2019 Le Mans 24 hours

[steveaki13]

Sitting here watching the first Qualifying session. Thought it needed a thread.

Missed the race last year but cannot remember why.


Just seen the most stupid piece of driving by Rodriguez. Pulling onto the track from a spin the wrong way and collecting Conway. Dangerous and stupid driving. Makes Maldonado look safe

Anyway who else is watching?

[SimmoWriter]

It's going to be an interesting race, when you non-hybrids lapping quicker round Le Mans than Porsche or Audi did (I accept they aren't there so not developing). Me personally, as with every year, I am looking forward to the GTE-Pro class

[steveaki13]

Its race time. 24 hours are goooooo

[Tazio]

Its race time. 24 hours are gooooooFred's team apparently having set up issues. One minute down!

[Tazio]

Wow. talk about your bad luck!
Toyota (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/Toyota) have revealed how a faulty sensor was behind the controversial error that cost the No 7 TS050 of Mike Conway (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mike-conway), Kamui Kobayashi (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/kamui-kobayashi) and Jose Maria Lopez (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/jose-maria-lopez) victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/le-mans-24-hours), with the team mistakenly replacing the wrong wheel as a result.
Having led the most famous race in the world for nearly 12 hours consecutively, Lopez looked to have avoided a potential setback when the team identified a deflating tyre, with the Argentine able to make it to the pits without losing much time to the sister No 8 car of Sebastien Buemi (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/sebastien-buemi), Fernando Alonso (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/FernandoAlonso) and Kazuki Nakajima (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/kazuki-nakajima).
In an attempt to reduce the time in the pits with just one hour remaining, Toyota elected to change just the punctured tyre, swapping the right-front and sending Lopez on his way as he retained the lead.
But disaster immediately struck when Lopez reported another puncture on his out-lap, with the No 7 car limping round the 8.3-mile circuit and losing the lead to Nakajima, who went on to take victory and seal a second successive win for the No 8 car despite trailing in second for the bulk of the race.
Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry :dork: