24 Heures du Mans 12th-13th June 2010

[Wardy 944]

They're practicing for next years L emergencyans 24 hours.

*watches the tumbleweed*

I laughed 👍

 

[NotThePrez]

This is some race. Six hours have gone by and it feels like longer. I've got my computer, my old school rap, and an epic race. It's all good.

Edit: And Tacos.

 

[Ian Poole]

I have my brother's laptop, television and four red bulls on standby, we are going to need them!

BTW, did i see right with the leaderboard and saw that the Audis are already a lap down?

 

[Christian_C]

I'm debating wether to bother staying up through the night, I don't really have any supplies apart from lots and lots of coffee and it will mess up my sleep and I have an exam on monday

^ Yes the nearest Audi is now a lap down and has been for around 45minutes I think.

 

[hornet_burnout]

...and I have 2 small kids. It's hard to see an entire sprint race without being interrupted 10 times, imagine an endurance race. Going back to watch it now.

 

[Wardy 944]

I'm debating wether to bother staying up through the night, I don't really have any supplies apart from lots and lots of coffee and it will mess up my sleep and I have an exam on monday

The greatest race on earth or an exam for the rest of your life, you can always work at McDonalds 👍

 

[Tommi]

I laughed 👍

Thankyou. I'm here until 2PM tomorrow afternoon.

One of my friends just raised a good point, there's nearly 10 retirements and JLOC are still running.👍

#14 Kolles Audi hit the wall.
#42 Strakka in the gravel

 

[Ian Poole]

The StrakkA is out!

 

[Wardy 944]

One of my friends just raised a good point, there's nearly 10 retirements and JLOC are still running, last but still 18 hours left.👍

They'll still finish in last, but last out of how many?



Wow he's made a mess of that, cold tyres?

 

[McLaren]

Ok, so what the hell happened there? 2 cars out while on a caution....

 

[Prince.M5]

Tyres being too cold.. No grip as you throttle it and BANG! Done..

 

[McLaren]

Both of them? Slight lulz.

 

[Peter]

So, SPEED's showing, guess what? NASCAR

 

[Christian_C]

The greatest race on earth or an exam for the rest of your life, you can always work at McDonalds 👍

lol, It's probably going to depend on how the race runs until about 1am, I'll make a decision then.

Can anyone explain how the R10 ended up in the barriers by the way?

 

[wbrinkman]

100 laps in and little over 6 hours in, Audi still nowhere near the Peugeots

 

[wbrinkman]

So, SPEED's showing, guess what? NASCAR

Peugeot onboard + bits of general coverage: http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/1/1/ressources/File/live-tv/live-tv-en.html

Audi onboard: http://tv.audi.com/#/01

 

[Ian Poole]

It's this R15!

 

[NotThePrez]

Try this: http://stream.speedtv.com/24-hours-of-le-mans

 

[Falcon787B]

I'm debating wether to bother staying up through the night, I don't really have any supplies apart from lots and lots of coffee and it will mess up my sleep and I have an exam on monday

^ Yes the nearest Audi is now a lap down and has been for around 45minutes I think.

Haha, I've got 2 exams on tuesday, media and english...two exams with EPIC amounts of writing. We'll see...if I do stay up I'm forcing myself to revise while I watch the race on headphones.

Interesting developments, the GT2 battle is panning out as I thought, close as hell!

 

[Ian Poole]

Someone looked like they went off at the end of the long straight

 

[Tommi]

They'll still finish in last, but last out of how many?

Yeah, unless they can pick up the pace I think position-wise it's set in stone now. But hey, a Finish will be a great achievement for them.👍 But I still have a glimmer of hope for them winning LMGT1.

This GT2 battle is so awesome.

 

[Falcon787B]

It's great for sure. First time ever I'll be watching live when we go into the night...the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up already, what a beautiful evening for racing

 

[Ian Poole]

The GT2 battle is hotting up, Corvette against Ferrari, this is how it should be.

 

[Falcon787B]

The GT2 battle is hotting up, Corvette against Ferrari, this is how it should be.

It's like Ferrari vs the Ford GT40s in the '60s all over again...sort of

 

[Ian Poole]

It's like Ferrari vs the Ford GT40s in the '60s all over again...sort of

Absolutely, it is the old school hardcore American muscle car against the computer generated Italian science project

 

[gtsmashbros]

What!!! No gt1 next year?!👎

 

[Ian Poole]

Welcome to the conversation that started....well at the start of the Le Mans weekend!

 

[NotThePrez]

The GT2 battle is hotting up, Corvette against Ferrari, this is how it should be.

What's interesting is that Speed has temporarily put the race back on TV, and the said that the Risi team thinks the Corvettes are "cruising." If that's the case, it'll make the race more interesting.

 

[Wardy 944]

Welcome to the conversation that started....well at the start of the Le Mans weekend!

 

[Prince.M5]

Ferrari #89 having trouble?? The car is slowing down in the Live Timing.

EDIT: No the car has just back up to speed...