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  1. steved033

    steved033 F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    FP3 6:05 am Saturday :

    Qualifying at 10:20am ET Saturday on Motortrend+ and possibly Youtube and Motortrend TV channel.

    Race at 6:30 am ET Sunday on Motortrend+
     
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    Big crash in Porsche Sprint Challenge, car ended up in the stands.

     
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    Thank God no one sat there. This could possibly lead to authorities suspending racing there until am inquest is completed...
     
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    Ferrari were P3/P4 after FP2. I'm going to get up for FP3 tomorrow. Haven't heard if there are delays in the schedule.

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    How did that crash happen ?!
     
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    stuck throttle seems to be the cause.

    car skipped through gravel trap backwards so it was a bit off the ground, hit top of tire barrier, launched over the fence.

    kinda reminds me of a crash Patrick Carpentier had in IndyCar years ago.

    needless to say, they have some work to do on their runoff and catch fencing especially with that being a spectator area (also marshals and photographers)

     
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    from this image, you can see trajectory of the car, impact to tire wall, damage to fence.

    someone correct me if I'm wrong but that doesn't look like FIA Grade 1 circuit catch fencing.


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    The grandstand will be closed for the time being.
     
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    I would hope so :eek:
     
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    In early 1982 testing at Paul Ricard Pironi crashed at Signes corner at the end of the Mistral straight also ending up in a spectator area that was empty.

    In a GP there in those years Mass and IIRC Fabi also went over the fence in a coming together but again no bystander was hurt despite that being during the GP.

    But then there was the Fuji Villeneuve Peterson crash in I think 1977 with a couple of casualties though that was a forbidden area.
     
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    FP3 starting.
     
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    Ben Keating whips out a great lap to put the corvette on pole! Iron Dames got held up in the last corner by traffic.

    4 marques in the top 5 in GTE

    LMP 2 next.

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    The gap with the Red Bull ( Toyota sorry !) is huge in qualifying !:D
     
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    Does anyone have the FIAWEC TV app?
    I see very bad reviews on the net?
     
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    nope...I have motortrend+. They show the euro feed for all sorts of things.
     
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    c'mon guys, you're a team. Calado runs Nielsen to the grass while having a radio tempur tantrum about not being slower. Nielsen is now ahead.

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