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The Official Le Mans 24hr Thread

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  1. Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction

    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    So at the end of the first qualifying session here are the class pacesetters

    LMP1 - 8 – Peugeot Sport Total – Peugeot 908 – Stephane Sarrazin

    LMP 2 - 42 – Strakka Racing – HPD ARX-01d – Nick Leventis

    LM GTE Pro - 56 – BMW Motorsport – BMW M3 – Andy Priaulx

    LM GTE Am - 70 – Larbre Competiton – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
     
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    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    Your not wrong tomcat.

    Session starting soon, im out on the town. Eurosport is showing it, streams seem to not be in existence.

    Edit: Tomcat listen to this, the '99 Panoz LMP entry. Possibly the best ounding car ever?
     
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    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    That vette looks sick. Why cant i just be allowed 15 mins in one of them.
     
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    Audi 1-2-5. Peugeot 3-4-6. It's set up for a good race. The F458 is looking pretty decent too, it's first Le Mans
     
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    F-458 GT! The sexiest car out there?
     
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    Seems im going to miss this race. Alternator belt snapped so have to be staying somewhere il have no access to eurosport.

    Joy!
     
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    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction, Jun 11, 2011
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    Jesus - how lucky were those spectators? The tyre wall just about kept McNish's car down. Glad he's okay too.

     
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    Bloody hell! Hope all of the spectators are O.K.
     
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    Big crash, very lucky no spectators or stewards were hurt
     
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    I was just about to post that video! Thank god everyone was ok.
     
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    Good grief just saw the video. Always a risk when the closing speeds between LMP and GT are around 60mph
     
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    Here's a longer video of the incident, you can see McNish climb out seemingly unhurt at the end:

     
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    A credit to the design and safety of these cars, as in all motorsport.
     
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    Brilliant, I have made it to a computer with a stream. Wonderful stuff!
     
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    Looks like a bad smash there with car 1.
     
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    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    Deary deary me! Two big smashes for Audi, after collisions with a Ferrari in both cases too!
     
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