Sebring Finish Omg!

[my_precious]

Did anyone else see this finish just now besides me???? GT2 class was CRAZY! Bergimeister vs Mello I about just had a heart attack. Best finish of a race I've ever seen. I watched it since 9:30, who else watched the whole thing? *currently waiting for the F1 race to come on*

im about to faint.

 

[DSMunknown]

Saw the last 8 laps of the race. What was the time difference end up being in the GT 2 class Porche and Ferrari?




I stopped watching to come on here.

 

[my_precious]

im not sure. it was close though. i've been watching it since it began at 9:30 am. im such a couch potatoe

 

[onegeenewbie]

If I could have, I would have watched both races ALL the way through. however, I had work/partying from 4-12 :\.

 

[Flash]

I was watching the race. But never got to watch the finish. I was out to dinner and then got sucked into shoe shopping.

 

[prostreetdsmx1]

it was an amazing race the whole way through! I loved it.

 

[Ludachris]

I recorded it and just finished watching it last night. I saw the title of this thread yesterday and didn't want to read the thread until I finished watching.

DAMN!!! That was an awesome finish! I feel pretty bad for Bergmeister. Melo got a little dirty at the end but what else you gonna do when you're about to lose the race in the last turn? It was a 2-tenths of a second difference between the cars at the finish line! Now that was a season-starting race!

 

[DSMunknown]

I wish the race ended with them side-by-side, instead of Mello cutting Bergemeister off like that. If it had finished while they were going neck-n-neck, toe-to-toe, that would have been really spectacular.



If it had happened like that, that would basically solidify the race as being the closest one in GT2 history. Sure, both drivers take that little fact into the history books anyways (as it stands now), but it could have been even closer and even more breathtaking.

 

[prostreetdsmx1]

i recorded it on my DVR and watched the finish over and over again last night. so awesome.

 

[Defiant]

Crap. I had to work. I got the F1 on the computer, but missed the end of Sebring. Crap.

I thought F1 was missing something with Schumacher gone. And Raikkonen.... jeeze, I can feel my personality being leeched away any time he's on the tube.

 

[RusherRacing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL2H...m/2007/03/19/video-the-gt2-finish-at-sebring/

Here is the ending. After 12 hours thats a close finish!!

 

[onegeenewbie]

jeeze, I can feel my personality being leeched away any time he's on the tube.

That's because he's a robot .

For anybody who didn't see the finish, it's up on Autoblog and youtube.

 

[Elvenhome21]

Wow, that was a very good finish. Rubbing is racing, and made for one heck of a finish.

 

[Defiant]

Rubbing is racing, and made for one heck of a finish.

Hm. Shower racing. Well, that's a new name for it.

 

[Elvenhome21]

I am not saying I agree with the blocking but in road racing unless if the guy has a door on you, its your track to race and make a pass.

 

[Ludachris]

I am not saying I agree with the blocking but in road racing unless if the guy has a door on you, its your track to race and make a pass.

What gets me though, is if Melo didn't hit him first to slow him down he wouldn't have been in the position to get up beside him, block him, and squeeze him into the wall. It was pretty dirty. But they officials didn't say anything so it doesn't matter. It was exciting either way.

 

[Blitzeclips]

WoW! I was watching it with my dad and my buddy when it happened. 24 hours came down to the last 3 laps! He was trying to find where he wanted to make the pass in the end, that's why it took a lap or two. The guy leading just kept spinning out enough to lose ground.

That last turn move was dirty, for sure. But it comes with the racing. You do what you gotta do for the team, position, and yourself. He should've been defaulted to 2nd per wrckless driving but I think the way he held him from the pass swayed the judges. It looked natural to some extent, I meen he did follow the apex somewhat, but that wall move wasn't right.

Great racing, though. Awesome to watch.

 

[Phil1320]

What gets me though, is if Melo didn't hit him first to slow him down he wouldn't have been in the position to get up beside him, block him, and squeeze him into the wall. It was pretty dirty. But they officials didn't say anything so it doesn't matter. It was exciting either way.

Exactly. If you saw the interviews after, Salo basically admitted that Melo did hit him to win...


Phil1320

 

[flashburn02]

WoW! I was watching it with my dad and my buddy when it happened. 24 hours came down to the last 3 laps! He was trying to find where he wanted to make the pass in the end, that's why it took a lap or two. The guy leading just kept spinning out enough to lose ground.

That last turn move was dirty, for sure. But it comes with the racing. You do what you gotta do for the team, position, and yourself. He should've been defaulted to 2nd per wrckless driving but I think the way he held him from the pass swayed the judges. It looked natural to some extent, I meen he did follow the apex somewhat, but that wall move wasn't right.

Great racing, though. Awesome to watch.

He didn't hit him into the wall, he hit him to stay in the turn groove. If you watch the replay you can see he doesn't impact on the wall.

Amazing finish, thats what racing is suppose to be like. We weren't watching demo derby. Two professional drivers, both not wanting to leave the line, bump fenders and the faster car wins out of the turn.

 

[jtmcinder]

There are two ways to get the nose of the car to keep turning mid-corner: you can keep weight on the front tires (by staying off the gas) or you can lean the outside front of your car against something (such as the rear half of someone else's car). He flipped a coin; it came up tails; the other car got a little loose while his held and he went on to win.

Assuming no successful protest, he'll probably start carrying a two-tailed coin from now on.

- Jtoby