85th Running Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans, 17-18 June 2017Sports Cars

[Furinkazen]

HAHAHAAH

 

[TheElbows]

Stream not working at ALL for me.

 

[IforceV8]

Who else is doing live timing, I can't even get to the WEC home page now

I have nothing, and until they add some new AA batteries to their server I guess we have Trussers to tell us what is going on.

 

[Michelin Man]

Come on, the Ford sandbag joke is getting old now

Besides, I personally don't see how they've suddenly "dumped the sandbags" and gained a huge chunk of time. Besides they're not running away with at the moment, GTE is certainly close right now.

 

[Milouse]

Who else is doing live timing, I can't even get to the WEC home page now?

i can see one here (once you click the Expand icon button):
http://www.lemans.org/fr/24-heures-du-mans

 

[Northstar]

My stream is finally back, but lagging like crazy.

 

[catamount39]

I have nothing, and until they add some new AA batteries to their server I guess we have Trussers to tell us what is going on.

You mean AAA's, the double AA's are what EA servers use.

 

[MustangManiac]

One thing Fox is doing this year different is leaving the race footage run during commercials and just cutting the announcer audio.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

YouTube has two live feeds up, not sure what people are using. EuropSport sounds better than the boring Fox guys but it's not RLM

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I have nothing, and until they add some new AA batteries to their server I guess we have Trussers to tell us what is going on.

If you search "Le Mans" on Youtube with the live filter you'll probably find something. It's a little naughty but call it force majeure.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

One thing Fox is doing this year different is leaving the race footage run during commercials and just cutting the announcer audio.

You say that, but I cut to that horrible "regular people" Chevy commercial with the bad mama jamma...

 

[Michelin Man]

I have nothing, and until they add some new AA batteries to their server I guess we have Trussers to tell us what is going on.

You mean AAA's, the double AA's are what EA servers use.

No what you need to do, is plug Trussers into the system, then it'll work forever. After all Trussers is far powerful than any standard battery .

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

I didn't read or see any of the pre-race coverage, nor recall the Audi news. It was interesting to tune in and see only 5 LMP1s in the front.

 

[MustangManiac]

You say that, but I cut to that horrible "regular people" Chevy commercial with the bad mama jamma...

Man, am I missing out

 

[catamount39]

I didn't read or see any of the pre-race coverage, nor recall the Audi news. It was interesting to tune in and see only 5 LMP1s in the front.

Yeah Audi left, last year was their last season.

 

[fortbo]

Yeah Audi left, last year was their last season.

Still pissed off about that...stupid dieselgate.

 

[Milouse]

Apparently if temperatures reach 32 degrees C, then Toyota will probably be forced to cut driving stints to 80 minutes at a time. That's something that would probably worry a fan, though I'm sure Toyota has gone over this rule and made sure the cockpit can be kept below that without needing AC.

According to french public TV commentators, Toyota didn't plan for such heat at all, based on temp history on last 25 years. Thing is, the temp is way higher than average at Le Mans today, and things will be worse tomorrow. Toyota may be impacted by the 32° rule.

 

[IforceV8]

2 Youtube feeds and TV now synced finally, now to find a timing screen that works.

 

[[Nor]MclarenF1]

I didn't read or see any of the pre-race coverage, nor recall the Audi news. It was interesting to tune in and see only 5 LMP1s in the front.

Audi announced their departure from WEC some 6 months ago.

Edit: Make that October last year. So 8 months ago.

 

[GTracer98]

I didn't read or see any of the pre-race coverage, nor recall the Audi news. It was interesting to tune in and see only 5 LMP1s in the front.

Yeah, shame, isn't it? Losing the major force, aka Audi, and Nissan who, I really hoped, would have continued their LMP1 program, it feels a bit empty at the top level.

 

[catamount39]

And now there's the Porsche LMP1 exit rumors...which unfortunately aren't unrealistic at this point.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

2 Youtube feeds and TV now synced finally, now to find a timing screen that works.

Fox and the Eurosport feed aren't using the same camera shots tho. I wonder what RLM is watching

 

[comu]

Yeah Audi left, last year was their last season.

Any rumours of a possible return?

 

[[Nor]MclarenF1]

And now there's the Porsche LMP1 exit rumors...which unfortunately aren't unrealistic at this point.

Fingers crossed the rumours of Peugeot making a comeback holds water.

 

[catamount39]

Fingers crossed the rumours of Peugeot making a comeback holds water.

Before it collapses entirely potentially, yes. Though a rebirth of LMP1 with far less expensive regs may be required anyway to keep a top LMP class afloat.

Any rumours of a possible return?

Nope.

 

[Northstar]

And now there's the Porsche LMP1 exit rumors...which unfortunately aren't unrealistic at this point.

I have a feeling that rumor was started by a journalist looking for a story during a rather quiet week.

 

[Michelin Man]

And now there's the Porsche LMP1 exit rumors...which unfortunately aren't unrealistic at this point.

It's really quite worrying and tragic really isn't it . If Porsche do leave, then the minimum requirement of 2 manufactures would not be fulfilled, and thus LMP1 would be in doubt.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Yeah, shame, isn't it? Losing the major force, aka Audi, and Nissan who, I really hoped, would have continued their LMP1 program, it feels a bit empty at the top level.

Yep

Though it looks like the other classes will have some good competition this year. I'm hoping they get adequate coverage.

 

[Vinylshark]

That's quite nice to see that the GT Pro field has to stop in the same lap.

 

[catamount39]

I have a feeling that rumor was started by a journalist looking for a story during a rather quiet week.

It was made by the same guy that wrote during Le Mans last year of Audi's potential exit. I'm taking it with a grain of salt but its not exactly confidence inducing when the Porsche brass aren't pleased by costs and results.