Le Mans 24 hour race - 2015

They have said the Corvette can be fixed... Just not for this weekend :(.

They confirmed it was a stuck throttle so good spot Flibster.
 
Porsche lock out the top 3 places. Looks like there will be an epic battle inter team for the Porsche and Audis.

Personally, I think the race will be a fight between the speed of Porsche and the reliability of the Audi. I hope Webber wins it, he has unfinished business here.

Roll on Saturday!
 
Wow, big crash for the Corvette. Would be a real shame if they can't get that repaired for Saturday, but it does look pretty bent up...

Good to see that Nissan managed to drag the pace up (although beaten even by the ByKolles) to at least beat the best LMP2 which is quite some progress. If they're as down on power as is rumoured it would be very interesting to see a full power laptime. How are they looking for corner speed compared with the others?
 
Pretty good. There were a few onboard shots of one following an Audi and it stuck with it through the turns bit then got left for dead the moment they hit an acceleration zone.
 
Yep, apparently the downside of entering every car that you have made into one race is a lack of the big spare parts, such as another car. Tis a shame but providing the weather isn't too extreme we are still on far a good race at just about every class level.

The big question is- 458 crashing drinking game or Nissan GTR being overtook by a LMP2 drinking game?
 
All 3 Nissan LMP1's will start at the back of the Prototype field due to failing to meet the 110% rule for qualifying.

Seems a rather pointless penalty given the Qualifying is pretty irrelevant at Le Mans, but even so, its going to be yet another blow for them.
 
As I'll be at a Le Mans party with a bunch of MR2/GT86 enthusiasts this weekend I'm still hoping for some kind of slow and steady stroke of genius strategy from Toyota although that's really wishful thinking and I'm resigned to German domination, hoping Porsche can pull it off purely for a bit of variety.
 
Toyota have been also rans at the previous WEC events I haven't seen anything to suggest that has changed. But if it is a wet race then odd things can happen.
 
From the way they've performed so far this year, their chances are pretty slim. They've even decided to do both their 2016 and 2017 upgrades (engine and using 8MJ Hybrid power from battery in place of super-capacitor) for their 2016 TS050. I predict a 2 litre inline four with a big turbo bolted onto it.
 
Audi have had plenty of decent competition over the last decade and have nothing left to prove in endurance racing.

That said I'd much prefer they stayed as I think F1 is a total circus right now.

EDIT: I've supported Audi over the years and still do but I wouldn't mind seeing Porsche win it. More than anything I want a good, tight race.
 
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I don't see Audi quitting the WEC. VAG group having them and Porsche in it can lead to them doing two separate routes of development (diesel, petrol, etc.) and if they're both keeping everyone else at bay, it's a win win.

I much prefer this racing to that of F1 right now.
 
kaiowas said:
Quitting just as the competition is just hotting up would just look like sour grapes
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Quitting a sport in it's ascendancy while you are on top to join a much more expensive and restrictive sport which is suffering decline and negative hype. Even if the new VAG management is more pro-F1 I can't see that happening.

As is Audi can develop and plug far more road relevant technologies with a more motoring enthusiast crowd and be in their element with political power, what would they get from F1? Scraps from bernies table and the pleasure of spending hundreds of millions on tech that will never see a roadcar. nah.
 
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