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

[CodeRedR51]

The #21 Nissan just stopped on the sand and retired from the race.

They have not retired yet.

 

[Omnis]

Bummer. Do they have any idea of what hit the Nissan?

Perhaps some jetsam from one of the other Nissans. Maybe they got the hybrid system working and it yoinked off a wheel.

 

[Kabiki]

Nope, only if the marshalls do repair jobs. Cars can be pulled aside and repaired by the driver, but the car needs to reach the pit on its own.

Driver needs to stay within 10 meters off hs car and keep his helmet on tho. Otherwise its n auto dnf

 

[Pilitev]

Heavy motor in front doesn't help when you're missing a front tyre

 

[Harsk100]

They have not retired yet.

I just got informed that Nissan team is trying to restart the #21.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

That's what I mean, they revealed their car at Le Mans last year, but they've... vanished.

It's a long story but basically the Lotus is racing today. I'll try to sumarise:

Kodewa built a LMP2 car with naming sponsorship from Lotus, this carried over too their LMP1 car which was shown at Le Mans last year then ran the second half of the season, they then quietly dumped the Lotus name before the end of the season but continued with the car which is now run by ByKolles.

E- I got tree'd by many minutes, Kolles took too much of my thinking capacity/time.

 

[mister dog]

Crap happens and for the most part the things that have gone wrong for them are nothing uncommon.

Yeah but aside from the failures, they are so bloody slow through corners it's at a GT pace as it understeers like a pig.
There must be a reason racing teams never use a front wheel drive concept, and Nissan is proving that at the moment i'm afraid.

 

[Vinylshark]

Who's driving the Nissan #21 and why doesn't he listen to the marshalls?

 

[Scuderia Paul]

@legacyMACHINE The byKolles was the black Lotus T129 last year.

Edit
I'm a little late.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Screw that Marshall, the car can still roll. >8(

 

[R5]

It's a long story but basically the Lotus is racing today. I'll try to sumarise:

Kodewa built a LMP2 car with naming sponsorship from Lotus, this carried over too their LMP1 car which was shown at Le Mans last year then ran the second half of the season, they then quietly dumped the Lotus name before the end of the season but continued with the car which is now run by ByKolles.

I know, I found this just a little after I asked the question.

 

[Furinkazen]

#21 vs Marshals

 

[C-ZETA]

Who's driving the Nissan #21 and why doesn't he listen to the marshalls?

Matsuda, looks somewhat like the language barrier what with the marshals' gestures.

 

[CodeRedR51]

#21 is moving again.

Edit: Or not.

 

[C-ZETA]

Matsuda living the #ThugLife

 

[Ameer67]

It started rolling...but back on the grass.

 

[CinnamonOD]

#21 does not care

 

[Vinylshark]

Guess the stewarts won't be happy at all with what they just saw.

 

[AJ]

Matsuda might lose his licence for that, he clearly ignored a marshal's instructions.

Marshals have a better view of external damage than drivers.

 

[Omnis]

"Mr. Matsuda, does the car run?"
"Hai."
"Do you need help starting it?"
"Hai."

"We're trying to help, but he just keeps greeting us!"

 

[Downhill Dino]

Yeah but aside from the failures, they are so bloody slow through corners it's at a GT pace as it understeers like a pig.
There must be a reason racing teams never use a front wheel drive concept, and Nissan is proving that at the moment i'm afraid.

Front wheel drive doesn't automatically mean understeer, don't let Gran Turismo fool you. Mid-engine rear wheel drive is used because it's just simply is the best platform. This is run under regulations so the FF layout can use other means to keep up, such as aerodynamics.

 

[MustangManiac]

10 pages since I took a nap 1.5 hours ago! C'mon guys, you are impossible to keep up with

 

[Harsk100]

Nissan #21 has retired.

 

[yzfmike]

Track Stewards do not have to be listened too. They do know best like this case............

 

[Speedracer8218]

Did they just say #21 will be black flagged?

 

[sk8er913]

Fox commentary. "So what color do you like your black flag."

 

[Furinkazen]

"Mr. Matsuda, does the car run?"
"Hai."
"Do you need help starting it?"
"Hai."

"We're trying to help, but he just keeps greeting us!"

Classic

 

[Northstar]

Yeah but aside from the failures, they are so bloody slow through corners it's at a GT pace as it understeers like a pig.
There must be a reason racing teams never use a front wheel drive concept, and Nissan is proving that at the moment i'm afraid.

It's hard to tell what it's actual performance is like considering they are pretty much running 3 pre-broken cars. I can't imagine Nissan wanted to put forth this kind of performance, but at this stage there was really no going back as withdrawal would probably have been even worse.

 

[Kabiki]

Someone already said this but sick pace from nick tandy. Just matched their pb​

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

 

[Omnis]

Front wheel drive doesn't automatically mean understeer, don't let Gran Turismo fool you. Mid-engine rear wheel drive is used because it's just simply is the best platform. This is run under regulations so the FF layout can use other means to keep up, such as aerodynamics.

This race demonstrates that POWAHHH is greater than Aero. Jeremy Clarkson will replace Ben Bowlby next year.