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

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

This is EPIC!! The final battle: Audi vs. Peugeot! Come on Audi you're almost there!

And Signantech is in second place, come on they can keep up, come on #26!!!

 

[Mic_Col]

YouTube has both crashes on the front page of their Auto section. Both were as bad as eachothers in my opinion.

The second crash . . . forgive me for not remembering the driver's name : 3 hours sleep in the last 24hrs is starting to drain my gray matter . . . anyway the second was worse ( in my opinion ) as he hit the wall with nothing having slowed him down, albeit at an angle.

But did you see the amount of damage to the safety fence?

The first one had violent tumbling and car parts flying into a group of unprotected people, so yeah scary stuff too!!!

 

[Luminis]

The second crash . . . forgive me for not remembering the driver's name : 3 hours sleep in the last 24hrs is starting to drain my gray matter . . . anyway the second was worse ( in my opinion ) as he hit the wall with nothing having slowed him down, albeit at an angle.

But did you see the amount of damage to the safety fence?

The first one had violent tumbling and car parts flying into a group of unprotected people, so yeah scary stuff too!!!

Mike Rockenfeller was driving the #1 R18 at the time. Smashed 20 feet of the armco, too.

 

[lukecfc]

So no more pits from audi and peugot?

 

[mafia_boy]

It took them an hour to rebuild that armco after the Rockenfeller crash.

 

[Prince.M5]

Here we go, the final push for these guys! Half an hour left, this is going to be fantastic!

 

[CarBastard]

Level 5 team demonstrating how you should react when you have a hurried LMP1 up your chuff 👍.

 

[mikekhel30]

1969 Le Mans finished with a 120 meters gap, will this race beat that?

 

[TheBook]

Less than 7 seconds between first and second, after 23.5 hours. Shows just how closely matched these two cars are.

(On that note, I wonder if we'll still see the traditional last lap, or if both teams are going to go for it right up until the end.)

 

[Submerged]

1969 Le Mans finished with a 120 meters gap, will this race beat that?

How many seconds apart would that be, in modern day?

Knowing Pug, it'll be a race to the last lap.

 

[CarBastard]

1969 Le Mans finished with a 120 meters gap, will this race beat that?

Nah. They're close for now, but wait until Pesky Pug's tyres begin to show the wear.

 

[Luminis]

10.3 seconds lead for Andre now! Go man, show those Pugs

 

[eVilate]

Only way Audi is going to lose this is if Lotterer screws up badly. Pagenaud can't beat new tyres

 

[That90sGuy]

(On that note, I wonder if we'll still see the traditional last lap, or if both teams are going to go for it right up until the end.)

No. Just heard that they will take the checkers first then do a slow lap.

 

[CarBastard]

10.3 seconds lead for Andre now! Go man, show those Pugs

Show them why all they manufacture is crappy econo-boxes while Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm manufacture fine machines!

 

[Prince.M5]

(On that note, I wonder if we'll still see the traditional last lap, or if both teams are going to go for it right up until the end.)

On that, the race will finish with a full race pace and will only do the celebration lap after take the chequered flag...

 

[ranhammerR34]

Rain reported.

 

[Tired Tyres]

At least this Le Mans will have a proper finish rather that the usual slow motion crawl.

More rain?

 

[Inferno251]

On that, the race will finish with a full race pace and will only do the celebration lap after take the chequered flag...

Only because of the close 1-2 battle

 

[Cano]

Show them why all they manufacture is crappy econo-boxes while Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm manufacture fine machines!

haha, I like this, mainly because it's been a real while since Peugeot made something with some flavour. Anyway, this last ~half hour will be amazing.

 

[eVilate]

They were really slow on noticing that Porsche spinout

 

[Luminis]

Dr. Ulrich is seemingly in a good mood. Rain won't stop the Audi now, until it's really starting to pour down. Got the new tyres and the higher downforce will help, too.

 

[mafia_boy]

12.398 second lead for Audi now!!

Get that fat lady ready and tell her to warm up her vocal cords!!

 

[PeterJB]

C'mon Peugeot! This has got to be your year!

 

[Tommi]

Aww Andrea Robertson is going to take the chequered flag for the Robertson Racing team. Not a bad anniversary gift there

 

[Luminis]

Andre seriously is the man!

 

[mikekhel30]

12.398 second lead for Audi now!!

Get that fat lady ready and tell her to warm up her vocal cords!!

Yup, but who knows... hehe.

 

[mikekhel30]

On a side note, anyone ever watched 24h moto?

 

[Luminis]

13.7 second lead for Andre, lapping about 3 seconds faster than Pagenaud!

 

[eVilate]

15 seconds now