[LM24] Le Mans 2024 Test Day - Practice - Qualifying

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I’ve just seen someone have a defining moment in their life. He made the transition from being a dullard to a grown up.


Portrait to Landscape video.

There is hope for the next generation

[Articus]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Bump @Articus

Maybe spread of top speeds and sector times too.

I will do my best. I have to wait for them to post the night session times.

I struggle to make it look nice because there are so many manufacturers. As soon as you display more than 3 manufacturers, it looks like spaghetti!

[airbusA346]

Looks like the medical light was activated in the Jota crash.

[airbusA346]

It's not looking great for GR Racing at the moment.

[Articus]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

It's not looking great for GR Racing at the moment.

I am often confused that GR does not mean Gazoo Racing.

[airbusA346]

Penalties following FP2...

The following have been penalised for not respecting the yellow flags when #35 stopped on track.

The penalty is cancelation of all lap times since the start of FP2 till the infringement, plus a 5 minute stop and hold at the start of FP3 and withdrawal of one penalty point for all mentioned drivers.

Car 28 Reshad de Gérus
Car 47 Matthew Bell
Car 60 Franck Perera
Car 85 Rahel Frey
Car 4 Nick Tandy
Car 14 Alex Quinn
Car 31 Sean Gelael
Car 25 Roman De Angelis
Car 10 Patrick Pilet
Car 45 Colin Braun
Car 34 Vladislav Lomko
Car 46 Valentino Rossi
Car 37 Ritomo Miyata
Car 3 Scott Dixon
Car 777 Marco Sorensen
Car 11 Carl Wattana Bennett
Car 38 Oliver Rasmussen
Car 93 Nico Müller
Car 82 Daniel Juncadella
Car 59 Nicolas Costa
Car 83 Yifei Ye
Car 8 Ryo Hirakawa
Car 9 Maceo Capietto

[Articus]

Toyota topped FP1. Kobayashi was going to top qualifying, and Toyota topped FP2. Tells you all you need to know. Porsche favorites.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Penalties following FP2...

The following have been penalised for not respecting the yellow flags when #35 stopped on track.

The penalty is cancelation of all lap times since the start of FP2 till the infringement, plus a 5 minute stop and hold at the start of FP3 and withdrawal of one penalty point for all mentioned drivers.

Car 28 Reshad de Gérus
Car 47 Matthew Bell
Car 60 Franck Perera
Car 85 Rahel Frey
Car 4 Nick Tandy
Car 14 Alex Quinn
Car 31 Sean Gelael
Car 25 Roman De Angelis
Car 10 Patrick Pilet
Car 45 Colin Braun
Car 34 Vladislav Lomko
Car 46 Valentino Rossi
Car 37 Ritomo Miyata
Car 3 Scott Dixon
Car 777 Marco Sorensen
Car 11 Carl Wattana Bennett
Car 38 Oliver Rasmussen
Car 93 Nico Müller
Car 82 Daniel Juncadella
Car 59 Nicolas Costa
Car 83 Yifei Ye
Car 8 Ryo Hirakawa
Car 9 Maceo Capietto

I'm guessing this was all for excess speed?

[PhilipR]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I’ve just seen someone have a defining moment in their life. He made the transition from being a dullard to a grown up.


Portrait to Landscape video.

Portrait is better for social media upload such as Instagram and Tik Tok

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by PhilipR

Portrait is better for social media upload such as Instagram and Tik Tok

Yes. And?

The ‘gram and the tok display it like a dullard would.

[PhilipR]

Quick look at free practice I see Porsche -Ferrari and Toyota as fastest, followed by Cadillac, BMW and Alpine - Peugeot a bit further back and then Lambo and Isota

Caddy was fast in qualifying but does not seem to feature towards the front in practice

[PhilipR]

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...y-notebook-10/

Are Ferrari insinuating that some (Porsche) still heat up their tires even if tyre warmers are banned? - Maybe a software feature on the steering wheel that PPM forgot about after a recent test? - Sorry I had to

[kartman24]

Following yesterdays sessions it doesn`t feel like anyone has got a large advantage, have those that work out the BOP got it more or less right? Only Peugeot, Lambo and Issota seem to be behind the main pack in Hypercar and no one make seems to be ahead in GT3. Are there still teams that are sand bagging despite having had Qualifiying? I still feel the race will swing the way of Toyota and Porsche though not the teams i will be rooting for.

[Sodemo]

Originally Posted by PhilipR

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...y-notebook-10/

Are Ferrari insinuating that some (Porsche) still heat up their tires even if tyre warmers are banned? - Maybe a software feature on the steering wheel that PPM forgot about after a recent test? - Sorry I had to

Naming no names, but I worked with a team some years back that were "mildly" heating their tyres even though it was banned in the championship, so it happens.

[flatlandsman]

I think the people running things are finding ever more clever ways of trying to work our sandbagging, as the teams are probably doing the same!

BMW found a lot of pace later on after a fairly average GT qualifying run.

Alpine look to have made a step, but not shock there with their experience at Sarthe.

BMW in Hype look good, Peugeot really do not all drivers complaining of vibration, with new or old tyres v odd.

[v8supes]

Interesting to me that the fastest Super Trofeo time (3:53.3) is 2 seconds faster than the GT3 fastest time but the top speeds are similar 292kmh for Super Trofeo and 294kmh for the Corvette GT3.

[PhilipR]

Originally Posted by v8supes

Interesting to me that the fastest Super Trofeo time (3:53.3) is 2 seconds faster than the GT3 fastest time but the top speeds are similar 292kmh for Super Trofeo and 294kmh for the Corvette GT3.

More traction due to Super Trofeo being all wheel drive?

[PhilipR]

Originally Posted by flatlandsman

I think the people running things are finding ever more clever ways of trying to work our sandbagging, as the teams are probably doing the same!

BMW found a lot of pace later on after a fairly average GT qualifying run.

Alpine look to have made a step, but not shock there with their experience at Sarthe.

BMW in Hype look good, Peugeot really do not all drivers complaining of vibration, with new or old tyres v odd.

Makes me think of 2019 and 2020 in GTE when both Aston and Porsche took pole and then were nowhere during the race. Maybe we will see similar with some cars going backwards once racing gets going

[Gerard C]

Peugeot vibrations sure look strange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN16X2Ozvxo (vs "old car" or non-evo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHW2BvMvwI)

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by joeb

I'm guessing this was all for excess speed?

Yes, it was.


Jota could possibly miss Hyperpole because they are replacing the #12 chassis after the FP2 crash.

[Gerard C]

In this case which I don't hope for them, what can happen? An empty space or they bring the second Alpine to the batch?

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Jota could possibly miss Hyperpole because they are replacing the #12 chassis after the FP2 crash.

I remember last night when Hindy confidently proclaimed the chassis “should be fine” based on presumably squinting at the TV pictures. An entire corner was gone so never ideal.

Would be interested to know what happened to cause it. Big shame as they were a real dark horse contender. Feels like they’ll have their work cut out now.

Unrelated, was anyone at Dunlop for the start of FP1? Both BMW hypercars completely sideways fully locked up into the chicane. Was like watching Formula Drift. Tyre warm up is going to be so interesting to watch.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

In this case which I don't hope for them, what can happen? An empty space or they bring the second Alpine to the batch?

According to Sportscar365 - a seven car Hyperpole. A shame for the show if so.

[Sodemo]

So do Jota have a spare chassis on hand or is it something that needs to be flown in from somewhere?

[Adam43]

On no. That is disappointing news