77eme 24 Heures du Mans

C'est formidable!

C'est arrive! The 2009 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours is almost here, zut alors!



The eyes of the motorsport world will descend on the Circuit de la Sarthe on the 13th and 14th on June for THE most important motorsport event of the year. It is the proving ground for new technology and innovation, as the worlds prestigeous manufacturers develop the ultimate machine, designed with speed and endurance in mind. Not only does it test machine, it tests man. Each driver will experience momentous events throughout the race, tackling one of the worlds most fabled racing circuits. Dunlop, Esses, Tetre Rouge, Mulsanne, Indianapolis, Arnarge, Porsche Curves, Maison Blanche, Ford Chicane. Many have failed, only few have triumphed.

Official Entry List - http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/pages/engages_gb.html

Live Stream - http://www.justin.tv/simsporttv

So, Audi have their new R15, which has already triumphed against the Peugeot at the fantastic Sebring race. Kolles Racing will also be running two Audi R10's (Audi back up?). Peugeot will once again be present with both Peugeot Sport and PESCAROLO! Pesca will be fielding one Peugeot 908 along side its own Courage derived car.

So, whos gonna stay up the longest

vivelefrance!

Oh! And dont forget to tune in to Radio Le Mans! Mute yer TV or live stream and stick on some RLM please.

Heres something to get you in the mood

the ENTIRE 'SPEED Channel' Broadcast from last year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Lz3zBGTAI

What, theres only one Aston in GT1 this year - that sucks! Quite excited to see how the GT2 Aston V8 will do. I think theres more ferraris than last year too.

Still cant wait. shame i got rid of sky, could have watched it all on Motors like last year!

I have read that there are 3 cars with a 3 driver line up...

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=19946

well the entry list is only showing 1 aston and several ferraris

I can see 4 LMP1 Aston's

3 Works cars and 1 Private Entry

1 of them will just have the Lola bodywork, the Charouz Aston from last year.

Had some Czech driver in it

czech, 1, 2...

i'm hoping the lmp1 astons can make interesting between audi and peugeot.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75639

The Boss bins that beutiful Aston

And General Try telling that while in the Czech Republic! I went into a shop while I was there, the guy looked at me angrily, simply because I had not said 'Dobri Den' - Good Day.

Thats two tubs they've gotten through this year.
Lola will sure be making some extra dosh out of Aston with that one!!

nicky wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75639

The Boss bins that beutiful Aston

And General Try telling that while in the Czech Republic! I went into a shop while I was there, the guy looked at me angrily, simply because I had not said 'Dobri Den' - Good Day.

hahaha, i've been there too, in prague. I just used german while i was there...never had any problems

"The Dutchman, who is the reigning Le Mans Series LMP2 champion, went off the circuit after losing control under braking for the Parabolica, and claimed on his website that the 15G impact had written off the chassis."

holy moses, 15 G's? wow.

I think there must be a bit of one-upmanship going on between Jos and Enge.
8G? pfft thats nothing. WATCH THIS!!!!

That is impressive for a Dutchman, they usualy get hit from behind by other road users while having a smoke and a pancake. And here the boss has done it on his own

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/26/what-might-have-been-corvette-lmp1-challenger/

...future car porn sadly never to see the light of day

Ah yes, LMP1 evo. Didn't they already try to do that back in the late nineties? Porsche GT1, Nissan R390, Mercedes CLK-GTR?

its just that caddliac concept that came out a few year ago aint it.

It was definetaly a Corvette, I remember ACO released a CGI image of the Vette with full Corvette Racing livery. The idea at the time was to make LMP1 cars more like road cars, with similar bodywork, decals and a glass window at the engine area. Basicaly GT1 exreme. That Audi photochop in AJ's Audi R20 thread was a reaction to these rules too and I remember seeing an LMP1 Evo version of that car.

Ahhhh, here we go. VERY interesting read. I remember posting in this thread years ago

This reagards LMP1 Evo (like the Vette in the above pic)

http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84776&highlight=LMP1+Evo

wow the 'painted' version looks even better.
Has more than afew hints of that Caddi U999 car in FM2 though.
Gotta love it in the Millenium Yella though

Pescarolo also has a 908 HDI FAP...

I only care about Oreca.. so.. ugh... yeah... lol

What?! I love the Oreca! Seems very french

The Pesca-Pug looks ok, I do think that the Pesca car thats derived from the Courage looks wonderful however. ALthough the best looking car has to be the Dome. The Peugeot is ugly as far as Coupe's go.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75647 Audi confirm there driver line up fielding 3 cars with the regulars and a few irregulars i cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as far as diesels go, we have..

two Audi R10's run by Kolles, one of the Pesca's is a Peugeot 908, and ofcourse we have the works pugs and audis at the front. I really would love to see Pescarolo do well, they came close in the mid-naughties a few times before peugeot arrived on the scene.