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

[Roger the Horse]

OK. I've watched the first 12 hours. Time for a nap.

 

[Falcon787B]

Yes and it's a disqualification rule infringement as well. Not that anything will be done though. It happens every year and they get away with it every year.

How tediously typical...

Also...loving Radio Le Mans' tribute to Allan Simonsen with a minute of silence/engine noise. Wonderful.

 

[Shoe67]

The Lola Rebellions are doing 4-stints on tyres as we go in to the second half of the race. #LM24

^Is that considered a long stint? I rarely hear of more than triple stinting.

@Omnis, thanks 👍

Well in 2011 the lone Audi did a quintuple (5) stint in the closing hours to get the victory.

 

[Phoenix]

And there it is again....

The beloved commercial breaks on Eurosport!

 

[Furinkazen]

#54 Ferrari off backwards.

 

[-Fred-]

Ferrari in the barriers.

And Lotterer with a 3:22! Yikes.

 

[daracer]

crash #54

 

[Roger the Horse]

Ferrari in the wall. Rear wing off.

 

[Azure Flare]

And there it is again....

The beloved commercial breaks on Eurosport!

SPEED does it as well...

 

[Tired Tyres]

54 off the track.

The coms free stream on Eurosport player hasn't had a single commercial break in it.

 

[Deutsch Rennen]

#1 Audi just ran a 3:22.7 lap time!

 

[-Fred-]

Safety car again, damnit...

 

[Phoenix]

SPEED does it as well...

Yeah, and I am paying to watch it on my TV, on Eurosport...


Aaaaand it's commercial breaks every 20 mins or so. Maybe even less time between them.

Lost track of time.

 

[CarBastard]

Here's the article where the Toyota team mentions it.
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130508/alms/130509806

The particulate filter is supposed to filter all of that out as per regulations but it seems like at night the Audi's seem to smoke quite heavily. A bit of trickery somewhere?

As an Audi fan, I very much disliked what I read on your article. Definitely going to re-evaluate my preferences next year.

 

[Deutsch Rennen]

Safety car again, damnit...

Safety cars are really screwing over the #3 Audi

 

[Cano]

Aaaaaaaand LOL Ferrari

 

[chrisjohnson93]

Safety car out so I'm off to bed, may watch a bit around 11am BST but won't be on GTP

 

[Phoenix]

Well the Audi #2 seems to be getting a new lovely matte paint job.

 

[-Fred-]

#2 Audi clearly running General Motors headlights.

 

[Flex0r]

That's hardly an indicator of you being tired, it can happen to anyone

Ah ok I must be imagining these then:

 

[Panoz]

Ah ok I must be imagining these them:

What the hell?

 

[Tired Tyres]

As an Audi fan, I very much disliked what I read on your article. Definitely going to re-evaluate my preferences next year.

What's wrong? Audi clearly break that rule and get away with it. I've seen visible smoke every year.

 

[Phoenix]

Ah ok I must be imagining these then:

I belive these are called racing horses.

 

[Furinkazen]

What did I see? Horses?! not gonna sleep tonight now

Another lovely shot:

 

[ND4SPD]

Ha wow.. Ya that smoke was ridiculously visible as it left the pits.

 

[CarBastard]

What's wrong? Audi clearly break that rule and get away with it. There can be no argument about that.

Well, that's why I say I dislike it. Nothing wrong with the article. Maybe I just failed to express that my displeasure is aimed at what the article describes and not the article itself. I like Audi as a team and I adore their performance but cheaters are a definite "NO" by my books, so this might be my last year as an Audi supporter 👎.

 

[-Fred-]

Ha wow.. Ya that smoke was ridiculously visible as it left the pits.

It's seriously not as bad as what you people are making it to be... Similar to most road cars, really.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Well, that's why I say I dislike it. Nothing wrong with the article. Maybe I just failed to express that my displeasure is aimed at what the article describes and not the article itself. I like Audi as a team and I adore their performance but cheaters are a definite "NO" by my books, so this might be my last year as an Audi supporter 👎.

No. I think it's me getting tired and not understanding what I'm reading. More coffee needed.

It's seriously not as bad as what you people are making it to be... Similar to most road cars, really.

Does not matter. Against the rules is against the rules. No visible smoke from a diesel allowed.

 

[Furinkazen]

2am and sleep time here, am I last european awake?

Lets hope we have a safe next few hours 👍

Furi out.

 

[ND4SPD]

It's seriously not as bad as what you people are making it to be... Similar to most road cars, really.

Ya but the point is that it's not suppose to let out any black smoke as per the regulations. In the daytime there's none but there it is in the dark....