Le Mans Le Mans and the WEC

[RasputinLives]

(safety car means I've caught up)

 

[Galahad]

Barrier repairs could take a while by the looks of it.

 

[Greenlantern101]

SC in this lap. almost 50mins of SC. Makes F1 SC seem short.

 

[Incubus]

I've got my brioche, steak-frites and chablis in for the weekend.

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Galahad Shouldn't that be the local stuff instead?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rillettes

 

[Galahad]

Not sure my local supermarket will oblige me on that! Sounds worth a try though.

Problems for 7?

 

[Incubus]

Last time I went the food stalls were preparing it on the spot. Can't say I ever had them but they gave off a rather appetising smell.

Anyway back to the race...

 

[Galahad]

So the SC has complicated matters, but if the Toyotas can run 2 laps longer on a full tank, Audi will need to be 1.5s/lap faster than them on average in order to make up for the additional pitstops.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Think Davidson is having fun out there!?!?!?!

Can't even believe he thought about going for that gap!

 

[Galahad]

He's quick but he worries me sometimes!

 

[RasputinLives]

I'm hoping Davidson doesn't win purely because we'd never hear the end of him bragging about it on the F1 coverage but I would like to see a Toyota beat the Audi's so I'm hoping Lapierre and the 7 car jumps to the front on strategy.

 

[Galahad]

Kiss of death!

 

[RasputinLives]

Cursed that didn't I?

 

[Galahad]

This has been a hugely impressive stint from Lotterer. Really put McNish and di Grassi in the shade.

 

[sobriety]

Just announced on eurosport that the aston martin driver who crwshed has died

 

[Fenderman]

Aston Martin LM GTE Am driver Allan Simonsen has died following his crash earlier today. My sympathies to his family and friends. RIP Allan.

 

[Galahad]

Dreadful news. Condolences to Allan's family, friends and my heart goes out to everyone at Prodrive too.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Just awful. Dark day at Le Mans.

 

[RasputinLives]

Crash looked nasty right from the start. Oliver Gavin who was right behind him at the time said it looked like he hit the trees.

RIP Allan Simonsen.

 

[Galahad]

Audi restore their 1-2-3 despite having made an extra pitstop compared to the Toyotas with all three cars. Ominous.

Meanwhile Fred Makowiecki living up to his reputation!

 

[racecub]

Very sad news. Reports after the crash were that he was conscious and talking to doctors.