[LM24 Race] Le Mans 2023 Race Thread

[bjohnsonsmith]

Porsche #5 slowing down along Mulsanne.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by AndreasDavour

I wonder if maybe the teams should tell all drivers to lift and coast through the first chicane. I'm starting to think people should start to treat that area much more seriously. If the conditions are that treacherous, I think maybe some drivers are not driving with their brains.

Glad it wasn't just me, saw 4 cars in one replay all go weird angles through there

[Adam43]

I'm still crying for JOTA But it is back out

And now #5 has a problem.

Toyotas in

[joeb]

Originally Posted by C6R Racing Fan

Tire pressures issue

Thanks, seems like a harsh penalty.

[PhilipR]

75 out of energy??? 1% shown on screen and then slowed down dramatically

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by joeb

Thanks, seems like a harsh penalty.

It could potentially gain them an advantage though (like the MSR Acura).

[belt driven]

Didn't need the long green tire schpiel...

[Adam43]

Race Positions after 5 hours and 60 laps

Blast - the Jota never got to feature at the top. Crashed just before the hour mark.

It is a legal requirement that you click on this YouTube link before you look at the table.

Pos	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1	50	8	2	50	94	75
2	51	51	5	51	6	8
3	8	7	75	94	7	7
4	75	75	8	38	8	94
5	7	6	38	7	75	50
6	2	5	6	2	38	51
7	5	2	7	8	2	2
8	3	93	50	6	50	709
9	6	38	51	93	51	5
10	93	94	94	75	5	3
11	94	709	93	5	709	6
12	708	4	709	709	3	708
13	311	48	4	3	708	38
14	709	50	3	28	35	93
15	4	41	41	35	36	41
16	48	28	36	36	23	28
17	28	36	28	23	30	23
18	41	10	23	10	41	34
19	47	22	10	65	28	9
20	63	9	30	34	10	37
21	14	3	34	30	65	80
22	9	45	48	41	9	65
23	10	35	35	708	48	10
24	45	39	22	80	47	47
25	22	30	65	9	37	45
26	923	43	47	48	923	30
27	65	31	31	47	45	48
28	34	34	9	37	34	35
29	23	80	43	923	80	923
30	31	14	39	45	93	36
31	37	37	80	63	63	31
32	80	47	708	39	39	63
33	43	23	63	31	31	39
34	35	65	923	54	85	54
35	30	24	45	85	56	911
36	32	56	37	56	911	85
37	39	60	56	911	72	72
38	36	54	86	72	25	66
39	24	923	85	25	66	56
40	33	57	911	74	54	57
41	25	83	24	66	74	25
42	54	88	54	57	88	88
43	21	33	74	88	57	24
44	83	911	100	86	24	98
45	57	86	25	24	777	777
46	55	21	72	777	98	4
47	74	100	88	98	100	74
48	77	74	60	100	86	86
49	86	85	83	22	33	100
50	100	25	57	32	4	33
51	85	63	777	33	22	22
52	60	777	66	4	77	77
53	72	72	77	83	32	43
54	56	13	16	77	83	32
55	911	66	32	43	43	311
56	16	55	98	60	311	83
57	98	77	33	16	60	60
58	66	98	55	311	16	16
59	88	16	21	55	55	55
60	38	708	13	21	21	21
61	13	32	14	13	13	13
62	777	311	311	14	14	14

Last year they hit 65 laps at the 4 hour mark.

This chart shows the last three years v. 2010 the record year. Not a record year this year

[broadrun96]

Toyota now taking that wide path through first chicane, definitely something on track there

[Toyotats03OUS]

JOSE MARIA!WTF. He is trying his best to send it

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

It could potentially gain them an advantage though (like the MSR Acura).

"Fact: Tyre pressure monitored by TPMS constantly below the limit.
Car 3 did not respect the minimum tyre pressure. This is both a competitive advantage and a safety issue."

[rika]

Another Le Mans feature show on Eurosport.
That is interesting but why not put it somewhere on your site so I can come and watch if I want to.
Maybe tomorrow?


And just show race action now?

[rdjones]

The Aston nearly took the Ferrari out there

[broadrun96]

Legally required to be drunk to read the table in Tapatalk I think

[FIRE]

I have to admit I am surprised Toyota isn't leading the race.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Legally required to be drunk to read the table in Tapatalk I think
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e2a72e5175.jpg

Best get on with it.

I've opened a beer.

[Adam43]

Good race pace seems to be a 3:31 at the moment.

[broadrun96]

Looks like the 963s rely on the button to slow them but hit it late late and they're driving in hotttt to the slow zone. Ok alone but in traffic not so great

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by FIRE

I have to admit I am surprised Toyota isn't leading the race.

The Toyotas are more conservative in the battles and the traffic than others, especially the Ferrari. I guess their aggression will grow through the race.

The hard miles in the night could be where this is won...

[rdjones]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I've opened a beer.

So have I

[joeb]

Originally Posted by FIRE

I have to admit I am surprised Toyota isn't leading the race.

Everyone is on a different pit schedule so they cycle to the front with Ferrari pits.

[rdjones]

In NASCAR news I see it lap times are about the same as the GT cars

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by rdjones

In NASCAR news I see it lap times are about the same as the GT cars

Best lap 3:52.097.

[broadrun96]

Has the Vanwall been in the garage or just circling slowly?

Wife came back from baking and now have early Capaldi Dr Who blasted at me on an iPhone so that's just GREAT

[Willmaz223]

Lil more info on the SC period we had,

A further casualty of the wet weather carnage was Lilou Wadoux in the Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari. Any chance of a repeat of the form that landed the French woman driver a historic victory at Spa dissipated as the Ferrari was one of the early casualties of the standing water in the braking zone for the right-hander at the entry to the Porsche Curves.

The #83 car had a high-speed loss of grip, with a resulting heavy backward impact. A WEC spokesperson confirmed, as mentioned in our previous hourly report, that Wadoux was not injured although the crash necessitated the intervention of medical vehicles.