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

[ukfan758]

#95 has a little damage @catamount39

 

[Michelin Man]

The the #95 has gone off and hit the barrier, left side damaged.

 

[Amac500]

95 bent it in Mulsanne corner. Kept it moving but damaged it.

 

[Sentry87]

95 aston into barrier, narrowly escapes

 

[Michelin Man]

Has lost the class lead too, will be very lucky if there's no mechanical damage.

 

[Silent Drifter]

This GT Pro class, you can't afford any mistakes. Pretty much a pit stop makes you loose a position, so this is going to hurt them.

 

[20832]

God damn it!

 

[Michelin Man]

Yea, it's amazing to think, this far into the race, that GTE-Pro is still so close, so much so, that a simple pit-stop could cause you to lose several places and a lot of ground. Prop's to them for being so close during the race.

 

[Amac500]

Well the Gibson runs at a higher rev, so I'm not surprised it screams. It's like comparing a 458 GTE to a Aston Martin GTE V8 wise.

Right, but if that scream was deeper down toward the lower midrange, that's where I'd put the Vette DP. The Cady was definitely the lowest register, but it was a bit of a smooth kind of deep, where the Vette DP was a real thrasher.

 

[Sentry87]

Yup there goes my gtE favorite..

 

[Amac500]

The cult returns

 

[Silent Drifter]

That #91 Porsche sounds great. I can't wait to see them at Road America.

 

[Organ-Donor]

Ah! Not louder. Faster yes, more powerful yes. I always liked the visual look of the Corvette DP, like the road car/race blends you'd see at Le Mans in the late 90s. But yeah, like I said I was at Belle Isle a couple weeks ago (which I attend every year) and I can honestly tell you the DPi Caddy is quieter than the Corvette DP was. The Corvette DP was one of the loudest cars I've heard in my life (have not seen GTPro/GTLM cars in person), TV never did that car just. First time I heard it was on a cross over bridge as the IMSA's were released for practice, and I was never more sure the world was ending than when that Corvette DP drove beneath me.
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I don't know how it isn't louder, from what I've heard it is louder than the Vette GTE/GTLM which uses the same engine...

I have to agree the older Corvette DP was louder and and more thunderous earth shattering sound than the Cadillac DPi's. The Cadillac DPi's aren't quite on the same level as the C7.R's either.

 

[Amac500]

Is there actually a Jackie Chan affiliation with the Jackie Chan cars or was that just for the sake of naming it?

 

[Silent Drifter]

Is there actually a Jackie Chan affiliation with the Jackie Chan cars or was that just for the sake of naming it?

I believe he is the team owner, or at least co owner.

 

[Michelin Man]

Is there actually a Jackie Chan affiliation with the Jackie Chan cars or was that just for the sake of naming it?

Yup there certainly is, Jackie himself co-owns and runs the DC team.

He's also a founding member of the BAXI DC team in LMP3, which has done very well, to say the least, in ELMS

 

[Tired Tyres]

Aston Martin contriving to not win GTE again.

 

[Amac500]

I believe he is the team owner, or at least co owner.

Yup there certainly is, Jackie himself co-owns and runs the DC team.

He's also a founding member of the BAXI DC team in LMP3, which has done very well, to say the least, in ELMS

Perfect, well then when that's the P2 car that wins outright it's gonna be really fitting lol.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Fellin down like AMR. Here is a cheer up like they use.

 

[Michelin Man]

Yea, that's a big shame for the #95, going a lap down now, means there's 7 cars battling on the lead lap, with hopes on the #97 now.

 

[Sentry87]

Aston Martin contriving to not win GTE again.

To be honest as much Ive been pulling for them, I've been waiting for them to eventually lose it.

 

[Amac500]

2:44 am, this is where the stretch of this race becomes a grind for me

 

[Downhill Dino]

I just realized, what happened to all the Nissan powered LMP2s this year? They used to be all over the place.

 

[Amac500]

The situation we are in, if the #1 car was to break in the last, say, 40 minutes, it will have completed the most laps but wouldn't feature on any of the podiums. When at Le Mans could you say that was a possibility?

 

[Amac500]

I just realized, what happened to all the Nissan powered LMP2s this year? They used to be all over the place.

New P2 rules, they all run a spec Gibson motor.

 

[Amac500]

95 is well slow on Mulsanne

 

[Silent Drifter]

#95 Aston Martin going really slow.

 

[Downhill Dino]

New P2 rules, they all run a spec Gibson motor.

Oh that's right, I forgot about the spec rules. That's really lame.

 

[Michelin Man]

#95 was going slowly again, looks like more trouble for that car.

 

[Amac500]

Oh that's right, I forgot about the spec rules. That's really lame.

Not to mention that this is the first 24 Hours of Le Mans EVER... without open top cars