The official Le Mans race thread

[Matt_N]

With the practice sessions almost over and qualifying beginning tonight I thought we had better get a race thread going!

We have various threads across forums for TV feeds, event discussion and what not but let's keep this one to race talk over the next few days.

I last attended in 2013 with my Dad, a baby, broken femur and house move have put paid to us going this year but he is making the trip down from Chester to watch the race with me

Here's to a good race!

[skeggysteve]

I agree that a race thread is a good idea but I think it might be better in the LeMans forum

[Matt_N]

The Le Mans forum is under the events subheading, more for those attending, organising tickets, camping etc.

As suggested in this thread http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... a couple of posters agreed the race thread would be better placed in here.

[designndrive62]

Really excited for this year, proper good race up front in prospect, and looks to be dry throughout mainly.

Hoping for a strakka resurgence this year but it will have to be a mighty effort from the,pm to win lmp2

[Catweazle]

The number 48 car crew are going to be working hard to get it ready for qualifying tonight considering the weather forecast for tomorrow.

[confucuis]

Link to a stream anyone?!
ETA: Got one!
ETA+2: Didn't know Hulkenberg was racing this year! Now I've got a driver to support

Edited by confucuis on Wednesday 10th June 21:05

Edited by confucuis on Wednesday 10th June 21:07

[Catweazle]

confucuis said:

Link to a stream anyone?!

Have a look in here.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

The thread immediately below this one as you posted.

[Matt_N]

No 1 Toyota with Ant Davidson and the No 17 Porsche with Mark Webber for me.

Sparks and flames from the Nissan are

[anonymous-user]

Anyone know why the Nissans aren't running their hybrid systems in this session?

[anonymous-user]

The Porsches (LMP1) are absolutely flying.

[Mini1275]

RenOHH said:

The Porsches (LMP1) are absolutely flying.

Very impressive times .

[Catweazle]

Gone green again, thirty-four minutes left.

[MiniMan64]

Catweazle said:

Gone green again, thirty-four minutes left.

Why did we go red? Had to pop out

[anonymous-user]

no.7 audi, #9 audi and #41 nissan spun at almost exactly the same time. #41 went into the barriers, but the Audis are okay.

[RJames]

RenOHH said:

Anyone know why the Nissans aren't running their hybrid systems in this session?

Simply because it doesn't work, they decided a little while back it wouldn't work in time.

RenOHH said:

no.7 audi, #9 audi and #41 nissan spun at almost exactly the same time. #41 went into the barriers, but the Audis are okay.

I've had a odd feeling about that 7 car in it's current form in both sessions, Benoît Treluyer is a very solid pair of hands and had 2 off's in the second session. Even with Lotterer in the car it did not seem to be performing as well as the sister cars. As per previous years the Audi's who have had issues in testing/qually have gone on to have issues in the race which I hope is not the case.

Porsche's lap was quite simply amazing, 3:16.887 - smashing the previous qualification lap records. 1.6 seconds faster than the fastest lap set without chicanes (Jackie Oliver - Porsche 917 1971) and 2.2 seconds quicker than the current (ish) layout with chicanes (Loic Duval - Peugeot 908 2010). Also to set that lap on the first flying lap was impressive!

I really think we are in for something special this year.

[MiniMan64]

The Porsches really are flying!

[Matt_N]

Qualy 1 result:

1. Jani/Lieb/Dumas Porsche 919 Hybrid 3m 16.887s LMP1
2. Webber/Hartley/Bernhard Porsche 919 Hybrid 3m 17.767s LMP1
3. Hulkenberg/Tandy/Bamber Porsche 919 Hybrid 3m 19.297s LMP1
4. Duval/di Grassi/Jarvis Audi Sport Team Joest R18 e-tron 3m 19.866s LMP1
5. Albuquerque/Bonanomi/Rast Audi Sport Team Joest R18 e-tron 3m 21.081s LMP1
6. Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest R18 e-tron 3m 21.839s LMP1
7. Wurz/Conway/Sarrazin Toyota Gazoo TS040 Hybrid 3m 23.549s LMP1
8. Davidson/Buemi/Nakajima Toyota Gazoo TS040 Hybrid 3m 23.767s LMP1
9. Heidfeld/Prost/Beche Rebellion R-ONE AER 3m 26.874s LMP1
10. Imperatori/Abt/Kraihamer Rebellion R-ONE AER 3m 31.933s LMP1
11. Howson/Lapierre/Bradley KCMG Oreca 05-Nissan 3m 38.032s LMP2
12. Mardenborough/Chilton/Pla Nissan GT-R LM Nismo 3m 38.468s LMP1
13. Lancaster/Paletou/Hirsch Greaves Gibson-Nissan 3m 38.958s LMP2
14. Turvey/Evans/Dolan Jota Gibson-Nissan 3m 39.004s LMP2
15. Rusinov/Canal/Bird G-Drive Ligier-Nissan 3m 39.867s LMP2
16. Thiriet/Badey/Gommendy Thiriet by TDS Oreca 05-Nissan 3m 40.023s LMP2
17. Cumming/Vanthoor/Estre OAK Ligier-Honda 3m 40.058 LMP2
18. Monteiro/Trummer/Kaffer ByKolles CLM P1/01 AER 3m 40.368s LMP1
19. Panciatici/Chatin/Cappillaire Signatech Alpine Nissan 3m 40.438s LMP2
20. Yacaman/Derani/Gonzalez G-Drive Ligier-Nissan 3m 40.967s LMP2
21. Tincknell/Krumm/Buncombe Nissan GT-R LM Nismo 3m 41.400s LMP1
22. Webb/Ragues/Amberg SARD-Morand Morgan-SARD 3m 42.015s LMP2
23. Tung/Cheng/Roussel Pegasus Morgan-Nissan 3m 42.023s LMP2
24. Mediani/Minassian/Markozov SMP BR01-Nissan 3m 42.077s LMP2
25. Watts/Kane/Leventis Strakka DOME-Nissan 3m 42.798s LMP2
26. Aleshin/Ladygin/Ladygin SMP BR01-Nissan 3m 42.417s LMP2
27. Chandhok/Berthon/Patterson Murphy Oreca 03R-Nissan 3m 44.513s LMP2
28. Sharp/Dalziel/Heinemeier-Hansson ESM Ligier-Honda 3m 44.675s LMP2
29. Krohn/Jonsson/Barbosa Krohn Ligier-Judd 3m 44.899s LMP2
30. Ibanez/Perret/Bellarosa Ibanez Oreca 03R-Nissan 3m 45.350s LMP2
31. Ordonez/Matsuda/Shulzitskiy Nissan GT-R LM Nismo 3m 45.807s LMP1
32. Brown/van Overbeek/Fogarty ESM Ligier-Honda 3m 46.165s LMP2
33. Nicolet/Merlin/Maris OAK Ligier-Nissan 3m 52.843s LMP2
34. MacDowall/Stanaway/Rees Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE 3m 55.928s GTE Pro
35. Lamy/Lauda/Dalla Lana Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE 3m 55.102s GTE Am
36. Bruni/Vilander/Fisichella AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 55.306s GTE Pro
37. Turner/Mucke/Bell Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE 3m 55.466s GTE Pro
38. Sorensen/Thiim/Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE 3m 55.783s GTE Pro
39. Magnussen/Garcia/Briscoe Corvette Racing C7.R 3m 55.963s GTE Pro
40. Aguas/Perrodo/Collard AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 56.723s GTE Am
41. Gavin/Milner/Taylor Corvette Racing C7.R 3m 57.081s GTE Pro
42. Lietz/Christensen/Bergmeister Porsche Team Manthay 911 RSR 3m 57.192s GTE Pro
43. Rigon/Calado/Beretta AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 57.216s GTE Pro
44. Shaitar/Bertolini/Basov SMP Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 57.271s GTE Am
45. Pilet/Makowiecki/Henzler Porsche Team Manthay 911 RSR 3m 57.667s GTE Pro
46. Mann/Gianmaria/Cressoni AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 58.259s GTE Am
47. Dempsey/Long/Seefried Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR 3m 58.478s GTE Am
48. Sweedler/Bell/Segal Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 58.822s GTE Am
49. Bleekemolen/Keating/Miller Riley TI Auto Dodge Viper GTS-R 3m 58.946s GTE Am
50. Cameron/Griffin/Mortimer AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 59.054s GTE Am
51. Roda/Ruberti/Poulsen Larbre Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 3m 59.091s GTE Am
52. al Faisal/Giermaziak/Avenatti JMW Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 59.522s GTE Am
53. Ried/Al Quabisi/Bachler Abu Dhabi-Proton Porsche 911 RSR 4m 00.551s GTE Am
54. Hall/Goethe/Castellacci Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE 4m 01.160s GTE Am
55. Maassen/Chen/Kapadia Team AAI Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 4m 03.117s GTE Am
56. Chen/Vannelet/Parisy Team AAI Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 4m 04.827s GTE Am

[N0ddie]

So whats happening with the Toyotas? Have the totally given up on qualy pace (As they haven't got near their pole time last year) and are fully 100% focussing on race pace? They seemed to batter around in the 3.23s for nearly all of the qualy session so at least they are consistent.

Appears to me that the only way that the stand a chance is if they have 100% reliability.

Outstanding pace up the front with the Porches though.

[N0ddie]

N0ddie said:

So whats happening with the Toyotas? Have the totally given up on qualy pace (As they haven't got near their pole time last year) and are fully 100% focussing on race pace? The Rebellions were not too far behind them in the times. The Toyotas seemed to batter around in the 3.23s for nearly all of the qualy session so at least they are consistent.

Appears to me that the only way that the stand a chance is if they have 100% reliability.

Outstanding pace up the front with the Porches though.

[coopedup]

Those Porsches sure are damn quick, would be great to see Webber on the top step