2023 FIA World Endurance ChampionshipSports Cars

[Earth]

So far, this race is living up to the hype

 

[Savolainen83]

Another LMP2 wrecked. Might induce safety cars.

 

[Obelisk]

Another crash on the Mulsanne. #13 LMP2 it looks like.

 

[Jezza819]

Another LMP2 wrecked. Might induce safety cars.

Yeah I'm sure there was barrier damage so that's got to be a safety car.

EDIT maybe not. It looks like just a slow zone for now.

 

[skazz]

So far they extended the slow zone. We'll see.

 

[Obelisk]

It doesn't look like the barrier took any real damage.

 

[Famine]

#13 LMP2 it looks like.

That's already had a new chassis this weekend following a really, really dumb crash...

 

[Obelisk]

That's already had a new chassis this weekend following a really, really dumb crash...

Considering that it hit the #39 earlier in the race, I kinda figured it was doomed.

 

[Downhill Dino]

LMP2 crashes blessing us with a drinking game?

 

[Savolainen83]

#21 Ferrari has also crashed.

Edit: WTH is going on?

 

[skazz]

What a mess!
Failures to understand the slow zone?

 

[IforceV8]

Slow zones FTW.

 

[NotThePrez]

Cadillac's really not having a good time right now.

 

[Obelisk]

Yellow Cadillac has pretty bad bodywork damage, losing a lot of ground.

 

[Jezza819]

Drivers, can we please settle down a little?

 

[Vinylshark]

Haven't seen a LeMans race since Audi left. Looks like some things just never change, like GTE Ferraris taking out top cars.

 

[Obelisk]

Garage 56 Camaro onboard found on Youtube.

Edit: Wow. The video feed from the car died during the pit stop.

 

[JohnBM01]

Garage 56 Camaro onboard found on Youtube.

I just came from that channel. I had to get out because of a lot of the dumb comments people were posting about this car in Chat. I'm like, can we please talk about this car seriously and not make it sound like some patriotic American stuff? People kept spamming stuff like "What is a kilometer?" and some other patriotic nonsense. On a better note, at least I got some facts about this No. 24 stock car, such as it having a 5MT paddle shift setup.

All I want for the No. 24 is to simply complete the full race. Wild race so far!

 

[Savolainen83]

Two GTE Porsches has collided at Tertre rouge. Slow zone in place.

Apparently Jotas LMH Porsche cost roughly 2.5 million euros. And running a full season costs about 10 million euros.

 

[Obelisk]

I just came from that channel. I had to get out because of a lot of the dumb comments people were posting about this car in Chat. I'm like, can we please talk about this car seriously and not make it sound like some patriotic American stuff? People kept spamming stuff like "What is a kilometer?" and some other patriotic nonsense. On a better note, at least I got some facts about this No. 24 stock car, such as it having a 5MT paddle shift setup.

All I want for the No. 24 is to simply complete the full race. Wild race so far!

Yeah, I had to close the live chat. Streamer had to switch over to a Cadillac onboard as the onboard for the Camaro is down.

 

[skazz]

Rain due in 45 minutes

 

[NotThePrez]

I'm always for tight, close-quarters racing, but the leaders know there's over 20 hours of racing left, right?

 

[skazz]

I'm always for tight, close-quarters racing, but the leaders know there's over 20 hours of racing left, right?

Le Mans became a 24h sprint race years ago. Last minute safety cars bringing the field together was always an IMSA thing, not a Le Mans thing.

 

[Touring Mars]

Rain due in 45 minutes

Race control now saying 7 mins...

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Alex Brundle sounds like Martin Brundle played at 1.25x speed

 

[Obelisk]

Top three in hypercars are still no more than 5 seconds apart. We're 33 laps in and 2.5 hours in.

E: #6 has a slow puncture on one tire.

EE: Dang, that JOTA 963 is on a tear right now.

EEE: LMP2 went off track and crashed into a Porsche GTE.

 

[Savolainen83]

Impatient LMP2 driver causing a crash.

 

[Touring Mars]

Ooft, another big shunt between the United LMP2 and a GTE Am Porsche on Hunaudieres.... a Porsche Penske hypercar wasn't far behind and nearly got mixed up in that...

 

[Famine]

Streamer had to switch over to a Cadillac onboard as the onboard for the Camaro is down.

That looks like it's someone re-streaming a paid stream in that case - and no different to other dodgy paywall-bypass streams.

 

[Silent Drifter]

These LMP2 drivers I tell ya

 

[NotThePrez]

Another crash involving an LMP2/GTE class car.