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2015 24 Hours of Le Mans

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  1. ForzaV12

    ForzaV12 Formula 3

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    Great race! Congrats to Porsche and Corvette!
     
  2. docf

    docf Formula 3

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    Congrats to Corvette team with the number #64 win GTE class.
     
  3. TifosiUSA

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    Fantastic watching HULK win this. He was amazing all race. Gutted for the 51 Ferrari having problems. Wanted to see a battle between them and the Vette. At least we won GTE-Am.

    Had more fun watching this one race than I've had watching F1 this year...

    Great to see the cars setting lap records and the size of the crowd reflected the excitement. You listening F1??
     
  4. ginge82

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    Great win for Porsche. They built a beast of a car this year.

    Gutted the Nismo's were so off the pace.
     
  5. Desperado

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    Happy happy happy for Porsche ! Great race and had me very interested. F1 should take note
     
  6. Enzojr

    Enzojr F1 World Champ

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    Terrible TV coverage in my area, Comcast and Fox.
    Fox 1, Fox 2 ( I don't get Fox 2 ) all over the place I only watched about one hour of it.
    We need another dedicated network to cover racing, motors ports, anything with an engine and a checkered flag. I provided the idea you provide the funds lol
     
  7. Turbopanzer

    Turbopanzer F1 World Champ

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    Game Set Match..."Turbopanzer" for the win!!!! Thanks Porsche.....another happy camper.....:D:D:D:D
     
  8. DF1

    DF1 Two Time F1 World Champ

    +1 Nissan power was definitely out in force in LMP2.
     
  9. BartonWorkman

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    #209 BartonWorkman, Jun 14, 2015
    Last edited: Jun 14, 2015
    A great race all round.

    Pity for the Audi team that their challenge faded with their late problems, otherwise it
    would have gone down to the wire.

    Excellent for Porsche after their long absence from prototype racing to return with such
    a resounding victory after their early reliability problems this season.

    Hulkenberg has learned what Tom Kristensen did in 1997, he doesn't need F-1 and he
    may make an excellent career for himself in sports car racing without all the polemics
    and nonsense. Great for Hulkenberg!

    The future is very bright for sports car racing.

    PS: Is an accurate crowd size reported? Heard 250K but also heard 400K. The spectator
    areas looked packed at peak hours, even during the night.

    BHW
     
  10. gt4me

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    ACO stating 263500.
     
  11. tritone

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    Any accurate stats on F1 attendance this year?
     
  12. James_Woods

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    Damn straight - I was never so disgusted when I discovered that it was only on Fox Sports 2 here in my area on Verizon, which I don't get.

    To expand on this, I am also regularly disgusted with NBCsports when they refuse to put an F1 race on at a reasonable hour of the day on Sunday and instead show Euro Soccer or some such.

    I agree we need another dedicated network to show racing, but maybe this time one not so obsessed with Nascar like SpeedTV was.
     
  13. WILLIAM H

    WILLIAM H Three Time F1 World Champ

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    Audi w lowest energy consumption is as exciting as saying " my GF is a size 12"

    I think Audi & F1 & many other organizations have lost the whole point of racing
     
  14. WILLIAM H

    WILLIAM H Three Time F1 World Champ

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    They haven't gotten over what Henry Ford did to them 49 years ago LOL
     
  15. James_Woods

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    Yes. +++. This is ruining F1.
     
  16. Bas

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    This must be the first in a good many years that there was no real rain!

    Think I watched around 18 hours orso, I missed an hour orso 4 hours in, then I had some sleep at about 3 AM till 7...

    Very happy that Porsche won. Great drives. Nismo once again a ridiculous concept with results anyone with half a brain could have predicted...Not a chance FF would work better than what Toyota, Porsche and Audi are doing.

    That said...the Nismo did look very good, no doubt they put many hours in but I wish that NISMO would stop trying to reinvent the wheel and actually go with what works, and compete with Toyota at least and try to compete with the top dogs Porsche and Audi. Their Delta wing concept was equally ridiculous.
     
  17. DF1

    DF1 Two Time F1 World Champ

    +1. Crowd and action easily surpassing F1. As I post in the F1 section- If F1 disappears there are options!
     
  18. Turbopanzer

    Turbopanzer F1 World Champ

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    Add Indy Car to this mix. Racing is about the smartest and the fastest. Not about "lets play fair".
     
  19. bushwhacker

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    Congratulations Porsche...Well done.:)
     
  20. subirg

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    What a race! The result was never certain until the last moment. Congrats Porsche and the Hulk (and team). Great to watch, action all over the track all through the race. What a spectacle.

    As a long time F1 fan, I would have no hesitation in switching allegiance to WEC if the TV coverage was just a bit better.
     
  21. Timmmmmmmmmmy

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    Proud to be a kiwi with New Zealand drivers first and second. Go team Porsche, was getting a little boring watching Audi's win each year.
     
  22. Turbopanzer

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    I guess everyone agrees......real racing does exsist.....it just happens to be in the WEC. Great racing and technology out the wazoo. Thank you WEC !
     
  23. WILLIAM H

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    Bring back Can Am :D
     
  24. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    What an amazing race. I enjoyed every bit of it. Lost the feed on Saturday night for a few hours. COuld not find a live stream as well.

    Amazing win by Porsche. Good that Audi didn't win. The last thing we want at Le Mans is another dominant outfit like Merc are in F1. Boring.

    I have to say Toyota have plenty to catch up. They almost won in the last two years.

    Nissan i think made a fool out of themselves. True, i respect their courage and determination to build something non-conventional. But releasing foolish statements just before the race in a generally untested car in racing conditions was a PR disaster.

    Having said so, i think they have a good future ahead, and i think they can potentially take up the fight to Audi and Porsche soon. Hopefully by 2016.
     
  25. Turbopanzer

    Turbopanzer F1 World Champ

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    Oh Yeah!!!! :D
     

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