June is coming....
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TV coverage this year has moved to the Velocity channel for those who are used to it being on Fox Sports. Velocity is supposedly going to show the entire 24 hours too so that's an improvement over Fox Sports' broken-up coverage with some segments not being shown. Feels like the old Speed Channel days again :-)Randy Walters
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I've been stuck with Radio LeMans and some in-car streaming.Comment
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Test Day
Alonzo / Toyota post fastest time.Comment
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Headline: Toyota, McLaren, Aston Martin, Ferrari And Ford Agree On Hypercar Design For Racing Prototypes.
- from a Jalopnik article today
"For the past few months, the top hypercar manufacturers and the FIA have been in talks to decide what the top class of sports car racing will look like at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and beyond. Their conclusion is to have a new level of freedom for hypercar design for LMP1 prototypes."
"In the last year of Porsche vs Toyota, for instance, both cars looked and sounded nearly identical, even down to the paint jobs."
"Everyone knew that something needed to be done or LMP1 would price itself out of existence, and that something was... oddly ambiguous."
"What we got from the FIA today, following one of the international racing regulatory body’s World Motor Sport Council meetings, is annoyingly vague:
A summary of the ongoing discussions regarding the 2020 Technical Regulations for the highest category of FIA WEC was presented as follows:
• Targeted budget of one quarter of current LMP1 budgets.
• Freedom of design for brands based on a ‘Hypercar’ concept."
"Motorsport.com says that this will fall more on the ‘looks’ side than anything else:
The rules, which have the working title of ‘GTP’, will allow for manufacturers to give their prototype machinery the look of one of their road-going sportscars.
The intent of the new rulebook will be to maintain the current level of performance, but at a substantially reduced cost.
There will be a lower level of hybrid technology allowed and it is expected that manufacturers will be able to chose a spec energy-retrieval system rather than developing their own".Comment
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Apparently you can't watch it in the US and Canada without the Velocity channel. The WEC paid streaming is not available in the US.
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Dario Franchitti drives the 917, the 512S, and the Lola T70 V8 back to back...
https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsp...io-franchitti/
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Good story here about 20 years of Corvette Racing at Le Mans. I like the part about letting little kids climb into the cars, which nobody else allowed.
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Who else is watching?
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Current flame: E30 318iS Alpinweiss II slicktop / LSD - Joanne
The old man: 1970 2002 Polaris(ish) slicktop / rat rod - Wallace
The ex: E92 335i 6MT M-Sport - Betty
The heavy: 2001 4Runner SR5 Sport (3rd Gen) - FredComment
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Not related to the actual race, but new le mans movie was announced. Might be ok
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Oddly enough, in America its being called Ford VS Ferrari but in the UK its called Le Mans 66.Not related to the actual race, but new le mans movie was announced. Might be ok
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