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Description: Others, like CarBuzz reporter JD Lynton, spent the 24 hours with LMP2 race team Status, getting the inside track on systems and strategies as well as an access-all-areas pass. These exclusive pictures...
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They were taken from the pit wall and media centre as well as the garages
Description: And with the emergence of hybrid powertrains, the 24-hour event once again acted as a racing laboratory. The media center was the ideal place to watch the beginning of the race. The LMP1 cars pulled o...
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Gee did the journo who wrote this even bother watching the deltawing race? Apparently not.
Good to see so many people defending the Deltawing. It's an original, forward thinking and innovative design that shows others that you don't neccessarily need massive power to go fast. Massive respect for Nissan for having the balls to do it.
Although this is evidence for my theory that anyone in a Toyota can't drive.
How is the Deltawing style over substance? It was running the same lap times as most LMP2 cars with half the fuel, half the power, half the weight etc... it's not their fault some idiot in a Toyota smashed into them.
It's a shame Toyota crashed into them but at least they apologized to Nissan. Classy move
The DeltaWing wasn't competing with anyone. It was using the race as an endurance test, and unfortunately it did n't get to do much of that thanks to a Toyota punting it. I felt bad that Marino Franchitti didn't get any seat time.
I don't really see how you could compare the Deltawing to anything else anyway, they put it in its own special class so it wasn't directly competing with anything. As a proof of concept it worked really darn well in fact.
Description: The Ferrari's were the surprise of the day giving comfortable performances and pushing Porsche's and the hapless Corvette challengers to the back of the group by the end of the race. But the...
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Also I'm sorry carbuzz but when i look at the list i don't see any Toyotas up there.Oh wait, there I see it.It's says RETIRED
Seriously carbuzz? Audi almost knew they were going to win cause toyota have so little eksperience with le man's
The technology was amazing on both cars and it was a shame toyota never made it through the night because they were the crowds favourite. The Audi crashes were laughable but once Davidson crashed the toyota garage just lost their heads and they couldnt concentrate. The Nissan was a concept car and as such was incredible, but it didndt even keep up with the lead Porsche's and Ferrari's
As for the Deltawing its fastest lap was 16 seconds off the fastest lmp2 and for most of the race it diddnt have the speed or the cornering. The distinction here was that the Toyota challenged Audi, the kings of LeMans for over a decade
And Audi had a diesel-hybrid in first, so Toyota's hybrid system wasn't the most impressive of the race.
Toyota and Deltawing were similar in that they showcased the potential of amazing new technology, but unfortunately neither was able to finish the race because of driver errors. How can you say that Toyota was "the real winner", but Deltawing was just "style over substance"? This article seems really biased to me.
I believe the "real winners" were all the members of Audi. 1,2,3 finish covering the podium in the four rings and the German flag. I don't think I saw Toyota up there.
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1923. That's a long time ago. I guess I never really knew the history of the race itself.
Janak get on youtube their is some great onboard footage, especially with the restarts.
They shouldn't have made it l black... It makes it impossible for other drivers to see it
the idea off this finn is, to avoid the car from flying of the ground. normaly, it can happen when the car goes sideways, the result is at very high speeds (120mph+), the air go's across the underflor and creats overpresseur. the fin itself slows the car down, in case if its sideways. it is also verry helpfull to increase the aerodynamic stability to the rear wing so i hope that helps
Can someone explain the long fins and what they do better? Better aerodynamics?
Damn! I didn't know Venezuela had a pilot in these races..... I was raised there, that's why I'm surprised
Disagree completely Paris Dakar would have to rank number 1
I was rooting for the Lotus in LMP2.