Good GT race vid
03-06-2010, 01:30 PM
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Good GT race vid
03-07-2010, 10:56 AM
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Great racing. Thanks for sharing. I miss driving at Laguna. Its a great track, very challenging. The only part I didn't like is that the walls are close all the way around the track, very little run off room.
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03-08-2010, 11:16 AM
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From something I read,
"...IMSA seems to agree with me as both drivers have been give two race probation periods for next year."
Further discussion:
"...A few likes and dislikes before I get started: I don’t like to see wrecked cars. I don’t like blocking beyond holding a wide line. I don’t like pushing cars out of the way when you can’t drive past. I do like aggressive driving within the boundaries of sanity.
The final turn at Laguna was a bit of all of the above. Since I cannot cite from memory any times when Joerg deliberately broadsided another car and have no proof that he has not, it might not be fair to mention that Mags did crash both his car and Max Papis out of a Grand Am race in Daytona a few years back. It happens.
I don’t buy Mag’s comment that Joerg “parked” the car in the last turn and that he couldn’t help running into the back of the Lizard. I don’t have the telemetry, so I can only go on the visuals. From the TV coverage, it seems pretty clear that the ‘vette was trying to spin the Porsche out of the last turn. It also seemed that Joerg forcing the Corvette over to the wall was an attempt to slow Mags down rather than crash him. From the way the Corvette shot across the track, the Porsche probably would have to have hit Mags in the rear corner.
To me, the end result was that both drivers did the same thing to each other, with Magnussen starting the process. I think Magnussen intentionally tried to spin Joerg and that Joerg spinning Mags was a byproduct of the angle towards the island wall. Whether I am right or wrong in those observations doesn’t really matter as both cars were guilty. The corvette guys and fans are mad because the Vette lost; that time...
"...IMSA seems to agree with me as both drivers have been give two race probation periods for next year."
Further discussion:
"...A few likes and dislikes before I get started: I don’t like to see wrecked cars. I don’t like blocking beyond holding a wide line. I don’t like pushing cars out of the way when you can’t drive past. I do like aggressive driving within the boundaries of sanity.
The final turn at Laguna was a bit of all of the above. Since I cannot cite from memory any times when Joerg deliberately broadsided another car and have no proof that he has not, it might not be fair to mention that Mags did crash both his car and Max Papis out of a Grand Am race in Daytona a few years back. It happens.
I don’t buy Mag’s comment that Joerg “parked” the car in the last turn and that he couldn’t help running into the back of the Lizard. I don’t have the telemetry, so I can only go on the visuals. From the TV coverage, it seems pretty clear that the ‘vette was trying to spin the Porsche out of the last turn. It also seemed that Joerg forcing the Corvette over to the wall was an attempt to slow Mags down rather than crash him. From the way the Corvette shot across the track, the Porsche probably would have to have hit Mags in the rear corner.
To me, the end result was that both drivers did the same thing to each other, with Magnussen starting the process. I think Magnussen intentionally tried to spin Joerg and that Joerg spinning Mags was a byproduct of the angle towards the island wall. Whether I am right or wrong in those observations doesn’t really matter as both cars were guilty. The corvette guys and fans are mad because the Vette lost; that time...
