[LM24 Race] LMGT3 2024

[Adam43]

Race discussion thread for the Le Mans 24 hours 2024.

Which car will win this years event?

[TF110]

If no bop changes are made from the test day, then it looks like it's BMW's to lose.

[joeb]

Not sure who will win, but the single tire compound in GT3 will be interesting if the weather is cold. Getting tire temp at night could be an issue.

[GT6]

More heart than head but voted for Aston

[Adam43]

I should have paid more attention, but I didn’t realise the GT3 cars would be quite a bit slower than last year.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I should have paid more attention, but I didn’t realise the GT3 cars would be quite a bit slower than last year.

On DSC there were questions about if this was the true pace, but some quotes from Gatting suggesting the cars have been slowed too much in ACO spec

https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/...questions.html

[Adam43]

Undoubtedly lap times will fall over the week. They do every year. Last year was nearly 4s from test to pole.

They were cycling through the drivers on test day as they need to and you need to run through a program for the car. Throw in the one red flag and losing the last few minutes when people started to put purples in and it isn’t going to help times.

We might have a few cars that don’t get under the four minute mark before race day, but generally they’ll find a few seconds.

FWIW GT3 was 3.3s slower than GTE in Spa qualifying. I didn’t really look at conditions v. 2023, but proportionally that is about the same as the difference at Le Mans.

[Alan52]

I went with BMW because I’d like to see Rossi win.
However I find it impossible to have any real interest in WEC GT3 because of its Am nature.Would much prefer if they had the same driver classification rules as LMP2 with a sub class for teams that include bronze drivers.

[PhilipR]

I wonder if Le Mans is a good track for Gt3. Due to the nature of the category and to make the field competitive some cars have more aero and others more top speed through BOP to get to a similar lap time - one example the R8 was always fast in corners but rarely had best top speed and the Bentley was less so in corners but made up for it on top speed
But Le Mans with the emphasis on top speed I just wonder if we will end up with the cars aimed more towards top speed gapping the others over the race distance

[S griffin]

I went with Aston for hope more than anything

[Adam43]

GT3 now.

Best in each category, winner, and best Top 20 of each grade is highlighted.

Average Lap time

Rank	Car	Fastest	Top 10	Top 20	Top 40	Laps
1	Morris SCHURING (S) Porsche 91	3:57.435	3:58.018	3:58.381	3:58.867	87
2	Joel STURM (S) Porsche 92	3:58.012	3:58.358	3:58.592	4:00.090	93
3	Conrad LAURSEN (S) Ferrari 155	3:57.429	3:58.474	3:58.833	3:59.412	115
4	Augusto FARFUS (P) BMW 31	3:58.286	3:58.602	3:58.904	3:59.547	116
5	Frederik SCHANDORFF (G) McLaren 70	3:57.538	3:58.470	3:58.910	4:01.031	111
6	Alessio ROVERA (P) Ferrari 55	3:58.474	3:58.767	3:59.093	3:59.607	107
7	Sean GELAEL (S) BMW 31	3:57.845	3:58.585	3:59.111	4:02.957	91
8	Benjamin BARKER (G) Ford 77	3:57.562	3:58.909	3:59.426	4:03.547	75
9	Riccardo PERA (S) Ferrari 86	3:57.785	3:59.022	3:59.486	4:00.565	86
10	Marco SØRENSEN (P) Aston Martin 777	3:58.711	3:59.204	3:59.562	4:03.080	106
11	Daniel JUNCADELLA (P) Corvette 82	3:58.539	3:59.150	3:59.680	4:00.527	121
12	Franck PERERA (P) Lamborghini 60	3:58.703	3:59.462	3:59.940	4:00.737	85
13	Ben TUCK (S) Ford 44	3:59.206	3:59.570	3:59.988	4:00.471	92
14	Esteban MASSON (S) Lexus 87	3:58.956	3:59.405	3:60.000	4:00.949	92
15	Daniel SERRA (P) Ferrari 86	3:57.482	3:58.619	4:00.114	4:09.890	116
16	Dennis OLSEN (P) Ford 88	3:59.224	3:59.889	4:00.234	4:01.444	128
17	Ollie MILLROY (S) McLaren 70	3:59.194	3:59.769	4:00.262	4:03.049	86
18	Rahel FREY (S) Lamborghini 85	3:59.584	4:00.056	4:00.508	4:01.067	113
19	Simon MANN (S) Ferrari 55	3:59.130	4:00.005	4:00.558	4:01.546	101
20	Alex RIBERAS (G) Aston Martin 27	3:58.793	3:59.638	4:00.562	4:08.498	50
21	Mikkel PEDERSEN (S) Ford 88	3:59.109	4:00.084	4:00.598	4:01.501	92
22	Zacharie ROBICHON (S) Ford 77	3:59.826	4:00.403	4:00.743	4:02.637	85
23	Kelvin VAN DER LINDE (P) Lexus 78	4:00.236	4:00.569	4:00.842	4:01.414	124
24	Grégoire SAUCY (G) McLaren 59	3:59.661	4:00.415	4:00.850	4:01.738	86
25	Christopher MIES (P) Ford 44	3:59.768	4:00.440	4:00.862	4:01.848	135
26	Aliaksandr MALYKHIN (B) Porsche 92	4:00.064	4:00.530	4:00.875	4:01.703	99
27	Daniel MANCINELLI (S) Aston Martin 27	3:59.160	4:00.279	4:00.895	4:14.582	54
28	Jordan TAYLOR (P) Ferrari 155	3:59.576	4:00.178	4:01.022	4:09.476	96
29	Larry TEN VOORDE (G) Ferrari 66	3:58.162	3:59.808	4:01.032	4:30.886	43
30	Erwan ******* (S) Aston Martin 777	4:00.129	4:00.730	4:01.054	4:01.833	106
31	Nicolas PINO (S) McLaren 95	3:59.299	4:00.460	4:01.066	4:02.622	73
32	Valentino ROSSI (S) BMW 46	4:00.460	4:00.914	4:01.211	NA	30
33	Jack HAWKSWORTH (G) Lexus 87	3:59.540	4:00.467	4:01.264	4:04.710	119
34	Klaus BACHLER (P) Porsche 92	3:58.075	3:59.167	4:01.503	4:12.323	81
35	Charlie EASTWOOD (G) Corvette 81	3:59.755	4:00.664	4:01.668	4:08.866	107
36	Matteo CRESSONI (S) Lamborghini 60	4:00.029	4:00.773	4:01.778	4:10.872	99
37	Nicolas COSTA (S) McLaren 59	4:01.056	4:01.394	4:01.822	4:13.693	62
38	Yasser SHAHIN (B) Porsche 91	4:00.819	4:01.309	4:01.955	4:03.317	77
39	Marino SATO (G) McLaren 95	4:00.328	4:01.026	4:02.188	4:16.784	70
40	Timur BOGUSLAVSKIY (S) Lexus 78	4:01.207	4:01.755	4:02.306	4:04.638	94
41	Sarah BOVY (B) Lamborghini 85	4:01.545	4:01.878	4:02.409	4:18.523	62
42	Rui ANDRADE (S) Corvette 81	4:01.807	4:02.060	4:02.502	4:03.399	78
43	Brendan IRIBE (B) McLaren 70	4:00.733	4:01.918	4:02.510	4:04.282	78
44	Maxime MARTIN (P) BMW 46	3:59.663	4:00.811	4:02.520	NA	33
45	Sébastien BAUD (S) Corvette 82	4:01.390	4:02.017	4:02.577	4:04.039	92
46	Richard LIETZ (P) Porsche 91	3:57.745	3:58.300	4:02.813	4:12.142	117
47	Salih YOLUC (S) Ferrari 66	4:01.853	4:02.426	4:03.440	4:30.895	45
48	Ian JAMES (B) Aston Martin 27	4:02.047	4:02.774	4:03.595	4:09.314	92
49	Ahmad AL HARTHY (B) BMW 46	4:01.499	4:02.255	4:03.685	4:37.296	46
50	Arnold ROBIN (B) Lexus 78	4:02.526	4:03.552	4:04.289	4:23.522	61
51	Hiroshi HAMAGUCHI (B) McLaren 95	4:01.996	4:03.411	4:04.421	4:15.767	69
52	Darren LEUNG (B) BMW 31	4:02.293	4:03.540	4:04.717	4:11.900	73
53	Giorgio RODA (B) Ford 88	4:03.175	4:04.206	4:04.784	4:35.531	60
54	Michael WAINWRIGHT (B) Ferrari 86	4:03.561	4:04.548	4:05.155	4:06.322	76
55	Tom VAN ROMPUY (B) Corvette 81	4:04.102	4:04.788	4:05.273	4:06.106	82
56	Ryan HARDWICK (B) Ford 77	4:03.442	4:04.607	4:05.757	4:19.225	67
57	Johnny LAURSEN (B) Ferrari 155	4:04.210	4:05.190	4:05.793	4:12.797	68
58	James COTTINGHAM (B) McLaren 59	4:03.193	4:04.370	4:05.806	4:25.848	72
59	Takeshi KIMURA (B) Lexus 87	4:03.921	4:05.539	4:06.228	4:08.221	68
60	François HERIAU (B) Ferrari 55	4:04.583	4:05.320	4:07.256	4:19.629	71
61	Satoshi HOSHINO (B) Aston Martin 777	4:04.695	4:06.269	4:07.814	4:16.115	67
62	Hiroshi KOIZUMI (B) Corvette 82	4:06.151	4:07.049	4:08.889	4:34.958	65
63	Claudio SCHIAVONI (B) Lamborghini 60	4:07.407	4:09.056	4:10.515	4:15.127	74
64	Michelle GATTING (G) Lamborghini 85	4:01.651	4:05.220	4:13.441	4:21.111	104
65	Giacomo PETROBELLI (B) Ferrari 66	4:01.872	4:03.079	4:14.755	NA	24
66	Thomas FLOHR (B) Ferrari 54	4:01.315	4:04.584	4:23.128	NA	20
67	John HARTSHORNE (B) Ford 44	4:13.869	4:16.610	4:23.265	6:08.444	53
68	Francesco CASTELLACCI (S) Ferrari 54	3:59.650	4:04.422	NA	NA	10

[Adam43]

Top 4.