[LM24 Race] 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Thread

[tux]

Lotus LMP2 statement. http://www.lotus-lmp2.com/en/news/18...statement.html

[bentley speed 8]

There's a stream here:
http://www.firstrow1.eu/sport/motosport.html

[Eryk03]

Originally Posted by Stahler

It runs on the Eurosport Player for me, but it's on the British Eurosport 2 now too... there are multiple streams of it (dunno if I can post a link here)... just google "vipbox" or "mypremium tv".

Ok thanks

[skycafe]

Originally Posted by tux

Lotus LMP2 statement. http://www.lotus-lmp2.com/en/news/18...statement.html

What a mess.

[sssssssss]

eurosport commentators saying they don't think toyota are sandbagging at all. i really wonder where they've drawn that conclusion from.

[Osella]

is there sector or speedtrap data anywhere?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by Osella

is there sector or speedtrap data anywhere?

Bookmark this: http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/ Timing data for the practice session is already there.

[Acid09]

Originally Posted by sssssssss

eurosport commentators saying they don't think toyota are sandbagging at all. i really wonder where they've drawn that conclusion from.

Common sense I guess. I'm pretty sure Toyota is way off, the gap is just too large.

I would believe into sandbagging if they were a second off but as it stands now it's more like 3-5 seconds. Does anybody seriously believe they're holding back that much all the time?

So far they haven't done any sector times that would imply they can go much faster either. So if they`re sandbagging it sure is a masterful exercise. Problem is, they probably aren't.

[sssssssss]

i'm pretty sure they are sandbagging. if they were 1 second off the pace of the audis, then i'd say they'd be on their real pace. the new cars were faster on all tracks than last year, toyota's new car was faster than the etron quattros of last year at spa, they can't suddenly be much slower at le mans. both audi and toyota are yet to have shown their true pace, in my opinion. but toyota can't be more than 2 seconds behind the audis, no way. i suspect a gap of 1 second, maybe 1.5.

[dj choc ice]

I hope Toyota find some speed although from what RLM were saying they were using the first session to fine tune set-up. One car was being used to evaluate aero settings and the other mechanical settings(brakes, suspension.) Even with that you would think Toyota would be quicker than where they are now. It's worth remembering it's early days at the moment, as such I'm wagering Toyota will be a bit closer to Audi in subsequent sessions.

[Ferrari333SP]

They have to be sandbagging; last year they hit 3:24 in qualifying, so there's no way they could be several seconds slower this year, with the improved car they have. Assuming it doesn't rain in qualifying tomorrow, hopefully we get some more representative lap times.

[Acid09]

Originally Posted by sssssssss

but toyota can't be more than 2 seconds behind the audis, no way. i suspect a gap of 1 second, maybe 1.5.

I hope you are right. As you said, Audi hasn't shown their true pace yet either so my guess would be that the gaps remain pretty much the way they are now.

If they let Sarrazin really go for it Toyota may get as close as two seconds but I doubt they can't get any closer to Audi.

[Eryk03]

Qualifying show real pace. We will know soon

[rustyfan]

As the only car with a Swede driving this year I'm rather bummed about what happened to the Krohn Ferrari. Any word on whether it's a total write-off or if they'll be able to repair it somehow?

[Osella]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Bookmark this: http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/ Timing data for the practice session is already there.

you beauty!

[Ferrari333SP]

If Krohn actually got rid of that hideous green color of his Ferrari, maybe he'd actually have some luck in this race.

[Holt]

Toyota going for 12 lap stints on fuel? Wow. That could explain thier pace easily

[Ferrari333SP]

What's the weather forecast for the rest of the evening? Any rain coming?

[Martin90]

3:23.1 for Duval

[Ferrari333SP]

3:56's for the works Porsches!

[Eryk03]

3:23.169 for Loic Duval!

[Martin90]

3:22.3 for Duval

[sssssssss]

3:24.3 for no3 audi, second place.
aaand 3:22.349 now for duval.

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

That's awesome to hear; they've put some serious work into that Viper. For me, it's the dark horse of the GTE class for the race.

Agreed. I think the Viper could easily take the podium... if only we knew more about its 24 hour racing data. How will the car hold up? Will there be any severe electronic gremlins?...

That's a shame to hear the Greaves car is having problems. I almost had a heart attack when I checked on live timing and saw that note... luckily it looks like the 10 Tenths garage meeting is not yet in jeopardy!

What happened to Tracy Krohn? I haven't been able to check in much today but did he wreck the car on his own or what?

[Beetle]

Stefan Mücke to the top of GTE with a 3:56.146...