Live stream of practice, for those that aren't motorsport fans that's just when they go round in circles for a few days honing the cars setup ready for qualifying
https://youtu.be/MVbvBn6h-7A
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Live stream of practice, for those that aren't motorsport fans that's just when they go round in circles for a few days honing the cars setup ready for qualifying
https://youtu.be/MVbvBn6h-7A
Already lovin' it, I watched 14 hours of the race last year due to being home (well abroad) alone. I said the other day if I won the lottery I'd buy Forest and close it down, what I'd ACTUALLY do is buy my favourite Le Mans car.Quote:
Originally Posted by StensonRam
REAL gladiators these geezers, forget the F1 guys
The great thing about LeMans is you get to see the cars going round in circles in the dark as well as the light. Otherwise even less meaningful overtaking and you only get to see one corner of a much bigger track. A real joy: but at least you can sleep during part of it, and there are more deadly crashes.
With Le Mans and other long-distance formulae, you can really 'grow into' the event, its a bit like cricket in that respect I'm afraid to say. Having said that the past few years have produced some finishes closer and more exciting/heartbreaking than most sprint racesQuote:
Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone
And on a local pride note, 23 of the cars are powered by engines made by Gibson Engines of Main Street, Repton, Derbyshire.
Yes that's were brother used to work, formerly zytek engineering but half of the group was purchased by continental who wanted to keep the name so the remaining half was renamed after the owner. Brother is an engine builder and built those type and others for other series, think he still has an affinity with rebellion racing with Jackie Chan hence the link
The 24 hours still has drama in the old fashioned way F1 had back in the day, I've just watched a couple of hours commentary free so no actual idea who is who, but one poor driver just suffered a puncture at a zillion miles an hour, crunched HARD into the barriers, spent an hour or so with a set of spanners trying to repair the damage, managed to get the crate moving again and got 100m before it set itsself on fire. Meanwhile one of the pro-am classes is being led by a car called The Pink Pig.