How Cadillac Racing's 01 passed every GTP to WIN at Laguna Seca (IMSA 2023) 

I totally agree. The ability for these top level drivers to forget everything as soon as they buckle in is truly incredible.

@@GroovedSlick In 2018 I saw Pietro Fittipaldi crash his LMP1 at the same point, he broke both legs. Renger was lucky and I'm glad the adjustments at SPA made it safer.

we call this: Redemption.

NBC is absolutely garbage, one of the reasons why IMSA isn’t growing that fast even though it’s the best endurance racing in the world.

@@yaintracingshit512 wec better

The official IMSA RU-vid channel should have the full race in a few days. Idk if it's geofenced though.

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No one cares about Imsa except the fans like us

Yeah, the Spa crash was heartbreaking, especially considering how well he performed in those terrible conditions at the start of the race. I couldn't be more excited for him and Bourdais.

I love when they yell loud enough to hear! haha

I'm so jealous man, my favorite spot to watch is the back straight as they head up to the corkscrew, I used to go back in the ALMS days but haven't been able to make it in recent years. Thats really interesting about the 01, I hadn't heard anyone mention that. Do you know what they were working on?

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agreed. love the educational and engaging delivery. i usually don't watch onboards but please keep this up!

Bloody well narrated and edited, by the way! 👍🏼

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Thanks so much! I always try to calm down for these commentaries but it never works, I'm always yelling by the end haha!

Thanks man, I really appreciate it! Though I love GTP/Hypercar my heart truly lies with the GTs. I actually traveled with Flying Lizard in the summer of 2013 for 3 races and was the deadman on the pitstops for the 44. I mostly did grunt work and set up/tear down but it was still incredible. I definitely will be doing some GT coverage in the future (VIR/Lime Rock at minimum) but I don't really have the bandwidth to do more than 1-2 videos per month. I actually have an entire video clipped together following Winward at Daytona, but haven't had time to do a voiceover and final edit. Maybe in the run, up to Rolex 24 2024 I'll put that together. 🤔 Anyways, thanks again for the support, it really means a lot! 🤙

Everyone besides acura in imsa gtp is V8 😂😂 WEC is mostly V6 in LMH

@@12th.jahlil the majority of the new era of cars are v6. Ferrari, Toyota, Acura, Isotta, Peugeot. No doubt alpine will be a v6. Late day LMP1 was dominated by v6 and v4 engines. I’m just saying that you don’t need to add a bunch of turbos or downsize in the name of “efficiency” and “reliability” to be competitive. And you can sound fantastic doing it.

I don’t think anyone said you need a V6 turbo to win. The engine rules are open for a reason. Cadillac were not stupid going for a V8.

I'm not even a Cadillac fan but that big American naturally aspirated V8 motor leaves me in awe everytime I hear their onboard

@@motorsportfan1246 the majority of the new era cars are v6 for a reason, you don't really need a V6 turbo to be competitive in GTP class, and that's pretty much it.

Thanks, that makes me happy to hear! Good question, it really depends on the car and driver, but, if I were to make a rule of thumb for the LMDh cars it would go something like this 0-5 minutes: cold tires slower laps 5-10 minutes: sweet spot fastest laps 10-40 minutes: consistent pace not much fall off 40 - 100 minutes: dramatic falloff depending on how you drove the previous 40 minutes 100+ minutes: what are you still doing on these tires you're now slower than the GT cars The LMH cars are a little different though as they have a greater advantage on brand new tires and then at the end of the stint have less fall off, but I'm still trying to understand that.

​@Grooved Slick I think one of the reasons the Toyotas and Ferrari do better on tyres at the end of a stint is because of how the power is applied (I am no way an expert just a guess from me). LMDh is all rear wheel drive while LMH have 4 wheel drive when they have hybrid. As the power is capped when the power is applied to the front tyres in the LMH it is being taken away from the power applied to the rear tyres so less tyre wear over the stint whereas for the LMDh cars it's all rear wheel drive.

@@maxb148 Yeah definitely, I think thats a solid assessment. I just don't understand why they are so much better on new tires. I put some data together from spa and if you averaged out cadillac's 50 best laps and compared them to toyota and ferrari, they were about 7 tenths slower on average. But the fastest lap was like 2.5 seconds slower. Confusing 🤷‍♂

@@GroovedSlick I think taking the best 50 laps isn't the best way of seeing how they are on new tyres. If you looked at the first 5 laps of each stint compared to the next 5 or so laps that would be a better estimate. Or look at how long it takes the cars to get back to their average pace, for this the Ferraris take 2 to 3 laps (granted going slower than GTEs on those laps), Toyotas took to the middle to final sector of the outlap, Cadillac took roughly the same as the Toyotas, Porsche took a lap and a half. So they were all (apart from Ferrari) able to switch their tyres on relatively quickly.

@@maxb148 Yeah, thats a good way to look at it. Its just really tough find a way to compare given that lapped traffic can have such a large effect from lap to lap which is why I was averaging over a large number

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Laguna is an incredible place to watch a race. that’s where I watched my first sports car race in 2007 and was instantly hooked

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Glad you enjoyed! I'm so jealous that you were at the races. Laguna is my favorite track for spectating. I can just sit on that path along the Rahal straight for hours.

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That’s incredible, an experience that you will take with you forever. My first race was ALMS at Laguna Seca in 2008 I still remember it like yesterday.

Thanks, I really appreciate it! I'll definitely expand to GTD/PRO but I don't have the bandwidth to expand much further, unfortunately.

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I wonder if he thought anyone would ever hear that? haha! I loved hearing that too, thanks so much!

@@GroovedSlick Enh I think he was too excited to care haha. No problem, your breakdowns are really nice and in depth, and entertaining. Keep it up my man!

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@@GroovedSlick where do you access the raw on board footage?

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Thanks, really appreciate it! I have many many flaws, but lack of enthusiasm is not one of them! haha!

Thanks man! What are you racing next?

@@GroovedSlick working on it. Will announce soon!

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