[WEC Race] 2014 FIA WEC - Round 2 - Spa

[Lagunaseca_4life]

Been at laguna all day,what did I miss!! Saw the highlights on the wec app.and man that looked like an exciting session. I wonder if Audi is playing games or if this Audi showing how week they become with real competitors a la Peugeot and make mistakes? Either way I hope this internet is fast to stream the app in the morning.


...on the hybrid thing,it doesn't really amaze me any.seen and worked on road cars with hybrids.the turbo hybrid units is what interests me,like why didn't we think of that sooner and why aren't they on road cars yet.a hybrid turbo unit on a Prius would be awesome!!

[ECW Dan Selby]

Does anyone know where I can watch/stream this?

It's meant to be shown live now on Motors TV, but for some reason it's an FIM 24hr race at Magny Cours.

Selby
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Duh... It's on during the day, not the night. My bad. F1 Fanatic accidentally put their live chat for it up tonight (am) rather than during the day today (pm).

[skycafe]

Originally Posted by NelisB

The pole sitter on it's quick lap:



Pretty bummed out with not having RLM at the track BTW. Really miss them...

That is a great photograph!

[EricS]

Qualifying for those who missed it is up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wki1PXVS4

[Beetle]

Incredible photo, NelisB! Will be watching it live in a few hours!

[BudLightJaguar]

Just checked the forecast Stavelot and looks like the weather will be a bit chilly. But at least it's not gonna be a rainy day.

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by BudLightJaguar

Just checked the forecast Stavelot and looks like the weather will be a bit chilly. But at least it's not gonna be a rainy day.

And, at least for the ones sitting at home, that's the best news!

[eps]

Originally Posted by CyberMotor

To me, the qualifying today had the excitement of an entire raced condensed into 30 minutes.

Quality and historic happenings real-time.

Which 30 mins are you talking about, GT or LMP?

[eps]

Originally Posted by J Jay

It can't update fast enough.

What a qualifying though! Congrats to Lieb/Porsche!

That 919 just gobbled up the R18 down the Kemmel straight!

Originally Posted by GT6

Live pictures look good but the info going across the top is rubbish positions are in the wrong order

Positions were correct. Even though they looked wrong. Remember two drivers for each car have to do 2 laps each otherwise your times don't count (yet).

[GT-Eins]

Here some more pics from the practice sessions on friday:
http://www.gt-eins.de/Berichte2014/w...l&gal=Training

and from Qualifying:

http://www.gt-eins.de/Berichte2014/w...gal=Qualifying

[chernaudi]

Posted originally in the R18 thread:

I've been thinking looking at some videos of last year, and I'm wondering if Audi went for more downforce this year to try and milk more life out of their tires during a race.

We have to remember that post LM that there's a ton of tracks that are very abrasive on tires, and the last track last year where Audi or Toyota had much success with double stinting tires was COTA. Shanghai is hard on tires, Bahrain is hard on tires, and Interlagos is hard on tires.

High downforce cars tend to make better use of their tires and have better tire durability. For Spa, the track is more abasive than Silverstone, and unlike the past day, the sun should be out. And that means higher track temps and slicker race track.

It could be then that if Toyota or Porsche sacrifice any tire durability by running less downforce, it'll show then.

But that's just a theory on why Audi opted for more downforce than their competitors this year, to try and get an edge in cornering and also maybe tire wear.

[GT6]

Originally Posted by eps

Positions were correct. Even though they looked wrong. Remember two drivers for each car have to do 2 laps each otherwise your times don't count (yet).

That makes sense i had totally forgotten about that, well only a few hours now until the start, just heard from some mates there that the weather is looking good so lets hope it stays that way

[Azy]

Audi is fast as hell in a place where the hardest to overtake (corners)

[GT-Eins]

Here a deeper overview of how the times in Qualifying developped

[carbon_titanium]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

But that's just a theory on why Audi opted for more downforce than their competitors this year, to try and get an edge in cornering and also maybe tire wear.

For sure the reason is that, anyway the LD #3 showed a poor top speed as well compared to porsche and toyota LD. Maybe the 2014 R18 LD has still more downforce than rivals LD package or maybe because of eot the audi engine has 20-30hp less than porsche and toyota.

[JoestForEver]

Originally Posted by carbon_titanium

For sure the reason is that, anyway the LD #3 showed a poor top speed as well compared to porsche and toyota LD. Maybe the 2014 R18 LD has still more downforce than rivals LD package or maybe because of eot the audi engine has 20-30hp less than porsche and toyota.

When it comes to power deficit, 300bhp is a conservative estimation compared with Toyota and Porsche. So I'm quite happy with Audi winning nothing at all now. The only one to blame is EoT.

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

Posted originally in the R18 thread:

I've been thinking looking at some videos of last year, and I'm wondering if Audi went for more downforce this year to try and milk more life out of their tires during a race.

We have to remember that post LM that there's a ton of tracks that are very abrasive on tires, and the last track last year where Audi or Toyota had much success with double stinting tires was COTA. Shanghai is hard on tires, Bahrain is hard on tires, and Interlagos is hard on tires.

High downforce cars tend to make better use of their tires and have better tire durability. For Spa, the track is more abasive than Silverstone, and unlike the past day, the sun should be out. And that means higher track temps and slicker race track.

It could be then that if Toyota or Porsche sacrifice any tire durability by running less downforce, it'll show then.

But that's just a theory on why Audi opted for more downforce than their competitors this year, to try and get an edge in cornering and also maybe tire wear.

Something to add watching the #2 onboard again - it reached it's top speed about half a kilometre before the end of the straight. It was almost as if the Audi had lost its top gear because there's still a massive amount of torque from that engine.

Given that GTE cars are topping out at ~255km/h (20km/h difference), it looks like the wrong choice if it was a conscious decision.

[seanyb505]

Really looking forward to this race after Silverstone, though I fear it may not be as close.

Any idea why the splash screen for streaming says the race is on Sunday?

[EverOne]

Originally Posted by seanyb505

Really looking forward to this race after Silverstone, though I fear it may not be as close.

Any idea why the splash screen for streaming says the race is on Sunday?

Says Sunday but tha date is 3, just a mistake

[EricS]

Stream has started! New link: http://backvideo.ampi.tv/embed/8ialzp

[EverOne]

Originally Posted by EricS

Stream has started! New link: http://backvideo.ampi.tv/embed/8ialzp

Thank you!

[Simmi]

Really excited for this. Top cars all fast in different places. Jealous of everyone who's there but two attendances in three rounds will have to do me.

[J Jay]

Looks like I'm going to miss the first 1 1/2 (i.e. the most interesting) hours of the race.

Would anyone on here be so kind as to give me a recap when I get back online?

[tiger5181125]

could someone please help me, i paid for the whole season and watched silverstone on my pc, but this race i cannot find the link to watch it on my pc on the wec website??

[EricS]

Originally Posted by tiger5181125

could someone please help me, i paid for the whole season and watched silverstone on my pc, but this race i cannot find the link to watch it on my pc on the wec website??

This should be it: members.fiawec.com