2014 Le Man 24 Hours Thread

**steveaki13** · 8th June 2014, 11:01

So I guess with just under a week to go, we should open the race thread.

Final entry list I guess

http://www.24h-lemans.com/en/race/en..._2_2_1980.html

So Qualifying starts Wednesday Evening

Add to the thread guys

**journeyman racer** · 9th June 2014, 11:34

Great! I've been looking forward to the biggest sporting event in the world getting underway this weekend!

**MrJan** · 9th June 2014, 13:55

Can't wait, gutted that I'll miss most of it

Anyone know a way of listening other than through Radio Le Mans online? I'll be driving for most of Sunday and would love to be able to have updates without going sky high on my data usage on the phone (it;s a works phone and I'll be castrated if I over use it!)

**big_sw2000** · 11th June 2014, 18:43

Free practise currently stopped. Massive accident for Loic Duval in the Audi. By all accounts, he conscious and talking.

https://twitter.com/stuartg917/statu...46043334590464

Is that in the Porsche Curves

Steve

**MrJan** · 11th June 2014, 20:14

Obviously a big smash, not very nice at all and good to see the Audi team saying that he's unhurt.

Looks like Toyota have the speed and unsurprisingly Porsche are a bit of the pace of the other teams. Hopefully Audi can be there or there abouts to make a race of it, especially given that Duval was quick with limited laps before the accident.

**MrJan** · 11th June 2014, 22:43

Audi confirm that Loic Duval is unhurt apart from 2 grazes!!! As Adam Cooper highlighted it looks like the car went in backwards, but that's still extremely lucky and a testament to the build of the car. As last year sadly showed us fatalities in this sport are not a thing of the past, but safety has certainly come a long way.

Not seen footage of the crash (only the aftermath) but reminds me of the Gene accident on the same corner a few years ago, which was another huge one.

**steveaki13** · 11th June 2014, 22:55

First Red of Qualifying has just past. I never realised that they had to open the roads again pretty much straight after Quali.

Its nice to see some new teams and car combos around this season.

Loving the look of that Nissan

**MrJan** · 11th June 2014, 23:36

Session ended now, seeing the pictures of a trashed Aston made me fear the worst but driver okay. Session stopped early because of repairs to barriers, they really need to sort these things out as it seems to be a common theme in recent years.

**steveaki13** · 14th June 2014, 10:12

Qualifying result[edit]

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.^[27]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 2	Qualifying 3	Gap	Grid
1	LMP1-H	7	Toyota Racing	3:25.313	3:22.589	3:21.789		1
2	LMP1-H	14	Porsche Team	3:23.928	3:22.708	3:22.146	+0.357	2
3	LMP1-H	8	Toyota Racing	3:25.410	3:23.661	3:22.523	+0.734	3
4	LMP1-H	20	Porsche Team	3:23.157	3:22.908	3:24.136	+1.119	4
5	LMP1-H	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	3:26.445	3:23.271	3:23.364	+1.482	5
6	LMP1-H	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	3:26.388	3:24.276	3:24.729	+2.487	6
7	LMP1-H	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	No Time	3:26.490	3:25.814	+4.025	7
8	LMP1-L	12	Rebellion Racing	3:34.922	3:31.180	3:29.763	+7.974	8
9	LMP1-L	13	Rebellion Racing	3:33.117	3:31.608	3:33.050	+9.819	9
10	LMP2	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	3:42.730	3:38.094	3:37.609	+15.820	10
11	LMP2	38	Jota Sport	3:45.928	3:44.482	3:37.674	+15.885	11
12	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	3:39.822	3:39.523	3:37.892	+16.103	12
13	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	3:38.843	3:41.446	3:38.000	+16.211	13
14	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	3:39.490	3:38.769	3:38.089	+16.300	14
15	LMP2	48	Murphy Prototypes	3:41.502	3:28.207	3:39.091	+16.418	15
16	LMP2	47	KCMG	3:39.586	3:40.476	3:38.689	+16.900	16
17	LMP2	43	Newblood by Morand Racing	3:46.018	3:39.135	3:41.066	+17.346	17
18	LMP2	34	Race Performance	3:39.993	3:44.486	3:40.819	+18.204	18
19	LMP2	42	Caterham Racing	3:41.847	3:47.255	3:40.035	+18.246	19
20	LMP2	24	Sébastien Loeb Racing	3:43.507	3:40.407	3:44.022	+18.618	20
21	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	3:46.940	3:44.395	3:41.297	+19.508	21
22	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	3:43.618	3:42.527	3:42.131	+20.342	22
23	LMP2	29	Pegasus Racing	3:49.046	3:42.438	No time	+20.649	23
24	LMP2	33	OAK Racing-Team Asia	3:42.998	3:48.325	3:43.158	+21.199	24

**steveaki13** · 14th June 2014, 10:13

Qualifying result

25	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	3:53.948	3:47.015	3:43.843	+22.054	25
26	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	No time	3:44.293	3:44.437	+22.504	26
27		0	Nissan Motorsports Global	No time	3:57.096	3:50.185	+28.396	27
28	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	3:54.754	3:55.552	3:53.700	+31.911	28
29	LMGTE Am	81	AF Corse	4:02.452	3:57.665	3:54.665	+32.876	29
30	LMGTE Pro	73	Corvette Racing	3:56.443	3:55.038	3:54.777	+32.988	30
31	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	3:55.067	3:56.516	3:54.891	+33.102	31
32	LMGTE Pro	74	Corvette Racing	3:59.445	3:57.160	3:55.190	+33.401	32
33	LMGTE Pro	52	Ram Racing	3:57.793	3:56.642	3:55.347	+33.558	33
34	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	3:55.516	3:57.356	3:55.694	+33.727	34
35	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	4:00.017	3:57.445	3:55.644	+33.855	35
36	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	3:56.584	3:57.682	3:55.745	+33.956	36
37	LMGTE Am	95	Aston Martin Racing	4:06.464	3:56.994	3:55.944	+34.155	37
38	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse	3:56.919	3:56.917	3:55.977	+34.188	38
39	LMGTE Am	72	SMP Racing	3:56.787	3:58.778	3:56.063	+34.274	39
40	LMGTE Am	88	Proton Competition	3:59.291	3:59.920	3:56.974	+35.185	40
41	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey Racing-Proton	3:57.004	3:58.373	3:57.230	+35.215	41
42	LMGTE Am	90	8 Star Motorsports	No time	No time	3:57.217	+35.428	42
43	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing	3:57.258	Withdrawn		+35.469	–
44	LMGTE Am	60	AF Corse	4:22.744	4:01.425	3:57.274	+35.485	43
45	LMGTE Am	66	JMW Motorsport	4:05.046	3:58.512	3:57.757	+35.968	44
46	LMGTE Am	53	Ram Racing	3:59.794	4:02.175	3:57.958	+36.169	45
47	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	3:58.330	3:58.086	No time	+36.297	46
48	LMGTE Am	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	No time	4:06.021	3:58.398	+36.609	47