2023 FIA World Endurance ChampionshipSports Cars

[Rossell2]

Enjoy your glorified NASCAR race.

Cheers mate. Have a good one yourself 😊

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Man, I really should've checked the weather forecast, had I knew about the rain and them doing that; I would've went to the Porsche car show going on this morning.

 

[Populuxe]

Enjoy your glorified NASCAR race.

Thank you. I will.

 

[Downhill Dino]

There were active slow zones and track repairs going on when the rain shower hit and multiple cars crashed at once. Instead of trying to run with slow zone and monsoon zones they went safety car.

I think just a slow zone would've been fine in that case. Wonder if the wets everyone swapped to will be useless if it dries up enough by the time we're out. A waste since they were ready to race in those conditions.

What track section is being repaired?

 

[Obelisk]

Enjoy your glorified NASCAR race.

I absolutely will. This is my first time watching a WEC, and my first livestream Le Mans event.

Go #24!!

 

[skazz]

Most are already back on slicks.

Also, 4 hours in we have 5 retirements, which isn't unusual.

 

[hacklberry]

The new safety car procedure lasts so extremely long.

 

[JackRyanWMU]

What's the rationale for having 3 pace cars if they're all going to merge under one pace car? Seems like they could speed this along if they just gather the whole field all at once.

 

[Michael88]

If this keeps going like this its the Safety car that will win the 24 hours of Le mans.

 

[snowgt]

The new safety car procedure lasts so extremely long.

It's the most stupid thing I've ever seen in that context. Takes 15 minutes when the track is already clear for them to sort the field.

 

[Northstar]

For adopting the "American" caution procedure they certainly don't seem to have paid attention to exactly how it's done here. At least it gives me time to do other stuff without missing anything.

 

[snowgt]

What's the rationale for having 3 pace cars if they're all going to merge under one pace car? Seems like they could speed this along if they just gather the whole field all at once.

They should never have gotten rid of having 3 safety cars. They just want to bunch up the field as much as possible until the end for show. This way 20 hours or so of the race are just about not losing a lap instead of racing, and pitting every time the SC comes out, because you'll be able to catch up anyway.

 

[Savolainen83]

'Safety car instructed to go full speed' - Race director.

 

[skazz]

"IMSA pushed hard for this safety car protocol"

 

[JackRyanWMU]

They should never have gotten rid of having 3 safety cars. They just want to bunch up the field as much as possible until the end for show. This way 20 hours or so of the race are just about not losing a lap instead of racing, and pitting every time the SC comes out, because you'll be able to catch up anyway.

Disagree, I hated close battles in class getting broken up because they got split by different pace cars.

 

[IforceV8]

I think just a slow zone would've been fine in that case. Wonder if the wets everyone swapped to will be useless if it dries up enough by the time we're out. A waste since they were ready to race in those conditions.

What track section is being repaired?

They were repairing the armco after the #22 punted the #77 into the wall. There might have been some armco damage that needed repair after the cars all went flying off in the downpour, that Porsche pushed it back some.

 

[IngRobNy]

No intermediate tires this year was a mistake.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Full Course Yellow would have sorted that mess out.

 

[seowgila]

could watch this while SC is on

 

[hacklberry]

2 hours safety car in 4 hours 15 minutes race.

 

[Obelisk]

JOTA is on a tear, up to 1st in LMDh and 1st overall.

#36 Alpine has spun off on the exit of the second Mulsanne chicane. It was pretty low speed. Race is still green so I assume local yellow, or the car was able to get back on track and keep going?

E: Red Cadillac has spun out. 3 minute stop and go issued to #22 for causing a collision.

 

[Michael88]

They just showed the Toyota and they labeled the tires ''L''. What's L?

 

[IngRobNy]

They just showed the Toyota and they labeled the tires ''L''. What's L?

Left I think.

 

[Northstar]

I know there hasn't been much green flag racing yet, but I really do like the variety we've seen up front. Seems everyone but the Glickenhaus and Vanwall have spent some time near or at the top.

Really makes you wish for a second feed focusing on the other classes though.

 

[toastet]

They just showed the Toyota and they labeled the tires ''L''. What's L?

Probably Lopez

 

[Savolainen83]

Porsche #6 having a flat.

 

[Northstar]

#6 has not had good luck with tires today.

 

[Michael88]

But for medium tires they used ''M'' which makes sense, obviously.

 

[Obelisk]

#6 963 has lost a rear tyre.

 

[IngRobNy]

I know there hasn't been much green flag racing yet, but I really do like the variety we've seen up front. Seems everyone but the Glickenhaus and Vanwall have spent some time near or at the top.

Really makes you wish for a second feed focusing on the other classes though.

Check YouYube, some teams stream live onboard footage.