The Le Mans General Discussion Thread

[Sam48]

Is ESPN3 broadcasting the race in the US? I don't see it on their schedule. ABC has it at 2:00 PM tomorrow, but I don't believe that's live as it's only a two hour slot. Anyone know why?

 

[spooble]

Is ESPN3 broadcasting the race in the US? I don't see it on their schedule. ABC has it at 2:00 PM tomorrow, but I don't believe that's live as it's only a two hour slot. Anyone know why?

I was confused as well. From what I can tell, ALMS.com will start streaming live at 12:45pm. Then, ABC will pick up live coverage at 2pm and finish out the race. I assume at 2pm, the live feed on ALMS.com will go away and we'll be left with just the in-cars at that point.

Seems a little convoluted, but I'm not complaining. 2 hours of live coverage on one of the big 3 is a step in the right direction.

Also, I hope the 91 Viper get's its mechanical/electrical issues sorted. Can't wait to see those 2 on track.

 

[Shinshiki]

Looks like Bernhard's return in that VLN race didn't go so well. I believe Romain Dumas was driver at the time of the incident and is rumored to be okay.

 

[Jav]

What's up with Porshces catching on fire lately??

 

[nitrorocks]

The WEC schedule is:

6 Hours of Silverstone (United Kingdom)- 26 August

6 Hours of Sao Paulo (Brazil, @ Interlagos)- 15 September

6 Hours of Bahrain (Sakhir, @ B.I.C.)- 29 September [Same as ALMS/ELMS Finale @ Petit Le Mans]

6 Hours of Fuji (Japan, @ Fuji Circuit)- 14th October

6 Hours of Shanghai (China, @ S.I.C.)- 27 October

That's good that the ALMS invited the ELMS to Petite Le Mans. Those poor ELMS guys haven't really had a real race all year. Except for LMP2. Hopefully the ELMS will grow as a result.

 

[Blaze_409]

Is ESPN3 broadcasting the race in the US? I don't see it on their schedule. ABC has it at 2:00 PM tomorrow, but I don't believe that's live as it's only a two hour slot. Anyone know why?

I was confused as well. From what I can tell, ALMS.com will start streaming live at 12:45pm. Then, ABC will pick up live coverage at 2pm and finish out the race. I assume at 2pm, the live feed on ALMS.com will go away and we'll be left with just the in-cars at that point.

Seems a little convoluted, but I'm not complaining. 2 hours of live coverage on one of the big 3 is a step in the right direction.

Also, I hope the 91 Viper get's its mechanical/electrical issues sorted. Can't wait to see those 2 on track.

No ESPN3 coverage of the race because ABC did there corporate d**k waving...

I think the ALMS.com only works for non-US viewers via IP addresses. If you know what your doing you can get around this though lol.

 

[RACECAR]

That's good that the ALMS invited the ELMS to Petite Le Mans. Those poor ELMS guys haven't really had a real race all year. Except for LMP2. Hopefully the ELMS will grow as a result.

And if this is successful, it may help the ALMS too.

 

[hawkeye122]

Nevermind.

 

[Mac K]

God the ALMS website is terrible...

 

[Shinshiki]

God the ALMS website is terrible...

Yeah it is. It's not even loading for me.

 

[Exorcet]

Yeah it is. It's not even loading for me.

Same. Sadly, it seems I'll need to wait until 2 when it's put on TV. The old Speed Channel needs to come back.

 

[Mac K]

It did this last time as well... annoying.

 

[Exorcet]

Viper cam finally loaded. Full race coverage has not.

EDIT, Race has loaded

 

[Mac K]

 

[Shinshiki]

The stream with the announcers is a little choppy for me.

Edit: I'm not having any problems with the viper stream though.

 

[Mac K]

It stutters like crazy... arrrrrr

 

[SuperShouden]

Any other streams? If not I guess, I'll catch the race at 1PST when it's on ABC.

 

[Mac K]

Any other streams? If not I guess, I'll catch the race at 1PST when it's on ABC.

This...

 

[SuperShouden]

err...I mean, I'll catch it at 11PST.

 

[Nish]

http://p2pukblog.blogspot.ca/2012/04/motors-tv-live-streaming.html
Try there, I was getting very pissed off until I found this.

or here
http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/64451/1/american-le-mans-series-rd-6-:-mid-ohio-live-stream-online.html

 

[SuperShouden]

I'll just watch the ABC stream, it's smoother than the others.

 

[paskowitz]

God WTF, ABC cuts out half the damn race and shows us a race recap. As far as coverage is concerned, this really is the dark age.

 

[spooble]

ALMS.com needs to upgrade their servers. Reminded me of an LMFAO song...

Everyday I'm buffering.

If ABC will actually show the race, it should be ok.


Edit: I haven't been able to load an in-car feed since the race started. :/

 

[Shinshiki]

The viper stream was the only onboard stream that I found to work.

 

[spooble]

And now the in-car feeds all say "not found on server".

 

[paskowitz]

New wheels on the BMW. They look very strange.

 

[spooble]

New wheels on the BMW. They look very strange.

Yeah, I'm not a fan.

Those Viper wheels are sweet, though!

Also, is live timing screwed up for you guys, too? It's stuck at 15 minutes in for me.

 

[CorvetteGuy80]

Is team oreca ever going to return to Viper in the future?

 

[spooble]

Found a good timing site:

http://livescoring.us/scoring.php

 

[CorvetteGuy80]

And wow I guess Forza really is taking over.