, not only did it (possibly) wreck the Leading Porsche, but they can't lock out the podium now at this rate.

With Gavin there they could hardly lock it out.
And i guess the R8 is also running for the overall podium

NightStalk3r · 25 Jul 2009, 22:57 (Ref:2508065)

Saftey Car, #40 Ford GT in the tires at Turn 8.

GrayWolf · 25 Jul 2009, 23:04 (Ref:2508069)

Man how long is this safety car going to be on the track ?!

Dead-Eye · 25 Jul 2009, 23:04 (Ref:2508070)

#33 seems to be having a lengthy stop as well

MJ_N_09 · 25 Jul 2009, 23:05 (Ref:2508071)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Saftey Car, #40 Ford GT in the tires at Turn 8.

How pointless was it to repair this car?

MJ_N_09 · 25 Jul 2009, 23:09 (Ref:2508072)

Looks like the 99, the worst of the GT2 cars, could be a retirement.

Danny_GT2 · 25 Jul 2009, 23:12 (Ref:2508074)

What happened to #1 Maser? Hey why am I askin u guys cos nobody here can view it!

NightStalk3r · 25 Jul 2009, 23:14 (Ref:2508075)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny_GT2

What happened to #1 Maser? Hey why am I askin u guys cos nobody here can view it!

Negrao hit the wall.

Danny_GT2 · 25 Jul 2009, 23:19 (Ref:2508077)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Negrao hit the wall.

Has the car been totalled or is it being repaired??

isynge · 25 Jul 2009, 23:19 (Ref:2508078)

Was the #40 incident a big one? The yellow does seem long unless there's barrier damage etc.

Bad news for Olly to once again to see his hard won lead eroded - good news is we get to see him push it hard once again when he tries to rebuild it...

isynge · 25 Jul 2009, 23:22 (Ref:2508079)

Looks like a big stop for the #33 Maserati - problems or making the most of the yellow to do something clever?

WMUCarGuy · 25 Jul 2009, 23:23 (Ref:2508080)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny_GT2

Has the car been totalled or is it being repaired??

It's being repaired, but taking forever.

MJ_N_09 · 25 Jul 2009, 23:40 (Ref:2508083)

70 appears to be back on track.

Cuttlefish · 25 Jul 2009, 23:40 (Ref:2508084)

Points clarification:

Double at the end?

Or points at 12 hrs and 24 hrs?

Dead-Eye · 25 Jul 2009, 23:41 (Ref:2508085)

Quote:

Originally Posted by isynge

Was the #40 incident a big one? The yellow does seem long unless there's barrier damage etc.

Timing says it's for armco repairs.

MJ_N_09 · 25 Jul 2009, 23:41 (Ref:2508086)

points only awarded after 24 hrs.

isynge · 25 Jul 2009, 23:47 (Ref:2508087)

In retrospect would it have made sense to pull Gavin out of the car for the safety car period and save his car time for green flag running or do you keep him in there to keep the lead after they go green?

Gut feel says once they saw it was going to be an armco repair - which is never a short procedure - I'd have pulled in for an out of schedule driver change and then got Olly back in when there was some clear track and a chance to make the most of his ability.

Morgoth · 26 Jul 2009, 00:12 (Ref:2508099)

yay!

00:56 Safety Car for Armco repairs

01:58 Safety Car In

Morgoth · 26 Jul 2009, 00:37 (Ref:2508112)

At least after all that, it made for some really close battling for the lead for a while. Too bad there weren't any night-vision on-boards streaming.

... and the #1 still sits

and just after I click "submit" the #3 has a problem - 10 seconds and the lead lost in the first sector! #4 then comes to the pits and the #2 takes point!

and now it's Maserati's turn, guess maybe everybody ran out of gas following the SC?

nasdriv87 · 26 Jul 2009, 01:27 (Ref:2508125)

vitaphone #1 is back on track, but so many laps down from lead!!!

rich07 · 26 Jul 2009, 01:33 (Ref:2508126)

Thanks to MST for the live timing but without vision I feel like Im blind, this is really frustrating. I wish they didnt switch off the cameras during the night. Im rapt that Vitaphone arent leading and the Audi is fourth outright!!

How many hours until GT Live comes on again?

Morgoth · 26 Jul 2009, 01:39 (Ref:2508127)

Good to see they got the #1 running again.

Race notes says the the #3 "went wide in a curve" resulting in the lead change. They seem to be having some trouble now however, been slowly losing time for a while now.

gt1live should be back in another 6 hours or so.................

cmk · 26 Jul 2009, 01:44 (Ref:2508128)

Gavin in the SRT car seems to be less dialed-in than the other contenders. On the restart he was able to gap Lamy but Hezemans was pulling away slowly, then rapidly, as Gavin recorded some slow laps and Lamy made it past. Must be coming up to some driver changes fairly soon, it will be interesting to see what shakes out.

cmk · 26 Jul 2009, 01:55 (Ref:2508132)

Kumpen, Soulet and Muller in 4, 3 and 2 respectively. Another trio of fast young drivers for the top three teams as they race through the dark.

The Audi is having a great run as is, surprisingly, the Nissan. The two cars are quite well-matched on race pace, though the Audi isn't quite on 2010 GT1 pace on a single flyer.

EDIT: Soulet and Muller into the 2:18s right away. And Kumpen the fastest 1st sector of the race...

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