24 hours du mans 2012 race thread

Sheeps

Audi vs Toyota, the delta wing, Amateur drivers winning drivies from video game competitions and racing each other. The next 24 hours are going to be amazing.

TheChrisD

Green flag! No, wait...

French flag!

Sheeps

Looks like we might have the start of some rain. The warm up this morning was a disaster with the rain. Hopefully it will stay dry.

Grim.

some fantastic battles through the field

GTE as insane as ever

marco2068

mcnish pretty aggressive off the start:)

Grim.

it'll be interesting to see what that #4 Audi is up to it's been running slow all week but doing more laps per stint than the rest

TheChrisD

Uh oh, SeaBass' #17 into the garage

And now the Audi #4 into the garage as well!

Anybody got a link to live timing?

If that Ferrari ran out of fuel they should be black-flagged :pac:

Grim.

http://live.lemans-tv.com/

marco2068

Grim. wrote: »

http://live.lemans-tv.com/

They are having problems with their audio, i'm watching on german eurosport but i still have the volume at normal level even though i don't understand german:pac:

Grim.

great to see the Tricolor lapping le mans on the Murphy and Status cars

Ghost Train

marco2068 wrote: »

They are having problems with their audio, i'm watching on german eurosport but i still have the volume at normal level even though i don't understand german:pac:

watching german eurosport too

english commentary from radio lemans
http://direct.sharp-stream.com/radioshow.mp3
http://radiolemans.0157.org/nplayer.php


with video
http://www.justin.tv/rampageturke2


more links here http://reillybrennan.com/post/24927792528/2012-24-hours-of-le-mans-couch-kit-streams-entry
audi onboards are good

marco2068

murphy 15th @ the mo

is the status car out?

DominoDub

Grim. wrote: »

great to see the Tricolor lapping le mans on the Murphy and Status cars

Grim.

marco2068 wrote: »

murphy 15th @ the mo

is the status car out?

there in 24th atm 14th in p2

Grim.

fantastic GTE PRO race

Bloodwing

Here's a handy spotters guide that some people might find useful.

http://blog.simraceway.com/2012/06/download-your-simraceway-24-hours-of-le-mans-spotter-guide-now/

Grim.

the race in P1 is hotting up nicely now

I'm an Audi fan but..... COME ON TOYOTA!!

Grim.

dangerous wanker strikes again **** you davidson

Inquitus

wow what was the Ferrari driver doing

Judging from Twitter I missed something dramatic :pac:

Ghost Train

Huge impact, hope Davidson not hurt, did look alright when he got out of car

ARGINITE

Toyata number 7 crashed after a Ferrari came together with it.

Grim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzw5i14ewXY

ARGINITE

Ghost Train wrote: »

Huge impact, hope Davidson not hurt, did look alright when he got out of car

Davidson looks grand the car scrubbed a lot of speed of before hitting the barrier.

Any update on the driver of the Toyota?

What a ****ing idiot.

Grim.

ARGINITE wrote: »

Davidson looks grand the car scrubbed a lot of speed of before hitting the barrier.

Any update on the driver of the Toyota?

? Davidson was Driving the Toyota

ARGINITE

Ghost Train wrote: »

hope Davidson not hurt, did look alright when he got out of car

From the above I taught Davidson was in the Ferrari. Oops!

SnowDrifts

Grim. wrote: »

dangerous wanker strikes again **** you davidson

You thought that accident was Davidson's fault?

kierank01

Ferrari drivers intrerview wasn't very convincing

ARGINITE

kierank01 wrote: »

Ferrari drivers intrerview wasn't very convincing

No not really, it's fairly obvious that his inexperience got the better of him.

Grim.

SnowDrifts wrote: »

You thought that accident was Davidson's fault?

in retrospect no it wast just my initial response to a video i didn't watch properly

kierank01

deta wing off :mad:

marco2068

argh so much motorsport to watch, le mans, indy, nationwide nascar:):):):):D:D:D

kierank01

marco2068 wrote: »

argh so much motorsport to watch, le mans, indy, nationwide nascar:):):):):D:D:D

and moto gp tomorrow..

where can you get indy car?

Sheeps

kierank01 wrote: »

and moto gp tomorrow..

where can you get indy car?

Setanta should be showing it I think.

Sheeps

murphy prototype is 3rd

Sheeps

that's in LMP2

The Indycar is on Sky Sports 3.

Infoanon

That Toyota got airborne very easily - its surprising after all these years that this issue still exists -horrible accident - thankfully everyone seems ok (Davidson got out of the car but then taken to medical centre)

kierank01

Sheeps wrote: »

murphy prototype is 3rd

they are leading (for) now

Inquitus

Shame the race has been ruined by Toyota 8 being taken out by the careless Ferrari and the Japanese driver in Toyota 7 doint a similar thing to the Nissan. Still fun to watch but once theres no race for 1st between constructors it loses all its edge.

Sheeps

It's not even half way yet. It can still be pretty close.

Ghost Train

Pity to two toyota hybrids ran into trouble, still along way to go though

marco2068

murphy car up to 7th:)

Inquitus

marco2068 wrote: »

murphy car up to 7th:)

And leading its class

kierank01

murphy car wheeled into the pits

Infoanon

kierank01 wrote: »

murphy car wheeled into the pits

Scheduled brake change - back on circuit now - running 14th now

kierank01

Infoanon wrote: »

Scheduled brake change - back on circuit now - running 14th now

checking twitter it was a puncture...

Grim.

unlucky for Murphy still not really sure wtf happened

re Audi #1 Spin, Fassler proving once again why he shouldn't be in that car

Grim.

Murphy Prototypes out they done themselves proud though yet another excellent showing.


safety car out