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Risi possibly seeing there Championship challenge fading with the addition of the C6.R GT2?
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Did Long pit during the yellow flag? Live timing says no.
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yay! Corvette 2nd in GT2!
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Congrats to Corvette Racing for an excellent 2nd, though it would have been nice to see what happened if the battle had not been split between 45 and 3 and the rest of the pack. Great parity in outright pace all through the factory cars. Pity the 90 had the puncture early as it was actually the fastest outright in class.
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All in all this was a very entertaining race. Too bad Brabs couldn't give de Ferran more of a challenge, but Graf has made P2 much more interesting and the addition of the Corvettes and improvement in the BMWs has vastly improved GT2 so we get more than Porsche-Ferrari every week. The Lizards once again prove they are the best GT2 team in the world.
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de Ferran really emotional in the post race!
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Congrats to both Team Cytosport and to Corvette Racing for great finishes. Welcome back to both teams.
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I know this is off topic but im listening to the midweek motorsport replay on radio le mans after the race and its damn funny, the argument about Michael Schumacher is excellent
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Pickett was not quite on the pace of the frontrunners but most of the time he lost was an indirect result of nerfing a BMW. With a clean race and no awkward caution around 45 minutes where they could risk losing a lap, the Cytospyder looks to be an actual contender. The Porsche engineering support seems to be showing; I got the impression they had basically an incident-free weekend.
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Sounds like he's doin a better job than a certain lizard.
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Careful with that. I learned the hard way.
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9 Aug 2009, 13:04 (Ref:2518354) | #268 | ||
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Not to cast a shadow over their superb run of success..however stating them to be "the best in the world" is largely irrelevant - they haven't competed (and won) against all other GT2 teams in the world. I'd welcome them in FIA GT2 as the benchmark from ALMS..it would make for a great showdown. IMHO and only from the little I've seen, the difference between them and the other teams: Bergmeister. In a Porsche he's just somewhere else on the talent scale...awesome. |
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Just finished watching the race, and it seemed kinda boring. I don't know if that was because I knew the outcome already, or because Hindy wasn't doing the commentary. Listening to it live I thought it was a good race, and was very interested in seeing some of the more controversial moments, but they didn't seem too intense on screen for some reason.
I couldn't tell if DeFerren let Fernandez out of the pits before him or not,as was implied by Rob Dyson. To me it looked like he just was faster out of the pitlane due to a shorter stop. The real head scratcher was when the 44 car hit the 9 car. On video it seemed to be a bit of a strange turn in angle by Seth, but maybe he was just trying to get back on the racing line and didn't see Scott after the Corvettes went by. The #20 cars incident at the end of the race was a bit chaotic. The onboard shots they had from some of the GT2 cars didn't show to clearly what happened, but he appeared to get hit, couldn't tell from which car but I think it was a Challenge car. Speaking of that, this was the first race that I thought the Challenge cars got in the way. How many more races do they have with these guys anyways...... |
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What happened with the national anthem? The Mid-Ohio circuit's official website apologised for the "national anthem talent" provided by the ALMS?
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I will say this about Neiman....he has the best looking helmet IMO...according to SpotterGuides.
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One can't help thinking, it is perhaps a bit of an over reaction. I heard snippets of it during the RLM broadcast and I thought it was excellent in a Hendrix kinda way. Each to his own I suppose. People don't like established traditions being 'messed' with.
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