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[vitacola]

Aston Martin won't withdraw the remaining cars, because Simonsen's family expressed the wish that the other cars should finish the race.

 

[Spades]

Also, NASCAR Nationwide is running at Road America. Qualies are on.

Looking forward to Sonoma tomorrow myself - my man JV is racing!

 

[Chris R]

Fucking hell :| Wake up to news like this? Ugh

 

[Milchjon]

Formula 1 has been quite effective at making me forget that race car drivers can actually die.

RIP

 

[Lucius86]

Terrible news. Heart goes out to his friends and family. At least he went doing something he loved - not all of us will have that pleasure.

RIP.

 

[Shaneus]

Oh man, I've been watching it on and off and I heard about the accident (saw the yellow flag) but had no idea it resulted in a fatality. Poor bugger, but to echo everyone else here, he died doing what he loved.

Rev In Peace, Simonsen

 

[AcridMeat]

Just saw the news, sad. RIP

I won't be watching until much later in the day, there must be a dark cloud hanging overhead the rest of this race.

 

[Ark]

Anyone have a link to a Eurosport stream? Can't seem to find any

 

[Sethos]

I'm going batshit. Watching Eurosport HD and the Danish commentators or rather, one of them sounds like he's 14 and the shit he says is so ... Annoying. He keeps going "Uhhh" because he doesn't know how to finish the shit he started.

 

[vitacola]

Anyone have a link to a Eurosport stream? Can't seem to find any

German Eurosport stream: http://www.eurosportplayer.de/tv.shtml
(You'll need Silverlight)

English official LeMans stream: http://www.24h-lemans.com/live/en/

 

[Elfforkusu]

Awful. Do we know what the cause of death was?

 

[Hackbert]

oh wow, what shocking news to come home to. RIP Simonsen....

 

[waypoetic]

Why was the safety car on? I just sat down

 

[vitacola]

Why was the safety car on? I just sat down

An LMP2 had a tire defect (I think it was a Nissan) and lost some parts of its back.

 

[TCRS]

Fuck me I didn't realised someone died (not really listening to the commentary). RIP

I was about to say that I'm loving this, so much action, such beautiful cars, but now...

 

[DrM]

Pure insanity after SC went in

Why was the safety car on? I just sat down

First: Bodywork on the track due to tire explosion

Second (or I should say recent) due to large piece of bodywork down on Moulssane

 

[Ark]

German Eurosport stream: http://www.eurosportplayer.de/tv.shtml
(You'll need Silverlight)

English official LeMans stream: http://www.24h-lemans.com/live/en/

I've been watching the official English stream, it's awful though. Stuck listening to radio Le Mans without a decent, synced video stream at the moment

Thanks though.

 

[waypoetic]

Pure insanity after SC went in


First: Bodywork on the track due to tire explosion

Second (or I should say recent) due to large piece of bodywork down on Moulssane

Ah, ok! Thanks

 

[vitacola]

Pure insanity after SC went in

It was pure insanity how the first SC went back into box ...

 

[vitacola]

I've been watching the official English stream, it's awful though. Stuck listening to radio Le Mans without a decent, synced video stream at the moment

Thanks though.

You should try www.eurosportplayer.com maybe they'll provide an English stream there.

EDIT:
Sorry for double post.

 

[DrM]

It was pure insanity how the first SC went back into box ...

Yeah, over the grass and almost taking Corvette on pit lane drive in

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Great battle between Senna and Lietz for 2nd in GTE Pro. As disappointed as I am to see the Corvettes struggling, I'm glad to see the factory Porsches running strong and battling up front.

I can't wait to see them come out swinging next year in LMP1.

 

[Hackbert]

ark you got mail. was the track wet yet? Seems very dry

 

[Addnan]

They don't show enough on-board footage.

 

[Hackbert]

They don't show enough on-board footage.

http://live.fiawec.com/ this let´s you choose between different cars on board

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Sad to hear about the news coming out of Lemans.

 

[Chris R]

Sonoma qualifying is kinda cool, would be better if they could get the group count down by one though by splitting those cars into other groups.

 

[Addnan]

http://live.fiawec.com/ this let´s you choose between different cars on board

Thanks, but is there no sound onboard? I wanted to listen to the cars

 

[vitacola]

Great battle between Senna and Lietz for 2nd in GTE Pro. As disappointed as I am to see the Corvettes struggling, I'm glad to see the factory Porsches running strong and battling up front.

I can't wait to see them come out swinging next year in LMP1.

I think it's interesting that the VW group will have a second daughter in the same class. I don't know exactly how independent the single companies (especially Porsche) are regarding their motorsports department though.

ark you got mail. was the track wet yet? Seems very dry

It was raining on some spots of the track in the first hours of the race, but nobody changed to real rain tires.

 

[Hackbert]

Thanks, but is there no sound onboard? I wanted to listen to the cars

mh yeah thats true. but the corvette has definitively sound. channel 6/7 was it. What happened with Durantes plan to make an official thread?

 

[TylerD]

Toyota going slowly before the break on Eurosport.

 

[waypoetic]

You have to pay to watch the Eurosport-stream. Meh, i'm sticking to 24-lemans.com.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I think it's interesting that the VW group will have a second daughter in the same class. I don't know exactly how independent the single companies (especially Porsche) are regarding their motorsports department though.

I find it amusing that Porsche's "2014: Our Return" banner is directly across from Audi's 3 garages on pit lane.

Getting a head start on those mind games, it seems.

 

[Hackbert]

i am not sure, but i think every VW daughter is very independent in the matter of the racing program, given their distinctive racing pedigrees
waypoetic you also got mail

edit : woah.. look at that Porsche/Aston/Corvette battle in the GTPRo class... and than the R18 drives zig zag between them.. nice pictures

 

[Hackbert]

where is everyone ^^. wow, tyre defect right after the pit in lemans seems really timeconsuming.

 

[TylerD]

where is everyone ^^. wow, tyre defect right after the pit in lemans seems really timeconsuming.

He got rid of the carcass very quickly and looks to be making good time only having 3 wheels on the wagon.

 

[vitacola]

Woah, Audi's streak of bad luck

 

[TylerD]

Toyota going to be sitting in podium positions.

 

[vitacola]

Well, Toyota will have some problems too.

Still, I love how the Audi's switch on their head lights <3

 

[blanky]

Maybe toyota is laying back? I'm not convinced they've been pushing it very hard. And if they can keep running like that it may help them win. I'm sure that they just really want to finish compared to last year.

 

[TylerD]

Andre Lotterer is going to be wringing the neck of that #1 when it gets back out. Wow, major issue.

 

[Hackbert]

lol...shake dat car.. shake it hard.... engine switch? and yeah, we are just 1/3 into the race.. that will be great to watch. i for one would enjoy seeing a Toyota on the podium.

and kinda weird seeing Brunno Senna racing... but he seems like a chilled racer. Saw him race for Fifth Gear and was impressed.

 

[Deadman]

Ha, that jump

 

[TylerD]

Audi streams here: They have the cam on the #1 off for now but it should be a good watch.

http://www.audi-motorsport.com/de/en/explore/events/24-hours-le-mans.html

 

[modulaire]

crankshaft sensor is the broken piece in the Audi according to Eurosport Germany

 

[Hackbert]

Audi streams here: They have the cam on the #1 off for now but it should be a good watch.

http://www.audi-motorsport.com/de/en/explore/events/24-hours-le-mans.html

very cool. mhh car nr.1 will not likely be nr.1 next year....

 

[blanky]

I've turned the commentators off and just listening to the engine noises while it's getting darker, especially when it's inside a car. I love this race so much.

 

[Psychotext]

Just heard about the Aston Martin driver dying. Fuck. =/

I was just telling my nephew how much safer the cars are these days.

 

[Hackbert]

seems it started to rain on some part of the track..

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Just got caught up with the #1 Audi's trouble. It's a shame to see those guys get taken out of the running like this.

I've always pulled for Kristensen and McNish, though, and while it's obviously way too early to make any predictions, it'd be great to see those guys on top again.