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[Spaceman Spiff]

It always rains at Le Mans, after all.

The start will be under the safety car

 

[Juicy Bob]

I look forward to this.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

How can I watch, how can I watch?

Thanks in advance

 

[Roude Leiw]

How can I watch, how can I watch?

Thanks in advance

online on the wec site or through the app. its between 10 and 12€.

 

[DrM]

Start under SC is the only logical way, it is damp as hell on some parts of the track

How can I watch, how can I watch?

Thanks in advance

Or if you have Eurosport on your TV

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Start under SC is the only logical way, it is damp as hell on some parts of the track



Or if you have Eurosport on your TV

No I don't

 

[Tempy]

Nice and wet start~

 

[DrM]

Nice and wet start~

Rain level 2, going into 3, if it reaches level 4, race will be red flagged

5 minutes!

 

[dalin80]

Problems for the byKolles and one of the Fords already! Still a few minutes until start.

 

[Mobius 1]

The Ford GT livery is so crass. They could've done a better job on that.

So there is the possibility of red flagging the race if the rain increases... that'd be something.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Five minutes to go and the #67 Ford is in the garage...

 

[akileese]

No I don't

If you're in the US you can watch it on fox sports or fox sports go. Also a lot of the teams have on board streams. WEC sells a 10 euro stream for the race or 30 for the entire season, which is really good value considering how much the WRC season is.

Any idea what's wrong with the #67 Ford GT? Announcers said they took it into the garage.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Any idea what's wrong with the #67 Ford GT? Announcers said they took it into the garage.

Clutch issue, they're saying.

 

[dalin80]

Clutch issue, they're saying.

Clutch got burnt out by the weight of sandbags.

 

[Mobius 1]

Let's go!

 

[nature boy]

Doesn't look too bad, to be honest.


Edit: Scratch that Mulsanne looks bad.

 

[bobnowhere]

Massive puddles, going to be a while.

 

[Elfforkusu]

[statham voice]

It always rains at Le Mans

[/statham voice]



Set them loose, i demmand carnage

 

[DrM]

This SC period could last for 45 minutes

 

[dalin80]

SC's need to pick up the pace, 8 min laps are too slow for tyre temps and any hopes of clearing a line.

 

[Bustanen]

Has Audi gotten more speed this season? Can they challenge Porsche?

 

[DrM]

SC's need to pick up the pace, 8 min laps are too slow for tyre temps and any hopes of clearing a line.

They should get Mercedes SC cars

 

[Lender]

[statham voice]

It always rains at Le Mans

[/statham voice]



Set them loose, i demmand carnage

10 minutes of carnage equals 23h50 min of boring racing.

 

[nature boy]

Has Audi gotten more speed this season? Can they challenge Porsche?

Yes, there'll be challenging but reliability is an issue for all.

 

[dalin80]

Come on chaps, time to get this going!

 

[Mobius 1]

Looks like the weather is improving a bit? It's time to get this going now.

 

[akileese]

Looks like the weather is improving a bit? It's time to get this going now.

Yep! Hopefully they can get started soon. Definitely looks significantly better than it did 20 minutes ago.

 

[Juicy Bob]

It pisses me off that F1 gets shit for being timid in the wet but the same criticisms are never directed at other forms of motorsport...

 

[blanky]

Yes, there'll be challenging but reliability is an issue for all.

It feels like this could be a really close race, because of the latter issue and a slightly improved Toyota. I hope so, it would be awesome

 

[dalin80]

Let them race!

 

[nature boy]

It pisses me off that F1 gets shit for being timid in the wet but the same criticisms are never directed at other forms of motorsport...

Circuit is 13km, with high speed sections and different categories with completely different speeds.

Can't blame them.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Circuit is 13km, with high speed sections and different categories with completely different speeds.

Can't blame them.

But we raced in conditions like this in 2014 just fine.

 

[dalin80]

Race should have got going 20mins ago, this is a joke.

 

[coiler]

Race should have got going 20mins ago, this is a joke.

They wait untill its dry lol.

 

[Mobius 1]

They're waiting for F1 Qualifying to end, apparently.

 

[nature boy]

Yeah this is getting ridiculous.

 

[Mastah]

Juan Pablo Montoya ‏@jpmontoya 2m2 minutes ago

What's the deal with the safety car??? #LeMans24

Are they doing it on purpose to say "fuck you for scheduling us together with F1"?

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

SC in this lap.

Finally.

 

[coiler]

Finally! we start racing.

 

[Mobius 1]

Welcome to the 23 Hours of LeMans

#LeMans23

 

[nature boy]

Toyota in 1st!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

WEC commentators speculating that Toyota started on inters.

 

[dalin80]

Toyota are loving these conditions. LMP2's are falling behind the GT's .

 

[Ark]

It's really annoying to me that the Toyota, Audi, and Porsche all have very similar livery colours.

 

[Lender]

More rain incoming.

 

[Bustanen]

More rain incoming.

Safety car back for the next hour

 

[Mastah]

It's really annoying to me that the Toyota, Audi, and Porsche all have very similar livery colours.

Apparently for some bizarre reason it was requested by ACO that they can use only few colors.

 

[nature boy]

Audi's gremlins have begun.

#7 in the garage.

 

[McNum]

Did that Ferrari just lose a wheel? That's not good for your race.

 

[navanman]

Audi in the garage already..

The mechanics working away like ants is amazing