Former Formula One driver Mark Webber has suffered a major crash in the 6 hours race of Sao Paulo, the last event of this year's World Endurance Championship.
I'd much rather Mazda ran something interesting like a twin rotor turbo-compounded (F1 style) rotary than a crappy diesel!zonk wrote:
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/esm-p ... 4b-coupes/
If ACO allowed diesel in lmp2 we could see this lola:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/news/rac ... dor-series
skgoa wrote:So, are you on r/WEC, Mulsanne Corner or the Collective?PorscheLMp1Fan wrote:Ford, BMW and Mclaren/Honda are apparently very interested in P1 according to some (Ford might be gte though).
Ford might be making an announcement soon.
I heard last year that Jaguar had a car in the works as well....skgoa wrote:So, are you on r/WEC, Mulsanne Corner or the Collective?PorscheLMp1Fan wrote:Ford, BMW and Mclaren/Honda are apparently very interested in P1 according to some (Ford might be gte though).
Ford might be making an announcement soon.
To expand on the Honda/McLaren story: apparently they are looking at doing the same thing as Ferrari, i.e. they will enter LMP1 once the new rules are in effect in 2017. It is widely speculated/expected that the new cars will have production based looks. According to Hindy on this week's Midweek Motorsport, several OEMs are interested in entering but are saying that they need something that looks similar to what they sell.
Oh and it is claimed that Cosworth is building an engine for Nissan's LMP1 effort and that it's a V6 that's on the dyno already.
Callum wrote:I heard last year that Jaguar had a car in the works as well....skgoa wrote:So, are you on r/WEC, Mulsanne Corner or the Collective?PorscheLMp1Fan wrote:Ford, BMW and Mclaren/Honda are apparently very interested in P1 according to some (Ford might be gte though).
Ford might be making an announcement soon.
To expand on the Honda/McLaren story: apparently they are looking at doing the same thing as Ferrari, i.e. they will enter LMP1 once the new rules are in effect in 2017. It is widely speculated/expected that the new cars will have production based looks. According to Hindy on this week's Midweek Motorsport, several OEMs are interested in entering but are saying that they need something that looks similar to what they sell.
Oh and it is claimed that Cosworth is building an engine for Nissan's LMP1 effort and that it's a V6 that's on the dyno already.
New Safety Car Procedure, Slow Zones for Le Mans Revealed: http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/new- ... -revealed/Callum wrote:Listening to RadioLeMans today they have mentioned 'slow zones'. This is the first time i've heard of these. Does anyone know how they work?
Depending on the accident severity instead of calling a SC they can call this, effectively through the section of track you have to slow to 60kph, instead of just lifting as you would if it was a yellow flag. Then once you leave the section you are free to race again.Callum wrote:Listening to RadioLeMans today they have mentioned 'slow zones'. This is the first time i've heard of these. Does anyone know how they work?
Is that picture showing the wing flexing backwards, i.e. lessening the AoA?Toyota TS030 flexing endplates:
