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- Hillerød
- BirelChris
Me (Christian) and my friends William and Kasper are driving the 24 hours of le mans today, in this thread we are going to update the race for you guys.
Car: Pescarolo Judd GV5 '04
We've detuned the car to 750 hp to get a more exciting race. We start on racing hard tires. We are driving with manual gears.
We started the race at 2 pm (Danish time) and quickly reached 1st place, with William behind the logitech driving wheel.
At the 7th lap William spun in the Porsche curves, just before he pitted. After the pitstop we were placed 8th
William have now got us back in front and he's leading by 33,5 seconds at the 13th lap.
Lap 14: We have pitted and made a driver change. Now Kasper is behind the wheel.
We are currently 6th place and 53 seconds behind the leader.
Lap 18: We've passed the hour mark, with our fastest lap currently 3:27:697, by William.
Kasper has just passed the 4th place and has almost cached the 3rd placed Bentley.
Lap 34: We have just passed the two hour mark. We have made a driver change, and Christian is now behind the wheel. Kasper has beaten the fastest lap time. The fastest time is now 3:24:655 on the medium tires.
We lead the race with 1 minute and 4 seconds.
Christian is on the medium tires.
Lap 39: Christian keep up the good pace on the medium tires. He is very close to the fastest lap with a time of 3:24.777
Lap 42: Driver change, William behind the wheel and we have changed to hard tires because we are driving way to fast to get excitement. It doesn't seem like the hard tires were noticeably more durable than the mediums, as we can run 7 laps on both. We a leading by 1 minute 2 seconds
Lap 49: 3 hours passed! William lost the 1st place to the Audi R8 but as the R8 pitted we got it back. We lead by 1 minute 5 seconds.
Lap 56: We have made a driver change, Kasper is now driving. We trail by 25 seconds to the Audi R8, that is leading the race.
Lap 64: Kasper is in the pit. Close battle for the first place with the Audi R8, not even a second between us and the Audi. Kasper is still driving.
Lap 67: 4 hours! Kasper had pulled away, but a collision with a Viper slowed him down and he is battling with the Audi again.
Lap 70: Kasper overtaked the Audi, but lose the position again, because of the tires.
We pitting and make a driver change. Christian is now driving. We trail by 1 minute 22 seconds to the Audi R8.
Lap 72: The Audi has been in the pits and Christian has made a fine lap on the hard tires, in a time of 3:27.466. Leading by 15 seconds.
Lap 75: The lights on the car has just turned on. (4 and a half hour in the race)
Lap 77: Christian has been in the pit. He was 6 seconds in front of the Audi, but after the pit stop he is 36 seconds behind the Audi.
Lap 81: 5 hours now. It's getting darker. We are in 2nd place and trailing by 15 seconds.
Lap 84: After a short break we are back. we are in the pit and have made a driver change, William in the car. William gets out behind a BMW and loses a couple of seconds. We are trailing by 29 seconds.
Lap 87: The Audi is driving faster and faster, but William has managed to get the gap down to 21 seconds.
Lap 92: William has cut the gap down to 16 seconds as he goes in the pit. It's a pit race and the Audi makes a longer stop and even though we lost time because of an other Pescarolo we came out ahead of the Audi and we are leading by 11 seconds!
Lap 99: William has a good stint as he increased the gap to 30 seconds before he goes in the pit. He drove consitently around 3:30 minutes with a best lap of 3:28.8. Kasper is behind the wheel and we are now trailing by 49 seconds. 6 hours gone now!
Lap 100! We have now passed all cars but three with 1 lap!
Lap 106: Energy drinks starting to disappear after 6 and a half hour of racing. Kasper enters the pits with the gap at 30 seconds and the Audi overtakes. We are trailing by 19 seconds.
Lap 109: Incredibly close! Kasper is closing the gap and he is now 9 seconds behind the Audi R8.
Lap 110: Kasper is driving consistetly and has now closed the gap to the Audi and is yet again in a direct battle for 1st place in wich he overtakes and starts increasing the gap.
Lap 113: Kasper is pitting. The Audi was pitting a lap before. He was 1 minute 31 seconds in front of the Audi, but now the gap is just 16 seconds. Christian is now driving, still in the lead.
Lap 114: 7 hour is past!
Lap 120: An exciting battle with the Pescarolo at 3rd place ends up in us both going of in the porsche curves after a collision. The gap was at 18 seconds but will probably be decreased by up to 10 seconds going into the pits. After the pitstop the gap is 29 seconds in favour of the Audi R8.
Lap 127: Christian brings the Pecarolo in to the pits with a gap of 40 seconds. William takes over and the Audi is ahead by 34 seconds. At 22:20 real time there is a long night coming up!
Lap 130: 8 Hours! William has closed the gap to 12 seconds.
Lap 132: William decrease the gap to 3 seconds and the Audi pits. Back in the lead by 1 minute 12 seconds.
Lap 134: After a pitstop the Audi decrease the gap from 1 minute 7 seconds to 19 seconds.
Lap 141: William has just entered the pit. William has increase the gap to the Audi to 39 seconds. The Audi pitted on the same lap, but we did the pit stop some seconds faster. The gap is now 43 seconds. Kasper is now driving.
Lap 146: 9 hour past!
Lap 149: Kasper enters the pit, with the gap at 26 seconds to the Audi. The Audi caches us while we are in the pit and we trail by 21 seconds.
Lap 154: Very good stint from Kasper as he manages to overtake the Audi and also increase the gap a lot as he sets new record on hard tires. It's now 3:27.451. Gap is now 42 seconds in our favour. Christian is now driving.
Lap 162: Pitstop after a tense battle with a Toyota GT-One. The gap was 42 seconds before pitstop and after the pitstop it was only 0,5 seconds. 10 hours passed.
Lap 168: With the gap at 1 minute 12 seconds, William gets in the car. He comes into a close battle with the Audi R8.
Lap 178: 11 hours passed now. We are leading.
Lap 184: William has just entered the pit. He leading with 1 minute 50 seconds before the pit stop, and 17 seconds after the pit stop. The Audi has pit a lap before. Kasper is now driving.
Lap 194: 12 hours past! Halfways!
Lap 198: Kasper is driving consistly the fastest is 3:27:218. It is the fastest lap on hard tires!
Lap 199: Kasper is in the pit. Christian is now behind the wheel.
Lap 205: It's almost daylight now.
Lap 212: Christian in the pit. William is now driving.
Lap 246: Kasper has set the new fastest lap on the hard tires 3:25:480
Lap 256: Christian sets a lap time on the hard tires of 3:25.716.
Lap 263: We have changed to medium tires and Christian has set a new record with a time of 3:21.9
Lap 265: William behind the wheel now, leading the Audi by 16 seconds.
Lap 272: William pits, trailing by 10 seconds. After the pit stop we trail by 51 seconds
Lap 275: 17 hour mark. The Audi has pitted and William is increasing the gap, it's now 47 seconds. There is coming a bit of rain now, but still driving on slicks without losing grip.
Lap 285: 19 % water on the surface. We lead by 1 minute 30 seconds
Lap 292: 73 % water on the surface. Kasper is driving and he has just changed to full rain tires. We lead by 14 seconds.
Lap 294: 100 % water on the surface! Lap times of around 4 minutes now.
Lap 305: 19 hours gone. We lead by 36 seconds.
Lap 316: Christian brings the car in with a lead of 2 minutes 16 seconds. William is now behind the wheel.
Lap 319: William lead by 1 minute 25 seconds now as we reach 20 hours.
Lap 325: Driver change, Kasper now driving.
Lap 333: 21 hours of racing behind us! The Audi is slow in the rain so we are just keeping the car on road.
Lap 341: William is in the car and we lead by 23 seconds
Lap 347: 22 hours has passed.
Lap 354: Kasper is driving the Pescarolo and he is leading the Audi by 34 seconds.
Lap:359: The countown has begun, last hour! Christian driving. He lead by 1 minute 15 seconds.
Lap 367: Under half an hour to go. William is driving and pulling away. He is leading by 27 seconds. No signs of the rain stopping.
Lap 370: William and Kasper seem to be bored and Kasper is changing gears for William... With his feet. William is widening the gap and the Audi has been in the pits.
Lap 371: Pitting, but just a new set of tires for the last laps.
Lap 373: YES!! Victory! William drives the Pescarolo over the line.
Final standings:
1. Pescarolo GV5 '04
2. Audi R8
3. Pescarolo Hybrid '05
4. Bentley Speed 8
5. Pescarolo GV5 '04
6. BMW V12 LMR
7. Pescarolo Courage '03
8. Toyota GT-One
9. Audi R10
10. Mercedes CLK LM
11. Dodge Viper
12. Dodge Viper
Total laps: 373
Gap to 2nd place: 1 lap
Fastest lap (Medium tires): 3:21.9 (Christian)
Fastest lap (Hard tires): 3:25.48 (Kasper)
24 hour close racing. Only seconds between us for most of the race!
Car: Pescarolo Judd GV5 '04
We've detuned the car to 750 hp to get a more exciting race. We start on racing hard tires. We are driving with manual gears.
We started the race at 2 pm (Danish time) and quickly reached 1st place, with William behind the logitech driving wheel.
At the 7th lap William spun in the Porsche curves, just before he pitted. After the pitstop we were placed 8th
William have now got us back in front and he's leading by 33,5 seconds at the 13th lap.
Lap 14: We have pitted and made a driver change. Now Kasper is behind the wheel.
We are currently 6th place and 53 seconds behind the leader.
Lap 18: We've passed the hour mark, with our fastest lap currently 3:27:697, by William.
Kasper has just passed the 4th place and has almost cached the 3rd placed Bentley.
Lap 34: We have just passed the two hour mark. We have made a driver change, and Christian is now behind the wheel. Kasper has beaten the fastest lap time. The fastest time is now 3:24:655 on the medium tires.
We lead the race with 1 minute and 4 seconds.
Christian is on the medium tires.
Lap 39: Christian keep up the good pace on the medium tires. He is very close to the fastest lap with a time of 3:24.777
Lap 42: Driver change, William behind the wheel and we have changed to hard tires because we are driving way to fast to get excitement. It doesn't seem like the hard tires were noticeably more durable than the mediums, as we can run 7 laps on both. We a leading by 1 minute 2 seconds
Lap 49: 3 hours passed! William lost the 1st place to the Audi R8 but as the R8 pitted we got it back. We lead by 1 minute 5 seconds.
Lap 56: We have made a driver change, Kasper is now driving. We trail by 25 seconds to the Audi R8, that is leading the race.
Lap 64: Kasper is in the pit. Close battle for the first place with the Audi R8, not even a second between us and the Audi. Kasper is still driving.
Lap 67: 4 hours! Kasper had pulled away, but a collision with a Viper slowed him down and he is battling with the Audi again.
Lap 70: Kasper overtaked the Audi, but lose the position again, because of the tires.
We pitting and make a driver change. Christian is now driving. We trail by 1 minute 22 seconds to the Audi R8.
Lap 72: The Audi has been in the pits and Christian has made a fine lap on the hard tires, in a time of 3:27.466. Leading by 15 seconds.
Lap 75: The lights on the car has just turned on. (4 and a half hour in the race)
Lap 77: Christian has been in the pit. He was 6 seconds in front of the Audi, but after the pit stop he is 36 seconds behind the Audi.
Lap 81: 5 hours now. It's getting darker. We are in 2nd place and trailing by 15 seconds.
Lap 84: After a short break we are back. we are in the pit and have made a driver change, William in the car. William gets out behind a BMW and loses a couple of seconds. We are trailing by 29 seconds.
Lap 87: The Audi is driving faster and faster, but William has managed to get the gap down to 21 seconds.
Lap 92: William has cut the gap down to 16 seconds as he goes in the pit. It's a pit race and the Audi makes a longer stop and even though we lost time because of an other Pescarolo we came out ahead of the Audi and we are leading by 11 seconds!
Lap 99: William has a good stint as he increased the gap to 30 seconds before he goes in the pit. He drove consitently around 3:30 minutes with a best lap of 3:28.8. Kasper is behind the wheel and we are now trailing by 49 seconds. 6 hours gone now!
Lap 100! We have now passed all cars but three with 1 lap!
Lap 106: Energy drinks starting to disappear after 6 and a half hour of racing. Kasper enters the pits with the gap at 30 seconds and the Audi overtakes. We are trailing by 19 seconds.
Lap 109: Incredibly close! Kasper is closing the gap and he is now 9 seconds behind the Audi R8.
Lap 110: Kasper is driving consistetly and has now closed the gap to the Audi and is yet again in a direct battle for 1st place in wich he overtakes and starts increasing the gap.
Lap 113: Kasper is pitting. The Audi was pitting a lap before. He was 1 minute 31 seconds in front of the Audi, but now the gap is just 16 seconds. Christian is now driving, still in the lead.
Lap 114: 7 hour is past!
Lap 120: An exciting battle with the Pescarolo at 3rd place ends up in us both going of in the porsche curves after a collision. The gap was at 18 seconds but will probably be decreased by up to 10 seconds going into the pits. After the pitstop the gap is 29 seconds in favour of the Audi R8.
Lap 127: Christian brings the Pecarolo in to the pits with a gap of 40 seconds. William takes over and the Audi is ahead by 34 seconds. At 22:20 real time there is a long night coming up!
Lap 130: 8 Hours! William has closed the gap to 12 seconds.
Lap 132: William decrease the gap to 3 seconds and the Audi pits. Back in the lead by 1 minute 12 seconds.
Lap 134: After a pitstop the Audi decrease the gap from 1 minute 7 seconds to 19 seconds.
Lap 141: William has just entered the pit. William has increase the gap to the Audi to 39 seconds. The Audi pitted on the same lap, but we did the pit stop some seconds faster. The gap is now 43 seconds. Kasper is now driving.
Lap 146: 9 hour past!
Lap 149: Kasper enters the pit, with the gap at 26 seconds to the Audi. The Audi caches us while we are in the pit and we trail by 21 seconds.
Lap 154: Very good stint from Kasper as he manages to overtake the Audi and also increase the gap a lot as he sets new record on hard tires. It's now 3:27.451. Gap is now 42 seconds in our favour. Christian is now driving.
Lap 162: Pitstop after a tense battle with a Toyota GT-One. The gap was 42 seconds before pitstop and after the pitstop it was only 0,5 seconds. 10 hours passed.
Lap 168: With the gap at 1 minute 12 seconds, William gets in the car. He comes into a close battle with the Audi R8.
Lap 178: 11 hours passed now. We are leading.
Lap 184: William has just entered the pit. He leading with 1 minute 50 seconds before the pit stop, and 17 seconds after the pit stop. The Audi has pit a lap before. Kasper is now driving.
Lap 194: 12 hours past! Halfways!
Lap 198: Kasper is driving consistly the fastest is 3:27:218. It is the fastest lap on hard tires!
Lap 199: Kasper is in the pit. Christian is now behind the wheel.
Lap 205: It's almost daylight now.
Lap 212: Christian in the pit. William is now driving.
Lap 246: Kasper has set the new fastest lap on the hard tires 3:25:480
Lap 256: Christian sets a lap time on the hard tires of 3:25.716.
Lap 263: We have changed to medium tires and Christian has set a new record with a time of 3:21.9
Lap 265: William behind the wheel now, leading the Audi by 16 seconds.
Lap 272: William pits, trailing by 10 seconds. After the pit stop we trail by 51 seconds
Lap 275: 17 hour mark. The Audi has pitted and William is increasing the gap, it's now 47 seconds. There is coming a bit of rain now, but still driving on slicks without losing grip.
Lap 285: 19 % water on the surface. We lead by 1 minute 30 seconds
Lap 292: 73 % water on the surface. Kasper is driving and he has just changed to full rain tires. We lead by 14 seconds.
Lap 294: 100 % water on the surface! Lap times of around 4 minutes now.
Lap 305: 19 hours gone. We lead by 36 seconds.
Lap 316: Christian brings the car in with a lead of 2 minutes 16 seconds. William is now behind the wheel.
Lap 319: William lead by 1 minute 25 seconds now as we reach 20 hours.
Lap 325: Driver change, Kasper now driving.
Lap 333: 21 hours of racing behind us! The Audi is slow in the rain so we are just keeping the car on road.
Lap 341: William is in the car and we lead by 23 seconds
Lap 347: 22 hours has passed.
Lap 354: Kasper is driving the Pescarolo and he is leading the Audi by 34 seconds.
Lap:359: The countown has begun, last hour! Christian driving. He lead by 1 minute 15 seconds.
Lap 367: Under half an hour to go. William is driving and pulling away. He is leading by 27 seconds. No signs of the rain stopping.
Lap 370: William and Kasper seem to be bored and Kasper is changing gears for William... With his feet. William is widening the gap and the Audi has been in the pits.
Lap 371: Pitting, but just a new set of tires for the last laps.
Lap 373: YES!! Victory! William drives the Pescarolo over the line.
Final standings:
1. Pescarolo GV5 '04
2. Audi R8
3. Pescarolo Hybrid '05
4. Bentley Speed 8
5. Pescarolo GV5 '04
6. BMW V12 LMR
7. Pescarolo Courage '03
8. Toyota GT-One
9. Audi R10
10. Mercedes CLK LM
11. Dodge Viper
12. Dodge Viper
Total laps: 373
Gap to 2nd place: 1 lap
Fastest lap (Medium tires): 3:21.9 (Christian)
Fastest lap (Hard tires): 3:25.48 (Kasper)
24 hour close racing. Only seconds between us for most of the race!
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