VLN and Nurburgring 24 hours - Page 61

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 08:16 (Ref:3821976)

van der Linde says it was driver error! Surprised at that one. It had all the hallmarks of a puncture.

airbusA346 · 13 May 2018, 08:18 (Ref:3821977)

Damn time penalty for 912

J Jay · 13 May 2018, 08:18 (Ref:3821978)

3:32 penalty for the #912. That's a big Code 60 infringement.

Everything is falling into place for the ever reliable Black Falcon #4.

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 08:19 (Ref:3821979)

3:32. So does the 912 have to serve that in a pit stop? Or does it get added to the race time?

bentley speed 8 · 13 May 2018, 08:21 (Ref:3821981)

Love the racing in the rain!

Speed-King · 13 May 2018, 08:25 (Ref:3821982)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

3:32. So does the 912 have to serve that in a pit stop? Or does it get added to the race time?

Will be added on to their next pit stop.

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 08:27 (Ref:3821983)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Will be added on to their next pit stop.

Good, let's be honest, we all hate when they race to times. So at least it'll be real.

Ok it'll cost the car a third of a lap. But we have 5 hours to go. So they aren't out of it yet.

Edit: 15 seconds faster that lap.

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 08:43 (Ref:3821985)

147 BMW had all of the PCs reboot at 4:40am to install Windows updates

RedSquirrel · 13 May 2018, 09:00 (Ref:3821990)

What on Earth is Hindhaugh on about? There's no "secret squirrel" list of waivers about moving gearboxes and whatnot. The only GTE waiver is the Ford production numbers.

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 09:30 (Ref:3821995)

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Originally Posted by RedSquirrel

What on Earth is Hindhaugh on about? There's no "secret squirrel" list of waivers about moving gearboxes and whatnot. The only GTE waiver is the Ford production numbers.

There's not a secret list of waivers, but a few years ago they were talking about a GTE rulebook that nobody was actually allowed to see. That might be what he was referring to (I missed the discussion).

RedSquirrel · 13 May 2018, 09:44 (Ref:3821998)

Oh wow, it's really foggy now.

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 09:48 (Ref:3821999)

Wouldn't be surprised if there's a red flag for the pit straight.

JoeW04 · 13 May 2018, 09:50 (Ref:3822000)

I think there will be a red flag soon

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 10:00 (Ref:3822002)

Ok so not a surprise but red flag.

Are the gaps between the cars preserved, or does that put Manthey on the back of the Mercedes?

RedSquirrel · 13 May 2018, 10:13 (Ref:3822005)

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Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Ok so not a surprise but red flag.

Are the gaps between the cars preserved, or does that put Manthey on the back of the Mercedes?

I'd say that because this isn't a time trial the gaps will not be preserved. The quickest car on track before the red was the 6 Black Falcon Benz. They are now right back in contention.

airbusA346 · 13 May 2018, 10:32 (Ref:3822006)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Ok so not a surprise but red flag.

Are the gaps between the cars preserved, or does that put Manthey on the back of the Mercedes?

Timing shows 1 lap difference between #4 and #912.

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 10:33 (Ref:3822007)

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Originally Posted by airbusA346

Timing shows 1 lap difference between #4 and #912.

It does but I wouldn't trust that. They are certainly on the same lap.

Been told that gaps under a lap aren't preserved, so if this restarts then Manthey might be on the back of the 4.

Edit: My timing says 4 minute gap between the leaders.

airbusA346 · 13 May 2018, 10:37 (Ref:3822009)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

It does but I wouldn't trust that. They are certainly on the same lap.

Been told that gaps under a lap aren't preserved, so if this restarts then Manthey might be on the back of the 4.

Edit: My timing says 4 minute gap between the leaders.

It said 4 minute something on my timing before everyone returned to the pits. So guess the lap is because the #4 garage is after the Manthey garage.

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 10:39 (Ref:3822010)

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Originally Posted by airbusA346

It said 4 minute something on my timing before everyone returned to the pits. So guess the lap is because the #4 garage is after the Manthey garage.

We also forgot that the times roll back a lap. So the latest times are out of date anyway.

Far too complicated to work out. Just gotta wait to hear if it'll restart. I'd like to think it will.

Victor_RO · 13 May 2018, 10:49 (Ref:3822014)

Timing screen has just reset, #4 and #912 on the lead lap, #6, #7 and #5 one lap down. Gaps between the cars on the same laps likely erased?

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 10:51 (Ref:3822015)

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Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Timing screen has just reset, #4 and #912 on the lead lap, #6, #7 and #5 one lap down. Gaps between the cars on the same laps likely erased?

The rules don't say they are preserved so yeah it sounds like they'll be erased.

No restart for at least 1 hour from this post.

pafe · 13 May 2018, 10:52 (Ref:3822017)

ARent the times getting added in the end?

Akrapovic · 13 May 2018, 10:54 (Ref:3822018)

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Originally Posted by pafe

ARent the times getting added in the end?

I don't think they are, judging from the discussion on the English language (RLM) stream. Just says cars will restart in the order they completed 2 laps before the red. No mention of times being added.

If it restarts then the 4 and 912 are on the same lap. 6, 7 and 5 are on the same lap.

Rodger Davies · 13 May 2018, 10:58 (Ref:3822019)

Come on, I want to see another Maxime-Martin-post-Nurburgring-red-flag-special

Rodger Davies · 13 May 2018, 10:59 (Ref:3822020)

Rain is getting harder though...

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