LM24 OK, So What Do We Talk About Between Last Year's Le Mans and Next Year's.....? - Page 56

GT6 · 27 Feb 2015, 14:20 (Ref:3509675)

The worse year i remember the rain during the race was so hard that even if you were under cover the cars were going round but the weather ment that you saw a vague impression of a car pass by and then a cloud of spray within which most of the remaining cars sneaked past. That year was the worst i remember but the result was a very surprising win for a certain car so very memorable for both reasons

claude2cv · 27 Feb 2015, 14:42 (Ref:3509680)

The worst year I have had was my first - 1980. The photo of the start showed the front row of the grid and then a wall of spray. I went with a friend no his motorcycle and we wore our full waterproofs for an awful lot of the time. The following week when we toured the Loire valley was really warm and dry.

Sean

ATLFalconsFAN · 27 Feb 2015, 17:37 (Ref:3509728)

I'd have to agree on last year. The warm weather leading up was fantastic, and the thirty minutes or so of r--- did make things interesting. I would be totally okay with a repeat this year.

**Aysedasi** · 27 Feb 2015, 20:47 (Ref:3509798)

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Originally Posted by isynge

Quite - wall to wall sunshine and not too hot either.

OH, having missed last time round, has put in an official request that it's warm this year.

Request granted.

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Originally Posted by nobster

I liked the half hour of rain last year (sorry Andrew) it spiced things up a bit...

That it sure did Nobby! It was just a shame that we lost one leading LMP1 car and put another out of contention......

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Originally Posted by claude2cv

The worst year I have had was my first - 1980. The photo of the start showed the front row of the grid and then a wall of spray. I went with a friend no his motorcycle and we wore our full waterproofs for an awful lot of the time. The following week when we toured the Loire valley was really warm and dry.

Sean

I seem to have an awful lot of memories over the years of scorching sunshine on the Monday after the race!

vincegail · 28 Feb 2015, 00:58 (Ref:3509864)

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Originally Posted by GT6

The worse year i remember the rain during the race was so hard that even if you were under cover the cars were going round but the weather ment that you saw a vague impression of a car pass by and then a cloud of spray within which most of the remaining cars sneaked past. That year was the worst i remember but the result was a very surprising win for a certain car so very memorable for both reasons

Was that perhaps an English car, with a German engine, with a Japanese sponsor?

That same carbrand will do some festivities at Le Mans this year, celebrating their succes 20 years ago.

GT6 · 28 Feb 2015, 08:40 (Ref:3509945)

Well done Vince, the result that year was great and yes we had fun but boy did we get wet, hopefully we will see a few mclaren's there this year for thee aniversary

Deleted · 6 Mar 2015, 18:12 (Ref:3512550)

In this traditionally awfully translated PR piece it says that there are 61 cars entered for the Legends race and "some 60" for the AMR Festival.
http://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/20...746_19122.html

Also ACO proudly saying there are ten different chassis in LMP2. Not sure if that's great marketing strategy knowing it's all likely gonna be spec-ified in couple of years time. Also in reality it's only 8 chassis as they've counted the fake Oreca-Courage-"Alpine" and EVO version of Oak-Pescarolo-"Morgan(-SARD)" as separate entities

GT6 · 6 Mar 2015, 18:28 (Ref:3512552)

And as they point out exactly 100 days until the big day

Deleted · 6 Mar 2015, 18:29 (Ref:3512553)

Yup. Yesterday that is =P

99 bottles of beer on the wall

vincegail · 6 Mar 2015, 20:32 (Ref:3512571)

98 days and 17 hrs and 28 minutes you mean. In 100 days it is all over for another year

whitemr2 · 16 Mar 2015, 19:31 (Ref:3515945)

Red Bull losing interest in F1, probably just politics but hé, I say:
Welcome to WEC.

Victor_RO · 16 Mar 2015, 19:33 (Ref:3515946)

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Originally Posted by whitemr2

Red Bull losing interest in F1, probably just politics but hé, I say:
Welcome to WEC.

Please no. Not if they bring their entire politicking and rhetoric from F1 to the WEC. That's not what we need.

GT6 · 16 Mar 2015, 19:40 (Ref:3515948)

The WEC does not need Red Bull and i doubt they could compete in LMP1 against the factory guys

whitemr2 · 16 Mar 2015, 21:15 (Ref:3515999)

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Originally Posted by GT6

The WEC does not need Red Bull and i doubt they could compete in LMP1 against the factory guys

I think they can and in my opinion, the more LMP1 the merrier!!!!!(is that correct english).
ACO could do with a little more pollitics instead of the 'french way'

Deleted · 16 Mar 2015, 21:24 (Ref:3516003)

Oh yes. Further politics and FIA influence, that is the key to ultimate success surely!

GT6 · 16 Mar 2015, 21:30 (Ref:3516006)

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Originally Posted by whitemr2

I think they can and in my opinion, the more LMP1 the merrier!!!!!(is that correct english).
ACO could do with a little more pollitics instead of the 'french way'

perhaps in the LMP1 privateer class they could compete but against the big spending factory guys they would have serious trouble

Deleted · 16 Mar 2015, 21:33 (Ref:3516009)

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Originally Posted by GT6

perhaps in the LMP1 privateer class they could compete but against the big spending factory guys they would have serious trouble

Don't think ACO would grant team called "Red Bull Racing" an entry into the hybridless-subclass, but force them to run along the manufacturers with hybrid *because*

Victor_RO · 27 Mar 2015, 10:19 (Ref:3520251)

So, with Marc Lieb detonating and demolishing the Paul Ricard lap record by two seconds, record held by the 2010 LMP1 cars that also hold the distance and lap records at Le Mans, what do we expect this year? Sub-3:18 pole and 400+ laps in the race?

GT6 · 27 Mar 2015, 10:47 (Ref:3520262)

To do that there would have to be no rain, little or no safety car periods and faultless running from those cars, however that would be less than exciting

Simmi · 27 Mar 2015, 12:35 (Ref:3520289)

Qualifying is going to be incredible! I just wish they'd extend it for 10mins right at the end and let the P1 guys have at it. I know part of the mystique of a Le Mans qually lap is getting space in traffic but still.

Would be nice to see a record fall during the week. Whatever it is.

Victor_RO · 27 Mar 2015, 17:24 (Ref:3520460)

And in other news, the construction of 4 new garages in time for the 2016 race has been confirmed.

Deleted · 27 Mar 2015, 17:27 (Ref:3520463)

Best news all year long!

Circuit has licence for 61 cars for the race itself so only one further needed after these before begging from the FIA.

J Jay · 27 Mar 2015, 17:30 (Ref:3520466)

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Originally Posted by Victor_RO

And in other news, the construction of 4 new garages in time for the 2016 race has been confirmed.

Not a moment too soon, good news.

GT6 · 27 Mar 2015, 17:54 (Ref:3520477)

Well let us all hope that the demand for grid places is strong as i would rather not have empty garages or grid filling entries that just make up the numbers

**Aysedasi** · 27 Mar 2015, 18:16 (Ref:3520494)

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Originally Posted by GT6

To do that there would have to be no rain, little or no safety car periods and faultless running from those cars, however that would be less than exciting

Oh I don't know, a flat-out blast between Toyota and Porsche sounds good to me - with Audi ready to pick up the pieces (of the Nissans....)

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