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

[Bo]

lets hope these short Japanese have an ace on their sleeve for the next session,im reffering to toyota.

The ace will need to involve a hull and rudder for today's session.

 

[mister dog]

The ace will need to involve a hull and rudder for today's session.

Looks to dry for those assets at the moment though :

http://www.viewsurf.com/univers/tra...f-a11a81-pres-du-mans-vue-orientee-vers-anger

 

[R0ssingt0n]

After a 6 hour delay thanks to the car breaking down we're now on the ferry to Calais. Better late than never I guess! Hopefully will be there in time to catch the last bit of qualifying.

 

[HKS racer]

How is it even possible to bottom out so hard with the relatively high ride height of the LMP's? I'd rather expect the GT'S to let the sparks fly.

My wild guess is the rear suspension setup is really soft because of the lack of weight at the rear, but when reaching high speeds on the straights the down force becomes so great the car bottoms out on the bumps?

Judging from the raised front end raised I think your guess is correct.

This car is ambitius and hope they manage to fix all the issues but one thing is computer calculation, another is the car running on real track. There's always a difference sometimes is negligible sometimes not so.

 

[RobertM525]

My wanted winners are:

LMP1
Toyota Gazoo Racing

LMP2
Murphy Prototypes

GTE Pro
Aston Martin​

In that vein, I'll say that I'm rooting for...

LMP1: Porsche

LMP2: I dunno... Extreme Speed Motorsports? I really don't follow LMP2 at all.

GTE Pro: Porsche

GTE Am: Either Proton Racing Porsche

Yeah, I'm a one trick pony.

I think Porsche's got a fair shot in each of those three categories, but I have the sneaking suspicion Audi will win again in LMP1, one of the Corvettes will beat the highest-placing 911 (though not necessarily win), and in GTE Am... could go anywhere, really. But I wouldn't complain if Porsche swept the race in all categories.

 

[mister dog]

16 minutes

 

[mikeerfol]

16 minutes

13!

So, it's supposed to rain tonight, doesn't it?

 

[MustangManiac]

13!

So, it's supposed to rain tonight, doesn't it?

Stream just started, dry now, commentators said they have had showers and storms are in the area.

 

[Tired Tyres]

I've subbed to the WEC stream after the issues I had with the Eurosport player last night. This is a lot better. Eurosport can go fish from now on.

 

[GTP Ziggy]

In that vein, I'll say that I'm rooting for...

LMP1: Porsche

LMP2: I dunno... Extreme Speed Motorsports? I really don't follow LMP2 at all.

GTE Pro: Porsche

GTE Am: Either Proton Racing Porsche

Yeah, I'm a one trick pony.

I think Porsche's got a fair shot in each of those three categories, but I have the sneaking suspicion Audi will win again in LMP1, one of the Corvettes will beat the highest-placing 911 (though not necessarily win), and in GTE Am... could go anywhere, really. But I wouldn't complain if Porsche swept the race in all categories.

KCMG is going to take P2 because they are beating a hybrid Nissan and they have LaPierre.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Man Toyota's pace is so underwhelming this year, I'd really love to know what the hell happened.

 

[RobertM525]

I've subbed to the WEC stream after the issues I had with the Eurosport player last night. This is a lot better. Eurosport can go fish from now on.

I subbed to the WEC Le Mans stream, too. I’ve been hearing great things about it, but I’m at work, so I can’t use it yet!

God, why don’t they do everything at times convenient for those of us living on the west coast of the US?

Man Toyota's pace is so underwhelming this year, I'd really love to know what the hell happened.

They improved, but Porsche and Audi improved more?

But, I agree. I was hoping to see Toyota do well this year after last year's surprising performance.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

After a 6 hour delay thanks to the car breaking down we're now on the ferry to Calais. Better late than never I guess! Hopefully will be there in time to catch the last bit of qualifying.

This is always comforting to see...

 

[Earth]

Man Toyota's pace is so underwhelming this year, I'd really love to know what the hell happened.

They're slower then last year

Which must mean they are focusing 100% on race pace. Still they're way off

 

[G.T.Ace]

They improved, but Porsche and Audi improved more?

So far, they didn't even top their own qualifying time from last year.
Everyone improved already in free practice, except Toyota.

 

[GTP Ziggy]

I subbed to the WEC Le Mans stream, too. I’ve been hearing great things about it, but I’m at work, so I can’t use it yet!

God, why don’t they do everything at times convenient for those of us living on the west coast of the US?


They improved, but Porsche and Audi improved more?

Porsche is on a mission to reclaim the spotlight from their neighbor company Audi like they done 16x before...

 

[Bo]

They improved, but Porsche and Audi improved more?

Toyota have genuinely gone back too, not just others gaining. They might've been able to do a better one-lap run in testing, but we have no edge in stints, we have worse balance, it seems far less consistent, and it's generally just down on overall pace because of it.

 

[-Fred-]

I think Toyota's borrowed an old page from Audi's book and have built a tank. More reliable, more efficient, but slightly slower... if they play their strategy right I think they still have a shot at it.

 

[Furinkazen]

Toyota have genuinely gone back too, not just others gaining. They might've been able to do a better one-lap run in testing, but we have no edge in stints, we have worse balance, it seems far less consistent, and it's generally just down on overall pace because of it.

And they actually have a legal car this
year.

 

[Tired Tyres]

They had a legal car last year. The wing was banned after the event, not before it.

 

[Furinkazen]

They had a legal car last year. The wing was banned after the event, not before it.

But no one picked it up until really late one if I recall.

 

[RobertM525]

So far, they didn't even top their own qualifying time from last year.
Everyone improved already in free practice, except Toyota.

Toyota have genuinely gone back too, not just others gaining. They might've been able to do a better one-lap run in testing, but we have no edge in stints, we have worse balance, it seems far less consistent, and it's generally just down on overall pace because of it.

Oh. My mistake. Could've sworn they were at least keeping up with their pace from last year.

Looks like last year, in session one of qualifying, the #7 did a 3:25.313 and the #8 did a 3:25.410. It was in session three where they set times of 3:21.789 and 3:22.523, respectively. Yesterday, #7 had a best time of 3:23.543 and the #8 did a 3:23.767. So better than their session one performance from last year, but, yeah, nowhere near as fast as their overall best.

 

[Tired Tyres]

But no one picked it up until really late one if I recall.

Race Car Engineering knew about it. I can't imagine the officials wouldn't be aware of it.

 

[Earth]

I think Toyota's borrowed an old page from Audi's book and have built a tank. More reliable, more efficient, but slightly slower... if they play their strategy right I think they still have a shot at it.

If more efficient means going one lap further then anyone on fuel, then yeah I think they have a shot. 1 lap fruther on fuel at Le Mans allows you to go 1.5 seconds a lap slower and still keep up.

 

[Vegard]

1 lap fruther on fuel at Le Mans allows you to go 1.5 seconds a lap slower and still keep up.

They're currently 6,6 seconds off the pace though.

 

[mustafur]

Man Toyota's pace is so underwhelming this year, I'd really love to know what the hell happened.

I got a feeling they will Audi 2007 it for some reason.

 

[Furinkazen]

French stewards don't like Audi #1 do they.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

Currently driving towards lightning, what's the weather like at Le Mans right now?

 

[Furinkazen]

Currently driving towards lightning, what's the weather like at Le Mans right now?

Cool and dry.

 

[alonsof1fan91]

LMP2 seems to be very close