24 Hours of Le Mans Thread #8: Spin up the caffeine machine Edition

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

Entry List:
lemans.org/explorer/pdf/courses/2016/24-heures-du-mans/entry-list-24-heures-du-mans-2016.pdf

Qualifying Results:
lemans.org/explorer/pdf/courses/2016/24-heures-du-mans/classification/24-heures-du-mans-2016-qualifying-practice_combined.pdf

RLM Studio Cam:
youtube.com/watch?v=S2Z3GcLEExM

Live Timing:
live.fiawec.com/

Streams:
ustream.tv/channel/SPG5XyXq3pc
youu.mooo.com/wl/wat-live.html
youtube.com/watch?v=vSZFFj14zc4
ustream.tv/channel/BeWHrdN93PS
ustream.tv/channel/wat-live1/pop-out
ustream.tv/embed/18270787


Onboard Cameras:
>Ford
youtube.com/watch?v=hq8Slcs84Ic
>Porsche
porsche.com/international/motorsportandevents/motorsport/worksracing/raceseries/fiawec/livestreaming/
>Audi
audi-motorsport.com/de/en/wec/events/le_mans_race.html

First for Ferd retiring

who gonna choke first in pro?

first for cara

Fourth for Ferrari killing Ferd

Ford Boyz where we at

Ferd 4 lyfe

>1 second gap in GT
dang the commentators were right when they said le mans has turned into a 24 hour sprint race

Fifth for Aston Martin win

the absolute madmen

...

can't wake up

HAPPENING

>Ferrari does something stupid
>wipes out both cars

3:5 odds.

How have the stints been going for the 68? Is Seabass gonna have a chance to run anchor?

I've been rooting for him the whole time.

Literally not gay

Better racing here 19:30 into the race than there is 5 minutes into an F1 GP

Joey "hand of god" hand

gone

Guys I wanna finish but damn I'm tired. What if I miss out on the memes?

FORD
O
R
D

Forgot pic

TCR race 1 in 2 hours, too.

Ford had 2 more pistops and a penalty right, why are they so fast

YES

this is why i stopped wathcing f1

take a 40 min nap
that ferrari knows what's coming
the ford is not happy

Is that his wife or daughter?

USA USA USA

LolBOP

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why aren't the corvettes competitive this year?

Sandbagging.

Driest "wet race" in history?

Because fwd gtr isn't there

Crashed out.

Had some steep walls to overcome.

They tried to turn, then they turned too much

fuuuuuck so tired

may take an eye shutter
inb4 can't wake up

50th anniversary of ford-ferrari battle. Everyone else is irrelevant. ACO BoP'd those two, and ford got the better end.

rip #48

why is the porsch ahead now?
dnw

Why would Ferrari take Hulkenberg

kek

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Eat something. Go make some eggs.

Don't do it burger.
We are so close

>Porsches shit themselves
>Go to bed
>Wake up
>Porsche in 1st place
wtf is happening?

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10 hours of sleep done. Going to watch the 24h, F1, cycling and football today, comfy and well rested. Will probably go for a 100km+ bicycleride tonight to finish off the day and sleep like a baby again.

Get on my level sleepless faggots, I bet you will just nod off somewhere soon and miss things.

>why aren't the corvettes competitive this year?

They got shat on with the BOP this year.

its faster

1st/2nd/3rd have been volatile all night

Meme magic

Endurance racing.

i feel it
considering another cup of coffee

>miss things.
like 10 hours of race?

forgive me for asking as I'm new to this, but what does bop mean

Wrong Yoda had the pace in the night, so #5 and #2 caught up to/passed #6

Which will happen first.
>FORD
or
>FERRARI
?

Balance of Performance/Power

Heard that too, guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Perez is a better bet if they're picking from the back.

This will happen to Ford

Balance of Performance. It does what it means pretty much.

nerfing/buffing

AUDI DED

>They got shat on


all the cars around them were nerfed though

>audi

Boy of Pussi

MUST RESIST

4:20

>Audi
>German Engineering

FORD

FORD

FORD

FORD

Why's he going so slow?
What is he smoking?

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Balance of Performance.

The officials will handicap the performance of the cars so they all have a fair chance against each other in the interest of parity.

Problem is that it's hard to get right and some teams sandbag before BOP is finalized for the race. This is evident if you have one car running away with it or lagging behind really bad.

I made some eggs and sausages a couple hours ago. I might make a PB&J soon. Shit will wake you up. But know there is no such thing as a nap if you've been up for this long.

ferrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd

The more Le Mans I watch, the more I understand why no car manufacturers enter F1 anymore. I'm not new to either, it's just every year when I watch this race I realise what a farce F1 has become

The astons and Corvettes got the worst of it.

>KK

I'll smoke some good ol' methamphetamine

>He's not pulling away
FUGG

how many friggin frontcovers do they have?

I'm pretty sure F1 would be dead without Bernie's devil magic keeping money in the sport somehow

Is even Le Mans a profitable venture for any single team

>Audi will not have won LM24 for 2 years straight.

Is the dynasty over?

They have a 3D printer in the garage pumping them out every hour

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN

Yeah

Would be cool if the biggest manufactures in F1, swithed to WEC.

That would show FIA that their rules neauter the sport

Glad they've kept the "highlights" away from most of the broadcast, but it's not like there's much they could be showing that wouldn't be more filler like this.

Absolutely, I'm surprised that any non-oil-state-funded Grand Prix still exist. If I owned a Grade 1 track I'd not waste money getting F1 there

or it could be changed if he wasnt there anymore, who knows

anywaym first three in 20 seconds, all of my what

One for every Ferrari on the starting grid

I came

The profiteers make money. The factory teams burn money for racing creds and bragging rights.

My Yurosport stream is lagging pretty badly.

Any other streams?

its 1.2 secs now

>if I owned a track I'd waste money having it be grade 1 then not use it for the only reason to be grade 1
You seem like a smart manager

No form of racing is a directly profitable venture.

>Is running a motorsport team profitable?

No.

Successful teams make their money from sponsorships and factory support if they're a factory team. The purse for winning/doing well is meager by comparison.