WEC Race 2015 WEC Round 6 - 6 Hours of Fuji - Page 2

Artur · 10 Oct 2015, 01:18 (Ref:3580952)

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

What configuration are the Audis and Porsches in at this stage? Anyone know?

It's very difficult to know this stuff because FPs are not broadcasted and the media/photographers' coverage is almost none.

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Originally Posted by TF110

Free practice has started and theyre in the 1:24's already with Lotterer. Looks likely theyll be doing 1:22's in qualifying.That 1:24 is only 6 seconds off the fastest F1 lap at Fuji.

IIRC, that was your initial prediction for pole, right?

I was actually surprised by how slow the cars were at CotA. At Spa, they improved 5s and despite a damp/green track at Silverstone, they still improved 3s there.

It's worth noting that, on Nurburgring, the fastest time came on FP3 instead of QLF and that, at CotA, the FP3/QLF times were roughly the same. So, maybe the pole time won't be better than the 1:23s Porsche already did on FP3(Toyota, btw, is currently 1.5s faster than 2014 pole)

TF110 · 10 Oct 2015, 04:44 (Ref:3580987)

Fp3 times were closer for Toyota to Audi, but still nearly 2 seconds back. Rain might help them with their 4wk (4 wheel kers) but not much imo. I thought 24's would be @bout where they ended up because thats 2 seconds faster than last year but Fuji isnt very long in lap time terms.

ederss7 · 10 Oct 2015, 04:59 (Ref:3580991)

Any live stream for qualifying?

deggis · 10 Oct 2015, 05:05 (Ref:3580993)

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Originally Posted by ederss7

Any live stream for qualifying?

r/WEC on Reddit stopped streaming, so there won't be that anymore.

TzeiTzei · 10 Oct 2015, 05:08 (Ref:3580994)

There is always the official stream...

TF110 · 10 Oct 2015, 05:15 (Ref:3580995)

There goes a 1:22(.8)!

ederss7 · 10 Oct 2015, 05:17 (Ref:3580996)

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Originally Posted by deggis

r/WEC on Reddit stopped streaming, so there won't be that anymore.

Thanks. Radio Le Mans is off too? I'm not seeing any live commentary at the moment.

Artur · 10 Oct 2015, 05:40 (Ref:3580998)

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Originally Posted by TF110

I thought 24's would be @bout where they ended up because thats 2 seconds faster than last year but Fuji isnt very long in lap time terms.

Toyota that is 2s faster(well, 1.7s around Fuji).

VAG cars improved 4s around here and this is on par with the improvement on Spa, if you correct for the laptime(Fuji with with 70% of Spa's laptime, and 70% of 5s is 3.5s). Overall, #17 had a 0.3s advantage over the other Porsche and Audis which are all matched

Given how close QLF was, Fuji could be epic like Silverstone and Spa. I hope that happens, CotA and Nurb were nothing special.

The fastest ever F1 laptime on Fuji was 1.17.3(Massa's Q2) on 2008. As far as I could check, the fastest ever Fuji SuperGT laptime was done this year by #1 Nissan : 1.27.5

A 10s gap between the two series around Fuji and LMP1 lies exactly on the middle

It would be so fantastic to see by how much they would improve on 2016(ACO should do nothing) considering Audi is still halfway in the ERS and already this fast.

chernaudi · 10 Oct 2015, 06:59 (Ref:3581006)

Audi were faster than I thought they would be. Yet another front row lock out by Porsche, but barely. If Audi have good race pace and are better on their tires than Porsche, I'd be a bit worried if I were Porsche right now.

Rennen · 10 Oct 2015, 08:44 (Ref:3581023)

Last years pole time for Toyota was 1.26.88...one year on it's 1.25.07...in F1 terms that would be considered a 'BIG step' forward ! But what to make of Porsches 1.22.76 !!!

One can only hope that Toyota bosses will be bowing in shame at their ancient normally asperated old ex F1 V8 engine as the outdated dinosaur that it is, and RUN back to their factory and get on with a MODERN 'power-unit' with Turbo's!

cokata · 10 Oct 2015, 08:48 (Ref:3581026)

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Originally Posted by Rennen

Last years pole time for Toyota was 1.26.88...one year on it's 1.25.07...in F1 terms that would be considered a 'BIG step' forward ! But what to make of Porsches 1.22.76 !!!

One can only hope that Toyota bosses will be bowing in shame at their ancient normally asperated old ex F1 V8 engine as the outdated dinosaur that it is, and RUN back to their factory and get on with a MODERN 'power-unit' with Turbo's!

I hope you are joking about the engine part. It is the area in which they are closest to the VAG cars. It's the chassis + aero, and the hybrid system that are really lacking. This year they did no changes to the engine (the same "ancient" V8 was spanking the "modern" V4 in the Porsche just a year ago), and barely touched the aero and the hybrid system. Probably most of the time they gained was from the better tires this year.

airbusA346 · 10 Oct 2015, 09:37 (Ref:3581035)

Labre has lost it's GTE-Am pole, due to a fuel cell violation.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/l...ll-infraction/

**joeb** · 10 Oct 2015, 12:45 (Ref:3581061)

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Originally Posted by airbusA346

Labre has lost it's GTE-Am pole, due to a fuel cell violation.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/l...ll-infraction/

Sorry if a strange thing to be caught out on during a short qualifying period.

tux · 10 Oct 2015, 13:01 (Ref:3581064)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Sorry if a strange thing to be caught out on during a short qualifying period.

Surprising it wasn't picked up earlier in the season during a pre race scrutineering considering its a pretty fundamental safety part.

Find it very hard to get motivated about the season post Le Mans, dont really care about the actual championship results.

Hawkwood · 10 Oct 2015, 13:06 (Ref:3581067)

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Originally Posted by tux

Find it very hard to get motivated about the season post Le Mans, dont really care about the actual championship results.

I must admit I'm also struggling a bit to get excited about the post-Le Mans races this year too.
This weekend, I've made Bathurst 1000 my priority.

airbusA346 · 10 Oct 2015, 13:16 (Ref:3581071)

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Originally Posted by tux

Surprising it wasn't picked up earlier in the season during a pre race scrutineering considering its a pretty fundamental safety part.

Off DSC:

"On further investigation the part found to be outside the regulations is a valve designed to prevent fuel flowing back if the car becomes inverted. The part fitted is a standard fit to all three existing C7.Rs and has been on the #50 car all season. It differs in two principal ways to the alternative. Firstly one part operated a return block under gravity, the other (the FIA Approved part) is spring loaded. The Corvette standard fit part is not FIA stamped."

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/1...the-poles.html

J Jay · 10 Oct 2015, 13:46 (Ref:3581074)

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Originally Posted by Hawkwood

I must admit I'm also struggling a bit to get excited about the post-Le Mans races this year too.
This weekend, I've made the Super League Grand Final my priority.

LEEDS RHINOS!!!

Just about to head out actually, but I should be back nice and early for the 3:00am start of the race

I get what you mean though, and I don't think having all the end-of-season races in Asia helps in that regard. If Audi have found their missing pace then it should be a race worth watching anyway.

Hawkwood · 10 Oct 2015, 16:04 (Ref:3581095)

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Originally Posted by J Jay

LEEDS RHINOS!!!

Just about to head out actually, but I should be back nice and early for the 3:00am start of the race

Nah, the Widnes Vikings aren't involved so I'm not bothered about that either

Enjoy your evening though mate! And yeah, make sure you're back in time

Deleted · 10 Oct 2015, 17:56 (Ref:3581132)

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Originally Posted by tux

Find it very hard to get motivated about the season post Le Mans, dont really care about the actual championship results.

Quoted for truth

4th season in row

Victor_RO · 10 Oct 2015, 18:06 (Ref:3581138)

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Originally Posted by Chiana

Quoted for truth

4th season in row

Yes, we know already.

Personally I'm looking forward to see if mr Webber can finally clinch a world championship.

TRspitfirefan · 10 Oct 2015, 18:08 (Ref:3581139)

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Originally Posted by Hawkwood

I must admit I'm also struggling a bit to get excited about the post-Le Mans races this year too.
This weekend, I've made Bathurst 1000 my priority.

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Originally Posted by J Jay

LEEDS RHINOS!!!

Just about to head out actually, but I should be back nice and early for the 3:00am start of the race

I get what you mean though, and I don't think having all the end-of-season races in Asia helps in that regard. If Audi have found their missing pace then it should be a race worth watching anyway.

MLB National league division series for me.
Go Cardinals!

I still love Lemans and sportscar racing, but for various reasons the WEC just hasn't captured my interest like the American Lemans series did.

Deleted · 10 Oct 2015, 18:28 (Ref:3581149)

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Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Yes, we know already.

Personally I'm looking forward to see if mr Webber can finally clinch a world championship.

Yes I do believe I have repeated it as many times as you have discussed the supeority of DHH's driving skills (

) however I merely wanted to add to the crowd.

I don't think anyone really took notice of Davidson's and Buemi's WCs last year , not even in F1 circles, so even if Mark were to take it it'd be more of personal merit me thinks

I'm not sure why drivers need a champ, ILMC didn't have one

tux · 10 Oct 2015, 18:40 (Ref:3581152)

Although i said i wasn't that interested in the race i was interested enough to check the weather forecast. Good chance of a wet start and some rain during the early afternoon but shouldn't be too bad like 2013.

TF110 · 10 Oct 2015, 19:08 (Ref:3581168)

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Originally Posted by Chiana

Yes I do believe I have repeated it as many times as you have discussed the supeority of DHH's driving skills (

) however I merely wanted to add to the crowd.

I don't think anyone really took notice of Davidson's and Buemi's WCs last year , not even in F1 circles, so even if Mark were to take it it'd be more of personal merit me thinks

I'm not sure why drivers need a champ, ILMC didn't have one

Probably because the British media were more focused on the British F1 champion. F1 dominates the headlines, everyone knows that. But the WEC will get stronger next year. I think the focus needed to be put on races after Le Mans is to make them unique like having varying lengths. But the wec doesnt seemingly understand that.

chernaudi · 10 Oct 2015, 19:32 (Ref:3581174)

Race looks like it will be mostly dry, though damp at the start.

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