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Pilbeam is having lots of problems
lemans.org crashed, I can't get on anymore, so no live timing anymore :(
good to see your having a good time, but there are possible storms in the morning there so be prepared :)
Audi has been setting a torrid pace. too bad Rockenfeller decided to drive the third car too hard too quick and totaled it
Hey Harvick.....thanks for the info.....as for the rain....screw it....makes racing more fun. I'll just crash with all the Brits hanging out here. Man can they drink. Then i'll wander down to the garage area and scarf down a meal from my buddy Dan Binks. He owes me.....inside thing from when I worked for Jim Downing. Take care......oh oh the ground moved again.....
I wish the live timing and scoring would come back up :mad:
I can only listen to Radio Lemans right now and have had it on for 12 and a half hours
harvick.....can't you watch the Speed TV coverage? They're everywhere here.
http://www.racing-live.com/24hdumans...ash/index.html
Live timings there.
LMP1-2 Audis out- still leading though, peugeot 2nd and 3rd.
LMP2-BINNIE-TIMPANY-BUNCOMBE leading, then FERNANDEZ-KUROZAWA-KERR Zytek- then BARAZI-VERGERS-OJJEH Zytek 3rd.
GT1- BRABHAM-RYDELL-TURNER Astone leading, then OCONNELL-MAGNUSSEN-FELLOWS 'vette and BOUCHUT-GOLLIN-ELGAARD 3rd.
GT2- NARAC-LIETZ-LONG Porsche leading, KROHN-JONSSON-BRAUN ferrari 2nd, NIELSEN-SIMONSEN 3rd in class
just woke and and what the hell happened to everyone :(
lead Audi is out, #7 Pug is out, 97 Risi
two P2 cars are only left standing
please Audi don't break down
sorry I don't get Speed :(Quote:
Originally Posted by IMSAFAN1
LMP1-Audi ( BIELA-PIRRO-WERNER ) have won! Peugeot 2nd(LAMY-SARRAZIN-BOURDAIS)pescarolo 3rd (COLLARD-BOULLION-DUMAS )
LMP2- BINNIE-TIMPANY-BUNCOMBE have won, with the Zytek 2nd!
LMGT1-Aston win, 'vette 2nd and another aston 3rd
LMGT2- NARAC-LIETZ-LONG win in the porsche, the ferrari 430GT KROHN-JONSSON-BRAUN 2nd and the NIELSEN-SIMONSEN porsche 3rd.
Listening to all the celebrations
Congratulations to Audi!
Well done to Peugeot for finishing and getting on the podium in the 908 - hopefully it will be more competitive next year!
Big congratulations to the Astons in getting their long awaited class win and with the 007 car!
Can't wait for next year's race!
Very impressed with Aston's finish-5th overall.
Congrats to Audi and Peugeot on the fantastic races- and good job from Pescarolo
Shame about the lack of LMP2 finishes- but great race nother-the-less.
Can't wait for le mans 08- may be there.
Did aston hint at an closed prototype car a few minutes ago? Think they did- can't wait for that
congrats to Pescarolo and Rollcentre, that car is just amazing who reliable it is.
such a shame for the #2 Audi, they had the race in the bag and just had bad luck. at least though Audi did win.
ashamed of the P2 class, when I went to bed there were only about 3 of them out and I wake up and only 2 are left running.
tough break for Risi as they had GT2 wrapped up before troubles for them. hate to see Porsche win the class again.
congrats finally to Aston on GT1 victory, but our boys will get them back nex year :D
Yeah- shame about 2 audi DNFs and one peugeot DNF. But it's really a last-man-standing race i guess.
Loads to tell my freinds at school with le mans tommorow
To bad Jacques Villeneuve's 908 had engine problem two hours before end of race whereas he(with Minassian and Gené ;) was 2nd overall :down: ;(
Congratulations to the winners Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner :up:
Congratulations to Sébastien Bourdais, Stéphane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy to bring the 908 on podium for its first 24 hours race :bounce:
Congratulations to the Pescarolo team, again best of the gasoline powered protos ;)
Fantastic to see three Aston-Martins and a Corvette in the overall top 10 too !!!
Just hope they don't ask you if you saw Lewis, after all, all you get now is Lewis this Lewis that. You'd almost not know that Le Mans was this weekend, the lack of coverage was scandalous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scuderia ferrari
Yes- i know. What happened to channels like ITV putting the race on t.v? Ah, they were the good old days, but te next best thing is to buy the DVD of the race- coming out july 1st- i'm getting it.
What a week !! le mans this year was by far the best !! only manged to watch the race from 3am to 730am as we were so busy. Each night we were shutting the shop at about 2 am ! crazy as !!
Good to see the 997's win at Le Mans:
A quick look at the positions hour by hour will show that the Porsches lead the first 4 hours of racing, the first hour being lead by the IMSA Performance Porsche and the next 3 were lead by the Autorlando Porsche.
It was in the fifth hour that the Risi Ferrari sped up (together with the now 5th place Flying Lizard Porsche) to take the lead. It would keep that lead until the 15th hour. (Still 9 hours to go!)
Interesting to note, is that although the Ferrari’s were not the quickest cars (best lap times belonging to the Flying Lizard and IMSA Porsches) both the Risi and the Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari completed the most amount of laps in one hour (18).
Also interesting is that this was done in the 13th hour (the Porsches completed 17 laps in the same hour) and both Ferrari’s only lasted 4 hours after that.
The Porsches also posted higher top speeds on the Mulsanne straight than the Ferraris.
In conclusion, the Ferraris lead for 13 of the 24 hours (Risi 11, Scuderia Ecosse 2) and the Porsches lead for 11 hours (IMSA 8 and Autorlando 3)
Yes the Ferrari lead for a longer period, but domination? Hardly!
Nice pics !!!! :bounce: :bounce:
http://www.racingforever.com/phpwebg.../category/2109
Strange that no one on this forum mention that Lamy's Peugeot should have been disqualified as he stopped the car just before the finish line one lap before the 24th hour. It was forbidden unless the driver had no other choice. In this case, he could have gone for another lap but he wasn't sure he could make it and they knew they had to cross the finish line to be classified. Peugeot broke the rules. They have not been disqualified. No one heard of that?
Actually, no. I mean yes I heard about that but Peugeot deserve the 2nd place IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly
This (stupid BTW) rule states that it's forbidden to wait "on the track". The Peugeot 908 (Bourdais BTW) stopped close by the track itself (on the grass).
Besides, the sanction if the rule is broken is not specified and certainly not a disqualification. It could be a fine or something. The stewards decide.
So Peugeot deserve the second place.
But if this had happened to a Pescarolo or any other less influencing team, they would have received a sanction.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1LM1
Don't you agree?
wasn't Binnie Racing in the pits until the final moments just to come out and claim P2 honors since the second place car was about 20 laps behind
Anyone going to the silverstone meeting? I am! I've made a topic for it.