Primer - IMSA & Endurance Racing 2019
🕑 Added 2019-04-04 10:01:01 +0000 UTCRob leads this Le Mans class, our first patron-exclusive Primer episode that focuses on perhaps the most complex racing discipline we could have chosen. Thankfully, there's a lot to enjoy when four races are happening on the same track at once.
SHOW NOTES
- IMSA YouTube playlists: Daytona, Sebring
- Where to watch: NBCSN in the US, IMSA.tv elsewhere
- Documentary film: The 24 Hour War
- Documentary series: Le Mans: Racing is Everything
- The FIA Driver Categorisation list (Platinum, Gold, etc.)
- Sim racer Enzo Bonito beats Lucas di Grassi (not SAI)
- How Alex Zanardi's custom wheel lets him drive without legs
Comments
Taylor Anderson
Really dig this dive into endurance racing- cheers fellas
Graydon Gordian
Thanks so much for this. A deep dive on rallycar next would be great. Seems so cool but I know next to nothing. Also maybe a mini pod on just Le Mans? Just tossing out ideas.
GokieKS
Mazda has not been at Le Mans since the early 90s. I think Rob was thinking of Nissan with their campaign in LMP1-H with the weird FWD GT-R LM Nismo that was, if we're being brutally honest, ill-conceived on almost every level (the car, the team, the drivers).
Taylor Hoffman
Thanks! I've always been interested in other motorsports and this was a good listen :)
David Chica
You guys seemed confused about why LMP2 would have BOP changes for Daytona, the reason is that it is not a spec class. All the cars share the same Gibson engine but there are four chassis manufacturers: Dallara, Ligier, Multimatic/Riley and Oreca. On another note the DPi cars are derived from these cars which is one of the reasons that the Mazda that is built on the Riley chassis kind of stinks.
Hassun
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