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

[CCLOPES]

At this point I just want Toyota to get a podium. But #8 is creeping up fast!

 

[Sentry87]

Thanks for the recap, I need the stream to do a quick highlight reel. This is unbelievable...

All I can hope for is Porsche to experience some bad luck and have an lmp2 lead overall or at leat have the 8 Toyota be in the hunt. How many Laps behind is #8?

 

[Vinylshark]

Half the lmp1 field is out?? Are you kidding me. Where's the number 7

You could say that Toyota and Le Mans had some disagreements.


So, what does the clock say for you guys? 4:52am here in Germany.

 

[Silent Drifter]

Thanks for the recap, I need the stream to do a quick highlight reel. This is unbelievable...

All I can hope for is Porsche to experience some bad luck and have an lmp2 lead overall or at leat have the 8 Toyota be in the hunt. How many Laps behind is #8?

About 30 laps behind.

You could say that Toyota and Le Mans had some disagreements.


So, what does the clock say for you guys? 4:52am here in Germany.

It's 9:56pm here

 

[Com Fox]

At this point I just want Toyota to get a podium. But #8 is creeping up fast!

Don't think it'll last, pace wobbles a lot in these kind of races.

 

[deadbob777]

With the rate this race is going, who else is looking forward to a GT-AM car winning?

 

[Michelin Man]

All I can hope for is Porsche to experience some bad luck and have an lmp2 lead overall or at leat have the 8 Toyota be in the hunt. How many Laps behind is #8?

Sadly the #8 is 28 Laps off the leading #1 Porsche, so as RLM's Trusser's mentioned, despite the #8's pace, best it could probably do is 5th/6th overall at the moment. But given the drama so far, we shall see...

 

[Amac500]

My word. I've had 6 Pop Tarts, 6 Vanilla Twinkies, 1 Pasta Cup and a lot of tissues. (Nose)

Well, if you aren't eating your tissues yet you must not be that tired

 

[Furinkazen]

Strange activity at #1 pit, trolley jacks being prepped. Either they bored or issues.

 

[Northstar]

Strange activity at #1 pit, trolley jacks being prepped. Either they bored or issues.

Have they done a brake change yet?

 

[Amac500]

Strange activity at #1 pit, trolley jacks being prepped. Either they bored or issues.

There was a radio communication about oscilation on the engine data.

 

[Furinkazen]

Have they done a brake change yet?

No.

Car back going.

 

[mikeerfol]

You could say that Toyota and Le Mans had some disagreements.


So, what does the clock say for you guys? 4:52am here in Germany.

5:59 here... Still going!

 

[deadbob777]

10:59

 

[Furinkazen]

4am, been up for 19 hours.

 

[Quakebass]

I was mainly following the race for the LMP1s, really hoping Toyota could come back and finally land a victory break the VW streak. I wasn't really following any of the other classes, so I don't have much to look at for an outright or class victory.

That said, in these longer endurance races I end up looking at the underdogs around halfway into the race on the side, and this is year is no different. LMP2s finishing on the podium excites me, and I'm starting to root for the Chan 38 and/or Prost+Senna cars to finish up there, maybe even take poll if the top Porsche has a similar failure to it's sister car. At the same time I'm hoping to see the #2 crawl back up in front of the P2s, and see just how close it'll finish to the top of the P2 field.

Similar to the #2 Porsche, I'm watching the last Toyota creep back up the ranks, it's just hoped back up to the top 30, really hoping it can get back into the top 12-10 by the end of the race. By my calculations it may only make it as far as top 15, but it could find some extra pace, and a few cars (Toyota included) could peter out, so it's hard to say. I've still got stuff to watch so I'll be staying in for the next 10 hours. 👍

 

[Vinylshark]

Not sure if that's due to the tv cameras, but I'm quite suprised how dark it still looks at Le Mans, compared to what I see when I look outside.

 

[fortbo]

10:02 here, might get some sleep though since I have an autocross early in the morning. I'll try to get a win for Audi tomorrow

 

[Amac500]

I was mainly following the race for the LMP1s, really hoping Toyota could come back and finally land a victory break the VW streak. I wasn't really following any of the other classes, so I don't have much to look at for an outright or class victory.

That said, in these longer endurance races I end up looking at the underdogs around halfway into the race on the side, and this is year is no different. LMP2s finishing on the podium excites me, and I'm starting to root for the Chan 38 and/or Prost+Senna cars to finish up there, maybe even take poll if the top Porsche has a similar failure to it's sister car. At the same time I'm hoping to see the #2 crawl back up in front of the P2s, and see just how close it'll finish to the top of the P2 field.

Similar to the #2 Porsche, I'm watching the last Toyota creep back up the ranks, it's just hoped back up to the top 30, really hoping it can get back into the top 12-10 by the end of the race. By my calculations it may only make it as far as top 15, but it could find some extra pace, and a few cars (Toyota included) could peter out, so it's hard to say. I've still got stuff to watch so I'll be staying in for the next 10 hours. 👍

Always something to watch in a 24 hour race. As the RLM guys says, it's about the story 👍

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

11:04 in Maryland

 

[Amac500]

11:06 in Detroit

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Same here, I'm also in Maryland. I think I'll go to bed at midnight and turn my alarm clock on so that I wake up 1 hour before the end of the race to see the ending.

 

[Silent Drifter]

Always something to watch in a 24 hour race. As the RLM guys says, it's about the story 👍

Yup, even though the teams I'm rooting for, Toyota and Corvette, haven't had a good race. There's still 9:55 hours left in the race, and still anything can happen. I remember one year, with like 2 hours left of the race, the LMP2 started dropping like flies.

 

[Sentry87]

8:04 here, just got home an hour ago, missed everything. Was hoping the drama would come towards the end like last year.

At least an aston still leads gte, didn't expect that.

 

[Furinkazen]

After 14 hours of LM, and having seen RLM R2 and back of Porsches, i'm off for a bit.

Also anyone with the RLM YT feed, Jo Bradleys face on waking up to see what the overall standings were will be many a member in the morning

Laters, GTP.

 

[deadbob777]

At least an aston still leads gte, didn't expect that.

I think that's one of the real big surprises, caught me off guard

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

Same here, I'm also in Maryland. I think I'll go to bed at midnight and turn my alarm clock on so that I wake up 1 hour before the end of the race to see the ending.

I'm conking out at around 2 or 2:30 as I got something to do in the morning. Great to see another Maryland based GTP'er here!

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I'm conking out at around 2 or 2:30 as I got something to do in the morning. Great to see another Maryland based GTP'er here!

Well, I'm fairly new to Maryland actually; I haven't even lived in the state for a year yet.

 

[Michelin Man]

After 14 hours of LM, and having seen RLM R2 and back of Porsches, i'm off for a bit.

Also anyone with the RLM YT feed, Jo Bradleys face on waking up to see what the overall standings were will be many a member in the morning

Laters, GTP.

Yes I am!

Was quite a picture to see Joe Bradley's face, after sleeping for a few hours, can't blame him. Think his jaw is still on the floor .

 

[Skython]

The #36 Alpine is absolutely on it right now. Their best lap is a 30.5, and Gustavo Menezes has just done a 30.7, 30.6. Gone up five places to 17th in the last half hour, pretty good for being binned in the gravel trap at the start of the race.