Thrilling IMSA Finishes

[@Trainmaster909]

9:20 Fun fact: they guy in the corvette is Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen’s father, Jan Magnussen

[@Trainmaster909]

Mansoor Kamrani “Most unsporting driver on the grid” -Nico

[@N75911_]

@@overlord64n6 You're a great driver, you really are

[@chinmoyjyotimedhi6544]

He is crazy

[@isylium1110]

corvette got penalty, it for while she got the compuls to let Porsche go for on 10:43

[@gvishal9571]

That Dan Gurney move is pure genius.

[@jetengnexd4348]

Oh you can spin that guy into the wall at over 130 mph just because he lightly touched your car, but if you dare go down the track to pass, your ass is grass!

[@lilicewall4343]

3:10 A HUGE KERFUFFLE AGAIN IN THE FINAL CORNER

[@diethersantos6404]

No Here 3:12 That Is Better Not 3:10

[@whitecunt6903]

Those cars looks like they are worshipping satan lol

[@MotorcrossRacer1]

lmao wtf is a kerfluffle.............that words makes me giggle!

[@Bullshit_Media]

3:44 can feel the frustration of that other corvette

[@dincicalex5082]

NGTL Racing MrSBS well this should be able to pass if it is yellow flag if you pass someone you get penalty

[@JojoTheMongol]

That Dan Gurney move would have gotten him a 5 minute penalty in the next race nowadays.

[@weston9106]

They would throw the caution and remove him from the track. DNF more like it

[@Power5]

I will take that. 5 minute penalty in the next race in exchange for a 24 hour Daytona win. Not like a 5 minute penalty is the end of the race for a 24 hour race anyway.

[@709mash]

It was a brilliant strategy.

[@Billhatestheinternet]

It would be a disqualification. That is essentially what happened to Toyota at LeMans when they stalled on the last lap. They got it restarted, but since they were "too slow" on that lap, it did not count, and hence they "did not finish" the race.

[@philonetic]

9:18 Everyone who has ever played Gran Turismo.

[@Blueflag04]

Trying to block someone in first , i get it

[@flimsy357]

If it’s paved, it’s track

[@thesucker555wt7]

gran turismo is for amateurs,long life for assetto corsa,automobilista,and rfactor 2

[@epaminontas6972]

@@thesucker555wt7 umm, no, gran turismo is one of the best racing simulators ever created,

[@Apollo_s2k]

Nontas Georgoulias It’s a arcade game, as much as I love gran turismo it’s not a simulator the physics are wonky and the force feedback is next to nothing it’s a game that appeals to the masses so it has to be “arcady”

[@x-90]

3:50 I really really really feel bad for the vette

[@soyunbanano166]

yeah was like pure bad luck, the one side he wasn´t got unlocked.

[@berret2589]

What the porsche did to the vette, in that last turn, after he held the break so the vette would rear end him and give him an excuse to spin him...bergmeister's season should have been over and probably his imsa career at that point. There was no excuse for crashing Jan and giving him a proken tail bone, bruised ribs, and a few bruised vertebrae, just my opinion.

[@aj_killjoy]

Well, he also had ptsd from Sebring with the Ferrari which makes this even more of a movie-like moment

[@09TYPER]

12:28 I think you should watch it again..

[@alcides2494]

It was also pitch black during the race, almost impossible to see anything

[@berret2589]

@@alcides2494 I agree, but to the point where bergmiester claimed I could see Jan in a later interview, I'm sitting there thinking: you couldn't the bright ass YELLOW headlights in your mirror. Just my opinion

[@berret2589]

@@09TYPER I did and even a bump like that is no reason to point a guy into the wall at 150, bergmeisrer knew what he was doing

[@ChuckBeefOG]

IMSA is the best series on earth for racing.

[@austingriff5905]

Agreed! I wish I was alive to experience IMSA GTU & GTO as well as GTP. Some of my favorite race cars and race car design philosophies are from that era.

[@1andonlyg4mer13]

V8 Supercars is really good they have really equal cars

[@davidbowman2991]

.....WEC when Porsche and Audi were in Lmp1. But even now, WEC is still awesome, especially in GTE

[@nyx7255]

Best north american motorsport

[@nyx7255]

@@davidbowman2991 omfg true, back when it was Peugeot, Audi, Toyota, and Porsche in the battle, i still remember Audi's solo victory run with 1 car against 3 peugeots

[@Sillybstrd_027]

Watching all of this is my pregame for today’s Rolex 24

[@r0adrunn3r14]

how have I never heard of this.....? This is fking awesome....

[@r0adrunn3r14]

@Lavern Davis jr yo

[@awkwarddoggo05]

I think NASCAR is overrated

[@manueltjuhh3807]

@@awkwarddoggo05 No nascar is underrated

[@PandyTimBR]

@@manueltjuhh3807 overrated as hell

[@PG-20]

Reccomended right after the LMP2 photo finish yesterday. What timing

[@Oat_meal_YT]

The Corvette finish at Daytona was beautiful!!

[@Excludos]

3:11 when vtec kicks in and you go ftl

[@Brukn0ws]

ahahaha I thought this was only happening to me!!

[@709mash]

Lol, V-Tech. "BAAAHHHHHHHH"

[@Mario_RX7]

Gonna start watching IMSA from now on!

[@JReaLBiz86]

Awesome video, but this got the thumbs up from that very first clip. Incredible

[@chipsnever957]

As good as WeatherTech Series has been, having ALMS and Rolex Series running seperately from each other was an era of racing im very glad I lived in Also RIP Speed Channel

[@CJhalfNhalf]

ALMS was legendary

[@kinger41]

I'm so happy tons of ALMS races are archived here, mainly because I didnt grow up with it (same with Grand-Am)

[@killersteph3g772]

That dude in the Porsche pisses me off reminds me of forza 7 12:35

[@da_ch00m65]

Bergmeister for you xD

[@MVSTNGGT]

Victor Andrade wait, he was being “too aggressive” on a track where there are very few passing opportunities against a Porsche on, like you said, very bad tires. Yeah, guess he should have just gave up..... LMAO do you know what “racing” is? It usually involves pushing yourself and the car to the limits.

[@cyrussheets4450]

@@IPL_VIC watch when the Corvette passes him before turn 1. He drives away from him...BAD. The Corvette was obviously faster, and the Porsche driver literally dove off the racing line to wreck the Vette. Bergmeister is a piece of shit...he can drive his ass off..but he's still a piece of shit.

[@maximuscervantes5546]

Victor Andrade I don’t see what’s wrong with a bump n run, if you have the faster car, take advantage of it. The Porsche was in the wrong

[@Viper3048]

@@IPL_VIC He is not a better driver than Antonio Garcia first of all, secondly the Corvette was much faster regardless and the Porsche driver was fighting a losing battle and took the cheap way out to win. The Corvette had every right to be aggressive when he's running much faster.

[@sampizza463]

Great finish at laguna, will always remember

[@tarheelenigma]

Even though the pit-out rule was completely stupid and ill-conceived.

[@macariosolorio9173]

I was there

[@SlackR71]

That first announcer, the Australian one, is the best commentator in all of sports hands down.

[@Trainmaster909]

3:11 & 3:31 let’s be honest everyone who has raced this track (real life or video game) can relate to that.

[@donnycorn3086]

me and the bois vibing on the track and takes away a guy's victory by accident

[@hughesj]

12:27 C O O L V I B R A T I O N S

[@PttyBlue43]

You somehow managed to miss the greatest IMSA finish of all time... Sebring 2007

[@judahsoremy9857]

PttyBlue43 Sebring 2006. That entire race was incredible from start to finish.

[@PttyBlue43]

I said Sebring 2007

[@judahsoremy9857]

PttyBlue43 Oh, did you? For some unknown reason I didn't hear you. Sorry. Anyway I said: "2006, 12 hours at Sebring" because the entire race was intense, especially the GT1 category.

[@PttyBlue43]

I'll go back and watch it

[@VMIFerrari]

I was at Sebring in '07 standing above the Risi Ferrari pits with my father during the final laps of the race. It was a NAIL-BITING finish in GT2!!!

[@automotivehulk5817]

Cole Trickle mode. This was truly spectacular that great recap

[@racemylife1]

In that first clip all I could think when Barbosa spun was "karma"

[@hotmojoe2483]

0:09 it would’ve pained me to try not to say “ricky had a little bobby there”

[@WindchargerPrime]

45 should of been DQd for that. Yeah Jan bumped him but he still had control of his car. Crashing the vette should of landed the 45 in last. But porsche biased stewards didnt see it that way...45 kept the win.

[@12th.jahlil]

The crazy thing about what dan gurney did is the fact that this year the 24hr race winner couldve slowed down and cruised across the line as they had a 15 second lead i think, i wish they did it too as it was a anniversary...idk how many years but it wouldve been beautiful tribute if they did it

[@brandondunn-moodie908]

Damn I'm watching IMSA from now on

[@geraldmoon2382]

Yeah fuck Nascar

[@penskefan2303]

@@geraldmoon2382 did u know imsa owns nascar?

[@chuckl.s121]

You're forgetting one of the best finishes of all time. 2007 12 hours of Sebring

[@Clint_Moto34]

You could include the whole last 30 minutes of the last Bathurst 12 Hour Race 2019 🔥

[@N75911_]

IMSA finishes, bud.

[@sonoafafayon]

That's IGTC

[@aj_killjoy]

All of that and the Corvette still almost won

[@alexcov05]

Amazing video!!!!!! There are a lot of great finishes. I'm sure you can do a second part!

[@KyokoKirigirie]

The first one was karma

[@boyhelios9171]

Mystic シ it was a clean pass. Taylor should have backed off after the pass.

[@izzdin6228]

The first race is literal karma at work lol

[@fastest159]

Exactly ÙwÚ

[@matthewmoore9067]

12:34 This is everyone the first time the ever played a racing game, the competition aren’t people they are obstacles

[@augustortiz]

That lmp2 finish was crazy

[@BlackjackK7X]

I remember watching that Sebring race.. Still hate that 45 for robbing the win.

[@wanted247ha8]

Barbosa deserved that to be honest running someone wide is unsportsmanlike

[@dbe124]

2:00 this is probably where they got the cars 1 scene from

[@Kajichuu]

Dayonta's Let's Go Away [Dinosaur Canyon] goes SEEMLESS with this video for some reason. xD

[@judahsoremy9857]

7:47 I dare you to.

[@Wafflecombo54]

12:29 He let anger get to him

[@coleomo]

im confused what to think of this, the corvette was racing hard and sorta pushing the limits of what id call aggressive, but the porsche driver essentially sent him for a full hit. Almost feels like the porsche driver was just upset this guy can drive so hard.

[@soyunbanano166]

​@@coleomo Aye yo WTF, if that corvette going flat out was agresive for you, How can we call the thing the Porsche driver did..... I mean Lifes are involved, You can´t just push a driver in to the wall and wish him his best to survive an accident that´s just simply not acceptable, even if you are the most pised of person in the planet, he could have killed the Corvette Driver.. And those little touches are pretty common in racing, if your car is fine you just must continue, You won´t let me lie, almost every race in history has had those little touches since they are going flat out.... But what is not common..... are unsporting drivers pushing other drivers in to the wall...

[@thomaswilliamson625]

SOY UN BANANO, Id push you into a ravine if you bumped me for the win.

[@soyunbanano166]

​@@thomaswilliamson625 In that supposed scenario let me tell you what you deserve for the stupid desition you just made! 1-Your team gets instantly disqualified 2-You get 15 years in jail or 25 if The driver dies. (probably get brutally killed or raped in there) 3-You lose your Racing Driver Licence 4-The Vette Team takes the win 5- If you survive the jail you get murder or attempted murder record So yea it looks like a fair move, Deranged weirdo ;)

[@hurontoikiy7036]

😁

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

This first guy sound like he’s from Alabama, Britain, and Australia at the same time, it hurt my ears

[@kyo3329]

First clip is just straight karma

[@ApexPredatorWithSungGlasses]

Something you gotta love about American motorsports: they have radio advises like "Last Lap", or "clear by five", or "traffic ahead".

[@tylermcneil5239]

Dan Gurney is a badass driving a goddamn bomb.

[@otaviofrnazario]

Dan is the most complete driver born in the United States. Ever. It's not even close to debate

[@carsonyoungvlogs7982]

i love how it’s always vetted

[@radicaIized]

Would’ve loved to see the JLP-4 in action

[@talladegajunkie1439]

What about that wild Ricky Taylor vs. Joao Barbosa vs. Richard Westbrook IMSA finish at Detroit several years ago?

[@tonyschmieding6876]

1:18 bob varsha what a final lap

[@billthompson9595]

Awsome Vette finish guys!

[@shahruzkhan1055]

Pause, what kind of racing series is this? Where is it from? Never seen this but it looks sick

[@bigflopparacingteam]

Porsche should’ve been DSQ

[@WeberNiraechtoe]

Themontrealman Sorry but I don't agree with you. Both of them bumped the other car, you cannot dsq one but not the other just because of the results of the bump.

[@kingofrunescapepking]

Nope, the Ferrari over drove the corner

[@kingofrunescapepking]

Oh yeah, that incident, I agree that there should have been some penalty, because he drove him all the way to the wall and then wrecked him, but I don't think a DQ was in order

[@judahsoremy9857]

Ed Kell Maybe not, but certainly a good ass-whooping was in order.

[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

The Vette smashed right into the back of the Porsche on purpose.

[@wanted247ha8]

13:25 the vette pit maneuvers himself by pushing back he didn’t get run into the wall and was in first he cut back for no reason

[@lamaharezka]

Stll binge to watch this now days !

[@mechwarrior13]

"if you ain't first, you are last"

[@Floh2802]

With how that corvette was driving and trying to overtake in those clips I would've been pissed off too. But maybe crashing someone out is a bit much?

[@HexlGaming]

4:51 wait, did he just say Luhr? I think I know that guy.. Lucas Luhr

[@KuyaArbee]

way more exciting THAN F1 and NASCAR! combined!

[@isylium1110]

thanks for that video :) i love

[@maxgui4188]

I am not watching racing before so I don't understand the last clip. Can the slower car pit the car in front? Why don't the Corvette pit #45 earlier? He has so many opportunities to do so.

[@mitcholla]

0:50 - well you need a new commentator. That dude got put on the wall. Thank god Barbosa blew his tire.

[@liamcampbell5083]

Wait, who won the last race? Did the Porsche get a penalty? Was it a racing incident?!?!

[@KillSpawn47]

Liam Campbell guarantee the Porsche didn’t get penalized because it Chevy if it was vice versa it would have been

[@linuxhowto3562]

That vette hit him on purpose, I would say the Corvette got what he deserved for trying to race dirty and loosen him right before the end.

[@vitruviuszhang]

@@linuxhowto3562 the Corvette driver was mad because the Porsche tapped him out of the track @11:25. From my point of view, Porsche driver shouldn't squeezed the Corvette at the end.

[@simonvandenberg4936]

@@SchafdoggGTO I hope the whole corvette Racing Team punches the hell out of the Porsche driver.... it maked me so insanew to see him wrecking the faster corvette driver

[@verdantsands]

Oh man I remember watching that last clip live! What a time to be a Flying Lizard fan!

[@BenKill]

What a smart move by Dan Gurney

[@fullbackdive41]

How can they call it a corner cut on the front straight?

[@IDeltic]

Cos it's... not a straight?

[@MJY5drives]

Hey the first one was at Detroit I live there

[@MotownModels]

MJY5 THE RACING GAMER yes

[@gowen_places_5471]

I was there for the LBGP and it was the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen! It was hilarious!

[@mazda_rt24-p]

dude I was enjoying the first race but I actually got mad when the #5 got a flat, and I am a #10 fan. that blew it for me

[@clov3zz860]

Porsche was in the wrong. The End

[@brendonsarpong4109]

3:11 they were just having a little car meet. Nothing to see here just keep racing lool

[@bobboberson2024]

Great post.

[@miguelbarrios4231]

what about Sebring 2007 with Melo vs Bergmesiter, or VIR 2014 with Fisichella's Ferrari against Henzler's Falken Porsche, or Ferrari vs BMW in Laguna Seca 2017

[@TheS50b30]

Thanks for posting this content! You guys know where I can watch these events LIVE online??

[@tonyschmieding6876]

1:22 dorsey schroeder oh my gosh

[@jicekindle9035]

on that last one the porsche could have killed him that was a hard wreck and the corvette shoud have got that

[@Grass_roots_auto]

Before you even analyze the bump itself, for the reasons stated in the previous paragraphs the Corvette had every right to give a little bump to the GT3 when he knew he wasn't going to get any favorable penalty for the GT3's hi-jinks. After the bump the Corvette gets a run on the GT3 and almost completely gets passed him while the GT3 gives him the big squeeze. If you slow the video down and watch the angle from behind, watch the light shining on the wall on the left. You can see that the GT3 makes contact with the Corvette, and THEN the light against the wall completely disappears, meaning that the Corvette made contact with the wall AFTER the GT3 makes contact. Both cars jolt to the right as they now BOTH make contact with the wall, and the Corvette spins out to the right IN FRONT of the GT3, proving that the Corvette did indeed make it past. This also absolves the Corvette of ANY kind of idea that he should have "eased up" or something to that affect. He was PAST the GT3. He for one would have had no way to know the GT3 was still squeezing farther until he actually made contact and he WAS FUCKING PAST THE GT3. HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO KEEP THE PEDAL DOWN AND KEEP TRUCKING THE FINISH.

[@studio-flash]

Where is the 1st and 2nd place Corvette finish?

[@commonsense7529]

6:59

[@quintenlammers3]

Imsa= i must see again?

[@IIXeloII]

Why did the corvette just, do himself like that

[@Syahmula]

The last corvette said Kachow

[@trashbandit2449]

Why do the cars from the first clip have corvette badges?

[@direravenext3815]

Should’ve been some type of penalty on the end , he drove him all the way into the wall.... didn’t just bump him, he basically pitted him into the wall

[@stefanpetrov8]

Look at the Porsche's front wheels he was on full lock after the hit, and the Vette dove forward when he hit him. I'm sorry but how is that in any way fair? To win after literally forcing your opponent off the track (if he hadn't caught that slide he would have spun). Bergmeister lost a race in the exact same way a year back or so before this so naturally he wasn't going to let it happen (since they wouldn't have penalized the Vette in any way if he would have just let him through let's be honest). I don't blame him, I'd have done the same exact thing.

[@lukas6610]

the vette just had to back of he hit him before the last straight and thats the only reason why he was going to win so he shouldve stayed behind the porsche

[@jrmiledriver88]

gebakken aarshaar yeah the corvette should’ve just braked while the Porsche was literally hooking his right rear quarter panel. Would’ve solved all his problems, surely.

[@Secret72062]

Slimme naam

[@asymsolutions]

@@stefanpetrov8 Magnusen went in deep for an early acceleration exit. Bergmeister broke early to cut in before to defend. Magnusen had nowhere to go. Stop being biased. Bergmeister is a driver for hire within porsche fulltime in GTD for a reason, where as Magnusen is in a fulltime position in a factory team (GTLM) for a reason. Jorg is good, but makes stupid defensive moves too late.

[@MuchycZ]

FIA would give a penalty of lifetime for racing like this in f1 :D

[@0p13l5]

I mean, the cars wouldn't probably survive driving like this so the penalty wouldn't be needed, but I know what you mean

[@spdcrzy]

BoP has been fucking Corvette over for the last 3 years. It's absolutely infuriating to watch Porsche pull dirty trick after dirty trick and get away with making Corvettes heavier and heavier as their fuel management gets ever better. 12:30-12:39 is the reason why Corvette fans hate Porsche lol.

[@Rattdogg4q2]

#45 porsche brake checks #3 vette in corner, they bump, on the straight porsche crosses half the track to take the passing Vette into the wall, causes the vette to have a massive life threatening crash.... Porsche "wins"??? really? I wouldn't pay money to watch crap like this!!! What does it take to get disqualified?

[@TheTAEclub]

fuck that first clilp is heart breaking

[@brandongao3675]

12:19 Those flames though...

[@DavidPatts]

I don't understand. At 3:31 why do they park in the track like that? Anyone with the knowledge, please explain.

[@HS-zm4ow]

There's was a wreck at the exit of that tight double 90 degree corner. The three wrecked cars created a road block, making the already narrow corner exit even narrower. The following prototype car's line was just awkward enough to get stuck, blocking the GT cars that followed. It became a parking lot from there.

[@chiefsosa2120]

tHAT WAS A FUCK3D UP CRASH AT THE END

[@petardjordjevic9925]

Subbed

[@DeEnigeEchte67]

Did the porsche win or not? That last action was just lame!

[@TienTran-kw3il]

It did but that's why it's a huge controversy

[@jackkost967]

Part of it is that the Vette pushed the GT3 coming into the last corner and the Porsche wasn't gonna have it. I mean if you watch close I'm pretty sure that on the final straight the GT3 technically didn't touch the vette, he braked and backed off. The Vette could have slowed and let the GT3 pass, but instead crashed.

[@Domi39]

@@jackkost967 That's not entirely correct, nor the full picture. And The GT3 ABSOLUTELY touched the vette on the final straight. The Corvette made it passed the GT3. That's how the GT3 spun the Corvette. Regardless of what one might think about the pit out penalty, the Corvette was quickly pulling away from the GT3 after passing showing he had the faster car and/or was the better driver, and after the corvette served the penalty, everything was essentially reset to zero. Regardless if you think the Corvette is a cheater cheater pumpkin eater for cutting the corner, he served his penalty and it was for all intents and purposes completely harmless. He deserves no further judgement at that point. However, that doesn't mean the Corvette has the right to the position just because he's faster. He still has to earn that by cleanly passing the GT3, since the GT3 of course also has every right to that position. On the following lap, the Corvette got a run on the outside of the GT3 in turn 1 and gets more than halfway passed him. Right at 11:18 you can see there's no contact yet, but the GT3 loses his rear end and bumps INTO THE CORVETTE. If you pause at 11:20 you can actually see just how much countersteer the GT3 needed to hold on, and it was the contact with the Corvette that actually saved him most likely. The Corvette continues to gain ground around the outside and has more than 3/4th's of his car alongside the GT3, and instead of the GT3 taking the loss for his own mistake, you can see that he starts to quickly straighten and dart for the outside to shut the door. You can see the Corvette and GT3 are already back on the power and the corvette is gaining ground moving along the outside. By 11:21 The GT3 has control of the car again and does not maintain his previous rate of turn to give room to the Corvette and literally runs him off the track. This alone, is bullshit. That should have been a penalty in its own right in my opinion. I could see it being called for if the GT3 was the one who darted down the inside after Corvette DIDN'T get reprimanded for the pit out pass, but he DID. They were on even footing at that point. The GT3 loses control of his car without any help from the Corvette, and the only reason he at worst didn't spin out entirely or at best didn't lose more time is because the Corvette was there to soften the blow. And after fucking himself up, he stubbornly shuts the door on the guy who had more than a right to his position on the track. Had the Corvette not backed off and been side by side with the GT3 at the end of that corner and the GT3 still attempted that maneuver, he would have undoubtedly been penalized. The Corvette most likely was playing it ridiculously safe after the penalty on the previous lap, and didn't want to take any chances. I can't say I blame him either. However, no penalty for that. Race on. Before you even analyze the bump itself, for the reasons stated in the previous paragraphs the Corvette had every right to give a little bump to the GT3 when he knew he wasn't going to get any favorable penalty for the GT3's hi-jinks. After the bump the Corvette gets a run on the GT3 and almost completely gets passed him while the GT3 gives him the big squeeze. If you slow the video down and watch the angle from behind, watch the light shining on the wall on the left. You can see that the GT3 makes contact with the Corvette, and THEN the light against the wall completely disappears, meaning that the Corvette made contact with the wall AFTER the GT3 makes contact. Both cars jolt to the right as they now BOTH make contact with the wall, and the Corvette spins out to the right IN FRONT of the GT3, proving that the Corvette did indeed make it past. This also absolves the Corvette of ANY kind of idea that he should have "eased up" or something to that affect. He was PAST the GT3. He for one would have had no way to know the GT3 was still squeezing farther until he actually made contact and he WAS FUCKING PAST THE GT3. HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO KEEP THE PEDAL DOWN AND KEEP TRUCKING THE FINISH. There are several things wrong with this. Firstly, you can't just hit someone because they made it passed you, ESPECIALLY when you're going to be making contact on one of the back quarter panels (you'll literally PIT maneuver the guy, as we saw). Secondly, you can't literally push someone into a wall. Put the big squeeze on him? Hell yeah drive that fucker to the wall. Actually put him into the wall? Fuck no. And we can clearly see the sideways momentum of the GT3 transfer into the Corvette before making contact with the wall. Thirdly, if he felt so strongly that he had the right to that position, then he could have just let the race finish and then had the stewards make the adjustment. Instead he single handedly destroyed a racecar and put someone's life in danger because he felt he got jipped. This is ALL ignoring the fact the Corvette probably shouldn't have been penalized anyway for the pit out pass, probably should have been allowed past the GT3 on the following lap, and the fact that on the final corner, the GT3 ran wide and left the door open, which is part of the reason why the Corvette stuck his nose in there and bumped him. Once again if you watch the lights, you can see that the lights are entirely illuminating the left side of the GT3, and his right headlight is roughly 1/3rd to the left from the right side of the GT3 before ever making contact. Had the Corvette been directly behind the GT3, his right headlight would have been illuminating parts of the right curved part of the bumper (like it was while they were in the braking zone). It doesn't look like any dirt flies up like the Corvette cut the corner either. The bump was entirely warranted from the events on the previous lap, but if you think it wasn't: it's the final corner of the final lap, and the guy in front of you leaves quarter of a car width open on corner exit. Had the Porsche hit the apex and been directly in front of the Corvette, a bump would have done nothing besides maybe unsettle the car, but the Corvette would have had to refrain from putting the power on to move to the left of the GT3 even had the GT3 gotten unsettled in that scenario. My point is that the Corvette was racing. He had an opening and took it. Even disregarding the previous circumstances. The only reason the ending of this is considered "controversial" is because half of the people formulating an opinion on it are misinformed and/or ignorant to racecraft.

[@SubiefanWRXsti]

Agreed, and that hit was a lot more dangerous than it looked. There's not not much padding on the walls in the straights and Magnussen was really flying when he hit. The fact that he wasn't seriously injured is really a testament to how well the cars are designed.

[@IDeltic]

@@Domi39 The reason why the Corvette's light were illuminating the left of the Porsche's car instead of square on the rear is because the Porsche was turning left for the corner, revealing that side of the car to the 'Vette's headlights. The Corvette did not stick his nose 'in' anywhere as Jan was not alongside the Porsche at any point in that last corner. The contact was front bumper to rear bumper and with the nature of a corner being... well, a corner, the Porsche was never going to be "directly in front of the Corvette", even perfectly on the apex. You are talking as if the contact was on a straight. That bump was definitely naughty on Jan's part, but not illegal. As for the contact which actually caused the spin... Bergmeister moved Magnussen across, but then they had both straightened out and were running side by side for a second before the final contact was made. Thanks to the dust behind them and the headlight glare ahead of them, it is impossible to tell from these TV angles whether that final contact was made by the Porsche turning left, or the Corvette turning right. The Corvette going right across the nose of the Porsche would have the same result as the Porsche tuning into the Corvette's rear quarter. Hell Jan could even have just lost the back end accelerating over the painted white line along the edge of the track which has probably never seen rubber before, you just can't tell without onboard shots and steering angles. And then you go and talk about other people being "misinformed and/or ignorant to racecraft", after you say a driver should not get penalised for literally cutting a corner to overtake someone else? Come on...

[@Excludos]

So what happened in the last clip? Surely the Porsche got a penalty there, right?

[@redcastle3522]

That's what I'm thinking

[@Power5]

3:31 is this some weird IMSA rule? How could the Ford have passed in a yellow zone? In fact, I would have allowed the Ford to try and sneak by if he wanted. Then he would have been black flagged. In fact them trying to block is what kept the front vette from being able to turn sharp enough for that traffic and lost him first place.

[@federigodelazion6738]

captain Barbossa pirated his way over and sure enough got cursed on the port

[@UsurperTCG]

Gran Turismo Sport be like 13:33

[@rifkinsa]

You mean Forza

[@charlesfollette2655]

Definitely forza, that Porsche driver had enough of the corvettes shit

[@jam_plays_games]

2:14 sneak 100

[@gabriellacervantes8985]

I don't know why they removed the PC class it was my favorite.

[@scottm3860]

I liked the retro styling of the Oreca FLM09 and wished more attention had been paid to those teams during broadcasts. I think they will still be eligible to race in Europe, but I never heard anything concrete on that. IMSA simplified the car classes. The PC cars were getting pretty long in the tooth and there were just a few still being raced in North America. Many drivers prefer a closed cockpit as it is safer (and drier on wet days!) than the open one. Also, Oreca actually slowed down the cars a few years ago with an air restrictor on the engine to separate them from the LMP2 class while GT cars (especially GTLM) have gotten faster, so there was no longer any appreciable class separation for running times between PC and GTLM/GTD. LMP3 is now the primary prototype class in IMSA for amateur drivers and drivers who are training for DPi/LMP1 and LMP2. All the Mazda-powered Elan DP02 open cockpit cars (MPC class) from the Prototype Challenge support series have now been retired as well. Indycar (including its support/training series Indy Lights and US F2000) is the primary remaining open-cockpit-styled car series left in North America for racing at this level. They were initially an affordable option but nothing ever stays that way. If you liked the PC cars enough to buy one, a used FLM09 will run you about $250,000 USD, or an Elan DP02 could be had for around $100,000.

[@scottm3755]

@@scottm3860 Update: I have heard the Elan DP09 is now (2019) being raced in North America in the P1 class of the SCCA. I haven't yet checked the SCCA website to see if there are any videos of them racing yet this year (seems a little early). There is surely a place in the world for the owners of the remaining Oreca FLM09 cars to race, even if only in historic races.

[@アイス-d9n]

2:54〜 Wow!!