142 replies to this topic

[onewingedangel]

The announcers pronounciation of Peugeot makes me want to stab my eardrums with pencils.

[Yhamm]

Sebastien Loeb 8:13.878
Rhys Millen 9:02.192

[Andrew Hope]

Asphalt
Dirt

[Jambo]

The old record was set on tarmac as well.

[GodHimself]

Asphalt
Dirt

Loeb in a pug with 1:1 power to weight ratio
No pug and no Loeb in it

EDIT:
If there was a prize for the worst sports coverage of the year, they would be winning it, by a mile...

Edited by GodHimself, 30 June 2013 - 18:11.

[EightGear]

FFS! 'Sabastian Loeb'

[Scotracer]

The announcers pronounciation of Peugeot makes me want to stab my eardrums with pencils.

How are they pronouncing it? As annoyingly as the English and their 'Purrjot'?

[Victor_RO]

How are they pronouncing it? As annoyingly as the English and their 'Purrjot'?

Poo-joe. Sort of.

[Scotracer]

Poo-joe. Sort of.

Well it IS 'Poo-Jot' according to every Frenchman I've ever heard say it.

[andrewr]

The announcers pronounciation of Peugeot makes me want to stab my eardrums with pencils.

Same here (although it's proNUNciation ). And whoever is producing this "coverage" should also be repeatedly stabbed with pencils.

[Peter3hg]

Well it IS 'Poo-Jot' according to every Frenchman I've ever heard say it.

Loeb pronounces it "purr" not "poo".

Edited by Peter3hg, 30 June 2013 - 18:53.

[andrewr]

Well it IS 'Poo-Jot' according to every Frenchman I've ever heard say it.

No way. Peu is never pronounced Poo.

[GodHimself]

Same here (although it's proNUNciation ). And whoever is producing this "coverage" should also be repeatedly stabbed with pencils.

I would prefer a shovel to be honest.... oh what a nice bit from the helicopter.

[404KF2]

Well it IS 'Poo-Jot' according to every Frenchman I've ever heard say it.

Nope, Peuh-zhoh c'est comment on prononce ce nom.

It was a great run!

[Yhamm]

final Top 10

P No CLS PIC Name LapTime Speed Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Hometown Chassis
1 208 Unlimited 1 Sebastien Loeb 8:13.878 87.471 1:28.448 1:59.765 2:23.261 2:22.404 Velizy FRA
2 67 Unlimited 2 Rhys Millen 9:02.192 79.677 1:36.636 2:09.864 2:36.763 2:38.929 San Juan Capistrano CA
3 3 Unlimited 3 Jean-Philippe Dayraut 9:42.740 74.133 1:41.050 2:16.171 2:41.579 3:03.940 Montrabe FRA
4 98 Time Attack 1 Paul Dallenbach 9:46.001 73.720 1:44.806 2:22.767 2:47.980 2:50.448 Basalt CO
5 1 Electric 1 Nobuhiro Tajima 9:46.530 73.654 1:46.281 2:20.368 2:48.194 2:51.687 Shibuya-ku JPN
6 200 Unlimited 4 Mark Rennison 9:46.634 73.640 1:46.116 2:21.161 2:49.010 2:50.347 Darlington UK
7 2 Time Attack 2 David Donner 9:53.581 72.779 1:44.871 2:20.927 2:54.694 2:53.089 Colorado Springs CO
8 88 Unlimited 5 Spencer Steele 9:57.513 72.300 1:45.475 2:25.812 2:52.688 2:53.538 Denver CO
9 5m Exhibition Powersports 1 Carlin Dunne 10:00.694 71.917 1:51.696 2:28.016 2:49.488 2:51.494 Santa Barbara CA
10 111 Time Attack 3 Jeff Zwart 10:13.856 70.375 1:49.872 2:24.236 2:53.483 3:06.265 Corona del Mar CA

Edited by Yhamm, 30 June 2013 - 20:06.

[noikeee]

That was fairly fast.

[dexter311]

Loeb is an absolute beast of a driver. Can't wait to see his domination in WTCC! Coming to Pikes Peak for the first time and completely SMASHING his competitors and the outright record shows just how talented he is.

Also, those commentators on the Red Bull feed were the worst motorsport commentators I've ever heard. Absolutely terrible. And the awkwardness at the crowd silence after "Who else is excited here?" was palpable.

[GSiebert]

Nope, Peuh-zhoh c'est comment on prononce ce nom.

Non, ce n'est pas comme ça non plus.

I think what Peugeot did is ridiculous. To come to this almost amateur race with all their $$$ and a superstar driver, of course they were going to win, and smash the record that was set on the rain last year. Cheap cheap marketing.

At least when they went to Le Mans, they had the balls to come and try to beat Audi.

[andrewr]

I think what Peugeot did is ridiculous. To come to this almost amateur race with all their $$$ and a superstar driver, of course they were going to win, and smash the record that was set on the rain last year. Cheap cheap marketing.

A clue for you here

[GSiebert]

Yeah thank you but I am aware of that (being French, it was hard to miss it) and I don't see your point anyway. Peugeot already won here so what ? That doesn't make my above statement wrong.

[chunder27]

Err, the car Seb was in was pretty much a 908 anyway!

All the bits were laying around, the engine was from a PEscarolo sportscar thatw as laying around anyway too

SO really it wasnt that much of an expensive deal! And most of it was probably covered by Red Bull for their marketing arm.

He probably had a bit in reserve too,

Now we want the Germans to come back, cmon Audi get an R8 engine in a TT or an R8 and take it back, y just know that someone somewhere is talking about this in Ingolstadt!!

[andrewr]

Yeah thank you but I am aware of that (being French, it was hard to miss it) and I don't see your point anyway. Peugeot already won here so what ? That doesn't make my above statement wrong.

The point was that they came to set a benchmark (like Audi and Peugeot in the past) rather than smash a few amateurs and get a meaningless win.

[dexter311]

I think what Peugeot did is ridiculous. To come to this almost amateur race with all their $$$ and a superstar driver, of course they were going to win, and smash the record that was set on the rain last year. Cheap cheap marketing.

Pikes Peak has had a long history of factory teams coming to compete - even Peugeot themselves. Both Audi and Peugeot have come to PPIHC in the past with factory efforts, and other companies like Suzuki and Hyundai have sponsored teams quite heavily in recent years. Also, the electric class has several factory teams competing.

Audi and Peugeot have also done their factory entries with relatively little investment too, using hardware from other racing series (Audi's quattro was from Rally, Peugeot's latest uses components from their LMP program, for example).

[MikeV1987]

Amazing time, I consider him the best driver in the world. Can't wait to see what he can do in the WTCC.

[biercemountain]

Stunning time. What an achievement.

[Victor_RO]

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

Some idiots running across the road literally seconds before Loeb came flying past.

[Myrvold]

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

Some idiots running across the road literally seconds before Loeb came flying past.

Not much smarter to stand on the outside ;)

[Yhamm]

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

Some idiots running across the road literally seconds before Loeb came flying past.

wow, so dangerous...

I love the reaction here :
and some preview of the onboard run : http://www.facebook....190670764432058

edit:

the full run onboard : http://link.brightco...d=2520295789001

Edited by Yhamm, 01 July 2013 - 19:05.

[DS27]

How ******** do you have to be by crossing the track like that.

[4MEN]

How ******** do you have to be by crossing the track like that.

I'd like to see them crossing the road before the electric car of Tajima...

[TimRTC]

If Loeb has done Rally Portugal then I'm sure he will be unphased by people on the road

[IMHO]

Thanks Yhamm, excellent!

[chained]

when will official dvd of this event be out ? & where can i get some previous years footage ? thanks

[V3TT3L]

http://www.redbull.c...kes-peak-record

The official RB video is out.
Driver POV.

[OO7]

Does anyone know what the most powerful Pikes Peak car was and how much power it produced?

[krapmeister]

http://www.redbull.c...kes-peak-record

The official RB video is out.
Driver POV.

EPIC!

[Yhamm]

Does anyone know what the most powerful Pikes Peak car was and how much power it produced?

this :

[KinoNoNo]

http://www.redbull.c...kes-peak-record

The official RB video is out.
Driver POV.

Damn, I want this car and track in Gran Turismo (PS4) on the double.

The sense of speed was unreal.

[noikeee]

Great vid, thanks for that. I see spectators in all sorts of dangerous standing positions though, they're a bit lucky nothing serious happened there.

[andrewr]

http://www.redbull.c...kes-peak-record

The official RB video is out.
Driver POV.

Thanks for the link. The acceleration of that "208" is brutal.

[krapmeister]

Thanks for the link. The acceleration of that "208" is brutal.

Certainly impressive isn't it - even at high altitude.

How about where he's doing about 220 odd k's and all you can see is a road disappearing into sky!

[andrewr]

Certainly impressive isn't it - even at high altitude.

How about where he's doing about 220 odd k's and all you can see is a road disappearing into sky!

Yeah, incredible. The commitment is pretty impressive, even if it is all tarmac now.

[superstring]

Amazing time, I consider him the best driver in the world. Can't wait to see what he can do in the WTCC.

Absolutely agree!! The man is in a league of his own!



Here's a pic of my wife and some unknown driver at Pikes Peak