The 85th 24 heures du Mans

[dingodile_r89]

 

 

 

Fastest race lap: 3:17:475 (André Lotterer, Audi R18 e-tron quattro, 2015)

 

Distance record: 5410.713 km / 397 laps (Audi R15+ TDI, 2010)

 

 

Hype hype hype.

 

Although disappointed by the glaring lack of the Audis, I'm very excited for Le Mans this year!

 

This might be Toyota's year as they've looked incredibly quick in practice.

 

My personal predictions.

 

LMP1: #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid (Davidson, Buemi, Nakajima)

 

LMP2: #36 Signatech Alpine Matmut A473 Gibson (Dumas, Menezes, Rao)

 

LM GTE Pro: #92 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR (Christensen, Estre, Werner)

 

LM GTE Am: #98 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE (Dalla Lana, Lamy, Lauda)

 

Will Toyota finally win? Will there be more BoP stupidity? Will the distance or lap record be broken?

 

 

Discuss!

Edited June 17, 2017 by dingodile_r89

[dingodile_r89]

Full qualifying results:

 

1. Conway/Kobayashi/Sarrazin JPN Toyota Gazoo TS050 Hybrid 3m 14.791s LMP1

2. Davidson/Buemi/Nakajima JPN Toyota Gazoo TS050 Hybrid 3m 17.128s LMP1

3. Jani/Tandy/Lotterer GER Porsche 919 Hybrid 3m 17.259s LMP1

4. Bernhard/Bamber/Hartley GER Porsche 919 Hybrid 3m 18.067s LMP1

5. Lopez/Kunimoto/Lapierre JPN Toyota Gazoo TS040 Hybrid 3m 18.625s LMP1

 

6. Kraihamer/Webb/Rossiter AUT ByKolles ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo 3m 25.170s LMP1

7. Rusinov/Thiriet/Lynn RUS G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 3m 25.352s LMP2

8. Gonzalez/Trummer/Petrov CHN CEFC Manor TRS Oreca 07 3m 25.549s LMP2

9. Jarvis/Laurent/Tung CHN Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 3m 25.911s LMP2

10. Prost/Senna/Canal SUI Vaillante Rebellion Oreca 07 3m 26.736s LMP2

11. Piquet/Beche/Heinemeier-Hansson SUI Vaillante Rebellion Oreca 07 3m 26.811s LMP2

12. Graves/Hirschi/Vergne CHN CEFC Manor TRS Oreca 07 3m 26.871s LMP2

13. Collard/Perrodo/Vaxiviere FRA TDS Racing Oreca 07 3m 27.108s LMP2

14. Panciatici/Ragues/Negaro FRA Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 3m 27.517s LMP2

15. Cheng/Brundle/Gommendy CHN Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 3m 27.535s LMP2

16. Aleshin/Sirotkin/Shaytar RUS SMP Racing Dallara PS217 3m 27.782s LMP2

17. Menezes/Rao/Dumas FRA Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A4713 3m 28.051s LMP2

18. Guibbert/Trouillet/Winslow FRA Graff Oreca 07 3m 28.368s LMP2

19. Allen/Matelli/Bradley FRA Graff Oreca 07 3m 28.891s LMP2

20. Rojas/Hirakawa/Gutierrez RUS G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 3m 28.937s LMP2

21. Owen/de Sadeleer/Albuquerque USA United Autosports Ligier JSP217 3m 29.151s LMP2

22. Hedman/Hanley/Rosenqvist USA Dragonspeed 10 Star Oreca 07 3m 29.777s LMP2

23. Lammers/van Eerd/Barrichello NED Racing Team Nederland Dallara PS217 3m 29.976s LMP2

24. Lacorte/Sernagiotto/Belicchi ITA Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 3m 30.014s LMP2

25. Patterson/McMurray/Capillaire POR Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JSP217 3m 30.164s LMP2

26. Barthez/Buret/Berthon FRA Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JSP217 3m 31.346s LMP2

27. Chandhok/Moore/Hanson GBR Tockwith Motorsports 3m 32.536s LMP2

28. Konopka/Calko/Breukers SVK ARC Bratislava Ligier JSP217 3m 33.921s LMP2

29. Lafargue/Lafargue/Zollinger FRA Idec Sport Racing Ligier JSP217 3m 36.230s LMP2

30. Keating/Bleekemolen/Taylor USA Keating Motorsports Riley MK30 3m 37.007s LMP2

31. Nicolet/Nicolet/Maris PHL Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JSP217 3m 42.660s LMP2

32. Turner/Adam/Serra GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE 3m 50.837s GTE Pro

33. Calado/Pier Guidi/Rugolo ITA AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 51.028s GTE Pro

34. Thiim/Sorensen/Stanaway GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE 3m 51.038s GTE Pro

35. Rigon/Bird/Molina ITA AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT 3m 51.086s GTE Pro

36. Briscoe/Westbrook/Dixon USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT 3m 51.232s GTE Pro

37. Magnussen/Garcia/Taylor USA Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R 3m 51.484s GTE Pro

38. Christensen/Estre/Werner GER Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR 3m 51.847s GTE Pro

39. Johnson/Mucke/Pla USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT 3m 51.991s GTE Pro

40. Priaulx/Tincknell/Derani USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT 3m 52.008s GTE Pro

41. Gavin/Milner/Fassler USA Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R 3m 52.017s GTE Pro

42. Vilander/Fisichella/Kaffer USA Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 52.138s GTE Pro

43. Hand/Muller/Kanaan USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT 3m 52.178s GTE Pro

44. Lietz/Makowiecki/Pilet GER Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR 3m 52.593s GTE Pro

45. Rees/Brandela/Philippon FRA Larbre Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 3m 52.843s GTE Am

46. Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE 3m 53.233s GTE Am

47. Mac Neil/Sweedler/Bell USA Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 53.312s GTE Am

48. Ried/Dienst/Cairoli GER Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR 3m 53.381s GTE Am

49. Cameron/Scott/Cioci CHE Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 53.641s GTE Am

50. Smith/Stevens/Vanthoor GBR JWM Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 53.977s GTE Am

51. Krohn/Jonsson/Bertolini HNK DH Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 54.088s GTE Am

52. Yoluc/Hankey/Bell GBR TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage 3m 54.319s GTE Am

53. Howard/Gunn/Bryant GBR Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage 3m 54.328s GTE Am

54. Long/Al Faisal/Hedlund GER Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 3m 54.621s GTE Am

55. Mok/Sawa/Griffin SIN Clearwater Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 54.955s GTE Am

56. Wee/Katoh/Parente SIN Clearwater Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 54.994s GTE Am

57. Bachler/Lemert/Al Qubaisi GER Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 3m 55.468s GTE Am

58. Flohr/Castellacci/Beretta CHE Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 56.301s GTE Am

59. Wainwright/Barker/Foster GBR Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR 3m 56.469s GTE Am

60. Nielsen/Balzan/Bret USA Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GTE 3m 56.249s GTE Am

[dingodile_r89]

What a race so far. GTE Pro is providing some fantastic racing.

 

Also, all my predictions have gone to sh*t. Welcome to Le Mans!

Edited June 17, 2017 by dingodile_r89

[dingodile_r89]

What an absolutely mental race.

 

Amidst all the chaos, Porsche have done it once again! I feel gutted for Toyota, what do they have to do?

 

LMP2s on the overall podium was a neat touch. Onward to next year!

[dingodile_r89]

Post race drama:

 

Rebellion racing have been stripped of their 3rd place overall finish due to the hole they drilled in their engine cover the get their engine started as the starter motor had gone kaput.

[Bloodytears1666]

So many autosport fans around here. Well, 87 race was much worse in compare, but gtpro did made some true experience. Sad it isn't Porsche again:).