77th Le Mans 24 Hours

[Wardy 944]

It's starting to get light here in the UK, only an hour or so before sunrise.

Great to hear the driver is alive, the car looks completely destroyed, I wonder if they will show a replay now that they know the accident wasn't fatal

 

[Pingwhen]

It's starting to get light here in the UK, only an hour or so before sunrise.

Great to hear the driver is alive, the car looks completely destroyed, I wonder if they will show a replay now that they know the accident wasn't fatal

thats what im hoping i want to see what happend, but i figure it will be shown at 12:00 when speed comes back on the tube.

 

[Boffin]

Hi guys - real sorry I can't hang with you this time. Have to study for a maths exam.

I was looking at the leaderboard on the Le Mans site and was wondering if there was anyway to save EVERY picture of the cars from those image archives when you go Leaderboard > Car of choice > photo archive.

thanks

 

[JamboGT]

At night not all cameras are active, thats why the world feed is limited, there may not be footage or the incident.

 

[Pingwhen]

At night not all cameras are active, thats why the world feed is limited, there may not be footage or the incident.

yep thats what im not hoping for. im sure their will be some amateur video.

 

[albteman015]

At night not all cameras are active, thats why the world feed is limited, there may not be footage or the incident.

I'm sure the car had a camera on it that the team uses. Maybe it will be released after the race or the camera could have been damaged and we could possibly have nothing to see.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Safety car is out again.

 

[JamboGT]

Confirmed no major injuries at all so if there is footage they will show it.

Safety car out.

 

[Lotrzyna]

Why is safety car out again ?

 

[Metar]

Oil on the track by a crashed Prototype.

 

[JamboGT]

Not really sure...

 

[Wardy 944]

nice to see they've rebuilt the Radical and got it back in the race 👍

 

[Tired Tyres]

The idiot in car 35 has just left the pits with a blown turbo.

 

[Duphman]

The idiot

Well, that sure was necessary.

 

[Metar]

Yes, he's an idiot. He could've stopped and let them push him back into the pits, instead of do a whole lap with a blown turbo.

 

[Lotrzyna]

Oil on the track by a crashed Prototype.

From #17 accident or some another ? I hope that one only ...
Really sad thing what happened, lets hope driver is OK.

Sun dawn looks really nice, especially before Dunlop turns.

 

[JamboGT]

Was from another, no major injuries for the driver involved in the big crash confirmed btw.

 

[Metar]

Nope, a different car, but nothing major - just a borked suspension and some leaked fluids.

 

[J-PaP]

Just woke up and skimmed through this thread. I noticed the #8 Pug fell back to 6th place at some point. Did it catch back up on raw pace to get to 2nd spot?

 

[Metar]

Yep.

Damn, took a "pit-stop" in the shower and still got out with the SC on track.

 

[Tired Tyres]

I wish someone would clean the dead bugs from the Audi No. 1's onboard camera.

 

[Metar]

F1 and MotoGP cameras have moving covers that "clean" themselves of water or dirt... Don't they have it here?


Green, and another one fudged the start. :\

 

[JohnBM01]

My goodness! I am watching on speedtv.com's live stream of the race with Radio Le Mans commentary. And oh my... it's BEAUTIFUL! It has the whole widescreen/HD thing. This is the first Le Mans I'm enjoying with broadband. I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep very well once the race concludes! Epic win for Speed Channel!

 

[Tired Tyres]

Speeds online stream has stopped again.

 

[Metar]

http://en.justin.tv/live24live

Keep going. It's about 30-40 seconds behind.

 

[Wardy 944]

Of cause it has, JohnBM01 says it's great, we all go for a look, overloads the servers and breaks

 

[CAMikaze]

My goodness! I am watching on speedtv.com's live stream of the race with Radio Le Mans commentary. And oh my... it's BEAUTIFUL! It has the whole widescreen/HD thing. This is the first Le Mans I'm enjoying with broadband. I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep very well once the race concludes! Epic win for Speed Channel!

My sentiments exactly John. 👍 Maybe next year, they can stream the Qualifying session? Just a thought on my part.

 

[Metar]

They said it will stop at 5am local time - it did.

Audi improved a bit, now consistently on 3'30s flat - but then again, the Peugeots are hovering between that and 3'27s.

 

[RACECAR]

Normally, I don't do this as its a 24 hour race where anything can happen, but I'm gonna call the race now:

P1: Peugeot will win the race. They actually got the strategy right this time and they actually have beaten Audi in the pits. They have finally relised winning a 24 hour race means lasting the distance as well. I will really be surprised if they lose it in the last few laps like they have the past few years.

P2: Porsche(and in particular, the essex team) dominated LMP2 and will finish that way. Anyone else who doesn't think so is crazy.

GT1: Do I really need to tell you?

GT2: Unless risi makes a major fail, they got it.

 

[nosturbo]

Pretty decent stream here guys, using Eurosport HD
http://www.justin.tv/tomcio6