VLN and Nurburgring 24 hours - Page 58

RedSquirrel · 12 May 2018, 18:16 (Ref:3821780)

Aaaand Trussers makes me look a fool. Estre is now in.

fieldodreams79 · 12 May 2018, 18:19 (Ref:3821781)

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Originally Posted by RedSquirrel

Aaaand Trussers makes me look a fool. Estre is now in.

Paul makes everyone look foolish....

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 18:21 (Ref:3821782)

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Originally Posted by RedSquirrel

Aaaand Trussers makes me look a fool. Estre is now in.

On the timing system I'm using, the driver name only updates on sector times. So it takes a full lap of the GP circuit before the name updates.

fieldodreams79 · 12 May 2018, 18:40 (Ref:3821785)

We were watching the number 4 Mercedes on board for a while and then suddenly see people blowing past him under the code 60. Not sure who's at fault but that was quite awkward.

Edit. Looks like Christodoulou got snookered by timing.

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 18:43 (Ref:3821787)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

We were watching the number 4 Mercedes on board for a while and then suddenly see people blowing past him under the code 60. Not sure who's at fault but that was quite awkward.

Edit. Looks like Christodoulou got snookered by timing.

Yeah the Mercedes was beyond the marshal point when the green came out, so he never got the first green flag.

That one was a marshal error.

JoeW04 · 12 May 2018, 18:47 (Ref:3821790)

Drink every time there is a shot of a quirky German camp fire, wel'll all be hammered by 10pm

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 18:47 (Ref:3821791)

I'm betting that big tent will be ashes by midnight.

fieldodreams79 · 12 May 2018, 18:54 (Ref:3821792)

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Originally Posted by JoeW04

Drink every time there is a shot of a quirky German camp fire, wel'll all be hammered by 10pm

Yeah, only 3 in the afternoon here. Long way to go, but I'd be fully in it if not for a sick kid....

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Originally Posted by Akrapovic

I'm betting that big tent will be ashes by midnight.

Ha!

airbusA346 · 12 May 2018, 19:08 (Ref:3821794)

Big crash for #8 Audi.

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 19:09 (Ref:3821795)

#8 WRT Audi is out. Massive accident at Tiergarten.

RedSquirrel · 12 May 2018, 19:09 (Ref:3821796)

HUGE crash for Dries Vanthoor!!!

Also, puncture Jonny? Really? Reeeeallly?

RedSquirrel · 12 May 2018, 19:12 (Ref:3821797)

That's the biggest crash I've seen here for several years. Absolutely massive.

J Jay · 12 May 2018, 19:12 (Ref:3821798)

There was a puncture, but that's not the key point when Dries clipped the Cayman.

That gap was too small, and closing.

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 19:12 (Ref:3821799)

I'm not normally one to complain about commentators, but it's pretty bloody obvious what happened. Contact caused the puncture (and the small trip to the grass), and then the tyre let go a couple of seconds later and turned the car into the barrier. There's nothing to debate or question on that one.

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 19:15 (Ref:3821800)

"There was damage to the right rear"

Jesus, Sherlock. Did Watson assist on that one?

tux · 12 May 2018, 19:18 (Ref:3821802)

These commentators need to just comment on whats on the screen. Dries is a lucky lucky boy, just before he got to the barrier the rear started to lift off the ground. Also I hate to imagine the scene if the Cayman had been another foot or two to the left.

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 19:21 (Ref:3821805)

Normally these guys are absolutely on the ball. That conversation was just bizarre. We'd had 10 replays of it and there was a debate going on with what was going on.

"That right rear tyre was already deflated".

They've also missed the sudden explosion of bodywork as it comes apart.

RedSquirrel · 12 May 2018, 19:22 (Ref:3821807)

Looking at that onboard, the 8 nearly did a pre-2011 prototype roll after hitting the armco. It rotated about 25 or 30 degrees and then sat down again.

RedSquirrel · 12 May 2018, 19:38 (Ref:3821812)

1000-odd kilometres in six hours and six minutes. Not bad. Just a bit slower than WEC pace. Just shows how fast the track is that GT3 cars are covering that distance despite the Code 60s, etc.

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 19:43 (Ref:3821814)

705 SCG broken into the top 10, only 4 minutes off the lead. Loving it!

Who'd have thought the lead Audi would only be 8th?

fieldodreams79 · 12 May 2018, 19:44 (Ref:3821815)

Went away for a little bit it's all the comments here and went back to watch the incident. That's about as scary as a place you can have an accident here. Glad the drivers okay.

RedSquirrel · 12 May 2018, 19:46 (Ref:3821816)

The Rowe BMW is back in the race but have they noticed?

Akrapovic · 12 May 2018, 19:47 (Ref:3821817)

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Originally Posted by RedSquirrel

The Rowe BMW is back in the race but have they noticed?

As if they're reading your posts, there it is!

Edit: Currently 138th.

JoeW04 · 12 May 2018, 19:48 (Ref:3821818)

These tire manufacturers must love the minimum pit stop time "ahhh we've got 3 minutes, we might as well chuck a set of tyres at it"

RedSquirrel · 12 May 2018, 19:50 (Ref:3821819)

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Originally Posted by JoeW04

These tire manufacturers must love the minimum pit stop time "ahhh we've got 3 minutes, we might as well chuck a set of tyres at it"

Do I detect the beginnings of a conspiracy?

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