[LM24 Race] Le Mans 2023 Race Thread

[outnumbered]

LMP2 leader has 10 stops compared to second place with 8 stops...

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by AndreasDavour

I mean, sure the track is treacherous, but then you slow down ferchristsakes!

That's been my argument against Code60. You can't then to slow for rain and slick track but sure trust drivers.

709 with stop and minute penalty, kicking a team when they're down

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Willmaz223

Is there a list off retirements so far?

I don't think there are any official retirements yet.

[veeten]

well, just proves my point...

The Ferraris are fantastic in the wet, and this just shows it. Looks an awful lot like FP-2 and the early part of qualifying at Spa.

Toyotas are great when its dry, but on a wet track the Ferraris are without compeer.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by skycafe

They must control a weather machine

Weather voodoo dolls in the garage??

[v8supes]

These onboards are genuinely terrifying. You can’t see anything, aquaplaning.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Adam43

#51 tried an extra lap. This may hurt it.

Actually it didn't. Both it and the #7 which took a lap longer to come in for wets did well.

#50 stopped twice.

#2 spins. Got away with it.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by veeten

well, just proves my point...

The Ferraris are fantastic in the wet, and this just shows it. Looks an awful lot like FP-2 and the early part of qualifying at Spa.

Toyotas are great when its dry, but on a wet track the Ferraris are without compeer.

They didn't look great earlier in the rain and Pugs both made them look bolted to the ground

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I don't think there are any official retirements yet.

Saw on Insta from the WEC and DSC feed that there is at least 4 or 5 now

[PhilipR]

the ferraris are flying in the rain...put up 30 seconds on the pug

[rika]

retired i think: 14, 13, 21, 55, 83 at least?

maybe too 16, 60, 72

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by Willmaz223

Saw on Insta from the WEC and DSC feed that there is at least 4 or 5 now

Don't see any listed on the column on the feed, did you catch who?


Looks like sportscars are having the F1 issue, tires move too much water for grip and end up going slower cause you can't see anything from the mist

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I don't think there are any official retirements yet.

62 classified so far, last #14 Nielsen, 62 laps completed.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by PhilipR

the ferraris are flying in the rain...put up 30 seconds on the pug

Leader is, 50 turned in slow slow lap there

[PhilipR]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Leader is, 50 turned in slow slow lap there

50 is a few secs faster than the pug on toyota ahead stilll

[broadrun96]

Ask and world feed provides

[rika]

on tv they said 8 official retirements. all i mentioned but not 72

[JT240Z]

No rain falling on track now. Everything is still wet though.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

That's been my argument against Code60. You can't then to slow for rain and slick track but sure trust drivers.

709 with stop and minute penalty, kicking a team when they're down

Same infringement as #3 Caddy.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by N Martin

I think we're at a point now where drivers can't drive in the wet it seems

This is why they need to bring back tire warmers.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Willmaz223

Saw on Insta from the WEC and DSC feed that there is at least 4 or 5 now

At 6 hour everyone is still "classified". But clearly there are a few that are out out. They normally market them as "retired" when they are out.

Originally Posted by rika

on tv they said 8 official retirements. all i mentioned but not 72

On the timing screen 8 are "STOP". But I don't think that is official.

All just a technicality.

All this reminds me. I have to mess up the TapaTalk folks:

Race Positions after 6 hours and 75 laps

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

[veeten]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

They didn't look great earlier in the rain and Pugs both made them look bolted to the ground

Yes, but as the track got increasingly wet, the Pugs had problems such as #94 spinning at mulsanne turn during an FCY, as did others. How many times did the Ferrari, either one, lose control?

just saying...

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Same infringement as #3 Caddy.

driving standards?

[joeb]

JJ is in the car in the dark and wet.

Although the car is so heavy it is probably good in the rain.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by veeten

Yes, but as the track got increasingly wet, the Pugs had problems such as #94 spinning at mulsanne turn during an FCY, as did others. How many times did the Ferrari, either one, lose control?

just saying...

They were fantastic before the second SC. TK was super impressed. That was damp with dries on.

#94 is 2s quicker than #51 last time round. But times are up and down.