The 2020 Le Mans 24hrs Watching from Home Thread

[MiniMan64]

Jonny_ said:

All going wrong for Rebellion in the pits now.

They can never seem to get the damm thing going again

[Jonny_]

Wheels spinning whilst on the jacks as well, that'll be a penalty on top of everything. That's some truly st luck at this stage of the race.

[rider73]

grrr i think I've watched the ant and dec af and clio add thousand times now on Eurosport ad breaks

[//j17]

MiniMan64 said:

Tyre Smoke said:

Weird instructions from Rebellion to hold station.

Not really. They want 2nd and 3rd rather than broken cars. It’s a shame to stop the battle but it’s understandable.

Still think it was the correct call? OK, no difference to the 3/7 battle but HAS put the 1 closer to the 7 than it would have been. Yes, still just over a lap... provided the 1 doesn't have any delays...

[TCEvo]

MiniMan64 said:

Jonny_ said:

All going wrong for Rebellion in the pits now.

They can never seem to get the damm thing going again

Talking about it on RLM - clutch problem apparently.

[rider73]

it's all hitting the fan now

[//j17]

Jonny_ said:

Wheels spinning whilst on the jacks as well, that'll be a penalty on top of everything. That's some truly st luck at this stage of the race.

Anyone know if it's standard for the Rebellions to restart in gear? When the 3 was trying to restart it seemed to creep with each attempt, as though in gear, then looked to start in gear with the wheels spinning in the dollys...

OK, should have just waited for RLM

[Speed_Demon]

rider73 said:

grrr i think I've watched the ant and dec af and clio add thousand times now on Eurosport ad breaks

Turned me into a Clio driving (ok I was that anyway), small pen loving lesbian.

Porsches had such a hard time of it this year (especially when they get shoved into a tyre wall as has just happened), but glad the Astons have been flying high.
Congrats to Paul Di Resta and Ant Davidson, providing no drama.

Can't wait to be there next year for the hypercars!

[Sf_Manta]

Welp GTE Porsche into the tyrewall

Slow zones, and looks like they'll be fixing the wall for a bit , so could have decided the race.

[KR158]

The reliability in this years edition of LM 24 is probably the worst I've seen in a long time.

Anyway, I made it to 03:50 (ish), back at it by about 10:30 this morning, still feel the need to break some liquid stimulation out.



Love it!

[TCEvo]

Speed_Demon said:

Can't wait to be there next year for the hypercars!

I've not read the regs particularly, but won't the LMP2 cars be quicker, as presumably they will still feature & are purpose designed racing cars - assuming that the hypercars are supposedly road-orientated (are they?).

[Welshbeef]

TCEvo said:

I've not read the regs particularly, but won't the LMP2 cars be quicker, as presumably they will still feature & are purpose designed racing cars - assuming that the hypercars are supposedly road-orientated (are they?).

They will restrict the LMP 2 cars down from 600bhp to 560bhp or 480 bhp as it used to be before

[Sf_Manta]

Number 39 LMP2 is in the wall big.. that's likely their race run Big off by the looks of it.

[Jonny_]

It really does come in droves, doesn't it?

Rebellion no 3 off then all to cock in the pit.
Porsche no 99 into the tyres.
G Drive no 26 suspect failure.
SO24 no 39 into the barriers.

34 minutes to go!

[Jonny_]

... Dragonspeed no 27 stopped now. Hopefully just needs to sit and cool down for 5 mins.

[Alex@POD]

rider73 said:

grrr i think I've watched the ant and dec af and clio add thousand times now on Eurosport ad breaks

The very reason I paid a month's subscription to eurosport player, so I could watch it without adverts! To be fair, I got it to watch the bike 24h originally, but not having adverts has been great.

[boxedin]

The final hour, never fails to deliver more excitement or for some, just failures.

[Hereward]

Jonny_ said:

It really does come in droves, doesn't it?

Rebellion no 3 off then all to cock in the pit.
Porsche no 99 into the tyres.
G Drive no 26 suspect failure.
SO24 no 39 into the barriers.

34 minutes to go!

...yet no replays of any of these incidents, ffs

[Jonny_]

Safety car coming in on this lap, let's have a final 20-odd minutes of racing!

[fat80b]

Alex@POD said:

The very reason I paid a month's subscription to eurosport player, so I could watch it without adverts

Same here - worth the few quid to watch it late into the night and then the Morning session into the finish.
Not an advert in sight....