The Le Mans General Discussion Thread

I bought my Le Mans tickets roughly 2 weeks ago :D

This is also the reason I love endurance racing... So far I only have plans to go to 2 races this year but that's still 30 hours of racing :lol:
 
I bought my Le Mans tickets roughly 2 weeks ago :D

This is also the reason I love endurance racing... So far I only have plans to go to 2 races this year but that's still 30 hours of racing :lol:
Getting a proper gtp gang going now only @Furinkazen to work on!

When you heading over and you got grandstand seats or just ga?
 
It does this season. $20 season pass or $5 single race.

Wow their head is in the sky already. Sorry but thd WEC outside of P1 aint all that hot. I already pay a satellite and internet bill. It should be available free on the internet I already pay for or on one of the satellite channels I already pay for. Looks like they even put timing behind a paywall? Looks like its just Le Mans this year then. Im not the WEC's target audience ayways, a billion chinese are.

And people want TUSC to fail.
 
Wow their head is in the sky already. Sorry but thd WEC outside of P1 aint all that hot. I already pay a satellite and internet bill. It should be available free on the internet I already pay for or on one of the satellite channels I already pay for. Looks like they even put timing behind a paywall? Looks like its just Le Mans this year then. Im not the WEC's target audience ayways, a billion chinese are.

And people want TUSC to fail.

I agree with everything you've said up until that last portion, who wants TUSC to fail?
 
People have no problem with paying for tickets to go to the circuit, I don't see having to pay for the stream being any different to that. Plus all of the races except Le Mans for less than what I paid to go to Silverstone isn't exactly expensive...
 
Don't watch it then :lol:

You know, it's easy to be a smart-ass when you yourself have tickets to go to the race. Some of us aren't fortunate enough to be able to afford that, and were counting on being able to watch online, as we usually do.

Paywalls are BS.

Does anyone know of any other sites that stream it for free? Preferably with english commentators.
 
You know, it's easy to be a smart-ass when you yourself have tickets to go to the race. Some of us aren't fortunate enough to be able to afford that, and were counting on being able to watch online, as we usually do.

Paywalls are BS.

Does anyone know of any other sites that stream it for free? Preferably with english commentators.
Why are paywalls bs? Do you know how much it would cost to broadcast the race?

The series for the team I work for is broadcast on motors tv which no live broadcast 3 go pros and 3 static cameras is 30-40k a year.

How much do you think this would cost? Certainly not free that's for sure.
 
You know, it's easy to be a smart-ass when you yourself have tickets to go to the race. Some of us aren't fortunate enough to be able to afford that, and were counting on being able to watch online, as we usually do.

Paywalls are BS.

Does anyone know of any other sites that stream it for free? Preferably with english commentators.


I'm not being a smartass because I have tickets for the race. I just find it funny how people over react because of something that is decent value for money.

Like I said, don't like it, don't watch it.
 
Why are paywalls bs? Do you know how much it would cost to broadcast the race?

The series for the team I work for is broadcast on motors tv which no live broadcast 3 go pros and 3 static cameras is 30-40k a year.

How much do you think this would cost? Certainly not free that's for sure.

I went to a very informative conference in january where some of the top officials from F1, the FIA and various other teams and branches from the motorsport world, talked about the varies challenges and regulations of motorsport.
When talking about challenges, they brought up two things. Getting teams and manufactures to fill up the grid, and getting the audience. And a paywall is the best possible way to reduce your audience!

If I'm not mistaken, independant race teams get most of their funding from sponsors. Now, if a team approached you with a sponsoring deal, then which of the following would be most beneficial to you. A race with TV and internet coverages with no paywall. Or coverage behind a paywall, which then ensures less exposure for your company.
There's no denying that a paywall reduces the size of the audience, and if you reduce the size of the audience, you remove some of the motivation that sponsors might have. And considering how difficult it already is to aquire sponsors, this is not a good thing.

In the grand scheme of things, 30-40.000 is nothing.
 
I went to a very informative conference in january where some of the top officials from F1, the FIA and various other teams and branches from the motorsport world, talked about the varies challenges and regulations of motorsport.
When talking about challenges, they brought up two things. Getting teams and manufactures to fill up the grid, and getting the audience. And a paywall is the best possible way to reduce your audience!

If I'm not mistaken, independant race teams get most of their funding from sponsors. Now, if a team approached you with a sponsoring deal, then which of the following would be most beneficial to you. A race with TV and internet coverages with no paywall. Or coverage behind a paywall, which then ensures less exposure for your company.
There's no denying that a paywall reduces the size of the audience, and if you reduce the size of the audience, you remove some of the motivation that sponsors might have. And considering how difficult it already is to aquire sponsors, this is not a good thing.

In the grand scheme of things, 30-40.000 is nothing.
So the paywall reducing the audience was your opinion rather than something that they decides on?

And the paywall doesn't reduce sponsorship.

Also I thought posting illegal streams was against the aup?
 
Just done the maths it's just under 3 euros per race if you buy the full season package. I'm not trying to cause an argument I just fail to see how thats so terrible...
And I wouldn't mind seeing the viewing figures when they were streamed live on daily motion, I don't remember seeing it get above a couple of thousand.
 
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