The 500 is so big, that it overshadows the series. So fans are more likely to know who won the race, and not the series. This is why CART had no chance against the IRL. Interestingly, F1 is just the opposite. No single race overshadows the rest. So fans know who the series champion is, rather than who won Monaco, etc.
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WEC FIA has to do what they need to do..I will still be watching the 24hrs...maybe a quick nap...will great excitement. I am a fan throughout
Race week and it is eerily quiet because most media got their passes cancelled so reporting will be thin on the ground...practice is supposed to start tomorrow but you would not know it...not one mention in French media here yet... Pirro will be grand marshall and Tavares president of peugeot (who usually races at le Mans Classic) will give the start (a prelude to Peugeot coming back in a couple of years). I bet some drivers coming from outside Europe will have trouble arriving due to Covid restrictions even though they all planned their travels as best they could.
With 4 Ferraris in GTE Pro and 12 more in GTE Am, I expect Ferrari to win both classes! Nothing less will be acceptable!
It always comes down to how the BOP shakes out. Ferrari has been screwed by the ACO's BOP and, on the other hand, have benefitted from it as well. BHW
It might be the record number of Ferraris at the start, beating the previous mark from the early sixties... French weekly racing magazine Auto Hebdo is inaugurating a video stream with commentators such as Philippe Alliot who was on the podium with the 905 Peugeots back then, here is the link, all times local i.e. 6 hours ahead of US east coast. First segment at 6.15 PM today. Not sure if watchable from outside France. https://www.autohebdo.fr/wec/actualites/24-heures-du-mans-2020-la-web-tv-autohebdo-213100.html A ton of amateur drivers in GT this year, one already hit the wall in a Porker this morning.
TV channel or streaming? I have MT on my cable (YTTV) package, but don't subscribe to their streaming
You can get extended coverage on their app, but from my TV listings, it is 24hrs plus of coverage on TV.
Yep. Full 24 hours on tv. I just hope it is better than the Eurosport coverage from last year. May need to stream Radio Le Mans instead.
That's exactly what I'm here to ask. Is the move to watch the broadcast on Motor Trend and use Radio Le Mans for commentary? Heaven help me, I'm getting used to hearing Hindbaugh all these years later. BHW
I will give the Motor Trend coverage a chance, but last year was awful. They had no idea what was happening in the race. Hindy could commentate on paint drying and I would be entertained.
Despite having covered the Corvette Racing Team and Pratt & Miller (I'm in their yearbook) for three years at Le Mans and in the ALMS series, I always liked the Ferraris but could never come close to affording one. I could afford Corvettes: Four of them including a Z06. But I took a lot of photos of the Ferrari entires. The 550 of Prodrive, the Olive Garden 575, and the Risi Competizione 430s. There were more Ferraris from different teams each year at Le Mans but they rarely faired well. They call it a 24-hour race, but for the crews and media, it's actually a 40-hour session. And it's a grind. Especially in '05 when they had record-setting high temperatures coupled with high humidity. I had shipped over several cases of Gatorade and got ice at the Carr Four in Le Mans town. It helped. We weren't required to wear Nomex that year, but the following year we were required to wear a three-layer suit. I also wore full underwear and a balaclava. I saw burn cases in Vietnam and said no thanks. ALMS always required Nomex if you were going over the wall on pit stops, which I did more often than not. That's where the action and drama occurred. After doing that for three years I don't think I could ever pay to go and watch a race from the other side of the wall. You see more on TV. Fingers crossed the AF Corse team cars do well. Me and the Corvette pit crew: (L-R) Neal Everhart, Rich Eldred (the fueler), Ray Smith, and Steve Hartsell Image Unavailable, Please Login
