Live Now: BMW M8 GTE onboard from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park IMSA race

Jason · 07-08-2018, 02:17 PM

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Live: BMW M8 GTE onboard from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park IMSA race

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The action keeps coming thick and fast: Follow the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park live from the cockpit of BMW Team RLL's #25 BMW M8 GTE.

drjoe66 · 07-08-2018, 06:48 PM

Yeah, last and a dnf. Again. Hard to be a Bmw fan right now.

shatty · 07-08-2018, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by drjoe66

Yeah, last and a dnf. Again. Hard to be a Bmw fan right now.

LOL

ORIGIN M. · 07-08-2018, 08:21 PM

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Yeah, last and a dnf. Again. Hard to be a Bmw fan right now.

I agree, but it takes time to get these new cars dialed-in so the drivers has a winning formula... RIP 6er Coupe !

iwant335i · 07-08-2018, 09:24 PM

They are not agressive enough. Not fighting. Look at Porsche drivers.

2kaccordocoupe · 07-08-2018, 10:36 PM

I was at the race today. Great event despite the poor finish for BMW.

ORIGIN M. · 07-08-2018, 11:37 PM

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They are not agressive enough. Not fighting. Look at Porsche drivers.

No doubt poised to win

Scrippy · 07-08-2018, 11:58 PM

Aw it's not hard to be a fan. The M6 and M8 are fat and new. Once they're dialed in they'll do great. I mean have you seen a Bentley Continental?! Things will come together for BMW shortly I predict.

ORIGIN M. · 07-09-2018, 01:12 AM

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Aw it's not hard to be a fan. The M6 and M8 are fat and new. Once they're dialed in they'll do great. I mean have you seen a Bentley Continental?! Things will come together for BMW shortly I predict.

M6 is out... Enter the M8!

The new M8 was made to dominate.

They clearly haven't got the cars sorted out quite yet.

Scrippy · 07-09-2018, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Scrippy

Aw it's not hard to be a fan. The M6 and M8 are fat and new. Once they're dialed in they'll do great. I mean have you seen a Bentley Continental?! Things will come together for BMW shortly I predict.

M6 is out... Enter the M8!

The new M8 was made to dominate.

They clearly haven't got the cars sorted out quit yet.

100%! I just wish BMW would submit smaller cars into racing like the old days. It would be so dam sweet if the new G series M3 had a twin turbski V8! In a small chassis you could dial it down for reliability and easily compete in class. I mean imagine the S65 retuned with some twins! It's hard for the M8 to compete against Ferrari, Porsche, Austin Martin and some of the others that are more fit in size.

aveillez · 07-09-2018, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ORIGIN M.

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Originally Posted by Scrippy

Aw it's not hard to be a fan. The M6 and M8 are fat and new. Once they're dialed in they'll do great. I mean have you seen a Bentley Continental?! Things will come together for BMW shortly I predict.

M6 is out... Enter the M8!

The new M8 was made to dominate.

They clearly haven't got the cars sorted out quit yet.

100%! I just wish BMW would submit smaller cars into racing like the old days. It would be so dam sweet if the new G series M3 had a twin turbski V8! In a small chassis you could dial it down for reliability and easily compete in class. I mean imagine the S65 retuned with some twins! It's hard for the M8 to compete against Ferrari, Porsche, Austin Martin and some of the others that are more fit in size.

They already have it ... it's the M4... kicking ass in other series.

Eau_Rouge111 · 07-09-2018, 09:14 AM

Was there...at Moss Corner...loved it...go every year BUT that M6 is just a tank racing around that track....looks out of place

adc · 07-09-2018, 10:04 AM

It’s also the BOP folks. A few adjustments here and there, BMW wins. More adjustments, they come in last.

I mean without the BOP you guys realize that Ford, Ferrari or McLaren would walk away with the championship, with perhaps a worthy challenge from Corvette.

Those mid engined turbo racers are low, light, sleek (aero) and very powerful. They’d make mince meat of BMW and Porsche (whose engine is great in a BOP scheme but too puny in a hypothetical derestricted series).

And I’m with you, simply don’t understand why BMW again started with their biggest coupe as the template for a race car. Why work against the simple physics when you could work with it.

marcva · 07-09-2018, 12:28 PM

I wonder if Porsche is considering racing the Panamera.

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adc Major General 2803 Rep 6,793 Posts Drives: 2018 F80 M3 ED Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: MD/DC iTrader: (12)	It’s also the BOP folks. A few adjustments here and there, BMW wins. More adjustments, they come in last. I mean without the BOP you guys realize that Ford, Ferrari or McLaren would walk away with the championship, with perhaps a worthy challenge from Corvette. Those mid engined turbo racers are low, light, sleek (aero) and very powerful. They’d make mince meat of BMW and Porsche (whose engine is great in a BOP scheme but too puny in a hypothetical derestricted series). And I’m with you, simply don’t understand why BMW again started with their biggest coupe as the template for a race car. Why work against the simple physics when you could work with it. __________________ 2018 991.2 Carrera T 2019 Z4 30i 2022 X2 M35i
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