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

[Crazyguy1990]

Hi guys! Are the only livestreams onboard cams? How are you guys enjoying the race?

I'm using one of our local channels here down under.
http://tensport.com.au/lemans-live-streaming.htm

They show the Eurosport coverage.
It's so good.

Honestly not happy that It's Audi 1,2,3 at the moment.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Honestly, not closely

Go to the back of the class!

They are very soft Michelin intermediates. The softness means they don't need grooves. I don't understand how they work, but they do.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Here comes Oli Gavin for Lamy

 

[CarBastard]

Go to the back of the class!

They are very soft Michelin intermediates. The softness means they don't need grooves. I don't understand how they work, but they do.

My limited understanding on the topic would agree with that. Just tyres that are easy to heat even on rainy conditions but don't quite channel rain outside the tyre. If anyone knew more about the topic, it would be awesome 👍

 

[GTracer98]

Go to the back of the class!

They are very soft Michelin intermediates. The softness means they don't need grooves. I don't understand how they work, but they do.

Witchcraft...

My limited understanding on the topic would agree with that. Just tyres that are easy to heat even on rainy conditions but don't quite channel rain outside the tyre. If anyone knew more about the topic, it would be awesome 👍

Maybe they get so hot that the water just evaporates?

 

[Eks]

Smooth overtake for Lucas in the #42 Nissan, now in 8th place. (Class) 👍

 

[CarBastard]

Two things:

1. They showed a slow-mo shot of the Audi and Toyota under hard cornering: the way the bodywork on the cars shakes by the amount of downforce and dampening force is just absurd, absurd. It looks like they could fall apart!

2. All. Those. Porsche. Banners.

 

[Wardy 944]

You people haven't been keeping up with tyre progress in WEC have you?

Honestly, not closely

Me neither to be fair, but slicks and wet grass are a recipe for disaster (which it will be if you need intermediates)

 

[Furinkazen]

 

[HKS racer]

24h of Audi Parade of Lemans.

Yawn.

 

[CarBastard]

Which TS030 was it?

 

[Falcon787B]

Thanks for the clarification on the BMW folks - I think I might have made a boo-boo there, I assumed I saw them on the entry list?

I have definitely read some reports that the FIA and ALMS don't get on particularly well. Showed in evidence by first shunning Petit Le Mans, then Sebring. In favour of the same dull, tedious new-age F1 tracks that the FIA love so much (COTA, China, modified Fuji, modified Silverstone) 👎

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I find it hard to believe that the Corvette and Viper SRT, two cars with such good pace in the ALMS, are suddenly so catastrophically off-pace (in the Corvette's case especially). And if the Viper SRT team were invited to Le Mans (as in a new ALMS team this year), why weren't BMW? A factory team established as successful for several seasons in ALMS?

 

[Furinkazen]

24h of Audi Parade of Lemans.

Yawn.

21 hrs 30mins left. Hardly a parade.

 

[CarBastard]

I have definitely read some reports that the FIA and ALMS don't get on particularly well. Showed in evidence by first shunning Petit Le Mans, then Sebring. In favour of the same dull, tedious new-age F1 tracks that the FIA love so much (COTA, China, modified Fuji, modified Silverstone) 👎

I specially agree with this. I dislike everything Hermann Tilke does. I specially hate when he breathes

 

[MustangManiac]

Speed just showed some super slo-mo of the P1 cars dealing with the curbing, hard to believe they take that for 24 hours! They were also just talking about the no groove inters, just saying they were super soft compounds, no other details.

 

[HKS racer]

21 hrs 30mins left. Hardly a parade.

They already have a minute advantage on Davidson. Toyota can't keep up.
And Eurosport focus too much on LMP1, I don't even know the cars battling in LMP2. Way too sporadic infos to focus on their race.

 

[Falcon787B]

24h of Audi Parade of Lemans.

Yawn.

At least Peugeot gave them a scrap.

Hence why I focus on the GT classes these days. Much more action, and IMO the cars are more attractive than the boxey, lumpy wing-laden creations in prototype these days. This is still the only prototype Toyota for me:

Also someone needs to flash up a warning as to when they're gonna cut to the Corvettes or Aston Martins on screen - dat sound...

 

[JGreens]

I'm find this stretch of the race less exciting than the start. Hoping it picks up later though!

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

74 car just had an off, and a lotus cut the corner before that.

 

[CarBastard]

I'm find this stretch of the race less exciting than the start. Hoping it picks up later though!

I'm sure it's bound to get closer in the upcoming hours. Remember we still have 21:30 hours to go, they won't go into full psycho-murderer-do-or-die mode just yet.

 

[Mac K]

Which TS030 was it?

The blue and white one.. Cough

 

[Falcon787B]

I specially agree with this. I dislike everything Hermann Tilke does. I specially hate when he breathes

Hahaha. Me too. The man has done more to cripple motorsport than anyone else lately.

As a hardcore V8 Supercars fan I was absolutely delighted when they said they were going to America...until they announced they were going to COTA. WHY?!?!?!?! 'Oh I know, let's go to a chronically boring track which will make our series look dull to a new audience of Americans'.

 

[Wardy 944]

24h of Audi Parade of Lemans.

Yawn.

Try and follow the other 3 classes then, I know it not that easy because its not spoon fed to you on TV, but give it a go you just might like it.

 

[Slider47]

Dose any one no why there isn't any SLS or Z4 GT3's at Le Mans?

 

[Roger the Horse]

This is still the only prototype Toyota for me:

*TS020*

The prototype which strangely ran as a GT in its first year...

 

[Eks]

They already have a minute advantage on Davidson. Toyota can't keep up.
And Eurosport focus too much on LMP1, I don't even know the cars battling in LMP2. Way too sporadic infos to focus on their race.

http://lemanslive.com/Evenements/2013-Le-Mans-24-Hours#ong_live_ranking_2713

 

[GTracer98]

Hahaha. Me too. The man has done more to cripple motorsport than anyone else lately.

As a hardcore V8 Supercars fan I was absolutely delighted when they said they were going to America...until they announced they were going to COTA. WHY?!?!?!?! 'Oh I know, let's go to a chronically boring track which will make our series look dull to a new audience of Americans'.

The only good track Tilke has made is Istanbul Park...

 

[Panoz]

Nighttime is yet to come, still a long, long ways to go.

 

[CarBastard]

Full on rain now on pit road. #24LM AudiR18_1 - reply - retweet // news // about 155 seconds ago

Audi reports on their Tweeter.

 

[Falcon787B]

Try and follow the other 3 classes then, I know it not that easy because its not spoon fed to you on TV, but give it a go you just might like it.

THIS. SO MUCH THIS.

I gave up on Le Mans a few years ago because of this reason, but came back in 2010 and focused mainly on the non-LMP1 classes, and found myself engrossed. So I keep coming back despite the Audi walkover.