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WEC 2013 Round 2: Spa-Francorchamps
Now it's time for Spa...
Timetable Entry List Track Maps Track Pictures Spotter Guide Audi Live Stream |
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It's nice to see a bit of a bigger field for this one. I felt 31 was a little low for Silverstone. One of the more interesting things to see is whether Dumbreck and Bell can keep up with the times of Mucke and Turner in the Aston Martins. Also, I'm expecting to see the AF Corse Ferraris going faster this weekend.
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Only 35 entries so far, really disappointed by the quantity, hoped we'd see more Le Mans teams join for the dress rehearsel...
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Nice to see the promotional videos are improving on a monthly basis, but that was still incredibly cringey.
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I'd remove the corny oneliners from the drivers and show more racing. But technically well done.
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpg7wv Or this, which nicely automatically autosizes according to your browser window size: http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xpg7wv |
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Nice. Getting very close now. Looking forward to this one as it is our season opener.
Shame about the thin field. Too bad the american teams won't be joining the Spa lot allready. |
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Fingers crossed for decent weather - I know rain's traditional in the Ardennes, but think we probably had enough of that at Silverstone... |
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It's a bit embarrassing that the WEC, the big series, can't make a promotional video half as good as one team from a regional series. I've said it before, but this is bread and butter stuff...few things are more important. The WEC needs to be cool, not cringe-worthy. |
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Sadly I won't be there. 2 races, and 2 days? Not worth 1K miles of driving, sorry! Not unless somebody PAYS me...
Good luck to all that go along, wish I was there. Have a Brugze Zot for me... |
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Speed and RACER are reporting that Audi will run a long-tail R18 at Spa (car #3). This is their dedicated Le Mans-spec car.
Speed: http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...18-at-spa-wec/ RACER: http://www.racer.com/audi-unveils-lo...=NzIwMjYzNTgS1 Last edited by Purist; 25 Apr 2013 at 19:06. |
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Audi's track map
http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/aud...races/spa.html The WEC's hybrid braking zones http://www.fiawec.com/en/news/6h-spa...ones_1061.html |
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I dont care for promotional videos, I guess the appeal of those is the hype for the race. But does that translate to more viewers?
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Aston will enter three GTE-Pro cars. I'm disappointed, because Vantage is yet favoured by the rules, and so this will make very hard for Porsche and Ferrari to face them! In GTE there must be a more balanced situation.
Anyway, Porsche and Ferrari have always shown to be competitive in Spa, so I hope to see Porsche on the top in GTE, but I'm sure will be hard to catch Aston. |
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Do they translate into more viewers? Who knows? Tracking the ROI on any individual effort is probably an exercise in futility, but as part of a joined up promotional effort - which does genuinely seem to be happening (viz the car shows in London and Liege) - they can't hurt. As Marc Benioff from Salesforce.com has said, done is better than perfect, so in that light I'm not going to grumble too much about what the WEC is trying to do here - just hope that they regard what they've done at each round as a good benchmark to exceed next time out. |
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