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Official Motorsports Thread of 2013 (MotoGP, WRC, Le Mans, Nascar, IRL, V8's etc)
- Thread starter Dead Man
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MoGamesXNA
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Thanks for the links to the streams earlier guys. Watching it now on the Ch 10 feed. Hopefully we'll get commentary at some stage.
I can't believe they're pushing for position this early in the race. Great stuff.
I can't believe they're pushing for position this early in the race. Great stuff.
The Elite
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BrokenEchelon
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Shit, we're off to a good start.
BrokenEchelon
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Aston down.
Safety car out.
Safety car out.
The Toyota's are flying. Hopefully Davidson can catch to the lead battle.
This is a great start. Massive gaggle of cars in the LMP 2 and a massive Aston Martin crash. Safety car
BrokenEchelon
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Lotterer has two Toyotas out for blood behind him as soon as that Safety car is done.
And damn that Aston got destroyed.
And damn that Aston got destroyed.
MoGamesXNA
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Spaceman Spiff
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Shame about the #95 Aston; it was the pole-sitter in GTE-AM.
Like everyone else, I'm surprised by the pace of the Toyotas early on. Hope they can keep it up.
Like everyone else, I'm surprised by the pace of the Toyotas early on. Hope they can keep it up.
Aww yeah love Le Mans. Exciting start so far. I'm using this Eurosport stream if anyone wants. http://cricfree.tv/euro-sports.php
Oh shit Kobayashi is racing? lol can't wait to see him overtake the entire field at one turn.
Oh shit Kobayashi is racing? lol can't wait to see him overtake the entire field at one turn.
Squirrel Killer
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Saw a Twitter comment that Simonsen was trying to avoid a spun Ferrari and hit a curb awkwardly.
There is even a "Forza Motorsports Curve" this time.
Only because of the pits, Lotterer was about 3 seconds faster than the Toyotas
Both Toyotas lost shitload of time overtaking GTE cars before pitting. I hope for some more rain during next hours and night. Audi is faster in dry.
But porsche has no real experience with racing diesel engines. Plus seeing two different things battle out can be very interesting. I love the difference between all the cars. But yeah regulations shouldn't become a noose around the neck
Valkyr Junkie
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Is this the best web stream? The commentary is fine, their camera choice is awful compared to the type of coverage you would get watching SpeedTV.
Spaceman Spiff
Member
True, but the R18s can't deploy their hybrid power below 120 km/h, so there's no quattro drive coming out of the slowest corners, where you'd imagine it would be most advantageous in the wet.
Looks like the Audis are running 10 laps per tank; let's see how much farther the Toyotas can stretch it.
Footage of the Simonson crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q623g1mKpdE (no other cars involved, looks like he simply made a mistake)
I made the comment after the Eurosport commentators mentioned that they artificially slowed down the petrol flow during a pit stop for the Toyotas, because diesel got a higher viscosity and they can't pump it as fast as petrol. I just want all the cars to go all out and drive as fast as possible, no restrictions or regulations.
that's only the secondary feed, the world feed is on Eurosport.
I made the comment after the Eurosport commentators mentioned that they artificially slowed down the petrol flow during a pit stop for the Toyotas, because diesel got a higher viscosity and they can't pump it as fast as petrol. I just want all the cars to go all out and drive as fast as possible, no restrictions or regulations.
that's only the secondary feed, the world feed is on Eurosport.
How is the commentary? I usually fall asleep whenever I watch Eurosport...
I made the comment after the Eurosport commentators mentioned that they artificially slowed down the petrol flow during a pit stop for the Toyotas, because diesel got a higher viscosity and they can't pump it as fast as petrol. I just want all the cars to go all out and drive as fast as possible, no restrictions or regulations.
Well yeah that's annoying. But the race between on the track is close enough right now. I wonder if that will get changed as well next year, but it's not an egregious change.
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Watching on SpeedTV in the US right now. Hate this is the last year for Speed to exist. I hope we get some HD coverage of the race on TV here next year.