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

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Downhill Dino
That's kind of how Audi looked with their exit.
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Audi's departures wasn't at all Audi's choice. It isn't a coincidence that both Audi and Porsche dropped from 3 cars to 2 when the VW emission scandal was announced, and it isn't coincidence that the Audi LMP1 program and the VW WRC program were cut within days of the sanctions. VW had to make massive cuts due to those sanctions and they were the ones who gave the kill order to the P1 program. It wasn't Audi's choice, their car for this year was already designed. A scale model of it was even at one of the FIA end of year award banquets.
 
That was a really naughty move by the #28, seemed far to eager to get past, should've been more patient, and waited for the overtake after the 1st chicane. What's more awkward, is the the #28's garage is next door to Risi #82's garage...
 
Man that's 2 straight year Risi has got the shaft, after the leader light controversy last year and now this.

Labre Corvette went for a loop coming out of karting.
 
The pass would have worked on him, but he should have just kept the car straight going into the chicane, instead of trying to go left, to take a little wider entry into it.
 
catamount39
Entire LMP2 class is full of chumps.
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That's a bit unfair, there are plenty, if not most of the drivers, are very capable racers, what with the likes of Barrichelo, Vergne being examples of such drivers. Granted, there are a select few who leave things to be desired, with some questionable driving, but it's certainly not all of LMP2.
 
Vaxiviere is a good driver and has raced GT cars around Le Mans before, really strange error of judgement for somebody like him.

E- He didn't race last year, he was with a Porsche team in GTE-Am but I think he was forced to withdraw through injury.

Edit 2: By last year I mean 2014
 
I was eating my dinner when I saw that #28 incident with the Ferrari. Complete moron.
 
The one with RLM in the background got shut down. The most accurate in terms of timing is the one with Allan McNish talking
 
Looks like the #28 was trying to move so it could take a better line into the chicane.
 
Amac500
Audi's departures wasn't at all Audi's choice. It isn't a coincidence that both Audi and Porsche dropped from 3 cars to 2 when the VW emission scandal was announced, and it isn't coincidence that the Audi LMP1 program and the VW WRC program were cut within days of the sanctions. VW had to make massive cuts due to those sanctions and they were the ones who gave the kill order to the P1 program. It wasn't Audi's choice, their car for this year was already designed. A scale model of it was even at one of the FIA end of year award banquets.
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I'm well aware of what actually happened, I just said it kind of looked that way.
 
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Looks like the #28 was trying to move so it could take a better line into the chicane.
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Yeah but cars don't disappear just cause you want to do that, seems like the same car earlier that Fassler was having to be careful with.
 
Downhill Dino
I'm well aware of what actually happened, I just said it kind of looked that way.
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Fair enough, to someone on the outside or out of the know it would give that appearance.

I should see if I can find a picture of that 2017 Audi model here while there's a lull in the actions, it was a wild design.
 

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