Le Mans 2024 this weekend!

[Ferry_vO]

Looking forward to this race, with the best field since the hay days of group C I think. No less than 23 LMH/LMDh cars from manufacturers like Porsche, Toyota, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Peugeot and Isotta Fraschini, with another 16 LMP2 cars and 23 GT3 cars making a grid of 62 cars!

Spotters guide here: https://assets.lemans.org/explorer/...mans/spotter-guide-24-heures-du-mans-2024.pdf

And the starting grid here: https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/le-mans-24-hours-full-starting-grid/10623476/

 

[wombat666]

Will be a long TV weekend, but I have my Survival package organised.
Ms. Wombat is spending the weekend with my sister-in-law at one of our better (i.e. expensive) retreats!
Hoping for a Ferrari win.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Rooting for Cadillac myself, because of how good the car sounds, and because of a Dutch driver of course, but I think Porsche or Ferrari wil take victory this year.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Five hours in, Ferrari 1-2, Toyota back to 4-5 but still everything to play for. Really close racing! One BMW had a crash, one Alpine blew an engine.
Lots of rain expected for tomorrow.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Six hours to go, top ten within ten seconds. Both Alpines and BMWs out of the race, and two Cadillacs in trouble, but the third currently in the lead.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Two hours to go, Ferrari #83 out unfortunately after leading for a long time.
Looks like a fight between two Ferraris, a pair of Toyotas and a single Porsche to the finish!

 

[Ferry_vO]

Penalties incoming for Ferrari, and more rain on the way.

 

[Ferry_vO]

What a race! Top five almost within a minute after 24 hours.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Highlights:

 

[wombat666]

The racing in between the safety cars was great, surprised at the pace of the Toyotas.
Really fed up with the strange 'Safety Car' calls.
I doubt 300+K in the rain is practical, but 4 hours in a single stint was frustrating.
At least we were able to cat-nap in relays.
Great result for Maranello!