Maybe they would have died today in open prototyp !Gratz to Audi for this safety !

Well Peugeot got a warning from the marshalls (that's why after almost crashing #2 Audi Davidson finally let him pass after Mulsanne corner). ofc that is totally unfair but that's not new. Indeed I remember Audi intentionally blocking Sarrazin while he was tryig to make the pole in 2009. In 1969 Porsche 908 #60 was block a long time behind #7 Ford GT40 that was the team mate of #6 Jacky Ickx's car.

Peugeot is french but that's not why they don't get a penalty...look at #8 Peugeot that was penalize because one mechanic forgot its glasses during a refuelling.

I'm happy that didn't change anything on final result it would have been such a shame for Peugeot to win like that and a deep unrespect to Le Mans and its legend.

These crash from Audi remind me few pictures :
http://www.7sur7.be/static/FOT ... 8/5/6/media_xl_936756.jpg

two years later Benoit Tréluyer did a fantastic job and win one of the most entertaining race of the history setting pole and certainly the stint that enable Audi to get the checkered flag!

Another picture of #1 Audi :
http://photos.autoreflex.com/p ... podium-3148_580_435_9.jpg

Last edited by MoMo92i, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 11:47.

I have just came back home and omfg what a race! Pugs and Audi were so amazing! Pug was the fastest car during the night with soft tyres but was totally off pace with medium. Anyway 13s! The atmosphere was unbelievable and Audi #2 did an extroardinary job as his whole team! Their race was really consistant but they have been several time almost hitting some Gts ! Pugs were not consistant and that's why they lose although they pitted less. Brilliant race for us, but not really from them...3 against 1 I still don't understand their strategy...

That race was certainly the mist exuting race I have ever been, nothing was sure before last pit stop for the win and the gap between pugs and audi have never been more than 2 mins however, GT race was fantastic too. At 4am in GT Pro & AM & P1 the 4 leading cars were in less than 2 minutes! Epic race!

AMR -> 2 engine broken in 6 hours...

6 cars in 1s in free practise session...gonna be epic !

enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd1i1ZP3Aec

that's a Norma which is the brand that fight with Osella in European hillclimb championship.

Quote from ACCAkut :

What made the ACO change their mind? They always blocked everything FIA related in the past

Jean Todt

Quote from Flingoko :

Looking forward to see and hearing that car again!

It doesn't have the same sound anymore :'( it is a bit uglier but still the best on track

well there is really a huge mone ygap between motorcyle and cars.

24 hours of Le Mans invitation is 55 000 €. With that money you only have the right to participate. You have to add the cost of the car (LMP2 are 400 000 €, LMP1 are > 800 000 €), fuel (something like 4 € per liter), tyres (really expensive too), miscellaneous other things like oil and of course something like 3 bodywork sets, wishbones, ... One more figure, carbon fiber Brembo LMP brakes are 55 000 €...

So I let you imagine how much Le Mans cost ^^ You have to find at least 1 million euros to compete in LMP1 (with a back grid car) and I doubt motorcycle cost that much.

I'll be in Le Mans too

Quote from BlueFlame :

Never understood some of the LMP1 teams, why bother showing for Le Mans when you're diabolically off the pace?

You should have told that to Gerard Larrousse & Hans Hermann and the whole Porsche team in 1969 that have totally forgotten #60 908 during 20 hours before the last 917 broke its engine...then I guess they had some regrets in the last lap.

Same story in 1970, #23 917 K was the slowest 917 on track, however she won !

What about Le Mans 1977?

What about 1980 when Rondeau beated Porsche factory?

What about 1991 when Mazda-Oreca beated Mercedes, Jaguar, Toyota, Porsche, Peugeot,...

What about 1995 when Mclaren won it?

What about 1999, certainly the best edition of modern times? Do you realise that BMW V12 LMR wasn't the favorite at all?

There are so many factors that can totally change the face of the race ! 24 hours is really a very long race, and there is NO 24 hours race with no troubles. Indeed each team has its own problem (sometimes it is a small one like a slow puncture 10 mins before the end of the race, sometimes not...) and Le Mans is...Le Mans, a track...hum no...a road that is totally different from something else, where EVERYTHING can happen. Yo ucan ask Peugeot ^^ and I think you have better seen last year results and 2007's where a slow Pescarolo manage to be on the podium !

There are plenty of example showing that this isn't only about the performance but really about efficiency, luck, and what the track want. A german team manager once said :"You win Monaco GP, you win Indianapolis 500, you survive Le Mans"

Le Mans is David vs Goliath, Jaguar vs Mercedes, Matra vs Ferrari, Rondeau vs Porsche, Pescarolo vs Audi. the victories of David, are why Le Mans is so beautiful.

LMP1, and that's not only for Le Mans, in fact Honda stops its Le Mans program

Source ACO . Seems that this is because of the situation in Japan, almost same story as the 2nd Oreca Signatech-NISSAN.

Strakka and RML may be there (RML chassis is ok...only have to do some hard work on it )

EDIT : Endurance-info article about that :
http://www.endurance-info.com/ ... detail.php?VARnewsID=7200

Last edited by MoMo92i, Mon 16 May 2011, 20:51.

was funy can't wait to have some proper cars

HPD has withdrawn for Le Mans :'(

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funny Peugeot 1&2...

LMS@Castellet start?

Happy birthday IneX ! And have a nice fight in MoE final

:o

Surprising

Gratz 3id an Marius !

Quote from (-Mark-) :

The lack of the GT1 cars this year makes me a little sad, i loved the sounds of the DBR9 and the C6R, will be a shame.

This year it seems to be close between the 458 italia, and the M3 GTR, the Lotus Evora seems a little off the pace

Well if you want some nice engine sounds, there will be 3 Corvette ZR1 GT2 at LM and 3 ASton Martin V8 Vantage GT2, and certainly the lola-Aston Martin DBR3 because of OAK Racing #24 crash (they gonna have to choose between finishing #49 LMP2 or rebuilding #24, but maybe the can make a miracle and do both).

It was Lotus Evora 1st test so don't worry they will improve a lot until Le Mans Furthermore their main aim was to complete lot opf kms to validate all their driver and collect lots of informations for engineer so I doubt they were flat out (no one was flat out I think).

Pugs seems to be better now into the corner but I feel the Audi pretty much smoother...maybethis is just about the sound?? Anyway hard to know what is the real gap, would be interesting to see the different split to see exactly the real pace (but we still have no idea of how hard they pushed). Anyway I have seen AUdi driver nearer to the limit so I guess they were at the maximum at what they can do into the turns. Bourdais was quite hot on track too and he almost divebomb a GTE-AM few minutes before the checkered so still have no ideas of who is the fastest. I would say Audi atm but not sure. One thing is sure, 24 hours of Le Mans gonna be epic !

Pugs are lifting in straigh but anyway Audi seems faster in corner. Peugeot 908 are slow at dunlop and ford chicane but looks good at le tertre rouge. Let's see what happen this afternoon

Let's go to Le Mans ! really excited about that new regulations,can't wait for first results !!!

they were already there

Not sure I'll be there at 100% but looks interesting Gonna take part only in Oval tracks or in normal tracks too?