Endurance Chat

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!

Endurance Chat S5E19 - The 2020 LMGTE Class Guide!

Completing our trifecta of Le Mans previews, Michael, Chris and Kris got together to talk GTE at Le Mans. We cover off all the discussion points in GTE-Pro, and provide insight into the 22 strong GTE-Am grid, with poor pronunciation and wild supposition throughout! Enjoy!

 

Timestamps;

• 0:01 GTE-Pro
• 0:23 GTE-Am - What is the class?
• 0:27 Teams and Drivers - AF Corse to Team Project 1
• 0:43 Teams and Drivers - Iron Lynx to Red River Sport
• 0:55 Teams and Drivers - JMW to Dempsey-Proton
• 1:19 Teams and Drivers - Gulf and Aston Martin
• 1:26 Predictions and wrap up!

Endurance Chat S5E18 - The 2020 Le Mans LMP Class Guide

Michael and Oliver walk you through every LMP1 and LMP2 car for this year's Le Mans 24 Hour. We discuss the teams, drivers, and all the additional factors we think matter for each of the 29 LMP cars entered in this years race, and some that aren't!

Timestamps;

• 0:01 Le Mans' Farewell to LMP1
• 0:03 Toyota - The Last Hy Standing
• 0:15 LMP1 Privateers
• 0:23 The LMP2 Class - Prototype Racing on a Budget
• 0:29 Teams and Drivers - Eurointernational to Dragonspeed
• 0:44 Teams and Drivers - United to Duqueine 
• 1:00 Teams and Drivers - Panis to Alpine
• 1:19 Teams and Drivers - JOTA to Richard Mille
• 1:42 Predictions, Tyres, and farewell!

Endurance Chat S5E17 - The 2020 Le Mans Primer Podcast!

New to endurance racing? Trying to figure out what Le Mans is? Confused by a race that lasts 24 Hours? This is the podcast for you! We get together to share everything you need to know for this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans! Follow along and learn the importance of the event, the cars, classes and track, and the format for the Grand Prix of Endurance!

Timestamps:

• 0:01 What is the 24 Hours of Le Mans?
• 0:13 What is the challenge?
• 0:18 The Track - 13.6km through the French countryside
• 0:41 The Classes - Prototype and GT Machinery
• 1:00 Multiclass - 4 Races all at once
• 1:06 This week - Condensed format, new qualifying!
• 1:16 How we watch, and how to get involved!

Endurance Chat S5E16 - WEC Spa review and IMSA Catch Up

In a 2 part episode, Michael, Chris and Ollie dive into the nitty gritty of the WEC 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps while Austin and Kris catch up in person to share their IMSA experiences at Sebring and Road America! Be prepared for data, graphs and malarkey on both sides of the equation!

Timestamps;

• 0:01 WEC is back! 174 days later!
• 0:03 LMP1 - The most balanced EOT we've seen... in the dry
• 0:17 LMP2 - A new empire rising in a ding-dong battle
• 0:37 GTE-Pro - Porsche outlasts the field
• 0:44 GTE-Am - The power of the super silver
• 0:54 ELMS 240 - Quick predictions for the twilight return to Le Castellet
• 0:56 Quick Le Mans chat
• 1:02 IMSA Chat, Live at Road America!
• 1:10 Sebring 2:40 - A unique race that was missing something
• 1:15 Road America - Cookie and Kris's favourite track
• 1:27 The Race - Wild weather changes the course of the race
• 1:41 Calendar changes upcoming for IMSA competition