[FIA GT Race] 2017 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

[GregUK]

Originally Posted by deggis

Anyone seen a spotter guide?

There have been official ones for Monza & Silverstone but the link to the the pdf is hidden somewhere on http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com and I can't find it.

My intel is that it will be on the website this afternoon.

[GregUK]

Originally Posted by deggis

Anyone seen a spotter guide?

There have been official ones for Monza & Silverstone but the link to the the pdf is hidden somewhere on http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com and I can't find it.

My intel suggests that it will be on the website this afternoon.

[J Jay]

I did a quick search (site: BGT Spa filetype: pdf) but I've not seen one yet. Could the late reveal of the Strakka McLaren and/or other liveries have held it up?

[Badlands99]

Looking at first practice it appears that #63 is still going to be the car to beat for pole and that Merc, providing that they don't shoot themselves in the foot again, are going to be at the front of the field come race day.
Watching the sector times on their fast laps, both BMW and Bentley don't seem to be too far off - both being quick through the first sector of the lap.
McLaren really struggling so far ............. all four Strakka cars down in the bottom quarter of times

As suggested in the in another thread, I think that a certain Mr Lotterer has bought his CV with him and will be touting for a permanent drive back with Audi ............... really can't see him wanting to drive in Formula E somehow!

[MaskedRacer]

Originally Posted by Badlands99

Looking at first practice it appears that #63 is still going to be the car to beat for pole and that Merc, providing that they don't shoot themselves in the foot again, are going to be at the front of the field come race day.
Watching the sector times on their fast laps, both BMW and Bentley don't seem to be too far off - both being quick through the first sector of the lap.
McLaren really struggling so far ............. all four Strakka cars down in the bottom quarter of times

As suggested in the in another thread, I think that a certain Mr Lotterer has bought his CV with him and will be touting for a permanent drive back with Audi ............... really can't see him wanting to drive in Formula E somehow!

McLaren's have always been bad at Spa. But this year its worse. I don't Strakka in 2017 has been anywhere near as good as Garage 59 was in 2016 over the course of the season.

My pick to win the Spa 24 this year is Bentley. I'm cheering for Mercedes though.

[GregUK]

Spotters guide, I am reliably informed, will be on the website this afternoon.

[deggis]

Here it is: http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/i...ursOfSpa-2.pdf

[FIRE]

Looking forward to the race.

[airbusA346]

Wonder if that Merc is repairable.

[tux]

#22 Nissan with a big crash at Eau Rouge after a legt front problem

[rich07]

Originally Posted by deggis

Here it is: http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/i...ursOfSpa-2.pdf

Many thanks, I had a search of the website with no luck also

[deggis]

Originally Posted by rich07

Many thanks, I had a search of the website with no luck also

Note to self: it is in the sidebar under the schedule: http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com but the link isn't visible until the guide is actually up.

[GregUK]

Both the #00 Merc and the #22 Nissan will make the race. A little T-Cut, much TLC and a little persuasion with a 2lb Irish screwdriver and the cars will be like new!

[rich07]

Originally Posted by GregUK

Both the #00 Merc and the #22 Nissan will make the race. A little T-Cut, much TLC and a little persuasion with a 2lb Irish screwdriver and the cars will be like new!

Good news especially for the Goodsmile boys and girls. They've come a long way not to race-besides I want to see what Kobyashi and Taniguichi can do in the race.

That was a frightening crash for the 22, going in straight into the wall like that, glad to hear that Parry is ok.

[bentley speed 8]

Good to know, its always a shame to lose cars before the race even gets underway...

[GregUK]

The RJN Nissan team have done a fantastic 'all-nighter' but the car will be good to go.

[tux]

Both Ram racing/GSR and RJN Nissan have had to swap to spare cars, they will start from pitlane and have a 120 second stop go.

[Miguel]

If anyone's interested, Christian Krognes (Walkenhorst BMW) is writing daily updates on his Spa 24h debut this week for my website. Here's his latest: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/07/28/...-spa-thursday/

[bentley speed 8]

Originally Posted by tux

Both Ram racing/GSR and RJN Nissan have had to swap to spare cars, they will start from pitlane and have a 120 second stop go.

Guess that they won't be much of a factor in the race then.

[Akrapovic]

Unofficial poll here -

What do you guys prefer reading on news websites for a 24 hour race? Do you want to wait until the end of the race for a full report? Or do you prefer hourly reports to be posted on a website to read? Or maybe 6 hourly reports?

[Japanese Samurai]

Team GSR (#00) started crowd-funding campaign called "Spa special support, beat the Eau Rouge."
Because their budget was significantly exceeded by the accident.
http://ameblo.jp/stgt/entry-12296647388.html

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Unofficial poll here -

What do you guys prefer reading on news websites for a 24 hour race? Do you want to wait until the end of the race for a full report? Or do you prefer hourly reports to be posted on a website to read? Or maybe 6 hourly reports?

Just quoting myself for a new page as I'd like to hear everyones thoughts.

[Accident]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Just quoting myself for a new page as I'd like to hear everyones thoughts.

I like hourly reports that are written pretty close to chronological order for the longer races. That way I can have a 3 hour nap and check each report and see what I missed, and since they are divided up by the hour it usually limits the mixing up of the timeline.

Some of the people who do the 2/4/6 hour reports write them favoring the lead battle too much, and it can make them difficult to follow along. They cover like 2 hours of what happened to the leaders in the first few paragraphs, then cut back to "45 minutes into this segment this guy got a puncture from debris on the track from an incident 30 minutes into the segment" and so on, it can make it hard to... "visualize" when it's disjointed like that.

[BertMk2]

Hourly "the state of play so far" short reports would be good - that way if you're dipping in and out of the coverage (real life getting in the way again!) then you can catch up with what's happened whilst you were away.

[Akrapovic]

I'm glad I asked, as I would have assumed that a long time between updates would've been preferred. Thanks for the feedback guys!