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2 | 25.00% |
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3 | 37.50% |
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2 | 25.00% |
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15 Oct 2017, 03:39 (Ref:3774262)
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15 Oct 2017, 03:42 (Ref:3774263)
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As it stands right now, the #2 Porsche should win the drivers' title since all they have to do is finish ahead of the #8 Toyota, and Porsche will all but clinch the manufacturers' title.
That's if the race were to be called now. Of course, that will shuffle as soon as it goes back green since everyone has pitted in LMP1 aside from the #2 Porsche. Now about 10 minutes to restart from race control. |
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15 Oct 2017, 03:44 (Ref:3774264)
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Biggest problem at Fuji this go around isn't rain or ponding water, but fog.
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15 Oct 2017, 04:20 (Ref:3774270)
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Toyota are faster atm and the #2 goes a lap down (albeit because it pitted only after the restart).
GT Porsches also loving these conditions. SC again |
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15 Oct 2017, 04:21 (Ref:3774271)
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Another pace car FCY.
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15 Oct 2017, 04:27 (Ref:3774272)
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I wasn't even aware that this was on this weekend. Nothing on Autosport front page either.
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15 Oct 2017, 04:29 (Ref:3774273)
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#2 Porsche got its lap back on a wave around.
Fog is rolling back in. |
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15 Oct 2017, 04:34 (Ref:3774274)
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#7 changed steering wheel
Kobayashi doesn't even seem to be aware of that, LOL |
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15 Oct 2017, 04:54 (Ref:3774276)
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Toyotas pulling away from the Porsche's right now.
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15 Oct 2017, 05:14 (Ref:3774280)
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ANOTHER safety car! Just when they were setting fastest sectors lol
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15 Oct 2017, 05:23 (Ref:3774281)
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15 Oct 2017, 05:34 (Ref:3774282)
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SC again due to an accident for the #13
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15 Oct 2017, 05:39 (Ref:3774283)
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That was strange, starting on the main straight.
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15 Oct 2017, 05:52 (Ref:3774284)
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Brain fade by the #67
Check that, two in a row. Maybe a mechanical issue? |
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15 Oct 2017, 06:29 (Ref:3774287)
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Safety car #6, or was it 7?
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15 Oct 2017, 06:33 (Ref:3774288)
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Red flag. They reached 75% distance yet?
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15 Oct 2017, 07:21 (Ref:3774290)
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The race is past 75% so full points if they stop here.
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15 Oct 2017, 07:24 (Ref:3774291)
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Only about half an hour left. Let's just call it and be done.
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15 Oct 2017, 12:35 (Ref:3774322)
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Well that wasn't much fun. What racing there was was generally pretty good. Remarkably few incidents and some decent green runs between the fog.
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15 Oct 2017, 15:39 (Ref:3774336)
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Outside of 2015 which was a horrid year all around for Toyota, they've won every WEC race held so far at Fuji that they started.
Porsche were basically no where in the race after the driver changes happened. |
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15 Oct 2017, 16:01 (Ref:3774338)
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They seemed to struggle when the track got wet as they could not get their tyres up to temperature like Toyota. At times, the #2 was like 7 seconds a lap slower than Nakajima
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15 Oct 2017, 16:06 (Ref:3774339)
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Were full or half points awarded? The news accounts seem to suggest it was full points, but the winning car (#8 Toyota) only did 4:24:50.950, which is less than 75 percent of the time. Or am I missing something here?
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15 Oct 2017, 16:12 (Ref:3774341)
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15 Oct 2017, 17:40 (Ref:3774349)
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Guess it makes it more fun for the rest of the championship. |
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15 Oct 2017, 17:59 (Ref:3774351)
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Here our full Race-report from Fuji:
http://www.gt-eins.de/Berichte2017/wec/fuji/fuji.html Also including full statistics from Japan which explain where Toyota got that advantage during the hours: 
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