[LM24] The Le Mans 2016 Sunny weather thread

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Oh pants. I was trying to say it wouldn't **** and messed up. Aysedasi I've reported my post to save you the effort

Duly noted Adam. You've let me down, you've let Ten Tenths down and worst of all, you've let yourself down...... Now go and stand in the corner for the rest of the afternoon.......

[Mikelancs]

If I remember rightly we had heavy rain after the race last year whilst we decided to pack the tent in the middle of it!

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[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Duly noted Adam. You've let me down, you've let Ten Tenths down and worst of all, you've let yourself down...... Now go and stand in the corner for the rest of the afternoon.......

Can I come out now?

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Can I come out now?

Oh, alright then.

Originally Posted by Mikelancs

If I remember rightly we had heavy rain after the race last year whilst we decided to pack the tent in the middle of it!

This post just passes moderation as it talks of rain after the race......

[Mikelancs]

Thought I better not fuel the flames of rain in the race although a little spinkle in areas of the track (but not all) et Al 2014 seems to mix thing's up!

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[GT6]

It also kept the dust down in the camp sites

[claude2cv]

I mentioned 1980 once, but I think I got away with it

[Adam43]

[Gingers4Justice]

Having spent the last few months living near the equator, I'm hoping for heat in abundance now more than ever. Looks like we've got our best chance in a while.

We're long overdue a proper scorcher. I'm after 2000, 2005 levels of pure heatwave.

[GT6]

warm and dry is all i ask for, heatwave is not good at the track as you spend large periods of time standing at the trackside getting burnt, i speak from experience

[ss_collins]

There is a french word said in the villages of Mulsanne and Raudin with a shrug sounds like 'Pluie' then the locals all scurry for cover. Does any one know what it means (and why do so many of us want it about sunset time?)

[Aysedasi]

I have absolutely no idea what that word means Sam but I'm led to believe that it once had some ancient weather reference but has now been officially struck from the French dictionary.......

[GT6]

Struck from the dictionary sounds serious

[batmobile]

Originally Posted by ss_collins

There is a french word said in the villages of Mulsanne and Raudin with a shrug sounds like 'Pluie' then the locals all scurry for cover. Does any one know what it means (and why do so many of us want it about sunset time?)

Would it be a word only used in the Mulsanne county dialect?

[Mal]

Originally Posted by ss_collins

There is a french word said in the villages of Mulsanne and Raudin with a shrug sounds like 'Pluie' then the locals all scurry for cover. Does any one know what it means (and why do so many of us want it about sunset time?)

I know that word but I believe it is offensive unless preceded by 'Il ne' and followed by 'pas'

[racerkeke]

Originally Posted by Mikelancs

Thought I better not fuel the flames of rain in the race although a little sprinkle in areas of the track (but not all) et Al 2014 seems to mix things up!

(Looks sternly over glasses) You weren't one of the marshals trying to flag while struggling into wet weather gear, watching that wall of water march toward you down Les Hunaudières. Although it was mildly entertaining to see the cars pop out of the wall, streaming with water, into your (at that point) dry sector.

And then all $&@#% broke loose. No, I'm with Gingers and Ayse -- dry is the way to go.
Keke

[GT6]

well lets hope the word dry relates to the weather and not the availability of fuel for the race

[Mikelancs]

Originally Posted by racerkeke

(Looks sternly over glasses) You weren't one of the marshals trying to flag while struggling into wet weather gear, watching that wall of water march toward you down Les Hunaudières. Although it was mildly entertaining to see the cars pop out of the wall, streaming with water, into your (at that point) dry sector.

And then all $&@#% broke loose. No, I'm with Gingers and Ayse -- dry is the way to go.
Keke

Err No !

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[Benedict]

2005 - My first Le Mans, blisteringly hot! (thought it would always be like that!) The Aston drivers were getting ice tipped all over them as they sat at pit stops.... paddling pools were everywhere on the campsites.....before they got banned. happy days!

[kpkorsager]

I like this one:

http://www.accuweather.com/da/fr/le-...monyr=6/1/2016

[PascaLM]

The weather is so unstable I'm not very confident so far. It was the same last year. But, I am so pessimistic...

[batmobile]

If r..... is forbidden so what is this?
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1Q...d0QJOz2yIIG_-S
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1Q...QD_KFi4KoGgswJ
Oh I know the word "drops" is not forbidden so maybe now we have all the drops of the sky to get sunny for THE EVENT!

[GT6]

Eric the links do not work

[CTD]

Have we ever had Hail storms at Le Mans?
Just seeing footage from Nürburgring which was hit massively.

[Deleted]

Don't know. But even it such happened during the race, and at massive impact like at N24 today, I'm 99,9% certain they wouldn't red flag Le Mans during the race. WEC, ELMS, all those other series yes, but not LM. To my knowledge this is pretty much the only major race left in the world that won't be stopped no matter what happened - even if the regs state the possibility of such theoretically happening. It's just too much of a blow for historical reference where it's never happened, plus the crowds etc. So the race control would make them crawl around behind safety car for as long as "needed", but no red flag.

The only ways I could see it stopped mid-race would be declaration of war, nuclear strike, terrorist attack/hijack, asteroid impact, or hurricane. Possibly 1955 happening again as times have changed a bit.