le mans 2014

[shDK]

So.. anybody's watching. Very good racing so far

 

[cheesepuffs]

I am. Very happy to see the number 7 Toyota atop the board!

 

[shDK]

Originally Posted By: cheesepuffs
I am. Very happy to see the number 7 Toyota atop the board!


Me too. I would really like to se them beat the AUDI Teams.

 

[cheesepuffs]

Originally Posted By: shDK
Originally Posted By: cheesepuffs
I am. Very happy to see the number 7 Toyota atop the board!


Me too. I would really like to se them beat the AUDI Teams.


Yes! I am very tired of seeing Audi dominate. Toyota needs to shake things up.

 

[bdcardinal]

Got up early to catch the start. Only missed about an hour to go run some errands. I was bummed to see the shunt during the rain with the Toyota and Ferrari taking out the #3 Audi.

I really like the new LMP1 cars and all their power. They were saying on the FS1 broadcast that the cars are almost at 1,000hp combining the petrol/diesel and electric powerplants. They are almost back to the Group C and GT-P days for power.

 

[shDK]

Actually I am kind of sitting on 2 chairs. I would like Tom kristensen in the AUDI nr.1 to win because he is Danish like myself. But I hate the arrogance AUDI shows.

And I guess that as long Mazda don,t race. Toyota must be secund best

 

[bdcardinal]

Not sure if the world feed has it, I am guessing you are watching on EuroSport which I wish we had here in the US. But on the now FS2 broadcast, they just did an on-board lap in one of the Corvette C7R's, that car sounds awesome.

 

[Andy636]

I had the opportunity to be 50 yards from the track on one of these races and listen to these marvelous pieces of engineering genius do unholy things to the atmosphere...it just raises the hair on your back each time

 

[bdcardinal]

i really love how the diesel's make so much power and are so quiet that all you hear is the tires running on the asphalt. O and the pit stop routine, while a little cumbersome, really makes sense for safety.

 

[wemay]

I share the sentiments for Toyota to win overall. Lots of rain early on has had an influence for sure. Switching back and fourth between it and World Cup.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

The Audi steamroller is extremely impressive but I'm bored with their success. I'd love to see Toyota finally win it after so many tries. But being a Webber fan, I'd also love to see Porsche pull off a first-attempt (for the 919 of course) win.

 

[cheesepuffs]

#7 Toyota is out. Lost power for some reason and couldn't make it back to the pits. Heartbreaking way to end it after a flawless race thus far.

Audi assumes the lead...

 

[bdcardinal]

I love watching the Audi crew. The #2 car had an issue on a pitstop and they pulled the car in, fixed something and back out. Then brought it back in and tore the car back down. They were saying something about an issue with a turbocharger.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Congratulations Audi! All others, better luck next year.

 

[mcrn]

Yes congratulations....I watched a couple hours of it as I had to work yesterday...so i caught some before I went to sleep and then caught the end when I woke up. What happened to the porsche 919?

 

[dailydriver]

How did the C7Rs do??

As long as they beat up on everyone in that class, I do not care about the LMPs, etc.

 

[mcrn]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
How did the C7Rs do??

As long as they beat up on everyone in that class, I do not care about the LMPs, etc.

Looks like they came in 2nd behind Ferrari.

 

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted By: mcrn
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
How did the C7Rs do??

As long as they beat up on everyone in that class, I do not care about the LMPs, etc.

Looks like they came in 2nd behind Ferrari.


That's OK (they WILL win somewhere during the season).

As long as they kill any Nippon name-plated entries, IF there are any, or ever will be any, in their racing class.

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
As long as they kill any Nippon name-plated entries, IF there are any, or ever will be any, in their racing class.

I don't think there were any this year at Le Mans in GTE Pro.

 

[zloveraz]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: mcrn
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
How did the C7Rs do??

As long as they beat up on everyone in that class, I do not care about the LMPs, etc.

Looks like they came in 2nd behind Ferrari.


That's OK (they WILL win somewhere during the season).

As long as they kill any Nippon name-plated entries, IF there are any, or ever will be any, in their racing class.

Next year they'll be running LMP1 anyways so Chevy can relax...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114086