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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 04-01-2013 00:15
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No idea if this will be popular at all, or if there are many motorsport fans here (apart from Spartacus supporters of course  ) but i am a massive one so i thought why not start a thread.
F1 will probably get its own thread but this can be for all other motorsport 
As the new year starts the first major event is the Dakar Rally!
This years race starts in Lima, Peru. The rest day is in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina. The race ends 15 days and 8000km later in Santiago, Chile.
The Dakar used to be the flagship rally event but has slowly declined since 2000. But still its right up there amongst the top events.
Other major events in January include:
World Rally Championship opening event, the Monte Carlo Rally.
The most prestigious WRC event always attracts thousands of fans and glamor to the south of France. VW appear in their first rally. Ford and Mini stop their factory teams. And finally Loeb wont drive the whole season but is expected at the opening race.
The Rolex Sports Car Series starts in Daytona near the end of the month.
To end the month we have the 48hrs of Sebring, a true endurance test.
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 04-01-2013 00:30
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Count me in 
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 04-01-2013 00:33
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I always thought the Dakar Rally went from Paris to Dakar in Senegal, or am I thinking of something completely different?
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 04-01-2013 00:35
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sammyt93 wrote:
I always thought the Dakar Rally went from Paris to Dakar in Senegal, or am I thinking of something completely different?
iirc, that area is too dangerous nowadays, so they moved to Latin America.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 04-01-2013 00:37
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sammyt93 wrote:
I always thought the Dakar Rally went from Paris to Dakar in Senegal, or am I thinking of something completely different?
Moved over to South America a few years back for a number of reasons key of which as fcanc said was safety
It began as a solely Argentinian event in patagonia but has moved around a bit.
Its still primarily a desert event though
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 04-01-2013 00:51
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about dakar speaking
like always excited on what the dutch people will do, especially the motorbikes and cars.
edit: hope that Loprais and the Kamaz are some challenge to de dutch truckers
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 04-01-2013 00:55
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 06-01-2013 13:33
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well, Robbie Gordon made a fool out of himself, losing 10 minutes and getting stuck on what even shouldn't be considerd a hill
edit: the stage was only 13 km long and time difference's were triple so he lost 30 minutes in the first stage
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 08-01-2013 22:40
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 11-01-2013 21:46
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some sad news from the Dakar really
Thomas Bourgin has had a fatal accident
it was his first Dakar
https://www.dakar....lease.html
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-01-2013 22:18
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One hilarious piece of commentary from the Dakar...
"Stacey flipped over his front end. Spectacular but unwanted."
No shits sherlock
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 11-01-2013 22:20
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TheManxMissile wrote:
One hilarious piece of commentary from the Dakar...
"Stacey flipped over his front end. Spectacular but unwanted."
No shits sherlock
seriously, to bad he's out though  (roll cage was too damaged)
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| issoisso |
Posted on 11-01-2013 22:24
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TheManxMissile wrote:
No idea if this will be popular at all, or if there are many motorsport fans here
Series I never miss a round of:
F1
GP2
FR3.5
Indycar
Indy Lights
FIA GT
GP3
F3 Euroseries
British F3
Italian F3
F3 Special Events
DTM
V8 Supercars
F2 (now dead)
I know I know I'm not right in the head 
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 11-01-2013 22:28
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issoisso wrote:
Series I never miss a round of:
F1
GP2
FR3.5
Indycar
Indy Lights
FIA GT
GP3
F3 Euroseries
British F3
Italian F3
F3 Special Events
DTM
V8 Supercars
F2 (now dead)
I know I know I'm not right in the head
for you sir, I take of my hat, only follow Indycar, F1 and Dakar
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 11-01-2013 22:30
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-01-2013 22:28
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F1 - since 1997 never missed a race 
GP2 - havnt missed a race since 08
IndyCar - didnt miss a race for 3 years until they stopped showing highlights outside the US (i refuse to pay for sky)
FIA GT - always good for some action
DTM - love it, seen it live at the Norisring.
To me your just a normal person with an interest
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 11-01-2013 22:34
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TheManxMissile wrote:
F1 - since 1997 never missed a race
GP2 - havnt missed a race since 08
IndyCar - didnt miss a race for 3 years until they stopped showing highlights outside the US (i refuse to pay for sky)
FIA GT - always good for some action
DTM - love it, seen it live at the Norisring.
To me your just a normal person with an interest
*cough*Online Streaming*cough*...
@isso: You follow the V8 Supercars? schweet! Really love the series, but cant seem to find any only streams for it...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 11-01-2013 22:46
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miggi133 wrote:@isso: You follow the V8 Supercars? schweet! Really love the series, but cant seem to find any only streams for it...
I can't remember the last time I watched a race live of any series
Check your PMs
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 11-01-2013 23:05
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I don't follow that much...
F1 every race, MotoGP every race until they stopped broadcasting it on free Dutch tv, and short events like Dakar a bit...
I'm lucky, the closest International circuit is like 2km away from my house, so I saw most of the worldwide races live, like MotoGP, Superbike, GP2, that football teams F1 cars thing, that countries thing(forgot how they're called)
Just no F1 and DTM, the circuit isn't wide enough I believe...
The circuit is one of the favourites of Valentino Rossi.
Actually, a couple of guys even got to my school(Capirossi for example) and (only) my class was able to interview them, and I got on TV, on a national sports channel(for 3 seconds )
Pretty cool I guess...
Spoiler I'm talking about circuit Assen, if you are good with circuit names. i just remember that the Vuelta 2009 started on the circuit 
Edited by Jesleyh on 11-01-2013 23:06
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 11-01-2013 23:08
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Jesleyh wrote:
I don't follow that much...
F1 every race, MotoGP every race until they stopped broadcasting it on free Dutch tv, and short events like Dakar a bit...
I'm lucky, the closest International circuit is like 2km away from my house, so I saw most of the worldwide races live, like MotoGP, Superbike, GP2, that football teams F1 cars thing, that countries thing(forgot how they're called)
Just no F1 and DTM, the circuit isn't wide enough I believe...
The circuit is one of the favourites of Valentino Rossi.
Actually, a couple of guys even got to my school(Capirossi for example) and (only) my class was able to interview them, and I got on TV, on a national sports channel(for 3 seconds )
Pretty cool I guess...
Spoiler I'm talking about circuit Assen, if you are good with circuit names. i just remember that the Vuelta 2009 started on the circuit
Superleague Formula and A1GP
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 11-01-2013 23:09
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TheManxMissile wrote:
The Rolex Sports Car Series starts in Daytona near the end of the month.
To end the month we have the 48hrs of Sebring, a true endurance test.
Daytona should be better after 2014, with the ALMS and Grand Am merging, although I'm uncertain we'll see LMP2 there for a very long time, as there'll be a BOP to match them with those ugly Daytona Protoypes.
The 48 hours endurance race is at Navarra, btw. Sebring's 12 hours and usually on the 3rd Saturday of March (and it's one of the best races of the year when there's some competition). Won't be part of the WEC this year though. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 11-01-2013 23:13
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Aquarius wrote:
Daytona should be better after 2014, with the ALMS and Grand Am merging, although I'm uncertain we'll see LMP2 there for a very long time, as there'll be a BOP to match them with those ugly Daytona Protoypes.
I had little interest in endurance racing as it was, but with this merger it's just dead in the water. They can't reconcile the DPs that have straightline speed with the LMPs that have all the downfoce. It'll be a guaranteed mess.
Aquarius wrote:
The 48 hours endurance race is at Navarra, btw. Sebring's 12 hours and usually on the 3rd Saturday of March (and it's one of the best races of the year when there's some competition). Won't be part of the WEC this year though.
The 48 hours is a two day series of club races and eventes for enthusiasts. He's not talking about the famous 12 hours of Sebump...bring.
Edited by issoisso on 11-01-2013 23:16
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 11-01-2013 23:17
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I have actually been watching Formula 1 ever since I was born, my father is a fan of it too
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