World Endurance Championship 2015

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graham.reeds
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RicME85 wrote:Can actually find full races on YouTube too
In the UK both MotorsTV and Eurosport are showing them.

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bdr529
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Well that was worth staying up all night for, good wheel to wheel action throughout the race,
another 1-2 for Porsche and it's now 4 in a row for the #17, their on a hot streak that's for sure
Poor old #18 seems to be getting the short end of the stick in the last few races but always seems to recover
It's been a long time since I'v seen Porsche taking the manufacturers title, so it will be nice to see them with #'s 1,2,3 on the cars at Le Mans next year
As for the drivers title, the #17 has a 12 point advantage over Audi's #7 going in to the last race in Bahrain

Sevach
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bdr529 wrote:Well that was worth staying up all night for, good wheel to wheel action throughout the race,
another 1-2 for Porsche and it's now 4 in a row for the #17, their on a hot streak that's for sure
Poor old #18 seems to be getting the short end of the stick in the last few races but always seems to recover
It's been a long time since I'v seen Porsche taking the manufacturers title, so it will be nice to see them with #'s 1,2,3 on the cars at Le Mans next year
As for the drivers title, the #17 has a 12 point advantage over Audi's #7 going in to the last race in Bahrain
Numbers in WEC are according to teams or drivers title?

The 17 is a strong favorite anyways, even a 3rd place guarantees the title, without reliability issues they got it.

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bdr529
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Car #'s 1,2 and 3 (if used) are given to the previous years manufacturers champion.
example (2013) Audi won the manufacturers title, there for in 2014 they use #'s 1,2. and #3 for a 3rd car at Spa 6H, Le Mans 24H.
Toyota won the title in 2014 so they got #'s 1,2 for 2015, and Audi went back to using #'s 7,8 and #9 (3rd car) for Spa 6H and Le Mans 24h
Car # 7,8,9 seem to end up with the 2nd place team
Car numbers 1 to 49 are for LMP1 and LMP2 and numbers 50 and up are for GTE Pro and GTE Am.
Sevach wrote: The 17 is a strong favorite anyways, even a 3rd place guarantees the title, without reliability issues they got it.
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Both for Porsche #17 and for me remembering the car numbers properly

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488 GTE for 2016

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Interesting splitter
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Sevach
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Pole for car 17 with sister car at it's side, it's looking good for them.

Cold Fussion
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What happened to the #17 Porsche? I missed the start.

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bdr529
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Cold Fussion wrote:What happened to the #17 Porsche? I missed the start.
Broken throttle linkage for the #17 is what I heard, I did trade the first hour of the race for an extra hour of sleep :D

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According to Porsche's twitter it was the throttle actuator.

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bdr529
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Thanks for the correction, I'll have to watch the first hour later
4.5 hours to makeup 4 laps or at lest get up to 3rd will be tough

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Audi 8 in trouble now, 17 in fifth.

Porsche still needs the 18 to win, i think...