Le Mans 24 hour race - 2015

[Flibster]

#7 Audi stopping again?

That's 5 stops compared to 3 of the leading #17 Porsche. I suppose it did have that short 3 lap stint though.

 

[Vertigo]

Oooh you could feel that spin coming a second or two before it happened.

 

[Vertigo]

#9 Audi hunting down the leader.

 

[Flibster]

Oooh you could feel that spin coming a second or two before it happened.

Damn it!

I've got a lot of respect for Darren Turner and he's a properly nice guy.

 

[Vertigo]

Hartley's not having a lot of luck with traffic and Albuquerque's closing in...

 

[Vertigo]

Yeah as they just said, weather forecast has changed completely to almost certainly dry this evening but possibly rain in the early hours.

EDIT: Albuquerque absolutely flying

 

[Vertigo]

Amazing jostling between the #64 & #99

 

[tigerstyle]

What is a stint? A fuel stop? Not a tyre stop as they trip/quad stint those.

 

[Flibster]

What is a stint? A fuel stop? Not a tyre stop as they trip/quad stint those.

Yup.

1 stop for fuel = 1 stint.

Don't think of the LMP1-H cars can quad stint the tyres. Audi tried and it didn't seem to work.

 

[tigerstyle]

Audi got a puncture and it killed their first quad stint plan, just heard on radio LM

Brake discs + pads last the whole race? ceramic so i guess so?

Track length fail here: http://www.reddit.com/r/wec/comments/39p33m/2015_24_heures_du_mans_race_discussion_thread/ poor effort. I think they've mixed up the permanent track and the road course.

 

[Flibster]

Audi got a puncture and it killed their first quad stint plan, just heard on radio LM

Brake discs + pads last the whole race? ceramic so i guess so?

Depends what caused the puncture. Debris or wear.

Brakes should last the entire 24 hours. But often the teams have quick change systems in place in case of a failure that allows them to replace the disk, caliper and hub at once without a need to bleed the brakes.

They have entire corners pre built with drive shafts, suspension arms, hubs and the lot ready to go.

 

[Flibster]

That's a battered Toyota. Damn. It's Davidson in the car.

 

[lunarwolf]

damn good race so far. audi/Porsche in lmp1 as well as bumper to bumper between the corvette and aston for GTpro

 

[Flibster]

#4 Kolles car on fire? Garage filled with smoke.

 

[Jonny69]

Just got back from jousting, sword fighting and falconry. Now, what have I missed... another Porsche bbq and an Audi pinball crash to look up...

 

[Jonny69]

Hello, who's that in p2 sat on the Dunlop esses?

 

[Flibster]

Oh that's a cool feature on the Toyota. Unscrew a panel, pull out a radiator filter, clean/swap it, close the panel back up.

 

[Flibster]

Just got back from jousting, sword fighting and falconry. Now, what have I missed... another Porsche bbq and an Audi pinball crash to look up...

Nice close battle in LMP1H. Porsche just that little bit more fuel efficient.

 

[Jonny69]

These yellow flag zones are lethal. Everyone is screwing them up!

 

[Flibster]

Here we go.

Webber's in the car. 5 1/2 hours of waiting, but he's in the car.