Endurance Racing 2015+

pyramuid man · 10-06-2015 10:21pm

Not a lot of live for the GT Academy driver program from the lads commentating on Eurosport then.

Sterling Archer · 10-06-2015 10:46pm

Murphys are out on track

smellslikeshoes · 11-06-2015 12:01am

Anyone else starting to think the Nissan is going to end up being another AMR-One? They are only as fast as the LMP2s with all the time they have had to prepare, it just seems like they might have bitten off more than they can chew. Pushing its debut back to next year and testing privately till then would have made more sense than racing at Le mans 20+ seconds off the pace in my opinion.

Killinator · 11-06-2015 1:06am

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

Anyone else starting to think the Nissan is going to end up being another AMR-One? They are only as fast as the LMP2s with all the time they have had to prepare, it just seems like they might have bitten off more than they can chew. Pushing its debut back to next year and testing privately till then would have made more sense than racing at Le mans 20+ seconds off the pace in my opinion.

Maybe they reckon that the 24 Hours is the best kind of testing they can do.
With that said, it's very disappointing that they showed up without a working hybrid system knowing how important it is and that it would be dead weight if not functioning.

Larbre34 · 11-06-2015 4:41am

The concensus here at Le Mans is that the Nissan is a bit of a lemon, gettit?! Its impossible to drive long distance smoothly, its inefficient in many aspects and its purple patches are short. Cant see them finishing myself

Porsche on the other hand, barnstorming pace, but i still think Audi will edge it with metronomic efficiency and reliability. However broken weather with dry and thundery spells could mean lots of fun for mixing up the race

Frank Bullitt · 11-06-2015 8:00pm

So Nissan aren't running their hybrid system at all?

smellslikeshoes · 11-06-2015 8:15pm

Gintonious wrote: »

So Nissan aren't running their hybrid system at all?

They still haven't gotten it right so left it out for reliability. Btw If you're watching the coverage they are going to talk about the car in a few minutes.

mickdw · 11-06-2015 9:18pm

I'm watching some of the action from Le Mans. I've never really watched this before but the cornering speeds look fantastic to me.

Drummerboy08 · 11-06-2015 9:24pm

mickdw wrote: »

I'm watching some of the action from Le Mans. I've never really watched this before but the cornering speeds look fantastic to me.

Porsche curves is awesome, especially in person. Spent a few hours sitting there last year watching the LMP1 stuff blowing by the GTE cars thru there, the difference in speed is amazing.

Sterling Archer · 11-06-2015 10:10pm

#63 Porsche on fire on the mulsanne straight

Grim. · 11-06-2015 10:59pm

jesus the Nissan is an embarrassment

Grim. · 11-06-2015 11:05pm

out qualified by the Kolles...

Killinator · 11-06-2015 11:17pm

Decent show by Murphys given their troubles last night, jumped from 10th to 8th in the last 10 minutes.

Also sucks that J-Mag's car has been ruled out for the race.

Can't wait for the race now.

Grim. · 11-06-2015 11:26pm

Killinator wrote: »

Decent show by Murphys given their troubles last night, jumped from 10th to 8th in the last 10 minutes.

Also sucks that J-Mag's car has been ruled out for the race.

Can't wait for the race now.

Great recovery from Murphy's, just hope Paterson doesn't feck the race up for them, needs a run like he had at Imola.

yeah disgusted for corvette and j mag, although i wonder if larbre might have a spare chassis in europe

Killinator · 11-06-2015 11:41pm

Grim. wrote: »

Great recovery from Murphy's, just hope Paterson doesn't feck the race up for them, needs a run like he had at Imola.

yeah disgusted for corvette and j mag, although i wonder if larbre might have a spare chassis in europe

Apparently (according to Murphys twitter) they were on course for P6 but hit yellows and lost the lap, shame, but this race ain't won on a Thursday or Friday.
Hopefully they've gotten the bad luck out of the way and get a clean run and a podium challenge.

Toyota must be kicking themselves that they didn't win last year, they may have missed their best chance. The fact that they were faster in quali last year has to be a worry.

And finally, fair play to Neel Jani, what's likely to be the record lap of La Sarthe, with or without chicane, for quite a while.

Grim. · 12-06-2015 2:09pm

oh my

Lionbacker · 12-06-2015 2:58pm

Grim. wrote: »

oh my

And here is an accompanying video:)

12-06-2015 3:00pm

Damn, a year too late for me. :P

Killinator · 12-06-2015 4:55pm

I...think...I think I need to sit down!

Frank Bullitt · 12-06-2015 5:25pm

What category will it be in?

rolexeagle1 · 12-06-2015 5:34pm

Where can I get coverage on the TV? I only get British Eurosport.....

Never mind!

Jordan 199 · 12-06-2015 5:42pm

Gintonious wrote: »

What category will it be in?

I think it will be in the LM GTE Pro class.

Killinator · 12-06-2015 6:06pm

Jordan 191 wrote: »

I think it will be in the LM GTE Pro class.

Well the number is on a green background so sticking with the LM class colours it is indeed GTE Pro.

Frank Bullitt · 12-06-2015 6:30pm

Its a bloody stunner.

ScumLord · 13-06-2015 12:48pm

Racedepartment are doing a live stream.

http://www.racedepartment.com/live-stream/

Zcott · 13-06-2015 1:08pm

I went a few years in a row back around 2008, and loved every minute of it. Really wish I was there this weekend!

Grim. · 13-06-2015 1:27pm

Corvette on board: http://www.foxsports.com/motor/corvette-live-stream

Porsche on boards:http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/motorsport/worksracing/raceseries/fiawec/livestreaming/#

Nissan on boards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyrcKvv-4pE

Live Timing: http://live.fiawec.com/

Ghost Train · 13-06-2015 1:47pm

Hopefully good race ahead

Weather looks alright

Killinator · 13-06-2015 1:51pm

Hope ya have comfy seats ready folks

Grim. · 13-06-2015 1:54pm

no other motor race in the year gives me the buzz this does

Ghost Train · 13-06-2015 3:06pm

First safety car period
92 car Porsche Team Manthey going out with a some sort of failure and fire, took a while for driver to get out of smoky car

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 3:07pm

92 Porsche blew its engine, threw oil on the ground, and spun the 13 Rebellion.

CHYrOMCUcAAjLFB.jpg:large

afatbollix · 13-06-2015 3:08pm

It shat itself. Oil all over the track. Will take a while to sort out.

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 3:09pm

Live onboards from the Porsche's.

Ghost Train · 13-06-2015 3:11pm

Good that Porsche and Audi were all within a few seconds up front after an hour

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 3:11pm

afatbollix wrote: »

It shat itself. Oil all over the track. Will take a while to sort out.

Grim. · 13-06-2015 4:19pm

Lotterer just done a 3:18

afatbollix · 13-06-2015 4:19pm

Audi #7 into the lead. Lets see how this goes. Only 2 pit stops in 2 hr 20!

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 4:28pm

afatbollix wrote: »

Audi #7 into the lead. Lets see how this goes. Only 2 pit stops in 2 hr 20!

The restriction to 12 sets of tyres really has forced long tyre stints. Still exciting racing though.

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 4:29pm

Murphy Prototypes running P2 in LMP2.

Ghost Train · 13-06-2015 4:37pm

Strange time for a pitstop for no 7 audi, having stopped three laps before

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 4:40pm

Ghost Train wrote: »

Strange time for a pitstop for no 7 audi, having stopped three laps before

Puncture apparently.

Killinator · 13-06-2015 4:48pm

_rebelkid wrote: »

Murphy Prototypes running P2 in LMP2.

Back to 6th now after pit stops, the safety car has really spread out the LMP2 field.

Ghost Train · 13-06-2015 4:52pm

Audi 8 crashed in traffic? big hit of the barrier

Better hitting the barrier than another car I guess, car looks pretty fast considering

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 4:54pm

Ghost Train wrote: »

Audi 8 crashed in traffic? big hit of the barrier

Better hitting the barrier than another car I guess, car looks pretty fast considering

One of the Aston's practically stopped. Duval had no where to go. Looks to be only bodywork damage.

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 4:54pm

Killinator · 13-06-2015 4:55pm

Looks like the Aston cut out and caught everyone by surprise causing a massive traffic jam with nowhere for the Audi to go.

Those Audi mechanics must be magicians

EDIT: were the Aston and Corvette slowing for a slow zone at Indianapolis (the loose spoiler)?

Ghost Train · 13-06-2015 4:57pm

_rebelkid wrote: »

One of the Aston's practically stopped. Duval had no where to go. Looks to be only bodywork damage.

Amazing if they get away with just bodywork, wonder will there be some deeper damage that will appear in the next lap or two, tracking might be off a bit

Grim. · 13-06-2015 4:57pm

and the #8 Audi is already back out

_rebelkid · 13-06-2015 4:58pm

They already have the car back out. Lightning speed from Audi.

Endurance Racing 2015+

Comments