WEC 2024: Round 3 - Spa-Francorchamps

[veeten]

Most likely there will be highlights of FP1 on YouTube, coming up shortly.

[Ferrari333SP]

Very brief FP1 highlights

https://youtu.be/nk0cknvkWu4?si=5qaF6NTQJ7gkgOQZ

[flatlandsman]

Interesting stuff,t eh BMW was pretty much the same speed in Hypercar both sessions, odd, the Lambo looks to have made a jump. Peugeot bang average, Alpine looks a little slower than Imola

Dames look quit in GT, but Bachler 911 suspiciously slow in both sessions!! BMW well up but loads of data here from GTWC. Lexus v quick too oddly

[Gerard C]

Weather forecast looks good, ie no rain. Thanks for the link, 333SP, it looks like the trtack limits are not an issue…

[veeten]

In FP2, they averaged 0.02 minutes between the front runners, from 2:04 to 2:06. That's keeping it close, then add in pit stops means that the BoP is holding up.

[Mike E]

FP3 YouTube link

https://www.youtube.com/live/GWdIkY4...dXmOHJCqtwkn0E

[Simmi]

Wouldn't be Spa without a GT-Am Porsche getting written off.

Hope Malykhin is okay.

[v8supes]

That is a massive impact by Alex Malykhin in the #92 Porsche. Weve seen some big ones at Raidillon in the past but that seemed unusually violent.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Wouldn't be Spa without a GT-Am Porsche getting written off.

Hope Malykhin is okay.

Indeed, and looks like the circuit team are putting the tire barrier back together quite quickly.

[joeb]

Iron Dames Lambo takes GT pole. oh sorry i meant Hyperpole...

[Sodemo]

Id have to bet on a Porsche for pole in Hypercar

[airbusA346]

Hopefully the #92 Porsche can be repaired or replaced with a spare chassis.

[joeb]

wow, an Alpine and BMW made it through the first session, but one of the Toyotas and one of the Ferrari's did not!

[v8supes]

Very very close. Everyone outside of IF within 2 second. P11 was only .5 off the fastest time.

[tomcug]

The level of competition is absolutely incredible. Factory cars from Ferrari, Toyota, Peugeot outqualified by privateer Porsches and newcomers Alpine and BMW.

[joeb]

Ferrari beats Porsche, Caddilac, and then 3 more Porsches to take the pole.

[tomcug]

Excellent lap from Fuoco, he was the only one to replicate regular qualifying pace. A bit of disappointment for the 83 and the 20.

[seanyb505]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Are FP1 & 2 being aired through the WEC app/Motortrend? Or doesn't any broadcasting start until tomorrow?

Motortrend is dead. All programming moved to discovery+, live streaming moved to HBO max. Looks like discovery streams wec outside of North America though.

[kdr]

I don't like to complain, and its probably just me getting old, but that WEC website for even something as simple as the live times isn't very good..

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by kdr

I don't like to complain, and its probably just me getting old, but that WEC website for even something as simple as the live times isn't very good..

It's not just you, and it's not that you're getting old. All of the ACO series websites are appalling for race start times. It was one of the series that caused me to start building my iphone calendar app.

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Hopefully the #92 Porsche can be repaired or replaced with a spare chassis.

Not that you ever wanna have a shunt like that but if you have to, Spa is probably the best place for a team like Manthey(in this series) as their shop is just across the Belgian-German border, only a hour-and-a-half up the road (east) from the track. I'm sure they have a spare GT3 chassis or two available which they can transport back to the track and start the re-build.

[crooky]

How come the Proton Porsche wasn't punished for track limits when it was over the outside white line on the entry and exit of Stavelot?

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Not that you ever wanna have a shunt like that but if you have to, Spa is probably the best place for a team like Manthey(in this series) as their shop is just across the Belgian-German border, only a hour-and-a-half up the road (east) from the track. I'm sure they have a spare GT3 chassis or two available which they can transport back to the track and start the re-build.

Yeh, true. As far as I am aware they'll have the two cars for DTM in the workshop and maybe a third (if they have a car that is only used for NLS/N24 this year. They didn't last year).

[Racing Harz]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Yeh, true. As far as I am aware they'll have the two cars for DTM in the workshop and maybe a third (if they have a car that is only used for NLS/N24 this year. They didn't last year).

However, these vehicles are all to SRO specification or Nordschleife specification, while a lot of sensors still have to be installed for the ACO specification, which is normally around a day's work, according to the teams.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by Racing Harz

However, these vehicles are all to SRO specification or Nordschleife specification, while a lot of sensors still have to be installed for the ACO specification, which is normally around a day's work, according to the teams.

Apart from sensors, loggers and driveshafts is there actually any differences between the cars?