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Ferrari pushes the evil Porsche out

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  1. Bart

    Bart Formula 3

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    of the way to WIN its class at Seabring.

    Hooray.

    GO Ferrari.

    And now for Melbourne.

    :)
     
  2. Gatorrari

    Gatorrari F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    Twelve hours? What twelve hours? That was the "Fraction of a Second of Sebring"!

    No wonder they call it the Porsche-Ferrari WARS.........
     
  3. Cerberos

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    Absolutely incredible finish!!!!
     
  4. chiprich

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    Amazing!!!!

    Unfortunately, it looked like Melo may have gotten a little rough and may be penalized. Speed played the radio communication of Borgmeister telling his team to immediately to go protest.

    Was still one of the most exciting race finishes Ive ever seen. It makes me feel a little better about not going since I wouldn't have seen that battle.


    As I'm typing this the Speed announcer says that the IMSA race director has said "Thats just good hard racing."
     
  6. PhilNotHill

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    Forza Ferrari.

    Congrats Rissi Racing.
     
  7. maxorido

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    That was a crazy finish, but I wouldn't complain if it was ruled too dirty because it was, frankly.
     
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    IMSA GT2 and the Ferrari/Porsche shootout prove they can match the thrill of 2007 NASCAR Daytona 500! Great race! Congratulations Ferrari!
     
  9. dretceterini

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    Holy s**t!!!! ...

    And the Porsches got beat in LP2 by the Acuras too!! YEA!!!!!
     
  10. icky

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    That was an amazing last lap. What a win.
     
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    And the fireworks!! In the air and on the track! Couldn't script a movie to have a better finish!
     
  12. Nate Johnson

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    Bergmeister is pissed! It is going to be a great season if this keeps up!
     
  13. tonyc

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    What an exciting ending of the GT2 race. I hope the next one is clean and the 430s are not "accidently bumped" :)
     
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    That was the best finish EVER! Great race and so good to see a ferrari up front!
     
  15. red355

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    That's racing, he didn't take him out so there isn't much you can really say. At any rate i believe Melo did an excellent job. Hopefully Melbourne will turn out as well as Sebring did. Go Kimi!
     
  16. dretceterini

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    Timing and scoring says the Ferrari won by .2 of a second, but it looked even closer to me!
     
  17. Rexcoltrain

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    The officials nickel and dime the teams all night for things like the pit crew guys helmet being down and then they let this happen?? I'm tired of garbage driving being rewarded because the officials are too chicken $h!t to penalize at the end of a race.
     
  18. amenasce

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    **** i missed...cant wait for youtube.
     
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    One of the closest and exciting finishes I've seen. Great job by both drivers, I'm happier that the Ferrari finished first. Congrats to Melo!
     
  20. ferraripete

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    bergmeister was very clean in his pass...melo was not so clean. bergmeister has a reason to feel as if there should be a penalty.

    what a great race however...it is really great that the gt-2 class seems to have the proper depth. if they can only get someone to contest audi and corvette in lmp-1 and gt-1 respectively...then sports car racing may be alive and well again in north america.

    grand am opened w/ a thrilling daytona and alms w/ sebring!!!! great stuff.
     
  21. ApexOversteer

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    Bullsh*t. Bumping, rubbing, and door banging have been a part of sportscar racing forever. Bergmiester can complain but EVERY SINGLE other driver I saw interviewed, as well as the IMSA Race Director, said it was just good, hard racing and admitted they'd do exactly the same thing.
     
  22. Rexcoltrain

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    Those interviewed looked like they were attempting to be diplomatic to me. If this same move would have happened on lap 1 the Ferrari would no doubt have been penalized. "Rubbin' is racing" belongs in Nascar, I think they race on Sundays. You should check it out.
     
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    That was some damn dirty driving by Melo. Bergmeister is the moral victor.
     
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    Any videos of this????
     
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    MS did the same thing 100 times, and to many he is a hero
     

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