The Moment that all things could go wrong for nando again , but Jordan did an amazing job:
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WTR Secure Daytona 24hr Victory
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Let's not overlook the Bathurst 12 Hour either.
Amazing race, Alonso is just a legend 
Amazing job? Amazing luck.
He's actually doing quite well in LMP2. He's quick and doesn't do stupid things as he used to do in F1. I think in 2018 he didn't have a single car to car or car to wall contact in the whole WEC season.
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In F1 he just failed bigtime. But in other classes he really is just a very capable and competitive driver indeed.
The weather put Race Control in an impossible position. There were times when a delayed FCY on a soaking track endangered the drivers, and periods when a relatively dry track was still hazardous because the massive splitters on some cars dug into the remaining puddles.
Watching the race became a guilty pleasure for me; it was so good that I didn't want it to stop. That last two hours before the final stoppage, when the drivers couldn't see properly, when cars were wrecking left, right and centre, and when some amazing battles broke out in the different classes, verged on the extraordinary.
With hands wrapped around a thrumming steering wheel, eyes searching for reference points in the wall of grey spray in front of them, engines roaring above the pit instructions in their ears, even the most frightened drivers must have thought to themselves: "This is stupid, this is dangerous... this is epic." (I'd have been tempted to cry, "Now, this is pod-racing!") It was the classic motorsport mix of fear and elation.
That was a risky, risky race haunted by the possibility of a really bad accident. However, everyone rode their luck - this time. Finally, kudos to the cold, wet, tired and busy track marshals and recovery teams. They were the real stars.
Watching the race became a guilty pleasure for me; it was so good that I didn't want it to stop. That last two hours before the final stoppage, when the drivers couldn't see properly, when cars were wrecking left, right and centre, and when some amazing battles broke out in the different classes, verged on the extraordinary.
With hands wrapped around a thrumming steering wheel, eyes searching for reference points in the wall of grey spray in front of them, engines roaring above the pit instructions in their ears, even the most frightened drivers must have thought to themselves: "This is stupid, this is dangerous... this is epic." (I'd have been tempted to cry, "Now, this is pod-racing!") It was the classic motorsport mix of fear and elation.
That was a risky, risky race haunted by the possibility of a really bad accident. However, everyone rode their luck - this time. Finally, kudos to the cold, wet, tired and busy track marshals and recovery teams. They were the real stars.
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crazy race also the imsa live stream was curious starting 30 mins later in Germany. nm - this was only the prologue for BATHURST 12H this week.
Agree... Caddy won the BoP game, simple. They even said Penske were favorites, not Caddy before the race.
(while they said that they must have had heavy sand bags in the cockpit.) This BoP game must go... if there is a team working their ass off to get the car faster they just get hurt by the BoP guys.Well the rest of the season might get better.
..also one for Citroen 2CVs (at Snetterton) and one for Fun Cups (at Spa) also
All the cars were BoPed perfectly in this race. Every team had one driver that could catch Alonso or get close to him on pace. Mazda was very fast, Acura had the pace. Both Mazda cars were running different strategies and still managed to be on front in one moment or the other. When the rain arrived the best car setup for that appeared and was Nasr team IMO.Agree... Caddy won the BoP game, simple. They even said Penske were favorites, not Caddy before the race.
Well the rest of the season might get better.
If the race stayed dry or the rain was not enough to red flag it would've been epic.Only team behind in the DPi was Core because of their first year with this car and their engineer said on Twitter after their first run in January 4 or 5 the car was very different of a spec P2 despite using a P2 as base
Also Cadillacs are half of the DPi grid, the odds of one of them on the top is higher
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10 & 31 were in a bit of a league of their own much of the race ( ignoring the wet, when some of the drivers in 10 and 31 were in a league of their own - Nasr/Taylor were extraordinary, Pipo & Curren were surprisingly slower than expected, especially in the later swamp ). I'd debate 31 having the best rain setup - maybe for Nasr who left Alonso standing still in the last green until he overshot T1 slightly, but everyone looked good in the WTR car, most of the time it drove like it was in different conditions than the rest of the field.
One day Mazda might finish something... how can Joest be this bad
10 & 31 were in a bit of a league of their own much of the race ( ignoring the wet, when some of the drivers in 10 and 31 were in a league of their own - Nasr/Taylor were extraordinary, Pipo & Curren were surprisingly slower than expected, especially in the later swamp ). I'd debate 31 having the best rain setup - maybe for Nasr who left Alonso standing still in the last green until he overshot T1 slightly, but everyone looked good in the WTR car, most of the time it drove like it was in different conditions than the rest of the field.
One day Mazda might finish something... how can Joest be this bad
Sorry I'm going to have to disagree slightly. As @Will Mazeo mentioned all four classes were very close during this race. The conditions split them up though and from that point of view it was felt the Caddy's were better in the cooler night conditions and that was it. However I am wondering that with the 10 and 31 the team put a slightly more compromised setup on the cars. They have huge amounts of experience at Daytona and they knew the weather would be moving in later on and also for a long period of time so they may well have tried to prepare for it.
Great drives by all finishers though, very difficult conditions and the visibility at the end was just zero.
People are raging about Mazda online but the #77 was a turbo failure (so blame AER for that if you like). The #55 was just a mistake combined with being in the wrong place at the wrong time (collected by another car) which could happen to anyone. It's also Mazda USA. It's not a huge Japanese works effort (although there is some involvement on that side).
I read a great article in Racecar Engineering some time ago about the Mazda after Joest took it over and it was a huge job getting the car sorted. It didn't have enough cooling. The aero was not stable, the suspension and brake designs were compromised. It needed a complete rethink. So to get to this stage is a minor miracle and the pole lap was a good sign that the car is at least quick now.
Considering their power plant I was surprised they were that fast at Daytona. They went very well at Sebring last year before they hit problems so I am looking forward to the next one to see how things develop.
A great first race with battling all the way through the field. I think this years IMSA championship is going to be a great one
