1000 miles de Sebring 2023

Des bons points ça Bertol.

Il a pas été en mesure de faire un seul tour clean.

Il le dit lui-même.

Go demain.

Un peu de stock ici:

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/villeneuve-vanwall-gateway-to-full-time-racing-return/

Jacques Villeneuve said that his FIA World Endurance Championship program with Vanwall has allowed him to make a return to full time racing after years of ‘just doing a race here and there.’

The 1997 Formula 1 world champion is set to make his WEC debut when he contests Friday’s 1000 Miles of Sebring aboard the No. 4 Vanwall Vandervell 680 alongside Tom Dillmann and Esteban Guerrieri.

The Canadian told Sportscar365 that the program with the Austrian-flagged squad has allowed him to fulfill the ambition of returning to full time competition after years of running largely partial season schedules.

In recent years, Villeneuve notably competed in the Daytona 500 while also racing in the likes of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Italian GT Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia.

“For years I’ve just been doing a race here and there,” Villeneuve said.  “Never championships, never working fully with a team. That’s what I’ve been wanting to do, to do it fully.

“When I was trying my hand at NASCAR, it was only a few races here and there and that always makes it a little bit different when you just jump in.

“It either suits you and you’re quick straight away or it’s not the way it should be, you don’t have time to work to get it the way you want. That’s why I was happy to get into a full program.”

Despite his extensive resume both in Formula 1 as well as in U.S. racing, the Indy 500 winner has no racing experience at Sebring International Raceway, admitting he’s jumping in at the deep end.

“I drove Sebring in IndyCar testing, but the older track with the tight hairpin and then there was a proper left-right chicane,” he explained.

“So I know that side of the track, but not the extra three or four corners for the endurance track. I just know it’s bumpy and it’ll be hot.

“You don’t have time to stress when you’re thrown in right away. But it’s okay, Tom and Esteban have driven the car lots so they’ll be able to have a good base.”

Despite Vanwall’s underdog status and cautious start to the season, having completed 147 laps during the Prologue, Villeneuve remains upbeat for his goals for the season ahead.

“I know what I want and what I want [is that] I want to be able to fight at the front,” he said. “The goal is the championship and Le Mans but I have no idea where we stand.

“If there are issues, we are a smaller team so it will be more difficult to react to issues compared to a bigger team.”

Vandervell 680 ‘Harder to Drive’ Than Alpine F1 Car

Villeneuve compared Vanwall’s Gibson V8-powered Hypercar to modern Formula 1 machinery, claiming it is a more challenging car to drive.

He tested the Alpine A521, the French marque’s 2021  Formula 1 car, during a test celebrating the 25th anniversary of his world title win late last year.

“The car is a handful to drive, which was exciting,” Villeneuve said of the Vandervall 680.  “I drove the Alpine F1 car in September and that was an easier car to drive than this. The F1 car was like driving a fast limo.

“It was super stable and when I jumped in the WEC car, that reminded me of the old F1 cars from the 90s.

“You were actually fighting the car the whole time, a little bit unstable, so it made it hard work. It meant it was a lot of work to do on the setup as well, which is fun.”

Villeneuve has been out of prototype racing for more than a decade, with his last outing coming when he secured an overall podium finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008 with Peugeot.

Despite the lengthy hiatus, he expects to get back up to speed relatively quickly in eight-hour season opener.

“It’s still similar races and cars,” noted Villeneuve. “My last big win in endurance was at Spa with Peugeot, the race before Le Mans.

“The memory just comes back, that’s what I noticed when I drove the Alpine.

“I was in an F1 car, get to the first corner and everything comes natural within a few seconds. I’m expecting the same thing.”

My concern is that Jacques' car does not have hybrid motorization like the majority of the teams of the hypercar category. And it shows to be at the bottom of the sheet.

Ça c'est une dure réalité.

Je vois pas comment ils peuvent penser gagner de quoi.

Pour les victoires on savait dès le début que ça serait impossible sauf grosse surprise. Les moyens d'une part, et la technologie d'une autre. Pour moi le but sera pour lui de se montrer sous sa meilleure forme et ça demandera du boulot aussi.

En tout cas j'ai vu passer quelques story sur instagram où on voit Jacques passer la journée avec ses deux coéquipiers à la NASA. Donc l'ambiance a l'air bonne !

Il règne une ambiance bon enfant chez Vanwall Racing !!

Oui bonne ambiance alors.

Les Hypercar Hybrid seront lestées pour que les deux teams essence puissent avoir un peu plus de répondant.

abf1 wrote:Les Hypercar Hybrid seront lestées pour que les deux teams essence puissent avoir un peu plus de répondant.

Salut mon ab,
Combien de kilos le leste ?
Je pense sérieusement à assister à la course au Portugal ça te dit de venir ?

abf1 wrote:Les Hypercar Hybrid seront lestées pour que les deux teams essence puissent avoir un peu plus de répondant.

Je ne sais pas pour le DOB encore.
Portimao ? Tu y vas ?

abf1 wrote:Je ne sais pas pour le DOB encore.
Portimao ? Tu y vas ?

J'ai pas encore acheté les billets, mais j'ai commencé à voir pour les vols. (J'ai un visa UE valide)
C'est peut-être l'une de mes dernière chance de finalement rencontrer JV!

timings for FP1 : http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/

Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve started the session in the car and improved by more than four seconds during his first long run in the Vanwall.

Times getting better, still some work to do on the car

found a link to follow timings live for FP2. JV just stopped his run on lap 7 to go in pit, with about 20 mins to go and his best timing for now is 1:53:601

edit; car is now back out with Dillmann on board, so guess JV runs for today are over.
Dillmann managed a best time of 1:51:524.
session is now over, Toyota faster Hypercar managed to score a 1:46:954!

So Dillman embarque et colle deux secondes à Jivé???? C'est pas sérieux là, ya un truc c'est sur.

J'ai pu noter les trois derniers temps au tour de JV
1.53.9
1.55.3
1.53.6
Puis tout les temps de Dillmann
2.06 / 1.56 /1.55.4 / 1.51.6 / 1.51.5 / 1.52.0 / 1.51.7 / 1.54.8 / 1.51.8.
C'est encore loin du 1.50.038 effectué par Guerrieri lors de la session matinale de la deuxième journée du prologue.

kantaoui wrote:J'ai pu noter les trois derniers temps au tour de JV
1.53.9
1.55.3
1.53.6
Puis tout les temps de Dillmann
2.06 / 1.56 /1.55.4 / 1.51.6 / 1.51.5 / 1.52.0 / 1.51.7 / 1.54.8 / 1.51.8.
C'est encore loin du 1.50.038 effectué par Guerrieri lors de la session matinale de la deuxième journée du prologue.

Yeah, I think at this point we're the last of the Hypercars and about 4.5s from the Toyota at the top. Still a long way to go and work to do...
Edit; seems that everyone got the FP2 session cut shorter because of a red flag caused by the 88 Porsche crashing into the wall at turn 7 after a contact with the #2 Cadillac.

Yeah the session was red flagged for a few minutes!
We should expect a difficult race for Vanwall team.
Even Glickenhaus set a very good time 1.49.7 unlike the previous sessions.

kantaoui wrote:Yeah the session was red flagged for a few minutes!
We should expect a difficult race for Vanwall team.
Even Glickenhaus set a very good time 1.49.7 unlike the previous sessions.

Kantaoui, sorry to correct you, I think the fastest time (1:50:038) was actually set by Dillmann, not Guerrieri . Glickenhaus does seem to have improved, I think the hardest moment for Vanwall will be quali tomorrow (we'll see if FP3 will bring some improvements, though).

For Vanwall the next goal should be to reach 1.49 during FP3.

z'ont pas roulé encore, reste 25 minutes...

tout le monde roule sauf eux...