LeMans 2012 Thread

That's exactly what they are planning. Let's hope they will have more luck than Aston Martin's LMP debut last year... oh well, you cannot be worse than Aston Martin last year, right?

 

ALMS race fun to watch right now at Long Beach...anyone else watching? Petron Ferrari 458 looking good.
MB

 

I was there. good race. multi-class on a street circuit =

 

Audi R18 to use digital mirrors at Le Mans. I guess it was only a matter of time.

http://www.planetlemans.com/2012/05/24/audi-r18-look-into-the-future-with-a-digital-rear-view-mirror/

This technology will probably be par for the course in all race cars before long.

 

Thats actually pretty darn cool.

 

Le Mans test day results

http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/1/1/ressources/Pdf/2012/journee-test/classification/test-day-24-heures-du-mans-test-combined.pdf

3:25.929 Audi e-tron
3:27.204 Toyota Hybrid
3:47.980 Delta Wing

Audi is no surprise, Toyota is quicker than expected at only +1.277 & the Delta Wing at +6.5 seconds off of the fasted P2 time didn't barrel-roll.

I leave for Le Mans tomorrow morning - should be a good time.

 

What days the race thus year? I need to find out the TV schedule for it.

 

Hopefully we won't have the massive Prototype / GT car crashes like last year. It looks like this year the win is for Audi to lose.

Surprised to Level 5 is still participating.

 

Okay here's my little 2012 Le Mans TV and Internet resource guide

SPEED will have live TV coverage with the times (EST) listed below:
Saturday, June 16, 2012
8:30am-1:00pm -Start
2:30pm-7:00pm -Part 2
7:30pm-12:00am -Part 3
Sunday, June 17, 2012
12:00am-6:00am -Part 4
6:00am-9:30am -Finish

There will be live streaming on speed.com through some of the gaps in TV coverage:
1:00pm-2:30pm –Live –www.speed.com
7:00 -7:30 pm Live –www.speed.com

Audi will also have some live coverage and in-car video from start to finish, http://tv.audi.com

There will also be in-car footage and pit video streaming of the Corvette team: speedtv.com/corvette

Live stream from the LMP1 JRM Honda: http://www.jrm-group.com/jrm-racing-lmp1/news/June-2012/jrm-racing-to-stream-debut-le-mans-24-hour-race-live-online

The Youtube channel DRIVE will have 24h live video and chatbox using the Youtube live video feature, June 16th, 8:00am ET at www.youtube.com/DRIVE . Not official race footage, more behind-the-scenes interviews and pit coverage I suspect.

Sometimes you can pick up a live feed on http://www.justin.tv/ if someone is sharing, from sources like Eurosport TV.

Live Radio: www.radiolemans.com
Live Timing: www.lemans.org or try live.lemans-tv.com
Live Reports: www.lemanslive.com and http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h/update.html

I also like to follow some of the Twitter feeds: ‏@LeMansLive, @almsnotes, @CorvetteRacing, @Audi__Sport, @AllanMcNish, @1JamieHowe (SPEED reporter), @FlyingLizard_MS

Here is a guide to the 2012 24 Le Mans, put together by a 17 year old and he did a good job, informative information on each team: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yo71kfgtmkbcd6z/Stephen%27s%20guide%20to%20Le%20Mans%202012%20v2.pdf
And the entry list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans#Entry_list

 

Thanks for all the links! I'll be heading to Vegas Friday and home Saturday night, so I'll be streaming this through my phone on the drive.

 

wow awesome post! thanks a bunch...what time does the flag drop Eastern standard time? anyone know...i dont know how many hours of france is to us here on the east coast.

 

+1

The post is very much appreciated. Thank you.


Mark

 

Agreed! Very helpful.

 

Thanks for posting. Now I can plan my weekend. Was there once, back in 1982 while I was with Porsche. 956's came in 1-2-3. It was one of the best experiences I ever had. We were up for 2 days. All expenses trip paid for by Porsche AG for the top 50 Porsche sales people in the US.

 

Official green flag drop at 9 am Eastern time.

My only issue is that I'll be in a hotel on Saturday morning and I'm crossing my fingers that it will have the Speed channel.


here's another good website with live tweets and timing combined http://thomasbaekdal.com/mini-sites/lemans2012/

 

Man I will toss and turn all night from the anticipation.

 

I am looking forward to it...have never been to the race but have been to the circuit. Made my wife go there with me on our last trip to France. One of the highlights of the trip for me. Like Indy, you can feel the ghosts of drivers and racers past there....good stuff.

MB

 

Now that is something I can relate to and it is impossible to explain that feeling isn't it and you must have a very understanding wife. For myself back in the day when Rob Walker still had his monthly contribution aswell as others there was/is a special, dare I say kindred connection, for such tracks.

Thanks!

 

Four letters......A......U......D.....I........enough said!!! Lets hope for the best race again this year!!!!

 

I ran across Dr.Drew's show yesterday and he was counseling A.U.D.I patients and it was just an enabling crutch for relapse so I watched "King of The Hill" instead "I tell ya what".

 

cant wait for the drop of the green flag! i'll be ready to watch at 5am!

 

Wish I was going back again this year...what a great experience! We were treated to a fantastic race, too. I will definitely go back.

Here are some of the photos I took last year.
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+1 Excellent post. That will come in very handy this weekend. Many thanks.

 

I'm ready for this!!!!!

 

Me too. Let's go! I love Le Mans, this is something in look forward to all year.


Mark