Fuuuuuuck me.

"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr) 05/09/2018 at 18:29 • Filed to: LMP1 2018, WEC 2018, WEC, Le Mans, SMP Racing, Russia, Dallara, LMP1, Spa

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Pretty sure LMP1s aren’t supposed to do that.

lone_liberal > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 18:33

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Is Mercedes back?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 18:35

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Looks like SPA?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 05/09/2018 at 18:36

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Clicked link- BOOM. Kind of proud of myself.

Takuro Spirit > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 18:45

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SEE BALLABAN, SEE!!?!?!?!!? FLYING FUCKING CARS IN 2018.

AntiSpeed > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 05/09/2018 at 18:45

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Yup, top of Eau Rouge.

XJDano > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 05/09/2018 at 18:46

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WEC just had the “Super” season opener there last weekend.

wafflesnfalafel > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 18:49

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damn... BR Engineering is having a very bad week.

damn that got high...

AntiSpeed > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 18:50

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Yea, It happens sometimes.

IndyCars too:

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 19:01

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Damn, he went full Weber.

bubblestheturtle > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 19:02

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It’s fine.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 05/09/2018 at 19:06

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You never go full Webber.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > AntiSpeed 05/09/2018 at 19:19

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Didn’t a Prototype eat the wall on Eau Rouge last week?

bhtooefr > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 05/09/2018 at 19:22

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Yeah, another BR1, lost electrical power in the Eau Rouge/Raidillon transition, and went straight on into (and under) the tire barrier.

kanadanmajava1 > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 19:35

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Aerodynamic issues from ‘99 season are back?

AntiSpeed > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 05/09/2018 at 19:41

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Yea, Pietro Fittipaldi broke both legs and will miss the Indy 500 because of it.

bhtooefr > AntiSpeed 05/09/2018 at 19:58

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Holy hell at that Indy crash, and how violently it hit the catch fence.

daender > AntiSpeed 05/09/2018 at 20:38

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Don’t forget Group C!

smobgirl > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 20:39

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Surprised I haven’t seen this video addressed yet. I want to know if this was due to damage or if they have some major changes to make before Le Mans.

bhtooefr > smobgirl 05/09/2018 at 20:47

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This video just came out, and there’s a belief that (because it came very close to hitting a marshal post - a marshal reported on Reddit that they started running from the post as soon as they saw it go over) the FIA and ACO did not want footage of this coming out (hence only the aftermath being shown).

We also don’t see how it started, by the time the car’s in view, the nose is already off the ground.

Did Isaakyan go wide on his own, hit the (slightly raised) white strips, and cause the blowover that way? (That would still indicate, IMO, an aero imbalance.)

Did the Toyota ahead spoil Isaakyan’s downforce, causing the nose to lift and causing the blowover? (That would be the exact way that the five other notable blowovers, in the 1998-2000 timeframe, happened. A crest (or in this case a reduction in incline) is reached while front downforce is spoiled by a car ahead, air gets underneath, and a blowover happens.)

smobgirl > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 20:52

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Not sure if it’s the same source but I saw it on twitter much earlier today (I don’t know your definition of “just” but certainly early enough that something could be written by now). Lots of speculation that his car was damaged on some of his earlier offs.

Maxima Speed > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 20:55

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Wasn’t one of the F1 drivers just commenting recently about some changes that made Eau Rouge more dangerous?

coqui70 > bhtooefr 05/09/2018 at 21:21

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What’s French and Dutch for Flughsplatz?

bhtooefr > smobgirl 05/09/2018 at 21:28

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Yeah, I saw it on Reddit a few hours ago (by “just” I really meant, today, not when it happened).

bhtooefr > Takuro Spirit 05/10/2018 at 05:59

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From /r/WECcirclejerk :