Le Mans - Circuit de la Sarthe 2016 – FIA WEC – Race 3 / 9

Emlyn_Dewar · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:03

Wonder if this'll be the straw to break the back, for Toyota.

Skillmister · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:03

Harsh, but racing

RSR · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:05

Right F1 up next.

lunarwolf · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:06

gutted for Toyota. so close yet so far.

cruel cruel cruel

Ryan-3 · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:07

Wow. Queue the I can not believe it impression.

Flubble · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:15

omg i want to cry lol

that's crazy

Vertigo · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:31

Bloomin' Americans. Don't see anyone else draping themselves in flags. Are they gonna start chanting USA on the podium?

Marvin · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:34

Gutted for Toyota, can't believe it, Porsche gifted a win.

Vertigo · 19 Jun 2016 at 14:37

Rolex guy needs to spend more time looking at who he's giving the watches to than smiling for the photographers.

SoliD · 19 Jun 2016 at 15:02

Devastating, even as a Porsche fan, got to feel for all the guys at Toyota.

FrankJH · 19 Jun 2016 at 15:37

SoliD said:
Devastating, even as a Porsche fan, got to feel for all the guys at Toyota.

+1

Porsche fan here too, but totally gutted for Toyota who deserved to win (good to see Porsche openly admit that already)

RSR · 19 Jun 2016 at 16:22

FrankJH said:
+1

Porsche fan here too, but totally gutted for Toyota who deserved to win (good to see Porsche openly admit that already)

+2

Ryan-3 · 19 Jun 2016 at 16:33

Maybe they should start working with BMW on this project too.

Gutted for them. I thought they had finally cracked it this year.

Cosimo · 20 Jun 2016 at 06:25

RSR · 20 Jun 2016 at 09:56

362 days till Le Mans 2017......

Skeeter · 20 Jun 2016 at 13:18

So the 2nd place Ferrari protested the 1st placed Ford about speeding in a Slow Zone and they got a 50 second penalty, plus another 20 second penalty for a wheel sensor issue. That droped them to 2nd and promoted the Ferrari to 1st.

But then Ford protested the Ferrari based on faulty leader lights which they refused to honor the fix for in the race and instead the protest got them a 20 second penalty applied after the race, dropping them back into 2nd and promoting the Ford back up to 1st!

So shenanigans all round!

Havana_UK · 20 Jun 2016 at 15:10

Cruel twist of fate for Toyota there, but as they say "it ain't over 'til it's over!"

Housey · 20 Jun 2016 at 15:47

It isn't over till it's over. Shame for Toyota but they didn't enter the Le Mans 23 and bit hours.

UTmaniac · 20 Jun 2016 at 15:52

Didn't something happen to Toyota last year as well, near the race end, or is my memory playing tricks on me again?

Ryan-3 · 20 Jun 2016 at 16:24

2014 - It chucked it down and Lapierre (#8 Toyota) aquaplaned into a group of slower cars, hitting the #3 Audi and a few GTE cars. That year they were quite competitive and that was the one with the ZEOD-RC in which lasted all of five and a bit laps.

2015 - Toyota were just nowhere to be seen. Porsche smashed it.