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Hi,
With only 4 days left before the official Le Mans tests it's time to create the thread to follow the festivities !!! :bounce:
So here I go :D
We will first post testing times and news, pictures, videos,...in this thread ;)
This coming friday start the official scruteneering of the cars, starting with the Luc Alphand team Corvettes(from 10.00 GMT+2), following by the 908s(from 11.30),... :)
Everything is on the official site(in english too) http://www.lemans.org
Hi, i'll be attending the great race, in a working capacity but i'll have the trusty wi-fi laptop with me so i'll post any good vids or photos i take.
Things I want to see happen this year:
1) Defeat of Audi's in P1
2) Defeat of Vette's in P2
3) Defeat of Porsche in GT2
Again? We had that last year. Not that I'm going to complain if it happens again.Quote:
Originally Posted by tannat
Does anyone have a list of all teams, cars and drivers taking part in the test day?
1.) NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by tannat
2.) since when did the Vettes become P2 :p : and sayin GT1, NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!! (unless Saleen wins)
3.) Go Ferrari :D
Note that the sole female driver of the 2007 le Mans race will be American Liz Halliday and she will drive the Noël de Bello LMP2 proto(it's official) :D
By the way, some other pics of the teams settle down on the circuit :p :
http://www.endurance-info.com/articl...rder=0&thold=0
naturally i'm betting on the peugeot 908.
Quote:
Originally Posted by tmx
Well, I dream of seeing a strong result from Peugeot this year... so I would like to be as confident as you!
Be careful not to bet all your money on that!
EDIT: sorry mistake :mark:
Audi Car N3 Livery
http://www.endurance-info.com/2007_L...Audi_R10_2.jpg
Can't wait for the first Audi vs Peugeot confrontation this sunday !! :D
either way the race goe its going to be once again an awesome event. note to self-- don't get as drunk as last year you want to remember it.
First pics of the cars being prepared for the tech. scruteneering today !!! :bounce: :bounce:
http://www.endurance-info.com/articl...rder=0&thold=0
More pics !!! :p :
http://www.endurance-info.com/articl...rder=0&thold=0
And pics again !!! :p :
http://www.endurance-info.com/articl...rder=0&thold=0
Briliant time by Sébastien Bourdais in the 908 during the test today !!!! :bounce:
With a final lap time of 3'26"707 he was more than 1s faster than Emanuele Pirro and Allan McNish both driving Audis ;)
Jacques Villeneuve in the other 908 was more off the pace, but it was obvious seeing his lack of knowledge of both car and track... :mark:
Jacques final test position was 5th overall behind Bouillon's Pescarolo but ahead of 3rd Audi(Lucas Luhr/Mattias Ekström)...
Other pictures of the test :p :
http://www.motorsport.com/photos/sel...est_day_Friday
Hey guys 'n gals.
Found a few more pictures on autosport: http://www.autosport.com/gallery/index.php/id/961
Anyone know what happened to the Johansson/Shimoda Arena Zytek car?
Shimoda went off the road, destroying the car, I think :mark:
Hmmm. Yeah, i wondered as much, pretty badly damaged. Good start to le mans 2007 for them then! Not!
Can't wait for le mans 2007 to start. Any sites known which we can watch the race live off from? Don't think it's being shown on the channels i can get here
Interesting !!! Racing-Live just created an endurance motorsport section to follow the 2007 24 hours of Le Mans !!!! :D
http://www.racing-live.com/24hdumans/en/index.shtml
TK has been cleared to race :D
fantastic news for the audi camp :D
The Zytek LMP1 won't take part to the race at all !!! Car destroyed after the off of Shimoda during test day, and too much electronical problems during the re-building in UK... ;(
But one of its drivers, Stefan Johansson, will drive the number 13 Courage that has been successfully re-built too(crash during test day also) ;)
Pictures of monday and today available on Endurance-Info... :p :
http://endurance-info.com/article.ph...rder=0&thold=0
http://endurance-info.com/article.ph...rder=0&thold=0
http://endurance-info.com/article.ph...rder=0&thold=0
The Flying Lizard entry's livery looks amazing :D
More pics on the race's official website ;)
http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans...photos_fr.html
Useless to say Sébastien Bourdais(winner of Atlanta Champcar race last week-end!)was massively demanded for autographs by spectators yesterday :p :
Jacques Villeneuve was also demanded on monday for autographs ;)
Sebastien won in Portland ;) he came back from 20 seconds behind to win a Caution - free event :eek:
Provisional Qualifying Round 1
1 8 Team Peugeot Total LMP1
2 2 Audi Sport North America LMP1
3 7 Team Peugeot Total LMP1
4 1 Audi Sport North America LMP1
5 3 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1
6 16 Pescarolo Sport LMP1
7 13 Courage Competition LMP1
8 18 Rollcentre Racing LMP1
9 14 Racing For Holland LMP1
10 9 Creation Autosportif Ltd LMP1
11 15 Charouz Racing LMP1
12 12 Courage Competition LMP1
13 17 Pescarolo Sport LMP1
14 5 Swiss Spirit LMP1
15 33 Barazi Epsilon LMP2
16 19 Chamberlain Synergy LMP1
17 40 Quifel ASM Team LMP2
18 31 Binnie Motorsports LMP2
19 21 Bruichladdich Radical LMP2
20 32 Barazi Epsilon LMP2
21 25 RML LMP2
22 35 Saulnier Racing LMP2
23 008 AMR Larbre Comp. LMGT1
24 55 Team Oreca LMGT1
25 20 Pierre Bruneau LMP2
26 64 Corvette Racing LMGT1
27 009 Aston Martin Racing LMGT1
28 44 Kruse Motorsport LMP2
29 63 Corvette Racing LMGT1
30 59 Team Modena LMGT1
31 54 Team Oreca LMGT1
32 100 AMR BMS LMGT1
33 72 Alphand Aventures LMGT1
34 007 Aston Martin Racing LMGT1
35 70 PSI Experience LMGT1
36 24 Noel Del Bello LMP2
37 73 Alphand Aventures LMGT1
38 006 AMR Larbre Comp. LMGT1
39 87 Scuderia Ecosse LMGT2
40 76 Imsa Performance LMGT2
41 97 Risi Competizione LMGT2
42 80 Flying Lizard Motorsport LMGT2
43 53 JLOC Isao Noritake LMGT1
44 93 Autorlando Sport LMGT2
45 99 Risi Competizione LMGT2
46 67 Convers Menx Team LMGT1
47 85 Spyker Squadron LMGT2
48 81 Team LNT LMGT2
49 86 Spyker Squadron LMGT2
50 82 Team LNT LMGT2
51 83 GPC Sport LMGT2
52 71 Seikel Motorsport LMGT2
53 78 AF Corse LMGT2
54 29 T2M Motorsport LMP2
fastest in class in bold
Peugeot won round one against Audi, but 24 hours is a long race and those pesky Pescarolos and GT1 cars will always be a threat come toward the end of the race
Any news of any sites that will post the race so i can watch it online?
I'm also interested in web coverage. If anyone knows a site ?
Also Sebastien Bourdais will be on chat on http://www.tagheuer.com on thursday june 14 from 4 to 5 pm (French time so CET). That would be a great opportunity to ask him how he feels about the car.
I wanted to post on that thread but couldn't acceed to the forum(server problem too often) :mad: :mad:
Second qualifying practice this evening from 7.00pm to midnight ;)
The question remains rainy day again or dry this time ? :mark:
Pics of yesterday qual. practice :p :
http://www.motorsport.com/photos/sel...y_qualifying_1
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Originally Posted by Scuderia ferrari
;)
http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans...hronos_gb.html
http://www.club24web.com/pages/chronos_gb.html
http://www.racing-live.com/24hdumans/en/index.shtml
You also have a very great live-text of the race on Endurance-Info, but it's only in french language :(
No video that I know of this year, but full radio coverage at http://www.radiolemans.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Scuderia ferrari
Cheers to Oreca (Saleen) for their fine showing :up:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Cheers tom, i'll be glued to as much as the race as possible, everything else being cancelled.
Thanks to tintin as well, most hopefull.
Predictions then? Who will win? I think maybe Audi will again, but it will be close with peugeot
Looks like rain for much of the 24 hrs.
I think the R10's will handle this better than the 908's because of more driver familiarity with the car.
End of qualifying practice !!! ;)
As feared, thunderstorms and rain didn't allow drivers to improve times(McNish had best time with 4'01s "only")today :mark:
10 minutes before the end of practice Stéphane Sarrazin was about to drive the 908 number 8 with "dry" tyres, but another car(Corvette number 70)went off the road and forced officials to present red flag and end of session :(
Note that Marc Gené went off the road quite early(broken driving shaft)forcing the 908 number 7 to stop its set-up program quite early(Jacques Villeneuve had to drive it until midnight) :s
So qualifying is finally:
1-Peugeot number 8
2-Audi number 2
3-Peugeot number 7
4-Audi number 1
5-Audi number 3
6-Pescarolo number 16
...
It would be very interesting now to have names of drivers who will have to start the race !!! :)
whats wrong with T2M, they are so damn slow, that the officials may force them not to race
Glad to see that Tom Kristensen has been cleared to race :up:
Just have a look at how wet was the circuit yesterday evening !!! :s
http://endurance-info.com/article.ph...rder=0&thold=0
That's not fun at all to drive on such conditions(like said Jacques Villeneuve: undriveable) :mad:
But what can one do against ugly crappy weather ;(
its gonna be a wild race if it rains all day and night :D
Finally without surprises, Sébastien Bourdais will start in the 908 number 8 and Nicolas Minassian in the number 7 at 3.00pm tomorrow... ;)
No idea who will start in the Audis, Pescas and others though :mark: