Oh come on. It wasn't all that bad.
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Oh come on. It wasn't all that bad.
So it's okay to cut across someone that's putting a lap on you? In that case I look forward to watching HRT do some proper racing this evening.
That pug was much slower, he shouldn't have been defending at all, let alone as aggressively as that.
It was a tap ffs.
Squeezed close to the armco on the Mulsanne!Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
He was miles away from the armco.
HE'S 4 LAPS DOWN!!! They shouldn't be defending, let alone touching.
I was watching it love of the Audi Fred on the 26" LCD I've got on the pc in the lounge room and then later on the 40" tv in HD...... It wasn't as bad as the anti-French commentators would have you think.
Man, where were you when McNish t-boned the Fazza and Rockenfeller hit the other Fazza who was doing as he was told in the drivers briefing.
F1 is different.Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
Long distance oval racing, endurance racing, traffic isn't supposed to jump out of the way.
Le Man racing is more of a team sport.
Yeah I watched it on a 27" TV linked to my laptop and before the commentators said anything I thought it was a bad move. If you think it's okay for lapped cars to defend to the point of contact then the move was fine. If of course you live in the real world and know what blue flags mean then obviously you will feel a bit differently
Because lapped traffic is supposed to stay on the racing lineQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Anyway, where were when you said Hamilton should have been banned for dangerous driving! Considering the number of huge shunts perhaps Pugs should be careful of their own safety than cause another?
BTW, I'm all for gamesmanship! :D
If the pug gets a ban then mcnish and rockenfeller should too ;)
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I fail to see the problem, it was hardly schumi on Rubens stuff
I reserved comment on both pretty much. Rockenfeller was stupid, he should have waited until after the kink, as you say the Ferrari was on message. As for McNish, I suspect he didn't see the GT car beyond his team mate until it was too late. Again it was a stupid move, especially so early, but there wasn't the same intent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I don't expect or want them to jump out of the way (like he actually did after Mulsanne), but when a car is alongside you and 4 laps up you don't take the corner away from him causing contact.
Doesn't make it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Who's calling for a ban on anyone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I don't think mike or Alan deserve a ban. Racing incidents bothof them. I'm just saying :)
Endurance racing is different to F1 - backmarkers don't dive out of the way, up to the lapper to overtake. This goes on a lot in Endurance racing.
There is a lot of anti-French/Peugeot comments on many websites, etc
Can't cheer for Audi though - find it hard to warm to them - added to their bland, boring but efficient road cars - and their pulling out of the WRC years ago.
Whoever wins they will have done a great job. Lots of antiFrench stiff around like you say.
Oh right, I never realised that contact with the leader was acceptable. In my mind that pass was made, if that 908 was racing for the lead then I suspect Gene wouldn't actually have been as aggressive. As it is the car has nothing to race for so he felt confident enough to put the car on the line.
As for Audi/Peugeot, I can't bring myself to support a French team and to me it always looked as if the cards were stacked against Audi. They've hustled for it more too, by limiting time in the pitlane (even though they pitted more).
Epic race! Epic finish to the flag!
Anyhoo. Thrilling race finish. Audi looks like they have it.
Yep, strategically Audi have schooled the others today. Very slick pitstops and seem to have got decisions right.
Will be interesting to see them cross the line properly rather than in formation
Rain!!!!! This is an epic race
Indeed. That could throw a real curve ball if it intensifyQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Looks like Audi have this one but anything could happen
This going to be a closer finish than a lot of f1 races.....
23 hours 45 minutes and it's less than 15 seconds between first & second!! Great race, so glad I made the effort to watch most of it.
Ditto. F1 will be a massive anticlimax compared to this.
Pagenaud has given up or at least his tyres have
Absolutely, but guess which will get the column inches...?? :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Yup. People are just clueless..... Let lap
You can say the same about Peugeot.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
R18 w/LM aero package looks like this:
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...g?t=1241995842
Last lap for real now. Amazing stuff
24 Hours down
Audi take it!
DRSQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
S**t, LM don't do gimmicks
Congrats Audi.
Epic race
Great race, thoroughly deserved win for Audi.
We were kept guessing throughout, you never quite knew for sure what strategy was going to win.