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

[Vinylshark]

Audi taking the lead

 

[MarchingSaint]

Jani and Bernhard are on a legue of their own, can't get any image of the toyotas apparently

 

[GTPorsche]

Is this lead battle going to continue for the entire race? That'll make it more interesting.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Stream picking a bad time to start messing up. Good ol' refresh seems to have done the trick and I can't enjoy this battle for first again.

 

[Legro]

Is this lead battle going to continue for the entire race? That'll make it more interesting.

Let's hope so.

 

[ViscousTraction]

Spoiler

Audi wins

 

[Coiler]

I'll expect audi to run longer on their rubber than Porsche, WEC all over again

 

[Legro]

Spoiler

Audi wins

Spoiler

NOOOOOOOOOO.

 

[RobertM525]

Wow, the live timing was lagging behind the video when the #7 made the pass by like a few minutes!

Oh, and 🤬🤬! C'mon, Porsche!!

 

[CodeRedR51]

Who are the other 2 drivers in that car?

No idea.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

Andre Lotterer, you crazy dude, overtaking a backmarker LMP2 like that...

 

[MustangManiac]

Those P1's driving like it's the final laps!

 

[Diehardracer]

The other day I began what is hopefully long term casual work with a guy who valets cars - so I will be around cars most time which is great for me as a car fan. At the end of what was my very first day I had doubts about whether I would learn all the products. There is so many. I really was just moments away from packing it in. Giving up my desired job of a valeter because I didn't think I could learn all the products and how they are to be applied.. Something I have always wanted to do.

Comments please?

 

[HokieRacer3861]

Wow, the live timing was lagging behind the video when the #7 made the pass by like a few minutes!

Oh, and 🤬🤬! C'mon, Porsche!!

There's still 22+ hours to go.

 

[Coiler]

Those P1's driving like it's the final laps!

In the end every second caunts!

 

[Mike458]

I'm fairly sure that this is going to be more of an "angry race" for the P1s more than anything. They might as well be treating their P1s like Touring Cars!

 

[Jawehawk]

What part of "they are a brand new manufacturer" can't you comprehend? Give them a chance man! How can you conveniently overlook the vast development difference between something like the Porsche 919 or the Audi R18 - the fact they are years behind the other LMP1 cars - so easily? You ask way too much of them way too early.

No racing experience. Little testing. Little development. Am I concerned that they started with all but one LMP2 cars in-front of them? Not one bit. Because I have something called patience. I realize nothing can be achieved with the time they have had with the car. Rome was not built in a day.

Judge them on their performance in 2-3 years time. Then you can mock them to your hearts content. If they still are performing this badly then you can.

On Toyota's first year back at Le Mans, they were right there in front, fighting with Audi.
Porsche weren't as fast as Toyota on their first go, but certainly nowhere near as slow as Nissan currently is.

So yeah. I'm not seeing your point. Nissan is performing abysmal. For me, they are becoming a running joke on Le Mans. First it was the Deltawing. Then the ZEOD. And now this. All cars that didn't fit in anywhere in the actual race.

Showing up at Le Mans as their first race is idiotic.

 

[G.T.Ace]

I know we talked too much about it already, but man, the Nissan looks so cool on track.
Lotterer driving on the limit like no one else.

 

[sk8er913]

No idea.

I think I just saw a GTE car pass a Nissan in Arnage.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Ferrari almost took out the #22 car.

 

[RobertM525]

There's still 22+ hours to go.

I know, I know. Even if Porsche wins, they'd never do it flag to flag. But still...!

 

[Mike458]

Then the ZEOD.

Speaking of which, what's going on with the ZEOD?

 

[MarchingSaint]

Live timing offline , is audi leading the race? What about Orecas and GTE?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

In the end every second caunts!

The second where you hit the wall counts for a lot more though!

 

[CodeRedR51]

I think I just saw a GTE car pass a Nissan in Arnage.

No the Nissan passed the GT car, ran wide so it got back along side, then pulled away.

 

[Legro]

I think I just saw a GTE car pass a Nissan in Arnage.

You did. Well for a couple of seconds after a corner but it happened.

 

[FordMKIVJ5]

Now that Quest's coverage of the race start has finished it's back to RLM and live timing for me.

She Sells Sanctuary is cheering me up though.

 

[sk8er913]

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Live timing offline , is audi leading the race? What about Orecas and GTE?

Audi is leading and pulling away.

 

[G.T.Ace]

So yeah. I'm not seeing your point. Nissan is performing abysmal. For me, they are becoming a running joke on Le Mans. First it was the Deltawing. Then the ZEOD. And now this. All cars that didn't fit in anywhere in the actual race.

How was the DeltaWing a joke? The car performed better than anyone expected until Nakajima pushed it off the road. If Don Panoz wouldn't be such a stubborn old guy, the whole project could've been something else.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

In the end every second counts!

That is true, but still, they have been going on like this ever since Bill Ford Jr. dropped that French flag. The pace of the factory P1s (more the VAG group cars than the Japanese duo) has been insanely fast, so much that you'd think they were still running the qualification!

Ferrari almost took out the #22 car.

Ah, we almost had the start of GTP's favourite drinking game; the "Ferrari causes accidents" drinking game...