Endurance Chat S6E5 - The Le Mans Entry List

Oliver joins Michael to discuss the hot-off-the-press Le Mans entry list for 2021. We detail the WEC full season entries, all of the Automatic Invitations won, and then the invited machines who will hopefully all take part of this year's Le Mans 24 Hours. Join us for technical discussions, arguments over entry structure, lamenting GTE-Pro and weird Ferraris!

Timestamps:

• 0:05 How does the balance feel? 30/31 Proto/GT, 12/48 Pro/Am
• 0:07 LMH - New cars, new regulations, same old story?
• 0:33 LMP2 - The evil empire hands some entries off to the French
• 1:10 GTE-Pro - The smallest GTE-Pro category since it's inception
• 1:16 GTE-Am - Ferraris that should be Porsches, Porsches that should be Ferraris, and a strong AsLMS contingent!
• 1:57 Garage 56 - Frederic Sausset brings along an innovative machine

Thanks always to TheRacingLine.app for supporting Endurance Chat!

Endurance Chat S6E4 - The 2020/21 Asian Le Mans Series Review

In this episode, Michael and Austin get together to chat about the incredible feat that was the Asian Le Mans Series for 2021; A double-double header, cramming 4 four-hour races into 8 days. In a remarkable season, there were stories and discussion points aplenty, including 6 Le Mans invites, a true redemption arc, and a thrilling finale!

Endurance Chat S6E3 - The State of Endurance Racing, March 2021

In this episode, Austin and Ollie catch up to discuss the recent swing of news in the world of sportscars, including the social media outreach of the SCG LMH project, the return of Ferrari to top-class endurance racing after 50 years, the newly announced Le Mans Cup Bronze+ regulations plus a brief chat about the WEC opener coming up at Portimao!

Thanks of course to TheRacingLine.App - the personalised motorsport calendar!

Endurance Chat S6E2 - The 2021 Asian Le Mans Series Preview

On this episode, Michael is joined by Chris to chat everything about the upcoming Asian Le Mans Series, double-double header! We discuss the season format, the entry lists, the strength of the series, and of course, make our picks for the coveted Le Mans Auto Invites!

Timestamps;

• 0:01 The Asian Le Mans Series for 2021
• 0:04 A double-double header: 4 races in 2 weekends
• 0:14 AsLMS response to Covid-19
• 0:18 LMP2 - A development ground for new teams and talent
• 0:37 LMP3 - A few ELMS regulars in a Ligier dominated field
• 0:53 GT3 - 19 cars, variety aplenty!
• 1:32 What does the future hold for the AsLMS?

Endurance Chat S6E1 - The 2021 Daytona 24Preview

We are back for Season 6 of Endurance Chat! Kris and Austin join Michael to chat IMSA and the Daytona 24, talking through the introduction of the LMP3 class, the musical chairs in DPi, and predictions through the entire field! We also discuss the future of GTLM in it's current state, whether or not LMP2 can maintain it's numbers for the season, and how to use RNG to predict winners in GTD.

Timestamps;

• 0:01 SEASON 6 BAYBEE
• 0:06 Rolex 2021!
• 0:11 DPi - Star Power in a reshuffled playing field
• 0:31 GTLM - Undersubscribed, uncertain, but definitely not uninteresting!
• 0:53 LMP2 - 10 Entries across local and international efforts!
• 1:12 LMP3 - The return of PC?
• 1:28 GTD - 20 cars, stacked with quality throughout!
• 2:00 quick Pilot Challenge detour - Kris rattles off some names

Finally, we want to welcome www.TheRacingLine.app - your Motorsport Calendar App as a sponsor to the podcast! 

Endurance Chat S5E24 - The 2020 Wrap Up!

We've made it everyone! Michael and Austin chat Bahrain WEC, IMSA, talk about some disappointments for 2020, before being joined by Lada to look back on some of the highlights of this unprecedented year, and look ahead to exciting times to come!

Timestamps;

• 0:03 WEC Bahrain - Adequately surmised by the 50 minute highlights
• 0:18 FIAWEC Season 8 - "We got through"
• 0:22 IMSA finale - a November 12 Hours of Sebring
• 0:27 Disappointments of 2020
• 0:36 The Ginetta LMP1 Project - a post-mortem
• 1:03 Looking back on the LMP1 era
• 1:14 Highlights of 2020
• 1:29 Lets talk 2021 - LMH and LMDh
• 1:40 Asian Le Mans Series - the most exciting series for 2021?

Endurance Chat S5E23 - A chat with DSC Editor Graham Goodwin

Michael catches up with DSC Editor and voice of FIAWEC and Asian Le Mans Series, Graham Goodwin, to chat everything from Journalism in 2020 to Motorsport in 2020 to Simracing, Le Mans, and some very off topic chats in between!

A huge thanks to GG for giving us some of his time (which turned out to be a lot of his time!) and the awesome community that enables things like this to happen!

Endurance Chat S5E22 - The 2020 Le Mans 24 Hour Wrap!

We're back! It's been a while! And Michael and Austin are talking Le Mans (only 6 weeks behind schedule whoops).

Join us as we comment on Toyota's TS050 Legacy, United Autosports' brutal professionalism, the race in two at the head of GTE-Pro, and the curse of the 98 Aston Martin. Plus Michael gets told off on live TV and Austin feels good about picking all four class winners (we also preview the FIAWEC Bahrain Finale)

It's good to be back

Timestamps:

• 0:01 Le Mans, right?
• 0:05 HYPErpole, or was it?
• 0:08 Porsche and GTE-Pro
• 0:11 What is the TS050's legacy?
• 0:19 LMP1 - Toyota's turbo troubles tarnishes triumph
• 0:32 LMP2 - Recovery drives and flawless performances
• 0:53 GTE-Pro - Astons win the race in two
• 1:01 GTE-Am - Unstoppable performance from TF sport in a complex class
• 1:14 Floody's DSC experience
• 1:22 Surprises and disappointments
• 1:28 WEC Bahrain Finale - 'Well Lean'

Endurance Chat S5E21 - The 2020 Supercars Bathurst 1000

Continuing the tradition, Chris and Michael reprise SupercarsChat to talk this year's Supercars Bathurst 1000. We catch you up on the Australian Supercars season, talk form guides, and analyse every team and driver pairing ahead of Australia's biggest motor race!

Endurance Chat S5E20 - The Nurburgring 24hr Entry List!

Austin and Kris take a look at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring Entry list, taking you through all the cars, picking out interesting drivers and entries in the lower categories, before discussing the SP9 entry to see who might take this endurance classic!

Timestamps;

• 0:01 The reasons for the reduced entry list
• 0:06 Entry list, but in reverse - TCR, AT, V classes
• 0:17 Cup 3 and Klasse 5
• 0:30 Back to TCR, V2T, V4 and V6
• 0:47 SP3, Cup X, the rest of AT and SP4
• 0:53 dip into SP9 - BMW 
• 0:58 SP categories - SP3T, SP4T, SP10, SP8, SP7
• 1:22 Another brief dip into SP9 - Falken and BMW
• 1:27 back to SP others
• 1:33 The big guns - SP9 33-15
• 1:50 SP9 - 11-1
• 2:07 brief qualifying review - the action so far

Thanks to Austin and Kris for putting this together!