24 Hours of Le Mans

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Originally Posted by steveaki13

You'd think as a motorsport forum we would see a few more people posting here. ???? disappointing.

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And by the same token why is that LM24 is the only time some people make any effort to follow endurance racing?

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Originally Posted by MrJan

Well that's ****ed the whole race. Nose to tail stuff in Pro, drivers make different choices for tyres and then the stupid safety car system puts the Aston into third and a lap down, which makes no sense whatsoever.

And beyond that does anyone know exactly why the SC is still out? Track looks clear to me and the cars have been cleared.

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Just heard Davidson complain about the road being wet! Maybe too many ex-F1 drivers in LMS is turning the LeMans race into a F1 type SC show?! ;)

BTW excellent strategy by Porsche in GTE Pro class. They read the situation the right way and got quite an advantage out of this triple SC system.

So we are getting 30 minutes of racing after SCs pull in in a moment.

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Originally Posted by MrJan

Well that's ****ed the whole race. Nose to tail stuff in Pro, drivers make different choices for tyres and then the stupid safety car system puts the Aston into third and a lap down, which makes no sense whatsoever.

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AUTOSPORT Live: 81st Le Mans 24 Hours - Le Mans 2013

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Originally Posted by Autosport

Some deciphering of the lead Pro battle between us has resulted in this conclusion:

Mucke stopped when the rain first fell while Lietz continued. He took on inters, but the team then replaced them immediately with slicks because the track looked dry.

When the heavens opened even more, he came back in the following lap for wets - but Lietz again stayed out. Meanwhile, the Pilet Porsche was fitted with wets.

The end result of that is Lietz a lap in front of Pilet, with Mucke now down in third. We reckon Lietz is going to need another fuel stop, but even so, Porsche have both cases covered with a car on slicks and a car on wets.

Get that?

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Well I have to say I'm a little disappointed really.

Congratulations to all the winners.

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Originally Posted by Ranger

Well I have to say I'm a little disappointed really.

Congratulations to all the winners.

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Same here.

RIP Alan Simmonsen
Condolences to his family and friends

Congratulations to those who managed to finish.

While the Toyotas were quite reliable they were not close enough in terms of outright speed, other then in changing conditions and those conditions were more or less removed from the race by the 1001 lengthy Safety Car periods.
Being 50 HP down is not helping either, I wish the organizers would stop trying to find the magic formula and let them all race under a stable set of rules.

Well done to all the winners and those who finished.

Condolences to those who know and were involved with Allan Simonsen

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Originally Posted by wedge

And by the same token why is that LM24 is the only time some people make any effort to follow endurance racing?

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Wow that seems very bitter.

Dont quite know how you know what I follow, but I follow many sports avidly and actively follow several motorsports to a great and lesser degree.

I attend live race meetings so with all these things combined I dont always post about every race I watch. I have followed several endurance catergories over the years. Not always as reguarly as I would like due to conflicting events and interests.

I was simply stating that as I decided to post this year about the Le Mans 24 hours (it being probably the premier 24 hour race), I was sad more people werent around. Its always best to post with many others.

Why so angry about a simple observation? Chill a bit

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Originally Posted by steveaki13

Wow that seems very bitter.

Dont quite know how you know what I follow, but I follow many sports avidly and actively follow several motorsports to a great and lesser degree.

I attend live race meetings so with all these things combined I dont always post about every race I watch. I have followed several endurance catergories over the years. Not always as reguarly as I would like due to conflicting events and interests.

I was simply stating that as I decided to post this year about the Le Mans 24 hours (it being probably the premier 24 hour race), I was sad more people werent around. Its always best to post with many others.

Why so angry about a simple observation? Chill a bit

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I agree with what wedge is saying hear. I follow endurance racing, but hardly post hear, as this part of the forum is rubbish. Proof of this was the WEC Silverstone thread, I posted. It had Wedge, and one other person. 9 posts. Hardly a worth while discussion. I think that's what wedge was getting at, not a dig at you