just watched the melbourne race a few minutes ago from start to finish. it was the second showing though..it was live last night. i guess some of that stuff had to be expected seeing as how it was a new season and there were several changes to the cars. hopefully next race, more cars will finish.
the ALMS race yesterday was pretty fun to watch. wish i could've been there, it's a hell of a lot more exciting to hear those cars in person...which goes for every form or racing i'd say. there were a few new entries out there for their first season, so that was pretty cool. the new peugot prototype was awesome..if only it didn't have the reliability of a french car.
it was extremely fast though! if they can get themselves together, they could prove to be a tough rival for the typical champs..audi.
there was also a ford gt race car out there. at one point, it lost one of the rear tires! fortunately, it was able to drive into the pits and there wasn't any significant damage. however, later one of the drivers lost control and wound up in the wall..they didn't get to finish the race.
porsche came up huge with two cars finishing on the podium. surprising since their cars aren't in the fastest class. acura was in second place with another car in the same class as the porsches.
something else i'm looking forward to is the new bmw m3 gtr making it's way back into le mans series racing.
