2018 Le Mans 24 hours

[Steven]

Because this week deserves its own topic...

[bdr529]

I hear Alonso and Button are racing
I'm looking forward to the GTE Pro battle, should be a real good one

[J.A.W.]

Yeah, that wee Porker.. sure looks the biz.. esp' in its classic (faux/P.C.- busting) 'Rothmans' livery..

[roon]

ByKolles 2017/2018 car has some unique details.

[roon]

The M8 looks amazing.







And has unique take on the diffusor allowance:

[roon]

488 GTE Evo

[roon]

2018 911 RSR









Le Mans spec:

[turbof1]

The hype is real guys!

[FrukostScones]

[Big Tea]

488 GTE Evo

https://i.imgur.com/JsZ9zEO.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/43/2e/71 ... f3adf9.jpg

I looked at the top image an immediately thought they were testing a section of track ready for the electric cars

[f1316]

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).

[jjn9128]

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

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.

[Steven]

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

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

[strad]

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

[Steven]

So, that's a pole position for Fernando Alonso
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