[LM24] La Sarthe/Arnage Track and Other Changes

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by Simmi

I couldn't tell you what's changed on the rest of the Bugatti Circuit. Don't care either.

Yeah, like no fatalities occured on the Bugatti Circuit.

[Simmi]

Looking at it a bit more - it wouldn't surprise me if this is, in part, Moto GP related.

The non-Bugatti racing line for cars is to hug the left-hand curb as you go under the bridge, then drift quickly across to the right to set yourself up for entry to the Esses. So you'd never be over there on a hot lap. There's also no need to go that wide to over-take a slower car that I can see.

What it could do is widen out the entry for the right-hander onto the Bugatti. The picture from last year shows the potential. They've just taken the liberty of extending the tarmac down.



It will be interesting to see how it develops. But to me it doesn't seem like anything that would alter lap times or the racing. Just another small chip away at the character of the circuit.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by TheNo1F1Fan

Yeah, like no fatalities occured on the Bugatti Circuit.

Okay, slightly crude. What I meant is anything they change on there I won't notice.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Looking at it a bit more - it wouldn't surprise me if this is, in part, Moto GP related.

The non-Bugatti racing line for cars is to hug the left-hand curb as you go under the bridge, then drift quickly across to the right to set yourself up for entry to the Esses. So you'd never be over there on a hot lap. There's also no need to go that wide to over-take a slower car that I can see.

What it could do is widen out the entry for the right-hander onto the Bugatti. The picture from last year shows the potential. They've just taken the liberty of extending the tarmac down.



It will be interesting to see how it develops. But to me it doesn't seem like anything that would alter lap times or the racing. Just another small chip away at the character of the circuit.

Somehow you would have thought they'd be concentrating their efforts on adjustments necessary for the full circuit, rather than 'tinkering' for the sake of the Bugatti again. I stand to be corrected, of course.......

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Okay, slightly crude. What I meant is anything they change on there I won't notice.

Okay, and I couldn't do anything, so I said that instead.

[wewantourdarbyback]

Looks like extra drainage in the tarmac on the inside of the forest esses.

http://ekladata.com/RQ93xAmz91GKR2iYQk8EOysfGSc.jpg

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by wewantourdarbyback

Looks like extra drainage in the tarmac on the inside of the forest esses.

http://ekladata.com/RQ93xAmz91GKR2iYQk8EOysfGSc.jpg

That photo looks cool.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by wewantourdarbyback

Looks like extra drainage in the tarmac on the inside of the forest esses.

http://ekladata.com/RQ93xAmz91GKR2iYQk8EOysfGSc.jpg

Was standing water an issue there?

[Aysedasi]

Pointless doing it ready for this year's race.

It won't get tested. It's going to be sooooooooooooooooo hot and dry.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by wewantourdarbyback

Looks like extra drainage in the tarmac on the inside of the forest esses.

http://ekladata.com/RQ93xAmz91GKR2iYQk8EOysfGSc.jpg

Like the carved out sections at Tetre Rouge?

[GT6]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Pointless doing it ready for this year's race.

It won't get tested. It's going to be sooooooooooooooooo hot and dry.

HOT and DRY
We are able to remember what that is like but for those under 30 those races are probably thought of as tall tales told by those of a certain age

[vincegail]

Hot and dry at Le Mans? Reminds me of a quote out of Lord of the Rings

Galadriel: "History became Legend. Legend became myth"

[batmobile]

Well, some further details must be given.
This afternoon, I went to the circuit to verify.
In the fact no changes on the track:
- http://ekladata.com/xVVzycmdsaPkoapW...as@500x281.jpg
- http://ekladata.com/fi65QRoWZEVGAe4J...Yo@500x281.jpg
- http://ekladata.com/fi65QRoWZEVGAe4JgPEAnnXhnYo.jpg
Pictures of the Bugatti circuit showing the new graveltrap in this curve.
This one http://ekladata.com/NwwoDAD6Oy4Nw9az...-w@500x281.jpg I think they only widen the asphalt strip. And in the same curve I think it is current maintenance : https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9...129_143744.jpg + https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h...129_143749.jpg
Nothing important elsewhere except on the old karting circuit where the old pits disappear one after the other : https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G...129_150719.jpg + https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R...129_150723.jpg

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Thank you so much, Eric!

[GT6]

Some good views, like the huge pile of gravel in the third picture, that will slow the first car that hits it for sure
Chhers for posting them Eric

[CTD]

Originally Posted by GT6

Some good views, like the huge pile of gravel in the third picture, that will slow the first car that hits it for sure
Chhers for posting them Eric

It will certainly stop them from flying .

But thank you Eric! - I'm sad to see the old karting pit go, but also glad that I experienced them before they where closed.

[wewantourdarbyback]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Like the carved out sections at Tetre Rouge?

Not quite as deep, or car ruining.

[GTfour]

Allways good to see pics and info from our own on site Le Mans spy.

Good work again Batmobile.

[airbusA346]

New pit complex at LM for 2015.

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

New pit complex at LM for 2015.

Whered ya hear dat ?

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Whered ya hear dat ?

Just been confirmed at the press conference.

[Acid09]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

New pit complex at LM for 2015.

I wonder how this is going to work. The pit lane space as it is now is limited and making the individual garages smaller is no option either, they are pretty small compared to F1-sizes already.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by Acid09

I wonder how this is going to work. The pit lane space as it is now is limited and making the individual garages smaller is no option either, they are pretty small compared to F1-sizes already.

Hindy translated it as new pit complex, not additional garages.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Hindy translated it as new pit complex, not additional garages.

PascaLM translated in the Chat.
There WILL be additional garages, how many, wasn't made precise.

[Acid09]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Hindy translated it as new pit complex, not additional garages.

So that will probably mean an additional pit building and a split pit lane a la Spa?

Maybe at the entry to the Ford Chicane opposite the fairgrounds where the Audi hospitality building usually is. That's the only location near the finish straight where I can see additional room.