WEC 2024: Round 3 - Spa-Francorchamps

[cg7aa]

I've managed to avoid seeing last weekend's results to date and I was hoping to catch up today; I normally watch the coverage synched with RLM commentary but I can't find the race commentary uploads on their website. Am I being blind? Would a kind soul point me to it if it's there somewhere and I'm missing it.

Incidentally, I have nothing against the WEC commentary, I like the folks involved actually. I just grew up with RLM and prefer the style for want of a better word.

[NaBUru38]

It's not listed yet here:

https://radiolemans.co/category/race...-championship/

[cg7aa]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

It's not listed yet here:

https://radiolemans.co/category/race...-championship/

Thank you, at least it has confirmed I'm not going mad.

[tomcug]

It's added now. There's just a wrong label for the "part 3" in the lower left, that's actually the start of the race.

[cg7aa]

Originally Posted by tomcug

It's added now. There's just a wrong label for the "part 3" in the lower left, that's actually the start of the race.

Great, thank you!

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by tomcug

It's added now. There's just a wrong label for the "part 3" in the lower left, that's actually the start of the race.

They’d be no fun if they were competent

[skeeskirrt]

I was a little disappointed to see Bamber get a penalty for the crash but I guess those are the rules. He came up so fast and had no where to go! Maybe he could have lifted to avoid contact with the Porsche, but he's a racing driver - they don't lift.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by skeeskirrt

I was a little disappointed to see Bamber get a penalty for the crash but I guess those are the rules. He came up so fast and had no where to go! Maybe he could have lifted to avoid contact with the Porsche, but he's a racing driver - they don't lift.

Given Bamber, by not lifting destroyed two other cars races, not to mention the repair bills, from his 'dont lift' mentality. should the consequences go unpunished? Not to mention the resulting disruption to the meeting and other teams in pitlane.

I like Bamber (location checks out) but in my opinion I think the penalty was warranted.

[Mike E]

I think he got off lightly with a 5 place grid penalty especially considering the next race lasts 24 hours.

[flatlandsman]

He has been pushing the boundaries of what is reasonable for some time at Cadillac, and this time he has thankfully been caught out, sadly taking out another car who did nothing wrong and nearly ending the race for another class car, he has been fairly close to this a few times.

I say thankfully as I like seeing guys on the edge but he has been over it, and hopefully he calms down a bit

It seems he has not managed what Estre has, to calm down the GT driver approach. I think both Vanthoor and Estre have notably stepped back from their uber aggressive approach in GT cars!

Agreed I think his penalty should have been more, but thankfully the organisers made a brilliant decision of an incident that in the past would have totally ruined a race for tv, fans and other teams. I know that is not part of the decision, but at times you wish it was to stop this pathetic driving, particularly from Hypercar drivers at the start of races, you KNOW for instance something idiotic is going to be done at the start of LM. Qatar and Imola were a joke in my view and by rights I would maybe even started the race again after getting all of them on the start line out of their cars and publicly *******ing them!! Lol