The Le Mans General Discussion Thread

[Panoz]

I still think it's a shame that rain racing has seemingly vanished in most racing franchises. I realise you can't drive in conditions such as Fuji last season, but they do seem to pull the red flag too fast. They have wet tires for a reason, don't they?

I looked at a weather map in Austin, this rainstorm was only a small cell. This caught out a bunch of cars and more rain is expected.

 

[fortbo]

It came down fast here, I'm right behind the corner that it happened at, the rain caught everyone off guard.

 

[Furinkazen]

The pitlane reporter in Toyota pit <3

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

The red flag was the right decision but surely they should start them up and run them around behind the safety car now the rain has eased off a bit.

 

[SagarisGTB]

Not much of a race anymore in LMP1, Audi are on their own lap now.

 

[Jawehawk]

Wow. Not a lot of spectators.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Not much of a race anymore in LMP1, Audi are on their own lap now.

Are they actually on their own lap or is it a quirk in the timing system due to where the cars were when the red flag came out? If they do have a lap all to themselves it's well deserved for putting the right tyres on. Porsche pitted and put slicks on the car which as it turned out was suicide.

 

[Ninners]

#2 stayed out and kept it on track and the #1 pitted as it started raining heavier.

 

[fortbo]

Wow. Not a lot of spectators.

There are actually, everyone's just under tents and in the fan zones.

 

[SagarisGTB]

Are they actually on their own lap or is it a quirk in the timing system due to where the cars were when the red flag came out? If they do have a lap all to themselves it's well deserved for putting the right tyres on. Porsche pitted and put slicks on the car which as it turned out was suicide.

It's not a timing quirk, it's how it is now.

#2 stayed out and kept it on track and the #1 pitted as it started raining heavier.

Indeed, Lotterer in the #2 passed the #8 when it was beached and then pitted for rain tires just before the red flag.

 

[TheEnd35000vr]

Bloody hell, my WEC app stream still isnt working

So from what ive gathered, lotsa rain, Audi are running away with it, red flag??

Anyone know if the streams broken or whether its just me?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

It's not a timing quirk, it's how it is now.

That's impressive from Audi. Always when things get difficult they come to the front. It only felt like it rained for a couple of minutes before it was stopped. It will be interesting to see whether the Toyota's can fight back with their great pace.

 

[ranhammerR34]

Watching race on FS2 here in Indy, looks like we get a restart in less than 15 minutes.

 

[SagarisGTB]

That's impressive from Audi. Always when things get difficult they come to the front. It only felt like it rained for a couple of minutes before it was stopped. It will be interesting to see whether the Toyota's can fight back with their great pace.

Things didn't go Audis way at Silverstone... this time things went completely the other way. This time Lotterer kept it on the road and Lapierre didn't. That gave them, along with the #2 pitting early, this race.

And the Audis and Toyotas have similar performance. Now way Toyota makes up a lap in 3.5 hours.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Porsche #14 is still on the lead lap then with the Audi's. I think, just wait for the computers to catch up...

 

[SagarisGTB]

#14 is, the #8 and #20 certainly aren't. #7 has been dropped further. Porsche can't take the fight to Audi, especially in these conditions, so the #14 being on the same lap is academic unless Audi have trouble later. They won't.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

#14 is, the #8 and #20 certainly aren't. #7 has been dropped further. Porsche can't take the fight to Audi, especially in these conditions, so the #14 being on the same lap is academic unless Audi have trouble later. They won't.

It's getting dark and the track is wet, anything could happen!

 

[Jawehawk]

You underestimate the power of Toyota!

Also. It has taken them almost an hour to recover from a couple of not serious incidents... Someone ram that safety car!

 

[Mac K]

Night, rain, sports cars. Awesome.

 

[Furinkazen]

Release 'em Eduardo.

 

[Jawehawk]

'Bout time!

 

[Jawehawk]

treadless intermediates? How does that work?

Sorry about double post

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

So what the hell is up with Corvette Racing this weekend?

 

[Furinkazen]

So what the hell is up with Corvette Racing this weekend?

Taylor had a spin earlier and I think got caught out a little in weather.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Taylor had a spin earlier and I think got caught out a little in weather.

And their horrid performance in TUSC was due to...?

 

[Kenocar]

Can anybody tell me how the Toyotas ended up in the back of the LMP1s?


I missed it.

 

[Jawehawk]

Can anybody tell me how the Toyotas ended up in the back of the LMP1s?


I missed it.

Lots of rain resulted in both of them ending up in the gravel along with several other cars. Red flag followed by safety car for almost an hour.

 

[Kenocar]

So did a Ferrari hit them again?


I blame Maldonado.

 

[Jawehawk]

So did a Ferrari hit them again?


I blame Maldonado.

Nope. Entirely the fault of the drivers in difficult conditions.

 

[SagarisGTB]

Can anybody tell me how the Toyotas ended up in the back of the LMP1s?


I missed it.

#7 did some pirouettes on track but stayed on the lead lap. They lost a lap because they went into the pits (to repair damage) instead of staying on track during the red flag.

#8 was beached by Lapierre and they were lapped by the Audis under red flag conditions.