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Post by mattwrc on Jun 17, 2006 6:47:59 GMT
well its Lemans weekend once again, and its Audi who are on pole for the race which starts later today
i will be looking out to see how young Brit Darren Turner from the Seat touring car team does in the Aston Martin
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Post by OverSauron on Jun 17, 2006 7:04:38 GMT
I suppose that this year Audi will win this race once again. maybe even 1-2 finish. But I'm sure that if not in 2007, then in 2008 the winner will be Peugeot.
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Post by chrisfinch on Jun 17, 2006 9:37:47 GMT
I'll be cheering on Sebastien Loeb, but I don't really take much interest in le Mans, I'll just watch at the start and at the end.
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Post by OverSauron on Jun 17, 2006 10:02:45 GMT
I'm tired of this guy winning everything on his way, so I'll be cheering against him) Let Kristensen win his 9th Lemans ;D
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Post by FordTeamRS on Jun 17, 2006 11:39:58 GMT
This would be the only time of year where I wouldn't mind Loeb winning something He along with his team mates could do it, but the odds are pretty much against him sadly
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Post by Vivski on Jun 17, 2006 17:10:34 GMT
I'll be cheering for Loeb and Sarrazin! You have to support the rally drivers. Same with Atkinson at the Nurburgring.
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Post by Mixa on Jun 17, 2006 20:02:13 GMT
The race is an the good way and it seems Kristensen isnt winning as them car had problems and them was dropped to 6 laps behind for other Audi. Currently its quite even except in main class where Audi N8 seems to dominate by the lap but still the race is on early point. Audi is followed by the both Pescarolo´s and then comes Racing For Holland with them main car but its already a lot of behind. Loeb had a good run last time when I saw the coverage In GT1 class Corvette is leading followed by Aston Martin 009 car where Sarrazin is. The other Aston and Corvette have had problems. Also the Le Mans saw the earliest safety car ever when privately runned Aston hitted to wall and bring a lot of dust to the road. In LMP2 has had most of the problems but if all goes right RML will cruise to victory with them Lola. Not much to say for GT2 as its not seen much but Porsches are going well there.
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Post by OverSauron on Jun 18, 2006 7:50:57 GMT
Noooo... Loeb is second..... if something happens to Audi... Noooooo.... I don't want this guy to win
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Post by Curt on Jun 18, 2006 10:54:37 GMT
Noooo... Loeb is second..... if something happens to Audi... Noooooo.... I don't want this guy to win How come? I think it would be great for a WRC driver to win. It would show how skillful they are compared to other motorsports.
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Post by OverSauron on Jun 18, 2006 10:58:09 GMT
But not Loeb! He has had enough glory in recent years...
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Post by FordTeamRS on Jun 18, 2006 11:06:23 GMT
So? The guy is obviously talented, why can't he win?
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Post by OverSauron on Jun 18, 2006 11:24:10 GMT
Because it's too boring when one man wins everything.
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Post by FordTeamRS on Jun 18, 2006 11:48:35 GMT
Yeah, but it's not Loeb doing all the work? There's Franck Montagny and Eric Helary on with it too. Now that's quite a combination!
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Post by mattwrc on Jun 18, 2006 16:35:02 GMT
So Seb with coming second could now have some new career prospects - perhaps new Jim Clark?
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Post by Mixa on Jun 18, 2006 20:09:11 GMT
Yeah it was a good race! Loeb beeing 2nd with Helary and Montagny. This race was a legend as Audi was the first to win with diesel engine and actually because of that them managed the race all the time as them were able to run 4 laps more in every stint than Pescarolo´s+were 2-5 seconds quicker everylap. Also a laptime of 3.31.211 is impressive in the race. I say in this race Loeb got a lot of laps with Montagny and even taked the car for home. Still to be honest as commentator said Loeb was too slow compared to his team mates but as Henri Pescarolo noticed that them cant match with Audi this French star got laps to go on. Also for the ages we were able to see current F1 driver at Le Mans . The most boring class at Le Mans as them had so many break downs,Zytek was in the pits a lot as Creation car too including many more. Also Aston and Corvette had great battle throught the race but finally as always Prodrive wasnt able to win Corvette. Aston was going for a win before to Sarrazin´s crew(009) clutch broken up and them needed to spend laps in the pits and Corvette and even 007 Aston as couple other GT1 cars gone ahead because of that. This means once again Beretta´s crew won in GT1 and even taked the impressive 4th place overall. Also in GT1 we saw most of the laps for ages as this cars has been the ones to brokedown. in LMP2 win gone for RML Lola team as was expected and in this one we saw the weird chase as to 2nd was someone and 3rd was only Courage to finish for so many Courage starters and he lost was it 16 laps to LMP2 winner. In LMP2 the race was mainly driving but a loss for GT1´s by driving isnt an access. ok the winner spended some time on pits too and also the team owner drived some hours who for sure isnt the quickest guy. Also for me the most notable and the most sad moment happened in this class as Intersport team car got a tyre blown of half a lap before finnish and actually 30 secs before 24 hours were reached. To results I see hes final lap were over 13 mins so by the rules he should have been retired and actually I didnt seen this car to finish but somehow he is on the results. In LMGT2 happened what I wished as Panoz beaten all the Porsches even by little luck as over 23 hours in the lead stormed Porsche hitted for gear probs and then needed to spend laps in the pits. When this Porsche rejoined he was lost his 1 and a half lap lead to half lap behind. Then Porsche stormed on the track but hitted to wall and by luck didnt needed to retire and got the 2nd place.A great day for Panoz as the private Panoz won the race. Don Panoz the Panoz owner tried to win this race 10 years with LM-GTP,LMP1 and LMGT2 cars and finally done it in LMGT2 class. The result is great as I dont even remember when Porsches were beaten in this class. Still it was a great race and woked good memories for last year when I was watching this race at Le Mans. The 07 I will go again and yes to cheer for Peugeot what makes a return. The other good news were that in 4 years Le Mans should be alive again as if we believe to rumours the comebacks of manufacturer teams has begun...
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