[LM24 Race] 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours Race Thread

[gert]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Drivers don't slow down and all that's happening is marshals are out at risk. These sort of incidents would be instant FCY in the US.

If someone doesn't like a slow zone then they should be blaming drivers. Its just a device introduced because drivers can't be trusted.

Unfortunately, you are probably right.

[airbusA346]

#28 in for his penalty.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

Fisichella's really unhappy about the Vaxiviere accident.

Rightfully so.

I agree with the penalty. I wouldn't Park the whole car but I'd be telling the driver to go home.

[J Jay]

The TS050 is much quicker down to Mulsanne in particular than the 919, Nakajima just made up a second in that straight alone.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by Skemer

Don't think the change will be that low.I've seen a lot of cars losing it under braking going in to the first chicane. And all of them went leftside into the barrier.I bet you one of them would have come damn close to the spot the Risi car made contact.

And one of the things that fails is hard to see from the Mulsanne camera angle. A bent/broken support can leave the rail appears straight but the next impact and it will deflect differently or shear off, neither one is good.

[airbusA346]

#67 being investigated for overtaking in slow zone.

[gert]

Originally Posted by J Jay

The TS050 is much quicker down to Mulsanne in particular than the 919, Nakajima just made up a second in that straight alone.

Does the Toyota only have 6 gears? It was in 6th on the straight, while the Porsche was in 7th... Same story after the chicane.

[Akrapovic]

Yeah only 6 gears in this version of the Toyota.

[outnumbered]

Remaining GTE Pro cars are still all on the same lap after 6h30...

[AndreasDavour]

Interesting if both GTE-AM and GTE-PRO gets affected by folks penalised for speeding.

[RWill2073]

Man risi can't catch a break. Nice to see kanaan enjoying his experience so much. Kinda like Alonso at Indy. Was hoping risi won, now I'm not sure who I want. I guess corvette, because they seem like underdogs right now.

And you can tag on hindy all you want, I love listening to him. And every time they do those hourly updates and start playing "she sells sanctuary", I get a vivid memory in mind of being trackside at either petit le mans or Sebring. I appreciate that.

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by gert

Does the Toyota only have 6 gears? It was in 6th on the straight, while the Porsche was in 7th... Same story after the chicane.

Yes, as Akra has said. For whatever reasons (packaging, weight, simplicity) they've made it work.

Lotterer pits and exits just ahead of Nakajima. The chase is resumed.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

Man risi can't catch a break. Nice to see kanaan enjoying his experience so much. Kinda like Alonso at Indy. Was hoping risi won, now I'm not sure who I want. I guess corvette, because they seem like underdogs right now.

And you can tag on hindy all you want, I love listening to him. And every time they do those hourly updates and start playing "she sells sanctuary", I get a vivid memory in mind of being trackside at either petit le mans or Sebring. I appreciate that.

Memories of sitting in the Le Mans campsite for me. That song gives me a little shiver down the spine. Many don't like him but he's the voice of Le Mans and we wouldn't have RLM without him.

[bentley speed 8]

Is the #9 a lap down already?

[Scorchess]

Great, hourly update during the battle for second.

[TF110]

Here we go with the 2nd place battle again.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

Is the #9 a lap down already?

Nah just the timing is slow. Its about 90 seconds down I think.

[TF110]

Damn he made that look easy!

[J Jay]

Lotterer had no hybrid energy left out of Arnage. Nakajima blew right past him.

[Maelochs]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

And you can tag on hindy all you want, I love listening to him. .

We all love Hindy. And he gives us plenty of targets for darts, too.

He is famous for so many (There he is going Buffalo gals around the outside" has always mystified me) of his expressions, for getting excited to the point of apoplectic shouting for things both huge and tiny, and calling out the wrong driver and car to describe action he is actually watching.

And for rambling on while ... whoops, there is a race happening.

But figure this ... I can hardly have made a comment on what he just said ... if I wasn't listening.

[AndreasDavour]

Look at that! #8 made #1 look like he was standing still!

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

And you can tag on hindy all you want, I love listening to him. And every time they do those hourly updates and start playing "she sells sanctuary", I get a vivid memory in mind of being trackside at either petit le mans or Sebring. I appreciate that.

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Memories of sitting in the Le Mans campsite for me. That song gives me a little shiver down the spine. Many don't like him but he's the voice of Le Mans and we wouldn't have RLM without him.

I've come across it a few times on sat radio and have to stop to listen, just hits that time for racing feeling. Old Spped channel overnight RLM radio and since I don't really listen to RLM for the WEC so for it's the sound of LM. Just brings out that race day feeling and gets turned up

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

Is the #9 a lap down already?

Yes.

[Martin90]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Nah just the timing is slow. Its about 90 seconds down I think.

It is a lap down (behind all three cars ahead of itself). Its running just behind Lotterer

[Gingers4Justice]

Originally Posted by Scorchess

Great, hourly update during the battle for second.

Mate, it's a radio station, not a TV station. When you're trackside, these hourly updates are the best way of keeping up to date with what's going on, really important to know that you tune in at half past each hour to find out what's going on and that it isn't interrupted.