2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship

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pixelboy wrote:Porsche obliterates Nordschleife record with 919 Evo.
https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/por ... o-1053130/
The on board looks horrendously quick!

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They should do Pikes Peak. It would destroy that Volkswagen.
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We don't have an IMSA thread but this race at Road America was fantastic.. Well worth watching.

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Sebring is on this weekend with the WEC, Imsa double header.

WEC starts at 7am Saturday and IMSA starts at 6am Sunday (I think)

Today Alonso broke the lap record (from 2009) by 3 seconds leaving us in no doubt as to the fastest sports car series.
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Well to be fair IMSA don't run LMP1 let alone LMP1-H.
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That is an amazing pic! :fall:
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If was an entertaining race.

Dry, snow, rain, dry, hail, rain, dry, rain..

Bonkers. Loads of great battles, especially in GTE.
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Ford is running retro liveries this year to mark the end of its official sportscar racing dept

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Ford and BMW both pulling the plug from the WEC
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WEC isn't looking great for the next few years. Manufacturers leaving and the Hypercar regulations in a mess.

Can't blame the GTE guys leaving when they are planning to drop a road car variant in above them.

IMSA has the right model and FIA should adopt their regulations IMHO, with the exception of the GT3 category.
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Just watching some of the evening/night practice for Le Mans and the Rebellion cars will be easy to see at night What a great livery :)

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Now thats an unsafe re entry...
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That's what the rule is technically for, but it's been extended to what we saw in the weekend. That guy almost needs to sit out the race.
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That is some FNF stuff right there.
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So besides the WEC app, will there be any legal way to stream Le Mans in australia?
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9.99€ via the lemans website. I think you can access the web stream and the app with the same purchase.

https://streaming.lemans.org/en/
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GT VIRUS wrote:So besides the WEC app, will there be any legal way to stream Le Mans in australia?

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r8response wrote:
GT VIRUS wrote:So besides the WEC app, will there be any legal way to stream Le Mans in australia?

Sign up for 2 weeks free Kayo Sport

Cancel after the weekend.
Does Kayo have it? I can't see anything on there yet
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GT VIRUS wrote:
r8response wrote:
GT VIRUS wrote:So besides the WEC app, will there be any legal way to stream Le Mans in australia?

Sign up for 2 weeks free Kayo Sport

Cancel after the weekend.
Does Kayo have it? I can't see anything on there yet
I misread an article from earlier today. I don't think it will have it
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GT VIRUS wrote:
r8response wrote:
GT VIRUS wrote:So besides the WEC app, will there be any legal way to stream Le Mans in australia?

Sign up for 2 weeks free Kayo Sport

Cancel after the weekend.
Does Kayo have it? I can't see anything on there yet
I don't think Kayo wil have it as it's covered by Eurosport (on FOXTEL).
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KNAPPO wrote:

Now thats an unsafe re entry...
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Isn't Eurosport on Kayo? Pfftt!
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pixelboy wrote:Isn't Eurosport on Kayo? Pfftt!
Nope & my cycling friends aren't happy. As Eurosport has all the road cycling coverage & they can't get it on Kayo.
With the best shows from FOX SPORTS, ESPN and beIN SPORTS there’s always something new to watch with Kayo.
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