24 hours of Le Mans 2014

Cleisthenes said:
It'll be our 4th time time staying in the 'Team Langoustine' site, which is on the inside of Tetre Rouge (best spot on the track for regular watching imho!). We also get grandstand seats, inside the main ACO building, as it has a cafe, shelter, drinks etc.

So, who's going? And what method of transport are you taking, and when do you go down? We go down on the Wednesday, and back on the Monday :).
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I'm in Tertre Rouge this year and have stayed in that one quite a few times. We may already know each other...

I'm going down with my dad in his Mk1 Cortina and meeting some friends down there who do it every year. They're usually up against the fence so they can see the track.
 
Just catching up on reading the race reports for Silverstone 6 and upcoming Spa 6 this weekend. So it looks like Audi made some pretty epic errors at Silverstone which cost them both cars, and hence an easy win for Toyota and a lot of catching up for Audi to do to get their points back. They’ve entered 3 cars in Spa which on the face of it looks a bit sneaky to me. On paper they know they can win against Toyota, so why not enter 3 cars and get an Audi 1-2-3 to deny Toyota of any podium points. Hmmm.
 
Audi quite regularly don't turn up at Le Mans with the fastest car. Last year the Toyota was getting round the track faster than they were and, go back a few years, so were the Peugeots. They rely on bulletproof reliability, efficiency and impeccable pitting activity. Their cars can also take a proper battering when they crash and still get back to the pits, which has been an advantage for them a number of times.
 
I just had a look at the Silverstone highlights. Looks like they had terrible snap oversteer on braking going into bends, but not immediately on hitting the brakes. I wonder if they were having a few issues with the hybrid system set up. That one on the bend coming out the pits shouldn't have happened.
 
I haven't looked, I'm listening to radio le mans. I think the teams usually have their in-car and pit feeds running though. Try Audi, Porsche, Corvette and Nissan. There's live video on the ACO site, but it might be the one you described!
 
Ford chicane has been fettled apparently, to force the cars to use it as a chicane instead of trying to straight line over the kerbs. Should be good for spectators because it'll turn the start/finish straight into a drag race.

Skeeter said:
The 60kph limit for yellow flag zones is a great idea.
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In principle the yellow flag zones is a good idea. In practice, 40mph is very very slow and under race conditions there will be cars closing on those regions doing 200+mph. So it might get interesting, particularly in the wet! It's slower than the pit lane limit too.
 
Just got home. Wasn't gripped by it much this year until the final 4 hours when it all went mad and totally made up for it. I think Porsche and Toyota learned some pretty harsh lessons about both Le Mans and Audi tactics, while Audi probably realise they will have to step it up a bit if they want to keep winning. Should set them all up well for next year!
 
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