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[Dave_6]

Damnit, the stream I had going in the background evidently restarted itself and I missed the first ~10 mins of the actual race Ugh.

 

[Dilly]

Eurosport want to make sure you know about this channel called Eurosport

Apparently they're showing this thing calles the 24 hours of Le Mans. Looks interesting.

 

[andylsun]

Apparently they're showing this thing calles the 24 hours of Le Mans. Looks interesting.

Wow, when's it on

Any GAFers at the track? Usually there's one or two

 

[Dilly]

Wow, when's it on

I hope to find this out in the next ad break!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Lapping the Ferraris always carries a risk.

 

[TCRS]

missed the start, anything happen?

 

[LoveCake]

missed the start, anything happen?

Not really, a couple of cars/teams under investigation for incidents at the start, Audi are amongst them.

 

[Agremont]

missed the start, anything happen?

One of the Nissans didn't start. Clutch problem. I don't know if it's out on the track yet.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

missed the start, anything happen?

Nothing major yet. The Audis are keeping up with Porsche, Nissan are way down the field. The start was been investigated, but nothing has come of it yet.

 

[dubc35]

.

 

[LoveCake]

Are the Nissan NISMO's using the hybrid engine, did they get the issues sorted out in the end?

 

[Agremont]

One of the Nissans didn't start. Clutch problem. I don't know if it's out on the track yet.

Nissan is apparently out of the pits now.

 

[Pacbois]

Jeez Toyota is so far behind already

 

[NoFaceNico]

One of the Nissans didn't start. Clutch problem. I don't know if it's out on the track yet.

Yep, apparently it's headed out now.

 

[TCRS]

cool thanks.

for germangaf: the race is being shown on eurosport. with ad breaks, but it's free.

 

[Jezbollah]

Nissan is apparently out of the pits now.

Yep, #23 is 6 laps down but running.

FYI if anyone missed it, live timing is here: http://www.24h-lemans.com/live/en/

The other Nissans are lapping consistently, albeit in the midpack of the LMP2 field (20th/21st overall). If they can hold this position for as long as possible, it would be a great learning experience for them.

EDIT: Toyotas consistently lapping 3 to 4 seconds slower than the Audis and Porshces. They really didnt help themselves in staying with their current hybrid strategy. They've committed for a more conventional solution for next year.

I am seriously impressed with Hulkenberg.

Audi #9 in pitlane.

 

[DrM]

There is a speculation that Porsche will pit sooner for the fuel

 

[Dilly]

So sad that Toyota is this slow.

 

[kvk1]

This WEC livestream is worth every penny.

Bernie, you old stubborn bag, take notice.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Jeez Toyota is so far behind already

Hardly surprising at this point, but still disappointing.

It'll be interesting to see how many laps they can do on a tankful. They're going to have to make up these 5 seconds per lap somewhere if they're to have even a ghost of a chance.

 

[TCRS]

THE HULK IS RACING LE MANS????????

didn't even know that! pretty cool. next week he is going to be back in his formula 1 car. I didn't know they can do that.

There is a speculation that Porsche will pit sooner for the fuel

german eurosport is saying the exact opposite. porsches one lap later.

 

[NoFaceNico]

I'm guilty of typically following only LMP1 and having a short attention span for the other classes but holy hell, LMP2 is pretty interesting! It's the Oreca chassis vs. Ligier.

 

[Fox Mulder]

This WEC livestream is worth every penny.

Bernie, you old stubborn bag, take notice.

wish i could watch it on my xbox in the living room. the stream wont load on the IE app. The plex app sucks on the xb1 too.

 

[navanman]

Porsche pitting quicker than many thought.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I'm guilty of typically following only LMP1 and having a short attention span for the other classes but holy hell, LMP2 is pretty interesting! It's the Oreca chassis vs. Ligier.

My interest in P2 died along with the RS Spyder. Things just haven't been the same since.

 

[Jezbollah]

Awww. Interview with Jan Magnussen

At least he looks healthy. Confirmed it was a stuck throttle (!!)

 

[dubc35]

This WEC livestream is worth every penny.

Bernie, you old stubborn bag, take notice.

App doesn't work on iPhone/droid/iPad, quality on laptop with wired connection is mediocre at best. The free 12 hours of Bathurst stream was better.

Edit, this is the last I am going to complain about it in here, not going to fix anything complaining.

 

[DrM]

german eurosport is saying the exact opposite. porsches one lap later.

Been talking about strategy for later hours

haha, Nissan testing new aerodynamical stuff

 

[moojito]

I hate listening to rubbish commentators struggling to think of stuff to say, and only 42 minutes in!

 

[Pacbois]

Interesting aero from the Nissan...

 

[Dilly]

Extra wings for the Nissan!

 

[LoveCake]

#21 door blown open, oh dear.

what are Nissan doing.

 

[StriKeVillain]

:lol at #21 Nissan.

 

[Agremont]

Interesting aero from the Nissan...

Extra wings for the Nissan!

Aircondition.

 

[dalin80]

Nice to see even the nissan car is giving the 'i donno' arms.

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[Mastah]

 

[_machine]

Haha, I don't know if you're going to learn much from that, Nissan. Sad to see Nissan not doing very well, I really like how the car looks, but it's obviously too early for it to race properly.

 

[Dilly]

Audi is pretty much matching Porsche pacewise.

 

[Pacbois]

I think the McDonalds near Mulsanne has a drive-in, maybe Ordonez is picking up food for the team.

 

[Jezbollah]

Sunhiiiiii!

We're sorted for the rest of the race, folks.

 

[LoveCake]

Audi LMP1's already overtaking the Nissan NISMO's

 

[NoFaceNico]

The Nissan reminded me of the old Peugeot 905's that used to go into pit lane with their door open to shave off a little time.

 

[Watevaman]

So mad that these streams are acting like crap for me. Why the hell can't there be a channel in the US that shows the full race and only the full race.

 

[mmazurkiewicz]

So mad that these streams are acting like crap for me. Why the hell can't there be a channel in the US that shows the full race and only the full race.

and Fox Sports 2 is in SD which is laughable. why do SD stations still exist?

I'm watching it on foxsportsgo as a result.

 

[Fox Mulder]

So mad that these streams are acting like crap for me. Why the hell can't there be a channel in the US that shows the full race and only the full race.

The US motorsports coverage sucks if you like something other than nascar. The official wec stream is stuttering too much for me to tolerate really.

 

[dalin80]

Hey eurosport, could you maybe show the race you keep advertising at some point. ta.

 

[spuckthew]

I shouldn't really complain because I can actually watch the thing, but Eurosport breaks for ads way too frequently.

 

[TCRS]

porsche on fire

 

[Jezbollah]

Oh god Porsche engine blow out on the straight. Looks like a Rebellion in one of the chicanes. First big incident of the race.

EDIT: Safety car.

That Porsche is properly barbequing.