24 Hours of Le Mans - 2015

[gofast182]

Perhaps the pinnacle of all motorsport, every June cars, drivers, and fans descend on Le Mans France for the 24 hour endurance classic. But don’t let the name fool you, over the years the 24 hours has turned from endurance to a sprint race of sorts with the best manufacturers bringing their best engineering and their best drivers to fight for ultimate bragging rights.

US TV COVERAGE:
Saturday, June 13th
8:30am-11:45am -FS2
7:00pm-8:00pm -FS1
11:00pm-12:20am -FS2
Sunday, June 14th
3:30am-7:30am -FS1
7:30am-9:00am -FS2
9:00am-9:30am -FS1

CIRCUIT DETAILS:
Length: 8.469 miles
Turns: 38
Average race speed: 140mph
Lap record: 3:19.074s, Loïc Duval, Peugeot 908 HDi FAP , 2010, LMP1
Laps completed (2014): 379
Total distance (2014): 3209

2014 WINNERS:
LMP1-H: Audi Sport Team Joest, Audi R18 e-tron quattro
LMP1-L: Rebellion Racing, Rebellion R-One
LMP2: Jota Sport, Zytek Z11SN
LMGTE Pro: AF Corsa, Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
LMGTE Am: Aston Martin Racing, Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE

For more check out my full post on TOV Motorsports

 

[Garak]

I'll be watching, and the WEC site has greatly improved the streaming options this year, particularly in North America with SpeedTV no longer being an albatross around their neck.

 

[bdcardinal]

I am giddy with excitement. Bummed that most of the race will be on Fox Sports 2 since we don't get it in HD.

 

[wemay]

Me too!

 

[OneEyeJack]

As usual, the night driving at those terrifying speeds is bad enough but the speed difference between the fast cars and the slow cars with bad visibility has got to be a thrill, too.

 

[Garak]

And we know it will rain hard at least once, probably during the night, too.

 

[gofast182]

The lap record from 2010 has already fallen, by 3-4 seconds from the Porsche LMP1 car.

 

[whip]

That sucks to see the start of the race on FS2. I don't have it.

Magnusson crashed the #63 Vette in qualifying, and damaged it enough they have withdrawn.

 

[bdcardinal]

Bummed about the 2nd Corvette being withdrawn, I am a Briscoe fan.

Talk about awesome news for next year with Ford returning.

 

[Guitarmageddon]

Audi will commence to take its rightful place in 1-2-3 before long

:-D :-D

 

[Indydriver]

No FS2 on Comcast here. Dumb programming strategy by Fox.

 

[bluesubie]

I'm streaming the Audi Motorsport Live Blog in car coverage from my iPad to Apple TV. Audio is a combination of in car and Le Mans Radio.

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: Indydriver
No FS2 on Comcast here. Dumb programming strategy by Fox.

Network TV is killing itself slowly but surely. I have my premium WEC subscription that gives me twenty-two channels of the race, including the main feed (English and French), the behind the scenes feed (English and French), and onboard views. Nissan, Porsche, and Audi have free feeds. Chevy did in the past, not sure about this year. Dailymotion has the behind the scenes feed live, with highlight videos posted regularly. They are the FIA-WEC partner, so won't be giving the race for free, though.

Essentially, network television has rendered itself useless for this race, and pretty much racing in general.

 

[Garak]

Hulkenberg seemed to be rather happy. Maybe he knows what he wants to do after his F1 career winds down.

 

[Silk]

Kiwi's 1 and 2 - we did that in 1966 too.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11465274

 

[ag_ghost]

Quick Facts On Porsche From The 2015 24 Hours Of Le Mans:
http://motrolix.com/2015/06/quick-facts-on-porsche-from-the-2015-24-hours-of-le-mans/
Kevin