LeMans 24Hrs TV coverage

[Crafty_]

@FIAWEC claiming they've been under "cyber attack".. hmm odd now its the middle of the night and sensible people have gone to bed that its all working.

timing dot 71 wytham dot org dot uk for timing.

ecsrobin said:

61GT said:

Really enjoying the race but I do wonder if LMP2 will be the premier class next year.

With Perrinn and Ginetta joining LMP1 next year that will be a healthy grid.

Thing is if the manufacturers stay they will be way ahead of the privateers, so effectively we'd have LMP1 as it is now, with LMP1.5.

Peugeot are allegedly to return, maybe not next year though.

[61GT]

Enjoying the race but off to get a few hours sleep, will the lead Porsche keep going?

[E31Shrew]

Sf_Manta said:

Found a live stream here... https://gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=avRrTAKu6TU
and agree on the FIA site being utter ste , paid for the full service and it's constantly dropping out and the live stream's non existent.

Will be filing a complaint and demanding a refund!

Perfect....thanks!

[Welshbeef]

Gave up just after midnight and the loss of Toyotas.

Just up and it appears little change with 959 Pork leading

[Welshbeef]

No one else up yet?


Have to say this years PH Le Alans thread is very low on posting count...

[MiniMan64]

Welshbeef said:

No one else up yet?


Have to say this years PH Le Alans thread is very low on posting count...

Yup. Children see to that.

Porsche still plodding around.

What on Earth do Toyota have to do to win this race?

[condor]

Yes, I'm back watching....cup of tea in hand

[Welshbeef]

Who's having a beer now in the U.K....

[Sf_Manta]

Just waking up... saw the 7 Toyota nursing it back to the pits.. and now know that it never made it back.
Was really wanting to see Toyota finally do it this year and win Le Mans.. but there's always mechanical issues or traffic denying them from finally doing it.

[Veeayt]

E31Shrew said:

Sf_Manta said:

Found a live stream here... https://gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=avRrTAKu6TU
and agree on the FIA site being utter ste , paid for the full service and it's constantly dropping out and the live stream's non existent.

Will be filing a complaint and demanding a refund!

Perfect....thanks!

Stopped working

[Welshbeef]

Veeayt said:

Stopped working

Sky freeview or ask a mate with sky go to give you the password hen buy him a case of beer

[Blayney]

I think they all have

[p1stonhead]

Gutted for Toyota AGAIN! fk sake!

[Welshbeef]

p1stonhead said:

Gutted for Toyota AGAIN! fk sake!

It's an inferior hybrid system than the Porsche.

They pumped for higher output/speed at the cost of endurance racing. Had they gone for less output maybe they would be similar to Porsche or simply Porsche are so far ahead Toyota had no option but to risk it and sadly for them the engineering simply isn't there yet to mount a decent challenge to Porsche.

[CardShark]

As already said, the FIA site has been shocking!

Have been using a live feed via YouTube up until maybe 20min ago, that's now bust however I've found this live link instead. It's Eurosport's coverage so you'll have to put up with adverts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJoDJq659VY

Edited by CardShark on Sunday 18th June 08:17

[Dusty964]

Veeayt said:

E31Shrew said:

Sf_Manta said:

Found a live stream here... https://gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=avRrTAKu6TU
and agree on the FIA site being utter ste , paid for the full service and it's constantly dropping out and the live stream's non existent.

Will be filing a complaint and demanding a refund!

Perfect....thanks!

Stopped working

https://youtu.be/oYNSlil81-Y

[CardShark]

Link I was originally using is back - no adverts!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=avRrTAKu6TU

[rscott]

Welshbeef said:

It's an inferior hybrid system than the Porsche.

They pumped for higher output/speed at the cost of endurance racing. Had they gone for less output maybe they would be similar to Porsche or simply Porsche are so far ahead Toyota had no option but to risk it and sadly for them the engineering simply isn't there yet to mount a decent challenge to Porsche.

That might explain one failure but the other was down to accident damage.

The Porsche system isn't perfect- they spent 1hr 20mins having to replace the front axles on one car because the hybrid system failed.

[Otispunkmeyer]

Welshbeef said:

p1stonhead said:

Gutted for Toyota AGAIN! fk sake!

It's an inferior hybrid system than the Porsche.

They pumped for higher output/speed at the cost of endurance racing. Had they gone for less output maybe they would be similar to Porsche or simply Porsche are so far ahead Toyota had no option but to risk it and sadly for them the engineering simply isn't there yet to mount a decent challenge to Porsche.

To be fair, I think only the 8 had a motor failure...7 had some weird problem with the gearbox? Or ICE and was trying to limp home on the battery alone. Didn't make it. Number 9 had a blow out and then the silly bugger drove it too hard and the carcass ripped through some important bits and pieces and it caught fire.

And Porsche have had a similar experience, with the #1 having it's front end changed because of motor problems. I dare say theirs looked a more straightforward fix; Toyota literally had the #8 in its component parts to change theirs! They even had to take the windscreen off!

Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Sunday 18th June 09:10

[Ructions]

MiniMan64 said:

What on Earth do Toyota have to do to win this race?

To finish first......