N24 2021

[Crafty_]

Final (very wet) qualifying on now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gtNvIPE4Dc

Race starts 14:30 our time tomorrow, warm up at 10:30am.

YT links to coverage & onboards here https://www.24h-rennen.de/en/live-en/

Schedule (in local time) https://www.24h-rennen.de/en/schedule/

Edited by Crafty_ on Friday 4th June 19:44

[Crafty_]

Warm up feed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh59uNZeAzk

Looks like the onboards are up too

Edit: for the Dacia fans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srKL5fjdzpk

Edited by Crafty_ on Saturday 5th June 10:42

[Crafty_]

Land playing games, not only will they have to wait until the field clears pitlane they also have a 1 minute penalty for missing the formation lap.

Doesn't look wet enough to warrant wet tyres - yet!

I see the manta is in the pack

Edit: '#29 Land Audi leaves the pits on slicks, don't think it was a smart play to try that.

Spotters guide & other info here: http://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/06/05/nurburgri...
Live timing https://www.timing71.org/s/n24

Edited by Crafty_ on Saturday 5th June 14:34

[Crafty_]

1 lap in, Estre is just driving around people, lost of jostling for places, a bit of contact and a porsche on fire. Love it.

[Crafty_]

Typical weekend traffic https://streamable.com/c6idyj

Edit: weather comes in, chaos ensues

Edited by Crafty_ on Saturday 5th June 15:13

[Crafty_]

How long before this is a red? rain is ridiculous.

Meantime, Manta!

[Crafty_]

Huge accident for one of the Caymans, fingers crossed driver is ok

Edit: Ticker says driver is responsive and complaining of back pain, hardly surprising : https://streamable.com/445iiw
Tom Coronel binned his Cayman:


You could see him with his phone alongside the car, seemingly taking selfies - he put the rescue on Social media


end of his accident, notice the 2nd place car passing at full chat, good job it didn't spin back on track!
https://streamable.com/wbv2ac

Edited by Crafty_ on Saturday 5th June 19:50

Edited by Crafty_ on Saturday 5th June 20:39

[Crafty_]

mmm-five said:

Next news at 6:00, earliest start at 7:00

Local time, so earliest possible restart is 6am UK time.

With the sun gone and no wind, that dog isn't going to clear overnight, it'll just hang in the trees.

For your entertainment then, onboard with Kevin Estre in the #911, if you scroll to about -6:54:00 you can watch his opening laps which take him from P11 starting place to P2 in under 2.5 laps. I'm in awe of these guys, slicks, lots of cars, rain, wheelspin, sliding https://youtu.be/BRYmUk8b0MU

[Crafty_]

Current plan is to start at 11am local, but I can't see it happening, the fog is as bad as when they red flagged yesterday.

Edit: Fromation lap pushed to 11:20 local.

Edited by Crafty_ on Sunday 6th June 09:51

[Crafty_]

Start confirmed for midday local, formation lap at 11:40, behind safety car.

[Crafty_]

ajprice said:

One of the Mercedes in a bad off, and the Manta followed and slid into it

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1138238959985862

The Merc was passing the Manta and thought the Manta had seen him, he hadn't and they made contact, which resulted in a hard hit for the Merc into the barriers.

Manthey clock up a 7th N24 win, congratulations to them!

[Crafty_]

If you haven't seen it, worth a watch, the first couple of laps from Estre in the #911. https://youtu.be/l49Ehl4Eq6I

Note I think the video description is wrong as the #4 car was leading, nevertheless its impressive - in particular the dummy on the BMW at 12:55 and a code brown at 17:20 or so at the end of the dottinger hohe.

All in a days work!

Edited by Crafty_ on Thursday 10th June 10:16