2008 24H of Le Mans official thread !!!

[Miatanut]

Precautionary pressure washing.

[KK3869]

The rain has arrived

[harvick#1]

its officially raining

[Iain]

Now things get interesting! The Matmut Courage across the track at the final corner was a bit dodgy.

[harvick#1]

wow the power shifted, the Audi is running almost 10 seconds faster than the Pug. except for Sarrazin whos running the same times

[Miatanut]

Looks like the Audi's went into this with more of an intermediate setup so the cars would be friendlier in the rain. Villeneuve's car is all over the place.

[Iain]

McNish was saying he wouldn't be too disappointed if the rain came and he usually dislikes the stuff, so that would give a clue to their setup.

[harvick#1]

Dawn is appoarching, although rain clouds will block the sun.

TK is setting a torrid pace now and is pulling away from the #7 Pug

[call_me_andrew]

The rain is letting up. #9 Pug in pits getting more wet tires.

Audi has a softer chassis than Pugeot, so they have the advantage in the rain.

EDIT: Have there ever been two cars on the lead lap this late in the race before?

[harvick#1]

if you are listening to Radio Lemans, they were talking about the closest finishs. and yes, there have been one or 2 races.

this is lookin to be a dog fight between the 2 as long as it stays wet, if the track drys, its all Peugeot for the taking, unless Audi has a magical button to up the power