LeMans

[cameraman]

Don't know what happened other than these guys:

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/images/stories/large/2012/03/18/Go0415StarWorksWEb.jpg

Caused a session ending red flag a little while ago.

[extramundane]

Audi hybrids well ahead, Toyota competitive w/Audi diesels, petrol P1s taking in the shorts again. Delta Wing running mid-P2 times, can turn just fine and didn't blow over on the Mulsanne.

Couple of pretty nasty offs too. At least one driver already out.

[Methanolandbrats]

Audi hybrids well ahead, Toyota competitive w/Audi diesels, petrol P1s taking in the shorts again. Delta Wing running mid-P2 times, can turn just fine and didn't blow over on the Mulsanne.

Couple of pretty nasty offs too. At least one driver already out.

This thread skeered me, I thought I missed the race. Twilight Zone moment :saywhat:

[Trevor Longman]

Guillaume Moreau suffered a massive hit. It looks to be a long road back for him unfortunately... At least the surgery was successful and he escaped paralysis as was initially feared.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100119

[cameraman]

Through the trees

https://p.twimg.com/AujDcl4CMAAIKGr.jpg

[Gnam]

First Qualifying session complete.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-audi-on-provisional-pole-for-lm24/

Highlights:

Andre Lotterer in the No.1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro claimed provisional pole position and Audi's were also 2nd and 3rd fastest.


Oliver Gavin took provisional pole in the GTE-Pro class with the Corvette.


Patrick Pilet (factory driver) took provisional pole in the GTE-Am class with the Flying Lizard Porsche.


Fisichella bent his Ferrari, which may be kaput until race day.


Delta Wang experienced a premature ending when an on-board fire extinguisher mistakenly went off, stranding it on track.


Qualifying continues tomorrow from 7-9 pm & 10 pm-12 a.m. local french time.
That's 1-3 pm and 4-6 pm (EST).
Or, 10 am-noon & 1pm-3pm (PST).

[SurfaceUnits]

dois24_CfJw

http://www.alms.com/articles/nissan-deltawing-shows-great-pace-le-mans-qualifying

14 nissan powered cars entered

[G.]

Delta Wang experienced a premature ending when an on-board fire extinguisher mistakenly went off, stranding it on track.



Any video of the Wang car suddenly and without warning spewing white foam across the track?



Wife wants to know. :shrug:

[TrueBrit]

Spotter guide courtesy of Simraceway http://www.spotterguides.com/le-mans-2012/

[Gnam]

In case you can't get to Simraceway's website (work web filter :gomer:), here's a link to the PDF.

http://www.spotterguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012_LM_V1_H.pdf

[extramundane]

Any video of the Wang car suddenly and without warning spewing white foam across the track?



Wife wants to know. :shrug:

Dunno but apparently they had to knock 35" off the length to fit in a pit box. That's a helluva circumcision.

[cameraman]

:shakehead


This is nuts! No track lights. Head lights suck. Driving through woods on a street road at 170MPH while racing other cars with no spotters!

[Methanolandbrats]

^^^ what an f'n rube.

[Gnam]

Qualifying is complete:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-audi-retains-pole-for-lm24/P1

http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/1/1/ressources/Pdf/2012/24-heures-du-mans/classification/24-heures-du-mans-2012-qualifying-practice-combined.pdf

LMP1 Class:
Pole: Audi No.1, diesel-hybrid
2nd: Audi No.3, diesel
3rd: Toyota No.8, gas-hybrid

GTE-Pro:
1st: Ferrari, No.59
2nd: Aston Martin, No.97
3rd: Corvette, No.74

GTE-AM:
1st: Flying Lizards Porsche, No.79

Race coverage starts on Speed at 8:30am EST.

[opinionated ow]

for the australians, ten sport will stream the whole thing live on their website. For free. Nothing on tv though. Can't link to it as i'm on my phone. Coverage starts at 2230aest satuurday

[Elmo T]

This is nuts! No track lights. Head lights suck. Driving through woods on a street road at 170MPH while racing other cars with no spotters!

Just which of these did he think was going to be different? Has he seen a race before? :rolleyes:

[cameraman]

He seems to be wrapping his brain around the concept.


Finished my 2 night session & going to bed. Car is better & driver is learning. It was good today. Love the night but it's still nuts!

[Gnam]

Vickers is driving the No.61 AF Corse-Waltrip Ferrari in the GTE-Am class.
They qualified 6th from dead last and their qualifying time was 3 seconds slower than the class leading Flying Lizards Porsche.

I hope he is prepared for the traffic, especially at night. Last year Ferraris were punting cars (mostly Audis) off the track left and right.

[Trevor Longman]

The car he's driving was the one that almost killed Rockenfeller last year. His teammate and the guy who pays the bills Rob Kaufmann is way out of his league here and I hope he doesn't screw up again like last year

[Methanolandbrats]

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-mazda-announces-skyactiv-diesel-p2-engine-for-2013/ :thumbup::thumbup:

[Gnam]

On the Le Mans timing & scoring screen there are three car "States".
1. Run
2. Pit
3. Out

Out does not mean, "Out of the Race."
It means, "On an Out Lap leaving the pits."

:irked:

At one point, I saw that the No.7 Toyota and the No.80 Flying Lizard were "Out" but couldn't figure out what happened to them. :gomer:

[G.]

click the little "listen Live" on the LHS (http://www.radiolemans.com/)

Guys speaking some weird form of English, giving a lot of info as the race unfolds.

I don't know yet if it's synced very well (or at all) with the Speed feed.

[Trevor Longman]

Two things so far. The Toyotas are much closer to the Audis than I expected. If they can last (and thats a big IF) this could be interesting come tomorrow morning. Also the battle in GTE-PRO between the #74 Vette, #97 Aston, and #51 Ferrari is fantastic. Hope it goes to the end!

[Gnam]

HOLY ****!

No.8 Toyota with Anthony Davidson just taken out by No.81 AF Corse Ferrari.
The Toyota flipped and the Ferrari ended up on its roof. :eek:

[Gnam]

No.3 Audi back on track after a big shunt before the Toyota/Ferrari wreck.

They were able to repair the front right in 27 minutes and due to the yellow flag only lost 7 laps.

http://s16.postimage.org/pdu3q3wcl/No3_Audi.png

[cameraman]

Fzw5i14ewXY

[Racing Truth]

HOLY ****!

No.8 Toyota with Anthony Davidson just taken out by No.81 AF Corse Ferrari.
The Toyota flipped and the Ferrari ended up on its roof. :eek:

Weird aero lift going on there. The initial impact w/ the Ferrari seemed to lift the rear bodywork, which screwed up the aero on the spin. Very IR07ish.

[Gnam]

Back to green flag racing. No.7 Toyota puts the DeltaWing into the wall on the opening lap.

[extramundane]

Weird aero lift going on there. The initial impact w/ the Ferrari seemed to lift the rear bodywork, which screwed up the aero on the spin. Very IR07ish.

Some speculation elsewhere that when the LR wheel came off, that opened the door for lift.

That hit into the barrier was brutal though. :eek:

[Methanolandbrats]

Bout time that ****er got punted.

[Gnam]

Deltawing denied permission to re-enter race after being withdrawn.
Game over.

The P1 Pescarolo #17 Dome-Judd is back on track. 1.5 hours (26 laps) behind the lead Audi.
Seabass is one of the drivers in this car.

[Gnam]

The P1 Pescarolo #17 Dome-Judd is back in the pits. poor bastards.

[Methanolandbrats]

YOda is living up to their outstanding F1 project :rofl:

[Gnam]

Anthony Davidson tweets from his hospital bed:

"Well that was a big one! Lying in a French hospital with a broken back wasn't what I had in mind at this stage in the race."

[NismoZ]

STARWORKS!:eek::thumbup::thumbup:

[SteveH]

STARWORKS!:eek::thumbup::thumbup:

Too bad they didn't bring Milka along. :gomer:

[Tony George]

It looked like 1940 all over again except it was Audis running through the French countryside.

[Methanolandbrats]

It looked like 1940 all over again except it was Audis running through the French countryside.

:laugh: I was thinking the same thing, that the French must be getting sick of this ****.