OT: LeMans 24 Heures

[Plum Hill]

Any interest?
As a kid, it was THE big deal when Ford went over to play in Ferrari’s playground.
Today, my only interest is in the GT class. LMP cars look like freaked out Hot Wheels.

[William]

Waiting for the live stream to start up...

https://www.lemans.org/en/news/live-...-le-mans/49306







William

[dancinkozmo]

im a big fan of the lemans....

[Mark McM]

I find the 24 Hours of Lemons more interesting.

[William]

Lemons is fun, I like it for different reasons. I'm a fan of both.

That speedy cop.com car is hilarious.





William

[bthornt]

Courtesy of Road & Track: https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsp...-mans-preview/

[oliver1850]

I agree that the current crop of prototypes (to use a term from the past) are pretty ugly. Doesn't take anything away from the challenge to get a car through a 24 hour race though. For once I'm pulling for the overdog, would like to see Alonso win and take on his next goal.

Some proper looking cars from ancient history:

March 83 G
Lola T600
Porsche 956

[oliver1850]

With 10 hours to go the Toyotas were 1-2 with the #8 Alonso car in 2nd. It was right on the tail of the #7 car before pitting. Guessing this will come down to who has mechanical or on track issues in the morning.

[MaraudingWalrus]

With regard to the current crop of prototypes being ugly, it's a matter of what you're used to. I only kinda sorta remember as far back as the mid-late 90s where the Porsche GT1, CLKGTR and McLaren FT GTR were basically road cars crushing it at LeMans.


The Audi and Bently LMPs of the early 2000s are what I remember most strongly, so the current crop of cars are just the final evolution of that body style and rules set, as a result, I love them. The Porsche 919 was an absolutely mental car, and it's a shame they or Audi weren't there to push Toyota this year.

Feel thrilled for Alonso to get this win, and can't wait to see him chase the Indy500.

I also am fully stoked for the new rule changes in 2020 that will seek to have the top level cars be more road cars.

[SoCal Al]

Best gear head movie ever? McQueen's LeMans!

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[tylercheung]

Originally Posted by MaraudingWalrus

With regard to the current crop of prototypes being ugly, it's a matter of what you're used to. I only kinda sorta remember as far back as the mid-late 90s where the Porsche GT1, CLKGTR and McLaren FT GTR were basically road cars crushing it at LeMans.


The Audi and Bently LMPs of the early 2000s are what I remember most strongly, so the current crop of cars are just the final evolution of that body style and rules set, as a result, I love them. The Porsche 919 was an absolutely mental car, and it's a shame they or Audi weren't there to push Toyota this year.

Feel thrilled for Alonso to get this win, and can't wait to see him chase the Indy500.

I also am fully stoked for the new rule changes in 2020 that will seek to have the top level cars be more road cars.

Huh?! I thought Audi and Porsche were mainstays?

That being said, Akio Toyoda is hungry for racing wins. And he has the R&D to get them...

[MaraudingWalrus]

Porsche withdrew from LMP competition last year, basically saying they want to focus on Formula E entry soon, which is similar to what Audi has done. They feel Formula E has more relevance right now to development of road vehicle technology.

I think the new rules package that's coming will certainly lure some manufactures back, given it's going to be a shift away from prototypes to more of a street car, albeit modified hyper cars.

Originally Posted by tylercheung

Huh?! I thought Audi and Porsche were mainstays?

That being said, Akio Toyoda is hungry for racing wins. And he has the R&D to get them...

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[denapista]

The BMW M8 was crushing! It had so much speed on the back straights. I love how it was flying by the other GTE cars, but Porsche wins! The 911 (991.2) car just has so much development and history.

I was watching the live feed on Velocity TV (Spectrum cable)