2019 24 Hours of Le Mans

FLRacingFan · Jun 11, 2019

Full race telecast on the Motor Trend TV (rebranded from Velocity) channel from 8 AM Saturday-9:30 AM Sunday Eastern.

This will be the last Le Mans appearance for the factory Ford and BMW programs, and Corvette C7.R. End of a great era for pro GT racing here for sure.

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Barbara Charles · Jun 11, 2019

Thank you FLracingfan.

Kiante · Jun 12, 2019

**** BMW tbh, they always run with their tail between the legs when things don't go well. They didn't give the M8 program a true fair shake. Especially how long they sat on the Z4, a true shame.

LouieLouie · Jun 15, 2019

Anyone else try to sign up for the motortrend subscription? I think there are too many people trying to register at the same time. It won't let me register. Kind of a bummer.

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

LouieLouie said:
Anyone else try to sign up for the motortrend subscription? I think there are too many people trying to register at the same time. It won't let me register. Kind of a bummer.

I don't know if there is still a livestream on fiawec.com
Used to be for free.

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

donthaveanickname said:
I don't know if there is still a livestream on fiawec.com
Used to be for free.

I think it's geo-blocked in the USA...not sure though. I had heard others that had problems with it though. FIA and ACO are hardly fan-friendly...they shut down a very good fan-made live timing service a few days ago too.

It'd be a shame if they can't get MTOD to work either. I'm watching on DirecTV at the moment.

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

FLRacingFan said:
I think it's geo-blocked in the USA...not sure though. I had heard others that had problems with it though. FIA and ACO are hardly fan-friendly...they shut down a very good fan-made live timing service a few days ago too.

It'd be a shame if they can't get MTOD to work either. I'm watching on DirecTV at the moment.

I'm watching on Eurosport. They are showing the whole race free-to-air.

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

donthaveanickname said:
I'm watching on Eurosport. They are showing the whole race free-to-air.

I like our current coverage here in the States better than what FOX did for us at least. Once they got rid of the SPEED channel a lot of it was online only or constantly bouncing between channels.

Very good battle between SMP and Rebellion so far. And GTE-Pro is a dogfight.

StandOnIt · Jun 15, 2019

https://www.lemans.org/en/24-hours-of-le-mans/live-timing

StandOnIt · Jun 15, 2019

check the lower right corner where they arrows are on the YouTube screen for the individual cars. The top one has the commentary

Magnethead · Jun 15, 2019

I've always had a hard time watching LM compared to Daytona. Not sure why.

Working on a pro-mod tonight, so I'm missing the first 2/3 of the race.

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

Over four hours in and the top four cars in GTE-Pro are covered by less than two seconds. Pretty phenomenal.

I've been surprised at the pace of the #8 Toyota compared to the #7. Seems a little strange to me.

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

Satoshi Hoshino should have his license revoked - for race and street cars.
That guy is just dangerous

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

Brutal impact for the #64 Corvette. Don't know why they don't have all TECPRO or SAFER through the permanent parts of the circuit still.

donthaveanickname said:
Satoshi Hoshino should have his license revoked - for race and street cars.
That guy is just dangerous

Isn't that the same guy who randomly spun on the Mulsanne earlier? Even for an Am, he seems like a real wanker.

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

FLRacingFan said:
Brutal impact for the #64 Corvette. Don't know why they don't have all TECPRO or SAFER through the permanent parts of the circuit still.

Isn't that the same guy who randomly spun on the Mulsanne earlier? Even for an Am, he seems like a real wanker.

Commentators said he was involved in at least five accidents this week.
And yes, he spun slowing down for a slow zone earlier today.

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

The crash of the Rebellion #3 looked really strange to me.

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

Both Rebellions out of contention now. Sad. And some of the debris got onto one of the SMPs too.

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

FLRacingFan said:
Both Rebellions out of contention now. Sad. And some of the debris got onto one of the SMPs too.

The #3 lost only one lap. Wow.

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

donthaveanickname said:
The #3 lost only one lap. Wow.

I can't believe they got away with no chassis damage there. Looks like they took it in to clean up some loose bits and then put a new nose clip on. Great!

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

According to Eurosport, Hoshino has voluntarily decided to not get into the car again.
His car is currently sitting in the pits anyway.

Kiante · Jun 15, 2019

I don't know what Chevrolet has found compared to last year, but the C7 has done a complete 180 from last year's race pace.

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

Marcel Fässler has been fined €7,000 for the incident with Hoshino. No clue how that was his fault.

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

donthaveanickname said:
Marcel Fässler has been fined €7,000 for the incident with Hoshino. No clue how that was his fault.

FIA stewarding strikes again.

Kiante · Jun 15, 2019

Mike Conway is an absolute animal.

I miss him in IndyCar.

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

Kiante said:
Mike Conway is an absolute animal.

I miss him in IndyCar.

He’s been the best Toyota driver so far. Really impressive.

Kiante · Jun 15, 2019

Buemi was about to go full Formula E send mode.

That would have been disastrous.

donthaveanickname · Jun 15, 2019

Seeing that #95 Aston crash brings up horrible memories from 2013.
Back then I learned that it is still possible to die in a race car.

Kiante · Jun 15, 2019

Wow, Sørensen just whacked the tire barrier at high-speed.

He was limping, I know that had to hurt. Something had to break or something. He was carrying a lot of speed, I'm just glad he's out of the car under his own power.

FLRacingFan · Jun 15, 2019

Odd-looking incident. Something may have broken. Brutal race for AMR, they got screwed with the post-qualifying BoP change IMO.

donthaveanickname said:
Seeing that #95 Aston crash brings up horrible memories from 2013.
Back then I learned that it is still possible to die in a race car.

It's sad how preventable that incident was. The portion of guardrail Allan hit had a tree directly behind it...

Kiante · Jun 16, 2019

Gutted for SMP, they had a great run going today with the 17. Solid trio of drivers as well.

FLRacingFan · Jun 16, 2019

Kiante said:
Gutted for SMP, they had a great run going today with the 17. Solid trio of drivers as well.

Second time a car running third overall has wrecked, after the #3 Rebellion early in the race. Sucks to see, even if Toyota have problems the chances of someone capitalizing on it is getting lower.

Kiante · Jun 16, 2019

I'd really like to see Conway/Koboyashi/Maria Lopez get it done. Would be fun to see my guy Koboyashi be on that top step.

Honestly, I'd like to see a big name Toyota NASCAR driver at LeMans IMO. Kyle Busch would be interesting to see behind the wheel of one of these.

racingfan7 · Jun 16, 2019

I wish there was better streaming than MotorTrend

DUN24 · Jun 16, 2019

FLRacingFan said:
Odd-looking incident. Something may have broken. Brutal race for AMR, they got screwed with the post-qualifying BoP change IMO.

It's sad how preventable that incident was. The portion of guardrail Allan hit had a tree directly behind it...

Wow. I never new this detail about this accident.

Was able to catch an hour of the race or so at work. No MT channel anywhere else tho sooooo

Kiante · Jun 16, 2019

DUN24 said:
Wow. I never new this detail about this accident.

Was able to catch an hour of the race or so at work. No MT channel anywhere else tho sooooo

I can PM you a link, if you want.

FLRacingFan · Jun 16, 2019

That's not just a regular brake change for the leading #92 Porsche.

Kiante · Jun 16, 2019

Obligatory Kolles car breaking down...

FLRacingFan · Jun 16, 2019

AuzGrams said:
I wish there was better streaming than MotorTrend

Quality? I heard it was commercial-free so that's good at least.

Kiante said:
Obligatory Kolles car breaking down...

13 hours is a big achievement for them lol.

DUN24 · Jun 16, 2019

Kiante said:
I can PM you a link, if you want.

Do it!

Turtle84 · Jun 16, 2019

donthaveanickname said:
Satoshi Hoshino should have his license revoked - for race and street cars.
That guy is just dangerous

Makes note... Pass this guy on the straights.

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