BIG Racing Weekend

This weekend brings us both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Canadian GP. Here are some videos to get you excited or at least for me to entertain myself.


Some classic onbaord video with one M. Schumacher.

Glad to see the Canadian GP back on the schedule. Will be very interesting to see how the Red Bulls do this weekend given the McLaren's straight line advantage and the long back straight before the "Wall of Champions" (Axis of Oversteer had some great video of this here). Also be nice that the race will be on at a decent time of day in the States.


The main event this weekend has to be the 24 Hours du Le Mans. The first qualifying session is in the books and it looks like rain for today so the grid may be set.
In LMP1, Peugeot looks to repeat on home soil and was extremely fast in the first session of qualifying - swept the top 4 spots. Can Audi rebound after last years disaster?

In LMP2, the Acuras look like the cars to beat and hopefully Brabs and the Patron Highcroft team (ALMS regulars and champs) can give the Euro teams a run for their money.

In GT1, can't say I really care or have any idea. An Aston or a Vette will probably win and an Aston is on pole. Also, Roman Grosjean crashed a Ford GT during practice.

GT2. This is going to be where the real battle is. BMW vs. Porsche vs. Ferrari vs. Corvette vs. Aston vs. Jaguar. Ferrari set the fastest lap on the first qualifying session but were closely followed by two Vettes. The top 9 cars are covered by 4 seconds; not much on a 4 minute lap. I will be rooting for the Hankook Farnbacher Ferrari, which it turns out my friend from high school engineers and is the lead mechanic (finished second at the Nurburgring 24). As always I will be rooting for the M3s too (being run by Schnitzer).

In typically Le Mans fashion, the weather may end up being the big story on race day. Good teams make their own luck though and this one will feature the best endurance racers in the business. Since my next race is a 24 hour race too, I will be even more interested than usual to watch the strategies play out and watch how the teams react to changes and setbacks.

Finally, if you have not seen "Truth in 24", I highly recommend you hop over to iTunes and download it (it was free). Outstanding production revolving around the 2008 race and it's narrated by Jason Statham (which is awesome of course). If you are one of the 7 people that reads this though, you probably have either already seen it or don't care.

BIR "No Brainer" Race Report: June 4-6, 2010

Confirming what we already knew: Most VW drivers are not very good drivers...EC was driving when the driver of the #99 GTI (or Golf) made a very "optomistic" pass going into turn 12..result = big dent in our door and a spin for them. They also had to come in for a stop to check the damage. Our 318i is build like a tank (or at least rides as high as one) and soldiered on.