Both excellent points I hadn’t considered, and have no knowledge of. Just a lot of blame, including most headlines, jump straight to tire warmers.
here’s an article that mentions it. steering locking up in Eau Rouge = bad day https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/van-der-zande-crashes-out-of-6h-spa-in-second-hour/
Except Bourdais said on Twitter that current tyres are not designed for use without tyre warmers... Because ACO and Michelin didn't agree on timing. LMP2 and GTE were much faster in out laps.
I think that if they want the best cars to win Le Mans, they should rescind the ban on tire warmers. That could be a dangerous place on cold tires.
At least till next year so Michelin can figure out a compound... I can see the headlines now: 100 years of lemans marred by everyone crashing on cold tires. sjd