Re: 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship

by Stonewall458 Mon 18 Jun 2012 - 1:41

Has Audi locked up the P1 Manufacturer's championship then?

by **Radiation Louis** Mon 18 Jun 2012 - 3:52

ya they did that after spa

by Duke of Bruno Thu 2 Aug 2012 - 23:03

Lotus LMP2!
Surprised

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101681

by **Radiation Louis** Thu 2 Aug 2012 - 23:28

looks way to much like an R18 also dont think they'll sell to many if any at all seeing hwo the car will have a shelf life of a year

by AAR ABEnstein Sat 29 Sep 2012 - 0:16

They replaced the 12 Hours of Sebring with 6 Hours of Austin! Unbelievable! (I thought they were crazy when they took out Petit Le Mans!)

by **Radiation Louis** Sat 29 Sep 2012 - 0:42

It all has to do with the 2014 merger, give the race one last swan song with the main series that has the lease to the race

by ShrinkingSteven Sat 29 Sep 2012 - 1:37

Well 2014 the new prototype rules come in soo I would think it should work out .....maybe? lol.

But Sebring 12hrs will still go ahead in 2014 its to much of a fan fav and they wouldnt kill it and leave the fans unhappy surly not........ Rolling Eyes

by **Radiation Louis** Sat 29 Sep 2012 - 4:24

ShrinkingSteven wrote:Well 2014 the new prototype rules come in soo I would think it should work out .....maybe? lol.

But Sebring 12hrs will still go ahead in 2014 its to much of a fan fav and they wouldnt kill it and leave the fans unhappy surly not........

Ya mis-read my statement the race isn't going anywhere however it'll be the alms swan song for the event just like the 24 hours of daytona will be grand-am's swan song for the event before the unification so give the series their last phase of glory for the races and be ready for upwards of 70+ cars entered for the 24 hours and 12 hours in 2014

by The Posimosh Sat 29 Sep 2012 - 8:39

Stonewall458 wrote:Has Audi locked up the P1 Manufacturer's championship then?

Yes, they did when Toyota didn't show at spa
As for the sebring / Dayton'r convo, I was under the impression that LMPs were too low to run at the rolex 24. Furthermore, The ACO and Scott E from ALMS agreed that Sebring's confusion and epic (in the length of time sense of the word) podium ceremony and overall confusion would not be repeated in the future. To Ensure this, They stated that although they may share a race weekend, they will no longer take the track at the same time.
More likely, the WEC will race separately on weekends where the ALMS/GrandAm will effectively ride the coattails and use the infrastructure the the WEC will bring (and the crowd as well.)
To me the ALMS/Grandam merger is going to spell the end of cutting edge sportscar racing in the US. It is an agreement where Don Panoz gets to unload the ALMS while ensuring that at least most of "his" alms people wont be out of a job, and he gets to cash in on the 12 year investment that is the ALMS. For nascar/grandam the aim was to further their almost complete monopoly of world-class (by that I mean grade 1-2 homaligated tracks on north america while also getting the rights to hold PLM and Sebring as well as a potential third marquis race at Road America should they choose to build it. Unfortunately, I fear we will lose the world class technology and motor racing that the ALMS (yes even now with only 2-3 lmp 1s on the grid) brings to the table. Instead we will end up with a bunch of artificially tightened racing with silloette cars and 3rd rate drivers.... Just my 2 cents

by TMG Lapierre 7x Sat 29 Sep 2012 - 16:42

Sometimes i hate rules and regs, the Toyota was lading by a long way, and had to chang the side pannals bcuase th lights didnt work... REALLY!?!? oh well rules are rules i guess!

by F4H Lotterer Sat 29 Sep 2012 - 17:23

TMG Davidson 7x wrote:Sometimes i hate rules and regs, the Toyota was lading by a long way, and had to chang the side pannals bcuase th lights didnt work... REALLY!?!? oh well rules are rules i guess!

i guess thats just unlucky , ohh btw STFU LOSER hahahahaha Laughing

by F4H Lotterer Sat 13 Oct 2012 - 17:10

Toyota put up a strong performance today , ive high hopes Audi will have a better race pace though.

by **Ax4x Cowboy** Sat 13 Oct 2012 - 19:03

Toyota being fast in Japan ... what were the chances of that happening? lol!

by **Richy59** Sat 13 Oct 2012 - 19:48

Was going to try watch this in the morning...but not sure if I can find a stream...

by F4H Lotterer Sat 13 Oct 2012 - 19:51

Richy59 wrote:Was going to try watch this in the morning...but not sure if I can find a stream...

http://www.vipboxsports.eu/sports/motorsports.html

by nickyf1 Sat 13 Oct 2012 - 20:58

Will it not be on Motors or Eurosport?

by **Ianmr** Sat 13 Oct 2012 - 21:12

What time does this start would like to catch some of it!

by F4H Lotterer Sat 13 Oct 2012 - 21:31

motors tv 2.30am i think

by **Richy59** Sun 14 Oct 2012 - 2:26

Can't get the FIA stream or Vipbox to work Sad

by Hailfire97x Sun 14 Oct 2012 - 7:24

I am a stupid--read this as F1.

Poop

by RumbleBee 392 Sun 14 Oct 2012 - 7:50

this race still going? just pulled up the stream...

by nickyf1 Sun 14 Oct 2012 - 10:29

Another Toyota win.

Great to see top line prototypes back at Fuji!

by Beanz Sun 14 Oct 2012 - 14:08

Hailfire97x wrote:I am a stupid--read this as F1.

2012 FIA World Endurance Championship - Page 13 35i8xo4

by F4H Lotterer Sun 14 Oct 2012 - 15:01

well that race was another big pile of gay.

by nickyf1 Sun 14 Oct 2012 - 16:01

How so?

Audi need to get their act together for 2013, that's for sure. It's almost like they've become complacent and have been caught out by having competition.

I'm just still gutted that Peugeot had to drop out..

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