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[nature boy]

Teaser: https://amp.twimg.com/v/6119f539-f407-42a5-afed-1793eb04fb3a

2015 Le Mans thread
- Highly recommended if you're new or want to learn the history of Le Mans. Would be a disservice to even try to copy/paste it.

2016 FIA WEC thread

Official Site: http://www.lemans.org/en/24-hours-of-le-mans/

http://www.fiawec.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FIAWEC (Seriously recommended)
https://twitter.com/24hoursoflemans
https://twitter.com/24hours_Live

Hashtag: LeMans24


Cars that have won Le Mans:

Track

Calendar

France is CET.
Changes between 2015 and 2016

Entry List & Spotter Guide

Spotter Guide:

Pdf Versions:

Spotter Guide:
http://www.lemans.org/explorer/pdf/...mans/spotter-guide-24-heures-du-mans-2016.pdf

Entry List:
http://www.lemans.org/explorer/pdf/...u-mans/entry-list-24-heures-du-mans-2016.pdf?

How to watch

On the Internet:

http://members.fiawec.com/ - paid streaming service

Porsche will have 24h of onboards: http://www.porsche.com/international/motorsportandevents/motorsport/worksracing/raceseries/fiawec/

Ford: TBD


Europe: Eurosport will cover the 24h on both Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2. Might vary by country which Eurosport carries the race at any given point.

US: Race will be covered by Fox Sports.

Live Timing: http://live.fiawec.com/

Additional Information:

http://www.motorsport.com/category/wec/

http://www.dailysportscar.com

http://www.sportscarone.com

LeMans Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wec/comments/4lvf42/everything_you_need_to_know_for_the_2016_24_hours/

 

[nature boy]

Test day videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3oNqP1mSoQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efnyOEpEG40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9AkPbxjwDY

 

[Busty]

Is Baku where Aslan comes from?

 

[Mobius 1]

Let's do this.

 

[itsgreen]

Cool! Will be my first visit

 

[DrM]

You can get also Eurosport player for streaming (also not free), only you will have to switch between E1 and E2. And if you will watch in on regular Eurosport, get ready for a commerical break every 10-15 minutes.

 

[Chiramii]

It's that wonderful time of the year! I'm really excited to watch this after what happened to the LMP1s at Spa.

 

[nature boy]

Is Baku where Aslan comes from?

It's a joke.

There's a Formula 1 race in Baku, Azerbaijan this weekend as well.

You can get also Eurosport player for streaming (also not free), only you will have to switch between E1 and E2. And if you will watch in on regular Eurosport, get ready for a commerical break every 10-15 minutes.

Didn't add Eurosport Player because the official FIA WEC is superior, why would anyone pay for Eurosport Player.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Is there any better time of year?

No, no there isn't.

 

[nature boy]

Pratice live now.

 

[Psychotext]

Sweet. Sadly I'll miss a lot of the race, but still, will watch what I can.

 

[Dilly]

I'm going camping there for the weekend, from friday evening to the end of the race on sunday.

Has anyone been, got some experiences to share? We're staying at the yellow camping zone.

 

[nature boy]

Red flag.

 

[dskillzhtown]

I watch every single year. About the only endurance race I watch, but I really enjoy it.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

It'll be awesome!

 

[dalin80]

Have booked a couple of days off work and getting my race survival pack ready!

Supporting Toyota for a shock win and Astons to beat the shenanigan filled Fords.

Edit- looks like an Audi is having some gremlins already, times are some 5/6s off lasts years qualy best so far.

Edit2- Another red flag.

Edit3- #8 Audi looks to be out for the day with technical issues, possibly the fancy front damper playing up. Still Red.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Ouch, #66 Ford GT is into the wall heading into Indianapolis. It's on its way back to the pits now, though.

Edit: The onboard has the audio from a 991 RSR, lol

 

[dalin80]

Ouch, #66 Ford GT is into the wall heading into Indianapolis. It's on its way back to the pits now, though.

Edit: The onboard has the audio from a 991 RSR, lol

Bag of sand got loose inside and caused the crash, driver is crawling back to make he doesn't set any purples.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Just saw the damage to the #6 Toyota.

Looks like Sarrazin dropped a wheel on the exit curbing out of Indy and ate the Armco.

 

[McNum]

Ouch at that thread title. I mean it's not exactly wrong, but still ouch.

A local channel has nearly all of the race here, so that'll probably be my main source, but they're interrupting it for a football match between two countries I don't really care about. Bad form TV2, bad form.

Ah well, I have to sleep at some point during the race. I guess I just got the early point picked for me unless there's a free stream for it online. But I don't think there is. The official one is pay, isn't it?

 

[DD]

Why is Negri Jr. as American in the spotters' guide and on the entry list?

 

[wowbaggerBR]

Why is Negri Jr. as American in the spotters' guide and on the entry list?

LOL, I didn't even noticed it since the guy made his career in the USA.

And 45 minutes to the first qualifying. Time to check the app in order to see what shenanigans they have in store for this year.

 

[dalin80]

1st Qualifying is about to start and with the weather looking shaky it's going to be a busy start.

 

[Watevaman]

Tried to buy the official stream pass last year but it wouldn't let me. I'll try again this year but if it doesn't go through I'll have to rely on the r/WEC channel or whatever like I have in the past.

 

[dalin80]

Tried to buy the official stream pass last year but it wouldn't let me. I'll try again this year but if it doesn't go through I'll have to rely on the r/WEC channel or whatever like I have in the past.

There's also the IRQ channel through r/WEC

Eurosport have coverage and I'm sure some dodgy sites with lots of pop ups may have something.

Also as always fire up radiolemans.

 

[nature boy]

1st Qualifying is about to start and with the weather looking shaky it's going to be a busy start.

Yeah, want to see how close to the 3:16 of last year they can get.

 

[dalin80]

Yeah, want to see how close to the 3:16 of last year they can get.

With the 1000bhp limit, slightly greasy track and hefty traffic? I'm thinking mid 3:18's tonight.

3:20.7 for Toyotas first stab, I'm impressed.

 

[nature boy]

3:19 for Porsche #2 with traffic.

WOW

P.S.: Watching a LMP1 through the Porsche Curves never ceases to amazing me. So beautiful.

 

[dalin80]

Fast LMP1's, Sliding LMP2's, nigh on 50 cars on track, dampness and slowzones.

Not bad for the first 15 mins of the first session.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Given tomorrow's forecast for rain, tonight's session might be the only one where we see some fast laps.

Ford with a 3:51, goddamn. Way to play the BoP game, brehs.

Edit: 488 is right there, though. 50 years later and it's Ford v Ferrari again. How appropriate.

 

[FStop7]

Baby Prost, Heidfeld, and Piquet Jr. all in the same car? Yikes.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Red flag.

Probably triggered by the beached Risi Ferrari.

 

[dalin80]

Green again! Shame the red flag was so long considering the car that caused it was already safely back in it's pitbox.

 

[nature boy]

Magnussen :\

Oh it wasn't Magnussen.

 

[dalin80]

I don't think that LMP2 had a steering column fitted, or someone played the old PlayStation prank of changing the controller port.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Magnussen :\

Oh it wasn't Magnussen.

I stepped out for a moment and just saw this.

Le Mans certainly hasn't been kind to Mags' car lately.

Edit: #5 Toyota stopped on the Mulsanne. The fuck is with the P1s this year?

 

[nature boy]

I stepped out for a moment and just saw this.

Le Mans certainly hasn't been kind to Mags' car lately.

Edit: #5 Toyota stopped on the Mulsanne. The fuck is with the P1s this year?

Pushing the limits.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Pushing the limits.

No doubt.

Between the limit on hybrid boost at Le Mans this year and the reduction in fuel flow, something had to give.

 

[nature boy]

So many yellows/ slow zones.

 

[LoveCake]

Looking forward to a good race this weekend,

 

[nature boy]

The Ford vs Ferrari battle is going to be intense.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

Dumbreck and the other guy aren't prime for something like this. I can't understand why Hindhaugh can't commentate this race since he does so in all the other WEC's races.

 

[dalin80]

Dumbreck and the other guy aren't prime for something like this. I can't understand why Hindhaugh can't commentate this race since he does so in all the other WEC's races.

He does RadioLemans proper for this race instead of the official coverage.

And as expected by absolutely everyone who has ever seen a car before Ford made a joke of the BoP and are set to kerb-stomp. I'm sure the ACO will react to this quickly and give them yet another weight reduction.

 

[Silver Arrows]

Over under on how many Ferrari's wreck this year? I put it at under 2.

Edit: one down already lol

 

[Lender]

Best time of the year this.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

RLM crew was noting that the ACO can still enact BoP adjustments prior to the race; the Ford GTs are running just a handful of seconds behind the GT1 monsters from back in the day, and leaving the rest of the class for dead, (save for the Ferrari 488s), so I can't see them doing too much to disrupt that historic rivalry.

 

[Silver Arrows]

RLM crew was noting that the ACO can still enact BoP adjustments prior to the race; the Ford GTs are running just a handful of seconds behind the GT1 monsters from back in the day, and leaving the rest of the class for dead, (save for the Ferrari 488s), so I can't see them doing too much to disrupt that historic rivalry.

Holy shit the Ford's are approaching that territory?

Good god this will be a massacre in GT.

 

[DD]

LOL, I didn't even noticed it since the guy made his career in the USA.

And 45 minutes to the first qualifying. Time to check the app in order to see what shenanigans they have in store for this year.

*shakes fist*
TRAITOOORRR!!!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Holy shit the Ford's are approaching that territory?

Good god this will be a massacre in GT.

Sounds crazy, I know. The best of the GTs ran a 3:51.1, not even 4 seconds off the GT1 pole from '08.

 

[Silver Arrows]

Sounds crazy, I know. The best of the GTs ran a 3:51.1, not even 4 seconds off the GT1 pole from '08.

Ford wants that win bad.