80th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours - 16–17 June 2012

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

And I got to say, I never cared much for Anthony Davidson (the Peugeot-Vette debacle a couple of years ago made it harder) but after what happened to him this year, and watching these videos, you got to feel for the guy.

Really after what he did last year? Really?

 

[Hun200kmh]

Really after what he did last year? Really?

Really. And if you are talking about what happened with the Corvette it was two years ago (2010), not last year.

Meanwhile, I also found this nice video from Level 5 Motorsports. Shame they didn't end, better luck next year! 👍




And I've just checked the final classification. Not sure if it's already posted in the thread (does not show up in the OP) so if Furinkazen wants to add this there, just copy and paste the link! 👍

http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers...ures-du-mans-2012-classifcation-after-24h.pdf

Couple of interesting notes, regarding the excellent Corvette win in the GTE Am category (Lamy's car, hence my personal interest):


They finished 20th overall, right after the 3 podium finishers in the GTE Pro class (these finished 17th, 18th and 19th)


They completed 329 laps, only 4 down on 3rd GTE Pro car (Aston Martin - 333 laps completed)

They were the best Corvette in the final standings (next was the official #73 car, classified in 23rd position, with 326 laps completed)

And their best lap (the 313th, done by Lamy, in that awesome final stint), was only about 2 seconds shy of the best laps made by the official GTE Pro Corvette teams.

GTE Am #50 Corvette - 3'58.534
GTE Pro #73 Corvette - 3'56.216
GTE Pro #74 Corvette - 3'56.835


I guess the Larbre Competition guys must be happy with what they have achieved.

 

[nitrorocks]

Yeah I saw that from Autosport's twitter account. Very cool idea, but I have yet to watch any if them.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

No I was talking about last year when he actively admitted blocking the Audi by cutting its nose off when he was laps down then deleted the comments off twitter when he got a load of abuse on twitter for it.

 

[Tired Tyres]

What Davidson did last year was not a big deal.

It was the other Peugeot that was out of line with the lead Audi.

 

[RACECAR]

No I was talking about last year when he actively admitted blocking the Audi by cutting its nose off when he was laps down then deleted the comments off twitter when he got a load of abuse on twitter for it.

And that is somehow thats worse then what Franck Montagny did?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Just found this Flickr account for Nissan Racing. Some EPIC photos from the Le Mans weekend. Recommended! All photos are sized for months of desktop wallpaper shuffling.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nissan-racing/

 

[Hun200kmh]

Nice find, thanks! 👍

I'll share also 2 interesting links here.

1 - Audi's official video recap of this event and race
http://tv.audi.com/video/29823#/07

2 - The Nissan Hotel at Le Mans (in french, if you can read this language don't miss this. Amazing ...)
http://en-voiture.blog.leparisien.fr/archive/2012/06/19/l-hotel-nissan-aux-24-heures-du-mans.html?c

 

[obsessive rules]

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/le-mans-2012-round-up-2012-06-19

Wallpapers

 

[CodeRedR51]

All 2 of them.

Mine's better.

(but limited to Nissan...)

 

[obsessive rules]

All 2 of them.

Mine's better.

(but limited to Nissan...)

2? More like 20

 

[CodeRedR51]

2? More like 20

Sorry, only saw the 2 links on that page, didn't see the 1 of 20 under the photo.

 

[obsessive rules]

Sorry, only saw the 2 links on that page, didn't see the 1 of 20 under the photo.

Ah. I see, some cool photos though.

 

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

Just found this Flickr account for Nissan Racing. Some EPIC photos from the Le Mans weekend. Recommended! All photos are sized for months of desktop wallpaper shuffling.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nissan-racing/

Nice find, thanks! 👍

I'll share also 2 interesting links here.

1 - Audi's official video recap of this event and race
http://tv.audi.com/video/29823#/07

2 - The Nissan Hotel at Le Mans (in french, if you can read this language don't miss this. Amazing ...)
http://en-voiture.blog.leparisien.fr/archive/2012/06/19/l-hotel-nissan-aux-24-heures-du-mans.html?c

Cool photos and videos. Thanks Nissan and Audi. 👍

 

[gorsad]

Just found this Flickr account for Nissan Racing. Some EPIC photos from the Le Mans weekend. Recommended! All photos are sized for months of desktop wallpaper shuffling.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nissan-racing/

Thanks, was looking for some good desktop photos.

 

[Hun200kmh]

Nice writeup from Oliver Gavin
http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/r...er-gavin/olly-gavin-on-his-le-mans-challenge/

 

[Wardy 944]

Radioleman, have a round up of the race tonight, starts at 8pm GMT

radiolemans.0157.org/nplayer.php

Edit. NOT TONIGHT I'll up-date when.

 

[Wardez]

4 hours of onboard video with #1 Audi R18 e-tron

Starts with the safety car from the Porsche GT car crashing in the Porsche curves.
-Restart happens at 3:11.
- 2:38:20 Very close call (and offtrack)!
- 3:12:00 Pulled into garage to replace rear body panel
- 3:31:30 Battle with Audi #2 for overall lead!
- 3:32:25 Big off-track.

That super close call with the stranded Corvette sent my chest going omg what an amazing save! I don't remember hearing about this during the race at all!

Click on this link to get right to it:
http://youtu.be/WEDDXi2AFP8?t=2h38m19s

 

[Carlos]

Click on this link to get right to it:
http://youtu.be/WEDDXi2AFP8?t=2h38m19s

WOW! I knew it was coming and still my heart skipped a beat!

 

[CodeRedR51]

I thought this photo was funny.

"What is that thing?"

 

[RACECAR]

So, how much for the Pointed arrow thingy? Oh and I'll have that Porsche too.

 

[Carlos]

I thought this photo was funny.

"What is that thing?"

He took it home!!

(Spotted this when I was walking back to my car, looks alot like the Dunlop-ad car)

 

[gorsad]

He took it home!!

*PICTURE*

(Spotted this when I was walking back to my car, looks alot like the Dunlop-ad car)

I think that's Topgear's home built version of the Deltawing.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I think that's Topgear's home built version of the Deltawing.

It is.

 

[gtone339]

Wrong thread. Sorry.

 

[obsessive rules]

He took it home!!

(Spotted this when I was walking back to my car, looks alot like the Dunlop-ad car)

Topgear? They got andy Saunders to make a replica to drive to le mans. Send the picture to topgear!


http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/top-gear-nissan-deltawing-finished-2012-06-14

 

[Patrick]

Topgear?

Yep, just look at a few posts above yours.

 

[obsessive rules]

Yep, just look at a few posts above yours.

I put a link in now. So it's different.

 

[Gejabo]

 

[gtone339]

Good one!! 👍