[WEC Race] WEC 2024: Round 7 - 6 Hours of Fuji

[Adam43]

“Bronze” Bovy gets past into second.

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by Adam43

The camera rear view mirrors are great. I like how they shape them like normal mirrors.

They're wider as well, which hopefully makes them more useful.


Bovy passes Cottingham for second.

[tomcug]

As expected, Caddy quickly losing advantage to the chasing pack as the stint progresses.

[Adam43]

Stints easily over an hour long.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by tomcug

As expected, Caddy quickly losing advantage to the chasing pack as the stint progresses.

First bit of the race get through those tyres. Towards the end slightly shorter stints and fresh rubber? Stints are well over an hour…

[Articus]

The Cadillac has been caught by the BMW and Porsche.

[Adam43]

What’s up with #20?

[tomcug]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Stints easily over an hour long.

Longer than last year, 42 laps for the 15 and 2, the leading Porsche, the 7 Toyota and some others are going for 43 laps.

[Articus]

6 Porsche overcut the 2 Cadillac. Or did caddy have a slow stop?

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by Articus

6 Porsche overcut the 2 Cadillac. Or did caddy have a slow stop?

Driver change for the #2 (Bamber to Lynn).


Edit - WEC comms reporting that pit stop times for the leaders were ~1 second apart.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Articus

6 Porsche overcut the 2 Cadillac. Or did caddy have a slow stop?

Not sure. With cold tyres the overcut helps because you have longer on hot tyres.
Although the Caddy has the speed now, for the same reason. But Porsche tyres getting up to speed.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Driver change for the #2 (Bamber to Lynn).

Phew! Less chance of a major crash.

[Articus]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Driver change for the #2 (Bamber to Lynn).


Edit - WEC comms reporting that pit stop times for the leaders were ~1 second apart.

Yes the timing and scoring shows 1 minute and 20 second stop for the 6 and 1 minute and 21 seconds for the 2 Caddy. So Lynn might just have had a slower out lap since it was his first laps of the day.

[J Jay]

AI Anna is back - VSC called (for debris?)

[Adam43]

VSC ALERT! OUTRAGE!

[Articus]

Brutal words from Will Stevens.

[Adam43]

Watch this or kittens will die.

[J Jay]

Hypercars behind the leaders pitting under VSC.


Stevens and his pit box arguing over whether to come in or not.

[Articus]

Did the 2 Caddy and the 6 Porsche miss the pit window? Everyon behind them took a free pitstop and now there's a safety car to bunch them up.


Yep, thats a strategy blunder from CGR and Penske. Toyota is sitting pretty again.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Hypercars behind the leaders pitting under VSC.


Stevens and his pit box arguing over whether to come in or not.

Could be on to something there. Stints are long today and that could mean they are saving a green pit stop…

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Articus

Yep, thats a strategy blunder from CGR and Penske. Toyota is sitting pretty again.

I had something I was going to say before the race, but I kept it secret.

[Articus]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Could be on to something there. Stints are long that could be saving a green pit stop…

From what I have calculated, everyone behind the top 2 took stops under VSC and took about 9 laps of fuel. Now the safety car erases the gap. So basically these guys who pitted will have shorter fuel stops later in the race than the leading Caddy and Porsche. I don't understand how the Caddy and the Porsche missed this. It may cost them the race if they don't have the speed to make up for the longer fuel stop.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Articus

From what I have calculated, everyone behind the top 2 took stops under VSC and took about 9 laps of fuel. Now the safety car erases the gap. So basically these guys who pitted will have shorter fuel stops later in the race than the leading Caddy and Porsche. I don't understand how the Caddy and the Porsche missed this. It may cost them the race if they don't have the speed to make up for the longer fuel stop.

Could be more dramatic than that.

Stints are 1h09 and some 1h10m. It might mean one less green flag stop for those…

Even if it doesn’t, as you say, they’ll have the shorter stop.

Much could happen in the next 4+ hours.

[Articus]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I had something I was going to say before the race, but I kept it secret.

That Cadillac would throw it away on strat?

[Articus]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Could be more dramatic than that.

Stints are 1h09 and some 1h10m. It might mean one less green flag stop for those…

Even if it doesn’t, as you say, they’ll have the shorter stop.

Much could happen in the next 4+ hours.

I don't understand how they could make such a basic error. Penske even stopped the #5 Porsche. Why not bring the 6 in? Do they know something that we don't?