83rd Running Of The Le Mans 24 Hours - 13/14 June 2015.

[sk8er913]

Otherwise then fairly trouble free?

Oh and Audi blew it, they said they are hoping for a podium.

 

[bkk5244888]

What happened to 7 since I was last here?

Rear body work kind of exploded quite a while ago now. Took 6 and a half minutes in the garage to fix.

 

[sk8er913]

Rear body work kind of exploded quite a while ago now. Took 6 and a half minutes in the garage to fix.

That was the 7 car? Then the 8 car has hybrid problems?

 

[sk8er913]

19 Porsche has been flawless. 17 has been nearly flawless. And number 18 was... well its still doing laps... lol

 

[sk8er913]

P2 leader has a puncture

 

[redsoxboy80]

19 Porsche has been flawless. 17 has been nearly flawless. And number 18 was... well its still doing laps... lol

And #19 isn't even a full season WEC car.

 

[RACECAR]

What a crazy 13 years its been for that design.

2002 - Reynard 02s:

2015 - Gibson 015s:

Of all the designs, I think this has lasted the longest without a massive redesign.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

That was the 7 car? Then the 8 car has hybrid problems?

#9 have unsolvable breaking issues.

The bodywork blou-out was in the #7 indeed. I don't know nothing about the #8 though.

 

[Bo]

Can Bro stop killing its tyres? Kthxbai

 

[Luminis]

Wanted to catch some of the footage after getting home yesterday, broke down from exhaustion instead

Live timing shows Porsche leading overall and Corvette leading GTE. Can't think of a great many better sights to wake up to 👍

 

[sk8er913]

#9 have unsolvable breaking issues.

The bodywork blou-out was in the #7 indeed. I don't know nothing about the #8 though.

I meant the 9 not the 8, I thought it wS a hybrid issue.

 

[townha99]

Onboards.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MIVUthV7dng

http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/motorsport/worksracing/raceseries/fiawec/livestreaming/#

Thanks! I'm not a massive fan of onboards but if that all there is, I'll take it!

 

[bkk5244888]

That was the 7 car? Then the 8 car has hybrid problems?

I'm 95% sure it was the 7. I'm not entirely on top of all of Audi's problems at the moment, so the 8 could have hybrid problems, but I'm not sure. I thought the only thing that's gone wrong for them was the crash into Indianapolis yesterday

 

[Savolainen83]

Is there a link for live timing?

http://live.fiawec.com/

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Eurosport telling me that Alberto Contador is one of the favourites to win this year's Giro d'Italia and La Vuelta and that Greg Lemond, the most trusted expert commentator is ... hang on, this isn't Le Mans!

 

[sk8er913]

I'm 95% sure it was the 7. I'm not entirely on top of all of Audi's problems at the moment, so the 8 could have hybrid problems, but I'm not sure. I thought the only thing that's gone wrong for them was the crash into Indianapolis yesterday

That was their smallest problem.

 

[Diehardracer]

Timing shows Nissan #23 going out. With the CLM in the pits there could be an overtake for 43rd position in a few minutes! Those three cars are hilarious to follow; they all just keep breaking down one after the other. Great job to them though, they've worked hard. I'm very pleased that the Nissans are still running.

Nissan has been awarded an small degree of credit but not been awarded the degree of patience they need to be given. As lovely as it is if more than a little bit unrealistic, it seems a few on here expected them to win and anything less than the win and they should quit WEC. Funny thing is unless you are a total moron nobody could ever imagine for a nanosecond Nissan could ever have earmarked the race to lay down any kind of goal.

 

[Davidies]

Looking at the performance of the #64 makes me sad that Magnussen had to crash in quali. Imagine 2 of those along with everyone else... (Assuming none of them would crash in the race)

 

[Nexus]

No. 55 Ferrari has officially retired.

 

[Savolainen83]

SMP Racing Ferrari off at Indianapolis

 

[sk8er913]

Nissan has been awarded an small degree of credit but not been awarded the degree of patience they need to be given. As lovely as it is if more than a little bit unrealistic, it seems a few on here expected them to win and anything less than the win and they should quit WEC. Funny thing is unless you are a total moron nobody could ever imagine for a nanosecond Nissan could ever have earmarked the race to lay down any kind of goal.

I think the main issue is that GTP in maybe everyone in general was over hyped about the program and put high expectations in an incomplete car.

 

[AJ]

Hour 18 Lap Analysis

- On track for 393 laps if they keep completing 17 per hour.
- Pace was perfect before SC #4.

 

[redsoxboy80]

Wow. The CLM just did its fastest lap. Things heating up in the Nissan/Bykolles race for not last.

 

[sk8er913]

72 crashed at indy, how old was that replay? Very recent. Slow zone active.

Update visually doesnt appear damaged.

 

[redsoxboy80]

Nissan has been awarded an small degree of credit but not been awarded the degree of patience they need to be given. As lovely as it is if more than a little bit unrealistic, it seems a few on here expected them to win and anything less than the win and they should quit WEC. Funny thing is unless you are a total moron nobody could ever imagine for a nanosecond Nissan could ever have earmarked the race to lay down any kind of goal.

Yeah it would be completely bogus to expect them to win right out of the box. I, personally, did expect a bit more pace from the car. If it was 10 or 12ish seconds off the pace at this point, I'd think they have a potential winner. But ya never know. They might get everything working and blow everyone away next year.

 

[sk8er913]

Yeah it would be completely bogus to expect them to win right out of the box. I, personally, did expect a bit more pace from the car. If it was 10 or 12ish seconds off the pace at this point, I'd think they have a potential winner. But ya never know. They might get everything working and blow everyone away next year.

Dont regulations chabge next year to slow down LMP1? They might not change the GTR cuz its ao slow lol

 

[bkk5244888]

Wow. The CLM just did its fastest lap. Things heating up in the Nissan/Bykolles race for not last.

According to the timing that's the closest battle for position on the track at the moment. I love it!
Edit: That's not quite true actually, but still.

 

[GTPorsche]

We won't see the true pace of the GT-R until they've got the hybrid system working correctly.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I think the main issue is that GTP in maybe everyone in general was over hyped about the program and put high expectations in an incomplete car.

And a design that I have some serious reservations about. I understand the benefits of the layout, but I cannot see it being revolutionary the way Audi's diesel engine was. Sometimes I think that Ben Bowlby is experimental for the sake of being experimental, and that the drawbacks of the layout will ultimately outweigh the benefits in the long term.

 

[ClydeYellow]

Nissan has been awarded an small degree of credit but not been awarded the degree of patience they need to be given. As lovely as it is if more than a little bit unrealistic, it seems a few on here expected them to win and anything less than the win and they should quit WEC. Funny thing is unless you are a total moron nobody could ever imagine for a nanosecond Nissan could ever have earmarked the race to lay down any kind of goal.

I, for one, wasn't expecting Nissan to be competing for the win (and I was hoping for them to be slower than Audi, ofc)... But I was expecting them to be faster than the ByKolles.
With the kind of money and resources Nissan has, they could've probably done better if they'd started their development just a couple of months sooner. And while the ByKolles and CLM cars are slow because their teams don't have the money to make them faster, Nissan has basically decided to turn a motorsport race into their own testing session... Which is the kind of behavior that has always annoyed me, and always will.
I get taking part in a race with an unproven car with no hopes for victory, every team and manufactuer that's in the business of racing does that sooner or later, but this is pushing it a bit too far.

It also has to be said, tho, that they took a big gamble with Bowlby's new weird-ass FWD design. A gambit that we won't be sure will pay off until 2016, at the very least.