2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Which team will win the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans?

Poll ended at 17 Jun 2013, 10:16

Audi Sport Team Joest #1
1
50%
Audi Sport Team Joest #2
1
50%
Audi Sport Team Joest #3
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Toyota Racing #7
0
No votes
Toyota Racing #8
0
No votes
Rebellion Racing #12
0
No votes
Rebellion Racing #13
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No votes
Strakka Racing #21
0
No votes
Other
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 2

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Joey Zyla » 22 Jun 2013, 16:18

antyk wrote:Allan Simonsen died in hospital after the crash in the beginning of the race :/
::oops:;

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Ferrari92 » 22 Jun 2013, 16:31

Sad news. :(

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by mikhailv » 22 Jun 2013, 18:49

Saddened at the death of Allan. Reminds me of the heartbreaking death of Mastushita at the TT late last month. Alot of spins and cold tyres. Tell you what, bruno Senna is going for it, good lad!

PS. I miss Fisichella.

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Vlad-SRB » 22 Jun 2013, 21:52

OMG, so sad to see this... :(
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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by François » 22 Jun 2013, 22:33

Very sad to hear about the passing of a driver. How did the accident happen, did he just lose it at high speed? I understand this isn't being discussed much because the show must go on and all that c**p, but it makes me feel slightly uneasy watching the race.

Anyway, looks like Audi has the edge in terms of pace, but two of their three entries have hit trouble and fallen back massively. This could be a closer race than expected.
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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by SpliT » 22 Jun 2013, 22:46

He lost it on the kerb when avoiding spinning(?) Ferrari in front.

Onboard from car behind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXErF1eRkOI

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Ferrari92 » 23 Jun 2013, 01:29

Standings after 12 hours

LM P1
1) Audi #2
2) Toyota #8
3) Toyota #7
4) Audi #3
5) Lola B12/60 Coupe-Toyota #13

LM P2
1) Morgan-Nissan #35
2) Morgan-Nissan #24
3) Zytek Z11SN-Nissan #38
4) Zytek Z11SN-Nissan #42
5) Oreca 03-Nissan #46

LM GTE PRO
1) Aston Martin #99
2) Porsche #92
3) Aston Martin #97
4) Porsche #91
5) Ferrari #51

LM GTE AM
1) Porsche #76
2) Ferrari #55
3) Ferrari #61
4) Porsche #77
5) Porsche #88

Full standings after 12 hours: http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Result ... s_Race.PDF

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Ferrariman60 » 23 Jun 2013, 03:45

Sitting here watching the race, but I really think that we're sort of not doing the right thing in light of what happened to Allan Simonsen. We should have had a red flag, 5 minutes of silence, something.

I'm hoping that we see some of the drivers who are still running at the finish tomorrow acknowledge what happened somehow; maybe flash their lights or do a burnout at Tetre Rouge.
Requiescat in pace, Jules Bianchi


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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Joey Zyla » 23 Jun 2013, 07:43

Ferrariman60 wrote:Sitting here watching the race, but I really think that we're sort of not doing the right thing in light of what happened to Allan Simonsen. We should have had a red flag, 5 minutes of silence, something.

I'm hoping that we see some of the drivers who are still running at the finish tomorrow acknowledge what happened somehow; maybe flash their lights or do a burnout at Tetre Rouge.
Allan Simonsen's own family wanted the race to go on.

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by SpliT » 23 Jun 2013, 07:54

Joey Zyla wrote:Allan Simonsen's own family wanted the race to go on.
Wanted his team to go on, not race. The race will be continue anyway.

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Joey Zyla » 23 Jun 2013, 08:02

Big crash for the #99 Aston Martin. Unfortunate. :(

Hopefully the #97 can win.

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by mikhailv » 23 Jun 2013, 11:14

Kobayashi showing something too!

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Joey Zyla » 23 Jun 2013, 11:42

It's raining cats and dogs now, hopefully that will make for an entertaining finish.

#7 Toyota is out! :(

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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by antyk » 23 Jun 2013, 11:52

Big chaos! #7 Toyota back in the pits, maybe he can continue
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Re: 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans

Post by Joey Zyla » 23 Jun 2013, 13:02

Audi Sport Team Joest car number 2 wins as I predicted. Good job as usual from them.

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