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I kept hearing the Taylor brothers were such great talents but they've both been absolutely terrible in traffic today
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Being a great talent doesn't make you perfect. But being a great talent will get you race wins and championship leads. I'm not a huge fan of the Taylors overall, but I'm not going to pretend they haven't been brilliant just because of a rough race (that they're still sitting second in, and could win).
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go banana go !!!
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Everyone out there knows how difficult it is to pass here with no real braking zones or room on the track at such high speed. Then keep in mind that the GT cars are actually defending their lines against LMPs into the corners, so that they do no lose time in their own races. |
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If you find a way to engineer a small 2L 4 cylinder turbo charged engine to produce the same amount of torque as 6.2L V8, then you'll have a queue of customers at your door wanting some of that. Remembering that these cars are meant to be road relevant in terms of engine layout and car styling, it makes sense for the Mazda to be running the small engine they are. If they had to run a massive V8, then they wouldn't be here as it doesn't fit the Mazda philosophy. It's also why Nissan has a V6 - happens to be the same as the GTR. |
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Superb pitstop by Porsche
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In clear air, the ORECA is faster. It has the fastest lap by half a second and closed 10 seconds after the first pit stop, even in clean air. You should watch the race.
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Simpson is going just as fast as Goikhberg. This is brilliant driving from the pair.
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The car that is following always looks better in traffic. The leader always loses the most time in traffic. And the Caddy isn't faster....Ricky Taylor said as much. The yellow car is faster in clean air. |
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We also have to remember that Speedsource hasn't been a winning team since the whole Mazda 6 diesel deal. They were successful enough when they had the RX-8s, but nowadays, you could give them an Audi R18 or Porsche 919--full blown LMP1 cars--and they'd still probably screw themselves out of a win.
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Bad luck for the 38 PC, ran over a huge tire carcass lying on the track
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FCY?
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#22 is on fire. FCY.
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