90th Anniversary Running Of The Le Mans 24 Hours, 22-23 June 2013.

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I think Lapierre is reporting some rain on some parts of the circuit. Toyota is also reporting some rain in the next 30 minutes to come..
 
CarBastard
This.

That's why I loved Audi's last race with Peugeot and loathed last years race which was basically a walkover for Audi.
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Exactly, last year was so disappointing compared to the last audi Pug battle
 
Wardy 944
The weak link in the driver chain :nervous:

fingers crossed he'll do a good job.
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If he does, it'll be a nice slap in the face to all that Forza advertisement :lol:
 
Lets hope the rain adds to the race and doesn't take away from it!
 
witham
Exactly, last year was so disappointing compared to the last audi Pug battle
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That's why I'm looking forward to Porsche's return that much. A nice three-way battle between Toyota, Audi and Porsche!
 
Luminis
That's why I'm looking forward to Porsche's return that much. A nice three-way battle between Toyota, Audi and Porsche!
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Oh, yes. Oh god, yes. That + Box 56 entry = AWWWWWWWWYEAHHHH :cheers:
 
witham
Lets hope the rain adds to the race and doesn't take away from it!
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It should bring the Toyota's back into it if my wild guesswork is right :D
 
Luminis
That's why I'm looking forward to Porsche's return that much. A nice three-way battle between Toyota, Audi and Porsche!
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Someone give a shout to Mercedes and BMW to come and join the party!
 
Just gonna play devil's advocate here - hear me out, and I want to hear your thoughts.

It's been clear that ALMS and ACO/FIA don't get on too well, made clearer when FIA shunned the Petit Le Mans as an official round of the WEC and made a seperate race at Circuit of the Americas.

Now this year at Le Mans, the ALMS GTE teams have for the most part been penalised with performance restrictions (Corvette, Viper SRT) or banned altogether (BMW RLL). Whereas by contrast, the WEC GTE teams such as Porsche, Aston Martin and AF Corse are flying.

Is this a coincidence? Are there some political wrangling going on do we think?

I don't necessarily think this, I'm curious to know what you all think of it.
 
Hearing that driver's name, Di Grassi, has made me realise something.

If that was your last name, it'd be wrong to have a kid and name them Noel.

Because then the name written formally would be: Di Grassi, Noel.

JFK shooting in case you didn't realise. :)
 
"Simonsen still be assessed in hospital". Looks like it could be serious :indiff:...
 
That Audi commercial should be R-Rated... :drool:
 
Mic_Col
Hearing that driver's name, Di Grassi, has made me realise something.

If that was your last name, it'd be wrong to have a kid and name them Noel.

Because then the name written formally would be: Di Grassi, Noel.

JFK shooting in case you didn't realise. :)
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Wow…

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The front plans are huge on the Toyota's.
 
Bram Turismo
Someone give a shout to Mercedes and BMW to come and join the party!
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Yeah, that'd be nice. On the other hand, I guess I've got to be glad to see BMW running in the DTM again...
Falcon787B
Just gonna play devil's advocate here - hear me out, and I want to hear your thoughts.

It's been clear that ALMS and ACO/FIA don't get on too well, made clearer when FIA shunned the Petit Le Mans as an official round of the WEC and made a seperate race at Circuit of the Americas.

Now this year at Le Mans, the ALMS GTE teams have for the most part been penalised with performance restrictions (Corvette, Viper SRT) or banned altogether (BMW RLL). Whereas by contrast, the WEC GTE teams such as Porsche, Aston Martin and AF Corse are flying.

Is this a coincidence? Are there some political wrangling going on do we think?

I don't necessarily think this, I'm curious to know what you all think of it.
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I don't really thing that there was a lot of politics involved. As pointed out by the commentators, the regulations seem to differ between the different series, so that's the main reason. Adapting to different regulations might very well cause a drop in performance...
 
P1s shaking their tails. They're running on slicks and track is pretty wet on some sectors.
 
Just watching them drive the P1s in the wet is making me nervous.
 
This is gonna be fun.
 
#7 in the pits. Let's see if Lapierre gets new tyres.

Lapierre gets new...SLICKS!!!
 
That #30 car is gorgeous.
 
That is a very, very dull looking sky. This could get interesting with who goes on what tyres - and if it's the right choice.
 
Falcon787B
It's been clear that ALMS and ACO/FIA don't get on too well, made clearer when FIA shunned the Petit Le Mans as an official round of the WEC and made a seperate race at Circuit of the Americas.
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I don't know about that - when the FIA first aunched the calendar and only included one American round on it, they made it pretty clear that they didn't want the series to be too dependent on ALMS for its survival. Likewise, they didn't want the series to be seen as trying to hijack the ALMS, so they made a conscious decision to limit the series to one American round, and chose Sebring as the nominated race. If they had taken Petit Le Mans, then Sebring would not have been included.
 
Yeah, I expect them to change to at least intermediates or something soon. Doesn't look to get any brighter in terms of weather, either.
 
Wow, it's fun seeing these cars fighting the grip.. Haha! :D
 
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