Endurance Racing 2015+

_rebelkid wrote: »

Dalla Lana finally caught up with himself. Nearly binned it 3 or 4 times during the night.

Be interested to see it close up though, looks like it wouldn't turn right, maybe something broke.

Looks like it could have something as simple as pressing the wrong peddle

Celebrating watching the entire 24 Hours without a break with the trackside drink of choice

Shane_ef wrote: »

Murphy Prototypes #48 about to get their best finish at Le Mans, I'd say Greg probably thinks he's dreaming alright

Nico once again proves that he deserves a seat at motorsports top table, and at least if no F1 team feels he's worth a punt then he'll have no problem getting a drive in the current real pinnacle of Motorsport.

Porsche won its first Le Mans 24hr on this day in 1970.

Well, it looks like Kolles got his wish of finishing in front of the Nissans.

Grim. wrote: »

think that was the #31 Esm Ligier LMP2

Yep.

The Kolles CLM was excluded from results for having a driver under their declared weight thus meening the car was not carrying the required ballast.

After battling so hard to complete the race and then this comes up, that's a shockingly novice mistake to make.

Shane_ef wrote: »

Such a simple oversight

Quick question for yourself and the brother, how does the coverage you would have had access to last year (trackside) and the coverage you had this year (couchside from RLM and eurosport) compare

I know there is nothing like being there tho

The ONLY plus side of watching it on tv and having live timing available via the Web is that you always know what's going on in the various classes, plus the commentators constantly give a good oversight of what's going on strategy wise.
Knowing a car is 55 seconds ahead but owes a fuel stop which will place it just ahead or behind its rival is great to know.

With that said, for €5 (or maybe it was €10) you can buy a small earpiece radio trackside that plays RLM(still have mine), so you're not missing much or you can check up what's going on all the time.

So ya, sitting at home might be comfier and cheaper but give me standing in the cold by the Porsche curves anytime.

EDIT: one can never compensate for the lack of availability of both churros and crepes at home

Got home last night after the 1250km drive from LM. Great event as usual, getting bigger every year, perfect camping weather apart from the 3 hour long electric storm on Thursday night!

I'll route through the photos and post a few later. Some amazing performances from drivers and teams alike, the dry weather and relatively few incidents meant guys had to push hard all day and night and the distance record was close to being broken. Great jobs from Porsche P1 and their winning novice crew, Corvette, Dempsey Racing, Andre Lotterer, Brendon Hartley, SMP and many more. MurphysMen were unlucky but did great with an old car, cant wait to see them with an Oreca 05!

Grim. wrote: »

Comical levels of grip and acceleration

The cornering ability and breaking stand out. It's almost like a bad driving game the way it just corners at speed.

Grim. wrote: »

Comical levels of grip and acceleration

Is the whinny noise the hybrid system kicking in?

It handles like a go-kart!