Auto Racing Discussion Thread

[Monzanator 4,500]

Marcus Ericsson wins Indianapolis 500!!!! @Belle

[Olympian1010 7,973]

Ericsson  with a great bit of defensive driving to win the Indy 500 off the final restart.
 

O’Ward nearly made it an open wheel double for

[Belle 975]

5 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Marcus Ericsson wins Indianapolis 500!!!! @Belle

Thank you for mention me.

 

So happy for Ericsson. Great results for my own country as Felix Rosenqvist finished as #4 

[Federer91 2,793]

FIA have really dropped the ball this year with the calendar. Usually in the Le Mans weekend they try to not have much confrontation with other events, but this year we have also an F1 weekend, a WTCR weekend, a Superbike weekend.. With so many dates, i don't know how they can't make a more balanced calendar and spreading the different series.

[FancyFenchel 111]

I like the Spotter Guide they made for the race:

https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/your-2022-24-hours-of-le-mans-spotter-guide-out-now-56353

[heywoodu 15,135]

10 hours ago, FancyFenchel said:

I like the Spotter Guide they made for the race:

https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/your-2022-24-hours-of-le-mans-spotter-guide-out-now-56353

That's an excellent one indeed! Personally I've always used the ones by Andy Blackmore, which are similar but fit on a single sheet of paper (if you print on both sides): https://spotterguides.com/

 

He doesn't do it for Le Mans anymore (financial issues I think), but a Polish guy has taken over in basically the exact same way  

https://spotters.guide/

 

Matter of preference and what you're used to I think  

[Federer91 2,793]

Went to sleep with Corvette and Porsche dominating in GTPRO and waking up to AF Corse having a healthy lead  Too bad Toyota are not having any problems, so we can have more drama.

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Went to sleep with Corvette and Porsche dominating in GTPRO and waking up to AF Corse having a healthy lead  Too bad Toyota are not having any problems, so we can have more drama.

Being the GTE Pro leader this year seems to bring about a curse, so AF Corse better prepares  

 

Both Corvettes and the Porsche #92 all had major issues when in the lead..

 

Meanwhile the #7 Toyota had an issue for a bit, but after a reset they were back on their way.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Well and that's a very broken #64 Corvette   (which was on the way to catch the Ferrari for the lead)

 

Thanks to a sleepy LMP2 just outright whiping them into the barriers.

[heywoodu 15,135]

That Corvette was whiped out by the #83 with François Perrodo behind the wheel. That is the AF Corse LMP2....basically teammates of the AF Corse leaders in GTE Pro. Hmm.