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2014 FIA WEC - Round 4 - Circuit of the Americas
Fans of motorsport from around the world are in for a Texas-sized treat this September as the FIA WEC makes its return to Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The world's premier endurance racing series will make its return appearance alongside the TUDOR United Sportscar Championship, comprising the aptly named "Lone Star Le Mans" weekend of endurance sportscar racing. From September 18-20, the world's finest teams, drivers, and racecars will descend upon Circuit of the Americas, a unique 5.5-kilometer (3.4-mile) venue done up to FIA Grade 1 standards. With billiard-smooth pavement and ultramodern facilities, "CoTA" was the brainchild of racer, promoter, and Austin native Tavo Hellmund and 1993 Motorcycle World Champion Kevin Schwantz. With financial backing from billionaire investor Red McCombs and technical assistance from famed German track designer Hermann Tilke, CoTA was groundbreaking on multiple levels. Aside from its big claim to fame in bringing Formula 1 back to the United States, the Texas circuit would soon after host rounds of MotoGP, V8 Supercars, the now-defunct ALMS and Grand-Am Series, and the FIA WEC, which makes its return alongside a spate of IMSA series after a reasonably successful 2013 debut. Audi Sport is looking to further eat away at Toyota's lead in both the LMP1 constructor's and driver's championships after a Le Mans win. The No. 8 Toyota dominated the first two rounds of the championship but the team had a disastrous run at the 24-hour endurance classic, putting them only 1 point ahead of the Ingolstadt crew (115-114). The Porsche 919 is showing solid pace but is still waiting in the wings after frustrating mechanical gremlins nagged them again at La Sarthe. Meanwhile, Lotus is finally set to debut its No. 9 T129-AER from Romania with Christophe Bouchut, James Rossiter, and a TBA driver set to compete in the LMP1-L class alongside Rebellion Racing. In LMP2, G-Drive Racing is making the switch from a Morgan chassis to the new Ligier JS P2, debuted at Le Mans, but will still retain the same drivers as they look to challenge SMP and wrestle back the points lead after a bizarre running in France. KCMG is back while American team Extreme Speed Motorsports is set to field a one-off entry, a Honda-powered No. 30 HPD ARX-03b as they test the waters for a potential 2015 expansion. GTE-Pro is consistently one of the most competitive classes in professional sportscar racing anywhere. The No. 51 AF Corse pairing of Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander currently lead points comfortably, while Porsche runs 2nd and 3rd. Aston Martin Racing hasn't matched their 2013 pace after a somewhat lackluster start to the season, but perhaps competition from their old GT1 nemesis Corvette Racing, another American team from TUSC making a one-off effort in the WEC, will spur them to bigger heights! Brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor will co-drive with Tommy Milner in the No. 65 Corvette C7.R. GTE-Am sees the "Dane Train" come in with a solid points lead in the No. 95 Aston Martin Vantage. Richie Stanaway, from New Zealand, replaces Nicki Thiim at Austin, while American Jeff Segal subs for the missing Potolicchio in the No. 90 8Star Ferrari 458. Meanwhile, Krohn Racing, based just down the road in Houston, Texas, will be the third and final American team to make a one-off start while evaluating 2015 plans surrounding a potential LMP2 entry. CIRCUIT WEBSITE TICKETS WEEKEND SCHEDULE all times local Thursday, September 18
ENTRY LIST EXTENDED WEATHER FORECAST HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATIONS TRACK MAP ANDY BLACKMORE SPOTTER GUIDES FRC PREDICTIONS COMPETITIONS 10 TENTHS / MWM LISTENER'S COLLECTIVE MEETING Given the number of people from both the Midweek Motorsport Listener's Collective and 10 Tenths attending this event, shouldn't we hold a semi-official 10 Tenths/MWM race meeting? Time & date / location are up for discussion! |
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15 Aug 2014, 05:45 (Ref:3444416) | #2 | |
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Interesting that the drivers for the support series are superimposed in front of the F1 drivers on the poster.
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I plan to be there. Unless g/f has other ideas. Im interested to see how Mike Conways does and if thatll lead to him running more races with Toyota.
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DP´s make my eyes burn!!!
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Well at least they still look better than the Deltathing.
You know I may hate this circuit but that logo and title is awesome. |
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For those that have gone last year, can you BYOB (bring your own beverage) or do they make you buy their expensive drinks?
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Corvette DP is fine. The ONLY good looking DP car ever.
Back to the topic of the WEC. In LMP2 I think the Ligier takes it. The Patron Honda winning would be a shock I think since Ed Brown is so slow. The Corvette C7R I do fancy though. They will contend no doubt. GTE will be a very good battle to watch for almost 9 hours of racing that day! Also I hope there is no rain like last year because I do want to get a chance to compare qualifying times between WEC and TUSK. |
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Will be interesting comparing lap times between the two series. Is a TUSSC P2 as fast as the WEC P2's? Of course, with ESM running WEC we may get our answer right there. Would be interesting to see them in their WEC trim and tires vs. their Conti tires lap times.
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Of Lourdes wec p2 will be faster than Tusc.I'm more curious on the dp to wec p2 times.
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I wouldn't be so sure. You need the very highest levels of downforce, like P1 or F1, to take many of the corners at Austin really quickly, since the track was so specifically designed for F1. Another consequence of that design is that you want torque and power aplenty for those main "straights", which are all preceded by slow corners. The TUSCC P2s are actually running more power than their WEC counterparts.
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That is a really good graphic. Would love to see those for other tracks, both wec and tusc
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GTLM and GTE Pro should be the same. If there is any differences in speed noticable it will probably only be due to how each series does their BoP.
Second I hope folks get in those pictures where a WEC car and a IMSA car are parked next to each other in the pits or the paddock. Third. Will ESM and P&M use the same paddock space for their cars in each race? Perhaps WEC and IMSA will have seperate paddocks but perhaps those two teams will just use one of them and keep all of their cars together. Fourth, will Andy Blackmore do a spotters guide for both IMSA and WEC for this? |
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Will IMSA and WEC be running the same configuration of the track next month?
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