motorsports

[shell belfry]

NOO

[clear field]

[shell belfry]

OH NO

Harvick's in trouble

[rapid lance]

SHIT

MOTHER THE FUCK

[shell belfry]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[clear field]

I'm kinda liking that livery on Byron's car

[shell belfry]

Here we go

Harvick's done

[clear field]

Byron almost ran over one of the pit crew jesus

[shell belfry]

Welp, c'mon Byron

[clear field]

Harvick had a devastating loss

[rapid lance]

SON OF A BITCH

[timber storm]

Everyone in front of harvick took only 2 tires

[shell belfry]

Buuuuurrrrrrttooooooooooooonn

[clear field]

He will need a miraculous restart to make it up

See told you, almost ran him over

[shell belfry]

I don't see harvick getting back

Unless we have a bunch of overtimes

[shell belfry]

3 laps to shine

OH

OOVER TIME

[clear field]

[sudden zenith]

gibbs L

gibbs tried wallriding

[rapid lance]

the fuck was gibbs doing

[shell belfry]

Gragson decided to join Gibbs, took out 16

Overtime 1, c'mon anyone but Larson

[clear field]

Oh shit

[shell belfry]

ITS BYRON

[clear field]

Wowww

[autumn briar]

goddamnit

[shell belfry]

He won it from the start

[lethal yacht]

Larson loses a win again

[clear field]

Might be indicative of the season if it turns into a season long battle

[ashen cedar]

Bryon looks like he’s the championship contender

[ember rampart]

What happened to kevin

[shell belfry]

He had a long run car

[clear field]

Top few took 2 tires, harvick took 4 on the pitstop right?

[ember rampart]

He lose out on the pits?

[shell belfry]

Late race caution

[clear field]

He lost out in the caution pitstop

[weak carbon]

Fuck this race

Mickey win

[shell belfry]

Wasn't Larson so I'm happy

[clear field]

So you guys dislike Byron or just had favorites to win

[ember rampart]

Hendrick gonna be champions this year

[clear field]

Ah it was 4 tires

That did it

[ember rampart]

Why they need 4 though

[shell belfry]

They didn't

[ember rampart]

Alot of nascar crew cheifs would have a good career at Ferrari

[clear field]

He's being interviewed and Harvick said "I always prefer getting 4 tires, I didn't get the 2 cars I needed to get on the restart but I had the pace"

Paraphrased

"that's what I wouldve always done"

• Harvick

[ember rampart]

Early onset dementia

[clear field]

So that's what happened @ember rampart

[ember rampart]

I can’t understand why though

Bro could have won

[fierce haven]

Stupid fucking caution robbed harvick

[clear field]

He probably thought he could have used the pace difference, but in the race position mattered more

[ember rampart]

Sad day, at least we know who’ll be fast in November though

[karmic island]

Wait

Where did harvick finish

[rapid lance]

7th or 8th

[halcyon pewter]

@marble willow

[marble willow]

Is this Motegi?

[halcyon pewter]

Yes

But there’s something special about that thing

https://youtu.be/fQgtDrlVJrY

[marble willow]

ah.... no wonder why i thought about daytona usa

[fierce haven]

5th

Fucking harrison burton

Doesn’t know how to drive a damn race car

I hope he sees this i’m extremely pissed off

I want to legitimately fight him

[autumn briar]

bro wtf

[fierce haven]

he’s really slow anyway

Doesn’t deserve the #21

[karmic island]

W

[fierce haven]

L*

Harvick had that won…

[autumn briar]

Doesnt mean you should harass drivers about it

[fierce haven]

Some people don’t know how to drive man

Even i would do as good as him

[autumn briar]

Its just a race

[karmic island]

But he didn’t

Okay

No big deal

[fierce haven]

5 second lead…

[karmic island]

He can win next time

[fierce haven]

I am THE biggest harvick fan

I will fight teeth and claw for him

[karmic island]

And you aren’t even in the nascar discord 💀

[fierce haven]

It’s filled with 9 year olds 💀

I only started watching nascar in 2018, i chose him to root for at the beginning of that season. He even autographed my hat in 2019. It was just meant to be

[marble willow]

why does this remind me of the time kyle busch got attacked by a random fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2dEeeHZrhI

[fierce haven]

hes lucky i didnt go to phoenix lol

Burton

[karmic island]

I have never even watched nascar

[fierce haven]

I feel like a hamilton fan after abu dhabi 2021

Gutted

[autumn briar]

Bro he just blew a tire

[karmic island]

I just support harvick cause I randomly chose his car on nascar unleashed

[autumn briar]

It isnt his fault

[fierce haven]

Lmao

[fierce haven]

If he knew how to manage his car, he wouldn’t be doing that. He wrecks so fucking often

You remember Matt Dibenedetto?

Even he did a better job with the wood brothers

[autumn briar]

Everyone blows their tire sometimes, sometimes you're just unlucky

[fierce haven]

Well a lack of skill isn’t bad luck

Bad luck happens, but when a driver wrecks every week, it’s on them

[autumn briar]

Its a track thats hard on tires

just unjustified hate

[fierce haven]

He blows

[autumn briar]

NASCAR is a sport thats tough for rookies

[fierce haven]

I seen him in person too, he’s pretty short ngl

If only i knew…..

[weak carbon]

Yes because dming a NASCAR Cup Series driver on Instagram will solve everything you will get every single answer that the government kept as a secret

[fierce haven]

I don’t expect him to see it, there’s no guarantee

But there’s a chance

If he doesnt care then that’s fine with me too. I know me hating him won’t affect how he sleeps at night. But what he needs to worry about is his ride because of how shitty he’s been performing

I was extremely angry too

Still baffled about the outcome actually

[weak carbon]

Bro it’s fucking Instagram no famous person would reply to anyone

[fierce haven]

They don’t reply but they do see them

[weak carbon]

No they don’t

[karmic island]

Except it probably will

[fierce haven]

I sure hope it affects him

[weak carbon]

Tf is this cursed shit?

[eternal ravine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4magBSszUY&ab_channel=MotorsportsonNBC

Loving the new content Indycar is putting out now

[versed leaf]

If chick hicks and McQueen had a child

[weak carbon]

No that’s straight up McQueen with monster energy playoff marking

[lucid zinc]

The hell am i watching 👀

[lethal yacht]

oh nah this ain’t it

having frustrations at a driver is fine but going out of your way to harass them over it?

that’s

beyond messed up

[fierce haven]

What’s more messed up is putting him in that ride. Embarrassing for a driver at the cup level who can’t keep the car straight entering the DOG LEG at phoenix, and even had a blown tire as a result of that. Could have also been a self spin since spinning there is damn near impossible

I have every right to shit on him but he has every right to not care, so it’s fine

[royal obsidian]

https://twitter.com/FIAWEC/status/1635033136601124865?s=20

FIA World Endurance Championship (@FIAWEC)

Prologue Session 4 ✔️ Toyota quickest on day 2.

🔗 Read the full report on https://t.co/PGCJzsEaBf

#WEC #WECPrologue

Likes

360

Twitter · Mar 12, 2023, 9:40 PM

looks like the title fighters for WEC are gonna be Toyota and Cadillac

only 4 more days to go until 1000 Miles of Sebring

[uneven coral]

I would say, as of now.

Ferrari can sooner or later catch up to them.

[sharp wigeon]

Didn’t Toyota completely dominate last season?

[unkempt mirage]

Average NASCAR fans

[unkempt mirage]

Nearly lost the title from Alpine

It’s that they won Le Mans

[sharp wigeon]

Ahhh okay

I might try and watch this WEC season

[lethal yacht]

Typical Kevin Harvick fan

Bros old as hell

[unkempt mirage]

First round is this Friday at Sebring

[uneven coral]

In terms of pace, they did, but they had loads of slip ups last season which made their battle with Alpine close.

[unkempt mirage]

Oh yeah, Frijns is back in a race car again

[floral urchin]

Anthony Davidson: How a retired WEC great fared in Peugeot's virtual 9X8

Anthony Davidson: How a retired WEC great fared in Peugeot's virtual 9X8

Anthony Davidson is back at the wheel of a prototype, just a year and a bit on from his retirement from the cockpit. And he now understands the challenges faced by the drivers out on track in the World Endurance Championship aboard the successors to the LMP1 machinery in which he carved out a stellar sportscar career.
“They’re having to wrestle the steering wheel much more than I ever ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 13, 2023, 1:15 PM

[unkempt mirage]

https://www.ddinstagram.com/p/Cpu0ywYNrdO/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

My new favorite livery

[autumn briar]

hell yeah thats awesome

[unkempt mirage]

The two best things combined

Dinosaurs and race cars

[uneven coral]

https://twitter.com/By_NathanBrown/status/1635281495203123207?s=20

Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown)

After a brief visit to the hospital following his crash in St. Pete 8 days ago, @RLLracing announces that @jack_harvey93 hasn’t been medically cleared to drive.

For their 3-car test today at Barber, RLL is giving Juri Vips his 2nd test day (10/12/22) as a stand-in for Harvey.

Twitter · Mar 13, 2023, 2:07 PM

[autumn briar]

I dont know what to say

[uneven coral]

I must say that's an upgrade.

[autumn briar]

I hope he takes his chance and doesn't do anything stupid

[lethal yacht]

Isn't Vips the guy that had an CoD at 3am moment

[autumn briar]

Yes

[uneven coral]

Yes

[autumn briar]

[autumn briar]

I hope Harvey is okay and not injured too badly

[lethal yacht]

What happened to Harvey?

I watched IndyCar but i still don't know what happened

[autumn briar]

He was part of one of those big crashes no

[lethal yacht]

Ik that 2 cars turned into Airliners

[lethal yacht]

Wait the one on L1?

[autumn briar]

this one

[lethal yacht]

Yep L1

Which one is Harvey

[autumn briar]

Or no Harvey is the purple car here

jfc

that race was a shitshow

[unkempt mirage]

Man tried to join the USAF

Why even race there with these cars anyway

[lethal yacht]

No Harvey isn't the pink car that was some one else

Thats the Veekay crash right

[lethal yacht]

The game is gonna be fun

[unkempt mirage]

I bet so

[lethal yacht]

Online on St. Pete

[uneven coral]

Doesn't he drive the white and red Kustom car ?

[autumn briar]

ah yes

my bad

[floral urchin]

Ferrari: New Le Mans Hypercar off at WEC Prologue “nothing serious”

Ferrari: New Le Mans Hypercar off at WEC Prologue “nothing serious”

The damage to the car after the Briton’s off at Turn 1 on his out-lap at the start of second morning of the two-day official pre-season test was largely confined to the right-front corner, according to Ferrari.
“One corner we will have to change, but the rest is pretty small details,” Giuliano Salvi, Ferrari’s sportscar race and testing manager said. “It was nothing serious for ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 13, 2023, 3:22 PM

[unkempt mirage]

Moment

[unkempt mirage]

This looks cool

[timber storm]

COTA is stacked.

Jimmie Johnson, Kimi Raikkonen, Jenson Button, and Jordan Taylor in the same race

Wild

[foggy fulcrum]

Seven Cup titles, two F1 world titles, one Super GT GT500 title, and two IMSA Sportscar Series titles between just those four

And all of them driving for race winning organisations, except Jenson, except for the fact his car is being prepared by SHR anyway so it basically is

[fluid cobalt]

Coz there hasn't been crashes like that in the last couple years

There's a couple rookies in, and Santino is doing Santino things

[tight quiver]

and conor

daly

dont forget the goat

[fluid cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/the-goat-black-guy-gif-17915341

[lethal yacht]

How was day 2 testing

WEC

Are there pics of the Ferrari crash?

[foggy fulcrum]

he in the 50? worth forgetting ngl

[brittle sentinel]

RACING EVENTS THIS WEEK
.
MAJOR EVENTS
**Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Jeddah Corniche Circuit 🇸🇦 **
- FIA Formula 2 Championship
- Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts - Sebring International Raceway 🇺🇸 (RACE: 18TH OF MARCH)
- IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
- Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America
**FIA World Endurance Championship 1000 Miles of Sebring - Sebring International Raceway 🇺🇸 (RACE: 17TH OF MARCH)
**
**FIA Rally World Championship - Rally Guanajuato México 🇲🇽 **

**NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter Health 400 - Atlanta Motor Speedway 🇺🇸 **
- NASCAR Xfinity Series, Raptor 250
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Fr8 208
.
.
OTHER EVENTS

Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie - Nürburgring Nordschleife
BMW M2 CS Racing Cup NLS - Nürburgring Nordschleife
GT Racing New Zealand - Taupo International Motorsport Park
Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup 2 - Nürburgring Nordschleife
Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup 3 - Nürburgring Nordschleife
SRL National Super Late Models - South Alabama Speedway
NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race - Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia)
Toyota 86 Championship - Taupo International Motorsport Park
Sepang 12 Hours - Sepang International Circuit
TC2000 Series - Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela
Formula Racing Academy Series - NOLA Motorsports Park
Fórmula 3 Chile - Autódromo Internacional Codegüa
Formula 4 Chile - Autódromo Internacional Codegüa
Carrera Cup Chile - Autódromo Internacional Codegüa

[timber storm]

Sebring double-header

IMSA and WEC

[tight quiver]

SEPANG 12H SIUUUUU

[fresh meadow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTTL7YMIwYs

meh

a lot of focus on this hypothetical FIA hypercar just wandering around all the other cars moving almost stationary

cuz ig no team wants their car to be seen racing in the intro lol

[proper zenith]

i like how most of the focus is on the vanwall

[buoyant shale]

Thats not the Vanwall lmao

Thats just a custom designed non descript Hypercar of no team

WEC never had particularly strong intros but this one was the best imo
https://youtu.be/KyYff6-A5-g

[proper zenith]

ah that makes a bit more sense

front looked odd

[buoyant shale]

Didnt know WEC raced at COTA in 2020 also
https://youtu.be/nV8dsBCGr2Y

3 LMP1s

[marble willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Svn3oU0go

[proper zenith]

yeah, theres this YT vid of a great battle Toyota and Porsche had

yep there you go

[marble willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqsrpKFGw4

[lethal yacht]

I just now noticed that WEC has a new mobile app 💀

I was wondering why the old version wasn't working

[royal obsidian]

https://us.motorsport.com/gt/news/new-maserati-gt2-has-first-track-test/10441425/

flew under the radar

[unkempt mirage]

They back

[royal obsidian]

official renders

[marble willow]

[proper zenith]

more GT2 entries always a positive

[royal obsidian]

indeed

Mercedes and Maserati entering in the same year

although I have expectation that Mercedes will win

because Maserati is dogshit in Formula E

and if they're not gonna put effort into that, then idk how I'm gonna feel with the MC20

maybe I'll be given a slap with the back of their hand and they dethrone the KTM Xbow legacy

[proper zenith]

Maserati as a whole is kinda on shaky ground with their rebuilding, but i hope they can be successful

the MC20 is a gorgeous car and i love that its racing

[royal obsidian]

yeah we'll see

I'm mostly just watching for the fun of the cars moving

there's not a lot of clutter so uhhh

yeah you can easily spectate the races

[proper zenith]

yeah at the end of the day i enjoy racing, i have my makes and teams and drivers i root for but i just like to see support for motorsport and more activity, more the better

[royal obsidian]

well I'm Honda biased, and if there's no Honda then I just watch the races to see what's going on

I'm a neutral spectator until there's an H badge somewhere on the field

[proper zenith]

thats fair, i also neutrally spectate a bunch of series

[royal obsidian]

this is how it was for me when Honda left from 2009-2014 in F1

[proper zenith]

i have Porsche biases im ngl tho lol

[royal obsidian]

I actually uhh

lost interest in F1

in 2013

cause I knew Vettel would win

I sorta kept track with 2014 since Mercedes and such

but continued not finding interest til 2015 when Honda returned with McLaren

then they started going to shit

wasn't fun to watch, very heartbreaking

[proper zenith]

yeah :(

but they had a resurgence with RB

[royal obsidian]

yeah

funny how the team I disliked for making F1 no longer interesting I'm now backing up just because they have a Honda engine

goes to show what Honda bias does to a person

[proper zenith]

pff

[royal obsidian]

at least I had other motorsport to look at while Honda was away from F1

[proper zenith]

its funny to see people complain about Hamilton or Max dominance when thats always been an aspect of F1

[royal obsidian]

yeah

I really want Honda to like

make a spec racing series based entirely upon the Civic Type-R

[proper zenith]

some act like its some newfound phenomena in the sport or something

[royal obsidian]

like a Type-R Cup

would be so much fun

[proper zenith]

dude Cup series are so fun

i think Canada has like a Nissan Micra, now Sentra Cup and it looks like so much fun

and the Miata Cup in IMSA always produces bangers

[royal obsidian]

yes

I need a Civic Type-R one

basically just stock Type-Rs besides removing all the interior stuff

and changing some amount of the powertrain for racing

but the rest of the car is basically built the same as the real one

especially if they also keep the manual transmission

[proper zenith]

yeah thats the magic of those kind of series, mostly stock cars

[royal obsidian]

if I ever start a car company, the one thing I want to do is to make a Cup series around the main production sports car and have it be a similar story to BMW's M1

basically

[unkempt mirage]

Man has more Honda bias then i do with Porsche

I respect

[royal obsidian]

have the top 3 F1 drivers of the practice sessions run in and participate with GT drivers

and they use the same car

that was how BMW's M1 Cup series worked and it was fucking radical

[unkempt mirage]

Can’t wait to see Lello show his supremacy against the Mercedes F1 drivers

[proper zenith]

yeah the M1 was awesome

[unkempt mirage]

Shame it didn’t sell though

[proper zenith]

shame it didnt sell, wasnt a good market model

but great cars

[unkempt mirage]

Indeed

Lamborghini doing the funny

[royal obsidian]

yeah Procar was it called?

[proper zenith]

yeah im surprised it wasnt really emulated much afterwards, its great marketing

ye the Procars

[unkempt mirage]

Procar was it yeah

[royal obsidian]

https://youtu.be/JPB699UHPI4

[proper zenith]

especially in the 70s and 80s where id imagine marketing policies were much more lax

[royal obsidian]

I would most likely copy the ideas that the M1 was originally after

which is basically a 2-seat sports car with a psuedo-F1 engine in the back

I'd probably hire someone who knows the current Honda F1 engine design to recreate it, and then nerf it for production use

[marble willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrh2_1TIGs0 And of course there was the XJR15's

[proper zenith]

basically an AMG One without all the issues it had?

[royal obsidian]

yeah

[proper zenith]

ohhh i did not know this existed. also very cool supercars

[royal obsidian]

it'd most likely end up becoming like

[unkempt mirage]

The AMG ONE became a bit of a meme tbh

[royal obsidian]

a Turbocharged J-series with better revs

[proper zenith]

hell yea

[royal obsidian]

J30CA with revs

or a superior NSX engine

[proper zenith]

really like the J-Series V6s

[royal obsidian]

yeah

[marble willow]

Same here

Pretty underrated engine series

[proper zenith]

yep yep

[proper zenith]

i mean yeah, took like 6 years to build. but it is an ambitious feat, so id give them that

lots of money to burn thats for sure

[royal obsidian]

https://youtu.be/iV7E6eb9KqM

[marble willow]

https://youtu.be/zj1Udqu76sA?t=220

[royal obsidian]

actually

an NSX Cup series

[marble willow]

Idemitsu NSX Cup

[royal obsidian]

alright Honda, I have an idea

[proper zenith]

Honda multiclass cup with Civics and NSXs

[unkempt mirage]

According to sources the Mercedes higher ups were drunk when they approved that car

Just to make it even spicier

[proper zenith]

id believe that lmao

[marble willow]

Would NSX GT3's and Civic TCR's work?

[royal obsidian]

funny cause I think that was the same situation that got the LFA greenlit

[proper zenith]

sure, or like stock Cup car versions of each

[royal obsidian]

President of Lexus was allegedly having drinks with his friend who was the Director of Road Cars at Lexus

and the question of "what car would you want to make?" came up after a few drinks

[unkempt mirage]

https://mercedesblog.com/we-were-drunk-when-we-approved-the-mercedes-amg-one-hypercar-says-kallenius/

[proper zenith]

Japan has a multiclass endurance series called Super Taikyu, it has top class GT3s, GT4s, touring cars, a bunch of experimental Cup cars, and then all kinds of modified road cars down to Honda Fits

its great

[royal obsidian]

yea

[marble willow]

I've heard of that

[royal obsidian]

Super Taikyu also occasionally sees Morizo pop in

he looks kinda similar to that Akio Toyoda guy but I can't confirm

[marble willow]

Back when Super Taikyu used Group N machinery

[proper zenith]

again, its really cool to see fully kitted out GT3 cars racing alongside literal Fits

ooo

[royal obsidian]

If Honda made a Type-S NSX Cup, I think it would be a great way for them to show off the hybrid power of their cars

cause GT3 don't allow it

[proper zenith]

yeah a lot of Japanese car department guys have roots in racing

[royal obsidian]

like give me very basic aero, or no changes to the stock aero, and just make it a weight savings

it would be a very mechanical series relying on fair management of power and balancing

no downforce assistance

[marble willow]

Just power and balancing, plus mechanical grip

[royal obsidian]

yep

would be a hella fun series to watch

[marble willow]

I'm wondering if it should be a support series to Super Formula or Indycar....

[royal obsidian]

probably IMSA stuff most likely

[marble willow]

true

[royal obsidian]

IMSA has the GR86 Cup

[proper zenith]

the 86's are also IMSA?

[unkempt mirage]

GT World Challenge Europe has three Honda’s again this year

[royal obsidian]

yes

wait no

SRO America sanctions it

nvm

[royal obsidian]

only for sprint cup though

and it's 2 Hondas

[proper zenith]

ah makes sense then

[royal obsidian]

#28 and #68 which are in the Silver group and will be ran by Nova Race

[unkempt mirage]

Nice

[unkempt mirage]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DWJLuYGI6U

[floral urchin]

Toyota plays down WEC Sebring Prologue domination

Toyota plays down WEC Sebring Prologue domination

Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, insisted that the his team's performance in the official pre-season WEC test that took place last weekend ahead of next Friday's Sebring 1000 Miles championship opener "didn't look good if you compare them with the IMSA test a few weeks ago".
The 1m48.208s first-session best from Jose Maria Lopez in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID stood ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 14, 2023, 12:02 PM

[unkempt mirage]

Ofc

[weak carbon]

My predictions for 2023

1. Kyle Busch will have more than 5 wins
2. William Byron make it to the Championship 4
3. Joey Logano Will miss the Playoffs
4. Kevin Harvick will get 5 wins
5. Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick will be the only Toyotas to have a win in the regular season
6. Chastain will make 2nd Straight Championship 4 appearance
7. Denny Hamlin will capture win #1 when the playoffs start

[eternal ravine]

https://twitter.com/dustinalbino/status/1635649903480193024?s=46&t=apyW1waqgFOlhtM7Rw6Iyg

Dustin Albino (@DustinAlbino)

Club Wyndham will sponsor Jimmie Johnson at COTA and in the Coca-Cola 600.

#NASCAR

Likes

107

Twitter · Mar 14, 2023, 2:31 PM

What the hell is this

[foggy fulcrum]

that scheme is spectacularly shit

[lethal yacht]

Better than Cheddar's 2023

[unkempt mirage]

Blue car

https://www.ddinstagram.com/p/Cpxne9qNuC3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

New Grello

👀

Hopium

[timber storm]

Jimmie may be my pride and soul and the reason I love motorsports but that scheme is mid

[weak carbon]

That scheme is ass

[lethal yacht]

Better than Cheddar's

[foggy fulcrum]

what

absolutely not

this is a scheme that has like, effort put into it

slanted logo to take up as much space as possible, and has it dipped in the wheel arch, has like, actual design elements that aren't just dots, and features something to do with the product

[weak carbon]

Wtf????

You are shitting me right now at least they put some effort to it

If anything it’s slightly better than the Awful 2018 Lowes for pros paint scheme

This is one is pure awful

Ugly and filled Ptsds

[foggy fulcrum]

I like that scheme

The colours work, the shapes are meh but

[jaunty blade]

Why doesn't IMSA merge with WEC

Or FIA more simply

[timber storm]

Bc fia bad

[foggy fulcrum]

why doesn't IMSA go international is the real question

they have a better product

[timber storm]

Everytime i see this scheme i get ptsd from the 2018 roval race

[foggy fulcrum]

they're also, for the record

fucking literally called the International Motor Sports Association

and yet...

[foggy fulcrum]

on one hand I'm a Truex fan

on the other hand I'm a Blaney fan

I have mixed feelings about that finish

[timber storm]

I just cry

Jimmie lost traction under braking

[foggy fulcrum]

Well I'm a Truex and Blaney fan, crying's a weekly experience for me 🤣

[timber storm]

And Martin was just an innocent victim

And blaney was just there at the right moment

[foggy fulcrum]

weird how no one calls that a mickey mouse win

[timber storm]

Probably bc the term didn't exist then lol

[foggy fulcrum]

that phrase predates Chase Elliott tbf

[timber storm]

Or pretty much every driver on HMS

Like literally just this past week in Phoenix

Found this in another server after the Phoenix race

[foggy fulcrum]

no prizes for which driver the creator supports

[eternal ravine]

IMSA goes to Canada, and thats enough for them

[gleaming totem]

https://twitter.com/CStephenson731/status/1635841013838233603?t=j1hTQUgZsXDJfzFa_j_-dw&s=19

Cassandra Stephenson (@CStephenson731)

With that, the fair board passes the speedway agreement with Bristol Motor Speedway, 3-2, as amended.

Remember, Metro Council must still consider the proposal.

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Twitter · Mar 15, 2023, 3:11 AM

Getting closer and closer, fair board I think was the big hurdle

[unkempt mirage]

Americans ☕

They also have the World Series in baseball but only play in America

[buoyant shale]

World Baseball Classic is real World Series

[unkempt mirage]

Truth

https://www.ddinstagram.com/p/CpxtIqSLV8Y/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

911 Turbo S my beloved

[jaunty blade]

Why does everyone consider Le Mans like it's another Serie

Atleast on News site

[buoyant shale]

Wdym?

[jaunty blade]

It's considered two categories

[unkempt mirage]

Well it’s the biggest race of the year tbh

At least when it comes to closed track racing

Rally Raid it’s the Dakar rally, and Rally it’s the Monte Carlo

[jaunty blade]

Yeah not dumb

But

Isn't spa also 24

[buoyant shale]

Yes

[unkempt mirage]

Nürburgring 24H is even funnier

It’s not part of any series but you do need to a few races of a series to qualify for it

Doesn’t matter if you’re an F1 champion

[visual vine]

Probably as it’s such a well known race and it has so much around it

[jaunty blade]

I mean alonso did Le Mans

[unkempt mirage]

That’s Le Mans

Not the Nürburgring 24H

https://youtu.be/Eco5ZfemTIM

This is the N24

[autumn briar]

Cant wait for that

[unkempt mirage]

Always worth the wait

[buoyant shale]

NLS?

[unkempt mirage]

Yes

You need to do a few NLS races to prove you’re qualified enough

[buoyant shale]

https://twitter.com/EnduranceInfo1/status/1635736801473167379

Endurance-Info (@EnduranceInfo1)

🇫🇷 Jim Glickenhaus (@Glickenhaus) : "La réalité économique nous rattrape"

➡️ https://t.co/rISiSz4sDr

🇬🇧Jim Glickenhaus : "Economic reality is catching up with us"

➡️https://t.co/GhualMM9Mc

Twitter · Mar 14, 2023, 8:16 PM

oop

[unkempt mirage]

When you realise you're not a factory team

[uneven coral]

Soon it may be, have a hybrid engine or bust.

[unkempt mirage]

Rip Caddy

[buoyant shale]

Caddy has hybrid

[unkempt mirage]

Ah cool

[uneven coral]

all of the LMDhs do.

Except few LMHs, like the Glickenhaus, Vanwall and potentially the Isotta Fraschini.

Forgot the Tipo 6 is a Hybrid too, so remove IF from that list.

[unkempt mirage]

Interesting

[jaunty blade]

I find it cool that in Wec they have more freedom concerning the engine

Than in a certain sport

[visual vine]

Ye but the non hybrid engines are crap just look at Toyota after Porsche and Audi left they had no competition

And yet they were still pumping huge amounts of money into it

[jaunty blade]

So why doesn't everyone go hybrid

[visual vine]

Cos it’s expensive as shit

[jaunty blade]

Oh

Only Factory does it ?

[visual vine]

Thsts why Volkswagen couldn’t fund Audi and Porsche to race in WEC for a few years

[visual vine]

Ye has been since it was introduced

[jaunty blade]

Thanks

[floral urchin]

Calado questions WEC tyre warmer ban after Sebring Prologue crash

Calado questions WEC tyre warmer ban after Sebring Prologue crash

The Briton confirmed that cold tyres were implicated in his shunt at the Turn 1 left-hander at the Sebring International Raceway on the morning of the second day of the test aboard the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar.
“I was coming out of Turn 1, I had the steering wheel almost straight and was short-shifting up to fourth so as not to get wheelspin, and then I hit that bump on the exit and ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 15, 2023, 12:08 PM

[autumn briar]

Just drive better

[unkempt mirage]

Doesn’t have the fastest car thus can’t drive

Skill issue

[uneven coral]

James Calado when he doesn’t drive the Airbus 488 GT /s

[autumn briar]

[floral urchin]

Sebring pit entry changed for WEC opener after Prologue crash

Sebring pit entry changed for WEC opener after Prologue crash

The FIA has reverted to the arrangement used for the last edition of the Sebring 1000 Miles in 2022 in the wake of the events of the official pre-season WEC test.
A revised entry to the pitlane was introduced for the Prologue on Saturday and Sunday: the cars entered the WEC pits situated on back straight on the outside of the exit of a fast curving left-hander known as Bishop Bend.
This has ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 15, 2023, 1:39 PM

[tight quiver]

https://twitter.com/sportscar365/status/1636020154919272455

Sportscar365 (@sportscar365)

🚨MCLAREN EVO DEBUT: Inception Racing will give the new McLaren 720S GT3 its competition debut in this weekend’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

➡️ https://t.co/ab8D5wcnWu #IMSA #Sebring12

Twitter · Mar 15, 2023, 3:02 PM

[autumn briar]

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1636034723360169986?s=20

NASCAR (@NASCAR)

NEWS: NASCAR issues a deduction of 100 owner points, 100 driver points, and 10 NASCAR Playoff Points to the Nos. 5, 24, 31, & 48.

The No. 9 team has been issued a deduction of 100 owner points and 10 NASCAR Playoff Points.

Twitter · Mar 15, 2023, 4:00 PM

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/03/15/nascar-gives-hendrick-motorsports-kaulig-racing-l2-level-penalties/?linkId=100000194194993 the full article

[lethal yacht]

About time NASCAR started showing consistency 🗿

[unkempt mirage]

Seeing my favorite driver in a car that can potentially win Le Mans overall is just so cool

@autumn briar I can report, Dames are fast

[autumn briar]

Hell eyahhh

[eternal ravine]

It's so cold today in Central Florida

Sebring better heat up by Friday

[floral urchin]

WEC Sebring: Toyota leads Ferrari in first practice of 2023

WEC Sebring: Toyota leads Ferrari in first practice of 2023

Ryo Hirakawa knocked Ferrari driver James Calado off the top spot in the dying minutes of the one-hour Free Practice 1 session with a time more than half a second quicker than the Toyota Le Mans Hypercar managed in last weekend’s official pre-season Prologue test.
The Japanese driver’s 1m47.649s aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID compared to the 1m48.208s with which Jose Maria Lopez ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 15, 2023, 4:33 PM

[marble willow]

I like the sound of that

(Even though it’s just practice)

[unkempt mirage]

GR010 looking strong

[tight quiver]

https://twitter.com/FollowAndretti/status/1636015081233215489

Andretti Autosport (@FollowAndretti)

😍 @RomainGrosjean’s No. 28 @DNSFilter / DHL Honda livery for the GMR Grand Prix has arrived!

#INDYGP // #AllAndretti // #FasterTogether

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Twitter · Mar 15, 2023, 2:42 PM

[uneven coral]

The 499P is actually close ?

[marble willow]

It better be

[halcyon pewter]

@marble willow https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0ZcqwKSXY/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

simone_masetti_99

The new 296 Challenge!

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[marble willow]

Woah

Ferrari Challenge, too?

[uneven coral]

https://twitter.com/sportscar365/status/1635610218813083648?s=20

Sportscar365 (@sportscar365)

🪃 JACQUES IS BACK: Jacques Villeneuve says that his @FIAWEC program with @Vanwall_Racing has allowed him to make a return to full-time racing after years of ‘just doing a race here and there.’

➡️ https://t.co/i3pz3XYXuM #WEC #1000MSebring

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Twitter · Mar 14, 2023, 11:53 AM

[frank star]

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1636034723360169986?s=20

NASCAR (@NASCAR)

NEWS: NASCAR issues a deduction of 100 owner points, 100 driver points, and 10 NASCAR Playoff Points to the Nos. 5, 24, 31, & 48.

The No. 9 team has been issued a deduction of 100 owner points and 10 NASCAR Playoff Points.

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Twitter · Mar 15, 2023, 4:00 PM

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1636034726308749317?s=20

NASCAR (@NASCAR)

The crew chiefs of the Nos. 5, 9, 24, 31, & 48 have been fined $100,000 and suspended for the next four races.

📰: https://t.co/uYywAyfl0V

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Twitter · Mar 15, 2023, 4:00 PM

[brittle sentinel]

https://twitter.com/dreyerreinbold/status/1636097665321828353?s=46&t=zHrfSn5nYyp_o0UWUuIyXw

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (@DreyerReinbold)

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is proud to announce Ryan Hunter-Reay in the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 to pilot the No. 23 Chevrolet-powered car!

#DrivenByDRR

Twitter · Mar 15, 2023, 8:10 PM

somebody makes a comeback here.

[marble willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhim0UkzIMc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InrId_Of1ZQ

[floral urchin]

WEC Sebring: Toyotas lead Ferrari, Cadillac in interrupted second practice

WEC Sebring: Toyotas lead Ferrari, Cadillac in interrupted second practice

Brendon Hartley set the benchmark time of 1m47.272s early in the one-hour session aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID, before Kamui Kobayashi lapped three tenths quicker soon after to record 1m46.954s in the sister #7 car.
That lap time proved to be the fastest of the entire week so far, ahead of Friday’s Sebring 1000 Miles.
Antonio Fuoco’s #50 Ferrari was best of the rest in third ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 15, 2023, 10:00 PM

[thorn marten]

https://twitter.com/trafficparadise/status/1636056704541507587?t=msVi195ts7c4VAVsoGuuTg&s=19

aj // #RHReturn (@trafficparadise)

https://t.co/ugMDenbmmS

▶ Play video

Twitter · Mar 15, 2023, 5:28 PM

[lethal yacht]

Did anyone watch fp2

[floral urchin]

Crash forces Proton Porsche squad out of Sebring WEC opener

Crash forces Proton Porsche squad out of Sebring WEC opener

The #88 Porsche 911 RSR entered in GTE Am sustained chassis damage when Ryan Hardwick clashed with the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh during FP2 on Wednesday afternoon and it cannot be repaired at the track.
Proton boss Christian Ried said: “It’s the chassis; we have a spare one in Europe, but not here.”
Ried explained that spare shells “were already limited last ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 16, 2023, 1:41 AM

[royal obsidian]

L bozo

[hard tree]

The American speeding down the Gold Coast

[lethal yacht]

*The American 2X Cup Series champion

[unkempt mirage]

Cadillac trying once again after Daytona

Just how hard are these cars to drive exactly if both Cadillac and Ferrari bin it during practice?

[lethal yacht]

y’all hear about the Hendrick fine

[lethal yacht]

Have you heard about this ?

[jaunty blade]

Was it the IMSA Practice ?

Or WEC ones ?

[marble willow]

WEC

[hard tree]

The quick responses from the Bathurst marshals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJCzkrWps00

[foggy fulcrum]

should be whatsapp lol

[weak carbon]

I have not met one person who uses Messenger….

[floral urchin]

Kobayashi 'joke' triggered Nakajima's Toyota WEC reserve return

Kobayashi 'joke' triggered Nakajima's Toyota WEC reserve return

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Nakajima retired from racing at the end of the 2021 season, taking up a role as Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe’s vice-chairman as Ryo Hirakawa took over the vacated seat in the Japanese marque’s #8 line-up in the WEC.
Despite having been retired for more than a year, the 38-year-old was named last month as Toyota reserve for the 2023 season, replacing Formula ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 16, 2023, 11:08 AM

[foggy fulcrum]

i mean i do, i just know that the NASCAR driver chat is on whatsapp lol

[weak carbon]

Now Hendrick is blaming NASCAR 💀

[unkempt mirage]

Average NASCAR team

[floral urchin]

Why the WEC's eagerly-anticipated new era is unmissable

Why the WEC's eagerly-anticipated new era is unmissable

This is it! The start! It wasn’t the Daytona 24 Hours in January any more than it was the Spa 6 Hours nearly two years ago. The much-heralded golden era of sportscar racing finally begins with this week’s opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Sebring.
There have been Le Mans Hypercars racing since the opening round of the 2021 WEC, and LMDh machinery came on stream with this ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 16, 2023, 1:08 PM

[foggy fulcrum]

well you gotta

it's like 1 in 3 NASCAR is technically wrong and it gets overturned

[marble willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfV8OgUOSMc

It sounds so aggressive

[tight quiver]

so unmissable so i even paid for it

[unkempt mirage]

Busy day

[tight quiver]

im gonna miss the quali

[floral urchin]

Villeneuve "not worried" about getting on pace in Vanwall at Sebring

Villeneuve "not worried" about getting on pace in Vanwall at Sebring

The French-Canadian, F1 champion with Williams in 1997, admitted that he is still short of laps in the Vanwall-Gibson Vandervell 680 as he prepares for his return to prototype racing in Friday’s Sebring 1000 Miles, but stressed that he just needs time in the car “to figure it all out”.
“I’ve always got on the pace in whatever I’ve driven,” Villeneuve told ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 16, 2023, 3:13 PM

[uneven coral]

He's what ?

1.2 seconds down on pace compared to his teammates ?

[marble willow]

😬

yikes

[unkempt mirage]

Sorry but, washed

[uneven coral]

If you hire Ben Keating in that crew, Jacques wouldn't be the fastest 51 year old there.

[unkempt mirage]

Ben Keating is still solid even at 51

[marble willow]

well.... shit.

[autumn briar]

😭

[unkempt mirage]

You see, Keating can still be on the pace

[tight quiver]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0oN8Pyomp/

seandylankelly

Hello! New team sponsor for 2023‼️ I’m excited to be sharing behind the scenes racing content with you all. I’ll be posting about race weekends, training at home, do giveaways, live Q&As, etc… So go subscribe!! Free account, link in bio.

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I love that OF is sponsoring like 4 teams in motorsport

[uneven coral]

Enduro Motorsport, this Moto2 team and who else ?

[unkempt mirage]

Some GT teams are sponsored too

[tight quiver]

someone in GT America and then someone in rail raid too

i think

[unkempt mirage]

There was a McLaren 720S GT3 in British GT last year

[tight quiver]

yes

enduro motorsport

they have a gt4 this year

[uneven coral]

yes, it's the Enduro car.

[unkempt mirage]

And now another GT car in America i think

[marble willow]

....and then there was the onlyfans mclaren

[tight quiver]

yes porsche

Rebecca Busi

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9zxlHIh6r/

rebeccabusi33

Stage 3 ✅
Raga… oggi non era per i deboli di cuore… partiamo subito con una bella scaldata alla cinghia, quella bella sabbia che vedete, per il povero bronzino è micidiale.. ma fin qui tutto bene… poi la pioggia 🫣 visibilità zero, fiumi da guadare, piste introvabili… arriviamo al refueling dove ci informano che avrebbero tagliato la speciale dop...

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[unkempt mirage]

Rally Raid my beloved

[buoyant shale]

https://racer.com/2023/03/16/wrcs-u-s-return-moves-closer-with-tennessee-test-events/

[visual vine]

Jacques won an f1 championship and was shit else where

[marble willow]

Apart from Indycar in 1995

[uneven coral]

#7 just had a shunt by the looks of it, Lopez just limped back to the pits.

😬

[marble willow]

Lopez? Crash? Sebring? This sounds oddly familiar

https://youtu.be/EFEVKFjurdc

[floral urchin]

WEC Sebring: Toyota fastest but suffers crash in truncated final practice

WEC Sebring: Toyota fastest but suffers crash in truncated final practice

Kamui Kobayashi set a blistering time of 1m45.783s in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID to lead a one-two finish for the Japanese marque ahead of Thursday’s afternoon qualifying for the Sebring 1000 Miles.
The 36-year-old set his fastest lap just 20 minutes into the 60-minute practice session, dethroning the #50 Ferrari that had sat atop the timesheets with Antonio Fuoco at the wheel.
His time ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 16, 2023, 5:17 PM

[jaunty blade]

Would you guys consider Meyer Shank Racing Or Acura to be winner

Like if you go talk to someone would say "Acura won !" OR "Meyer Shank won with the Acura !"

(This is for a presentation in my school so if I could have an easy answer please, thanks !)

[buoyant shale]

well Acura wouldve won regardless

[jaunty blade]

Yeah but, if someone ask you who won

[buoyant shale]

Im also not entirely sure how influential tire pressure thing was for the win

[jaunty blade]

Would you say Acura or Meyer Shank

[buoyant shale]

well Meyer Shank still won

[jaunty blade]

Ok yeah

I didn't watch the race

but

My question isn't hard

I go speak to tou

"Who won the race"

What do you answer

[buoyant shale]

Meyer Shank Acura

[jaunty blade]

Hmmmmmmm

OK thanks !

[uneven coral]

MSR Acura.

[wispy latch]

Actually one won as constructor and the other one as team, so both

[jaunty blade]

OK thx

[wispy latch]

They won cheating lmao

[jaunty blade]

What happened

[halcyon pewter]

@marble willow both Ferrari’s are steaming onboards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsP_kcYr2Xk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcSNroZ1ny0

[marble willow]

Oh, sweet

[unkempt mirage]

https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/daytona-24-penalty-meyer-shank-hit-50k-fine-200-point-penalty-infraction/10441507/amp/

Tire pressure memes

[lethal yacht]

I'd love to see them victorious just to piss off IMSA

[marble willow]

I guess you can say they

Couldn’t handle the pressure

https://tenor.com/view/csi-yeah-david-caruso-csi-miami-gif-21597107

[lethal yacht]

🥁

[unkempt mirage]

Good one

[unkempt mirage]

I’m out here waiting for the MSR x IMSA beef

Gonna be the hottest thing since 2Pac vs Biggie

[jaunty blade]

Could someone give me a quick recap

They did something with the Tyre Pressure (

?

[lethal yacht]

They fudged the data, it seems

Made it seem like they were running the recommended pressures when they were actually running higher or lower pressures.

[jaunty blade]

How could that help the team

[uneven coral]

Running lower tyre pressure allows the tyre to have more contact patch, in which results the car's grip level to be higher.

[jaunty blade]

But the teams decide

So what does that really change

Cause even if they showed the real data they could still use it

[uneven coral]

If they showed the real data, they would have been caught instantly by the race direction.

[jaunty blade]

Why

There's a minimum pressure ?

[uneven coral]

indeed.

[jaunty blade]

Ooooh

So they should take a penalty

[uneven coral]

They received a 50K Fine, among points deductions, but they've kept their win.

[foggy fulcrum]

which is such a nascar way to handle it

[uneven coral]

Makes you wonder who owns IMSA 🤔

[naive smelt]

When is the next Indy?

[marble willow]

April 2nd

It's going to be at Texas

[halcyon pewter]

Ferrari pole

@marble willow lets go

[halcyon pewter]

ferrari beat the dpi record

[marble willow]

Oh damn

[halcyon pewter]

by 3 tenths

[marble willow]

Good lord, let's hope this momentum continues

[floral urchin]

WEC Sebring: Ferrari beats Toyota to first pole of 2023

WEC Sebring: Ferrari beats Toyota to first pole of 2023

Antonio Fuoco set what turned out to be the benchmark time of 1m45.067s at the wheel of the quicker of the two brand-new Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars, which are making their race debut this weekend.
Fuoco's lap in the #50 car, which he shares with Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen, knocked the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Brendon Hartley off provisional pole to the tune of almost three tenths of ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 16, 2023, 11:41 PM

[unkempt mirage]

Good

[timber storm]

Watch Acura completely smash it tmrw

[halcyon pewter]

ik...

[marble willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxPXUcupjDs

[halcyon pewter]

trying to find the pole lap on the onboard for the 50 ferrari posted on youtube

[visual vine]

Give it an hour or so and it will be on there

[halcyon pewter]

https://youtu.be/cdim6ANp544

[unkempt mirage]

Dames on pole actually in GTE

Very pog

[floral urchin]

Fuoco was blinded by sun on way to Ferrari WEC Sebring pole

Fuoco was blinded by sun on way to Ferrari WEC Sebring pole

Fuoco explained that he couldn’t see through the fast and bumpy Turn 17 horseshoe and had to rely on his reference points to the side of the circuit as he completed the lap that gave the #50 Ferrari 499P pole for the Sebring 1000 Miles by two tenths of a second.
“If I’m honest, in the last corner, I just sent it in, because I had the feeling it was a good lap,” said the ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 17, 2023, 2:54 AM

[unkempt mirage]

Moment

[jaunty blade]

Ferrari moment

[jaunty blade]

Porsche will win

I mean anything can happen in 1000 miles

[latent sorrel]

do you guys know where u can watch the 1000 miles of sebring

[unkempt mirage]

https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/how-and-where-to-watch-the-1000-miles-of-sebring/7591

[latent sorrel]

thanks

[buoyant shale]

Sunset Bend.exe

[thorn marten]

https://twitter.com/FemalesinMSport/status/1635708637132750849?t=IMmy4fnatYcqVY0-FPakHQ&s=19

Females in Motorsport (@FemalesinMSport)

🔵 Rocket Pocket @DorianePin will step up to the LMP2 with @PREMA_Team in the #63

🟠 In the LMGTE AM, we’ll have the @IronDames_ #85, with Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy ready to fight for more podiums and wins. @LWadouxD44 will debut as a Ferrari Driver in car #83!

Twitter · Mar 14, 2023, 6:25 PM

the what now?

[buoyant shale]

Rocket pocket

[uneven coral]

It’s Pocket Rocket.

[unkempt mirage]

It is indeed

[low barn]

Wrc time

Oh no Tanak

Turbo issue

Day over he said

[jade shoal]

Fucking Ford

[low barn]

Malcom calling the turbo man

Whey Kalle

How did he not puncture his tyre

[jade shoal]

Started watching the live and the first thing I see, is that god damn ford already breaking down

[jade shoal]

Michelin, but Pirelli written on it

[low barn]

He has had so many lucky escapes

There is a turbo in the car but it’s just in the car - Ott Tanak 2023

Loubet out aswell?

Puncture

Bigger damage I think

Katsuta issues aswell

Serderidis out aswell?

Blocking the whole road

3/3 fords out basically

Rich interview

Pain

[runic oxide]

m-sport man hehehehhhehahehaeheheeaee

repeat of last year

ffs

[fossil ocean]

is anyone elses WEC tv not working lmao

[low barn]

Katsuta out

Quite a big crash

6 rally1 cars left in contention

[lethal yacht]

I might sound redicilous but my friend destroyed WRC for me

[grand spade]

Hello guys, I wanted to know why all other lmh teams are called "hypercar h" leaving glickenhaus which is called "hypercar"

[brittle sentinel]

maybe because Glickenhaus doesn't use Hybrid engines, while others do

[grand spade]

Are you sure they don't use one?

[tight quiver]

glickenhaus does not have a hybrid

just ICE

[grand spade]

Ok

Is it only for this race?

Or whole season

[tight quiver]

the glickenhaus has never had a hybrid

so they probably wont have a hybrid anytime soon

[grand spade]

Oh

Is there a reason

Is it budget issues

Or a choice

To not have hybrid system

[tight quiver]

its quite expensive

so its probably a mix of both

and i dont think glickenhaus has any hybrid experince

[grand spade]

I get you

[brittle sentinel]

but does Vanwall use Hybrids also?

[grand spade]

Does wec have no option for buying engine from other teams?

Customer team essentially

[tight quiver]

not engine

the hybrid system in the LMDh is a spec part so all LMDh cars have it but they have different engines

[grand spade]

Ohh

[tight quiver]

you can buy a car whoever and be a customer team like JOTA and Proton and JDC Miller has done with porsche if the manfactuer wants to

[grand spade]

Leaving glickenhaus

[tight quiver]

well the glickenhaus is an LMH so it doesnt need a hybrid

[grand spade]

Ohhh

So uhh

Lmdh is the fastest class essentially right?

[tight quiver]

well currently an LMH is leading

[grand spade]

I never knew hypercar class had 2 sub categories

[tight quiver]

Nope, just ICE

[tight quiver]

LMDh is based on the DPi ruleset from IMSA and LMH is WEC's ruleset

both can race in both series

[floral urchin]

WEC Sebring: Toyota leads at halfway mark as Ferrari challenge derails

WEC Sebring: Toyota leads at halfway mark as Ferrari challenge derails

The #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Brendon Hartley was circulating just over a second clear of the sister #7 entry piloted by Kamui Kobayashi after four hours of racing at the Sebring International Raceway,
The #50 Ferrari 499P that Antonio Fuoco had qualified on pole position led the action early on, but a decision by the Italian manufacturer to bring both its cars to the pits under an ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 17, 2023, 8:13 PM

[tight quiver]

both should be able to compete against eachother

[grand spade]

Ohh

Ok I get you

So lmdh, hybrid is mandatory correct?

Not the case for lmh

[tight quiver]

correct

[grand spade]

Thank you so much

[tight quiver]

you are welcome

[grand spade]

This is much needed info for someone who just started watching endurance racing

[tight quiver]

the Hypercar class is very confusing

[grand spade]

Yes it's much more vast than I thought

I thought it was just

Gt3
Lmp2
Hypercar

But hypercar itself has variations

[tight quiver]

Yes

and a slight detail, in WEC its GTE cars, very similar to GT3 but GTE Has more power, more areo, and no ABS and they are a bit faster

but in 2024 GTE will be replaced by GT3 in WEC

so its the last season of GTE in sportscar racing

[grand spade]

Oh wait

Gt3 and gte are different too

[tight quiver]

yep

[grand spade]

😂

Oh man

So many variations

[tight quiver]

but its almost pointless to pay attention to since the GTEs won't be racing after this year

[grand spade]

So gt3 is not wec?

[tight quiver]

Not currently no

[grand spade]

Which series is it under

Like ruleset or whatever

[tight quiver]

but GT3 is in IMSA under the GTD class that stands for Grand touring daytona

[grand spade]

Ohhh

[tight quiver]

and racing series like GT World challenge, NLS, DTM, GT Open, Italian GT, Michelin Le Mans Series

[grand spade]

So it's basically imsa vs wec

[tight quiver]

the GT3 ruleset is one of the most used category of cars

[grand spade]

Do imsa and wec share mutual races in their calendar

Like exact same time and venue

[marble willow]

And then there is the GT300 category

[grand spade]

Wtf

[tight quiver]

Only sebring which is currently on

but that might not even be a thing next year

[marble willow]

The GT300 category is in Super GT. Both FIA GT3 and JAF GT300 cars are used within the category

[marble willow]

The chassis is made by Dome, while the engine is an unbadged Nissan V8

[tight quiver]

GT300 is only raced in Japan in the Super GT series

[grand spade]

So uhh

Which is like

The top tier gt clas

*class

Gte and gt3 no?

[tight quiver]

GTE is slightly faster but GT3 is used almost everywhere

[marble willow]

GT500 exists, and they are the fastest GT cars

They are LMP2-LMH quick

[grand spade]

No way 🤯

How

Aren't they just buffed up production cars

[marble willow]

Nope

Since 2014, they have been using Class One regs alongside DTM

[grand spade]

Ye but like

[marble willow]

The cars are basically silhouette race cars, which means that on the outside, the car's physical appearance looks similar to its road version, but on the inside, it is completely purpose built.

[grand spade]

That is so wild

[marble willow]

Silhouette racers have been a thing for a long time

[grand spade]

I am completely overwhelmed

[marble willow]

For example, the Nissan Skyline Super Silhouette was used in the Group 5 category during the 1980s

Same with the S12 Silvia

[grand spade]

How do they manage to have as good aero as lmh and lmp2 when looking closer to production cars

[marble willow]

DTM circa 2017

[grand spade]

Sooo

How massive Is the difference between

Lmp1 and lmh

[marble willow]

The LMH cars are slower than the LMP1 cars.

2022 Hyperpole time for the 24 Hours of Le Mans: 3:24.408 (LMH)

2020 Hyperpole time for the 24 Hours of Le Mans: 3:15.267 (LMP1)

2020 was the last year that the LMP1 class was used before the switch to hypercars the following year

[grand spade]

Holy shit that is huge

Yes I'm aware of the 2021 reg changes

[marble willow]

And then there is Kobayashi's lap record to consider

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy91BcB8pRQ

Still stands to this day

[grand spade]

Ohhh

I was particularly very surprised that so many f1 names were here

I know there were some f1 drivers here

But wow

[marble willow]

A lot of F1 drivers did Le Mans/endurance racing

[grand spade]

It's like lmp is a retirement plan for f1 drivers 😂

[marble willow]

Kamui Kobayashi
Kazuki Nakajima
Pierluigi Martini
Michele Alboreto
Stefan Johansson
JJ Lehto
Fernando Alonso
Nico Hulkenberg
Sebastien Buemi
Anthony Davidson
Jochen Rindt
Thierry Boutsen
Michael Schumacher

[grand spade]

Yo waht

Schumi himself?

[marble willow]

Yup. He raced with Sauber in the WSCC before he went to F1

[grand spade]

I thought he was very critical against other series, mainly because they were "too slow" for him

That was his argument for not going to indycar

Oh yes sauber

[grand spade]

I remember now

[marble willow]

Frentzen and Wendlinger raced alongside him

[grand spade]

Ohhhh

[marble willow]

Not to mention Jochen Mass, who raced in F1 before

[grand spade]

Hmm

Is it safe to say

WEc is more popular than indycar among f1 drivers

[marble willow]

Not really

Quite a few F1 drivers went to Indycar in the past

[grand spade]

Hartley

[marble willow]

He was in the WEC before F1

[marble willow]

Emerson Fittipaldi
Christian Fittipaldi
Mauricio Gugelmin
Roberto Moreno
Mark Blundell
Stefan Johansson
Timo Glock
Takuma Sato
Michele Alboreto
Raul Boesel

And of course Grosjean and Ericsson

[tight quiver]

goat ericsson

[grand spade]

Right

[marble willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuR_eSu_pIQ

A proper scrap

[earnest lagoon]

hello I am looking for the gif of the driver being dragged out of his lmp1 car

https://tenor.com/view/reloading-racecar-reloading-racecar-gif-23748331

like this one but not this one

if anyone have it pls

[marble willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9UzthBs1lg

[floral urchin]

WEC Sebring: Toyota dominates, Ferrari scores debut podium

WEC Sebring: Toyota dominates, Ferrari scores debut podium

The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez beat the sister #8 entry of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa at Sebring International Raceway’s WEC opener.
The #8 car led for the opening half of the race but the #7 took command after a particularly rapid out-lap from Lopez in the fifth hour, as Hirakawa took longer to get up to speed ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 18, 2023, 12:16 AM

[marble willow]

Woooooo

[halcyon pewter]

https://twitter.com/sportscar365/status/1636903845786681345

Sportscar365 (@sportscar365)

💥 FREAK INCIDENT: @UnitedAutosport's No. 23 Oreca 07 Gibson retired from the @FIAWEC season opener at Sebring because a loose TV camera triggered the car’s onboard ignition off switch.

➡️ https://t.co/vp2wfeRk2T #WEC #Sebring12

Twitter · Mar 18, 2023, 1:34 AM

How

That is insanity

[floral urchin]

Cadillac 'would have taken P4' on WEC debut, says Lynn

Cadillac 'would have taken P4' on WEC debut, says Lynn

The American manufacturer finished as the top LMDh finisher with its new V-Series.R, two laps behind the dominant Toyota Le Mans Hypercars that finished 1-2 but just 10 seconds behind the third-placed Ferrari 499P LMH.
Lynn and team-mates Earl Bamber and Richard Westbrook finished another two laps ahead of both of the Porsche 963s despite Lynn picking up a drive-through penalty in the second ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 18, 2023, 1:48 AM

[visual vine]

Welcome to endurance racing

[marble willow]

This just reminded me of when Alesi's onboard camera destroyed Berger's suspension at the 1995 Italian GP

[floral urchin]

Keating hails "special" Sebring win in first WEC race for Corvette

Keating hails "special" Sebring win in first WEC race for Corvette

The #33 Corvette C8.R shared by Keating, Nicky Catsburg and Nico Varrone dominated the GTE Am class in Friday's Sebring 1000 Miles, finishing two laps clear of the second-placed Proton Competition Porsche.
It marked the US manufacturer's second victory in WEC competition as a factory team outside of the Le Mans 24 Hours, following its win in the now-defunct GTE Pro class at Monza last year. It ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 18, 2023, 2:39 AM

[rain fossil]

any livery ideas for this le mans hypercar?

that has partial inspiration from the cadillac team

[unkempt mirage]

Corvette win smh

No issues for the 963

Just need speed

[fossil ocean]

Jota doing Jota things as normal

[unkempt mirage]

Epic team

Pier Giudi when not being carried by Fuoco in the 488

[floral urchin]

United laments "cruel" TV camera issue that cost team Sebring win

United laments "cruel" TV camera issue that cost team Sebring win

The #23 ORECA 07-Gibson of Oliver Jarvis, Tom Blomqvist and Josh Pierson controlled the first half of Friday's Sebring 1000 Miles from pole position before coming to a halt in the fourth hour.
United traced the stoppage to an electrical failure caused by a broken in-car TV camera fixture which it says was not installed by the team.
"It’s times like this when you love racing and hate ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 18, 2023, 7:43 AM

[unkempt mirage]

F

[floral urchin]

Sebring 1-2 "very important" for Toyota against new WEC rivals

Sebring 1-2 "very important" for Toyota against new WEC rivals

Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway won the opening round of the 2023 WEC season in the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, leading the sister #8 car crewed by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa by just over two seconds.
The #7 Toyota moved to the front around the halfway point of the race when Kobayashi got ahead of the sister #8 car that had led the order since Ferrari went off-strategy ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 18, 2023, 11:17 AM

[tight quiver]

did you guys just forget NLS exists

[autumn briar]

Did they have testing this week

[tight quiver]

they racing

[soft ferry]

lmao

[autumn briar]

what did I then read about testing

[soft ferry]

idk theres still 2 and a half hours left of it

[tight quiver]

dries is leading

[autumn briar]

Right he's in the Rowe Racing

Dries pits

h

[soft ferry]

this better

mx5 go wee

[karmic tinsel]

neeeeeoooooowwww

[tight quiver]

which #6 are you a fan of

there is 2

i think one has the black sharkfin and one the white one

[soft ferry]

imsa #6 w tandy

white sharkfin i think

[floral urchin]

Ferrari didn’t expect to fight Toyota for WEC Sebring win

Ferrari didn’t expect to fight Toyota for WEC Sebring win

The Italian manufacturer has revealed that it already knew that its 499P Le Mans Hypercar would be unable to match the race pace of the Toyota LMHs that ended up finishing 1-2 before the start of the 1000-mile fixture.
Ferrari sportscar racing technical boss Ferdinando Cannizzo explained after the race that Ferrari was happy with third place for pole winner Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 18, 2023, 12:31 PM

[autumn briar]

Who else is in the 98

MARTIN

All Belgian lineup hell yeah

huh

How did they think they would finish the race like this

wtf

[uneven coral]

They cloned themselves.

[autumn briar]

98 is now stuck in the garage so I guess they will continue with the 99

So weird

I guess they just wanted to gather some data

Dries is now in the 99

[low barn]

Lappi crashed

Knocked down an electrical post

Red flag

[tight quiver]

jesus lappi calm down

[low barn]

Only Pirelli can stop Ogier now

[zenith spoke]

McCleod goes around in quali

[floral urchin]

Peugeot already working on gearshift fix which hurt WEC Sebring charge

Peugeot already working on gearshift fix which hurt WEC Sebring charge

The problem encountered by the #94 car in the opening moments of the Sebring 1000 Miles on Friday and then the #93 early in the second hour was already known to the team, Peugeot Sport technical director Olivier Jansonnie explained after the race.
He described it as an issue with the actuator, which will be solved with an updated part in time for the second round of the 2023 WEC at Portimao on ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 18, 2023, 3:31 PM

[lethal yacht]

wake up, pain

[unkempt mirage]

@autumn briar #99 Bimmer won at the Nords

[autumn briar]

[lethal yacht]

What should I watch tomorrow, F1 or NASCAR 🤔

[tacit obsidian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYEUrS1h7i4&ab_channel=abc123

[marble willow]

The Isle of Man TT is the hardest

[weak carbon]

Fox still obsessed with children

[tacit obsidian]

yes that i do they both challnge its more subjective hard to tell wich one harder but for me i chose rally its not only break and speed right moment yes gforce in formula crasy but still rally driver sometime dont even know the track and sometime they go on crasy speed

[marble willow]

Motorcycles.

It's in a league of its own

[weak carbon]

WHO PINGED???!!!! Absolutely Unacceptable. Cannot comprehend on what you just did-

[weak carbon]

“Uhhhhhhhhh-“ “Hi again. Now you might wondering, why they threw the caution? Well it’s simple you see-“ I have no fucking idea -EllyProductions 2022

[autumn briar]

What a team

[tight quiver]

did they win

i thought htey were in the 99

[autumn briar]

They were in both

[tight quiver]

wait what

how does that work

[autumn briar]

the 98 and teh 99

[tight quiver]

how

[autumn briar]

One was in the box for a while

[tight quiver]

ah ok

so martin started one dries started one and then they pitted and swapped or just one got into the other one with th efirst one bieng parked?

[autumn briar]

They parked the 98 and then Vanthoor got into the 99 a bit later

Not sure why they did that

[karmic tinsel]

xfinity: go 2 laps without caution [impossible]

[weak carbon]

The Xfinity series race is a shitshow

[timber storm]

https://youtu.be/mhvtioHdnJg

the funniest moment from the xfinity race

mans fr was like "well they told me to park the car so imma park it at the finish line"

[weak carbon]

Joey Logano looks like the Fuckin know it all boy from Polar express

[tight quiver]

https://twitter.com/WECDATA/status/1637075996787765249

WEC Data (@WECDATA)

#1000MSebring 2023 was the 27th consecutive #WEC race in which a British driver has won in any class, a run which started at Silverstone 2018. 27 races is the joint-longest run of wins, first achieved by French drivers from Sebring 2012 through Le Mans 2015.

📸: @FocusPackMedia

Twitter · Mar 18, 2023, 12:58 PM

[buoyant shale]

ok so it has to be broken next race

[floral urchin]

How one WEC stalwart set the marker for the newcomers to chase

How one WEC stalwart set the marker for the newcomers to chase

Shock, sensational, spectacular. All those words correctly described Ferrari’s pole position with its 499P Le Mans Hypercar at start of the new era for the World Endurance Championship at the Sebring 1000 Miles. Yet come Friday’s race it was Toyota who were on top. That the Japanese cars were just too good for those from its Italian rival, as well Cadillac, Porsche and Peugeot, was not a ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Mar 19, 2023, 3:27 PM

[tight quiver]

then its gonna turn into swedes

[foggy fulcrum]

this is advice for Fantasy... so why the fuck would you stay away from the LITERAL best points scorer on super-speedways last year??

"oh he's never won" you got four other guys for that

tragic advice lmao

[minor monolith]

Nice to Tony Stewart is back

[latent rapids]

what an come back for GUS GREENSMITH

[jade shoal]

what a jump from Takamoto

Taka airlines 😄

[lethal yacht]

F1 general is going ape shit lmao

[celest saffron]

yup time to move over here

[jade shoal]

f1 over, time to watch powerstage

[lethal yacht]

You know you fucked up when Red Bull AND Merc fans are agreeing on something

[jade shoal]

😄

[lethal yacht]

Who's ready for left turn simulator at 3pm?

[celest saffron]

i hate the new ATL but there's nothing else on

[lethal yacht]

The 670 package wouldn't be too bad in this new layout imo

[celest saffron]

yesterday's race was a mess, i heard the truck race wasnt much better

[low barn]

Oh my Kalle

[jade shoal]

?

OH MY

[low barn]

How lucky is he

[jade shoal]

my live is delayed lol

but damn

[lethal yacht]

Wdym

[low barn]

He has had 3 lucky escapes this rally

[jade shoal]

rip spoiler

[low barn]

More pieces falling

Almost crashed going down the hill aswell

[jade shoal]

you're a minute ahead lol

[lofty plover]

Time to watch nascar 💀

at least atlanta is a decent track