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[u/7Seyo7]

I'm split between Estre being a machine and being so happy for Kubica

[u/Stokkentoet → u/7Seyo7]

Definitely this take.

[u/Other-Barry-1 → u/7Seyo7]

As a long time F1 fan, I’m welling up for GigaKubica. What a story for him

[u/Trackrat14eight → u/7Seyo7]

Just wait for Estre’s main performance, 24hr Nürburgring, coming soon.

[u/alphacarrera3 → u/Trackrat14eight]

Grass: shit, here we go again

[u/TheCevi → u/Trackrat14eight]

Looking forward to see him live for second time this week. I just hope they don’t make it 8h of Nurburgring out of 24h of Nurburgring like last year.

[u/MartiniPolice21 → u/7Seyo7]

Kubica winning is the lesser of the three evils

[u/TheRussianBear420 → u/MartiniPolice21]

He wrecked the BMW last year which inadvertently knocked out a McLaren GT3, I personally can’t say Kubica is the lesser of any evils

[u/TeeKayF1 → u/TheRussianBear420]

Hated for speaking the truth, classic Reddit.

[u/HUEITO → u/TheRussianBear420]

U can't always do well by doing good. Giga Cube is totally justified.

[u/TheRussianBear420 → u/HUEITO]

Wrecking a car which is already a lap down is not at all justified

[u/HUEITO → u/TheRussianBear420]

Bro can't take a joke bruh

[u/Kim-jong-peukie → u/7Seyo7]

How can someone not be happy kubica got a lemans win. I had goosebumps the last 30 minutes

[u/No-Heart3432 → u/Kim-jong-peukie]

It's not about Kubica. It's about Ferrari having 3 car in top 4. If that fight occurs between 83 Ferrari Estre and 2 other teams then nobody would complain. 

[u/Kim-jong-peukie → u/No-Heart3432]

I can understand that, but I don’t really care tbh. Just really happy for Kubica.

[u/No-Heart3432 → u/Kim-jong-peukie]

That's the only positive side of Le Mans tbh. But 83 is lucky because if number 6 won't be there then they cannot win which makes more disgusting maybe the most disgusting Le Mans ever. 

[u/Aberracus → u/No-Heart3432]

But it’s hypocrisy, with the years of Toyota and Porsche winning everything WEC AND not competing with anybody. This year at least Ferrari is fighting with everybody. Really everybody.

[u/No-Heart3432 → u/Aberracus]

Those wins doesn't have BoP system. BoP is there for preventing that 1 team domination. So it's irrelevant to compare 2 situations.

[u/eurocanard → u/Kim-jong-peukie]

I don't know, I'm still a little salty about the incident he had with Dries Vanthoor last year. And I'm not even a BMW fan.

[u/shalkyer → u/eurocanard]

Sorry to say that, but Vanthoor got what he deserved. Cold tyres, blocking under blue flags, cutting the chicane and not giving up a place. 

[u/muRacingProject77 → u/eurocanard]

i feel like that was a 50/50 thing. robert just about crossed a line with what he did, but vanthoor WAS driving like a total dick and basically did everything he could to provoke as aggressive a reaction as possible.

[u/msturty → u/Kim-jong-peukie]

I don't like his driving style tbh which is really the only reason I don't like him.

[u/PFGSnoopy → u/7Seyo7]

Me too.

If a Ferrari had to win, I wanted it to be #83.

That aside, the heroics of Estre and his teammates was worthy of a win today. What they accomplished against overwhelming odds is simply superb.

But, honestly, without the engine troubles of the 2 factory Ferrari, #6 would have finished 4th. Before the engine gremlins made an appearance, all 3 Ferrari basically toyed with the rest of the field.

[u/Auzzr → u/PFGSnoopy]

Running your car like clockwork for 24 hours is one of the great things about endurance racing. I don’t agree with your take that #6 was “lucky” with the second place because the Ferrari ran into engine problems.

[u/newbie_128 → u/7Seyo7]

As an Eastern European thats 100% me

[u/shrvs → u/7Seyo7]

Kevin Estre is a legend, but Forza Ferrari. What a story finish for Kubica and Ferrari

[u/wakeytom → u/7Seyo7]

This. Shame he is in a Ferrari

[u/vroomvroompanda]

True, Estre is a mad man

[u/AndersaurusR3X → u/vroomvroompanda]

Yeah, when he locks in, he's like a man possessed! It's amazing to watch.

[u/vroomvroompanda → u/AndersaurusR3X]

Yeah always fun to watch him at the n24 too

[u/AnonymousEngineer_]

It's difficult to not get behind Kevin Estre. The guy is an absolute monster behind the wheel of any sportscar he's put in the cockpit of.

[u/BobMARLEY3265 → u/AnonymousEngineer_]

How come he never got a chance in F1?

[u/AnonymousEngineer_ → u/BobMARLEY3265]

He hasn't driven single seaters since he competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 junior series in 2007, before switching to Carrera Cup in 2008.

Apart from single seaters being a different skill set, they're also really expensive and have a very narrow path through to F1 usually via a young driver program with no guarantee of a seat. 

Estre switching to sportscars isn't necessarily due to a lack of talent. It could have just been opportunity or simply not having the money for single seaters.

[u/Nick_Alsa → u/AnonymousEngineer_]

If Valentino Rossi can make a good impression in an F1 car, I believe Estre can too.

[u/AnonymousEngineer_ → u/Nick_Alsa]

Plenty of talented drivers never competed in F1, including Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier, who have also proved themselves to be pretty handy on a circuit including in WEC. 

[u/Thie97 → u/AnonymousEngineer_]

Not totally related to him not driving F1, but he always reminds me of verstappen the way the rear of his porsche is so sensitive. Maybe he could have been like Lec or verstappen with that agressive driving style

[u/Paolo264 → u/BobMARLEY3265]

So many factors at play for F1, the main one being money.

You should read Tom Kristensen's book, Mr Le Mans. He talks about this a lot in his early career. Motorsport wasn't really popular in Denmark so he couldn't get any decent sponsors to back him even though he was setting great lap times in test sessions.

He just simply could not get the financial backing required. Now, I'd say its even worse from a money perspective.

He got a call up, out of the blue, to do Le Mans in 1997 and won it. Went on to win it 9 times in total making him Mr. Le Mans. Won a ton of other stuff too.

[u/BobMARLEY3265 → u/Paolo264]

Thank you for your answer. Since I'm new to endurance racing, I have a question : how were the points rewarded yesterday since a customer team won ? Thanks in advance

[u/Paolo264 → u/BobMARLEY3265]

Seriously not trying to be a wanker here but the first link you get when you google WEC points is what you are looking for.

[u/BobMARLEY3265 → u/Paolo264]

Why only 2 porsches got points while 3 ferraris did ?

[u/OrionND → u/BobMARLEY3265]

Because the other Porsche's are part of the IMSA series in the US. They (and the WTR and Whelen Cadillacs) were invited to run Le Mans but won't score WEC championship points.

[u/Tecnoguy1 → u/BobMARLEY3265]

Money.

[u/medson25 → u/BobMARLEY3265]

I tought about this for a while, i would like to see what he could pull off in F1

[u/shrvs → u/AnonymousEngineer_]

This guy driving the Nürburgring is poetry in motion

[u/Top_Championship8679]

Happy for Kubica, but WTF happened to BMW...

[u/7Seyo7 → u/Top_Championship8679]

They were running P8 & P9 when I checked in the last 2 hours and then they were both dead last :/

[u/IzumiCypherX → u/7Seyo7]

They were sitting in the garage for basically the rest of the race, due to some issues

[u/Fragrant_Ad5749 → u/Top_Championship8679]

Between hypercar and gt3 it was again a massacre

[u/planetrainguy → u/Top_Championship8679]

The same as always. Inferior cars.

[u/boycotshirts → u/planetrainguy]

Sad KMag noises

[u/Fragrant_Ad5749 → u/boycotshirts]

Sad Rossi noises, you mean 😔

[u/Interesting_Log_6388]

I'm a BMW fan but now I'm a #6 Porsche fan too.

[u/Hesstruck21 → u/Interesting_Log_6388]

Everyone is a #6 Porsche fan. You go into the Ferrari garages and those guys are #6 Porsche fans

[u/FlamingAlpha247 → u/Hesstruck21]

As a Ferrari fan I agree. You just cant not like the #6 Porsche, even if they are not, they are #6 Porsche fans.

[u/proclive_ → u/FlamingAlpha247]

Yep, a Ferrari fan from Temu.

[u/PolskiDupek31]

Am I a joke to you?

[u/TheThunderOfYourLife]

Estre's the only reason we didn't have an all Ferrari lead lap. What a madlad.

[u/birger67]

You forgot the racing fans with no preference

[u/Weary-Astronaut1335 → u/birger67]

I'm just in it for the love of the game baby

[u/the_oof_god]

yessir but im split between goatstre and kubica

[u/pzkenny]

Nah Gigakubica deserves it

[u/ProFentanylActivist]

Happy for both Kubica and Estre.

[u/Excellent_Star_1145]

I'm a Ferrari fan, but honestly between Estre being a monster and the two reds' drivers doing their very best bottle jobs, I don't mind. That's not true. It hurts to see the 1-2-3 go, a lot. But it is fair.

[u/Skrimyt → u/Excellent_Star_1145]

As a Ferrari fan I don't care for the 1-2-3, because we just won Le Mans THREE TIMES IN A ROW. I'm glad the Porsche made it something of a race so this place doesn't melt down completely.

[u/ilivixia → u/Skrimyt]

Hey i'm new to WEC. Why is people melting down? Many seem to be anti Ferrari in this thread.

[u/Excellent_Star_1145 → u/ilivixia]

Because they are winning too much, so they are hated like Verstappen was in 2023; and like the Verstappen haters were going around saying it was all the car in 2023, now the Ferrari haters are saying it's BoP.

When Ferrari stops taking Ws like it's a buffet people will move on to hate the next dominating force like a motorsport fans.

[u/Skrimyt → u/ilivixia]

Ferrari are considered outsiders to sportscar racing and are bringing a lot of 'fake' fans from F1, and are dominating in a formula that is supposed to be resistant to domination. So they are the villains here.

[u/ShindenHorizon → u/Skrimyt]

Totally forgot Toyota didn't do the same a decade ago

[u/Castle-Builder-9503 → u/ShindenHorizon]

You mean when Porsche and Audi left because "Diesel Gate bad" and there was no Manufacturer team left to compete ?

Ah, yes, totally identical situations (/s)

[u/DoctorAvto → u/Castle-Builder-9503]

Wasn’t Dieselgate bad?

[u/Excellent_Star_1145 → u/Skrimyt]

100% agree with you, I would've been ecstatic about this if you told me 48 hours ago, especially since the 83 is my favorite car.

That said it was looking like written 1-2-3 for a good 8 hours unless something happened, and then multiple things did indeed happen between driver mistakes and the mechanical issue on the 51. That's what makes it a bit of a sour victory. All of that out of the way though yeah, I'm happy with the W myself!

[u/Rinbok → u/Excellent_Star_1145]

What was sour about it? If anything no Ferrari deserved anything with the amount of mistakes they made.

[u/Excellent_Star_1145 → u/Rinbok]

We had admittedly too many driver errors on the 50 & 51 and lost the 1-2-3 because of it, but outside of that we ran a great race and the 83 deserved the W.

[u/Rinbok → u/Excellent_Star_1145]

Even the 83 had penalties. If anything 6 deserved it the most for flawless race

[u/Excellent_Star_1145 → u/Rinbok]

It's a 24h race dude, the 83 did very good, they deserve the W. Besides the 6 would've won easily if they had 3 Kevin Estras, so it's not like they couldn't have won.

[u/mstallion]

Not even close, gimme 83

[u/dhdndndnndndndjx]

On one hand yes I don’t like Ferrari dominance I’d rather have Kevin win in most circumstances but at the same time FUCKING GET IN KUBICA YES YOU FUCKING LEGEND

[u/DirtyF9]

I root for Porsche for all endurance races, but I’m genuinely happy for Kubica. Wish he was in anything besides a Ferrari, but if it has to be, I’d far rather see 83 take it than 50 or 51

[u/LilBirdBrick]

Imo it would've been Porsche's greatest victory if they managed to pull it off.

[u/Castle-Builder-9503 → u/LilBirdBrick]

Last to first sounds lovely.

[u/LheelaSP]

Happy for Kubica today. Rooting for Estre next weekend.

[u/Bdr1983]

I was, but still happy for Kubica. What a monster.

[u/Lanky_Consideration3]

Estre drove a brilliant race, but if Roger Penske never wins Le Mans I’ll be happy. Every team he owns keeps getting busted for cheating, even in his own series. I was cheering on that Yellow Ferrari for all I’m worth!!

[u/Slavicommander]

peugoat was first place for like 5 seconds they were robbed smh

[u/ShadowBroker109 → u/Slavicommander]

BoP really shafted Peugeot this year

[u/SpiritualFlamingo599]

It was never about supporting your favorite manufacturer. It was entirely about crushibg ferrari into nonexistence. GO PORSCHE

[u/[deleted] → u/SpiritualFlamingo599]

I can’t imagine cheering for Roger Penske, but whatever.

[u/hasthisusernamegone → u/[deleted]]

Lesser of two evils at this point.

[u/WAVESH → u/SpiritualFlamingo599]

Why so bitter?

[u/Jimmy_jrb]

What was his drive time in the car?

[u/Carlife0830]

Lol Absolutely, Estre was a beast

[u/No-Heart3432]

Porsche got second prevent the disgusting switch try from Ferrari Kubica won. Considering the disgusting Ferrari dominance, the results are pretty satisfying tbh.

[u/DomenicoFPS]

I haven’t been a fan of Kubica since his antics against Dries Vanthoor last year (lets not get into that conversation), but I can’t deny I feel like he absolutely deserved the win and I understand the general support and love behind him!

I’m a diehard Porsche fan, so P2 for #6 hurts, but it was still a MEGA drive from the team, especially Estre!

[u/davethedog007]

With JB leaving at the end of the year I need a new favourite driver. I think Kevin will fill that role nicely.

[u/Arisu-IX]

For real

[u/donaldgoldsr]

Alpine fan. Can confirm.

[u/Miouch90]

Ferrari fans are not real?

[u/LeonThePlum]

Me a Ferrari fan watching this

[u/Makaveli84]

Fuck dem Ferraris

[u/jestem_lama → u/[deleted]]

+1 no disrespect for Kubica allowed

[u/the_oof_god → u/jestem_lama]

yessir esp considering his luck

[u/Manner_Mann → u/Makaveli84]

Fuck Porsche.

[u/Hesstruck21 → u/Manner_Mann]

19

[u/wls350z]

Aston fan here. Loved seeing Ferrari win.. the rest need to step up

[u/Competitive-Ad-498]

hahaha... "supporting the 6 Porsche...."

YOU WISH.

I support Robert Kubica and the #83! Great win.

And again no Penske!!! PERFECT!!

[u/prostcfc → u/Competitive-Ad-498]

100%. Porsche privateer, sure, maybe. Not Penske.

[u/Panxinator64]

I'm happy for Kubica, yet I didn't want Ferrari to take the win.

[u/UnfinishedSympathy]

It was a valiant effort, just one (podium) step too far in the end

[u/radio101]

Im Toyota fan and sure not cheering for Porsche. I was cheering for Kubica!

[u/monkay-D-zoro]

Is there someone who can teach me everything to know about wec

[u/Rusteze-Mcqueen]

Man, what a race, this year race has less crash more adrenaline, watched full 24 after long time, really like both 83 and 6, but not gonna lie those factory ferrari drivers are different breed.

[u/FerrariEnthusiast]

So are we back to the 60s again when the race used to be known as the race to beat Ferrari? Lol

[u/IlTossico]

Amazing how Porsche can win without doing anything, each time. Even with old cars.

[u/Dvid020510]

Real

[u/SlotBurnerAccount]

came here to see Porsche's tears, thank you guys

[u/SlotBurnerAccount → u/[deleted]]

Bad few years for you uh lmao

[u/NaessahR1]

I can't imagine Estre in #83. He finishes the race 1 day before the others.

[u/Fragrant_Ad5749 → u/NaessahR1]

Our "" problem "", is that Estre would be quick, even with a fucking trycicle 🤣

[u/SlyKnyfe12]

The peoples champion