[LM24 Race] Le Mans 2023 Race Thread

[tomerswayler]

Also a personal best for the leading #51

[airbusA346]

#34 125 laps on a set of hards.

[rdjones]

Full Course Yellow not sure why

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by rdjones

Full Course Yellow not sure why

Debris/Gravel

[outnumbered]

Corvette have just been slowly climbing the GTE-AM order all night, looking very good if they can keep going and haven't used up all their tyres chasing.

[airbusA346]

What was the mechanic at the back of the Corvette adjusting then during the tyre change?

[airbusA346]

Corvette's speed advantage/BOP has certainly come into play. Laps down with suspension issues now fighting for the win against cars that have had no issues.

[J Jay]

Unsurprisingly, Buemi complains about his flat-spotted tyres. Looks like the #8 is shaking more than #51 was from the in-car shots.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by JHamilton

Okay, I think I've somehow outlasted those posers, Joe and Adam, but am going to have to lay down for a few hours. See y'all at like noon French, France time.

Just had a short nap

[rdjones]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Just had a short nap

Welcome back

[Adam43]

[Adam43]

Race Positions at the 17 hour mark (233 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	51	94	94	94	8	51	8	8	8	51	51
2	51	51	5	51	6	8	75	94	50	8	2	51	8	51	51	51	8	8
3	8	7	75	94	7	7	50	7	2	2	8	94	2	2	2	2	2	2
4	75	75	8	38	8	94	94	2	51	50	51	2	6	6	6	6	3	3
5	7	6	38	7	75	50	2	8	8	51	3	6	3	3	3	3	6	93
6	2	5	6	2	38	51	8	50	7	3	6	3	93	93	93	93	93	709
7	5	2	7	8	2	2	7	5	5	6	50	93	708	708	709	709	708	5
8	3	93	50	6	50	709	3	3	3	5	93	709	709	709	708	708	709	50
9	6	38	51	93	51	5	5	6	6	93	708	708	5	5	5	5	5	708
10	93	94	94	75	5	3	6	93	93	709	709	5	50	50	50	50	50	94
11	94	709	93	5	709	6	93	708	708	708	38	50	30	34	41	94	94	34
12	708	4	709	709	3	708	709	709	709	38	5	34	41	65	34	34	34	41
13	311	48	4	3	708	38	708	34	38	41	34	30	65	30	94	41	41	30
14	709	50	3	28	35	93	34	23	34	34	37	65	47	41	65	48	30	65
15	4	41	41	35	36	41	23	38	41	65	41	47	34	94	30	30	48	48
16	48	28	36	36	23	28	28	41	80	48	30	41	48	48	48	65	65	36
17	28	36	28	23	30	23	41	28	28	63	47	48	31	36	36	36	36	31
18	41	10	23	10	41	34	65	35	45	30	65	10	36	31	31	31	31	10
19	47	22	10	65	28	9	9	80	65	80	48	31	10	28	28	28	28	28
20	63	9	30	34	10	37	30	75	30	28	36	36	28	10	10	10	10	6
21	14	3	34	30	65	80	35	45	37	37	31	28	94	80	80	45	45	45
22	9	45	48	41	9	65	48	65	35	47	28	38	80	45	45	35	35	35
23	10	35	35	708	48	10	80	30	48	36	10	80	35	35	35	23	23	22
24	45	39	22	80	47	47	47	48	63	10	45	45	45	22	23	22	22	23
25	22	30	65	9	37	45	45	47	36	31	80	23	4	23	22	38	38	38
26	923	43	47	48	923	30	38	37	47	45	23	4	23	47	38	57	311	311
27	65	31	31	47	45	48	36	36	10	23	35	35	22	57	57	24	37	37
28	34	34	9	37	34	35	37	63	31	35	56	56	56	54	85	54	57	9
29	23	80	43	923	80	923	923	10	39	85	54	54	54	85	24	86	24	56
30	31	14	39	45	93	36	63	39	23	54	4	57	57	25	54	25	56	24
31	37	37	80	63	63	31	10	31	56	56	85	85	85	56	25	56	33	33
32	80	47	708	39	39	63	39	923	85	911	911	911	86	24	56	37	54	85
33	43	23	63	31	31	39	31	56	54	57	25	25	25	88	86	85	25	25
34	35	65	923	54	85	54	66	4	57	25	57	86	88	86	37	80	85	54
35	30	24	45	85	56	911	85	85	911	4	24	22	24	38	33	33	9	57
36	32	56	37	56	911	85	54	54	25	98	86	24	911	33	911	911	86	86
37	39	60	56	911	72	72	56	57	98	24	33	88	33	911	98	9	911	911
38	36	54	86	72	25	66	911	911	24	86	63	33	98	98	88	311	98	98
39	24	923	85	25	66	56	4	25	4	88	98	98	37	37	9	98	100	100
40	33	57	911	74	54	57	25	98	86	33	88	100	38	100	311	100	74	43
41	25	83	24	66	74	25	24	24	88	22	22	37	100	9	100	74	43	74
42	54	88	54	57	88	88	57	88	33	100	100	74	9	311	74	43	39	39
43	21	33	74	88	57	24	98	777	22	77	74	777	74	74	43	39
44	83	911	100	86	24	98	777	86	100	74	77	9	777	777	777	88
45	57	86	25	24	777	777	88	33	77	777	777	311	311	43	39	777
46	55	21	72	777	98	4	33	22	74	39	9	43	43	4	47	4
47	74	100	88	98	100	74	86	100	777	9	311	39	39	39	4	47
48	77	74	60	100	86	86	74	74	9	311	43	32	32	32	32	32
49	86	85	83	22	33	100	100	77	66	32	32
50	100	25	57	32	4	33	22	66	923	43	39
51	85	63	777	33	22	22	77	9	311
52	60	777	66	4	77	77	32	32	32
53	72	72	77	83	32	43	72	311	43
54	56	13	16	77	83	32	311	43
55	911	66	32	43	43	311	43	72
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

[rika]

That last FCY really hurt #56 and #33.


Not sure why a FCY needed to clear stones in just 1 area.
TV said they repaired barrier with just slow zone, so why now need FCY for this?

[Gerard C]

At least one Caddie on the podium would be great and justice. They had to put up with so many things.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

At least one Caddie on the podium would be great and justice. They had to put up with so many things.

Huh?

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by rika

TV said they repaired barrier with just slow zone, so why now need FCY for this?

Probably because they have to put slow vehicules on the track, crossing from R to L. The stones/debris could be a game changer. Anyway, better than another SC IMO.

[Gerard C]

Seems that Pug team wants a finish with a French at wheel for each car, Loïc and Jean Éric.

[rika]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

At least one Caddie on the podium would be great and justice. They had to put up with so many things.

??

i don't see that also.
what have they had that Toyota or Porsche or Peugeot had not?

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

At least one Caddie on the podium would be great and justice. They had to put up with so many things.

The #3 has had rather an unlucky time of it, but so did the #7, amongst others. At least the Cadillac is still on-track near the front.

The other Cadillac issues were of their own making, just like Peugeot's and Porsche's.

Edit - At current pace, the #51 will put a crucial lap on the #2 in the next hour. Makes any future safety cars less of a concern.

[Gerard C]

Bourdais just saying that at LM if you're not in the same lap as the leader you dont exist. Seems more gutted than angry. But his incident in the SZ is still present in his mind. Adding that spinning to avoid a contact wercks the four tires right away.

[Adam43]

First time for a bit that #8 has been on par with #51?

[Gerard C]

Mediums?

[airbusA346]

#38 crashed again

[rika]

Stupid gaming ad is more important than showing the race ?


Come on, I don't need that

[justracing]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Bourdais just saying that at LM if you're not in the same lap as the leader you dont exist. Seems more gutted than angry. But his incident in the SZ is still present in his mind. Adding that spinning to avoid a contact wercks the four tires right away.

He was certainly angry when he was shunted from behind, understandably miffed, I can't see anyway they can get back on the lead lap.