24 Heures du Mans 2011 - 79th Grand Prix d'Endurance - June 11-12

[Scalage]

Team manager #2 has to report to the stewards.
This is a really bad joke

 

[That90sGuy]

*facepalm* It should be Peugeot talking to the stewards

 

[Jawsers]

Even though Davidson hasn't let the Audi by Bourdais has not made up much if any ground on Benny.

 

[Scalage]

Bourdais is still slower than Treluyer

 

[Tommi]

This is where it could get messy......................again!

 

[hampus_dh]

Did i miss anything? I tried to stay up but i just opened my eyes and saw that i´ve missed around 8 hours of racing

Noticed BMW has crawled back some but still laps down... AF Corse seems to be doing good.

 

[Submerged]

Anyone know how damp the track actually is? It looks relatively dry.... at most places.

 

[Luminis]

Well, the Pugs have to go all out to stay in front of an R18, so they won't be slowing Treluuyer down that much without allowing him to pass.

 

[Scalage]

Still, that blocking move at playstation by Davidson was ridiculous

 

[m00ndancer]

Are ACO smoking something? Warning the Audi and not the Pugs for not staying between the lines?

 

[Luminis]

Are ACO smoking something? Warning the Audi and not the Pugs for not staying between the lines?

Well, the ACO is a French organisation, after all...

 

[CarBastard]

Still, that blocking move at playstation by Davidson was ridiculous

Eurosport was interviewing Benny Boy Trelouyer and he said "He was given a blue flag he should've let me pass. It was unfair. But we're used to it, that's the way with Peugeot'

Owwhh!!! dude!!!!

 

[Scalage]

Treluyer with his heart on his tounge. Give this guy a medal

 

[W3H5]

Yeah, got that. Thanks. Seems none of the streaming links work so I'm sticking with the #73 'Vette on board cam. 👍

 

[CarBastard]

Treluyer with his heart on his tounge. Give this guy a medal

In-bloody-deed. He had the whole Audi following standing on the edge of their seat and has done wonders with the car. Massive respect Benny 👍.

Lotterer is murdering Bourdeious in the lap times.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Davidson has not done a single thing wrong. He was not driving defensively, he is not weaving on the straights and he has not blocked.

By the way he hasn't done anything that Audi themselves haven't done and various other manufacturers haven't done in the past. It is distasteful but not against the rules.

Blue flags worn that a car is behind you. I believe it is only in F1 that it means let him passed.

Audi has their best driver in the car now. Lotterer will get it done.

I think all the Pugs need to change driver again before the end due to the 4 hour rule.

 

[W3H5]

First sector looking a bit damp I've noticed.

 

[Prince.M5]

Did i miss anything? I tried to stay up but i just opened my eyes and saw that i´ve missed around 8 hours of racing

Noticed BMW has crawled back some but still laps down... AF Corse seems to be doing good.

Yeah, they are crawling back up the order, yet both are having some bits of problems sometimes. The #51 AF Corse is not really healthy either, they have some sort of clutch issue... They have stopped recently and lost a lot of time to have a check on the problem.

 

[Scalage]

At least now we'll be having a real race

 

[W3H5]

Lap 300 coming up.

 

[CarBastard]

Lotterer will do the finish. Fingers crossed for a trophy-getting finish.

 

[Scalage]

Lotterer is staying in until the end. And he's really quick and consistent.

 

[Luminis]

He'll do this. He's got to. Goooo Audi!

 

[Submerged]

I've always wondered if a leading car has lapped a car that has suddenly found some increase in speed and that then-lapped car overtook the leading car, that would be fine. A bit odd, but that would be fine. It just seems that Davidson was finding his speed and trying to help his team mate without too much obstruction of the leading Audi.

Blue flags are to warn, not to tell the driver: "Lift off and let the guy go by!". It is up to the faster driver to get by the car in whichever manner that driver deemed efficient and safe. Considering they were similarly matched, that Audi was always going to find it hard to get by....

 

[CarBastard]

I'm just realizing how mad is a time-space of 24 hours.

I'm hungry, my digestion is all messed up, I feel chilly, I'm sleepy, I'm confused, and I'm having my third can of Red Bull. And all I've been doing is wearing and Audi t-shirt and watching a laptop!!! Think of the drivers!!! Goddamnit, they have to be knackered!!! How can they resist driving under such conditions for such a long period of time!?!? It's really beyond me. Massive props to everyman who raced today 👍.

 

[Submerged]

Well....they do sleep in between their stints...and rest. Supposely. One must assume that.

 

[CarBastard]

Well....they do sleep in between their stints...

I failed and had a couple of mins lying in bed . That said, I've been like 20 hours fully awake and watching this .

Watching Allan McNishe's lovely commercial daring us to do his job at this moment truly inspires my respect.

 

[Tommi]

I've been up for 24 and half hours now. Apart from a quick 15 minutes sleep earlier, I feel fine!

 

[Submerged]

.....I want the blipverts back now....

 

[Tired Tyres]

Well....they do sleep in between their stints...and rest. Supposely. One must assume that.

Plenty of drivers have said that you can only rest/sleep if you have no chance in the race. If you do, you can't relax at all and you are always looking at what the opposition is doing.