The Le Mans General Discussion Thread

[RACECAR]

Giussepe Perazzini"

 

[Hun200kmh]

This track is absolutely amazing! I love it ever since I had to run a game-version of it (LeMans 24H, PS2) and became instantly a fan of all those up and down, blind apex corners. That and corner 1. Beautiful track!

 

[Jav]

Oh come on Hun!! Please tell us who got pole on P1!!

 

[RACECAR]

Oh come on Hun!! Please tell us who got pole on P1!!

 

[Hun200kmh]

Rebellion !!!!


Edit - What, you guys don't get the live coverage???

 

[Jav]

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

 

[RACECAR]

I smell a Star wars reference in the works.

Edit: Nevermind, theres one right above this post

 

[Hun200kmh]

TOP TEN

[SIZE="3"]
[COLOR="Red"]1	P1	Neel Jani	Lola B12/60	1:09.089
2	P1	Lucas Luhr	HPD ARX-03a	1:09.428
3	P1	Guy Smith	Lola B12/60	1:10.176
4	P1	Patterson	Lola B11/66	1:11.811[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Blue"]5	P2	Olivier Pla	Morgan       1:12.046
6	P2	M Plowman	Morgan       1:12.048
7	P2	M Franchitti	HPD ARX-03b	1:12.236
8	P2	B Hartley	Oreca	       1:12.382
9	P2	A Brundle	Zytek Z11SN	1:12.524[/COLOR]
[B]10	UNC	GJeannette	DeltaWing	1:12.850[/B][/SIZE]

Nissan DeltaWing ‏@NissanDeltaWing
"More in it if we wanted to push it. We have a very good race car. Thanks guys for all your work" @gunnarjeannette on radio #ALMS #PLM

👍

 

[Pilitev]

How's the DW's fuel economy compared to the P1 & P2 cars? Can it do less stops and make up some time in that way? Would be interesting to see tomorrow.

 

[RACECAR]

Off topic, but wanted to respond to two comments:

Now try to beat 3:19.074 at Sarthe.

It's not possible without unrealistic top-speed settings actually.

This was what I managed with only Max Aero and Racing softs, no messing with top speed settings or anything else. Of course admittingly, this was way before 2.08, actually before Spec II.

 

[Shinshiki]

*le video*

That's your video?

 

[RACECAR]

That's your video?

Yep, thats mine.

 

[Shinshiki]

Yep, thats mine.

Small world. I commented on that video a while back.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Just found out through the grapevine (Thanks John! ) that Sean Johnston of GT Academy USA 2011 fame and your 2012 IMSA GT3 Cup Champion has been invited to drive for the Hertz GTC Porsche team during Petit tomorrow. 👍

 

[Mac K]

ALMS 2013 schedule released.

I'll be going to Mosport and Road America. Was planning on Mid-Ohio, but sadly they aren't going next year.. Maybe I'll go to Laguna

http://www.alms.com/articles/alms-announces-2013-schedule

2013 ALMS Schedule

March 16 - Sat. Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Fla.
April 20 - Sat. Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit - * Long Beach, Calif.
May 18 - Sat. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, Calif.
July 6 - Sat. Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Conn.
July 21 - Sun. Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario
Aug. 11 - Sun Road America - # Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Aug. 31 - Sat. Grand Prix of Baltimore Circuit - * Baltimore, Md.
Sept. 21 - Sat. Circuit of the Americas - ** Austin, Texas
Oct. 5 - Sat. VIRginia International Raceway Alton, Va.
Oct. 19 - Sat Road Atlanta Braselton, Ga.

 

[Furinkazen]

Off topic but for anyone who has the amazing gtr2 on pc... A Toyota ts030 is available for download soon... On topic, when does race start in bst?

 

[01GTP]

when does race start in bst?

Where/what is bst?

Look at this post time, it is now 9:16 PM.
The race will be at 11:15 AM, 14 hours from now.

You can always look at the ALMS home page, the timer is displayed in the upper left part of the page.

 

[Carlos]

British Summer Time. Which is GMT. Which is at 17.45. MotorsTV hosts in EU

 

[Mac K]

 

[sumbrownkid]

I love how they have sponsors in the weirdest places in a car.

 

[Jav]

Lol! Anywhere there's a camera there's an oportunity to make a sponsor smile!

Oh God, you know you're a sim racing nerd when you can tell where the car is by just looking at the pedals and listening to the engine!
Lol!

 

[Kakarot]

This track is absolutely amazing! I love it ever since I had to run a game-version of it (LeMans 24H, PS2) and became instantly a fan of all those up and down, blind apex corners. That and corner 1. Beautiful track!

Oh man I loved that game still have it, it even had the aco logo right on the cover. I wish Infogrames would have kept making them every year.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

urgh didn't realise I'll have to pay to watch the coverage on ESPN. Oh well it's worth it! Also I have the Infogrames Le Mans game too. Might have to dig out the Ps2 and play it again.

 

[Shinshiki]

I love how they have sponsors in the weirdest places in a car.

Advertising.

I wish there was an onboard lap with the Vipers.

 

[jjaisli]

So does anybody have a live feed for the PLM for those of us trapped in the states and who's cable/satellite provider doesn't carry ESPN3?

 

[R0ssingt0n]

https://www.espnplayer.com/espnplayer/secure/registerform?product=ALMS Got to pay though

 

[paulmac2k9]

urgh didn't realise I'll have to pay to watch the coverage on ESPN. Oh well it's worth it! Also I have the Infogrames Le Mans game too. Might have to dig out the Ps2 and play it again.

Ros in UK Motors TV (Sky channel 413) has it live from 4:45pm but it is interupted by Nascar .

 

[R0ssingt0n]

Ros in UK Motors TV (Sky channel 413) has it live from 4:45pm but it is interupted by Nascar .

I don't have sky

It's no problem though, 3 quid to watch the race isn't really a problem.

Edit: Sweet! there's replays of qualifying on here ^^

 

[Pilitev]

I tried ESPN player but you can only pay with a credit card which I don't have, so no PLM for me then I guess...

 

[Tower Turn 13]

Well, no one on justin.tv has a feed, I can't get motors in the U.S., it isn't on ALMS.com, it's only on ESPN3 for me it seems, and I'm not near the campus so I'm going to have to miss the green flag. Which means I'm not watching this until I can do so on replay tomorrow. Which means I'm keeping well away from this thread for now. So long, boys!