[LM24 Race] LMP2 Le Mans 2023

[Adam43]

LMP2 comparison.

Average Lap time

Rank	Car	Fastest	Top 20	Top 40	Top 60	Laps	Pro/Am
1	28 JOTA	3:33.035	3:36.747	3:38.292	3:39.483	128
2	63 Prema Racing	3:33.983	3:36.861	3:38.395	3:39.512	129
3	41 Team WRT	3:33.240	3:37.183	3:38.733	3:39.786	137
4	22 United Autosports	3:35.587	3:37.749	3:38.832	3:39.742	123
5	23 United Autosports	3:35.519	3:37.999	3:38.979	3:39.999	121
6	9 Prema Racing	3:34.658	3:37.613	3:39.031	3:40.004	140
7	34 Inter Europol Competition	3:35.755	3:38.130	3:39.164	3:40.317	107
8	47 COOL Racing	3:33.580	3:37.795	3:39.915	3:41.364	125
9	48 IDEC Sport	3:32.923	3:37.368	3:39.948	3:42.053	102
10	30 Duqueine Team	3:37.213	3:38.877	3:39.960	3:41.435	104
11	37 COOL Racing	3:34.611	3:38.293	3:40.029	3:42.586	101	Pro/Am
12	10 Vector Sport	3:34.985	3:38.565	3:40.106	3:41.237	131
13	923 Racing Team Turkey	3:35.176	3:38.372	3:40.181	3:42.163	113	Pro/Am
14	31 Team WRT	3:35.853	3:38.768	3:40.181	3:42.177	94
15	14 Nielsen Racing	3:34.021	3:37.580	3:40.202	3:42.842	109	Pro/Am
16	65 Panis Racing	3:35.691	3:38.747	3:40.230	3:41.338	120
16	36 Alpine Elf Team	3:36.471	3:39.599	3:40.474	3:41.204	135
16	39 Graff Racing	3:35.652	3:39.134	3:40.533	3:42.277	117	Pro/Am
16	45 Algarve Pro Racing	3:35.578	3:39.345	3:41.438	3:43.435	132	Pro/Am
16	35 Alpine Elf Team	3:37.498	3:40.323	3:41.515	3:42.479	120
16	80 AF Corse	3:36.483	3:39.011	3:41.575	3:43.938	101	Pro/Am
16	43 DKR Engineering	3:35.951	3:39.584	3:42.341	3:44.705	107	Pro/Am
16	13 Tower Motorsports	3:38.426	3:40.295	3:43.212	3:50.157	73	Pro/Am
16	32 Inter Europol Competition	3:38.229	3:40.288	3:43.266	3:45.868	109	Pro/Am

Again we see a team with disappointing qualifying looking good in this measure.

Wow. It is close.

The lap time ranking chart is interesting. Look at the laps in the Top 10 - these are basically the qualifying laps. They must have been sandbagging at other times This really does show what naturally happens. It is less dramatic for United because they didn't run in hyperpole so did less of this pushing.

[Adam43]

I have used this as an excuse to start an LMP2 thread.

So who is going to be, there are a lot of strong teams.

Jota, Prema, United, WRT, or someone else?

[Gerard C]

Too many to play roll a dice or flip a coin… Wanted to go for Prema but the United team looks more consistent and stronger. Another important factor is how good team players are the drivers of each team. Several young roosters in the hen house is aint good… After hours of race the car is semi toasted and the drivers still hungry! I go for Cool Racing just for the name!

Thanks for this, Adam.

[joeb]

So many good teams and drivers in the class, it is hard to pick. Plus thinking back to how the race started last year with a couple of the favorites going out on the first lap, you just don't know how it will play out over 24 hours (or 24 seconds).

[rdjones]

I think this one is to hard to pick. There are two many good team/drivers I guess it will come down to who has the cleanest run.

[Adam43]

It certainly is, as shown by the variation in votes so far.

[Adam43]

Interpol leads. No one voted for them.

Then United, WRT AF Corse, ...

They are all on similar strategy as they all came in when it started raining recently.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Interpol leads. No one voted for them.

Then United, WRT AF Corse, ...

They are all on similar strategy as they all came in when it started raining recently.

I picked APR. But Inter is doing the job so far.

[Adam43]

3h 15 to go.

And Corvette are back in it.

#33 Corvette
#85 Iron Dames
#25 ORT by TF
#56 Project 1 (jstu stopped)
#86 GR Racing

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Adam43

3h 15 to go.

And Corvette are back in it.

#33 Corvette
#85 Iron Dames
#25 ORT by TF
#56 Project 1 (jstu stopped)
#86 GR Racing

You must need some sleep, your tables are getting pretty simple....


Also, this is the lmp2 thread.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by joeb

You must need some sleep, your tables are getting pretty simple....


Also, this is the lmp2 thread.

I'm tired - you are right.

I'll copy it across.

[Adam43]

Average Lap time

Rank	Car	Fastest	Top 25	Top 50	Top 100	Laps	Pro/Am
1	31 Team WRT	3:36.043	3:37.095	3:37.724	3:38.730	327
2	22 United Autosports	3:36.715	3:37.774	3:38.353	3:39.197	321
3	41 Team WRT	3:36.146	3:37.497	3:38.203	3:39.253	328
4	48 IDEC Sport	3:36.204	3:37.627	3:38.242	3:39.315	327
5	34 Inter Europol Competition	3:36.739	3:38.083	3:38.556	3:39.368	328
6	23 United Autosports	3:37.200	3:38.261	3:38.717	3:39.430	323
7	36 Alpine Elf Team	3:37.406	3:38.126	3:38.684	3:39.610	327
8	30 Duqueine Team	3:36.607	3:38.300	3:38.886	3:39.664	327
9	9 Prema Racing	3:37.815	3:38.682	3:39.225	3:39.965	310
10	39 Graff Racing	3:37.312	3:38.400	3:39.087	3:40.223	303	Pro/Am
11	28 JOTA	3:37.300	3:38.621	3:39.337	3:40.242	316
12	65 Panis Racing	3:37.525	3:38.565	3:39.349	3:40.444	316
13	37 COOL Racing	3:37.073	3:38.566	3:39.316	3:40.903	317	Pro/Am
14	43 DKR Engineering	3:37.795	3:39.337	3:40.125	3:41.404	311	Pro/Am
15	10 Vector Sport	3:37.719	3:39.735	3:40.397	3:41.439	325
16	35 Alpine Elf Team	3:38.063	3:40.229	3:40.992	3:41.980	322
17	45 Algarve Pro Racing	3:38.010	3:40.680	3:41.305	3:42.325	322	Pro/Am
18	80 AF Corse	3:39.807	3:40.920	3:42.074	3:46.711	183	Pro/Am
19	47 COOL Racing	3:37.338	3:40.536	3:41.657	3:53.469	158
20	32 Inter Europol Competition	3:39.388	3:43.818	3:49.275	4:33.374	117	Pro/Am
21	63 Prema Racing	3:39.270	3:41.609	3:49.418	4:38.700	113
22	923 Racing Team Turkey	3:37.594	3:44.847	4:00.346	NA	87	Pro/Am
23	13 Tower Motorsports	3:39.086	NA	NA	NA	19	Pro/Am
24	14 Nielsen Racing	3:44.189	NA	NA	NA	18	Pro/Am

The winner is 5th on this list, but they claim the top spot in drivers with a broken foot. Like for Lintilla it seemed to have helped.

WRT were the strongest here - I think we saw that, but they couldn't quite get it done at the end.

United certainly looked stronger than their qualifying suggested. No surprise there, the practice data showed that too.

Prema and JOTA surprisingly low?

[Adam43]

On the race result - well done nobody! We're all useless.

No one even said WRT who came 2nd (and 5th). Or Duqueine who were 3rd. Did someone say Alpine who came 4th? No. IDEC in 6th? No. Vector 7th? No.

OK, who was 8th? United! Three of us said that and it was the most common answer. Sort of well done to Adam43, JT240Z, kartman24.

Pathetic. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

[Adam43]

The battle to win Le Mans!

To really tell the battle for the win other cars could be included, but I've kept it simple and just those that finished on the podium.

SC and FCY are shown. Slow zone laps are not. A spike up the car pitted before the leader, a spike down and it was after. There was a FCY on lap 236 (for the race leader), this doesn't appear on this chart because it wasn't out when the winner of LMP2 crossed the line.

A reminder that #34 was in the lead for a long time in this race. They really took it the "bigger" teams.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Adam43

The battle to win Le Mans!

To really tell the battle for the win other cars could be included, but I've kept it simple and just those that finished on the podium.

SC and FCY are shown. Slow zone laps are not. A spike up the car pitted before the leader, a spike down and it was after. There was a FCY on lap 236 (for the race leader), this doesn't appear on this chart because it wasn't out when the winner of LMP2 crossed the line.

A reminder that #34 was in the lead for a long time in this race. They really took it the "bigger" teams.

that is a really cool graph! I didn't realize how much of the race Inter was leading for.

[J Jay]

So UA did have the speed, but were let down by incidents (mostly of their own making). That might be a small, but significant, part of their lack of LMH/LMDH partnership...

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by joeb

that is a really cool graph! I didn't realize how much of the race Inter was leading for.

Ah, I have just realised something. It is how much it was leading out of those three cars.

However it was still a lot. It led 204 laps in the race. Including the last 112. It’s firstled was lap 72. From 120 it swapped the lead with 30 and 41. Presumably mainly due to pit stops.

[Adam43]

Hop to it! https://twitter.com/ie_competition/s...577240576?s=61

A great win.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Hop to it! https://twitter.com/ie_competition/s...577240576?s=61

A great win.

As someone who worked through a completely broken foot last fall, I know that is a terribly annoying injury. He did way better than me!

[Gerard C]

He has been using his left foot till the end, not easy to jump on the brakes given the injuries. Yes, great win, just hope nothing non-compliant will be found on the car.