Le Mans 24 Hour Race 2014

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  coopermanyorks Posts: 21,215

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  14/06/14 - 17:09 #2

  Alex Brundle doing well ,keep it up great coverage on Eurosport

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  Darren Lethem Posts: 61,686

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  14/06/14 - 17:21 #3

  Carlton Kirby is good value isn't he ?

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  swingaleg Posts: 103,113

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  14/06/14 - 17:51 #4

  Darren Lethem wrote: »

  Carlton Kirby is good value isn't he ?

  
  He's been doing the live cycling this afternoon......:o
  
  There's a fair bit of dislike for him on the cycling thread........he does have some very annoying verbal habits

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  Darren Lethem Posts: 61,686

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  14/06/14 - 18:18 #5

  swingaleg wrote: »

  He's been doing the live cycling this afternoon......:o
  
  There's a fair bit of dislike for him on the cycling thread........he does have some very annoying verbal habits

  
  Has he ? I'm sure he's at Le Mans

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  swingaleg Posts: 103,113

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  14/06/14 - 18:52 #6

  Darren Lethem wrote: »

  Has he ? I'm sure he's at Le Mans

  
  Maybe he was doing the cycling off the telly........they've not said they were live at the event all week so I think they have been commentating off the TV
  
  I might just ask on the cycling thread !

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  coopermanyorks Posts: 21,215

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  14/06/14 - 20:03 #7

  Is Mark Webber in this years Le Mans,if so what car/team is he in ?

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  14/06/14 - 20:15 #8

  coopermanyorks wrote: »

  Is Mark Webber in this years Le Mans,if so what car/team is he in ?

  
  Number 20 - Porsche Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid - Currently 4th. Mark has just got into the car at the last pit stop

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  14/06/14 - 20:19 #9

  LiamCarbin wrote: »

  Number 20 - Porsche Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid - Currently 4th. Mark has just got into the car at the last pit stop

  
  thanks

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  Steveaki13 Posts: 655

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  15/06/14 - 10:00 #10

  Terrible luck for Toyota #7 over night. The car retiring when miles clear. Now its Audi#1's to lose.
  
  Porsche #20 is in touch just a lap down, but they have the next Audi hauling them in.
  
  Just under 4 hours to go.

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  15/06/14 - 13:23 #11

  Gonna be an Audi 1-2 by the looks of it and Toyota 8 who was 42nd earlier is back up onto the podium

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  Si_Crewe Posts: 40,202

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  15/06/14 - 20:07 #12

  Gutted to see AUDI winning it yet a-bloody-gain.
  
  I know it's fashionable to lament the lack of manufacturer interest in F1 but, geez, there's only AUDI, Toyota and Porsche in LMP1-H and if AUDI keep trouncing everybody it's hardly surprising that there are so few entries.
  
  Also, much as I don't like to stick up for FOM, it's kinda funny the way people bleat about FOM missing the odd F1 overtake here and there but the cameras at Le Mans failed to capture Nakajima's LMP1 going out or see Darren Turner overtake Fisichella for the GTE lead on-track.

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  15/06/14 - 20:28 #13

  Lots of talk in the commentary still about Ferrari making a decision between F1 and LM,seems the speculation won't go away
  
  http://www.formula1blog.com/f1-news/ferrari-plays-down-switch-to-lemans/

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  Si_Crewe Posts: 40,202

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  15/06/14 - 21:05 #14

  coopermanyorks wrote: »

  Lots of talk in the commentary still about Ferrari making a decision between F1 and LM,seems the speculation won't go away
  
  http://www.formula1blog.com/f1-news/ferrari-plays-down-switch-to-lemans/

  
  Meh,
  
  It's just taking advantage of the current, fleeting, interest in Le Mans to regurgitate the same old bollocks from Montezuma.
  
  Sure, he can threaten to "take his ball home" all he wants but what makes him think that Ferrari will do any better at sportscar racing than they're doing at F1?
  Both disciplines, at their highest levels, involve the same technologies.
  
  I guess that, perhaps, Ferrari could just concentrate on the GTE sportscar class, where the 458 is currently the class of the field but, meh.
  If they want the most prestige and publicity possible from motorsport it's either got to be F1 or LMP1-H.
  
  Again, I suppose it could be argued that they could provide cars for LMP1-L but, if they do that, all that's going to happen is that people are going to wonder how come AUDI's and Toyotas that look the same are blowing past them like they're standing still, so it really has to be LMP1-H.... which brings us back to Ferrari needing to figure out how to build a decent racing hybrid.
  
  Still, at least now they've got the Merc' W05 to copy for next year's F1 car.

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