For all those complaining about this track being on the calender, it's just another part of the challenge in winning a title. A championship wouldn't be of this level if it was all on the same track. Variety is king.
I agree, a driver who wants to be a champion, or saying better, a champion kind of driver must be able to drive anywhere, under hard circumstances and on any track wide or narrow, open circuit or street track
Thanks ISMA for uploading these beautiful videos. not everyone can be home for these race schedule and its nice that we get to watchback these videos on our own time
When he mentioned he did some simulator work I smiled. As I'm sitting in my simulator driving the Ford GTLM at Long Beach while listening to this. Freakin awesome!
I am still confused about the ruling here for the final positions, particularly in GTLM. Technically all of those cars passed under local yellow, which is a stop-and-hold, or a time penalty tacked on to the end of the race. The acceptable solution, and one that would have typically been put in place during a blocked track situation should have been to go back and freeze the final order where the cars entered the local yellow.
How come this replay is in such great quality and 60 FPS and live streams are so strangely cropped and really choppy? Why can't you guys stream on RU-vid?
complaining about street courses if you can't drive all the types of tracks in this style of racing you don't deserve championship title. I love street courses the unexpected happens
Why did Vilander think it would be a smart idea to try and overtake a prototype? Only one of two things were ever going to happen, and what did happen was the worse of the two.
Again IMSA way overboard with full course cautions. Number 5 wrecks, recovers... might as well have full course caution just in case I guess?!?! I really miss the local yellows from ALMS
I say change the configuration of the last hairpin can have more run off but keep the same track limit so just push that wall back a foot or two & ad a curb
As of right now the results as they finished are final. Garcia in the 3 car was said to have been involved in the incident, thereby legitimizing passing the 4 car under a local yellow. IMSA officials said they could not throw a full-course caution at the time of the accident because the overall leader had already taken the checkered flag.
asddf asdqwe if you drive your car into a concrete wall at faster than the speed limit, your car would be damaged. And road cars are designed to avoid damage, whereas these are designed for performance.
I don't know what they were talking about when they say the Porsche wasn't penalized for that move last year. The Porsche that turned the Corvette last year had to park for the day because they were too damaged after the contact, so how could they have been penalized?
I do think those chevies VS other prototype is hardly a competition. it is because of the track that they can keep up with the v8's. go to cota or other long straights there is no doubt they are quicker.. also long beach isnt suited for this too many cautions. oh well nice ending though.
This track is tough with that last hairpin and nowhere for cars to go if it's blocked but I blame the screwed up race on the bad drivers in the field that decide to dive bomb the cars in front of them there and the officials for inconsistent rulings. They need clear rules about what happens if the track is blocked too. I guess it's just a free for all right there if the yellow flags are waving.
Dethmeister I agree. That was crazy they didn't go full course caution and freeze the field - all but last 30 minutes was extremely disappointing. I think they should just go back to PRO only race no GTD. It's was too much. Granted it was DPI and GTLM on lap one. But Ed isn't exactly pro driver ... but if it wasn't for GTD would could have had clean finish
Yeah but a GTLM Porsche did it too at 58:36 , just like last year. Also a GTLM BMW that was out of contention almost did the same thing to the race leading DPi's at that hairpin at 01:45:44 . Then at 01:51:55 when the 3 GTD cars wrecked at the hairpin, the track is actually being blocked by a DPi that has plenty of room to go but is just stopped for no reason. That cost the leading Corvette a win.
What are you talking about man? Vilander was being pressured by the Ford GT behind him, and that Nissan P car in front of him was driving like a granny.
So just for you to understand: He wanted to overtake the lapped car, braked later, and unfortunately hit him. Porsche has some of the best deivers you can have.
I love how the top two comments are "great race" and "terrible race." Anyway, not the biggest fan of Long Beach as a circuit. Too narrow for a series where lapped traffic is so prominent. Think Sonoma, Barber, Gilles Villeneuve or Portland would work better. Maybe even another oval infield.
James Lofts The only amateur is ed brown. I would disagree the Nissan dpi actually found speed in this race. That had the fastest lap of the race I believe. The 2 car was on a different strategy then the 10 car. On their last stop the 2 car didn't take tires. Also the 10 car just didn't a better job getting around slower cars and took the lead when the 2 was sort of blocked by a couple of GTD cars on the front straight losing the lead.
Look at overtake on the nissan dpi. He got out-braked from the outside not even close to brake limits on his car. All he had to do was brake late and the hold the inside line keeping the caddy out.
