2018 24 Hours of Le Mans

[FLRacingFan]

Hard for me to imagine a Le Mans more boring than that. Felt like a formality most of the time. Most of the classes seemed wrapped up pretty early on and the stint length stuff was a good part of that IMO.

2020 can't get here soon enough for LMP1.

Also sucks that Ant Davidson missed out on a Le Mans win...although it almost assures Fernando races IndyCar next year, so I guess there's that.

 

[Greg]

https://jalopnik.com/blame-the-fia-for-how-boring-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-wa-1826899937/amp

 

[Zerkfitting]

That article described some pretty crazy rules - race management over racing.

 

[Greg]

That article described some pretty crazy rules - race management over racing.

They upset the natural organic qualities of the race.

 

[StandOnIt]

not organic

 

[Greg]

not organic

The cucumber is it organic? or some lab coats fabrication?.
Intellectuals will be debating that for all of eternity.

 

[FLRacingFan]

not organic

I was wondering how the hell they managed to build such a gap so quickly. They cheated, got caught, so screw 'em.



All in all, the #26 made 36 stops for a total time of 41:35.706 while the #36 made 37 stops in 46:44.898. That's about 6.5 seconds gained per stop.

 

[Doc Austin]

You gotta wonder if G Drive was cheating when they won Spa too.

 

[StandOnIt]

Seems like it is always is about Egos

The car that could have toppled Audi at Le Mans
"We could have succeeded in the first year, if we hadn't been tripped up by the insistence on having the in-house engine. I think it was seven months we had for the whole programme, and we managed to do the work

https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/the-car-that-could-have-toppled-audi-at-le-mans-1058668