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Errr, right.

Bummer they removed the karting pit complex. That was a great vantage point.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=31803

Mulsanne-Indianapolis is unscathed this year, but I think replacing the grass with tarmac there is a big mistake. Will not make it safer. Will instead provoke more bonkers moves and shuffling into the barriers.

I've got one exam at 2PM on Saturday that runs until 5PM max, which means that I'll miss at least 2 hours of the race which I'll have to catch up quickly. After that, my plan is to get through it all, for the first time ever I don't have anything to worry about after the race



Some bad crashes there though, nearly every single year. I don't mind that they added gravel there.

Exams on Saturday, I thought my Uni sucked

Second time I have one during the start. I can't complain though, rather on Saturday at 2PM than on Monday at 9AM

http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/1 ... at-le-mans

lol wut?

I guess they'll need a lot of green screen to try and super impose a CG car onto a real life track



Yes.

And that weekend I'll have no work, a house to myself and a new 24 Hour tesco to help get me through the weekend.

Bring it on.

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LMAO Kolles always pops up when you think you won't see him again.

Depends if he meant overall win, if we assume so since we are talking about Webber who is in LMP1, I doubt any of the current factory drivers did have it as their #1 goal, as all of them started the usual way through karting and low-level single-seaters. I'd also guess majority of the better half of current GT drivers did too. I don't see the GT classes really forming a feeder ladder at all, they just more like co-exist. And if anything, the current prototype (pun intended & meaning in non-motorsports there is this term "prototype player", meaning an ideal one) for a new LMP1 driver but one that is not coming from F1 seems to be someone who has mainly single-seater background and gets some seasoning in LMPs (including test role), essentially skipping GTs altogether.

What makes Webber different to any other recent ex-F1 driver at Le Mans is that he left when he was at the top and mostly left on his own terms. I think this is bigger difference than career stats.

I think you are yourself blowing this Webber-mania a bit out of proportions, other than the lame poster (just continuation of lame, amateurish posters for several years now) and this ad, I've not seen much of Webber at all. Even race interviews seem to have been rare. And this promo was Eurosport's, not ACO's, altough obviously they work together. Generally I don't see what's wrong with highlighting him since he is a racing driver, and not a footballer or an actor.

Did you not mean that literally or have you seen hour-by-hour tv ratings? Link?

I'm almost thinking that's what the LMP drivers want, more space to pass... that's what they already do on the Mulsanne straights. I can't fathom how does that make any difference safety-wise because for tarmac run-off to be really effective it needs a lot of space, and couple of meters is not a lot. Maybe could avoid some situations where car spins because grass means no grip. That will make the part of the track look visually quite different.

Instead, how about replacing those knee-high 1970s armcos.

Radio Le Mans talked about the exact figures on one of the broadcasts following Le Mans. It always stuck in my head as a terrible thing, despite Nissan talking about how amazing it was. 2012 was quite a terrible year at the circuit if you didn't buy into the hype and BS because there was DeltaWing crap EVERYWHERE, with a lot of people sniggering and shaking heads. It was billed as a success because people watched. Nobody liked to talk about how many stopped watching because it was a one-trick pony.



I'm not 100% sure all of the pit complex for the karting circuit has been removed. There was a new pit complex for it built recently when the kart circuit was updated - I don't imagine that's been torn down. But the old one has certainly gone. So hopefully you can still get on the new one if it's there, because it's a beautiful vantage point.

I tend to agree that it isn't really a huge safety improvement there. however at least there is now lines of tyres at various points around the circuit where there should have been before.

I also agree with deggis, that the circuit armco is currently a joke. Buckles under tiny impacts and causes 3 hour safety cars. Whilst I think the Code 60 is a great way of avoiding it (and should be utilised unless it's completely unsafe to do so), that's a work-around to a problem that should be solved.

There has been, but that's not the bit we're discussing.

The barriers at Allans accident point have been changed in a few ways. The first part (which he didn't hit) has been extended down, meaning theres less of an angle to hit. The bit Allan did hit has been moved away from the trees by 1.5m and 2 rows of tyres added for the first 50m or so then 1 row of tyres after that. It's also been resurfaced.

Ford Chicane kerb has been removed again.

Terrible terrible idea removing that kerb. Without it, it becomes pot luck who gets a penalty for cheating and who doesn't. And the P2 drivers liked the kerb because with the old setup the GT cars took the corner in a higher gear and drove off down the straight. This change put the GTs on the same layout as the Prototypes, so the P2s could pass down the straight.

Hopefully it'll go back in for race weekend, because otherwise it's going to be stupid watching random cars getting track limit penalties and the GTs driving away from P2s because of the momentum carried.

Did they get complaints? I think I only saw positive responses to that kerb.

When you've got hectares of tarmac on the inside of the kerbing, drivers are gonna use as much as possible. The high kerb prevented that.

Maybe they should just put grass there.

Dont think Porsche was happy with it, they had to build a complete new car after that jump.



But yeah agree it it terrible removing it again.

But the Porsche never jumped over the kerb.

The kerb was on the right hand apex of the SECOND part of the Ford chicane. There is no grass there. Porsche flew over the right hand apex of the FIRST part of the Ford Chicane.

Scotty. Check this shot of the Rebellion.