[LM24] LM24 '22 Raceweek Thread

[chernaudi]

Festivities starts tomorrow with day one of practice and qualifying.


Weather

Spotter's Guide

Timing & Scoring

Track Map


Timing Extension for Chrome from Timing71

RLM Studio Cam

10-10ths discussion and help
How to watch and discussion on the coverage
Discussion on the best way to get live timing
BoP - how’s it going
FCY and SC procedure chat

[C6R Racing Fan]

Timetable of events:

[kobefly]

Does anyone understand how tire allocation works for the LM24?
I can see that each car has 14 sets available in the Hypercar category. However, do they need to pick in advance how many of each type (Soft Cold, Soft Hot, or Medium) they will have available for the race? Or do they have enough sets of each to pick whichever they want during the race as long as they do not use more than 14 sets?

[rdjones]

Well I am sat here in my home office working away with Radio Le Mans playing on Alexa. Starting to get a little bit excited now.

Hopefully we will get a couple of good session's today.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by rdjones

Well I am sat here in my home office working away with Radio Le Mans playing on Alexa. Starting to get a little bit excited now.

Hopefully we will get a couple of good session's today.

Woke up and turned it on this morning here, it feels real now!

[fieldodreams79]

I'm about to tune in to my Motortrend App for P1!!

[Adam43]

RLM on the phone. Ready to listen to on way to work and at work.

Looks a little non sunny for the start.

RLM mentioned at GT Pro having an engine change and will miss the first hour. I missed which one as bowls were clattered together for breakfast.

Edit. It’s the #51 Ferrari.

[Ferrari333SP]

Any better timing than the official page?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

Any better timing than the official page?

If anybody has one I will add it to the opening post.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Adam43

RLM on the phone. Ready to listen to on way to work and at work.

Looks a little non sunny for the start.

RLM mentioned at GT Pro having an engine change and will miss the first hour. I missed which one as bowls were clattered together for breakfast.

Edit. It’s the #51 Ferrari.

I thought I also head that 4 letter word?

I walked to the living room for work. Motortrend app and RLM timed up now. Settling in here for the rest of the week!!

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by joeb

If anybody has one I will add it to the opening post.

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

Any better timing than the official page?

The one from the official page is stuck on last year's results. This is the best I've found thus far:

https://live.fiawec.com/en/live

[Ferrari333SP]

Official timing acting really funky right now; keeps refreshing or going blank

[joeb]

Glick 709 first under 3:30 today

[Ferrari333SP]

Crazy to think the Toyota from not too long ago was doing 15 seconds quicker laps

[Truckosaurus]

One of our group has had to drop out due to a positive Covid test - so we have an ACO (T18) grandstand seat going spare if anyone wants it (€50 or near offer).

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

Crazy to think the Toyota from not too long ago was doing 15 seconds quicker laps

Indeed

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

Official timing acting really funky right now; keeps refreshing or going blank

And indeed. Maybe there's way too much going on with it to keep up? I like the car silhouette but it seems to have too many features for timing for my liking

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

I thought I also head that 4 letter word?

The brainchild of the event ingrained the idea that a brainstorming would indicate the days of chamfrains seen in racing were over.

Having trained for this new event, the brains decided that refrain was the way forward before migraines kicked in.

Hoping to not be birdbrains, or to constrain themselves, they checked drivetrains, polished their woodgrain trims and cleaned their drainage channels.

They prepared with multigrain cereal, wore visors to prevent eyestrain, surveyed the terrain, hoped to not be lamebrains and began their race.

They whizzed past grainfields, whilst muscle strains and sprains developed and the spectacle of harebrained overtake attempts was observed.

But once the race was done - the much-feared 4-letter word was nowhere to be seen......

[Ferrari333SP]

In the year of our lord 2022, how come live timing still seems like a black art that nobody (bar Timing71) can get right? It should be the simplest and easiest thing to accomplish and get right. Rank, driver, car, car number, laps, last lap time, best lap time, # of pit stops - done. That's literally all you need to show on a screen - no fancy graphics needed.

[rdjones]

I have to say the times don't appear to be falling, they seem to be same as test day.

[bella]

there was a spot of the four letter word just before 2, but it passed very quickly unlike the nightly big rain we’ve had almost every night for a week.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

In the year of our lord 2022, how come live timing still seems like a black art that nobody (bar Timing71) can get right? It should be the simplest and easiest thing to accomplish and get right. Rank, driver, car, car number, laps, last lap time, best lap time, # of pit stops - done. That's literally all you need to show on a screen - no fancy graphics needed.

The official FIA timing has all that and more! with options to include or exclude specific items.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by rdjones

I have to say the times don't appear to be falling, they seem to be same as test day.

I think by the end of qualifying today the LMP2 and GT cars will be showing a bit more. Maybe not Hypercars though because they will all make the hyperpole?

[Ferrari333SP]

Originally Posted by joeb

The official FIA timing has all that and more! with options to include or exclude specific items.

I guess what I forgot to add was all that, but in a simple, working format, which is the current FIA live timing isn't really. Remove the white space, remove the car graphics, and make it work 100% of the time, like Timing71

[Ferrari333SP]

Wonder why they're not bothering for anything quicker than 3:29's, when we know they can get down into the low 3:20's

[Ferrari333SP]

And are they switching to GT3 cars for next year? Or is that change for 2024?