90th Anniversary Running Of The Le Mans 24 Hours, 22-23 June 2013.

[CarloPlaya]

It's raining cats and dogs. What kind of tires is the 1st place Audi on?

 

[Eks]

According to FIA WEC, one side of the track is torrential while one side is dry.

 

[Wardy 944]

Come on jann

Driver of the day for me.

 

[TheEnd35000vr]

My heart rate is a steady 110BPM - I have a resting of 60BPM.

 

[Furinkazen]

Pit straight side looks fine, Indianapolis is a swimming pool.

 

[Falcon787B]

Viper onto the Slicks.

You're kidding me, right?

Well they're not gonna win...maybe they're gonna just powerslide around the rest of the race, D1GP style

 

[Bram Turismo]

So where the reports of Toyota spending more on their program than Audi incorrect?

I doubt anyone spends more time and money on an LMP1 program than Audi. Even Toyota.

 

[Falcon787B]

Come on jann

Indeed, what a great run for Jann.

Also, Ive been meaning to say it this last 23-odd hours - awesome avatar

 

[Furinkazen]

That is very windy weather on the Mulsanne.

 

[JGreens]

I'm giddy with excitement!

 

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

Any updates on the race guys?

 

[20832]

Well they're not gonna win...maybe they're gonna just powerslide around the rest of the race, D1GP style

That would be so awesome, haha

 

[Antonisbob]

I doubt anyone spends more time and money on an LMP1 program than Audi. Even Toyota.

True. But weren't Toyota the biggest manufacturer out there a few years ago or something? I'm sure they have the money.

 

[Cano]

I doubt anyone spends more time and money on an LMP1 program than Audi. Even Toyota.

Absolutely. Maaaaybe Porsche next year?

 

[Furinkazen]

Big rain coming between Mulsanne and Indianapolis #LM24 #24LM #FIAWEC #Toyota
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[Deutsch Rennen]

I doubt anyone spends more time and money on an LMP1 program than Audi. Even Toyota.

Well that's what I heard, either way Audi dominance is not financial in nature, its an engineering and driver advantage, which they have made for themselves. Remember Audi where the underdog once too and they dominated.

 

[Eks]

13 minutes!

 

[MatskiMonk]

So where the reports of Toyota spending more on their program than Audi incorrect?

I don't know, I've not seen the figures. Tell me what their budgets are.

 

[Shoe67]

11 safety car periods for 6hrs. Wow this is the most safety cars ever during a race. 6 was the next highest in 2009.

 

[Falcon787B]

'maybe this frantic final hour won't be as frantic as we thought'

Mainly because half of it was ripped up by a damn safety car?

 

[GTracer98]

Toyota!!!!!

 

[Furinkazen]

I think Simonsens passing shook the ACO so they haven't taken as many risks this race, hence more and extended safety cars.

 

[uMadson?]

perhaps this Safety Car paranoia can be connected to Simonsen's death?

... tree'd by Furi lol

 

[TheEnd35000vr]

Its not good when you look at your feet and see the Christian Horner ankle syndrome in action.

 

[Deutsch Rennen]

Don't worry the TS 030 will still be faster than the R18 in GT6 because of GT's Japanese bias.

 

[Cano]

6 hours of safety cars? This has got to be one of the most boring Le Mans ever, without even talking about what happened at the start of the race ):

 

[GTracer98]

perhaps this Safety Car paranoia can be connected to Simonsen's death?

Pretty sure it is.

 

[RACECAR]

About to start this up for the final ten minutes.

 

[Bram Turismo]

Well that's what I heard, either way Audi dominance is not financial in nature, its an engineering and driver advantage, which they have made for themselves. Remember Audi where the underdog once too and they dominated.

Audi were never really an underdog. They simple continued their LMP program in 2000 when all of the competition left the sport. It was Toyota vs Mercedes vs BMW. When all of them left, Audi suddenly found themselves racing at Le Mans from 2000 onwards without any competition from another works team. If anything, Audi probably only has ever been an underdog for a podium position in 1999 with the R8R.

 

[JSilvaGT]

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