82nd Running Of The Le Mans 24 Hours - 14/15 June 2014.

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

If they are like Zeod they better stay home.

If you've read up on your sportscar info (probably not since you got the GT BoP levels way off base), you'd know that they aren't like the ZEOD and it's obvious even Nissan knew it wouldn't go the distance if you saw the pre race interviews.

Source? Last I heard was two.
Toyota might bring three.

Radio Le Mans, the ACO feed on daily motion...both have claimed this.

 

[CarBastard]

But it was just so easy to see all the passion for the sport and their cars that Audi had, and I just didn't know how I could cheer against that. Glad to see Audi scoring another win this year and I'm hoping for another next year!

That's why I'm more than fine seeing #2 taking the win. I just cannot be a fan of Audi because my mortal enemy in the city streets is a VAG car so.... But still, I love the relationship and the skills in the #2 team and I feel they really diserve to win.

 

[Divinus]

Audis are cruising for the press. #2 in front, #1 follows close.

 

[MustangManiac]

So who takes the wiperman crown this year...I haven't been keeping up

 

[Falcon787B]

I don't actively hate any team...I just like someone else to beat Audi for a change

 

[G.T.Ace]

I read it in the news in the run up to this week they were going to 3 cars.

Well, I certainly wouldn't mind that.

 

[CarBastard]

Audis are cruising for the press. #2 in front, #1 follows close.

Porsche will do the same...only difference is that they're gonna be praying for their cars not to conk out in front of the cameras!

 

[Falcon787B]

Gap in LMP2 still fairly close right?

 

[Furinkazen]

Well, I certainly wouldn't mind that.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/nissan-planning-to-run-third-lmp1-car-at-le-mans-in-2015/

 

[R5]

So who takes the wiperman crown this year...I haven't been keeping up

Toyota for me. He just leapt on the car and got the job done

 

[Bram Turismo]

So? Do you think Toyota doesn't put any money into their Le Mans project?
Hating on a team, because they do the best job and due to that keep winning, and wishing they fail and all their hard work was for nothing is the pure definition of the word "unsportsmanlike".
You guys act like Audi kicked the Toyota's into the wall, but truth is that Toyota just failed to build a car reliable enough to fight and earn the victory.

Actually, the TS040 has so far been the most reliable car in the LMP1 field if you think about it properly.

The #8 crashed, never had any reliability issues.
The #7 had only a single issue, which unfortunately was a major one.

Had the #8 not crashed, we would have seen it lead the race by 2 laps. Nowhere have the TS040s been less reliable than the R18s.

 

[HKS racer]

Of course it does, but it doesn't make any difference when it comes to the most important part and that would be developing the car in the first place. Because you first need a car before you can decide how many you enter for the race.

Instead it's the biggest reason why Audi managed to beat their rivals this year. When 3 competitors build 3 different cars with similar performances the % of success is a mainly a matter of how many cars you can afford to put into competition.

As I said,

42,85 % Audi
28,57 % Toyota
28,57 % Porsche.

 

[Luminis]

Actually, the TS040 has so far been the most reliable car in the LMP1 field if you think about it properly.

The #8 crashed, never had any reliability issues.
The #7 had only a single issue, which unfortunately was a major one.

Had the #8 not crashed, we would have seen it lead the race by 2 laps. Nowhere have the TS040s been less reliable than the R18s.

Yeah, hads, woulds, ifs. If the #3 Audi hadn't been nocked out, things might have turned out entirely different, so what does it matter?

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Actually, the TS040 has so far been the most reliable car in the LMP1 field if you think about it properly.

The #8 crashed, never had any reliability issues.
The #7 had only a single issue, which unfortunately was a major one.

Had the #8 not crashed, we would have seen it lead the race by 2 laps. Nowhere have the TS040s been less reliable than the R18s.

Well that's not true, because you've not factored in driver reliability to the race. The problem with Toyota is that though fast their drivers tend to have brain fade issues. Especially the 7 but the 8 (as seen) isn't innocent.

 

[HKS racer]

If you've read up on your sportscar info (probably not since you got the GT BoP levels way off base), you'd know that they aren't like the ZEOD and it's obvious even Nissan knew it wouldn't go the distance if you saw the pre race interviews.

Geez it was a joke. Stop stalking me.

 

[Furinkazen]

Instead it's the biggest reason why Audi managed to beat their rivals this year. When 3 competitors build 3 different cars with similar performances the % of success is a mainly a matter of how many cars you can afford to put into competition.

As I said,

42,85 % Audi
28,57 % Toyota
28,57 % Porsche.

Errr. 100/3 = 33.3%. 100/2 = 50%

 

[Vinylshark]

Actually, the TS040 has so far been the most reliable car in the LMP1 field if you think about it properly.

The #8 crashed, never had any reliability issues.
The #7 had only a single issue, which unfortunately was a major one.

Had the #8 not crashed, we would have seen it lead the race by 2 laps. Nowhere have the TS040s been less reliable than the R18s.

They really are reliable, but at the end they weren't reliable enough to make it to the finish, at least the #7 wasn't. And I think that really is a shame, because they did an awesome job and I would've liked to see how the final hour would've looked with the #7 still running.

 

[CarBastard]

Instead it's the biggest reason why Audi managed to beat their rivals this year. When 3 competitors build 3 different cars with similar performances the % of success is a mainly a matter of how many cars you can afford to put into competition.

As I said,

42,85 % Audi
28,57 % Toyota
28,57 % Porsche.

You're awfully over-simplifying it ...

Yes, unicorns and Santa exist. Toyota is David vs. those evil Goliath germans...Toyota is an under-budgeted underdog fighting the evil empire using nothing but the force...

 

[Amac500]

Porsche will do the same...only difference is that they're gonna be praying for their cars not to conk out in front of the cameras!

That and they'll be timing the release so they can limp them around before the 5 minute clock expires!

 

[Amac500]

Instead it's the biggest reason why Audi managed to beat their rivals this year. When 3 competitors build 3 different cars with similar performances the % of success is a mainly a matter of how many cars you can afford to put into competition.

As I said,

42,85 % Audi
28,57 % Toyota
28,57 % Porsche.

Doesn't diminish what's happened here at all.

 

[HKS racer]

Errr. 100/3 = 33.3%. 100/2 = 50%

Not in a 7 car race. Do your math.

 

[CarBastard]

Le Mans laughs at your über-simplistic probability calculations.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Geez it was a joke. Stop stalking me.

No one is stalking you, you're not interesting enough for that.

You're awfully over-simplifying it ...

Yes, unicorns and Santa exist. Toyota is David vs. those evil Goliath germans...Toyota is an under-budgeted underdog fighting the evil empire using nothing but the force...

Staph my sides

 

[Vinylshark]

Instead it's the biggest reason why Audi managed to beat their rivals this year. When 3 competitors build 3 different cars with similar performances the % of success is a mainly a matter of how many cars you can afford to put into competition.

As I said,

42,85 % Audi
28,57 % Toyota
28,57 % Porsche.

The #3 Audi was taken out early in the race. And how many cars you enter in the race has nothing to do with how good you build your car.

Let me ask you a quick question: Let's say Toyota wins the next 5 or 6 Le Mans races in a row, would you start to cheer for Audi and hate Toyota, because they became the dominator's?

 

[gtone339]

Looking forward to the next round, Circuit of the Americas!

 

[Amac500]

Most impressive thing this year though has to be those Ligier LMP2 cars, even though it still feels weird to me that they have Nissan's. Ligier is just so French lol.

 

[R5]

Another great thread reduced to a Toyota V Audi argument...

Fantastic.

 

[Luminis]

Most importantly, it's not Audi's fault that the #7 combusted and the #8 smashed into a wall.

 

[dhandeh]

Le Mans laughs at your über-simplistic probability calculations.

I'm still trying to work it out.

 

[MHPALA]

I've always casually followed Le Mans, but the first time I really got into it as a fan was 2011. Originally I didn't want to be an Audi fan cus I saw the dominance, and I kind of thought I'd go Peugeot, but then I didn't really want to go with either cus I saw the online culture of fans bashing each other. So I decided I would be an Aston Martin fan (nobody say anything). There obviously wasn't much to pull for there so I went into the race open minded. However, try as I might, I couldn't help but fall in love with the Audi's. The cars looked so B.A., and the way they were talking about their technology and sharing it with the fans was so cool to me. At the time they were all on that Ultra Lightweight Technologies kick, some cool stuff. But it was just so easy to see all the passion for the sport and their cars that Audi had, and I just didn't know how I could cheer against that. Glad to see Audi scoring another win this year and I'm hoping for another next year!

I love reading their Self Study Program documents and being in awe' at the technology they incorporate into their vehicles. They literally go to the technical/innovative edge to get something to work on their cars. Not only that, their racing history. I'm a fanboy.