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24 Heures du Mans 2015 Thread


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Association Sportive Automobile de l'Automobile Club de l'Ouest des 24 Heures du Mans 2015

 

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Yes, it's that time of the year again! Grab some :pizza: and enjoy this weekend, ladies and gentlemen. :cheers:


Schedule (CET)

 

  • 900 - 945 ......Warm Up
  • 1005 - 1050 ..Le Mans Legends Race
  • 1115 - 1200 ..Aston Martin Le Mans Festival
  • 1500 .........START

Spotter guides

 

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Audio, video & live timing

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Have fun, tduck!

 

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Thanks guys. Glad you like it! :cheers:

 

30 minutes to go!!!

 

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Results after one hour:

 

LMP1:

1. #17 Porsche

2. #18 Porsche

3. #8 Audi

4. #7 Audi

 

LMP2:

1. #46 Oreca Thriet

2. #47 Oreca KCMG

3. #26 Ligier

 

GT Pro:

1. #95 Aston

2. #51 Fiat

3. #99 Aston

 

GT AM

1. #83 Fiat

2. #72 Fiat

3. #98 Aston

 

#92 Porsche in flames

#13 Rebellion crashed

#42 Dome crashed

 

The two prototypes crashed into each other and then into the Porsche.

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It's incredible how tough these cars are. 100mph crash and he managed to get back to the pits and within a few minutes he was back out racing again!

 

If an F1 car goes over a little bump it stops working. :hmmm:

 

Although the safety car system seems a bit terrible putting it politely. I mean, green and yellow flags at the same time, that's just confusing.

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The safety car system, the automated slow zone bit anyway, is new this year so I don't think they've ironed out the kinks too much, though yeah it's got some things needing fixing.

 

So as we come up to the 1/4 point of the race, with 18 hours to go, this is what the race is looking like:

 

LMP1:

1. #9 Audi

2. #17 Porsche - though it's just pitted, was leading before the scheduled pit.

3. #7 Audi

4. #19 Porsche

 

Audi seem to have the upper hand, the #17 porsche is giving them their biggest challenge and has been leading for most of it, however the #9 Audi has repeatedly set the fastest laps and has been biting on the #17's arse for a lot of it too.

 

 

LMP2:

1. #47 KCMG

2. #46 Oreca Thriet

3. #36 Alpine

4. #48 Murphy

 

Quite a boring class imo, the #47 hasn't been challenged much.

 

GTE Pro:

1. #99 Aston

2. #64 Corvette

3. #97 Aston

3. #91 Manthey Porsche

 

Always entertaining biggrin.gif The #64 corvette has been in the front for a fair bit and has had to hold off the Astons who were rather fast at the start of the race, though Astons are currently leading.

GTE AM

1. #98 Aston

2. #72 SMP Ferrari

3. #53 Viper

4. #83 Ferrari

 

Entertaining too, the lead is by no means set to be taken by anyone in particular.

 

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Talking points:

- Porsche 911's reliability seems to be a question, 2 have blown their engines.

- the Audi #8 LMP1 Crash was insane, took 4 mins in the pits and the car was back out again good as new:

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

- The number #42 LMP2 car was in second place for a fair bit, but seemed to lose power, unsure if it has retired but it's lost its position anyway.

 

- RAIN is possible though by no means definite, it's passing nearby soon: Doug Schneider on Twitter:

 

 

As I post this, 18:06 mins to go, and it's starting to go dark :)

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Midnight update:

 

LMP1:

1. #19 Porsche (142 laps; average speed 246.6 km/h; 10 pits)

2. #9 Audi

3. #7 Audi

4. #17 Porsche

 

LMP2

1. #47 Oreca

2. #46 Oreca

3. #26 Ligier

 

GTE Pro

1. #99 Aston

2. 64 Corvetter

3. #91 Porsche

 

GTE Am:

1. #98 Aston

2. #72 Ferrari

3. #83 Ferrari

 

#22 Nissan lost its bonnet, got a puncture and is now in the pits being repaired.

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Results at (almost) 2AM

 

LMP1

1. #19 Porsche (174 laps; average speed 274 km/h; 13 pits)

2. #7 Audi

3. #9 Audi

4. #17 Porsche

 

LMP2

1. #47 Oreca

2. #46 Oreca

3. #26 Ligier

 

GTE Pro

1. #99 Aston

2. #91 Porsche

3. #64 Corvette

 

GTE Am

1. #98 Aston

2. #72 Fiat

3. #77 Porsche

 

#18 Porsche kissed a wall as D said.

#31 Ligier (LMP2) kissed a wall, too, a bit more than the P-car. Drove back into the pits while creating sparks and flames and with all lights off.

No rain whatsoever.

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Guest MrLolololXD

Another Ferrari, #61, on fire in the pits now.

Good to see that the racecars aren't so far gone from their street counterparts that they still randomly catch fire too.

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GT Pro Leader #99 Aston in garage changing brake pads

 

 

... and then takes out the 2nd place LMP2 (#46 Oreca) car at the first chicane. Corvette now leading class.

 

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Meanwhile the #96 Aston spun out further up the track on its own, narrowly missing collection from other cars, and Ligier #26 deemed to have had unsafe return to track by spraying gravel on track

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"Sorry, I forgot my pads were just changed and were cold"

 

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Seeing the first and second place GTE-Pro cars, #99 Aston and #64 Corvette, so close to each other in the pits must have given both teams some motivation to get things sorted as soon as possible. As unfortunate as that incident was for the #99 car and as much as I was enjoying the battle and would have preferred for the Corvette to take the lead under racing conditions, I'm still glad that #64 is back in the GTE-Pro class lead.

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#64 Corvette now changing brake pads, let's hope their driver remembers to pump the brakes after. #51 Ferrari now leads.

 

#99 Aston in garage.

#46 Oreca being assisted by crane. Somehow made it back to garage 15 minutes later.

 

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And here comes sunrise, the most beautiful part of the race

 

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Big shuffle around at the top of the LMP1 class, just goes to show how quickly things can change and go wrong in this race.

 

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Aston Martin #96 went into the wall hard

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Thanks for the updates, guys.

 

Also added another Twitch stream to the first post.

 

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Six hours to the finish.

 

LMP1

1. #19 Porsche (290 laps)

2. #17 Porsche

3. #9 Audi

4. #7 Audi

 

LMP2

1. #47 Oreca

2. #26 Ligier

3. #38 Gibson

 

GTE Pro

1. #51 Ferrari

2. #64 Corvette

3. #91 Porsche

 

GTE Am

1. #98 Aston

2. #72 Ferrari

3. #62 Ferrari

 

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#55 Ferrari having some engine problems, probably ran out of fuel or something.

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Corvette #64 and Ferrari #51 exited pit lane almost side by side, should be an interesting battle to watch for 1st place in GTE-Pro with just under 6 hours left

 

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Nissan #42 stopped to take a piss on the front straight

 

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Porsche #19 just completed 300 laps

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