LM24 Who will win Le Mans?

pink69 · 23 Mar 2001, 00:26 (Ref:73783)

Who do you think will win Le Mans this year? I think that it will be Pirro's audi but Bentley won't be far behind

DNQ · 23 Mar 2001, 08:00 (Ref:73841)

I think it will be Audi, but for once I am going to be optimistic. I voted Bentley. I would dearly love to see Mark Blundell take the Chequered Flag after such a torrid time in Champcars.

Liz · 23 Mar 2001, 11:53 (Ref:73866)

Saleen's not in the LMP class, it's a GTS. I voted Panoz and pick Saleen for the GTS class.

But I suspect it will be Audi again ...

Heeltoe6 · 23 Mar 2001, 18:23 (Ref:73950)

I also vote for the works Audi. It will take some huge failure for one of those two cars not to win

Fiorentina 1 · 23 Mar 2001, 19:28 (Ref:73965)

The question is not WHO will win Le Mans, but Who & what position will the highest NON-AUDI finish?

pink69 · 24 Mar 2001, 01:07 (Ref:74052)

You must remember that the Bentley's have the same engine in them that is also powering the works Audis. Plus due to reliability problems if all the prototypes go out then Saleen and corvette stand a chance of winning although unlikely.

Liz · 24 Mar 2001, 01:15 (Ref:74057)

I think you might have this mixed up with GT racing, Pinkie. I don't think in ELMS/ALMS people can win overall outside their class, can they?

SL · 24 Mar 2001, 01:28 (Ref:74064)

Well Pink69 where do I vote for Porsche........

There's more Porsche's than Audi's. Given a rainstorm or two the Audi's are not quite as fast. I would love to see a rain soaked private mini budget 911 humble the Audi's.

Think they have no chance, well the same was said for Ford, Rondou and McLaren in previous years

Simon

pink69 · 25 Mar 2001, 00:37 (Ref:74265)

Okay simon.When was the last time a GT3 car won Le Mans even in the rain??

And liz , yes they can. Look at what happened at the Daytona 24 hours this year. The GT2 Corvette won even though Prototype cars also took part.

Heeltoe6 · 25 Mar 2001, 00:51 (Ref:74272)

Yes, but daytona was under garra rules. Perhaps the ACO has some provision as to the OA win? Don't know, been looking and have found none. Logic would dictate any class could win the OA victory, but I cannot say for sure.

enemy-ace · 28 Mar 2001, 12:19 (Ref:74931)

My head says AUDI will win, but my heart beats for Panoz!
I'm going with my heart!

MGF · 28 Mar 2001, 20:41 (Ref:75051)

Well if Audi don't make it to the end (pfft... yeah like whatever!!) it will be Bentley will take it.... But oh would'nt I love to see those little MG's come first and second!!

clk-lm · 29 Mar 2001, 00:24 (Ref:75134)

audi im pretty sure will win, i think the only thing that can stop them will be another car taking them out. as far as reliability goes, there up there. and if something breaks, i bet theyll have it fixed in less than 10 min.

but id like to see panoz win. i think that new car is an excellent design and has nothing but potential. only time will tell though.

View Poll Results: Who will win Le Mans?
Audi	6	31.58%
Bentley	4	21.05%
Panoz	4	21.05%
Chrysler	2	10.53%
Cadillac	0	0%
Courage	1	5.26%
Corvette	0	0%
Saleen	0	0%
Dyson	0	0%
MG	2	10.53%
Voters: 19. You may not vote on this poll

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