FIA World Endurance Championship | Round 7Start time: 22:00 ET, 09/27/25
>>151036706based ty
Rolling for Bimmer multi-class cannibalism at the main straight.
>sleepdeprived>coffeebrewingFuji tiem
dubs and kubica wins
trips and valkyrie wins
Meme country, meme resultthis one goes to Peugeot
>sebass
bruh
>bourdais
>BourdaisIt's the starting lap ffs.
It's over before it even begun
hope that wec becomes a bit more prestigious so majority of drivers wont be shitters or pensioners
cue the ebin astronomical song:
canadabros... they've bopped our Lays... I swear last time I had these they had a lot more flavoursugar-free aspartame-rich cheers, enjoy the race
Let's goooooo!!!!!!
>>151037032it's akshully monke song
RIP Andlauer's floor
> penske already bulliednice
honestly I always thought the chinaman is a shitter but tbf hansen is the odd one in the crew
>>151037075Should have went for Miss Vickies
Ferrari BTFO
I'll probably fall asleep before the first hour, but GO ASTON!!!!!
This ends at the same time I usually wake up, but I took a 2 hour nap, so I'll be good, right?
>asston
>>151037189The superior choice at all times, but my cheap ass fell for a sale on Lays
Aston, noooo!!!!
#007 needs a better driver
>yoder
The universe truly hates Toyota Gazoo Racing
How do Tincknell and Buemi still have jobs?
????????
>>151037482Faaaaaaack007 shaken and stirred
STANG SURGE
>>151037485>>151037496So it just locked up the rears on a down shift?
>>151037651Too late on the brakes, locked up the rear
>>151037537I used to, too, but now I just feel bad for them. How. The fuck. Do they still have such shit BoP?
This looks like an LMU lobby
>>151037726Nah not enough cars facing backwards
>>151037612I believe this is to cover an Aston Martin shaped hole in the 53.
>>151037709Aston vs Caddy vs Joe soon
fuck off andlauer
>>151037726Last year was way worse lmao120Please wait a while before making a post120Please wait a while before making a post
For the curious, you can find all race direction decisions, penalties and whatnot herehttps://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/noticeBoard.phpit's not updated live, but they do update it a few times through the race
>>151037773Based. Throw in Alpine and it's my 4 favorite cars. Too bad they are running in the mid pack today.
This has been quite messy, but man, what a race so far.
The fuck is the 009 penalty for???
>>151038022Thanks, m8! You can get them live on the Timing71 browser extension.
>DTP for 009FUCK THIS SHIT FUCKING STEWARDS 120Please wait a while before making a post
>>151038155FCY procedures I think, along with a lot of others.
>not even an hour in>all this bodywork damage
>>151038155It says they were under investigation for FCY procedure, but the feed exploded with pit stops so it's hard to say.
>>151038229there's been a few skill issues
>>151038232MFW my favorite cars are damaging each other.
I hate the captcha in this website so much is unreal
>>151038396It was doing that to me during the Xfinity race, but it's better now.
>>151037020the only race that matters is Le Mans. everything else of comparable prestige got regulated out of existence
>>151038600The Indy 500 is going, clearly or did you mean just sports car races.
>83 possible floor damage>Kubica might not even drive
>>151038718obviously I was talking about the WEC, the other anon only mentioned the WEC. Indy does have the same problem of only one event having any real value.
>>151038600What was regulated out of existence?
>>151038821Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, Carerra Panamerica, Real Nurbugring 1000km, real Spa 1000km
<Aston Martin BTFO by a FCY penalWhat did they even do? Speeding?Sebass BTFO.
>>151038600WEC needs longer races with some actual prestige. IMSA gets Sebring and Petit Le Mans, tracks with history that people actually care about, meanwhile WEC gets Qatar and Bahrain. If they made Spa into a 10 or 12 hour race as well as Fuji or Imola it would really help the series. The problem is WEC cares more about oil money.
>>151038871Most those havent truly been run in like 50 years? I get the point but those dont really have any relevance to modern sportscar racing.
>>151038871Ah, the age of titansMy grandfather remembered following the 1000 Miglia on the radio, I doubt even the oldest oldfags can remember that time though, those based road races were banned and eventually turned into rallying
>>151038777I can't think of any other series that have such tent pole races. I guess the Daytona 500nand Daytona 24 hours, but those aren't on the level of le Mans and Indy. Dakar for the rally raid circuit, maybe?
>>151038871Extremely based. Also Monza 1000km
>>151038917Fully agree adding a 12 hours of silverstone and just one more 8-12 hour race would do wonders I think. Even better find a way to make Daytona 24 a dual series race with WEC.
you cannot manufacture "prestige" for a race. it has to be earned over many years.
>>151038948that's my point. sports cars/endurance racing hasn't had any real relevance in 50 years. the only reason Group C got popular is because it was effectively tin top F1. the core distinction of endurance racing from grand prix rscing isn't just the time, it's the fact the teams had to actually do endurance events. they had to race from town to town, maintain the cars on the road, have a crew in the car who could do repairs on the fly. only Le Mans even remotely still has that component to it, and even then only as a shadow. just doing hundreds of laps around a curated cultivated GP circuit is as phony as it gets. it's like comparing a marathon running event on the road to one done on some college track & field circuit. sure, you do the same distance, but one clearly has an additional element of challenge to it.
>>151039016Sebring is the traditional 'international' endurance event of the US. Daytona is pure IMSA.
>>151038917>IMSA gets Sebring and Petit Le MansDaytona 24 hours is pretty kino and is also pretty historic by this point. WEC needs a better US event race, too.
The 009 surge is real120Please wait a while before making a post
GG Buemi
WEC stewards are going full retard today
3 minutes??????
>3 minute stop and goBRUH
>>151039320>today
brutal
>>151038871>Targa FlorioMakes Nurburgring look like a short track.
Total Toyota Death
>>151039323>>151039339>>151039320they didn't stop a second time after doing an emergency pit stop under FCYIt's a pretty open and close case
Al Harthy Miklós?
>>151039183In the old road race times, 1000 Miglia, Targa Florio, the top drivers were doing both F1 and enduranceJust worth adding
>>151039183>just doing hundreds of laps around a curated cultivated GP circuit is as phony as it gets.Transcendently based.
>>151039016>>151039236I think it should be Sebring, but I'd be happy with either.
>>151039470It would be good for sports car racing if more F1 drivers did it, there was over 100k watching max at the nurburgring this am
>>151039255>The 009 surge is real It's a dream come true.
>>151039470that was mostly due to f1 not paying that well, as soon as tobacco sponsorship became a thing most didn't bother running something else
I wouldn't blame Toyota if they were to exit WEC now.
>>151039520>>151039516Sebring clashes with the F1 season usually I think. If you want to "manufacture" prestige it would be good to have F1 drivers competing at Daytona, Lemans and however many more events.
Fujis last sector is a trailbraking excercise
>>151039520it's like if Josef Newgarden showed up to a SCCA event. Buschwhacking is lame. let's see Verstappen go up against the top sports car drivers.
>>151039245but you have loads of merican circuits to run in IMSA, there's no reason for prototype driver driving the circuit with similar car twice in the same year to prevent conflict of interests.also>petit le man(road atlanta) clashes with WEC's late season schedule>pathetic surface for sebring>daytona isn't well FIA-sanctioned>FIA has indy-PTSD due to tyregateso the 6 hr COTA might be the status-quo answer for having one of the most, unless road atlanta can hold the race during august
>>151039470That was back innthe day when American drivers were doing stock cars, sports cars, sprint cars and Indy. The talent pool was much, much smaller and and driving skills were more general. >>151039520>t would be good for sports car racing if more F1 drivers did itYeah, Alanso did us a sold for sure. He was the last of the real ones. I know Max is branching out, but I just can't take him seriously. Although the completely assploded that NLS stream today.
>>151039681I think we are agreeing I want to see Max Leclerc etc drive prototypes and at the same time its good for sports car racing to have those kinds of drivers involved.
>>151039613i hated toyotawinslol as much as the next guy, but i wanted to see someone beat them fair and square, not the series boping them into irrelevance, it's ridiculous
>>151039681He has to go through the NLS to be able to run the 24
>>151039555>got overtaken by poojoe with similar tyre stratwhat?
>>151039645I've hated it ever since I first experienced it in GT4
>>151039638F1 is the most manufactured thing in all of racing. Just mix it in and all the footballer style fans will follow, for better or worse.
>>151039722>FIA has indy-PTSD due to tyregateWEC doing a 12 hour race at Indy could be incredible if they wanted a major American event, especially since IMSA is changing Indy to a sprint race. The FIA and ACO need to grow up and move on.
I like French accent interview guy, though he makes me hate that "just tell us what happened" woman on the F1 broadcasts even more>something completely differentDe Freeze...?
>>151039806There is 9 prototype manufactures with 3 more on the way if we want them to stick around the sport will need to grow.
>>151039645The neat part is that it's all up hill, so it's more forgiving with acceleration. >>151039788Checked.I love it. What I hate is Suzuka sector 1. The entire thing is made to get you to carry too much speed.
>>151039881That's the whole gimmick of SuzukaIn fact it does it three times
>>151039555Checked, let's go Aston, wot
>>151039751true
>>151039722>but you have loads of merican circuits to run in IMSA, there's no reason for prototype driver driving the circuit with similar car twice in the same year to prevent conflict of interests.I agree, IMSA is Bogarting all the good historic tracks. >petit le man(road atlanta) clashes with WEC's late season scheduleMeh, it's in 2 weeks>pathetic surface for sebringThat's part of challenge >>daytona isn't well FIA-sanctionedThat's just one fat envelope away from being fixed.>FIA has indy-PTSD due to tyregateThe Indy road course isn't worthy>6 hr COTAIt's the FIAs main US circuit so all the FIA series have to hit it for financial reasons.
>>151039638not necessary, sportcar racing is pretty much different category, while formula 1 has one of the most intensive schedule amongst all other categories>at least 20 races weel>loads of simulator testing>PR showeven joining other categories, they still need to convince the team to spare off-time or even intentionally withdraw, which the team usually not allowed unless the contract allowsdaytona might be a good chance for F1 driver as a warm-up race, but not always possible as car development also at the heat at that momentle mans kinda impossible as it always clashed with leafland GP
>>151039748Exactly. You can't have a good bad guy if they don't have any teeth. I want to hate them, but now I just feel sorry for them. That being said, they keep shooting themselves in the foot, but their BoP has been blatantly biased all season. It really does look like they upset someone in the FIA. I guess the check bounced.
>>151039759Yeah, if it has been any other car, I'd be happy to see Peugeot making moves.
>>151040038There is so much overlap now between the hypercar manufactures and the F1 teams I think it could be done. Ferrari, Aston, Alpine and soon Mclaren, Ford (red bull), Cadillac will all have presence in both series.Not saying it will happen but that if the FIA and teams wanted to they probably could.
38 Caddy is pretty fucked up
>AI overlords genderbend Andlauer in team radio transcript
>>151040192the teams are generally ran by separate organisations. Ferrari is AF Corse, Aston is Heart of Racing, and Cadillac is Jota. they get assistance from the factory but they're fundamentally separate.
>>151039876Honestly, it's growing pretty well on its own, but nothing like what even 2 or 3 current F1 drivers could do.
>>151040218Bourdais also not having a great one, he spun off during the formation lap
Marciello dood
Fug, missed the first 2 hours due to playing games. Anyway KANPAI~
Beemer dood, Wat nou?
>sniffer
ded sniffer
>bmw
cold tires exposes another one
BMW dood
The BMW is FUCKED!
>Be safe
>sniffer sniffing the wall
>>151040234most F1 teams have their drivers under a contract that forbids them from participating in other championships, mostly because they don't want to risk them getting injured.
Holy shitter
PINO LEADS
>>151040038Don't forget, there is a very real chance the driver can get injured and miss F1 races as a result.
If you need something to look at during the yellow, a whole bunch of motorsport webms were dumped in >>>/tv/214848959
oof
>>151040343Heroic webmingDo we call that a brake test?
>>151040343
>>151040291Oops.Hock der tassen!
>>151040358few webms i've made are there kek
>>151040381the porsche has no reason to slow down thereit's all flat out until the hairpin into the chicane
>>151040358>the first oneI've read that the big series abandoned Mosport in the 80s because Can-Ams started backflipping coming up the first rise after the main straight
>>151040317>>151040233If ferrari wanted leclerc or hamilton in the car AF corse would do it. Personally I think the publicilty ferrari would get out of having one or both them race at lemans is worth the low chance the driver gets injured. Racing is mostly advertising after all.
>>151040381Braking there is pretty absurd to be honest
>cause the incident>benefit massively from itThey're getting a big one
FATbros keeping the works teams in check
Based FAT helping the Peugeot win this
>>151040572Did you guys know FAT is owned by Ferdi Porsche just found that out like a week ago.
Jensen Butthole
>>151040572>>151040599
>>151040633Really? Cool, I didn't know that.
>>151040690https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SaiVW3QfZc&t=68s
Wew. I'm impressed
>>151040438they could theoretically tell AFC to let them race, but they have no incentive to. the F1 crew almost certainly view Le Mans as a step below F1 in terms of prestige. If anything they'd see it as a loss of status if one of their drivers went there.(I will never acclimate to Al-Hamil racing at Ferrari)
>>151040656Singabro would have loved to see a privateer and especially FAT leading the race ;_;
>jacking off oil country sponsor during yellow flag
Man, these guys are really making up for the last race. In fact, this is about on par with Spa earlier this year. Remember how bonkers that race was. I think WEC has easily been the best series for me this year.
>>151040859You know it, man.
guys I fucking love motor racing, it's the only reason I'm on 4chan these days>tfw you almost escaped from 4chan, but motor/sp/ort kept you from leaving
>>151040751Cool, I'll watch that tomorrow. >>151040967>We should have a gorillion races on these bullshit tracks.Decolonization and its consequences has been a disaster for civilization.
>>151041048>guys I fucking love motor racing, it's the only reason I'm on 4chan these days Same, but I hardly look at the other boards and threads. This is easily the best community for racing on the planet.
I'm really glad to see Rossi has adapted well to sports cars and in such a short time.
>imagine getting a drive through and a stop and go for track limits within 5 minutes
GuMo
>>151041086I'm also into ice hockey but /hoc/ is fucking garbage not worth browsinglegitimately without motor/sp/ort and these race threads I would have to reason to be on 4chan
ayo. varrone. nigga, if you oversteer on the brakes move the bias forwar u dumb fuck
>>151041222*no reasonlosing SingaporeBro was a huge blow but the beat goes on and the beat goes on and the vrooms go on
someone tell rossi the motogp race is about to start
>>151041105desu it's not surprising, racers are racers whether it's 2 wheels or 4
>>151041244Who cares about MarkekGP
>>151040859each Anon must choose his own path
PASS IN THE GRASS
>>151041236>losing SingaporeBro was a huge blowIt's crazy. That dude came out of nowhere and became a hugely integral part of the community and then completely disappeared.
>button
WTF happened to Button?
>>151041105Kunimitsu Takahashi also started on bikes and then switched to cars. Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Masahiro Hasemi as well.
This race is absolutely fucking amazing.
>>151041361we need to accept he is gone but adopt his high effort posting style.
fuji has given some banger races the last couple of seasons
Fuji is one of the best.
>>151041398Getting some Spa feelings out of this, even though Aston throwed the race from the start they are acting like a wildcard right now.
>>151041384He got pushed wide on a corner and went off.
FAT train
>>151041441Oh yeah, I saw that, kek. I'm verry eepy.
>>151041361at least SpreadsheetBro is still here... right?
>>151041436009 is legitimately back in contention.
>>151041398Yea but >PorscheWinsLol
>>151041398Fuji is consistently so good. It's a perfect track for multiclass.
>>151041464Yeah, I'm pretty sure he is. He posted the updated schedule a couple days ago. He quietly holds this place together. We'd be pretty fucked without him.
nooooo not the proton
PORSCHE MURDER
Fucking bullshit Ferrari fucker!!!!
Estre is insane.
He did a Hakkinen Spa
>>151041398I enjoy Fuji, devilishly tricky to drive in sims but makes for great viewing
>>151041535That onboard was insane.
>>151041547Honestly I hate it in sims, but it's such an amazing track to watch races at
>>151041552gonna need a webm of that plox
The Ferrari and Aston look so fucking cool racing eachother. Too bad Glickenhaus isn't here anymore.
>>151041507the long ass straight is perfect for the higher class(es) to overtake the lower class(es)works for WEC, works for Super GT, works for Super Taikyu, it just works.
>>151041534It was harakiri, instant karma has already gotten himHow much guido is there in Pier Guidi
F
STEAM SALE CANCELLED
>gaben on gaben violence
>>151041618damnit noo I wanted to get Forza Motorsport on sale
frogs
at least its not 009
my steam sales
Half-life 3 delayed indefinitely.
>Hypercar takes out GT carYou don't see that every day.
>>151041651>iRacing vibes intensify
Why didn't Toyota pit?! Are they screwed?
This race is fucking insane. I always fall asleep for Fuji, but I zero beers all day and took a 2 hour nap before the race and I'm so glad I did.
tybg
>>151041647desu the ending of thst VR game Alyx was cringe AF and maybe it's best if HL3 never appears
>>151041695Toyota be like
>>151041679Faaaaaack
>>151041733I didn't want to say anything with them not having won a race this year and in position at home. I don't think he's going to make it through the SC.
am I the only one listening on Radio Le Mans, none of the usual video streams work for me
>Penske Porsche inherits the lead
>>151041799check cleared
>>151041799Roger is always winning somewhere even if his IndyCar team was shit this year
still don't understand why they aren't just telling which car can do the pass-aroundstupid gotcha procedure
