Really fun race, IMO. The penalties on Perez and (especially) Hulkenberg were ridiculous, though.

Shoutout to Manor for finishing the entire race.

Well, spectators were also between the two fences, which they shouldn't have been. Le Mans changed aero rules to keep prototypes on the ground, don't see why Nurbs couldn't too.

Be aware a spectator died in this crash...

Onboard lap with Hinch in the aero-kitted Honda:



And Coletti in the Chevy:

Seems pretty clear Sauber needed Nasr/Ericsson's cash to stay afloat and did what they had to do, illegal or not. Now they're gonna pay the piper. Sucks, because I like the team and I hate to see them resorting to this kind of shit.

Looks cool from that angle, but the three-quarter angle they showed looks a lot more Frankenstein-y. Should be a fascinating season, regardless.

Worth noting danielroelofs is a frequent poster in Racer X NZ threads.

Some sick slo-mo action from Adelaide:

The new Mazda 3 is one of the best buys on the road, at least in the U.S. Focus is very good, too. I don't think you can go wrong, really.

Rumors saying Fernando got shocked in the cockpit and passed out before hitting the wall. Of course, rumors are rumors.

Well, note that all the photos are from summer. :-D

Luckily I have one of the few affordable apartments around here with a garage, though, so at least my baby isn't buried under six feet of white stuff.

The livery is shit, but I like to see them leading the timesheets, regardless of how meaningless testing times are.

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You’ll need to embrace a mashup of letters and numbers to digest the insanity housed within Ben Bowlby’s 6-foot-wide by 15-foot-long Nissan creation.

It’s an LMP1. And not just a normal LMP1, but an LMP1-H. The H is for Hybrid. It conforms to the rules created by the ACO, the French sanctioning body that runs the LM24, aka, the Le Mans 24 hours, and will race there and at the rest of the World Endurance Championship governed by the FIA.

It’s FWD in terms of which end the IC – internal combustion – engine sends its power. It’s designed to be AWD, thanks to the H propelling the front and rear wheels. It’s a TTV6 – a twin-turbo V6, with DI – direct-injection. And its 3.0-liter engine was not, as some have suggested, originally envisioned as a Formula 1 powerplant.

It was originally targeted to have 2000 horsepower, but that figure has been tamed to something in the 1250-1500 region, with the IC contributing just over 500hp and the hopefully 8MJ H Flybrid system offering up the other 750-plus hp.

Put it all together and we have an ACO LMP1-H that’s FWD, AWD, featuring a 3.0-liter DI TTV6 with an 8MJ H, dubbed the GT-R LM NISMO, that will race in the FIA WEC.

http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/113079-wec-nissan-lmp1-tech-talk-with-ben-bowlby

New Nissan LMP commercial:

Testing Day 1:

1. Vettel (Ferrari), 1m22.620s (60 laps)
2. Ericsson (Sauber), 1m22.777s (73 laps)
3. Rosberg (Mercedes), 1m23.106s (157 laps)
4. Ricciardo (Red Bull), 1m23.338s (35 laps)
5. Bottas (Williams), 1m23.906s (73 laps)
6. Sainz (Toro Rosso), 1m25.327s (46 laps)
7. Alonso (McLaren), 1m40.738s (6 laps)

Force India is the best looking car on the grid so far, IMO (both livery and design).

Hope McLaren gets a new title sponsor because that livery is pretty fugly.

Just seems like a McLaren ripoff.

I like the new Force India livery ok but I miss the green.

Jealous!