2011 Total 24 Hours of Spa Francorchamps

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You would think a race series struggling for viewers would actually put some effort in to actually showing the race.

live streams were meant to have been back a age ago.
 
Shame about the two mclarens down :-(

On the other hand I have been watching the live timing and the 3rd mclaren is at times consistently one of the fastest cars on the track in the sectors 1 and 2 but loses a few seconds in sector 3.
 
Hope there will still be 60 McLaren (MCL)Christodoulou/Geddie in action tomorrow when I arrive, I would like to see them in the race and not only in the paddock.
 
Well the number 60 is in 27th at the moment which is pretty much middle place but lapping faster then just about every car in front currently.

Should be able to finish in the top 20, 15 at a push I would guess but too many laps down to do anything better.
 
"Hows the wet tyre?"
"Well... Lets just hope it doesn't rain"
"err.. I think it's just started to rain!"

D'oh!
 
Pity about the Mclarens, they seem to have the pace but not the luck. Seems like the first few hours were crazy, wish I'd been able to catch it. Oh well, Vita4one #2 1st in Pro-am, 4th overall. #29 is 7th overall.

Safety car is out!
 
The mclaren is such a gorgeous car, its a real shame that we will never get the race version in GT5 and that the in-game road version is miles slower then the real life model.
 
Streaming has stopped again. I think that's it now until 9:00 AM CET or 8:00 AM BST tomorrow.
 
All of the streams hate me, none of them will work for me.
 
No, streaming has stopped unfortunately.:banghead: The best you can rely on is the live timing in the opening post.
 
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No, streaming has stopped unfortunately.:banghead: The best you can rely on is the live timing in the opening post.
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On all of them? Seriously, has to be the worst video coverage I've have seen. All the other 24 Hour races have huge coverage all the way through the race, this is just nonsense.
 
Yup.:( Crappy coverage.

But at least my pre-race prediction is true at the moment. #33 Audi is leading.:)
 
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I see the RJN guys are currently in 39th overall, anyone know where they are in their class?
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Second in class, 5 laps behind the Mansell Lotus.

I just looked at the live timing, WTF happened?!?!?! Anyone know, because the 99 and 98 Audi seem to have dissapeared.

Edit: Mansell lotus retires, RJN is leading GT4 class, 29th overall
 
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Anyone know what happened to the mclaren? it was chasing down 23rd when i stopped last night and now its 37th and 20 laps down from its previous place....
 
Wow, that ferrari driver is ... not taking a drive through (no radio, not seeing pitboards?), then getting blackflaged, then coming in for the drive through... wtf...
 
When you're focused on racing, have no radio and are fully unaware of there being a penalty you're not going to be looking for the pitboards until it's about time to pit. No wtf about it, just a driver not looking at the pitboards.
 
Checking your pitboard every lap for information is standard practice. There is no excuse for a driver not doing that. Bad mistake.
 
Yeah but at least someone else got second and third.

Sure they had complications but that's as legit a reason to lose as any in endurance racing. A running car without crashes or mechanical failures is way more important than pace over 24 hours.
 
One of the three McLarens finished :(

The 65 minute between pitstops rule was tailored for the gas guzzling Audis, no surprise atleast one of them won the race. Great effort from the rest of the field tho!
 
It's sometimes odd to me how races are more and more regulated. Why not just have Audi develop a better fuel consumption system instead of tailoring the race to their car?

These types of odd "equalizers" seem to keep cropping up.
 
The Buncombe/Tresson/Ward Nissan 370Z won GT4 and finished 22nd overall. Not bad. 👍
 

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