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[Silver Arrows]

Radio Le Mans is a god send.

 

[dalin80]

Radio Le Mans is a god send.

It has played a massive role in making endurance racing accessible to so many and a large reason why the theme of the sport is very pro social media and interaction IMHO. Compare it to sports like f1 who refuse to admit viewers exist and have valid opinions and it's easy to see why endurance is becoming more popular.

On the other hand rlm is quite cliché heavy and needs to realise that they don't need to keep advertising the sport to people who are already listening.

 

[NoFaceNico]

Regarding Hola you might want to read this, I would recommend using another VPN service. Unblock-Us seems to support the Eurosport Player, and they have a 7 day free trial so if it's just for watching Le Mans you don't need to pay anything.

Wow. Thanks for the head's up. I'll probably use it anyways. Now that they've been exposed I'd like to think they're no longer doing this. I'll only be using it for the race and booking flights here and there anyways.

Amazing how small and low the lmp1 cars are, I've never seen one in person but they look tiny.

They do play tricks on your eyes because their proportions are all out of whack. But there's a trick I use that corrects it in my head: Just look at them and remind yourself that the body is only sitting about 2 inches off the ground. I think that's where it messes you up because your brain thinks they're just as high off the ground as your own car. After you remind yourself about that they all look like their proper size.

 

[DD]

@Endurance_World

So we've seen plenty of Honda people around.. Is Honda the new LMP1 manufacture?



LOL?

 

[DrM]

There is just one major question. How many LMP1 cars will be taken out by reckless Ferrari 458 drivers

 

[dalin80]

@Endurance_World

So we've seen plenty of Honda people around.. Is Honda the new LMP1 manufacture?



LOL?

'Has anyone got a spare engine that can do a race distance? Anyone?....please?'

 

[DD]

'Has anyone got a spare engine that can do a race distance? Anyone?....please?'

Bwahaha!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

@Endurance_World

So we've seen plenty of Honda people around.. Is Honda the new LMP1 manufacture?



LOL?

It's doubtful that they'll compete in both F1 and the WEC.

And with BMW downplaying rumours of their return, the intrigue continues.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119395

There is just one major question. How many LMP1 cars will be taken out by reckless Ferrari 458 drivers

One at least for the sake of tradition.

 

[dalin80]

There is just one major question. How many LMP1 cars will be taken out by reckless Ferrari 458 drivers

Considering 458 poor driving is now such a feature of sports car racing that it has had it's own drinking game going for several years the chances are high. Very high.

 

[NoFaceNico]

There is just one major question. How many LMP1 cars will be taken out by reckless Ferrari 458 drivers

I've got my own nickname for them! I call them "Red Shells"

It's the AF Corsa Ferrari's. It's ALWAYS the AF Corsa Ferrari's. That is the will of it.



EDIT:

Considering 458 poor driving is now such a feature of sports car racing that it has had it's own drinking game going for several years the chances are high. Very high.

There aren't a lot of Le Mans fans here in the US but I had one friend who was a car guy and would come watch a few hours with me before he moved. I invented a drinking game called "Snatch Tractor" after I found out that's what they call those pieces of heavy equipment that extract cars from the gravel pits.

Whenever a snatch tractor arrives on the scene you yell "snatch tractor!" and take a shot. I think I just wanted to get piss drunk. And I like saying snatch tractor.

 

[Dilly]

Yeah, I don't think Honda would combine WEC with F1 either. However, it would be interesting for them to have space to develop their hybrid system for their LMP and let that trickle down to the F1 engine.

Or are they really that different?

 

[Psychotext]

Mmm... snatch tractor.

 

[Silver Arrows]

It has played a massive role in making endurance racing accessible to so many and a large reason why the theme of the sport is very pro social media and interaction IMHO. Compare it to sports like f1 who refuse to admit viewers exist and have valid opinions and it's easy to see why endurance is becoming more popular.

On the other hand rlm is quite cliché heavy and needs to realise that they don't need to keep advertising the sport to people who are already listening.

Still, it works. And considering that SPEED is dead in the US, and I doubt either Sportsnet or TSN is going to show it in Canada, it's going to be my main source for news alongside Twitter.

 

[NoFaceNico]

How do you guys watch the race?

Over here in the US I usually have a muted video feed of Eurosport running, mixed with the audio from RadioLeMans and the leaderboard from the official site. Sometimes, like in the Peugeot years I'd have the official team coverage running in a smaller window.

Oh, and if your response includes something along the lines of "I watch the race with my own two eyes" ....

 

[Edmond Dantès]

How do you guys watch the race?

Over here in the US I usually have a muted video feed of Eurosport running, mixed with the audio from RadioLeMans and the leaderboard from the official site. Sometimes, like in the Peugeot years I'd have the official team coverage running in a smaller window.

Oh, and if your response includes something along the lines of "I watch the race with my own two eyes" ....

Eurosport coverage with Radio Le Mans commentary when watching from home.

Radio Le Mans, the various big screens and either the Sommer or Lagache grandstands when attending. Never T34 which in the summer heat is hellish.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Eurosport whenever Martin Haven is commentating, Radio Le Mans whenever John Hindaugh is commentating.

 

[dalin80]

Toyota say that they have carried out some tweaks to make up the 4s gap that was seen in the first tests so will be interesting to see if that's worked out for them. The WEC is looking a two horse race at the moment.

 

[Spookie]

Anyone else watching practice today? It's dead in the office today and I'm watching Eurosport. God bless working for an ISP!

 

[dalin80]

Stuck at work

May get home in time to catch a bit, have already told friends and family that if they disturb me this weekend I will stab them in the eye.

Just have to do my nibbles shop now!

 

[Psychotext]

So is this Eurosport online subscription thing worth having? Seems cheap enough.

I heard someone say something about no adverts during the race. Is that this?

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

As it's TT weekend i'll have Eurosport on TV with Radio Le Mans or Isle of Man Radio depending on which i'm more interested in at the time. My Autosport Housemate is away this weekend so it will just be me sat in the living room with games on the Wii U gamepad and the TV/Radio on all weekend.

I love it when we had a full 3 days of autosport one year when the MotoGP, an Endurance race, Touring Cars & Superbikes all ran on the same weekend. Honestly it was 72 hours of constant engine noise from our house. Glorious!

I'm on the lookout for other options too but Eurosport and radio seem my best bet.

 

[Jezbollah]

Oh god I <3 Eurosport. Loving the opening practice coverage quality.

 

[Spookie]

Oh god I <3 Eurosport. Loving the opening practice coverage quality.

The banter on this stream is getting me funny looks in work I keep laughing out loud.

 

[Interferon]

Porsches already doing 3:22 laps on damp track

EDIT Webber just clocked 3:21.7

 

[nature boy]

So is this Eurosport online subscription thing worth having? Seems cheap enough.

I heard someone say something about no adverts during the race. Is that this?

Dunno about Eurosport Player, but Eurosport 1 and 2 have adverts (pointless adverts in Eurosport 2 as I type this).

 

[Roude Leiw]

Dunno about Eurosport Player, but Eurosport 1 and 2 have adverts (pointless adverts in Eurosport 2 as I type this).

i just bought Eurosportplayer for 6.99€.

It has Eurosport 1 and 2 (has commentaries and ads) and a live feed without commentaries with no ads.

 

[Mastah]

Nissans doing 3:40s, that's, ehm, less bad than before.

 

[Spookie]

Well looks like we've got our first couple of casulties (car wise!). :/

 

[dalin80]

Ugh, get home in time to watch barrier repair, this is going to be red flagged for a while yet. Barrier repair is something that needs serious revising it happens constantly and takes hours every time.

 

[nature boy]

Up and running in 5 minutes.

 

[DD]

Gzuz, Nissan is taking 10 seconds per lap. =/

 

[navanman]

Autosport confirming that Nissan energy 2MJ isn't working so they being forced to carry around all the KERS gear.

20 seconds off, hard to guess which is KERS deficit or car.

 

[dalin80]

And a 458 is already trying to reignite my alcoholism.

If nothing else the Nissans will make for an interesting race, silly fast down the straights and then hounded by LMP2's around the corners.

 

[markao]

There is a new thread, that explains the quietness in the old one

Great OP, will read more in between the breaks and the weather for the upcoming days might make this year even more exiting. And I should start a drinking game for every time they mention Nissan.

 

[nature boy]

i just bought Eurosportplayer for 6.99€.

It has Eurosport 1 and 2 (has commentaries and ads) and a live feed without commentaries with no ads.

Yeah thought about buying Eurosport player, but Eurosport 2 will only have 1 hour out of the 24, so it's not worth it for those with Eurosport.


Hope it's not raining for qualifying, want to see a proper battle.

 

[Spookie]

Yeah thought about buying Eurosport player, but Eurosport 2 will only have 1 hour out of the 24, so it's not worth it for those with Eurosport.

Eurosport is showing the full 24 hours on Virgin in the UK. Do you not get that with the app? :s

 

[Dilly]

What's the weatherforecast for the race?

 

[Spookie]

What's the weatherforecast for the race?

Dry Saturday and raining Sunday.

 

[Dilly]

Dry Saturday and raining Sunday.

Bueno

 

[nature boy]

Eurosport is showing the full 24 hours on Virgin in the UK. Do you not get that with the app? :s

Nop, not in the UK :/. Info on Le Mans site says 2 blocks of 30 minutes on Eurosport 2.

What's the weatherforecast for the race?

Commentators saying rain Saturday evening.

 

[Jezbollah]

The fastest lap of this session is already .6 faster than last year's pole time.

 

[RukusProvider]

I wonder if Nissan will 1. Finish the race 2. Beat the first place LMP2 car

My guess retirement before 10hours. Disaster.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I still don't think it matters what Nissan do this year. They won't win, they're gimped without the recovery system working and so this is just a test session ahead of next year.

 

[Spookie]

Nop, not in the UK :/. Info on Le Mans site says 2 blocks of 30 minutes on Eurosport 2.

Well that's bollocks. You should move to the UK! We get most motorsports in HD on the cheaper sports channels!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

It sounds like the first qualifying session tonight will be our best chance to see what the P1s can really do in terms of lap time before weather becomes a factor in the later sessions. 3:15 seems overly optimistic to me, but the 908's record of 3:18 and change should be within reach.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Marking out watching Chilton driving in a Nissan at Le Mans.

 

[nature boy]

I seriously doubt the GT-R LMP1 will ever be a threat to Audi or Porsche.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Eurosport is showing the full 24 hours on Virgin in the UK. Do you not get that with the app? :s

Eurosport NL does the same. Love it that I will getting Le Mans whenever I want.

 

[dalin80]

Well the nissans went from 40s off pace to 20... That's good?

Well they are nicely in the lead of the LMP2 class.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

What a lovely evening for Le Mans.