Auto Racing Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 13,540]

Anthoine Hubert, 22 years old and GP3 champion last year, has passed away due to the crash  What the fuck.

 

 

[heywoodu 13,540]

The WEC season opened today with the 4 hours of Silverstone and much to the surprise of absolutely nobody in the entire world, Toyota went home with a 1-2 win.

[Olympian1010 7,470]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

The WEC season opened today with the 4 hours of Silverstone and much to the surprise of absolutely nobody in the entire world, Toyota went home with a 1-2 win.

What! 

 

 

[heywoodu 13,540]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

What! 

 

 

Yeah, and you'd never guess, but it wasn't even close! It might have something to do with them being the only big team in LMP1, but who knows, maybe it was a lucky hit  

[Olympian1010 7,470]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Yeah, and you'd never guess, but it wasn't even close! It might have something to do with them being the only big team in LMP1, but who knows, maybe it was a lucky hit  

Just waiting for the hypercar era 

[heywoodu 13,540]

Once again IndyCar seems to be filled with a bunch of rookies only

 

Graham Rahal causing quite some damage in the very first turn, resulting in a long caution, after which Ryan Hunter-Reay with a total suicide mission bombed Jack Harvey and himself out of the race within one and a half lap. And Rahal and Hunter-Reay are supposed to be the experienced guys there  

[Olympian1010 7,470]

I can’t even with all the sadness and loss this weekend :

 

[heywoodu 13,540]

Some of the best non-racing action in motorsports for me is when NASCAR has a rain delay and they can't do much else but show what the drivers are doing. Especially loved Clint Bowyer going out in the rain to a single Alex Bowman-shirt wearing fan on the stands to have a chat (and burn his buddy who went to find some shelter and beer) and tell him to 'fix that Alex Bowman stuff dude'. Followed by a visit to a trailer where Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Ricky Stenhouse were playing a golf video game and when asked who's the best, Hamlin's answer was it was of course Kyle "because he's Asian"  (and before 'OMG RACIST' hits, it was Larson himself who started that about himself, all in good spirits)

 

Plus Darlington, always a nice throwback weekend  

[Olympian1010 7,470]

Ladies and Gentlemen I present the most pointless competition ever concocted. The 2019 FAI Motorsport Games: https://www.fiamotorsportgames.com/

[heywoodu 13,540]

5 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Ladies and Gentlemen I present the most pointless competition ever concocted. The 2019 FAI Motorsport Games: https://www.fiamotorsportgames.com/

How interesting this is depends entirely on the entry lists  

 

You're confusing FIA with FAI by the way, unless it's going to go like this, in which case it might turn to FAI: