LM24 Race • 24hrs of Le Mans • June, 6th – 13th 2010 - Page 81

fieldodreams79 · 13 Jun 2010, 17:08 (Ref:2711230)

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Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Glad to see there was some instant Karma served up!!!

while instant Karma was good to see, still stings...pretty much in the bag for P&M, even though there was quite some time still left....

sssssssss · 13 Jun 2010, 17:09 (Ref:2711231)

so, this was why the peugeots were so quick afterall... they kind of pushed their luck too much. this is a bit of a sad retirement for the fastest sportscar ever, i feel. they wanted to retire it in total glory and to preserve it's 'fastest car of the field' title, but it was fatal to them. i think after seeing how fast the r15+ was at paul ricard and spa, they felt like the 908 might not be the fastest anymore this year so they went a bit too much in that direction, making everything they could to make it even quicker than ever, while audi, as always, thought about reliability more than anything else. and still, 3:21s in the race, 397 laps, that stuff is huge in terms of performance, ultimately... not mention their already legendary clockwork style of functioning.

Tim the Grey · 13 Jun 2010, 17:12 (Ref:2711233)

Here IS the very original, as posted to RLM's messageboard on Facebook...
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/...5&id=545295264

Tim the Grey · 13 Jun 2010, 17:14 (Ref:2711236)

As said earlier, Tortoise and Hare, only last year one hare kept it all together to win...

I shall, somehow, catch up with the bits I missed.

Damn femily members having Birthdays...
GRRR.

cmk · 13 Jun 2010, 17:24 (Ref:2711245)

In time I'll watch the whole of the bit I lost in bed - the late morning and early afternoon were annoyingly eventful for an eastern North American - but there are already a bunch of highlights on Youtube, particularly if you know a little bit of German!

HORNDAWG · 13 Jun 2010, 17:25 (Ref:2711246)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

while instant Karma was good to see, still stings...pretty much in the bag for P&M, even though there was quite some time still left....

Oh I never said it did not sting! And I do not feel that A.D. has fully gotten what he deserved, but given the situation karma is the only thing we can expect to come of it.

L.P.

MartinSmith · 13 Jun 2010, 17:27 (Ref:2711249)

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Originally Posted by sssssssss

man this is unexpected! i went to bed last night with a peugeot 1-2 and been away from home since i got up. i guess audi are still the most durable cars out there afterall, which totally IS what brings a win at le mans.

EDIT: oh by the way, is this a new record of race laps?

Arrrr the beauty of endurance racing, it aint over til the fat lady sings or in other words never say never, certainly wasn't expected (I predicted pug 1 and 2 with Audi third) and I wonder what odds you would have got on thursday of an Audi sweep.

As was quoted down here by I forget who but Hindhaugh quoted it again at the end of the race "thursdays headlines last until sunday, sundays headlines last for a lifetime" love that!

Great race and great coverage yet again by RLM, well done to them all.

Beautiful evening here gonna soak it up for the last time even though the party is over will head home tomorrow.

WMUCarGuy · 13 Jun 2010, 18:02 (Ref:2711281)

Here's a photo a buddy of mine took. Looks like the local impound Lot!

CTD · 13 Jun 2010, 18:05 (Ref:2711283)

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Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

Here's a photo a buddy of mine took. Looks like the local impound Lot!

The World feed took a tour down their too.
Sad to see all those cars.

maximus · 13 Jun 2010, 18:19 (Ref:2711303)

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Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Oh I never said it did not sting! And I do not feel that A.D. has fully gotten what he deserved, but given the situation karma is the only thing we can expect to come of it.

L.P.

This is getting silly now. So what would he deserve?

gwyllion · 13 Jun 2010, 18:25 (Ref:2711312)

The post Le Mans press release of Audi reveals a secret: the V10 TDI was fitted with a Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG) turbocharger. That explains why they managed to improve the power and torque.

Perhaps Peugeot uses this as well, but they can not brag about it like Audi

Victor_RO · 13 Jun 2010, 18:39 (Ref:2711332)

http://twitpic.com/1whw7u

Haha, Tom Coronel caught speeding on his way home after the race.

deggis · 13 Jun 2010, 19:00 (Ref:2711348)

Race recap

ps. http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5153/joest.jpg

HORNDAWG · 13 Jun 2010, 19:02 (Ref:2711351)

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Originally Posted by maximus

This is getting silly now. So what would he deserve?

Lets just say from this response to my post that we do not agree, and leave it at that!!!

L.P.

**PascaLM** · 13 Jun 2010, 19:26 (Ref:2711377)

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Originally Posted by deggis

Race recap

ps. http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5153/joest.jpg

Excellent ! And if it was the truth ?
Well, my Peugeot HDi FAP didn't break down or catch fire during route from the circuit to home. That's all I wait from it...

gwyllion · 13 Jun 2010, 19:39 (Ref:2711391)

Best sectors for the race. For what it is worth, the ideal lap for the Peugeot #4 was 3:18.817.

AndrewF31 · 13 Jun 2010, 19:55 (Ref:2711406)

GT2 results are pending because the Felbermayr and Farnbacher are having their engines checked.

At least that is what is on the PDF on the chronos website for the final classification.

airbusA346 · 13 Jun 2010, 20:04 (Ref:2711417)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

GT2 results are pending because the Felbermayr and Farnbacher are having their engines checked.

At least that is what is on the PDF on the chronos website for the final classification.

Well, that's a bit better than failing the stall test.

Tom.

dank · 13 Jun 2010, 20:21 (Ref:2711441)

So how many laps did the Drayson Racing mob actually do? Autosport says 253, the report on the Le Mans website suggests 254?

NightStalk3r · 13 Jun 2010, 20:30 (Ref:2711447)

Autosport articles all weekend have been full of mistakes, so i would trust the Le Mans website more.

CTD · 13 Jun 2010, 20:31 (Ref:2711448)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Autosport articles all weekend have been full of mistakes, so i would trust the Le Mans website more.

Like always?

RoeDent · 13 Jun 2010, 20:41 (Ref:2711454)

Drayson finished?!

Huge kudos to them. They had more than their fair share of problems through the race; several times it was said in the chatroom that their time was up, so if they did finish it's incredible! Well done guys!

**PascaLM** · 13 Jun 2010, 20:47 (Ref:2711459)

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Originally Posted by RoeDent

Drayson finished?!

Huge kudos to them. They had more than their fair share of problems through the race; several times it was said in the chatroom that their time was up, so if they did finish it's incredible! Well done guys!

Unfortunately, they did not cover the 70% of the distance done by the winner. So they finished the race but are not officially on the finishing list.

maximus · 13 Jun 2010, 20:47 (Ref:2711460)

I don't know if it was classified but yeah it did make the flag. Good effort from them, the car didn't seem very willing to work all race!

dank · 13 Jun 2010, 20:55 (Ref:2711462)

Cool video diary from McNish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHuH7nHUJ58

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