82nd Running Of The Le Mans 24 Hours - 14/15 June 2014.

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1.7 secs gap between P1 AMR Vantage driven by Bruno Senna and P2 458 Italia driven by Toni Vilander.
 
Yellow lights on the GTE cars are annoying me...
 
Amac500
Why waste all the publicity on a test though? And on a car designed completely different from their LMP?
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Because that was what Garage 56 is supposed to be?

I think this was now a combination of the aero efficiency of the Original Deltawing with the Electric power from Nissan. Its not a big waste of time because not only was the original Deltawing concept combined with something else, but its developing the powerplant that they will bring to their 2015 car before they even have built it.
 
Well they're addressing electrical problems on a car that uses aero not available in the LMP1 class to make it go at speed, and it's speeds were slower than GTE-Am cars on full electric as it is. Doing it to be the first to do a slow electric lap was purely for marketing and wasteful when they should be focused on their LMP1.
 
Le Mans Hour Ten:

The #91 Porsche was finally back out after an extended time in the garage, but was now way down the GTE order and should be out of the running unless the rest of the field experiences issues.

Marcel Fassler had reported a vibration earlier in the stint, but a few minutes later he told the team that the vibration was no longer there. He was also closing on Alex Wurz in the leading Toyota, lapping two seconds per lap quicker with nine and a half hours completed.

The #20 Porsche made a pit-stop, with Mark Webber handing over to Timo Bernhard. The car was two laps down on the leading Toyota. Speaking of which, Wurz was now shown as lapping quicker than Fassler once more. Perhaps he only lost time due to traffic, or maybe he was given the signal to push harder from Toyota? Either way, the Austrian was getting the job done in the leading car.

The #1 Audi was also in for a stop, with Tom Kristensen taking over from Marc Gene, who did a good job standing in for Loic Duval.

The #98 Aston Martin V8 Vantage of Pedro Lamy was in the garage with the bonnet up, and lost the GTE AM lead to the #95 All-Danish Aston. Would this garage stint be the fatal blow to the victory chances of Lamy, Dalla Lana and Nygaard?

The #8 Toyota, after nine hours 45 minutes of racing, was now back on terms with the LMP1 field, having made it by the LMP2 leaders. Talking of LMP2, Alex Brundle was now behind the wheel of the #35 Ligier, and still leading by around 40 seconds.

The #91 Porsche was back in the pits once more, and the pit crew immediately started trying to fix the problem in the garage. The #46 Ligier, which was running second in LMP2, was handed a 30 second penalty which Ludovic Badey served accordingly, falling down to third.

The #60 AF Corse car has now been officialy posted as a retirement.

So after ten hours of racing, the #7 Toyota of Alex Wurz is still leading in LMP1. Alex Brundle still leads in LMP2, while the #97 Aston Martin still leads GTE PRO, though it’s currently in the pit lane for a routine stop. Kristian Poulsen leads GTE AM in the #95 Aston Martin.
 
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lGNAl
They don't write his name in that link weeiiird.
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You're right, it's blank. Click on it though, on the row of the #66 car, and you'll see the names and pictures of all three drivers.
 
GOTMAXPOWER
The Nissan ZEOD's 23 minutes probably still beat the combined distance of the 2 Aston Martin AMR-One's from 2011!
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I did the math at the time and I got 21 minutes combined between the two. So yes it did. :lol:
 
RACECAR
Same reason they slapped their name on the original Deltawing: To hype up their involvement (as well as ride on the coat tails of Ben Bowlby's idea, which would be twice now).

Actually, I think this was now a combination of the aero efficiency of the Original Deltawing with the Electric power from Nissan.
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If I remember correctly it is according to Nissan, "in no part a DeltaWing" (yeah...:odd:). All the DeltaWing stuff is Don Panoz's and their were a bunch of legal disputes over it, but Nissan did hire Ben Bowldy for the ZEOD.
 
Less than a second gap in the battle for the lead in GTEPRO!
 
Hey guys what's the twitter I should use to propose a question on the livestream I think of one??? Just wondering, thanks. This is the first Le Mans I'm immensely following.
 
Tony Vilander driving that Fezza HARD! Like it's on fire!
 
Where are you guys watching in LemansTV it just shows the LMP1s not the GTE battle :L
 
That's Shift 2 stuff in real life!! :crazy:
 
Amac500
Well they're addressing electrical problems on a car that uses aero not available in the LMP1 class to make it go at speed, and it's speeds were slower than GTE-Am cars on full electric as it is. Doing it to be the first to do a slow electric lap was purely for marketing and wasteful when they should be focused on their LMP1.
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The point was to do the lap. Not ultra quick but race pace. The aero was proof of another concept (the Delta concept) in order to show how efficient it's possible to make a car.

Plus, it was a fans favourite, like the deltawing. The LMP, if it wasn't winning, wouldn't get the media coverage. See reference: Rebellion racing #12 before retirement.
 
CarBastard
You're right, it's blank. Click on it though, on the row of the #66 car, and you'll see the names and pictures of all three drivers.
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Yup. Thank you. 13th now GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
 
Amac500
If I remember correctly it is according to Nissan, "in no part a DeltaWing" (yeah...:odd:). All the DeltaWing stuff is Don Panoz's and their were a bunch of legal disputes over it, but Nissan did hire Ben Bowldy for the ZEOD.
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Of course they'll say that, Don Panoz is already on their back about them "Stealing his idea" (which ironically, it wasn't).

Regarding them "Focusing on their 2015 project", this is part of their plan: Garage 56 one year (to develop their Electric powerplant) and then a full, legal 2015 LMP. Not a waste of time considering that powerplant is what they'll bring to the 2015 car.
 
Vette passes the Ferrari for 2nd, goooo baby gooo
 
The 🤬 has hit the fan in the GTE-Pro.
 
Yikes! GTEPRO providing all the thrills in this race!!! Brunno Senna not scared of Vilander's lights!
 
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