The 80th Le Mans 24 Hours 2012

[AndyRAC]

3rd round of the FiA World Endurance Championship.

Audi Ultra v Audi e-tron Quattro v Toyota Petrol Hybrid....

Should be good, likely to be Audi's to lose, but Toyota are a welcome addition to the LMP1 class.

LMP2 looks to be fantastic, with 10-15 cars challenging for the class win. And don't forget the GT class; Porsche v Ferrari v AstonMartin v Corvette....

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[00steven]

In my opinion the second greatest race of them all! Should be a good one...

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Lotterer could have gone even quicker!

Amazingly close in GTs

[F1boat]

Audi should win this, but I am very interested in the GT class.

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Considering the time scale of the program and upheavals its phenomenal effort all round by Toyota.

Amazing lap by Ant to be nearly a second off pole and not to mention being an NA/hybrid.

Good luck for Sunday.

Audi e-trons - phenomenal car! The change of direction from Porsche Curves to the end of the lap but I think it has the edge on Toyota/NA cars when they launch off the chicanes.

[seb_sh]

Toyota saved the LMP1 race after Peugeot withdrew. Indeed a very good effort considering they were supposed to run just one car and take a back seat to the Audi-Pug duel. They have better lap times than I expected but I don't think they can keep up in the race, maybe for the first few laps to get some nice photos It's really Audi's race, even if the e-trons develop some electrical problems the ultra's should not worry about lasting the race. I'm not certain the Toyotas will make it to the end or if they do it will be with a looong pit stop or two. I hope that won't be the case and we'll have a 24 hour long battle but I don't think it'll happen.

I hope there will be a good battle between the normal petrol LMP1s. Also LMP2 looks really good, it seems ACO finally got it right after the less than credible years of LMP675 and "old" LMP2.

In GTE theres a very nice selection of cars but my money is on Corvette. Ferrari and the Aston are fast but may be unreliable, plus Ferrari's star crew had problems and Porsche seems to have fallen behind. It will be a nice race in any case.

[BleAivano]

not very good weather.

[BleAivano]

not very good weather.

looked like it was raining when the broadcast started but quite sunny now.

[AndyRAC]

Great GT battle, as was expected, marvellous stuff!!
Both Toyotas just been in pits.......a bit early....

[BleAivano]

Great GT battle, as was expected, marvellous stuff!!
Both Toyotas just been in pits.......a bit early....

yeah but the Audis were also in at the lap after.