Its certainly pretty wet right now for the Porsche race
Poll: Official 2024 Canadian Grand Prix Race Thread - Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve - Race 9/24
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I hope that number is provided by AWS, or there's no way I could trust it.
Edit: Actually quite hyped for this one. It starts at 2am here, but got Monday off for Dragon Boat Festival. Will be the first Canada race I see for a long time.
Edit: Actually quite hyped for this one. It starts at 2am here, but got Monday off for Dragon Boat Festival. Will be the first Canada race I see for a long time.
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Live Porsche race here:
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It's very wet, but amazed that there was no carnage at all in the first few corners.
In this rain, I doubt they'd start an F1 race.
Edit: Well that didn't take long. Safety car.
In this rain, I doubt they'd start an F1 race.
Edit: Well that didn't take long. Safety car.
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The rain doesn't look that bad; the water is just staying on the track.
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4hrs for the standing water to be cleared. More showers predicted for later in the day though.
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Another safety car... Carnage.
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Daaaamn that was a big hit
*Edit* oh **** - I just noticed on the replay the marshall gets completely wiped out by the wall moving backwards when the Porsche hits it - hope he's ok.
*Edit* oh **** - I just noticed on the replay the marshall gets completely wiped out by the wall moving backwards when the Porsche hits it - hope he's ok.
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No ambulances or stuff around the area. And they've cleared all the stuff away quite quickly. Must be ok?
Ending the race because they can't fix it. Fair play.
I can't remember the name of this commentator, but I always think he's good.
Ending the race because they can't fix it. Fair play.
I can't remember the name of this commentator, but I always think he's good.
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I completely missed that - I popped out to make some tea. I too hope he's okay.
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John Hindhaugh. He's a really personable character, but he grates on me sometimes as he gets *a lot* of things wrong - especially in endurance races. Possibly because of lack of sleep
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Yeah, you've got to forgive mistakes when it's the longer races! 
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Sounds like Murray Walker.
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It seems so if that article is correct. It isn't common for brand new PU's to be used in friday practice so I assume the same goes for the MGU systems as well. But failures can happen at anytime, doesn't mean that unit can't be reused once they've discovered what caused the failure.
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Usually if the MGU catches fire, it's toast. I guess they'd replaced it because the last one had failed?
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Just watching the pre race show and couldn't help but laugh at the amount of effort that's gone into the styling and image of Ruth and Laura. Then there's Palmer there in an unironed shirt, yesterdays jeans and an old pair of trainers.
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