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
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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
Great! I've been looking forward to the biggest sporting event in the world getting underway this weekend!
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!)
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
49 LMGTE Am 79 Prospeed Competition 4:01.226 3:59.012 No time +37.223 48 50 LMGTE Am 75 Prospeed Competition 3:59.394 3:59.604 4:05.147 +37.605 49 51 LMGTE Am 58 Team Sofrev ASP 3:59.837 4:07.434 4:03.947 +38.048 50 52 LMGTE Am 57 Krohn Racing 4:03.789 4:01.686 4:01.006 +39.217 51 53 LMGTE Am 70 Team Taisan 4:03.066 4:01.446 4:04.512 +39.657 52 54 LMGTE Am 67 IMSA Performance Matmut No time 4:03.903 4:03.277 +41.488 53 55 LMGTE Am 62 AF Corse 4:11.533 4:20.025 4:10.354 +48.565 54
Fingers crossed for a good race and not as many crashes as we saw in Quali.
See you later.
Car 79 has been moved in to Pro category. Just the 2 drivers to do the whole race though.
Ray
Must be pretty exciting with the race start being so close.
Anyone watching the start?
I have a sudden engagement which means I will probably miss the first hour or so. I may have to watch delayed. Or certainly not post in that time.
Anyone got a stream other than the official site? My usual site doesn't have a link.
Edit: Scratch that, found one at http://nowwatchtvlive.com/2011/07/br...1-free-sports/
Are you able to watch much of it MrJan. You said you may miss a fair bit?
I have no streams and it appears no one else is around. :(
And its go in Le Man. 23 hours 59 minutes to go then. :)
good streams here http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/...#video=x10uqt7
The Toyota's have some incredible pace. 3:23's already and most other cars in 3:24's/25s
I like the new Yellow Slow Zone. Great way to clear gravel or debris on a small scale without SC are endangering Marshalls
I will probably be watching up to about 1am and then will have to go to bed. Will try and catch a couple hours in the morning but from 10am onwards I'll be relying on a decent 3g connection on my phone and Radio le Mans on TuneIn.
Official Le Mans site has a much better stream than in previous years.
First safety zone used, great idea to deal with the minor problems that normally just get left (such as gravel all over the track at the chicanes).
Gutted to see the Zeod fall by the wayside, was looking forward to that.
Yep, gearbox stuff apparently. There's a certain irony that it's the old fashioned mechanical part of the car to fail, not the fancy dancy electrical stuff.
First hour flew by, only another 23 to go! Seems like Toyota have the pace but will be interesting to see how fuel stops and reliability shake out. Seem to remember Toyota suffering a bit from the later over the last two years. Plus the 7 car has just been reported for unsafe release so a possible penalty to come which negates a lot of what they gained while the 2 & 3 cars were getting themselves by the Porsches.
Rain! Cat, pigeons, chaos.
Wow. Toyota and Audi off in the aquaplaning.
SC out and chaos
Audi #3 looking in a pretty bad way. Got mixed up with the #8 Toyota and a Ferrari on Mulsanne. Poor barriers look like they will again cost us a good 30 minutes plus of race time.
Where is everyone else on this forum. We at least had about 5 or 6 on here last season. Seems like only us 2 now, sad state of affairs.
Never seems that popular and it's nice weather out. If I wasn't supposed to be working then I'd be outdoors too. Suspect we'll get a few more later in the day when it reaches a better time of day in the US and Aus.
Amazing reply onboard that Porsche of the Toyota skittling out all the others. Looks like someone up ahead had slowed and all the others were slowing down but Lapierre didn't spot it until too late.
Yes.
Toyota #8 and Sam Bird clearly came across a group of slowing cars. Toyota spun and smashed the wall. While the Ferrari obviously hit the Audi.
The replay from on board the Porsche GT gave the best view. It also looked like he had been in the wall as well.
Wet again. Amazing to see shots of one SC driving in the sunshine and then go onboard with someone on the other side of the track who is having to go so slowly that they're falling behind the SC.
Some real crazy weather out there indeed. Some cars struggling to keep up with the SC
Why is P919 hybrid Nb.14 so far behind??
Hi guys, I might pop in later but am going out to work now. Cheerio.
Guys, is there a better website to follow live timing than the official one?
Are you classing this as the official one? http://live.fiawec.com/
Cause I was watching live timing on Le Man site and move to FIA site.
No I meant this one:
http://www.24h-lemans.com/live/en/