The vibration which they got yesterday is apparently costing the #20 three seconds per lap.
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The vibration which they got yesterday is apparently costing the #20 three seconds per lap.
#20 is slow! Seems like something's finally gone.. apparently the early pit stop before was caused by a slow deflation.
Engine problems..
The Porsche #20 is broken!
The luck of the Webber strikes again...
High stands, nose is off.. this will take a while.
Meanwhile, a lead change for P2.. seems the Oak Racing #35 Ligier's problems continue.
Seems to have power issues, doesn't have the straight line speed that the others do.
Webber's out of the car.. seems like the garage door will be down.
Yup, that's done it. Crap sarn it.
Now #14 Porsche has rather bad gearbox problems... and is going into the garage too. Hopefully it's able to be mended...
And Leib's out of the car. That's a big ol' nope for the Porsches, within a lap of each other in the end. A shame, but for a first year back in a while it was pretty positive really. Just need to work on the reliability now...
Indeed, for no proper 24h tests they were [I]quite reliable[/I].
Looks like a one-two for Audi, and win for Ferrari in GTE.
Oh god.
GTE-Am leading Aston just backed into garage.. hopefully something minor, they have a nice lead.
Edit: Yup, just using their buffer to make sure everything is good.
Looks like Porsche are going to try and get #14 around the track once more to be able to at least have one car 'finish'.
Toyota will score a podium with the crashed #8.
The Audis are already driving in formation for when they cross the finish line.
The #14 Porsche is out of the garage. At least they'll finish. Somewhat.
Toyota had a pretty damn good showing really.. #8 was in the pits for an hour (9 laps due to slow running in the rain) repairing the front end and otherwise has been bang on the pace. Just need to deconstruct the #7 and make any fixes that they can out of it.
Last lap!
[quote=pimento;1006576]Toyota had a pretty damn good showing really.. #8 was in the pits for an hour (9 laps due to slow running in the rain) repairing the front end and otherwise has been bang on the pace. Just need to deconstruct the #7 and make any fixes that they can out of it.[/quote]
They say you need three cars to win Le Mans: One which crashes, another which breaks down and a third one which wins if it is fast.
Toyota was lacking that third car.
I reckon that might be a thing.. explains vast Audi's success over the years.
Aaaaaaaaaand that's a wrap!
P1: #2 Audi
P2: #38 Zytek
GTE Pro: #51 Ferrari
GTE Am: #95 Aston
The 82nd 24h of Le Mans are over.
Congratulations to Audi for their one-two and congratulation to Ferrari too for having won... in GTE.
Audi got their win, 1 and 2.
Toyota at least got a pole position.
And Porsche had a strong showing. Nice job for a first year run.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sGAqowxDIY"]24h Le Mans 2014 Race Start - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZALL-eKEdE"]24h Le Mans 2014 Audi R18 #3 Toyota TS040 #8 Crash In Rain - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6VAB16bdWE"]24h Le Mans 2014 Audi Win - YouTube[/ame]
Le Mans in the 21st century: a bunch of cars drive around for 24 hours, then Audi wins.
[quote=Ferrer;1006483]Audis seem to be stopping earlier than Toyotas and Porsches.
Diesel not quite as frugal as it used to be?
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They have smaller tank...
Really too bad for Toyota. It sounds like the failed component is rather minor and the fix will take less than a few minutes if they can get the car back. But they can't. I really wish someone to take that sole Japanese winner thing away from Mazda...
Toyota really deserves a win. They've had a rotten 30 years of bad luck and great effort.
It's good news for Toyota, really, they just need to keep at it.. and field a third car.
The problem for Toyota is that this was the easiest year to win; Audis were rather slow and Porsches rather unreliable.
I don't know if they'll have that luck in 2015.
If I were any of the three I'd field 3 cars. Nissan will be there too next year.
Nissan has been rather bullish about their chances from their announcements, they think they can win by 2016, which at this day and age and the level of competition I think will be a hard ask...
I would agree. It has been very hard for anyone (including those spending big coin) to dislodge the incumbent Audi's. Assuming Audi, Toyota, and Porsche are still at it in 2016, Nissan will be the team with the you get program.
Small summary of the LMP1-H cars.
There's another small summary, courtesy of the world's orangiest website.
[url="http://sniffpetrol.com/2014/06/13/le-mans-2014-the-big-three/"]Le Mans 2014 Sniff Petrol[/url]
In all seriousness, Sniff is one of the few things that I read - of anything, anywhere - where I laugh aloud or chuckle or sometimes tear up laughing about.