[LM24 Race] Le Mans 2023 Race Thread

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by justracing

How many laps can the LMP2 cars do between fuel stops

We've not see them do an uninterrupted stint yet. 11 or 12 was the first stint, but that was lengthen because of the SC (although the first stint is normally shorter). The second stint was typically 7, 8, or 9, but there might have been some taking advantage of Slow zones.

Last year 9 was typical.
FWIW. Toyota was 12 or maybe 13 a lot last year.
14 was on in GTE.
(this was quickly looking at last year, not a comprehensive review)

[Gerard C]

And Bourdais speaking his truth for french TV! Not too happy with the way SZ are handled and complaining about the Ferrari am driver. Really angry.

[outnumbered]

Originally Posted by XtC24

Did I notice it right, that you have Eurosport/ Eurosport player with Ant Davidson/ GG and co. ?
I had them all week and now I have strange people out of nowhere, what its about?

There's a post in another thread that says that Ant/Haven/GG/Louise in the pits are on the WEC World Feed, whereas Eurosport has their own dedicated team for the race, which are these strange people you mention.

[Adam43]

JOTA Porsche BIG lock up - one areas these cars can be tricky is under braking.

[v8supes]

Thing is the Ferrari driver was actually Ulysse De Pauw who’s actually quite decent. No excuse though.

Not to moan too much but why do most incidents require barrier repair?

[rdjones]

We are back to green all the way round the circuit

(oh and still no rain)

[airbusA346]

Back to full green.

[Lasse]

Nicklas Nielsen said in a interview with danish tv, that the early stop was because they had collected something in the radiator that needed removing as it was affecting the cooling of the engine.

[Adam43]

All slow zones are gone.

[outnumbered]

Does anyone know how Iron Dames jumped up from 14th to 3rd in class ? They seem to have stopped about the same amount as others, so was it just a very well timed stop ?

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by v8supes

Thing is the Ferrari driver was actually Ulysse De Pauw who’s actually quite decent. No excuse though.

Not to moan too much but why do most incidents require barrier repair?

There was an Aston involved somewhere. Did it hit the Caddy or the Ferrari.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

And Bourdais speaking his truth for french TV! Not too happy with the way SZ are handled and complaining about the Ferrari am driver. Really angry.

And he's not much happier in the WEC English field either, but time to cool a minute

[rdjones]

and Porsche Lead Le Mans....

[Adam43]

Caddy comes in now all the slow zones are gone.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by outnumbered

Does anyone know how Iron Dames jumped up from 14th to 3rd in class ? They seem to have stopped about the same amount as others, so was it just a very well timed stop ?

Timing I'd assume.

[justracing]

Originally Posted by Adam43

We've not see them do an uninterrupted stint yet. 11 or 12 was the first stint, but that was lengthen because of the SC (although the first stint is normally shorter). The second stint was typically 7, 8, or 9, but there might have been some taking advantage of Slow zones.

Last year 9 was typical.
FWIW. Toyota was 12 or maybe 13 a lot last year.
14 was on in GTE.
(this was quickly looking at last year, not a comprehensive review)

Thanks

[sceptic]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

And he's not much happier in the WEC English field either, but time to cool a minute

Renger vdZ trying very hard not to swear when talking about it on RLM.

[Adam43]

Track temp up to 35 deg C. What 26 just after the start.

[rdjones]

and the Jota car has moved up to 4th

[Adam43]

Fastest GTE lap 3:51.283 (#33) quicker than fastest G56 3:52.097.

G56 has done a 13 lap stint and a 12 laps stint. Only just stopped the second time, jsut has dropped down the order. A lot of the GTEs did 15 lap first stint (one did a 16) and haven't stopped for the second time yet.

Mike started. Jimmie did the second stint. Jenson in the car now.

[Toyotats03OUS]

Toyota #8 back in the lead

[C6R Racing Fan]

helicopter feed and #24 Nascar cameras on MotorTrend+ are both dead currently.

[rika]

buemi again complaining about big problem under braking

[rdjones]

Jota up to 2nd

[airbusA346]

Damn 2 Porsches off!