Blancpain 内の kriswascher97 によるリンク [OFFICIAL] ADAC GT Masters - Lauzitsring - Weekend Race Discussion Thread

[–]Floodman11 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Man I used to race around this track back on V8Supercars Race Driver back in the day. Crazy to watch an actual race here!

wec 内の Exv0s によるリンク No spotter guides for 2016 for ELMS and WEC :(

[–]Floodman11 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

replying to this to remind everyone that this happened

wec 内の kokopelli73 によるリンク 17 Days, 17 Victories: A Countdown to Le Mans & a Historical Die Cast Celebration of Porsche, Its Winningest Manufacturer - 1977 Porsche 936/77

[–]Floodman11 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

What a fantastic race. Of all Le Mans races, I think the story of this one is one of the best. Attaching a clock to the car to be able to time the ending of the race to perfection because the car was essentially broken is something that just had to happen at some point.

This is one of the stories steeped in Le Mans folklore, and one of the defining moments in the Porsche identity

wec 内の Bakkster によるリンク While we wait for the Andy Blackmore spotter guide, let's play spot the errors in the official WEC guide

[–]Floodman11 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Cooper MacNeil listed as P. MacNeil. On the plus side, holy shit AJR at Le Mans!

Edit: Where are driver rankings? Car differences? All of those extra little details? /u/AndyBlackmoreDesign I hope that your guide gets so many downloads that FIAWEC immediately contact you to do the remainder of the season

wec 内の Wilt0n によるリンク Can you help me and gather informtions about this year's changes to 24h Le Mans?

[–]Floodman11 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

The Le Mans Primer post, currently stickied, has everything you would need to know about the race itself. As far as particular rules about the championship, check out the FAQ

wec 内の bozmack によるリンク Can any of you brilliant people tell me if an Audi R18 could theoretically drive on the ceiling?

[–]Floodman11 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Definitely 110% doable. This is due to the massive amounts of downforce created by the splitter, wings and most importantly, ground effects.

This page has a table comparing the downforce of the original 2011 R18 with the Peugeot 918 from the same year. As you can see in the last column, at Le Mans, the original, 2011 R18 produced 4808lbs of downforce at 200mph. For a car that weighed 2000lbs. That means, that at 200mph, the car would not only be able to drive upside down, but it would be able to drive upside down in an environment where gravity was over twice as strong as it is on earth.

This is not a new thing; the first car that produced enough downforce to enable it to theoretically drive upside down was the Porsche 962c at 300km/h, which was built back in 1984. If fact, at the Porsche museum, they have one hanging from the ceiling to represent this.

wec 内の HowAboutLiving によるリンク Record in Le Mans

[–]Floodman11 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I do love that SKREEEEEwhrrrrr sound

wec 内の HowAboutLiving によるリンク Record in Le Mans

[–]Floodman11 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes it does. My guess is that Porsche held on to the on board so that they could release it in a situation like this.

wec 内の Floodman11 によるリンク Everything you need to know for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans

[–]Floodman11[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The answer to that question is always Yes. The stream is 720p, decent commentary, every session, no ad breaks, comes with about 12 onboards, and will get you through no trouble at all. Plus, buying the stream shows the ACO that online streaming is the way to broadcast the series, and will allow them to add things to the stream, like replays and VoD, which they've just introduced for this year.

Support the series, buy the stream, and you definitely won't regret it!

wec 内の monkeypete によるリンク Nathanael Berthon leaves G-Drive with immediate effect - will miss Le Mans

[–]Floodman11 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wow...

Just wow.

That was so unexpected. I wonder what has happened in the team to cause that sort of sudden departure

wec 内の ChimpyChompies によるリンク 1999 - Le Mans - Peter Dumbreck's massive accident

[–]Floodman11 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fun fact: That was the third time that a Mercedes had flipped that weekend; Mark Webber had flipped in practice and also the warm up that day.

On top of that, the Porsche 911 GT1 had a similar incident at Road Atlanta the year before. Those cars were absolutely not safe... which is why the Big Honking Holes above the tyres exist today

OceanicTagPro 内の banrab によるリンク So long and thanks for all the beer!

[–]Floodman11 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

<3 beer bb

It's been fun having you around man. Your video was amazing and I'm supper happy to see you had a great time

wec 内の tame_komodo によるリンク /r/WEC, What makes you love WEC or endurance racing in general?

[–]Floodman11 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well you're fu- okay but you can be enterta- sometimes you're ple-nope, definitely not.

Why are you here?

Edit: extremely implied /s for anyone not playing along

wec 内の Floodman11 によるリンク Mondays on the Mulsanne - Le Mans Test edition

[–]Floodman11[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

The pictures are all courtesy of /u/lada_safety_car. He knows where to look and what to do with them

As far as the flairs go; When we added manufacturer flairs, we had to remove some flairs to make room for the new ones. Once the spotters guide is released, we'll re-update everything with every Le Mans livery