Le Mans 24 - Qualifying & Race ***spoiler***

Red flagged! Another flying car. Bye bye Lola/Mazda.
Alan Simonsen didn't even get a drive. He'll be sick.

 

Yahoo has provided a Live feed courtesy of EuroSport 2.
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1605391&t=wmv&br=300&s=2023392747&start=0&nid=8253766&mid=8252169&pg=MTcwNDAwOTIwNjQ4NTAyZj&q=b8383bbd4cdb82d1049e8c&authid=&sl=86400&so=%252Feseurosport%252Feseurosport%252Flive%252Fvideo%252FES-24hLeMansQualifyinground-110608-22h&sdm=&pt=&tcode=&audio=0

Was in English earlier.

 

any clue what happened to cause this accident? A few pics on the LeMans website during/after the crash, but nothing about the cause.

 

Thanks! Watching it now.

 

Current qualifying:

1 8 Team Peugeot Total WURZ A. 3:18.513
2 9 Peugeot Sport Total ZONTA R. 3:18.682
3 7 Team Peugeot Total MINASSIAN N. 3:20.451
4 2 Audi Sport North America KRISTENSEN T. 3:23.847
5 3 Audi Sport Team Joest LUHR L. 3:24.287
6 10 Charouz Racing System ENGE T. 3:25.158 (Lola Aston Martin)
7 1 Audi Sport North America WERNER M. 3:25.289
8 11 Dome Racing Team TACHIKAWA Y. 3:26.928
9 16 Pescarolo Sport BOULLION J.C. 3:28.533
10 5 Team Oreca Matmut AYARI S. 3:30.490 (Courage)

 

I hope the Peugeot qualifying speed translates into strong, reliable race pace. They have a very quick driver lineup with multiple ex-F1'ers.

 

Here is a link to a few photos from a first timer, me.

http://web.mac.com/chriskellett/Site_2/LeMans_2008.html

Enjoy, you really should see this thing in person, it is beyond belief.

 

No data-logging or telemetry on the car. So they're not sure.
Looks like it might race though. They've got the bits and a Lola guy was inspecting the tub.
AS says the team is hopeful of making the race.


Prat & Miller were duct taping cameras onto the vette earlier. They're going to put a lap of the track up on their site. If anyone is interested.

 

Great pics! I think they filled the Michelin Man from the wrong tank

LeMans is one of my life goals...such an amazing event. Have fun and keep taking those pics

 

3 new LMP1 coupes

Epsilon Euskadi ee1 Judd

Body design John Travis, Sergio Rinland and Aitor Tejado for Espilon Euskadi

go to ultimate car page . com

http://www.***************.com/car/3687/Epsilon-Euskadi-ee1-Judd.html

Lola B08/60 Aston Martin

Julian Sole for Lola

http://www.***************.com/car/3557/Lola-B08-60-Aston-Martin.html

Dome S102 Judd

Design by Oku Akiyoshi

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/people/169437/dome-s102.html

http://www.***************.com/car/3506/Dome-S102-Judd.html

Many of the cars for the 76th 24 Hours of Le Mans race in the Le Mans Series

find them here:

http://www.***************.com/feature/19/2008-Le-Mans-Series.html

2008 24 Hours of Le Mans preview and entry list

http://www.***************.com/feature/21/2008-24-Hours-of-Le-Mans-Preview.html

news and pictures

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/lemans-alms/

http://www.planetlemans.com/

http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=ALMS-LEMANS

http://www.motorsport.com/photos/select.asp?S=LEMANS&Y=2008&D=&I=&N=&E=24_Hours_of_Le_Mans/Thursday_qualifying_2

 

Not a Peugeot fan but this year I'm pumping for Marc Gene.
That guy has a big set.
To take that Peugeot through the Porsche Curves again, fast, wouldn't be easy.

 

These are realy great photographs. Thanks. More?

 

Awesome, Chris! Who won the support race (Group C)? Hsu? Finger?

 

Television Broadcast Information - SpeedTV

EDT

Sat 6/14

7:30AM SPEEDTV - Le Mans Test Day*

8:00AM SPEEDTV - Le Mans Qualifying*

8:30am to Noon

9:30pm to Midnight

Sunday, June 15

1200am to 9:00am EDT

* shows advertized on WindTunnel,
not listed on current SPEEDTV program schedule

 

Franck Montagny : "We can still improve... you never know what Audi is up to."

Wednesday 11 June 2008 - 23h58

# 8 Peugeot Sport Total - 908

Franck Montagny, second fastest in the first qualifying session of Wednesday says: “We can still improve”.

Frank Montagny only failed by two tenth of a second to snatch the fastet lap from Stephane Sarrazin, already poleman 2007. The new track record for the 13.629km thus still stands for the #9 Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP at nearly 247 km/h. Here is what he tells us concerning the car he will share with Ricardo Zonta and Christian Klien during the race.

“I think that the current limit for us is around 3:16, my fastest lap was not entirely clear, and we could certainly optimize the tyre configuration, but track conditions were really very good, and the car was very well balanced. You never know what Audi is up to, so we continue to work towards the race.”

http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/pages/som_articles_gb.html

 

Thank you. Those morons running Speed's web site can't work out how to build a basic calendar feature.

 

Thank you very much, I am really having the time of my life out here. We have been working over here for just over two weeks at this point and it is hard to believe that I am getting paid to do it at all. I am trying to update the photos every day or so but as the race day gets closer it will harder and harder. As you can tell, we are here working for Audi so most of the photos revolve around that team. It is just crazy the size of this track in person, last night we walked a good mile along the inside of the the straight between Mulsanne corner and Porsche curve and we saw no one along the railing other than course workers. Hearing the cars drive off into the forest was one of the coolest sounds I have ever heard, it is really dark out there.



Thanks!

 

ctkellett, can you please make a video of the sound of the cars racing by at night?

Costs of Racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing's GT2 Porsche co-funded by Krohn Racing in 2006.

http://www.petersenmotorsports.com/

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=2196

Team Peugeot Total's resources

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=5824

- 3 cars in 3 stands (14-15-16)
- 9 pilots totaling 393 Grand Prix Formula 1, 32 participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 15 rounds of WRC, 44 national titles or international.
- 122 people including 65 full-time employees of Team Peugeot Total
- 9,200 square metres reserved for receiving guests 4,250
- 800 beds
- 90 m²: Peugeot Sport shop in the village for the sale of derivatives (40 different articles proposed representing a total volume of 60 m3)
- 25 shuttles
- 3 boxes: 114-115-119
- 2 cars TGV
- 25,000 posters
- 20,000 postcards
- 10,000 flags
- Sending SMS every two hours of racing
- Website Peugeot live: lemans.peugeot-sport.com
- 3 newsletter distributed to 30 000 copies each
- Radio Peugeot
- Two sites: www.peugeot-media.com / www.peugeot-sport.com
- Competition with Scalextric slot in the different structures Peugeot
- Simulators on XBOX 360 in the various structures Peugeot
- Exhibitions of 908 HDi FAP and 308 RCZ
- Martin Solveig the turntables

Also, another website - http://www.tv-en.peugeot.com/

Autocon Motorsport's costs with a new # 23 Creation CA07 Judd

http://www.autoconmotorsports.com/news/News.php?NewsID=55

Car Number: 23
Car Color: Blue
Budget for the Race: $400,000 (yes, for one race)
Cost of Le Mans Entry Fee: $53,000 (yes, also for one race!)
Gallons of Fuel Consumed: 840
Tires Consumed: 80 - Dunlops
Number of Autocon Attendees: 30
Team Motor Homes in the Paddock: 2
Gallons of Wine Consumed: To Be Announced

# 14 Creation CA07 AIM on the right

http://www.creationsport.co.uk/

 

I'm hoping my cable gets installed tomorrow since I know that speed does provide at least some LeMans coverage.

 

As much as I would love to share it, I am sorry but I can not do that, all of my work here belongs to my client.

 

Thanks for the pictures and the quick reply.

24 Hours of Le Mans post qualifying update

check ultimate car page . com

Take your pick for the overall win at:

http://www.racing-live.com/24hdumans/en/

http://www.rfmsports.com/LeMans/TheRace/TheRace.html

http://www.automobile.sarthe.com/galerie.asp

http://www.projectlemans.de/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,140/catid,318/

http://www.projectlemans.de/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,140/catid,319/

http://www.projectlemans.de/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,140/catid,320/

 

Just watched Steve McQueen's Le Mans movie (917 and 512 *drool*), ready for tomorrow now! Interesting to see the Peugeot being so fast. A lot of ex-F1 drivers in their cockpits! Let's see if they can keep the speed over the distance..

 

Stéphane Sarrazin gets LMP1 pole again

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=293279

# 8: Peugeot Sport Total - codrivers Pedro Lamy and Alexander Wurz

# 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche on LMP2 pole

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=293336

More pictures

http://www.americanlemans.com/Gallery/Folders.aspx?ID=8

Lizard's blog

http://lizardmslemans08.blogspot.com/

GT2 pole for Patrick Long in the # 76: IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche

http://www.patricklong.com/news/2008/20080612lemans.php

Cytosport, Pickett living the Le Mans dream

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=293351

1988 winner Jan Lammers on the left with Klaus Graf and Greg Pickett



12th in LMP1 for # 12 Charouz/Cytosport Lola B07/10 with a 5.5 liter Judd V-10

Jan Lammer's website



McNISH: YOU HAVE TO BEAT LE MANS

http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=4360

4th overall for the # 2 Audi R10



Ben Devlin and Gunnar Jeannette: A Radical Pairing

in the factory # 26 Radical SR9 with a turbo'd AER I-4

Jeannette, the youngest finisher of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2000 with a 911)

http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=4363

http://www.radicalsportscars.com

http://www.bendevlin.com/news.php



6th overall for the Charouz Lola with Aston V-12

splitting the # 3 and # 1 Audi R10 TDis

Ahead of the # 11 Dome S102 Judd and # 1 Audi



No GT1 pole for Prodrive this year - Aston Martin Racing

GT1 news

Terry Borcheller's thoughts - # 59 Team Modena DBR9

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=4361



# 50 Larbre Saleen misses GT1 pole by one tenth

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/06/13/larbre-misses-pole-at-le-mans-by-narrow-margin/

# 32 Zytek 07S of Barazi Epsilon to start 3rd in LMP2

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/06/13/stuart-moseley-to-start-third-at-le-mans-with-barazi-epsilon/

# 45 Embassy WF01 Zytek 5th in LMP2

http://www.embassyracing.com/LMS/Le+Mans+Qualifying.htm



Creation Autosportif recovering after Stuart Hall's qualfying crash

http://www.creationsport.co.uk/news/2008/PR046/pr046.html

Risi reading for the big endurance race

http://www.risicompetizione.com/go/202news.cfm

Wolf Henzler 2nd in GT2 - # 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche

http://www.wolfhenzler.com/w/news?op=view&id=63&language=2&show=2

Epsilon Euskadi update

http://www.epsiloneuskadi.com/english/mailing/2008/lemans/13_06_2008_24h.htm