[LM24 Race] 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans - Race week thread

[Adam43]

WRT #41. Poor Souls.

https://twitter.com/followwrt/status...471856643?s=21

[S griffin]

Well that’s real bad luck. Probably wouldn’t happen again if you redid the race a thousand times

[bella]

Originally Posted by Adam43

WRT #41. Poor Souls.

https://twitter.com/followwrt/status...471856643?s=21

it could at least have the decency to stay broken.

[Adam43]

If interested here is the gap to the leader.

It's around lap 250 that you can see #8 starting to slip away from #7. Then around 310 when #7 starts losing a little time as it manages its problem.

Up to that point we see a pretty steady lead build by the Toyotas. With the gradient easing a little. Perhaps as Toyota takes it a little easier with their lead, perhaps as the others settle into the race.

The SC periods are pretty obvious as the gap temporarily shoots up.

[Adam43]

Now for LMP2.

Chose the top 3 and the top 5 cars that were in the top 5 the most. Along with #26.

The thing that sticks out the most is that the pitstop spikes are more disruptive due to the scale.

Interesting the periods where the leader was slowly being caught from lap 260 ish on.
#41 finishing position not shown as it didn't. And #28 and #31 have a sudden drop when it goes out.

Note the laps that #26 led.

[Osella]

my utterly esoteric factual observation is that the top 5 finished in race number order. In all 3 groups of 5 cars finished in ascending race number order.
Added together, 7,8,36,708 and 709 make 1468, a number whose digits also ascend.

The only ascending group of 5 on the grid were the last 5, whose total descends.

I’ve not quadruple checked any of this, so, if I’m in error, please be kind.

Actually just be kind anyway.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Osella

my utterly esoteric factual observation is that the top 5 finished in race number order.

That was amusing me for a lot of the race.

You took it way further than that though

Actually just be kind anyway.

I’m happy to assume it it right

Although others might wish to see if there are internet points to be scored

[Adam43]

It's a tie.

Impressive from Da Costa and Stevens. They put in the hard yards.

Unlucky for Floersch and Gomes. Everyone was safe, which is the main thing.

Class leaders, highest sliver in LMP2 and bronze in LMP2 and GTE-Am are highlighted.

Driver	Grade	Lap	Class	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Stints
Antonio Felix DA COSTA	p	38	LMP2	JOTA	Oreca	159	33
Will STEVENS	p	65	LMP2	Panis Racing	Oreca	159	35
Ross GUNN	g	95	LMGTE Am	TF Sport	Aston Martin	158	25
Nicolas LAPIERRE	p	36	HYPERCAR	Alpine Elf Matmut	Alpine	154	32
Norman NATO	g	70	LMP2	Realteam Racing	Oreca	152	32
Ricky TAYLOR	p	20	LMP2	High Class Racing	Oreca	148	38
Kevin ESTRE	p	92	LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	147	25
Alex BRUNDLE	g	34	LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	Oreca	146	35
Nicklas NIELSEN	g	83	LMGTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari	146	26
Olivier PLA	p	708	HYPERCAR	Glickenhaus Racing	Glickenhaus	145	29
Mike CONWAY	p	7	HYPERCAR	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	145	31
Robin FRIJNS	p	31	LMP2	Team WRT	Oreca	144	35
Paolo RUBERTI	g	60	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	142	26
Yifei YE	s	41	LMP2	Team WRT	Oreca	142	35
Matthieu LAHAYE	s	84	INNOVATIVE CAR	Association SRT41	Oreca	139	31
Alessandro PIER GUIDI	p	51	LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	Ferrari	138	24
Tom BLOMQVIST	p	28	LMP2	JOTA	Oreca	138	36
Matteo CRESSONI	s	80	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	138	26
Paul DI RESTA	p	23	LMP2	United Autosports	Oreca	137	34
Antonio GARCIA	p	63	LMGTE Pro	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet	136	24
Patrick PILET	p	48	LMP2	IDEC Sport	Oreca	135	36
Nyck DE VRIES	p	26	LMP2	G-Drive Racing	Aurus	135	32
Job VAN UITERT	g	29	LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	Oreca	134	36
Matt CAMPBELL	g	77	LMGTE Am	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Porsche	134	27
Ben HANLEY	g	21	LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	Oreca	134	33
Ben BARNICOAT	g	71	LMGTE Am	Inception Racing	Ferrari	134	23
Arnold ROBIN	b	39	LMP2	SO24-Dirob by Graff	Oreca	133	29
Giedo VAN DER GARDE	p	29	LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	Oreca	133	33
Julien ANDLAUER	g	88	LMGTE Am	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Porsche	133	27
Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN	g	388	LMGTE Am	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari	133	18
René BINDER	s	30	LMP2	Duqueine Team	Oreca	132	40
Andrew WATSON	s	777	LMGTE Am	D'Station Racing	Aston Martin	131	27
Paul Loup CHATIN	g	48	LMP2	IDEC Sport	Oreca	131	33
Daniel SERRA	p	52	LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	Ferrari	131	24
Vincent CAPILLAIRE	s	39	LMP2	SO24-Dirob by Graff	Oreca	130	32
Romain DUMAS	p	709	HYPERCAR	Glickenhaus Racing	Glickenhaus	130	26
Alessio PICARIELLO	g	18	LMGTE Am	Absolute Racing	Porsche	130	27
Tristan GOMMENDY	p	30	LMP2	Duqueine Team	Oreca	129	38
Philip HANSON	g	22	LMP2	United Autosports USA	Oreca	128	35
Oliver WEBB	g	44	LMP2	ARC Bratislava	Oreca	128	31
Sébastien BUEMI	p	8	HYPERCAR	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	126	26
John CORBETT	b	74	LMP2	Racing Team India Eurasia	Ligier	126	35
Francesco CASTELLACCI	s	54	LMGTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari	126	24
Frédéric MAKOWIECKI	p	91	LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	125	24
Juan Pablo MONTOYA	p	21	LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	Oreca	124	34
Richard WESTBROOK	p	709	HYPERCAR	Glickenhaus Racing	Glickenhaus	124	30
Alexander LYNN	p	23	LMP2	United Autosports	Oreca	124	31
Kazuki NAKAJIMA	p	8	HYPERCAR	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	124	38
Roman RUSINOV	g	26	LMP2	G-Drive Racing	Aurus	124	35
Felipe FRAGA	g	33	LMGTE Am	TF Sport	Aston Martin	124	26
Robert RENAUER	g	69	LMGTE Am	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche	122	22
Michelle GATTING	s	85	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	120	21
Tom GAMBLE	s	86	LMGTE Am	GR Racing	Porsche	120	22
Renger VAN DER ZANDE	g	34	LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	Oreca	120	32
Sean GELAEL	s	28	LMP2	JOTA	Oreca	120	29
Matej KONOPKA	s	44	LMP2	ARC Bratislava	Oreca	120	34
Richard LIETZ	p	91	LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	119	22
Nicky CATSBURG	p	63	LMGTE Pro	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet	119	21
Louis DELETRAZ	g	41	LMP2	Team WRT	Oreca	119	31
Brendon HARTLEY	p	8	HYPERCAR	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	119	30
Kevin MAGNUSSEN	p	49	LMP2	High Class Racing	Oreca	118	30
Ferdinand HABSBURG	g	31	LMP2	Team WRT	Oreca	118	30
Giancarlo FISICHELLA	p	54	LMGTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari	118	26
Luis Felipe DERANI	p	708	HYPERCAR	Glickenhaus Racing	Glickenhaus	118	26
Benjamin BARKER	g	86	LMGTE Am	GR Racing	Porsche	117	27
Jaxon EVANS	s	77	LMGTE Am	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Porsche	117	24
Kamui KOBAYASHI	p	7	HYPERCAR	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	116	34
Rolf INEICHEN	b	69	LMGTE Am	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche	115	25
Dylan PEREIRA	s	33	LMGTE Am	TF Sport	Aston Martin	115	20
Tomonobu FUJII	g	777	LMGTE Am	D'Station Racing	Aston Martin	115	21
James CALADO	p	51	LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	Ferrari	115	21
Marco SØRENSEN	p	20	LMP2	High Class Racing	Oreca	115	34
Loïc DUVAL	p	70	LMP2	Realteam Racing	Oreca	114	35
André NEGRÃO	g	36	HYPERCAR	Alpine Elf Matmut	Alpine	114	25
James WINSLOW	s	74	LMP2	Racing Team India Eurasia	Ligier	113	28
Jan MAGNUSSEN	p	49	LMP2	High Class Racing	Oreca	113	36
Tommy MILNER	p	64	LMGTE Pro	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet	112	24
Marco SEEFRIED	s	18	LMGTE Am	Absolute Racing	Porsche	111	23
Callum ILOTT	p	80	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	110	23
Sarah BOVY	b	85	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	110	23
Ryan BRISCOE	p	709	HYPERCAR	Glickenhaus Racing	Glickenhaus	110	28
Simon TRUMMER	g	24	LMP2	PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen	Oreca	110	26
Alexander SIMS	p	64	LMGTE Pro	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet	110	22
Jose Maria LOPEZ	p	7	HYPERCAR	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	110	27
Lance ARNOLD	s	88	LMGTE Am	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Porsche	108	21
Alessio ROVERA	s	83	LMGTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari	106	24
Raffaele GIAMMARIA	s	60	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	106	23
Stoffel VANDOORNE	p	28	LMP2	JOTA	Oreca	105	33
Anders FJORDBACH	s	49	LMP2	High Class Racing	Oreca	105	32
Michael CHRISTENSEN	p	92	LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	105	22
Oliver JARVIS	p	82	LMP2	Risi Competizione	Oreca	105	29
Ollie MILLROY	s	71	LMGTE Am	Inception Racing	Ferrari	105	22
Franck MAILLEUX	g	708	HYPERCAR	Glickenhaus Racing	Glickenhaus	104	23
Takuma AOKI	s	84	INNOVATIVE CAR	Association SRT41	Oreca	104	33
Rahel FREY	s	85	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	102	25
James ALLEN	g	65	LMP2	Panis Racing	Oreca	102	28
Charles MILESI	s	31	LMP2	Team WRT	Oreca	101	26
Sam BIRD	p	52	LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	Ferrari	101	22
Julien CANAL	s	65	LMP2	Panis Racing	Oreca	101	31
Robert KUBICA	p	41	LMP2	Team WRT	Oreca	101	25
Filipe ALBUQUERQUE	p	22	LMP2	United Autosports USA	Oreca	100	23
Anthony DAVIDSON	p	38	LMP2	JOTA	Oreca	100	29
Ben KEATING	b	33	LMGTE Am	TF Sport	Aston Martin	100	24
Fabio SCHERER	s	22	LMP2	United Autosports USA	Oreca	100	30
Wayne BOYD	s	23	LMP2	United Autosports	Oreca	100	29
Tom CLOET	b	74	LMP2	Racing Team India Eurasia	Ligier	99	34
Franco COLAPINTO	s	26	LMP2	G-Drive Racing	Aurus	99	26
Matthieu VAXIVIERE	g	36	HYPERCAR	Alpine Elf Matmut	Alpine	99	28
Roberto GONZALEZ	s	38	LMP2	JOTA	Oreca	99	31
Miguel MOLINA	p	52	LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	Ferrari	99	20
Gianmaria BRUNI	p	91	LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	99	20
Henrik HEDMAN	b	21	LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	Oreca	98	35
Guillermo ROJAS	g	30	LMP2	Duqueine Team	Oreca	96	28
Jakub SMIECHOWSKI	s	34	LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	Oreca	94	27
Miroslav KONOPKA	b	44	LMP2	ARC Bratislava	Oreca	94	36
Ralf BOHN	b	69	LMGTE Am	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche	93	20
Paul LAFARGUE	s	48	LMP2	IDEC Sport	Oreca	93	29
Côme LEDOGAR	p	51	LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	Ferrari	92	19
Neel JANI	p	92	LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	92	23
Oliver HANCOCK	s	95	LMGTE Am	TF Sport	Aston Martin	92	22
Nicholas TANDY	p	64	LMGTE Pro	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet	91	20
Nigel BAILLY	s	84	INNOVATIVE CAR	Association SRT41	Oreca	91	29
Andrew HARYANTO	b	18	LMGTE Am	Absolute Racing	Porsche	91	25
Ryan CULLEN	s	82	LMP2	Risi Competizione	Oreca	90	26
Rino MASTRONARDI	b	80	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	90	21
Dennis ANDERSEN	b	20	LMP2	High Class Racing	Oreca	90	26
Esteban GARCIA	b	70	LMP2	Realteam Racing	Oreca	90	29
Jordan TAYLOR	p	63	LMGTE Pro	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet	90	18
Gabriel AUBRY	g	24	LMP2	PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen	Oreca	90	29
Frits VAN EERD	b	29	LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	Oreca	89	25
Maxime ROBIN	s	39	LMP2	SO24-Dirob by Graff	Oreca	89	26
Brendan IRIBE	b	71	LMGTE Am	Inception Racing	Ferrari	88	25
François PERRODO	b	83	LMGTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari	88	22
Claudio SCHIAVONI	b	60	LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	Ferrari	87	25
Satoshi HOSHINO	b	777	LMGTE Am	D'Station Racing	Aston Martin	87	26
Dominique BASTIEN	b	88	LMGTE Am	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Porsche	86	23
Michael WAINWRIGHT	b	86	LMGTE Am	GR Racing	Porsche	85	24
Christian HOOK	b	388	LMGTE Am	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari	85	20
Thomas FLOHR	b	54	LMGTE Am	AF Corse	Ferrari	85	22
Maxime MARTIN	p	72	LMGTE Pro	Hub Auto Racing	Porsche	85	18
Christian RIED	b	77	LMGTE Am	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Porsche	84	22
John HARTSHORNE	b	95	LMGTE Am	TF Sport	Aston Martin	82	20
Felipe NASR	p	82	LMP2	Risi Competizione	Oreca	80	28
Dries VANTHOOR	g	72	LMGTE Pro	Hub Auto Racing	Porsche	80	20
Dennis OLSEN	g	46	LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	Porsche	67	9
Jody FANNIN	g	66	LMGTE Am	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari	63	8
Alvaro PARENTE	p	72	LMGTE Pro	Hub Auto Racing	Porsche	62	16
Patrick KELLY	b	24	LMP2	PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen	Oreca	61	32
Mikkel JENSEN	g	57	LMGTE Am	Kessel Racing	Ferrari	60	10
Laurens VANTHOOR	p	79	LMGTE Pro	WeatherTech Racing	Porsche	55	8
Earl BAMBER	s	79	LMGTE Pro	WeatherTech Racing	Porsche	55	10
Pierre EHRET	b	388	LMGTE Am	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari	53	21
Robert FOLEY	s	46	LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	Porsche	50	11
Matthew GRIFFIN	g	55	LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	Ferrari	50	9
Roberto MERHI	p	25	LMP2	G-Drive Racing	Aurus	48	5
Thomas NEUBAUER	s	66	LMGTE Am	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari	41	9
Antonio FUOCO	g	47	LMGTE Am	Cetilar Racing	Ferrari	38	3
Nicolas JAMIN	g	32	LMP2	United Autosports	Oreca	38	4
Scott ANDREWS	s	57	LMGTE Am	Kessel Racing	Ferrari	37	6
Nicki THIIM	p	98	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	37	3
Matteo CAIROLI	g	56	LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	Porsche	36	3
John FALB	b	25	LMP2	G-Drive Racing	Aurus	35	9
Beitske VISSER	s	1	LMP2	Richard Mille Racing Team	Oreca	34	6
Florian LATORRE	s	99	LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	Porsche	33	5
Tatiana CALDERON	s	1	LMP2	Richard Mille Racing Team	Oreca	32	3
Giorgio SERNAGIOTTO	s	47	LMGTE Am	Cetilar Racing	Ferrari	31	5
Takeshi KIMURA	b	57	LMGTE Am	Kessel Racing	Ferrari	31	9
Duncan CAMERON	b	55	LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	Ferrari	30	8
Riccardo PERA	s	56	LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	Porsche	30	5
Cooper MACNEIL	s	79	LMGTE Pro	WeatherTech Racing	Porsche	29	11
David PEREL	s	55	LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	Ferrari	29	5
Manuel MALDONADO	s	32	LMP2	United Autosports	Oreca	26	8
Rui ANDRADE	s	25	LMP2	G-Drive Racing	Aurus	25	12
Harry TINCKNELL	p	99	LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	Porsche	24	2
Roberto LACORTE	b	47	LMGTE Am	Cetilar Racing	Ferrari	21	7
Anders BUCHARDT	b	46	LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	Porsche	21	6
Egidio PERFETTI	b	56	LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	Porsche	18	7
Rodrigo SALES	b	66	LMGTE Am	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari	13	6
Jonathan ABERDEIN	g	32	LMP2	United Autosports	Oreca	11	5
Vuttikhorn INTHRAPHUVASAK	b	99	LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	Porsche	9	6
Sophia FLOERSCH	s	1	LMP2	Richard Mille Racing Team	Oreca	8	7
Marcos GOMES	s	98	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	8	4

[Adam43]

Gap to the leader for GTE-Am.

Top 3 shown and the other 2 that were mainly in the top 5 in the race.

You can see the ebbing and flowing in this class as different drivers are in the car.

[Adam43]

On the drivers in GTE-Am the second chart looks at the three bronze drivers in the top 3 at the end of the race.

The chart shows the average lap time of each driver and how that develops by their fastest laps. i.e. who is more consistent.
In this you can see that MASTRONARDI had the fastest lap, and he was quickest over the best 66 laps each driver had. Over the best 67 Keating becomes quickest, although this could well be down to how many laps they did with slow zones, FCY, SC etc...

Before the race I looked at who was the quickest of the bronze drivers, saying that it will be the pace of the bronze driver that decides this race. Not this time! Looking at this #83 had the weakest bronze, but won the class. Although, PERRODO did do less laps under green than the others.

Also looked at the comparison of the drivers in the winning #83. NIELSEN (Gold) was fastest, more consistent, and did the most laps. ROVERA (Silver) having a similar number of green laps compared to PERRODO (Bronze).

Bronze comparison:

Driver	Fastest Lap		Ave. Top 10		Ave. Top 50
François PERRODO	3:54.490	1.390	3:55.282	1.926	3:56.368	1.844
Ben KEATING	3:53.428	0.328	3:53.890	0.534	3:54.975	0.451
Rino MASTRONARDI	3:53.100	0.000	3:53.356	0.000	3:54.524	0.000

Car 83:

Driver	Fastest Lap		Ave. Top 10		Ave. Top 50
François PERRODO	3:54.490	3.547	3:55.282	3.876	3:56.368	4.417
Nicklas NIELSEN	3:50.943	0.000	3:51.406	0.000	3:51.951	0.000
Alessio ROVERA	3:51.355	0.412	3:51.956	0.550	3:53.331	1.380

[Adam43]

Last class for this.

Not much to say, other than it was close.

The chart shows the period in the night where the Ferrari #51 and the Corvette and other Ferrari were completely out of sync. on pitstops.

Around halfway the #52 fell out of contention with its rear suspension problem. https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...-hits-trouble/

When there was clean running the Porsches just fell behind at about 30s per hour.

[Adam43]

Now the 10-10ths car.

Unsurprisingly, the world champion Nick de Vries was the quickest and most consistent. Colapinto has the edge if you look at top 20, or so, fastest laps. However the more laps you add into the average the Rusinov becomes on par with him.

Obviously, this doesn't correct for when the running was and the conditions.

Driver	Fastest Lap		Ave. Top 10		Ave. Top 50
Nyck DE VRIES	3:31.435	0.000	3:32.577	0.000	3:33.907	0.000
Franco COLAPINTO	3:32.234	0.799	3:33.317	0.740	3:35.766	1.859
Roman RUSINOV	3:32.323	0.888	3:33.975	1.398	3:35.980	2.073

[bella]

just have to say thanks for the stats, adam. superb work.

in some of those gap to leader graphs you can really see where either everyone had their dramas, or gte-pro, where you didn't stand a chance unless you were almost flawless.

if colapinto comes back next year he'll be superb. presumably by then he won't be a hero silver any more though. and i think people are sleeping on yi yifei.

can't remember if their race was vaguely clean enough to make it valid but do you have a teammate comparison for the united albuquerque/scherer/hanson car? i'm curious to see whether my hunch there was true or not!

[Adam43]

Thanks.

These are just numbers. Good to hear things that back-up (or go against) the data too.

Here is #22. Go Hanson! And recognised by the team as he got more laps. Presumably?

Although that does give you a bit more opportunity to bring the average of your top 50 down, I suppose. Don't think that is happening here.

They are more evenly matched than most cars, especially when you look over many laps.

Driver	Grade	Fastest Lap		Ave. Top 10		Ave. Top 50
Filipe ALBUQUERQUE	p	3:32.692	0.429	3:33.585	0.407	3:35.307	0.524
Philip HANSON	g	3:32.263	0.000	3:33.178	0.000	3:34.783	0.000
Fabio SCHERER	s	3:33.126	0.863	3:33.449	0.271	3:35.077	0.294

[Adam43]

As you mention it, here is car #41.

Yifei Ye is very impressive. Shame he isn't racing at Zandvoort

Deletraz was faster than Kubica, but over their respective best 50 laps their average was similar. Actually from the best around the best 10.

Driver	Grade	Fastest Lap		Ave. Top 10		Ave. Top 50
Robert KUBICA	p	3:33.626	1.739	3:34.150	1.531	3:36.043	2.026
Yifei YE	s	3:31.887	0.000	3:32.619	0.000	3:34.017	0.000
Louis DELETRAZ	g	3:32.605	0.718	3:34.051	1.432	3:35.748	1.731

[Adam43]

BTW. Racecar Engineering do a similar thing to the above in their race review. Very good it is too.

They have a driver view and a car view. I might set-up a car view, but I was more interested in some of those Am drivers or lower graded drivers and the impact of their driving on the result rather than the out and out fast guys.

However, your queries about specific hot shoes have piqued my interest.

[bella]

the youngins tend to get lost in the shorter 4 hour races because of how the new tyres are dished out. it seems far more democratic during the 24, so aside from the obvious "whoever's doing happy hour is going to be fastest" thing it's pretty interesting to see how their pace averages out.

i'm somewhere between surprised and not at all surprised to see how close to deletraz kubica was. yifei seems well regarded in the paddock and i can see why. that's some performance.

i also thought that scherer would be a lot slower than he was, so fair play, i stand corrected! felt that he was perhaps the weak link but bizarrely that seems to have been albuquerque?

[Adam43]

It would be good to correlate some of this with track conditions, happy hour etc… do too much of this kind of crap in the day job! I’ll look to do though.

Great to bring the numbers and the experience together.

What it doesn’t show is that you might want your best driver out there in the tricky conditions and in this view it would not help.

Although the way the race panned out I think that it is a good fair view of most cars.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by bella

i also thought that scherer would be a lot slower than he was, so fair play, i stand corrected! felt that he was perhaps the weak link but bizarrely that seems to have been albuquerque?

Scherer did a very good job IMO. Ye stood out for me (along with Franco for his speed and Ferdy) in the AsLMS when I first saw them. There are some very good young drivers coming through.

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by bella

ti'm somewhere between surprised and not at all surprised to see how close to deletraz kubica was. yifei seems well regarded in the paddock and i can see why. that's some performance.

i also thought that scherer would be a lot slower than he was, so fair play, i stand corrected! felt that he was perhaps the weak link but bizarrely that seems to have been albuquerque?

It takes some going to outshine what has been a great season so far for Ferdinand, but Yifei Ye is doing exactly that. Funnily enough, he's reminded me of Hanson's breakout season last year (well, more like 18 months when it was clear he had matured).

Albuquerque was off-pace all race week, even before the qualifying jumble, although he was noticeably slower after that happened. He's been riding the crest of a wave for a year plus though; everyone has their down days eventually.

[Simmi]

Could I request the #28 Adam when you have a moment.

Albuquerque had a really tough opening stint on the inters. Basically stuck it in reverse. That opening portion of the race will bring his top 50 down I'd assume.

P2 really delivered for me this year and that 'in the shop window' sub plot definitely added an extra dimension. I felt doubly sorry for Ye, inevitably losing that silver rating next year AND not getting the win. But I'm sure he's not going to need that ranking to get drives going forward.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Albuquerque had a really tough opening stint on the inters. Basically stuck it in reverse. That opening portion of the race will bring his top 50 down I'd assume.

P2 really delivered for me this year and that 'in the shop window' sub plot definitely added an extra dimension. I felt doubly sorry for Ye, inevitably losing that silver rating next year AND not getting the win. But I'm sure he's not going to need that ranking to get drives going forward.

It would help to know how much of the running was affected by conditions.

This gives some idea:

Driver	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Fabio SCHERER	100								12	12	11								11	10								11	11	11	11
Filipe ALBUQUERQUE	100	10	11	9	9							12	7	1	8						1	10	11	11
Philip HANSON	128					10	11	11								11	11	11							11	6	11					11	11	1	10	2

Albuquerque might of had 50 good condition laps after his first stint. However, only just so they all had to count in this measure. And how many had lots of traffic and slow zones? It is also clear that his second stint wasn't straight forward.

Although it is worth mentioning the 10 lap average is 0.4s down too.

Originally Posted by Simmi

Could I request the #28 Adam when you have a moment.

Blomqvist did really well v. Vandoorne, who is no slouch.

Driver	Grade	Fastest Lap		Ave. Top 10		Ave. Top 50
Sean GELAEL	s	3:33.477	1.774	3:34.227	1.644	3:35.906	1.941
Tom BLOMQVIST	p	3:31.703	0.000	3:32.583	0.000	3:33.965	0.000
Stoffel VANDOORNE	p	3:32.322	0.619	3:33.719	1.136	3:35.180	1.215

Driver	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Sean GELAEL	120	11	11	8									12	11	12								11	11	11				11	11
Stoffel VANDOORNE	105							11	6	5	1	5								11	11	11									11	11	11	11
Tom BLOMQVIST	138				9	10	12									10	11	11	11							11	11	11							11	11	9

[Simmi]

Cheers Adam! Impressive from Blomqvist.

A few pics from the race here. Need to try a bit harder with the camera next year.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/949985...h/51425901433/

1 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr
2 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr
3 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr
6 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr
4 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr

[canaglia]

hubauto porsche photo has a very nice angle.
My best wishes to the team, ACO stained it self of a big big shame surrendering to chinese tencent pressures and forcing hubauto to remove taiwanese flag from their car. It's quite unaceptable winnie the pooh influence may spread that far including events completely unrelated to politic.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Cheers Adam! Impressive from Blomqvist.

Cheers for the photos Impressive.