Endurance Racing News Thread

TheChrisD

#20? So the whole #919 was just for the launch and promotion, not actually their race number?

Killinator

Don't forget folks WEC and ELMS start at Silverstone this weekend

ARGINITE

Have my tickets all ready

Larbre34

Le Mans camping, tickets and 4x4 sorted!

Sterling Archer

Anyone keeping an eye on wec today, great pace out of the Murphys prototypes car

Frankie Lee

Everything going right for Toyota so far.

PopePalpatine

Is it just me, or are the GTE classes the best source of action?

ARGINITE

Not such a good day for Audi.

Killinator

For anyone in the vicinity,
The current Murphy Prototypes Nissan Oreca will be on display in the Clarion on Lapps Quay, Cork.

Grim.

Audi testing Le Mans spec aero at Monza

Grim.

The Rebellion R-One has started testing and will race at Spa

Killinator

Grim. wrote: »

Audi testing Le Mans spec aero at Monza

Laws of physics be dammed!

Zcott

Killinator wrote: »

Laws of physics be dammed!

Also the laws of Motorsport which dictate that racing cars should be noisy!

Killinator

Zcott wrote: »

Also the laws of Motorsport which dictate that racing cars should be noisy!

I've heard it in person and (IMO) it's really an epic noise it makes, kinda sounds like the air is being shredded as it passes

Zcott

Killinator wrote: »

I've heard it in person and (IMO) it's really an epic noise it makes, kinda sounds like the air is being shredded as it passes

Yeah, I've heard it too. Went to Le Mans twice and you'd know which cars went past you with just sound alone. That high pitched turbo whistle off the Audi and the Peugeot was fantastic to hear...then contrasting with a thundering great V8 from the Corvettes

Grim.

R-One liveried up

Killinator

Grim. wrote: »

R-One liveried up

That looks fast:)

Frank Bullitt

Reminds me of the toyota in the 90's.

Grim.

stunning looking car

Killinator

Grim. wrote: »

stunning looking car

Bloody hell, looks like a toy car next to the drivers!

SniperSight

Porsche are definitely loosing the livery battle.

Grim.

Sorry to hear that Nigel Stepney of JRM has passed away following a road traffic accident R.I.P

Zcott

Watching the Spa 6 hours. Good racing, but Audi really aren't at the match at all.

Grim.

Audi's decision not to go with a heat recovery system biting them on the arse here down roughly 150bhp on its rivals.

Frank Bullitt

Im a bit out of touch with LMP this year, what has Toyota and Porsche done that Audi haven't?

Grim.

Toyota and Porcshe have two energy recovery systems kers and ers-h both with different energy storage methods super capacitor versus lithium polymer batteries generating up to 6/8MJ per lap.

Audi on the other hand decided to go with just a flywheel based kers system for their energy recovery because of reliability concerns with with their own ers-h system and can only generate 2MJ per lap.

not really sure of the exact horsepower figures but from what i understand its roughly something like this.

Audi, ice:600bhp, kers:250bhp
Toyota, ice:550bhp, kers/ers-h:450bhp
Porsche, ice:600bhp, kers/ers-h:450bhp

Daniel S

Grim. wrote: »

Toyota and Porcshe have two energy recovery systems kers and ers-h both with different energy storage methods super capacitor versus lithium polymer batteries generating up to 6/8MJ per lap.

Audi on the other hand decided to go with just a flywheel based kers system for their energy recovery because of reliability concerns with with their own ers-h system and can only generate 2MJ per lap.

not really sure of the exact horsepower figures but from what i understand its roughly something like this.

Audi, ice:600bhp, kers:250bhp
Toyota, ice:550bhp, kers/ers-h:450bhp
Porsche, ice:600bhp, kers/ers-h:450bhp

So peak power would be over 1000bhp?

Grim.

Daniel S wrote: »

So peak power would be over 1000bhp?

yup

Killinator

And yet while watching the race it seems evident that at any given moment any one of the 3 lmp1-h cars can be faster than the other 2!

The Porches blitzed the start only to fall away with an electrical problem, but still didn't make much ground when this appeared to be resolved.
The Audi was left for dead at the start but finished 2nd and at times was as fast if not faster than the Toyotas.
The Toyota looks in best shape with 2 race wins out of 2, but at times the Audi made easy work of catching up to it or keeping it behind while at other times Audi look like an lmp2 with regards a top speed comparison!

LM24 should be good fun:)

Larbre34

So who's going to LM? I'm going with a carload. Blue Nord camping.

Killinator

2 cars(suitably stickered up:) ) , Beasjour campsite, this is now our 5th year in a row........they did say it was a bug that got under your skin:)

Larbre34

We're going on the Thursday Rosslare to Cherbourg boat.

Our crowd did Beauséjour for the first few years too, decided to spend a bit more for the dedicated pitch, as we usually dont arrive until Friday morning.

Look out for the tricolour over Bleu Nord, somewhere near here 47.945434,0.205157 and come in for a beer!

Murphysmen for the win!

AA BEAUSEJOUR seems to be the only place not full so I guess that's where I'll be camping. :P I'll keep an eye out for the tricolours!

Killinator

We'll have the tricolour up, our cars will be easy spot, I'll post a pic when there ready:)


We're arriving via Rosslare-cherbourg on the Monday at the start of the week, more time to wander on and off the track as teams set up(no marshals/security on Monday or Tuesday), also more chance of meeting a few drivers.
Arriving early at Beausjour also means we get as much space as we need for tents and parking.

'mon the Fairline Flyer, Murphys ftw!

I should arriving on the Tuesday evening or on the Wednesday, campsite should still be fairly sparse at that stage I hope?

Killinator

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I should arriving on the Tuesday evening or on the Wednesday, campsite should still be fairly sparse at that stage I hope?

We arrived Tuesday last year and there was acres of space, won't start filling till late Thursday/Friday morning, be grand:)

Killinator

Killinator wrote: »

We arrived Tuesday last year and there was acres of space, won't start filling till late Thursday/Friday morning, be grand:)

Grand job. What's the story with access to campsites during sessions? Driving a good distance so will probably be arriving in the evening time and if it's Wednesday that'll be during practice.

PopePalpatine

Just a reminder, the 6 Hours of Imola is on this weekend. At least the European Le Mans Series has (officially) free streaming.

Killinator

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Grand job. What's the story with access to campsites during sessions? Driving a good distance so will probably be arriving in the evening time and if it's Wednesday that'll be during practice.

You can arrive at any time, there's always marshals at the entrance.
Have your campsite access ticket ready, they'll write your registration on it and check it every time you drive in(you can walk in or out freely).
They may also ask to see the contents of your boot, checking for motorised scooters/mini bikes(there supposed to be banned this year....not likely to be fully implemented), they will also likely check for large quantities of hard liquor, beer/wine,etc is fine but they seemed to be looking for people bringing in large amounts of vodka, whiskey,etc...

If you have problems there's always marshals cycling around incase they're needed.

Killinator

Killinator wrote: »

You can arrive at any time, there's always marshals at the entrance.
Have your campsite access ticket ready, they'll write your registration on it and check it every time you drive in(you can walk in or out freely).
They may also ask to see the contents of your boot, checking for motorised scooters/mini bikes(there supposed to be banned this year....not likely to be fully implemented), they will also likely check for large quantities of hard liquor, beer/wine,etc is fine but they seemed to be looking for people bringing in large amounts of vodka, whiskey,etc...

If you have problems there's always marshals cycling around incase they're needed.

There's going to be an awful lot of booze in the car, they might think it too much for 2 people :P

Drummerboy08

There's a group of us going, leaving Rosslare the Tuesday evening. Really looking forward to it!

Get some Paddy drinks going at some stage so?

Larbre34

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Get some Paddy drinks going at some stage so?

Great idea. The Friday night is quiet enough after the Parade des Pilotes (no track action), so either a bit of a session in the city or up at the fan village at the track perhaps?

I havent been back myself for a few years but my crew tell me La Luas is very handy and they ended up drinking with Status GP in the City after the parade last year.

Sterling Archer

I hate you all , hopefully I'll be sorted enough to go next year

Larbre34

Larbre34 wrote: »

Great idea. The Friday night is quiet enough after the Parade des Pilotes (no track action), so either a bit of a session in the city or up at the fan village at the track perhaps?

I havent been back myself for a few years but my crew tell me La Luas is very handy and they ended up drinking with Status GP in the City after the parade last year.

I've never been before so I haven't a clue where anything is :P Is it handy enough getting to the city? I know there's a shuttle straight to the fan village from the campsite but that's as far as my plans are for now :P

Killinator

Friday evening is pretty crazy at the entrance to Beausjour, much,much hooning:)


The shuttle bus(which is a slow moving train on wheels) will take you to the main circuit village, you can get the 'luas' at a stop just outside the circuit entrance.

Talking to my mate today, we'll be getting there either the Wednesday or Thursday and I think we should agree on where we set up a Paddy Ghetto. :pac:

Grim.

Ready to be shipped to France

Drummerboy08

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Talking to my mate today, we'll be getting there either the Wednesday or Thursday and I think we should agree on where we set up a Paddy Ghetto. :pac:

We're staying in houx, will be hard to miss us if you're around there!

Grim.

Nismo announcement in one hour, rumored to be the Nissan LMP1