ScarySpikes
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To be fair, if an F1 team did the same thing that Porsche did, and toss out the rule book completely to just focus on speed, they could probably make similar gains and retake the title.
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To be fair, if an F1 team did the same thing that Porsche did, and toss out the rule book completely to just focus on speed, they could probably make similar gains and retake the title.
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I think that's the whole point.
A long time ago, F1 and (long before) MotoGP there were NO rules. The guy with the fastest car/bike won the race, as long as it didn't crash or blow up before the end of the race.
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Might as well toss out those brake markers and get a few new ones with single digits.
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That car was stuck so fucking hard I thought they sped up the video! 
Better have a good head restraint system in that car, whiplash in any direction!
Better have a good head restraint system in that car, whiplash in any direction!
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TheRobSJ
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My boss has one of these Radical track cars. Looks something like this.
He says it pulls like 2 1/2 Gs in the turns. For a non pro, occasional weekend warrior type driver...doing 2+ Gs has gotta be pretty nuts.
He says it pulls like 2 1/2 Gs in the turns. For a non pro, occasional weekend warrior type driver...doing 2+ Gs has gotta be pretty nuts.
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That car was stuck so fucking hard I thought they sped up the video!
Better have a good head restraint system in that car, whiplash in any direction!
Probably velcro your head into a helmet sized slot in the seat back. Then your head smashes around against the inside of the helmet.
I wonder if they have him in a.laying down position like F1.
Johndicezx9
Rolls with it...
I couldn't find a cut-away of the 919, but the Audi LMP1 is probably close given the rules....
stangmx13
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that cutaway gives a great sense of scale. I always felt the LMP1 cars looked huge.
DataDan
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One thing alone might reclaim the record for F1 at Spa: tires. F1 still requires 13" wheels. How long has it been since you owned a car with wheels that tiny? For me, it was my BMW 2002, 35 years ago.
It's interesting to think about innovations that would reappear if the rules permitted: movable aero attached to the suspension outboard of the spring, active suspension, traction control.
stangmx13
not Stan
all the teams think that 13" tires have more grip and are lighter as a package than 18" tires. that partly why they pushed back so heavily on 18" wheels a few years ago. and its not like the 13" tires havent received development year after year.
maybe that Porsche should get some fatter tires to go even faster.
maybe that Porsche should get some fatter tires to go even faster.
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You never should have sold it.
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I couldn't find a cut-away of the 919, but the Audi LMP1 is probably close given the rules....
Interesting. Never thought it would near recumbent bike esque. Is that comfortable to drive that? Guess it wouldn't take long to learn.
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I'd like to give it a try.
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I thought I was a boss with 15" wheels on my GTI back in the 80s.
You had one? Me too. Koni's, springs (lowered), swaybars, euro round headlight conversion. Loved that thing. I sold it for another VW.
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Corrados are cool!
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I always wished that VW had sold their most recent Scirocco in the US.
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I actually really wanted them to bring the last generation over. I likely would've bought one instead of my FiST...
