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

[G.T.Ace]

Am Sure Toyota will come armed to the teeth next year, 4 cars, and competent drivers.

Hope so.

Delta Wing Twitter feed confirms the car was unrepairable by Motoyama. Which is a shame after the effort he put in. Unfortunate result for the team

This is far worse than just sad, especially because we will never see it again at Le Mans.

 

[Furinkazen]

Toyota coming back out.

 

[obsessive rules]

Deltawing is officially out of le mans 2012. Aco has said under no conditions will it go out.

 

[CarBastard]

Btw will Toyota race the rest of the season?

I think so. In fact, in order for Toyota to participate in the rest of the WEC, the point standings won't count with the two worst results of a team, a rule clearly instated to "forgive" Toyota for missing Sebring and Spa.

 

[Grease]

toyota out of the pits

 

[C-ZETA]

It lives 👍

For real this time.

 

[TankAss95]

C'mon Toyota! Kick Ass!

 

[terminator363]

The sound from that feed

 

[Bram Turismo]

Their mechanics appear quick and their drivers smart.

If only you'd know how amateurish you made the Toyota crew sound like !

"Hey bud, can we borrow your staff? Ours is walking around with their heads in their asses".

 

[SubaruWRC555]

The sound is stuttering.
O-or ra-ath-e-er the-e s-sound is stu-t-ter-i-ing.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqxl00_toyota-racing-n-7_auto?start=481

 

[HKS racer]

"Fast" is relativ. And unless you are comparing the DW to the LMP1s, it can't be called slow by a long shot. Hell, if it wasn't for Nakajima, I could've imagined it besting Pescarolo, at least

Pescarolo was having problems even before the race with booth cars.

If it wasn't for the Delta Wing being there when Nakajima was tring to pass an Audi we will still have a 24h battle. Watch the video, just a slow ass making traffic to the the LMP1s in battle!

Nakajima could have been more cautious, but he was dealing with the Audi's there was no time to think about the troll car! Delta wing driver being slower should allow the Toyota passing easily. They were battling each other for top positions just get out the way!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=puZa681uVXU

 

[C-ZETA]

So, just the 23 laps to make back for Toyota then. Come on! There's a good chance it'll happen! Make it happen!

 

[obsessive rules]

it lives 👍

For real this time.

yeees!!!!!

 

[rustyMercedes]

Toyota coming back out.

I was gone for a couple hours, when I left they were still following safety car after #8 was crashed out by that idiot in the ferrari.

what happened to the #7 Toyota?

 

[Tornado]

If it wasn't for the Delta Wing being there when Nakajima was tring to pass an Audi we will still have a 24h battle. Watch the video, just a slow ass making traffic to the the LMP1s in battle!

Oh my god. I was joking!

 

[RUstAuSi]

Toyota is so unlucky, their car is so promising, and as I speak the remaining car is in 51st place I think and they are leaving the pits finally. I was hoping for at least a podium from them but it doesn't look like it will happen now. Maybe next year they can win!

 

[Furinkazen]

I was gone for a couple hours, when I left they were still following safety car after #8 was crashed out by that idiot in the ferrari.

what happened to the #7 Toyota?

Hit Deltawing, putting Deltawing out.

 

[Dan360]

23 laps behind, 15 hours to catch up. C'mon Toyota!
Toyota coming out of the pit lane:

 

[Wardez]

Update on Ant, he's ok:

http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h/...?utm_source=www.lemans.org&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Tired Tyres]

pescarolo was having problems even before the race with booth cars.

If it wasn't for the delta wing being there when nakajima was tring to pass an audi we will still have a 24h battle. Watch the video, just a slow ass making traffic to the the lmp1s in battle!

Nakajima could have been more cautious, but he was dealing with the audi's there was no time to think about the troll car! Delta wing driver being slower should allow the toyota passing easily. They were battling each other for top positions just get out the way!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=puza681uvxu

Stop trolling.

 

[scarslasher]

Update on Ant, he's ok:

http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h/...?utm_source=www.lemans.org&utm_medium=twitter

Good to hear that. That was a nasty crash.

 

[Wardez]

So much drama already, just woke up and have finished reading all the news and going through this and a couple other threads.

Don't give up on the race guys, and even though you say you don't care for a race where Audi runs away with it you're still watching

Plenty of action to be had still for sure.

 

[Dennisch]

The sound of the Corvettes is so good. It makes the Ferrari's sound like a screaming kid.

 

[RUstAuSi]

23 laps behind, 15 hours to catch up. C'mon Toyota!
Toyota coming out of the pit lane:

Come on Toyota!

 

[Furinkazen]

Bad news for 97 aston via Allans Simonsen.

Game over for us at LM. It started well and we got the car in the lead of our class.. On positive note I guess I get to sleep tonight..

 

[Scalage]

Stop trolling.

Stop feeding

 

[SubaruWRC555]

spin in last corner

 

[Furinkazen]

Strakka spin.

 

[Luminis]

Pescarolo was having problems even before the race with booth cars.

If it wasn't for the Delta Wing being there when Nakajima was tring to pass an Audi we will still have a 24h battle. Watch the video, just a slow ass making traffic to the the LMP1s in battle!

Nakajima could have been more cautious, but he was dealing with the Audi's there was no time to think about the troll car! Delta wing driver being slower should allow the Toyota passing easily. They were battling each other for top positions just get out the way!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=puZa681uVXU

Oh, that's it, you're a butthurst Toyota fanboy who can't get over Nakajima smashing the #7

Get over it, this is Le Mans, having slower cars on the track is part of it. If Nakajima can't deal with that well enough, it's not the Delta Wing's fault, it's his fault. And Toyota's for placing him inside their car. For all intends and purposes, they were within a fied of GT cars, so even if the Delta Wing didn't exsit to begin with, he might have very well taken himself out by smashing into a GT car.

Now, get over it. Blame Toyota for building a car that can't withstand such a collision, blame Nakajima for smashing into the DW, blame the ACO for not seperating GT and LMP cars before restarting the race, but this clearly isn't the Delta Wing's fault.

 

[Fido_le_muet]

Bad news for 97 aston via Allans Simonsen.

Game over for us at LM. It started well and we got the car in the lead of our class.. On positive note I guess I get to sleep tonight..

Nooooooooo !!!!
such a shame, the battle with the Corvette at the beginning of the race was amazing!
Was hoping for more