Matteo Cairoli in the #54 Porsche overtakes Alessandro Pier Guidi in the #51 Ferrari to take the final podium position at the 2020 24 Hours of Spa #GT #Spa24 #GT3
Great driving and control of the red mist. I am really impressed by having the readout on the windscreen to show the spectators each car position! What a brilliant idea! Never seen that before.
Realmente o piloto tem que ser MUITO BOM pra fazer uma ultrapassagem dessas. Acompanhou de perto a volta toda no circuito, quando estava próximo de fechar a volta partiu pro ataque que já deveria estar planejado, ficar por dentro na Eau Rouge. Parabéns
That’s proper Motorsport! Spa is one of the last proper tracks, long May it be in the race calendar of every category of motor racing from F1, F2, F3 ect, Endurance, Sports Cars, Touring Cars and Shopping Trollies if possible!
Funny how Pier Guidi got snatched from a podium position back in 2020 And the he just like: "Okay. MY TURN." And he snatched the RACE WIN from Marciello with an equally ballsy move down Blanchimont last year.
without drs it would be much bigger snooze fest, issue is F1 cars have insane downforce compared to gt3, to the point that due to disturbed air especially on certain fast corners you can't take them flat anymore and being in the tow on straights is just enough to not have to sit 1 second behind, but never enough for slingshots or sending, the imola GP pretty much proved it that only overtakes that happend without drs were in cases somebody was more than 2 seconds off pace, that's not racing at that point DRS is in no way a good solution, but the issue of overtakes of even remotely similar pace (less than 0.8s difference) being near impossible even if skill allows is enormously massive, one of the main reasons why F1 popularity got dumpstered in last 15 years another aspect is that many of the circuits F1 is racing at, F1 has just outgrown of or was never quite suited for, SPA on the other hand has always produced amazing racing regardless of class
@@notachannel117 It's a snooze fest either way. And I'd personally rather watch a snooze fest where the few overtakes that do happen actually take effort to do. But I do understand that you can't market that and that a lot of circuits would have little or no real overtakes. The least they could do is make the advantage to be less than it is right now, not open the flap as much or something. As it stands now, if you have a somewhat slower car, there is absolutely no way to defend, zero chance of tactically holding someone behind you for more than a lap (and sometimes even less). It basically makes defensive driving a skill F1 drivers don't really need these days. If the difference in speed wasn't so great, it would make for some significantly closer overtakes. Another thing they could do is implement more DRS zones, so the car that gets overtaken has more chance to fight back. But they probably won't do any of that. It's all about the quantity these days, and not about quality. And that's why real fans will always remember legendary overtakes, like Alonso on Schumacher in Suzuka, or Hakkinen on Schumacher (and poor Zonta caught in the middle of it), but won't be able to choose an overtake in the last ten years because they all look the same.
I do agree with the fact that current DRS advantage on some tracks is absurd and many of the newer circuits are just garbage for actual racing without drs, but you also have to keep in mind that there is no refueling anymore, so the natural pace difference due to strategies is much smaller compared to the times you mentioned those overtakes. I do think that IF we still had refuelling with current years slightly smaller aerowash problems if F1 would race on good circuits instead of some memes with half assed tarmac off the racing line like miami, we wouldn't need drs. Current drs implementation makes it very much advantageous of making certain types of gearboxes like e.g red bull has with higher straightline speed but worse acceleration out of corners
@@notachannel117 Funny that you mention refueling. It was precisely around the time they banned refueling (around 2010 if I'm not mistaken) that I started to lose interest in F1. I still followed it sporadically over the years and still do, but I really hated how they took out another strategic element that made the races so much more dynamic. And yes, I understand the dangers involved and am aware of the incidents that had occurred over the years due to refueling. But incidents in recent years were minor at best and the risk was minimal for the most part. And even if it wasn't, racing had always been a risky sport and the risk was part of the thrill. So when you take it all into account (DRS, crappy new tracks, lack of refueling), what we wound up was this bland parade of cars that go incredibly fast, yet look incredibly dull while doing so.
In terms of a physics stand point, is it easier to overtake and race closely in GT3 compared to F1 because the cars are relatively low Aero, high HP? So the best way to improve close racing is to remove aerodynamic dependency?
The cars are much closer matched than the current F1 field and yes, lower aero dependency allows the cars to run much closer together. I'm a massive F1 fan but my word do the lower aero series create fantastic racing.
