2018 Le Mans 24 hours

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Because this week deserves its own topic...

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I hear Alonso and Button are racing :roll:
I'm looking forward to the GTE Pro battle, should be a real good one
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Yeah, that wee Porker.. sure looks the biz.. esp' in its classic (faux/P.C.- busting) 'Rothmans' livery..
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ByKolles 2017/2018 car has some unique details.

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The M8 looks amazing.

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And has unique take on the diffusor allowance:

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488 GTE Evo

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2018 911 RSR

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Le Mans spec:

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The hype is real guys!
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I looked at the top image an immediately thought they were testing a section of track ready for the electric cars
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Big Fred 3 secs down on his teammate - although I understand times of day/temps/traffic played a part in that (didn’t see it).

https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/ ... e-1045985/

In a way it’s interesting how this part of the triple crown works, since you can benefit hugely from the other guys driving; it was harder for Hulk because there was at least some competition then, but I seem to remember he wasn’t generally the quickest of the drivers in the winning car (all of whom are full-time sportscar drivers, so understandable, just saying).

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f1316 wrote:
14 Jun 2018, 12:09
Big Fred 3 secs down on his teammate - although I understand times of day/temps/traffic played a part in that (didn’t see it).

https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/ ... e-1045985/

In a way it’s interesting how this part of the triple crown works, since you can benefit hugely from the other guys driving; it was harder for Hulk because there was at least some competition then, but I seem to remember he wasn’t generally the quickest of the drivers in the winning car (all of whom are full-time sportscar drivers, so understandable, just saying).
He was so shocked by the proper tyres in P1 he couldn't concentrate :lol:

Toyota should win this at a walking pace, their problem in the past has been reliability - Nakajima a couple of years back springs to mind. Not having the competition should improve the reliability some.
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jjn9128 wrote:
14 Jun 2018, 12:43
f1316 wrote:
14 Jun 2018, 12:09
Big Fred 3 secs down on his teammate - although I understand times of day/temps/traffic played a part in that (didn’t see it).

https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/ ... e-1045985/

In a way it’s interesting how this part of the triple crown works, since you can benefit hugely from the other guys driving; it was harder for Hulk because there was at least some competition then, but I seem to remember he wasn’t generally the quickest of the drivers in the winning car (all of whom are full-time sportscar drivers, so understandable, just saying).
He was so shocked by the proper tyres in P1 he couldn't concentrate :lol:

Toyota should win this at a walking pace, their problem in the past has been reliability - Nakajima a couple of years back springs to mind. Not having the competition should improve the reliability some.
That, and over confidence. Remember how Davidson turned into a 488 while leading the race? (think it was 2 years ago)
To finish first, you first have to finish...

EDIT: Nevermind. The crash wasn't his fault, and it was in 2012. Brain got a few wires wrong :mrgreen:

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For those having trouble finding the broadcast of Le Mans, as I did, it's going to broadcast in it's entirety on Velocity channel. That's 663 on my Xfinity carrier
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So, that's a pole position for Fernando Alonso :mrgreen:
Thanks to Kazuki Nakajima, who did the two fastest laps with the Toyota #8. Both of which were good enough for pole.

https://twitter.com/Toyota_Hybrid/statu ... 2277110784

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