85th Running Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans, 17-18 June 2017Sports Cars 

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Whatever is coming out of that Toyota looks to be coming from the left rear, trying to keep an eye out for it.
 
Anyone who captures a screen of the smoke on the 8 car gets a bonus point.

Man look at the go-kart track all lit up. That facility is a lot more impressive than I remember it being.
 
Listening to each of the Toyotas, the #8 does sound a bit more high pitched than the #7.
 
The Ford Performance youtube channel only has the 66 and 67 onboard :(

Are there any other onboard feeds?
 
Toyota pit crew says the sound could come from the breaking calipers, but Buemi disagrees.
They suggested to use more engine breaking.
 
Toyota thinks there is break caliper issue, that might explain is it was left rear smoke. They want Buemi to try adjusting the brake biases, but sounds like Buemi doesn't buy it.

EDIT: 8 car to box.
 
Buemi pits. Very overheated disc. Looking like a 1v1 battle with the 1 Porsche and 7 Toyota.
 
Looks like a brake fluid leak on the 8 Toyota.
 
Amac500
Anyone who captures a screen of the smoke on the 8 car gets a bonus point.

Man look at the go-kart track all lit up. That facility is a lot more impressive than I remember it being.
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From a slow zone about 20 minutes ago.
 

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Antonio Garcia said he triple stinted the tires in the 63 Corvette to try to get back on sequence with most of the others in the class.
 
Pulling a smokey #8 in the garage
 
Oh man the smoke when the 8 car stopped.
 
I like Buemi, he had the balls to make up his own mind about the problems and that has probably saved the car.

But we'll see.
 
Well, most likely quicker to fix a dodgy brake than a faulty hybrid system.
 
jake2013guy
Getting irritated with the WEC stream. Up down up down now can't load it at all.
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Me too. It worked fine during qualifying but so far it has not been a reliable back up when national television interrupts the race with news breaks. Crazy that FIA have the nerve to charge people for something that isn't working better.
 
Milner what a moron.

Parking it in the kitty grit at the pit entrance.
 
#64 Corvette has crashed.

And spun on pit entry.

And got beached.

When it's not your day.....
 
Ok, that's just embarrassing... Stranded along the pit road.
 
#64 now spun in pit in, from driving on no tire
 
No left rear tire. Beached in the pit lane.

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That can't be just a rotor issue, can it? Definitely the front rotors at least. How does the hybrid charge on the Toyota? Is it charged under breaking? Cus that would wear out the hybrid even if they fix the breaks.
 
Time for a break for me, got to put the new headboard together and do dinner with the wife...see you all in a few hours.
 
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