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

[PzR Slim]

Wish they would stay on board for a whole lap when someone is on a quick on e rather than cutting to a shot of the pitlane or something inconsequential

 

[05XR8]

Ah, that might make sense - the lights are uncovered for endurances, and covered for sprint races. And aren't sprint races basically a lot like the daily races one would typically enter in Gran Turismo Sport? Where the race can easily have a duration that's entirely within sunlight?

Yeah, just scaled down a bit. Sprint races can be an hour. Depends on circuit too.
I'm not clear on all the race durations for GTE races, but some endurance races can be done in sunlight as well. Somewhere from a couple hours up to 12 hours. I think the Spa 6H is in sunlight. Bathurst 1000(around 6-7hours) is run in sunlight.

Like the Bathurst 12H. That race starts early morning(545am), but it's Summer. So, it's only dark for about less than an hour and finishes early evening.

 

[05XR8]

 

[JohnBM01]

Since my parents went from Dish to XFINITY, I realize I do get Velocity. Velocity is about the only thing close to Speed Channel since Speed Channel's demise. So I will try to check out Velocity to see as much of Le Mans 2018 as I can. The first Le Mans I've followed live on TV was in 2001 or 2002. Le Mans is always a big deal, and this one will be no exception. my only regret is that I've been off and out of the loop on sportscar racing to a great extent as much as I love it.

That said, good luck to all drivers and teams competing this weekend at Circuit de la Sarthe.

 

[vrwmiaris]

Hello guys, once again here for the 24h.i wish Toyota will win this year with number 8 car

 

[DaigoD]

Eurosport is taking the piss when it comes to ad breaks. I wouldn’t complain if it was free TV but I’m paying for the channel.

This and not even having commentary for Spa makes me consider other options.

 

[sumbrownkid]

Not sure if I should believe the Porsche pace since only one car did 3:47 and the rest did 3:49-3:51s.

 

[Suzumiya]

Can anyone help me as an American viewer on how the race will be broadcasted? Apparently Jalopnik says that Motor Trend on Demand will only have onboards for the race itself, but the official ACO programme states the same thing as Velocity does, which I know will have the race broadcast itself for all 24 hours. Anything super official? This is the hugest mess I've been a part of

 

[ProjectWHaT]

You can only watch it on Velocity in America. Motor Trend On Demand and the official WEC App are both geo-blocked in America.

 

[raven214]

You can only watch it on Velocity in America. Motor Trend On Demand and the official WEC App are both geo-blocked in America.

I was under the impression that MotorTrend was my only option (in the US). I hadn't heard that it is getting blocked?

 

[Sentry87]

Can anyone help me as an American viewer on how the race will be broadcasted? Apparently Jalopnik says that Motor Trend on Demand will only have onboards for the race itself, but the official ACO programme states the same thing as Velocity does, which I know will have the race broadcast itself for all 24 hours. Anything super official? This is the hugest mess I've been a part of

I've been running a youtube stream of qualifying synced with radio le mans. For the race I'm watching on velocity. If you have $30 you can stream eurosport stream with a VPN to get around geo blocked content if you're in the US

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I was under the impression that MotorTrend was my only option (in the US). I hadn't heard that it is getting blocked?

I thought the actual race was being geo-blocked on Motor Trend but they'll have onboards.

 

[raven214]

I thought the actual race was being geo-blocked on Motor Trend but they'll have onboards.

I just found that DirecTV Now has Velocity and a 7 day trial period, so hopefully I will be set!

 

[Brzlav]

Not sure if I should believe the Porsche pace since only one car did 3:47 and the rest did 3:49-3:51s.

3:47 is also the time that the GT1 Porsche qualified with in 1996. Not exactly the same track back then, but still. GTE is amazingly fast.

3:24 by the LMP2 class is extremely fast as well compared to lap times from the past.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Eurosport is taking the piss when it comes to ad breaks. I wouldn’t complain if it was free TV but I’m paying for the channel.

This and not even having commentary for Spa makes me consider other options.

Lucky you. My broadband wemt belly up yesterday.
They are going to, hopefully, fix it tomorrow afternoon. As it stands, not only can I not stream but my pvr with Eurosport on it is powered by the same broadband pipe.

 

[twitcher]

So, if I don’t have cable and don’t have velocity, how can I watch this in Canada? I was hoping to stream it somewhere. I have the motortrend app, but I want to watch the full broadcast, not just onboards. Also have the WEC app, but it’s trash.

 

[Bram Turismo]

3:47 is also the time that the GT1 Porsche qualified with in 1996. Not exactly the same track back then, but still. GTE is amazingly fast.

3:24 by the LMP2 class is extremely fast as well compared to lap times from the past.

Anthony Davidson was saying yesterday that he reckons the Toyota TS010 was such a fast car in its day that it would probably post similar laptimes to the current LMP1 cars. Pretty impressive for a 27 year old car...

 

[Nielsen]

At this crash rate there will be 0 cars left after 10 hours on race day.

 

[Michelin Man]

Red flag in qualifying 2 as Priaulx in the #67 has a biggie.

 

[Clark]

Lot of incidents and mistakes already considering it’s quali/practice for a long race. Gonna be a lot of work for trans to rebuild cars now.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Kudos to Andy Priaulx, the Ford looks much better without the rear end.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Here's some footage of the accidents during Q2:

 

[Savolainen83]

Anyone want to take a guess how Toyota will fudge it this year?

 

[Dennisch]

So, if I don’t have cable and don’t have velocity, how can I watch this in Canada? I was hoping to stream it somewhere. I have the motortrend app, but I want to watch the full broadcast, not just onboards. Also have the WEC app, but it’s trash.

I will post the Dutch stream when it starts, it has never been geo-locked, so I expect it to be free for everyone again this year.

 

[Michelin Man]

Red flag, been a huge shunt at the 1st chicane.

Edit: reports show it appears to be the #47 Dallara.

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

Anyone want to take a guess how Toyota will fudge it this year?

If anything does go wrong, it'll be something Toyota hadn't thought to prepare for. Either that or transmission considering the last race at Spa.

 

[Michelin Man]

That's it for Q2 now, session won't resume, Q3 will begin 9:30PM Le man (local) time.

 

[PzR Slim]

That's it for Q2 now, session won't resume, Q3 will begin 9:30PM Le man (local) time.

Does that means it’s going to be two and a half hours long?

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Driver got out on his own 👍

 

[Leadfoot530]

Anyone want to take a guess how Toyota will fudge it this year?

If the accidents from practice translate to the race, I'm putting money on Toyota getting caught up in someone else's accident.