It's Victory Lane Vibes and we don't want the championship race at tracks with 5 turns! That being said jump in as we have some light hearted fun with Bonte as we discuss Phoenix, Alex Bowman is forgiven for his transgressions and you can probably guess who we chose for Lights Too Bright! Or maybe not. Listen in and enjoy!

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SURPRISE! We get down to business with friend of the show Natalie Decker as she drops by to share her Daytona experience, what she's got cooking up for the rest of the season and Snowmobile racing!

Introduction Qatar Prologue Final race with the wingless wonder → Peugeot debuting the 9X8 with the wing after the season opener BoP changes for Hypercar (SEE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE) → Porsche with a power reduction and weight reduction (515 kW to 505 kW) (weight increase from 1046 kg to 1048 kg) Toyota → weight increase (now 1089 kg) and power reduction (power reduction 514 kW to 510 kW) No changes to Ferrari Cadillac → power reduction (504 kW to 499 kW) and 2kg weight increase Jota Porsche 963 fast, along with the #5 factory Porsche 963 Lexus LMGT3 quick Pipo Derani vs. Isotta Fraschini Twitter feud → Isotta Twitter admin claps back at him Toyota lower on the charts → were they actually slow or just sandbagging Kobayashi and Hartley allude to them actually struggling (spoiler alert, they were actually struggling) Round 1: Qatar 1812 km Qualifying → Is this a good format? (New format for qualifying introduced this year with hyperpole being in all races. It was initially only at LeMans) TF Sport Corvette on pole for LMGT3 Lexus struggling in qualifying Porsche Penske #5 car on pole for Hypercar (Matt Campbell continuing his Toyota #8 car struggling, did not make hyperpole, #7 car did though Good race? Yes or no? Race Start Isotta Fraschini stopped on track before the start during the pace laps (struggled most of the race unfortunately) Peugeot 94 gets spun entering turn 1 499P Ferrari has contact with one of the United Autosport McLaren LMGT3s → rear wing falls off and causes a safety car Middle/ End of Race Lots of cars go off into the gravel, which brings more gravel back onto the circuit (probably should’ve swept the track but oh well) Porsche Penske #6 car collides with one of the Akkodis Lexus LMGT3s → causes body work damage on the 6 (side number panel ends up damaged and rules state that it has to be displayed and fixed within the next pitstop, team pits one last time to slap a sticker on the car that displays the number) Lexus receives penalty for the incident Good battle between #5 Porsche Penske and #12 JOTA 38 JOTA Porsche breaks **93 Peugeot collapses on the LAST LAP of the race (the wingless wonder goes out with a whimper) Winners: Porsche Penske #6 wins overall and in Hypercar class (porsche front row lockout and sweep, also ends Lotterer’s win drought in WEC as his last win was back in 2015 at Spa) Manthey Pure Rxcing Porsche win in LMGT3 Struggle Bus and Lost at sea teams: BMW Hypercar team, Isotta Fraschini, Akkodis ASP Lexus team (78 car DNF), Toyota Hypercar team, Cadillac Hypercar (managed a 4th place finish), United Autosports McLaren LMGT3s, TF Sport Corvette (made it to hyperpole and got pole, then fell off during the race) Surprises: Mick Schumacher/ Alpine Hypercar team (finished best out of all the debuting HC teams) Aston Martin LMGT3s (managed a podium) Peugeot → was doing relatively well throughout the race up until the end *POST_RACE UPDATE*: **93 Peugeot receives disqualification after the race due to breach in BoP** Explanation: Vergne deployed ERS (Energy Recovery System) and the speed was below the set BoP threshold (150 km/h for Peugeot, equivalent to about 93 mph) after running out of fuel Rules require that if you do it, you must pit → pitting however, would result in a DNF, since it was done in an attempt to qualify the car, it resulted in a disqualification Rule’s main purpose is to put LMHs and LMDhs on a level playing field LeMans entry list https://us.motorsport.com/lemans/news/the-2024-le-mans-24-hours-entry-list-in-full/10577368/ Noteworthy: Alex Palou confirmed to be Cadillac’s third driver for the 02 for the race Thomas Preining in one of the factory Porsches for the race (speculated) References: https://mcusercontent.com/58ec14b624aac0d4f32a73311/files/0ebf92a8-39ae-be4b-7607-b8be9b39c3b8/TBP_Report___2024_WEC_R01_Qatar.pdf https://www.fiawec.com/en/season/result

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Come through and catch a vibe! We work this weekend backwards to put some respeck on Raj's name. We start off with Calendar Vibes something Art cooked up for us to start the episode off lightly. Then we move through Cup, Xfinity and TRUCKS! We stop over in 23XI corner to rehash some pit crew things, lights too bright and then we end up on a 30 minute Christopher Bell discourse? Like, Comment, Follow, Subscribe!

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Free Practice The FP sessions were a proper jumble; much like pre-season testing, no real signs of the competitive order. V-CARB and McLaren topped FP1; Mercedes was fastest in FP2, and Ferrari and Red Bull FP3. Now that last FP session, with the benefit of hindsight, would sort of presage the race order, with Mercedes being jumbled up with McLaren. But the one constant, and the one that should’ve sounded alarm bells was the stunning lack of pace of the Alpines. All three sessions saw Ocon and Gasly occupying the bottom four positions on the grid (Gasly P16 in FP2). Qualifying Q1 Alpine dead last Sauber next up the list (Caveat being that race pace seemed significantly better) Sargeant out just ahead of Alpines amid complaints of traffic Q2 Leclerc tops the session Mercedes waited until the end of the session to set PBs Q3 Verstappen pole Leclerc two-tenths behind Russell P3 Both McLarens made Q3 Started 7th and 8th Hulk made Q3! → P10 starting spot Race Red Bull 1-2 (...again) Max wins by 22 seconds over Perez L1 T1 melee Stroll and Hulk got together before both being collected by Bottas Bottas had a 52s stop due to a stuck wheel nut Fireworks between VCARB drivers Team orders with less than 10 laps to go TSU fighting MAG for P12 Guanyu P11 after an alternate tire strategy Car Issues Mercedes with PU issues → Lewis and George with battery issues Williams (who uses Mercedes PUs) having overheating issues Sargeant had a steering wheel issue Lewis’ seat broke Leclerc struggling with braking issues Braking force not being evenly distributed across the front axle causing lockups The Alpine is dogshit slow → more technical departures Technical director Matt Harman and head of aero Dirk de Beer Post Race On the cooldown lap, Yuki divebombed Danny into T8 RIC: “What a fucking helmet” F1 News Cycle Update #2 Red Bull Racing/Christian Horner The Plot Thickens FIA Race Interference The Last Black Eye for F1’s Governing Body

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I made a blunder introducing Mamba to the show but it ended up leading into a great question. We welcome Mamba Smith to the studio to catch the vibes. Enjoy this insightful interview into Mamba's racing background, what he does in his free time, and using his platforms to ensure when you're at the track where he is, you're turned up and having a good time.

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That was a fast turnaround time huh? As you all know, we are on a quest to collect an interview every driver on our intro music like Thanos got those Infinity Stones. We arrive at our next guest Bill Lester! We hope you enjoy this insightful interview as much as we enjoyed recording it for you all.

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No but really if you blinked you missed the finish, of the cup race at least! Welcome back to the Victory Lane Vibes! We invite a NASCAR Twitter favorite @SarahDavisAgain into the studio for some post Atlanta recap! Extreme thanks to the Champagne Family for letting us you your race reaction for the introduction. Thank you to our partner @HomefieldApparl use VLV24 to get 15% off your first order! Speaking of orders the Hendrick Motorsports Collection Pre-Order is live!!

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Introduction Qualifying #32 WRT BMW on pole Good race or bad race? Beginning of the race BMWs get racy Middle of the race Pole sitting #32 WRT BMW crashes out on Mount Panorama → who was at fault? Fan finds the missing wing leftover from the crash, however they didn’t get to keep it More invitational cars wreck (LMP3s of the race, BAN THEM) Rain arrives (on and off throughout the race) End of race Manthey clutches the win (despite penalties) → Matt Campbell is goated Main discourse of race weekend Drivers upset over regulation changes for the race → said that it made the race less strategy based → Our thoughts on this? Are the drivers right or just complaining to complain? Limited stint time for drivers to 33 laps Also changed the pitlane transit time to minimum of 85 seconds when refueling (essentially made it where you couldn’t get the one up on other teams by out saving them on fuel) https://speedcafe.com/drivers-react-to-disappointing-radical-bathurst-12-hour-rules/ Other sports car news/ updates Rolex 24 race results official → Porsche Penske are the overall winners Ferrari and BMW receive $25,000 fine and loss of all manufacturer points in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship and the Michelin Endurance Cup (for GTD Pro and GTD) No penalty to drivers and teams, they keep their positions Shades of Meyer Shank??

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Chicanery is back with some F1 updates since the wheel does not stop spinning!

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