The Official Le Mans 24hr Thread

A big thank you to Mick for adding this section

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This weekend sees the 79th annual running of, arguably the greatest motor race in history, the 24 Heures du Mans.

Once again we have the clash of the LMP1 titans in Peugeot with their improved 908 and Audi with their brand spanking new R18 which sees Audi enter their first closed cockpit car into the LMP1 class.
2011 also sees the introduction of new regulations and a reorganising of classes within the race.

Here is a list of useful links for the race.

Entry List
Spotters Guide 1, Spotters Guide 2
Official Race Site and Planet Le Mans for useful links and up to date news as it happens.
Official Twitter Page

Track Layout

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Wed 8th June
- 16:00hrs – 20:00hrs Free practice sessions for the 24 Heures du Mans (15:00 - 19:00 GMT)
- 22:00hrs – 24:00hrs Qualifying practice sessions for the 24 Heures du Mans (21:00 - 23:00 GMT) Rolex Official Live Timing

Thur 9th June
- 19:00hrs – 21:00hrs Qualifying sessions for the 24 Heures du Mans (18:00 - 20:00 GMT)
- 22:00hrs – 24:00hrs Qualifying sessions for the 24 Heures du Mans (21:00 - 23:00 GMT)

Saturday 11th June
- 15:00hrs - Start of the 78th race of the 24 Heures du Mans (14:00 GMT)

Sunday 12th June
- 15:00hrs - Finish of the 78th of the 24 Heures du Mans (14:00 GMT)

The race will be covered live on TV by Eurosport and commentary can be found online at Radio Le Mans.

Live Race Feed - With thanks and Rep to RI (choose British Eurosport 1 or 2 as the braodcast will change between channels as the race goes on)

 

The Le Mans 24 hour is a great spectacle.

Unfortunately, I stopped subscribing to sky so I will not be able to watch it on eurosport. I will have to track down coverage on the internet.

 

Dont worry. There will be feeds and i will post them in the main article as needed

 

aww man Is it this weekend? Thats another thing im going to miss =(

 

Ive noticed the Le mans cars have copied the F1 sharkfins this year.

Audi

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Peurgeot

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Aston Martin

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Do you need to subscribe to Eurosport or can you get it if you just have Sky?

 

These dates are wrong aren't they?

 

The shark fins are mandatory on new cars; helps to stop them tipping over in a spin.

 

Chris - if you have the sky news and events pack added on (£1) then you will get eurosport.

Genji - true, didnt actually look at them a copy and paster job if im honest so il correct that now.

 

What he said. Prototypes have a habit of doing funny things in crashes and if they catch a bit of air the wrong way. I heard there were also changes made to the underside of the car to prevent somersaults that can happen if the nose lifts (cresting a hill for example) and air catches the underneath of the car

 

Thanks RI/JI.

I have to say the Peurgeot looks a sexy beast this year.

Has anybody got a full enty list?

 

Isn't the one in the OP a full list?

 

can someone post it on here as I cant access it =/

 

LM P1

1 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 – Timo Bernhard
2 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 – Marcel Fassler
3 – Audi Sport North America – Audi R18 – Tom Kristensen
5 – Hope Racing – Oreca 01 Hybrid – Steve Zacchia
7 – Peugeot Sport Total – Peugeot 908 – Sebastien Bourdais
8 – Peugeot Sport Total – Peugeot 908 – Stephane Sarrazin
9 – Team Peugeot Total – Peugeot 908 – Anthony Davidson
10 – Team Oreca Matmut – Peugeot 908 HDi FAP – Nicolas Lapierre
12 – Rebellion Racing – Lola B10/60 Toyota – Nicolas Prost
13 – Rebellion Racing – Lola B10/60 Toyota – Andrea Belicchi
15 – OAK Racing – Pescarolo 01 – Matthieu Lahaye
16 – Pescarolo Team – Pescarolo 01 Judd – Emmanuel Collard
19 – Highcroft Racing – HPD ARX-01e – David Brabham
20 – Quifel ASM Team – Zytek 09SC – Miguel Amaral
24 – OAK Racing – Pescarolo 01 – Richard Hein
007 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin AMR ONE – Stefan Mucke
009 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin AMR ONE – Harold Primat

LM P2

26 – SignaTech Nissan – Oreca 03 – Franck Mailleux
27 – SignaTech Nissan – Oreca 03 – Tiago Monteiro
33 – Level 5 Motorsports – Lola Coupe HPD – Scott Tucker
35 – OAK Racing – Pescarolo 01 – Frederic Da Rocha
36 – RML – HPD ARX-01d – Mike Newton
39 – Pecom Racing – Lola B11/40 Judd BMW – Luis Perez-Companc
40 – Race Performance – Oreca 03 Judd BMW – Michael Frey
41 – Greaves Motorsport – Zytek Z11SN – Karim Ojjeh
42 – Strakka Racing – HPD ARX-01d – Nick Leventis
48 – Team Oreca Matmut – Oreca 03 – Soheil Ayari
49 – OAK Racing – Pescarolo 01 – Andrea Barlesi

LMP Reserves
Extreme Limite – Norma M200P – Judd BMW – Fabien Rosier
Kronos Racing – Lola Aston Martin – Vanina Ickx
Rangoni Motorsports – Zytek Hybrid – Fernandino Geri
Boutsen Energy Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Dominik Kraihamer
Pegasus Racing – Courage-Oreca LC75 HPD – Julien Schell

LM GTE PRO

51 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Giancarlo Fisichella
55 – BMW Motorsport – BMW M3 – Augusto Farfus
56 – BMW Motorsport – BMW M3 – Andy Priaulx
58 – Luxury Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Stephane Ortelli
59 – Luxury Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Anthony Beltoise
64 – Lotus Jetalliance – Lotus Evora – Lukas Lichtner Hoyer
65 – Lotus Jetalliance – Lotus Evora – Vitus Eckert
66 – JMW Motorsport – Ferrari F458 Italia – Rob Bell
71 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 – Rob Kauffman
73 – Corvette Racing – Corvette C6.R – Oliver Gavin
74 – Corvette Racing – Corvette C6.R – Olivier Beretta
75 – ProSpeed Competition – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Marc Goossens
76 – IMSA Performance Matmut – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Raymond Narac
77 – Team Felbermayr-Proton – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Marc Lieb
79 – JOTA – Aston Martin Vantage – Sam Hancock
80 – Flying Lizard Motorsport – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Jorg Bergmeister
88 – Team Felbermayr-Proton – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Lucas Luhr
89 – Hankook-Team Farnbacher – Ferrari F458 Italia – Dominik Farnbacher

LM GTE AM

50 – Larbre Competition – Chevrolet Corvette C6.R – Patrick Bornhauser
57 – Krohn Racing – Ferrari F430 GT2 – Tracy Krohn
60 – Gulf AMR Middle East – Aston Martin Vantage – Fabien Giroix
61 – AF Corse – Ferrari F430 GT2 – Piergiuseppe Perazzini
62 – CRS Racing – Ferrari F430 GT2 – Pierre Ehret
63 – Proton Competition – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Horst Felbermayr
68 – Robertson Racing – Doran Ford GT – David Robertson
70 – Larbre Competiton – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
81 – Flying Lizard Motorsport – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Seth Neiman
83 – JMB Racing – Ferrari F430 GT2 – Manuel Rodrigues

LM GTE Reserves
Robertson Racing – Doran Ford GT
Tolimit Arabia – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
ProSpeed Competition – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
Young Driver AMR – Aston Martin Vantage
BMS Scuderia Italia – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR

 

Coloured according to class colours

 

thanks

 

For people interested in British drivers then the official site says that there are 25 GB drivers entered.

However, according to the official entry list then there are 28.

The list shows frenchman Nicolas MINASSIAN as GBR and Alan McNish as MCO. Don't quite follow that.

 

Live qualifying practise session on now on Eurosport. Audi looking comfortably fastest so far occupying 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Oh wait Wurz goes into 3rd in the #7 Peugeot

 

Ooooof! Big shunt! #60 Gulf Aston Martin DBR9 entry spins at Arnage, #1 Joest Audi comes through straight into the side. Red Flag, session stopped

 

Stephane Sarrazin goes fastest in the #8 Peugeot