86th Running Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans, 16-17 June 2018

[GOTMAXPOWER]

What's up with the green lights on the Porsches, are they only green in the pits?

Leader lights?

The Porsche's have coloured lights in the pitlane, they're just for identification. The pink pig has red ones, the main headlights are white.

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

#63 is in 7th place, while #64 is 16th.

Oof, still a lot of racing to go, but yeesh.
Also, anyone else find it odd that it's midnight somehow in France but it's still very much daylight and hot as crap here in Maryland

 

[tbwhhs]

Electrical problems for #93 Porsche

 

[desmodan]

I cannot even begin to comprehend the skills of these drivers
Closing on a car that is doing near as 200 mph while needing a shorter braking distance , in the dark , must at least a little bit scary and they do it all night and call it fun !

 

[MustangManiac]

Electrical problems for #93 Porsche

Looks like the new ultra-low downforce aero kit

 

[Silent Drifter]

Electrical problems for #93 Porsche

Needs flat tires, sparks and smoke!

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

Electrical problems for #93 Porsche

 

[2clicks]

That is a nice smartphone cover.

 

[Silent Drifter]

That is a nice smartphone cover.

I have to say that was pretty cool. I'm not a Porsche fan, but I want one.

 

[Michelin Man]

Electrical problems for #93 Porsche

Its the BR Engineering BR-01 "Superleggera" Edition.

Joking aside, absolutely gutting for the SMP guys though, really tough look for them. Fair play for Isakyaan for trying his absolute best to get that car back, true spirit of the race feel there.

Also the #81 BMW is right up the #91's chuff now.

 

[2clicks]

I have to say that was pretty cool. I'm not a Porsche fan, but I want one.

You and me both. Not a Porsche fan, neutral but slowly starting to root for BMW, if I saw that there was one made for my phone, and it was a decent price, I'd buy it.

 

[MaddinICE]

Fair play for Isakyaan for trying his absolute best to get that car back, true spirit of the race feel there.

Team manager just said he still hasn't come back to the pits. Can understand him.

1 minute stop & go penalty for the #8 Toyota for speeding in a slow zone!

 

[Silent Drifter]

#8 has a stop and go penalty for one mintue

 

[jake2013guy]

And so it begins.

 

[Michelin Man]

#8 now has a penalty. 1min stop and hold for speeding in a slow zone.

 

[Jezza819]

Uh oh stop plus 60 seconds for the #8 for speeding in a slow zone.

 

[JohnBM01]

Nighttime at Le Mans. This is really one of the most beautiful sights and one reason why I enjoy this discipline of motorsport. This has been fairly decent coverage I've seen on Velocity. More so, great to hear Tom Kristensen offer his insight to the race. I also kind of listened on the Radio Le Mans stream earlier today for the coverage of this race.

 

[Silent Drifter]

#93 Porsche is back out of the garage and away it goes.

 

[Michelin Man]

#93 coming back out, 16th in Pro.

Edit: Beaten to it again, really need to work on my speed typing ability .

 

[MaddinICE]

#93 Porsche is back out of the garage and away it goes.

That sound when he went off.

 

[Silent Drifter]

What's up with the green lights on the Porsches, are they only green in the pits?

The #93 green lights in the headlights are only green in the pits. The Pig Porsche has red ones from what I saw.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Time to take a dinner break. Sunrise should be around midnight EST

 

[Jarnokee963]

Looks like Toyota Gazoo Racing is finally going to win, the Rebellion's are 3th and 4th but I don't see them keeping up in normal conditions.

 

[Jason115]

Buemi warned us on team radio for this about an hour ago. What took the stewards so long?

 

[Cano]

cue elevator music for the Toyota

 

[2clicks]

Porky's drivers have cut-marks on their suits too?

 

[Silent Drifter]

Now Buemi needs to cool down, and be smart, because I would have a feeling he would push like hell to close that gap.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Buemi warned us on team radio for this about an hour ago. What took the stewards so long?

Probably considering the political ramifications of punishing the Alonso car?

 

[SilkCutXJR]

The rebellion sounds so good.

 

[Jarnokee963]

Laurens Vanthoor is having a more then decent drive, still hoping BMW can win the GTE Pro.