VLN and Nurburgring 24 hours

[Akrapovic]

Mercedes still only doing 6 lap stints. The strategies here are confusing.

[gert]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

Got track position by doing a short first stint/stop though... will be interesting to see how that strategy shakes out over the course of the race.

Indeed. But there's been nothing wrong with its laptimes compared to the top 20 runners.

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Trouble for another one of the Bentleys (The yellow one)?

[J Jay]

One more of the Bentleys in trouble as well.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by J Jay

One more of the Bentleys in trouble as well.

Was in the gravel at T1. Recovered now.

[J Jay]

#704 cycles back through to the lead on pit strategy.

[gert]

lambo on fire.

Farnbacher can stay in (or return to) Spa

[airbusA346]

Big engine failure for the Konrad Lambo

[J Jay]

That's a big one for the Konrad Huracan.

Edit - #704 back in from the GP Loop. Straight into the garage, one bullet down for Glickenhaus.

[airbusA346]

#704 into the garage.

[gert]

Yellow-ish bodywork on the track seems to be from the SCG

So apparently the 3 ran into the back of the 704?

[gert]

Nice repair work going on at the Manta ... :/

[Victor_RO]

Sledgehammer taken to the rear bumper of the Manta to straighten it out. Have at it fellas!

[gert]

The SCG 704 is back at full speed: a 8:28 last time around

[J Jay]

I, for one, an enjoying the 2017 Audi R8 Benefit Race...

The #42 & #43 have slowly climbed their way to be just behind the Audi bunch in front though.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by J Jay

I, for one, an enjoying the 2017 Audi R8 Benefit Race...

The #42 & #43 have slowly climbed their way to be just behind the Audi bunch in front though.

I think the Audis suit the heat. When it cools down it might be very different. A huge amount of cars still within touching distance though.

[fieldodreams79]

Having Trussers for entire race adds so much to the event.

And even he struggles to keep up with this one!

[Akrapovic]

An SCG just blew by the Haribo Mercedes on the run to Tiergarten, much to drivers unhappiness.

After the Mercedes BoP antics last year (and my bias towards the SCG), I personally disagree with the Mercedes driver. 702 is on the lead lap. 704 I think is only one lap down, but sometimes shows two down due to the way the timing works.

[TzeiTzei]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

An SCG just blew by the Haribo Mercedes on the run to Tiergarten, much to drivers unhappiness.

After the Mercedes BoP antics last year (and my bias towards the SCG), I personally disagree with the Mercedes driver. 702 is on the lead lap. 704 I think is only one lap down, but sometimes shows two down due to the way the timing works.

I think the 704 is about a lap behind. But when it had its problem, it cut back to the pits at the end of the gp track and crossed the timing line again and "completed" another lap. Don't know if that has been fixed.

[airbusA346]

No... the Falken Porsche!

[J Jay]

Falken Porsche has hit the barriers, somewhere near the top of the circuit given how close the barriers are.

[airbusA346]

Jorg's got the mobile phone out.

[bentley speed 8]

And he walks out of the car

[Akrapovic]

Not looking hopeful for it. Looks like it might be out.

[airbusA346]

#911 in the garage.

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by TzeiTzei

I think the 704 is about a lap behind. But when it had its problem, it cut back to the pits at the end of the gp track and crossed the timing line again and "completed" another lap. Don't know if that has been fixed.

There's a timing loop at the GP track pit entrance that prevents that from happening. Cars cutting back into the pits from the GP track happens every year if they have a mechanical issue before going onto the Nordschleife.