Le Mans 2012

Sassy Colin

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I shall be heading down to the Le Mans Thursday morning for my annual trip, camping on the inside of the track by Porsche Curves (where else?) behind Beausejour.

Can't see it being a classic this year. Now Peugeot have pulled out, LMP1 is looking a bit thin, although LMP2 seems to have expanded, looks like another Audi stroll. Roll on next year when Porsche are hopefully coming back into LMP1 (or will it be 2014?).

Entry list:

http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers...du-mans/entry_list_24_heures_du_mans_2012.pdf

Meanwhile, a little something to get you in the mood:

 
Well I haven't been since 1998...it's a cracking weekend though. Wish I could go again.

You should go the swimming pool in the town...it's usually dripping with fit French birds. I expect you'll mostly be walking round the pits though! Will they have jumbotrons up for the footy?
 
Qualifying results

Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time
1. P1 Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer Audi e-tron 3m23.787s
2. P1 Dumas/Duval/Gene Audi Ultra 3m24.078s
3. P1 Davidson/Buemi/Sarrazin Toyota 3m24.842s
4. P1 Capello/Kristensen/McNish Audi e-tron 3m25.433s
5. P1 Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima Toyota 3m25.488s
6. P1 Bonanomi/Jarvis/Rockenfeller Audi Ultra 3m26.420s
7. P1 Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka HPD 3m29.622s
8. P1 Prost/Jani/Heidfeld Rebellion Lola-Toyota 3m29.837s
9. P1 Belicchi/Primat/Bleekemolen Rebellion Lola-Toyota 3m31.866s
10. P1 Ara/Minassian/Bourdais Pescarolo Dome-Judd 3m33.066s
11. P1 Brabham/Chandhok/Dumbreck JRM HPD 3m35.421s
12. P1 Montagny/Baguette/Kraihamer OAK Pescarolo-Judd 3m35.584s
13. P1 Collard/Boullion/Hall Pescarolo-Judd 3m37.485s
14. P2 Martin/Charouz/Graves ADR ORECA-Nissan 3m38.181s
15. P2 Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla OAK Morgan-Judd 3m38.598s
16. P2 Panciatici/Ragues/Rusinov Signatech ORECA-Nissan 3m39.152s
17. P2 Beche/Thiriet/Tinseau TDS ORECA-Nissan 3m39.252s
18. P2 Perez-Companc/Ayari/Kaffer Pecom ORECA-Nissan 3m39.711s
19. P2 Firth/Hughes/Hartley Murphy ORECA-Nissan 3m39.877s
20. P2 Heinemeier Hansson/Leinders/Martin OAK Morgan-Nissan 3m39.899s
21. P2 Sims/Buurman/Iannetta Status Lola-Judd 3m40.280s
22. P2 Potolicchio/Dalziel/Kimber-Smith Starworks HPD-Honda 3m40.471s
23. P2 Briere/Petersen/Nakano Boutsen ORECA-Nissan 3m40.727s
24. P2 Ordonez/Brundle/Brundle Greaves Zytek-Nissan 3m40.738s
25. P2 Dolan/Hancock/Kurosawa Jota Zytek-Nissan 3m41.287s
26. P2 Mailleux/Lombard/Tresson Signatech ORECA-Nissan 3m41.982s
27. P2 Tucker/Bouchut/Diaz Level 5 HPD-Honda 3m42.224s
28. P2 Zugel/Gonzalez/Julian Greaves Zytek-Nissan 3m42.292s
29. CDNT Franchitti/Krumm/Motoyama Highcroft Delta Wing Nissan 3m42.612s
30. P2 Frey/Hirschi/Meichtry Race Performance ORECA-Judd 3m43.619s
31. P2 Holzer/Schultis/Moro Kodewa Lola-Lotus 3m45.664s
32. P2 Giroix/Johansson/Badey Gulf Lola-Nissan 3m47.244s
33. P2 Haezebrouck/Thirion/Rosier Extreme Limite Norma-Judd 3m48.025s
34. GTE P Makowiecki/Melo/Farnbacher Luxury Ferrari 3m55.393s
35. GTE P Fernandez/Mucke/Turner Aston Martin 3m55.870s
36. GTE P Gavin/Milner/Westbrook Corvette 3m55.910s
37. GTE P Bertolini/Beretta/Cioci AF Corse Ferrari 3m56.484s
38. GTE P Taylor/Garcia/Magnussen Corvette 3m57.181s
39. GTE A Neiman/Pilet/Pumpelly Flying Lizard Porsche 3m57.594s
40. GTE P Lieb/Lietz/Henzler Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 3m57.606s
41. GTE P Alfaisal/Curtis/Edwards IMSA Porsche 3m58.035s
42. GTE P Bergmeister/Long/Holzer Flying Lizard Porsche 3m58.717s
43. GTE A Simonsen/Nygaard/Poulsen Aston Martin 3m58.725s
44. GTE A Ehret/Montecalvo/Jeannette Luxury Ferrari 3m58.800s
45. P2 Rostan/Ihara/Deletraz Gulf Lola-Nissan 3m58.895s
46. GTE A Ried/Roda/Ruberti Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 3m59.181s
47. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy Larbre Corvette 3m59.192s
48. GTE P Walker/Cocker/Wills JMW Ferrari 3m59.638s
49. GTE P Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 4m00.025s
50. GTE A Perazzini/Cadei/Griffin AF Corse Ferrari 4m00.288s
51. GTE A Armindo/Narac/Pons IMSA Porsche 4m00.332s
52. GTE A Kauffman/Aguas/Vickers AF-Waltrip Ferrari 4m00.691s
53. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 4m02.323s
54. GTE A Rodrigues/Ferte/Illiano JMB Ferrari 4m02.461s
55. GTE A Bourret/Gibon/Belloc Larbre Corvette 4m02.969s
56. GTE A Camathias/Daniels/Palttala JWA Porsche


Toyota are right there which is interesting given its only qualifying. They have pace, lets hope they can match Audi during the race. LMP1 needs it!
 
mariachi-19 said:
Can't believe the Ferrari team pushing it so close. ran out of fuel through the porsche curves.
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yup...not good. lucky to be so close to pit lane. early on its the #74 vette and the aston martin that are the class of gt pro. evidently the a-m was given several rules concessions. wonder what that's all about. :/
 
Ant Davidson has had a big shunt at around 170MPH but apparently he is ok, was taken to the medical centre.
 
Holy shit, glad everyone is alright. Must feel horrible in that split second of realisation that the guy doesn't know your there and he turns in on you.
 
could be wrong but i thought i heard earlier that the Ferrari driver blamed the Toyota driver.

vettes running 1st (#74) and 4th (#73) currently.
 
geesh! went to dinner and came back to find the dominate #74 out of the race due to damage from some incident. it's up the #73 to bring it home...
 
#73 moves up to 2nd and then goes out with some mechanical problem and loses several laps. that does it for Corvette Racing's chances this year.
 
Audi hybrids are monsters. First through fourth. Well done.P.S.: Speed Channel's coverage is dire for those watching in the U.S. More inane interviews and crap than seeing the actual race. I despair.
 
Davidson broke his back btw.

Boring as batshit race in terms of overall result . Audi can bang on as much as they want about letting their drivers race, but it doesn't change the fact they had virtually no competition at all. It would be seen as a massive failure if they had lost and I dare say atleast one of the non hybrid Audi's would have beat both Toyota's had they been going through the whole race.

Hopefully next year Toyota can be right there to take it to Audi otherwise it'll be another cake walk.
 
Yup, our campsite had 2 big screens. Great time watching England with 400 lads all cheering us on & I also saw Portugal over the weekend. We had the race live on Eurosport so we could keep up with the progress at all times. Hot showers (apart from on Friday morning because they had a problem) clean toilets, draft beer & decent (if a bit expensive) food.

Just saw the pics from the IoW festival on the news & when I think of the wind & rain we had over the weekend, I was snug as a bug in my tent, not a drop of water inside & never moved an inch and this is a 7 year old £25 Halfords job, great campsite.

fwiw the England game was generally described as 2 wonder goals from Walcott & Welbeck & that lump Carroll got one too...:lol:
 
Some pics from my phone:

A car skidded into a wall & left a ghostly impression:

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McClaren MP4-12C at the Pistonheads get together:

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All agro camping:

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Jag liveried bus:

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Mobile bar, complete with music, BBQ, optics & draft beer:

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