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24 Jun 2017, 20:22 (Ref:3746499) | #277 | ||
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Do all the lights and the car number lights have to be working?
4: left side car number not working 8: right rear working only intermittently 8: right side car number not lit 50: all OK I think 7: right side car number not lit 90: left side car number not lit 87: right side car number not lit Last edited by gert; 24 Jun 2017 at 20:27. |
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24 Jun 2017, 20:34 (Ref:3746503) | #279 | ||
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I'm exactly the same by the way. I love Blancpain but this race is one I struggle with. But I'm trying something new for the first time and am making notes and going to write a race report (those here are free to critique it if they want). That's giving me a new slant on things. Noticing trends I wouldn't normally notice. |
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24 Jun 2017, 20:45 (Ref:3746506) | #280 | ||
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Note to the TV directors: the race may not be THAT interesting at this phase, but that party is even less interesting.
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24 Jun 2017, 20:46 (Ref:3746507) | #281 | |
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24 Jun 2017, 20:51 (Ref:3746508) | #282 | ||
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Pierguidi pits with 69 minutes to go, so he'll have to stop again in the last 4 minutes
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24 Jun 2017, 20:51 (Ref:3746509) | #283 | |
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Yeah the stint length rules mean that doesn't work.
But they've done fuel only so might make it work. Not sure on this. |
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24 Jun 2017, 20:55 (Ref:3746510) | #284 | ||
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65 minutes to go. Everyone has to do 1 more stop now.
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24 Jun 2017, 20:56 (Ref:3746511) | #285 | ||
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24 Jun 2017, 20:57 (Ref:3746512) | #286 | ||
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72 takes fuel and tires (and driver)
Is AF Corse still running the SMP car? If so, they've nicely split the stategy between their own car and the 72 SMP car. |
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24 Jun 2017, 21:01 (Ref:3746514) | #288 | ||
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doh!
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24 Jun 2017, 21:04 (Ref:3746515) | #289 | |
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I don't understand the Ferrari strategy. They double stunted the tyres and stopped early, which would pish Bentley into double stinting. But it would force another stop for the Ferrari so the Bentley would be able to cruise around slowly and preserve the tyres whilst the Ferrari would have to thunder round. Its a lose lose for Ferrari.
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24 Jun 2017, 21:08 (Ref:3746516) | #290 | |||
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(2 extra times in Lathouras' first run) Since they could only do 65 minutes they were bound to a late splash anyway. |
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24 Jun 2017, 21:09 (Ref:3746517) | #291 | |
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Seems a bit odd they boxed themselves into that corner.
Reliability issues for a lot of big runners suggests the Spa 24 might be more about last man standing. That's basically what has happened today. So many cars out that the uncompetitive Audis are up to 6-7-8-9. |
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Both under yellow, but still. So, that strategy may not be by choice. -- Track limits are still a joke. More here than anywhere else. |
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24 Jun 2017, 21:17 (Ref:3746521) | #293 | |
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They must've be on the same strategy as the 4. Stopping twice in 10 minutes would've just extended their current stint slightly. So I think they'd have been about in line with the 4 Mercedes, which has turned out to be not the optimum strategy.
Track limits was ok(ish) for 3 hours until all the rubber markers were removed. And now it's night they've stopped warning cars. They're off the road at every corner. |
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24 Jun 2017, 21:17 (Ref:3746522) | #294 | ||
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lapped traffic is not particularly helpful
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24 Jun 2017, 21:20 (Ref:3746523) | #295 | |
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Nissan looks horrible to drive. All over the place. Lots of power, no grip.
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24 Jun 2017, 21:22 (Ref:3746525) | #297 | |
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In the first SC that'll be then as there was only 10 minutes or so between them. First SC had only a few pit. Second SC had the big group of early stoppers. And then there was those who stayed out till the end of the limit.
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24 Jun 2017, 21:25 (Ref:3746527) | #298 | ||
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I can't remember. It may as well have been when it was Full Yellow just before the safety car came. Sometime it was a lengthy yellow and then suddenly SC after a few laps.
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24 Jun 2017, 21:30 (Ref:3746528) | #299 | |
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And now the 4 has died. This is a strange race.
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24 Jun 2017, 21:30 (Ref:3746530) | #300 | ||
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Another front runner with problems (#4)
What do we need to win in Spa? An Audi? A Porsche? An Aston Martin maybe? |
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