[WEC Race] 2021 6 Hours of Monza

[Truckosaurus]

A rather unhealthy amount of metal 'glitter' falling out of the hub/wheel of the 8 Toyota.

[canaglia]

just watched the supposed brake failure of #8 at the end of straight, GR010 has a seriours brakes issues and that was very clear from spa.... it that happens at monza is somehow ok, if that happens at le mans chicanes or mulsanne corner...

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Pandamasque

That Toyota hypercar goes like a real torpedo!



A sparkplug died at the very start. It ran on 7 cylinders and used the early FCY to do the repair.

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

The 708 Glick was running on 7 cylinders, apparently a spark plug was broken. They came in during an FCY to fix it.

Thanks, they seem to be turning competitive laps now

[joeb]

Pit Lane looks very tight in some of the stalls with the P2 and gt cars scrunched together for service.

[bentley speed 8]

For once, it seems the #8 has all the bad luck this time out

[Pandamasque]

Trap speeds are up, according to timing. Looks like Toyota and Alpine were doing some lift-and-coasting earlier. SCG 007 not so much.

Originally Posted by joeb

Thanks, they seem to be turning competitive laps now

It was immediately back up to pace, if not faster than the other car. Shame it's so far behind.

[joeb]

Great battle going for 2nd place right now. Mailleux having a good stint in the Glick.

[TF110]

GTE nose to tail, love it even if only two brands.

[bentley speed 8]

#8 and #708 racing each other to see who can spend the most time in the pit box.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

#8 and #708 racing each other to see who can spend the most time in the pit box.

Both stationary at the moment but 708 looks to have the edge.

[bentley speed 8]

Dumas giving it the beans in the #709

[Pandamasque]

Fingers crossed SCG and Alpine are reliable at Le Mans. We may have quite a race.

[WyldStallion]

If there is anybody genuianally cheering for Toyota to win. I have to ask this....WHY?

[bentley speed 8]

What's wrong with cheering Toyota?
Anyway #708 retired with gearbox failure

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Mike E

Ridiculous, isn't it?

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

Dumas giving it the beans in the #709

They are quick!

Originally Posted by Pandamasque

Fingers crossed SCG and Alpine are reliable at Le Mans. We may have quite a race.

Heck might as well throw a Toyota into that category as well. No one has been super reliable in the hypercar period Except for the Alpine so far which makes sense given that they are not a new car.

[Ferrari333SP]

709 routinely the fastest car on track right now

[Ferrari333SP]

Lead now down to only 21 seconds

[Ferrari333SP]

Tires seem to be holding up longer over the stint for the Glick; almost time to pit and Dumas is still doing 37's

[Ferrari333SP]

07 stopped!!!!

[bentley speed 8]

#7 stopped!

Edit: got back going... but it lost quite some time.

[Ferrari333SP]

Fuuuuuuuuu, Glick is changing the brakes now

[Ferrari333SP]

Well, it was nice while it lasted, haha

[Ferrari333SP]

Car now has the pace to match the Toyota's; the last piece they need to work on before LeMans are the brakes

[bentley speed 8]

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

Car now has the pace to match the Toyota's; the last piece they need to work on before LeMans are the brakes

But is that an easy fix?

[Ferrari333SP]

McNish on the broadcast mentioning how the team has too many people hanging around in the garage around the car; they'll want to streamline the structure of personnel when the car is being worked on in the garage, to ensure the people working on the car are as quick and efficient as possible