New Audi R18 Le Mans Racer

[youry]

will be able see this in flesh saturday at spa.... Audi VIP entrances...

[Benman]

will be able see this in flesh saturday at spa.... Audi VIP entrances...

That's just great. You do realize rubbing it in is not helping me.

[Ruergard]

And I heard you're bringing a camera? Great!

[darkop]

http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s54_...p?typecourse=3

[JavierNuvolari]

What about Justin TV ? I always watch LeMans on that wbsite.

[Benman]

What about Justin TV ? I always watch LeMans on that wbsite.

Not even on Justin! The best I can find so far is this:


http://www.race-rally.be/2011/1000km...aspx?type=live

So what is that? Like 4am PST?

[Benman]

I'm seeing this as an option:
http://vipbox.tv/sports/motosport.html

[Benman]

I kept getting "due to an error" for the first couple hours of the race. Two hours of frustration later, I find the live feed return and 1-2-3 all held by PUG?!?!? The best of the Audis is on the BACK of the lead lap in 4th???

What gives?!?

[Benman]

Wow, so after qualifying 1-2-3, the new R18s finish 3-4-5. Not the finish Audi (and fans) was (were) hoping for. Also interesting was that the #9 Pug actually was running the fastest laps at the end, even quicker than Tom's #3 R18!

Le Mans will prove an extremely close race if the brand new 908 Pugs are not only more reliable (at least at Spa) than the new R18s, but also faster (again, at Spa)! A bummer for Audi fans, but a great job by Peugeot.

And damn, I STILL think the R18 is the ugliest car on the track!

Ben

[Toto89]

Well, i don't think Pugs are faster now, the thing i suppose is that they are damn equal or there isn't really a recognizable difference in pace, just in the amount of fuel, the driver etc...Reliability is also not an issue i think, but somehow Audi seems to perform much better on 1 lap time attacks than on full race distances, just the opposite as last year. Oh, and may i say that i like how the R18 look like? Especially the red one, No.2. Not as beautiful as last year's R15 Plus though, with yellow inlays, that is the ultimate looking LMP car for me.

[darkop]

Also, Pugs ran full SPA high-downforce package and Audis were again on low-downforce LeMans settings, preparing for that race actually.

[MPT]

Are you sure? Do you have any documentation on this?

All i heard was that the Audi's were running Le Mans trim, don't know about the Pug's..

[Benman]

Oh, and may i say that i like how the R18 look like?

Of course you may. My statement that they are butt ugly is only my worthless opinion.

And I agree, how did Audi go from over the long haul from last year and Pugs were great for lap times to the exact opposite?!?

Lastly, as for the best looking LMP Audi car, the R8 for me.

[darkop]

Are you sure? Do you have any documentation on this?

All i heard was that the Audi's were running Le Mans trim, don't know about the Pug's..

It was confirmed on the live coverage at radiolemans.com.

[Benman]

^^^ I don't have access to eliminate this poster, just his posts. ^^^

[JavierNuvolari]

Audi is looking good!

http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-d...ve-timing.html

Ben : http://globalsportsstream.webs.com/Lemans.htm link does not work on my end, perhaps it's my location but I read that it was working in USA.

Saludos!

[Benman]

Javier, seems like it will work but when I click on "Channels" it says under construction. The home site just gives me three or four languages all at once. I am wondering if it will be up by race time?

[Benman]

The system is not letting me delete the spam???