Endurance Chat

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! 

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?

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!

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'

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

Michael and Ollie chat all the action from a very welcome return to ELMS action from Le Castellet, before turning our attention to the ELMS and WEC Back-to-Back weekends at Spa Francorchamps. We touch on the new challengers in P2, the debut of the new P3 chassis, and the significant increase in GTE entries across both series! Timestamps; 0:01 ELMS is BACK! 0:04 P2 - United back in a big way 0:21 P3 - New P3's, usual suspects 0:32 GTE - Incidents, confusion, and another Porsche victory 0:46 ELMS Spa Francorchamps preview - big grid with big additions 0:55 WEC returns - Entry list changes aplenty, and the final hit out before the big one!

In this episode, Michael and Austin discuss IMSA's return to racing and preview the commencement of the 2020 ELMS season at Le Castellet! Austin shares his experience attending the Daytona 240, before we give you the low down on who's racing where in the ELMS! Timestamps; 0:01 IMSA's back! 0:08 Weather and Strategy 0:12 GTLM - Vette and Porsche to the wire 0:14 GTD - Double Domination 0:22 DPi - also domination 0:30 Looking back, and looking forward to Sebring 0:38 ELMS back to racing at Le Castellet!  0:41 LMP2 - Changes in last year's protagonists 0:52 LMP3 - New cars, new Challengers 1:00 GTE - Aston returns in a very healthy class 1:05 SRO GT World Challenge Europe - 42 full season cars for next weekend! 1:10 Motorsports big weekend around the world!

In this episode of Endurance Chat, Michael catches up with Oliver to review the the Virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans and look ahead to the return of top-level sportscars in the US!  Timestamps; 0:01 Virtual Le Mans - Porting the WEC to the Virtual World 0:07 The tone and reach of the event 0:18 The problems 0:32 Marketing, outreach, engagement, and accessibility 0:41 Actually talking about the race! 0:48 Will VLM24 become a consistent fixture? 0:56 (also there was a GT class) 0:57 IMSA at Daytona preview 1:03 Lean entries for the return. What do we think? 1:13 General IMSA discussion

In this episode, Michael, Austin and Chris (with the help of Ollie and Lada) talk race tracks. What makes a good circuit? What circuits are overrated? Which are our favourites? Why does Sebring suck? All these questions and more will be debated, discussed and dissected by our panel. Timestamps; 0:01 Lets start at Le Mans, and the classic tracks of the 50's and 60's 0:14 Old airfields, flat service roads, and Sebring... 0:28 Modern circuit design, and the "Tilkedrome" 0:35 Complaining about lesser known tracks 0:42 Spa Francorchamps... Overrated? 0:52 Hidden gems, local racetracks, and Pie Floaters 1:23 Street Circuits - A race track that takes over a city 1:37 The Nordschleife 1:43 Favourite tracks, favourite corners, and final grievances

In another edition of Flood and Cookie's Intimate Hour, Michael and Austin discuss the return to racing, as organising bodies start to release updated calendars to restart series around the world. We chat WEC, Le Mans, ELMS, IMSA and other sportscar racing updates, before rounding off with a 20 minute discussion on whatever we felt like really! Timestamps; 0:03 WEC - Spa, Le Mans and Bahrain to return us to a calendar-year season 0:18 Le Mans - Extra darkness, less GTE-Pros. Where do we stand? 0:39 ELMS Calendar - Silverstone the casualty in a condensed schedule 0:43 IMSA - Tight turnarounds in a 20 week season 0:55 The Bathurst 12 Hour - A potential Supercars double header? 1:08 Flood and Cookie go off the rails

KiwiChris takes the reins in this episode, and subjects us to an Endurance Motorsport themed Games Show! Join team captains Michael and Austin as they make their way through 4 rounds of games to see who comes out on top! Timestamps; 0:02 Let the Games Begin! 0:04 Round 1 - Ta-broom! 0:22 Round 2 - The Price is WHAT? 0:38 Round 3 - What's that commentary? 1:07 Round 4 - Name ALL the things! 1:15 Round 5 - The Final Question

On this week's episode of Endurance Chat, join Michael, Ollie and Lada_Safety_Car for a look back at the last 5-10 years of Le Mans. We talk about our first experiences watching the race, the our favourite editions and moments, and look back at Le Mans history to the events we wish we could have experienced live! Timestamps; 0:02 Which LM24 was your first? 0:16 What is the favourite edition that you witnessed? 0:31 Top 3 races in the last decade? 0:34 Which LM24 event is your favourite? 0:45 What other eras would you have liked to seen? 0:59 Your favourite or most significant LM24 moment?

On a bumper panel of Endurance Chat, Michael catches up with Oliver, Chris, Kris, Buxoq and Andrija to expand on Bonnie_Lass47's question from our Q&A last week; What got you into motorsports? In this episode, we discuss our motorsport introduction, our early favourite drivers and series, how we all transitioned into watching Sportscars, and why we keep watching sportscars today! Timestamps; 0:02 What got you into motorsport? 0:20 What was your first live event? 0:34 Who were your favourite past drivers? 0:47 What started your interest in Sportscars? 1:05 When did you discover /r/WEC?  1:15 What keeps us watching?

To celebrate 100 (and 2) episodes, we gathered as much of the gang together as we could get, and asked you to ask us questions! Join Michael, Austin, Chris and Oliver as we discuss, rant, and banter through the questions that you submitted! Note: Features some foul language, foul jokes, and foul questions (looking at you MWC) Timestamps; 0:02 What got you into Motorsport? 0:10 What do you do in life? 0:16 How would you create chaos with a monster truck? 0:21 What is your least favourite livery? 0:26 What car would you be? 0:31 What will the sportscar world look like after another 100 episodes? 0:41 How do we feel about Convergence? 0:59 Why was Grand-Am good? 1:04 What's your motorsport guilty pleasure? 1:09 If we could relocate tracks, what goes where? 1:18 If you were sentenced to death by over consumption... 1:24 BoP rant 1:37 Snog, Marry, Kill (we're sorry - blame Kiwi) 1:41 Why do we enjoy Endurance Chat?

Catch up on the 2019/2020 Asian Le Mans Series with Michael, Austin and Kris as we summarise the major talking points from each of the four AsLMS races, discuss the position of the AsLMS in the world sportscar scene, and share our surprises, disappointments, and moments of the season! Timestamps; 0:03 The Asian Le Mans Series 0:06 4 Hours of Shanghai - A battle down to the wire decided after the flag 0:17 4 Hours of The Bend - ACO goes down under! 0:42 4 Hours of Sepang - Lightning on track, quite literally 1:02 4 Hours of Buriram - Championships decided at the very end! 1:12 Asian Le Mans Invites. Who's heading to Le Mans? 1:18 Surprises, Impressions, Disappointments 1:30 what's next for the AsLMS? How does it compare?