24 Hours of Le Mans

Grim.

so anyone watching this? quali one on eurosport atm peugeot look worryingly fast Audi off the pace GT2 battle should be awesome come race day

cant wait for Saturday

Ghost Train

must take a look

did somebody just crash

amacachi

Just watched a few minutes, watchin the classic F1 instead.

Love to head to it next year, wouldn't mind heading on my own if I spoke some french. :pac:

frostie500

Ghost Train wrote: »

must take a look

did somebody just crash

yeah fairly big crash it seemed, red flag out.

I was over at this last year and I've got to admit that it was the best motorsport weekend I've ever had. Unbelievible atmosphere over at it

GTE

Loving Eurosports coverage of it as always.

Some LMP2 cars seem to be heading into slower LMP1 territory!

I hope the gap between Peugeot and Audi gets much smaller.

thirtythirty

Grim. wrote: »

so anyone watching this? quali one on eurosport atm peugeot look worryingly fast Audi off the pace GT2 battle should be awesome come race day

cant wait for Saturday

What channel and when??

Housemates can FCK off if they think they're watching the football

Robbo

Hasn't it been the way that the Pugs are quicker over the short runs but Audi should be sound over 24 hours?

I'll be tuning in over the weekend. It's one event I really want to do a proper roadtrip to.

frostie500

Robbo wrote: »

Hasn't it been the way that the Pugs are quicker over the short runs but Audi should be sound over 24 hours?

I'll be tuning in over the weekend. It's one event I really want to do a proper roadtrip to.

The Peugeots are just faster in general now. THey won last year by utterly outclassing Audi and added reliability and decent strategy to their pace. From when they came to Le Mans with the 908 they have been faster than Audi(four poles in a row) but couldnt match the Germans for reliability and teamwork but all the kinks are worked out from the car now whereas Audi are clearly struggling with the R15 Plus and cant match the pace of the Pugs. If/when it rains the Audi's might have half a chance but they are clearly lacking in outright pace. Its quite the turn up for the books, after last year everyone expected Audi to come back and really fight for the win but the team that dominated this race for the last decade are clearly not able to match Peugeot right now

notel70

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notel70

The Audi is brand new this year, cant see them beating the pug with it.


went to this a few years ago, unreal. Atmosphere, weather, noise, smells, car parks..

Glad im not there this year, think the weather would ruin it.

frostie500

notel70 wrote: »

The Audi is brand new this year, cant see them beating the pug with it

It's not a whole new car for this year, the R15 came out last year but has seen a raft of aero updates for this years race. It isnt as fast as the Peugeot and in all liklihood with the Pug having four years of running the Audi wont be as reliable either

InTheTrees

I'll be getting up early (it starts at 6am on US west coast) to see the start.

I want to see the nigel mansell family ginetta. that has to be a first for le mans?

Grim.

race about to get under way lots of punctures in the support races

amacachi

Track looks a bit greasy to me, what's the forecast like?

Grim.

was raining earlier so the track will be fairly greasy but outlook for the race is dry weather trough the night

amacachi

Grim. wrote: »

was raining earlier so the track will be fairly greasy but outlook for the race is dry weather trough the night

Nice, usually make some effort to follow this race but would know **** all, can't imagine driving in the rain at night is much fun in those cars.

amacachi

Fairly exciting first lap so far. :pac: McNish certainly looks to have a fair amount of pace, probably back off a little to mind his tyres now I'd have thought.

Grim.

boo mansell in the barrier safety car out

amacachi

Again I'm not clued in particularly, but do they usually send out all the equipment for no reason? Bit worrying to see all the services arriving.

amacachi

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Tyre failure perhaps?

As usual the Europeans are full of fail with replays. :pac: Seems to have been on both sides of the track.

Grim.

aye looks like it very fast part of the circuit though

edit: just seen him climbing out i think

amacachi

Looks like a leg injury, should be in the clear.

Grim.

http://www.lemans.org/en/courses/24h-chrono-en-direct-2010.html

onboard audi stream
http://tv.audi.com/#/01

amacachi

Would they not release the cars behind the second safety car to catch up the rest of the field by the restart? Seems a very silly rule.

Who's the commentator on Eurosport, Johnny Mowlem? Thought he was racing this weekend.

Grim.

aye its pretty dumb alright

spyker driver to peugeot next year

frostie500

amacachi wrote: »

Would they not release the cars behind the second safety car to catch up the rest of the field by the restart? Seems a very silly rule..

Yeah its fairly crap, last year the then number 3 Pug lost the race because he got caught behind the wrong safety car. Its ridiculous that whatever slim chances Audi had of making a race of it are finished already beacuse of this

amacachi

Green simultaneous? Silliness.

Grim.

frostie500 wrote: »

Yeah its fairly crap, last year the then number 3 Pug lost the race because he got caught behind the wrong safety car. Its ridiculous that whatever slim chances Audi had of making a race of it are finished already beacuse of this

yup only thing that can stop the pugs now is themselves or if the same thing happens to them later in the race

amacachi

Grim. wrote: »

yup only thing that can stop the pugs now is themselves or if the same thing happens to them later in the race

Unless they fall behind somehow they can't really end up behind a Safety Car behind the Audis, so it'll take a fair **** up.

Grim.

watching the audi stream just as they came up to aload of traffic holy crap!!

amacachi

Live timing is crap.

Grim.

peugeot now with smoke screen

Ghost Train

looks like a tyres gone

Grim.

pole car is out WOW!!

amacachi

FFS, had a wee nap and missed it. What happened, tyre down then crash?

Grim.

amacachi wrote: »

FFS, had a wee nap and missed it. What happened, tyre down then crash?

nah suspension failure at the 1st chicane on mulsanne then the driver decided to go full whack for the rest of the lap as to not lose time and ended up damaging the tub

frostie500

FOr anyone looking to keep watching Le Mans when the F1 quali is on heres a pretty good quality stream from speed

http://stream.speedtv.com/24-hours-of-le-mans/

Ghost Train

two cars off under the safety car wtf?

Grim.

Ghost Train wrote: »

two cars off under the safety car wtf?

cold tyres and godly amounts of torque for the audi

cold tyres and an awkward corner for the other guy

Ghost Train

I guess at least behind the safety car they don't loose as much time

Grim.

pug no1 car in the garage now

zeris

frostie500 wrote: »

FOr anyone looking to keep watching Le Mans when the F1 quali is on heres a pretty good quality stream from speed

http://stream.speedtv.com/24-hours-of-le-mans/

And Radio LeMans if the Speed TV commentators are not to your taste.

Ghost Train

Grim. wrote: »

pug no1 car in the garage now

problem with starter did he say?
electrical anyway

good quality eurosport stream here
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/le-mans2010
although did have to change the laptop resolution to get proper aspect

GTE

Eurosport just switched to womens tennis. . . Sharapova is playing . .

TDI/HDI or Tennis . . . . .

EvilMonkey

zeris wrote: »

And Radio LeMans if the Speed TV commentators are not to your taste.

I have been listening to Radio LeMans on and off today. Its a good, loads of information and interviews.

Arthur Daley

The all woman team didn't last too long, after that fire. I'm getting very odd looks from her indoors for slagging them off.

Ghost Train

safety car out

amacachi

Right, who's up for heading over next year?

frostie500

amacachi wrote: »

Right, who's up for heading over next year?

Definitly heading back next year, I was very tempted to head to Silverstone for the 1000km LMS race and this is making it even more appealing!

amacachi

frostie500 wrote: »

Definitly heading back next year, I was very tempted to head to Silverstone for the 1000km LMS race and this is making it even more appealing!

Was looking at the Silverstone race but it looks to be on around some exams for me. Fair chance it'll be after but I can't get a timetable yet and by the time I do the travel will probably be too damn dear.

frostie500

amacachi wrote: »

Was looking at the Silverstone race but it looks to be on around some exams for me. Fair chance it'll be after but I can't get a timetable yet and by the time I do the travel will probably be too damn dear.

There's usually loads of tickets available right up til the race so dont right the trip off!