24h Nürburgring/VLN - Page 11

Dead-Eye · 14 May 2010, 20:38 (Ref:2690569)

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Originally Posted by courageous

Radio Le Mans* commentary will be replaced by pre-recorded interviews & features through the night (0100-0600 for instance).
When they go off air, I will be jumping like a jumpy thing on the oppertunity to practice my commentary skills on www.justin.tv/raceradio (hopefully also streaming various random Nordschlife videos).

The reason RLM* stop is there are no TV pictures during the night - so it's not like they need to sleep (not sure those guys even understand the concept of sleep).
Likewise, I will be commentating without pictures so don't expect anything special (having said that, you can't see anything out of Snetterton's commentary box & I seemed to cope ok there).

*I have no link to Radio Le Mans, other than a mighty respect for their efforts.

I think the latest info from RLM was that they might go through the night...

manthey · 15 May 2010, 06:58 (Ref:2690720)

from porsche press release

Four Porsche qualify in the fastest ten

Stuttgart. In a gripping final qualifying session for the Nürburgring 24 hour race, Porsche pilots secured good starting positions. Fastest with the new 480 hp 911 GT3 R was Lance David Arnold (Germany), who clinched the fifth grid position for Haribo Team Manthey. Chris Mamerow (Germany) turned the sixth quickest lap driving the Mamerow team’s 911 GT3 R. After topping the time sheets for a lengthy period, Porsche works driver and last year’s winner Marc Lieb (Germany) takes up the Eifel marathon tomorrow at 15.00 hours from seventh on the grid.

Twenty-four-year-old Lance David Arnold shares the cockpit of the 911 decked out in the gold bear design with two-time winner of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, Richard Westbrook (Great Britain), former DTM driver Alex Margaritis (Germany) and Christian Menzel (Germany), the reigning champion of the Asian Carrera Cup. The Mamerow squad entrusts the car to a line-up of experienced Nordschleife drivers. Former Porsche junior, Chris Mamerow, shares driving duties with Porsche works driver Wolf Henzler (Germany) and his compatriot Joerg Hardt.

The winning driver quartet from the last three years, who compete in Manthey Racing’s 911 GT3 R sporting the starting number one, did not take part in the final stages of the qualifying. “We would prefer to come first in the last lap of the race than in the first lap,” said Marc Lieb. “We deliberately conserved our material for the race.” Like last year, the 911 of the four-time victorious team under Olaf Manthey has a top-class driver line-up. Lieb, who currently leads the points in the Le Mans Series after two wins as title defender, shares the cockpit with the other factory pilots Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) as well as Marcel Tiemann (Monaco).

The innovative 911 GT3 R Hybrid (Porsche Team Manthey) heads into the 38th edition of the 24 hour race from the ninth spot on the grid. “Our aim was to qualify in the top ten and we did this,” summarised works driver Richard Lietz (Austria). “Under dry conditions we weren’t able to do better due to the weight of our car. In the race we are relying totally on the efficiency of our 911 GT3 R Hybrid.” Sharing driving duties with the Austrian are Porsche junior Marco Holzer (Germany), works driver Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), and the 22-year-old former Porsche junior Martin Ragginger (Austria). The 480 hp six-cylinder engine is supplemented by two 60 kilowatt electric motors and serves as a rolling test lab under the toughest race conditions to provide Porsche with crucial results for the further development of hybrid technology.

The crew at the wheel of the standard 911 GT3 RS were delighted with their 42nd place on the grid after a trouble-free final qualifying. Sharing the cockpit are former DTM pilot Roland Asch (Germany), race pro and TV commentator Patrick Simon (Germany), as well as the two Nürburgring regulars and journalists Horst von Saurma (Germany) and Chris Harris (Great Britain).

Television station Sport1 (formerly DSF) broadcasts over 20 hours of the Nürburgring 24 hour race. For the first time, Porsche offers its German-speaking fans its own internet radio as part of a web special under Official Porsche Website. In a ten-minute radio show held on the hour every hour during the race, commentator Burkhard Bechtel reports on the progress of the Porsche league, and also interviews interesting guests at the track.

Result final qualifying:
1. Ekström/Jarvis/Scheider/Werner (S/GB/D/D), Audi R8 LMS, 8.24.753 minutes
2. Basseng/Rockenfeller/Stippler/Stuck (D/D/D/D), Audi R8 LMS, + 0.815 seconds
3. Abt/Collard/Luhr/Mies (D/F/D/D), Audi R8 LMS, + 3.214
4. Biela/Fässler/Kaffer/Hennerici (D/CH/D/D), Audi R8 LMS, + 4.497
5. Arnold/Menzel/Westbrook/Margaritis (D/D/GB/D), Porsche 911 GT3 R, + 4.768
6. Mamerow/Henzler/Hardt (D/D/D), Porsche 911 GT3 R, + 5.026
7. Bernhard/Lieb/Tiemann/Dumas (D/D/D/F), Porsche 911 GT3 R, + 5.570
8. Müller/Farfus/Alzen/Lamy (D/BR/D/P), BMW M3 GT2, + 8.108
9. Bergmeister/Lietz/Holzer/Ragginger (D/A/D/A), Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, + 9.890
10. Alzen/Schwager/Jäger/Bert (D/D/D/D), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S, + 10.153
11. Werner/Müller/Priaulx/Adorf (D/D/GB/D), BMW M3 GT2, + 12.087
12. Rostek/Ludwig/Bronzel/Winkelhock (D/D/D/D), Audi R8 LMS, + 13.106
13. Weiss/Jacobs/Pietsch/Kainz (D/D/D/D), Porsche 911 GT3 R, + 13.753

Spyderman · 15 May 2010, 07:39 (Ref:2690729)

Hmm.. This quoted on the ADAC site:
Olaf Manthey: “We had just one set of these super-soft tyres that work for just one lap and even started to display a decreasing performance at the end of this lap. Marx cued these tyres to secure the provisional pole on the first timed lap by crossing the line in 8:30.323 minutes. We can’t go any faster and therefore, the qualifying session is over for us, now.”

AndrewF31 · 15 May 2010, 07:39 (Ref:2690730)

The RS driven by Asch and Simon is entered by Porsche AG. So they've got a manufacturer grew then? Or is AG just paying the bills?

Spyderman · 15 May 2010, 08:00 (Ref:2690738)

No - its really more of a PR stunt. It's to prove that a road registered car can be equally effective on track.
It is logistically supported by Manthey (as is the Hybrid)
BTW - This car actually drove from the factory to the Ring.

AndrewF31 · 15 May 2010, 08:13 (Ref:2690744)

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Originally Posted by Spyderman

No - its really more of a PR stunt. It's to prove that a road registered car can be equally effective on track.
It is logistically supported by Manthey (as is the Hybrid)
BTW - This car actually drove from the factory to the Ring.

Ok, thanks for the info! So this is the one Hindy and co. were raving about that drove from Stuttgart here and will drive back afterwards.

They mentioned, funnily, that last year, at their hotel, as they all left, there were a bunch of race cars in the garage. You only get that with the Nurburgring!

Graham Goodwin · 15 May 2010, 08:14 (Ref:2690746)

Hi all - We'll be trying to cover the full 24 Hours on RLM live - We certainly aren't going back to the Hotel so regular updates from timing at least with some comment from the pits throughout.

Foggy here this morning (again) and about to go a wandering in the world's craziest paddock!

911targa · 15 May 2010, 09:13 (Ref:2690765)

Falken supports porsche a lot this time,i couldnt find a GT3 R without falken logo though most of them use michelin,even some CupS have the logo on their both side

Dead-Eye · 15 May 2010, 09:17 (Ref:2690766)

Falken is a sponsor of the race, that's why all cars have Falken logos.

AndrewF31 · 15 May 2010, 10:10 (Ref:2690791)

Good news it seems!

http://www.sportauto-online.de/24h-r...m-1265111.html

Is showing the parade this morning so maybe we'll have live video!!! Woohoo!

Martyn_ · 15 May 2010, 10:12 (Ref:2690793)

Live stream here:

http://www.sportauto-online.de/24h-r...m-1265111.html

Is working for me. Though a bit choppy for images...

Actually, seems to have smoothed itself out a bit.

Martyn_ · 15 May 2010, 10:18 (Ref:2690800)

In fact...

mms://62.27.47.43/wige$livestream1.wmv

Direct link for use in Media Player or VLC or whatever. Saves having it running in the browser, which is always irritating!

Acid09 · 15 May 2010, 10:42 (Ref:2690810)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martyn_

In fact...

mms://62.27.47.43/wige$livestream1.wmv

Direct link for use in Media Player or VLC or whatever. Saves having it running in the browser, which is always irritating!

Works great, thanks!

AndrewF31 · 15 May 2010, 10:53 (Ref:2690816)

very cool. Much better on VLC. Track is full of fans at the moment, Craziness.

Martyn_ · 15 May 2010, 11:04 (Ref:2690819)

Thought I'd immortalise this fella. He was making me laugh:

Dunlop Corner · 15 May 2010, 11:18 (Ref:2690826)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martyn_

In fact...

mms://62.27.47.43/wige$livestream1.wmv

Direct link for use in Media Player or VLC or whatever. Saves having it running in the browser, which is always irritating!

This was working for me, but just stopped. Is it the same for others?

Victor_RO · 15 May 2010, 11:20 (Ref:2690829)

No, it works very well here and it shows the massive amount of people on the grid.

**FIRE** · 15 May 2010, 11:21 (Ref:2690830)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martyn_

In fact...

mms://62.27.47.43/wige$livestream1.wmv

Direct link for use in Media Player or VLC or whatever. Saves having it running in the browser, which is always irritating!

Thanks

Martyn_ · 15 May 2010, 11:27 (Ref:2690833)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunlop Corner

This was working for me, but just stopped. Is it the same for others?

Yeah, died for everyone for a little bit I think.

Back now though.

manthey · 15 May 2010, 11:27 (Ref:2690834)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martyn_

In fact...

mms://62.27.47.43/wige$livestream1.wmv

Direct link for use in Media Player or VLC or whatever. Saves having it running in the browser, which is always irritating!

thanks.5 min ago worked well...now i have no signal on vlc

Acid09 · 15 May 2010, 11:33 (Ref:2690836)

It's back now, not showing anything atm though.

Graham Goodwin · 15 May 2010, 11:50 (Ref:2690843)

10 minutes to live coverage from Radio Le mans - Listen out for a great pre-race interview with Wolfgang Ullrich

Acid09 · 15 May 2010, 11:59 (Ref:2690849)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Goodwin

10 minutes to live coverage from Radio Le mans - Listen out for a great pre-race interview with Wolfgang Ullrich

Audi, Audi über alles...

Nothing against your work lads, top notch job. Listening to RLM during the past few years has made the Nürb 24hrs much more enjoyable...

The amount of coverage Audi gets in the media this weekend is sickening though, they´ve pretty much bought out the Sport1 broadcast in Germany.

Porsche and BMW are racing too..just saying.

manthey · 15 May 2010, 12:09 (Ref:2690851)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acid09

Audi, Audi über alles...

Nothing against your work lads, top notch job. Listening to RLM during the past few years has made the Nürb 24hrs much more enjoyable...

The amount of coverage Audi gets in the media this weekend is sickening though, they´ve pretty much bought out the Sport1 broadcast in Germany.

Porsche and BMW are racing too..just saying.

During the formation lap one of the limited edition of 333 Audi R8 GT will lead the starter field.

a great marketing move also for R8 LMS customer program

Graham Goodwin · 15 May 2010, 12:18 (Ref:2690856)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acid09

Audi, Audi über alles...

Nothing against your work lads, top notch job. Listening to RLM during the past few years has made the Nürb 24hrs much more enjoyable...

The amount of coverage Audi gets in the media this weekend is sickening though, they´ve pretty much bought out the Sport1 broadcast in Germany.

Porsche and BMW are racing too..just saying.

I guarantee we'll have all three covered in depth (plus Aston Martin and all of the rest too)

Can't tell you how much we're looking forward to this one

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