Le Mans!

ON-car Camera lap around le Circuit de la Sarthe

Turn-by-turn description of the Circuit

In just over 8 hours, the 24 hours of Le Mans begins. It is arguably THE definitive motorsport event. A grueling test of man and machine.

This year the prototype class will be a titanic battle between last year’s champ Audi, and their R10 racers, vs. Peugeot and their Diesel powered prototype 908 HDi cars. Audi will have 3 R10s and Peugeot is bringing 2 908s.

The pole is distributed between the five cars:

1. Lamy/Sarrazin/Bourdais (No. 8 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP), 3m 26.344s
2. Capello/Kristensen/McNish (Audi R10), +0.572s
3. Gene/Minassian/Villeneuve (No. 7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP), +1.380s
4. Biela/Pirro/Werner (Audi R10), +1.957s
5. Luhr/Rockenfeller/Premat (Audi R10), +3.392s

Should be a fascinating weekend. I’ll be keeping an eye on the race in the moments that Speed TV can break themselves away from 24 hours of NASCAR coverage (yawn).

2 thoughts on “Le Mans!”

  1. Thoughts..
    First, thanks chuck, for the link!
    AFAIAC, in-car cameras are the *only* way to see a lap in a race car.
    Secondly, watching things like this make my potty parts *tingle*…I’ve never gotten over being a race car driver, and seeing these clips *almost* makes me wanna do it again!
    Thirdly, I am also reminded when watching videos such as this, that I was *NEVER* more at peace, calm, happy, then I was inside the *violence* that is a race car.
    For those who’e not had the pleasure, nothing, NOTHING you’ve ever done in a street car comes CLOSE to what happens in a full-blown race-prepped car: It’s LOUD, it’s VIOLENT, it’s DUSTY, it STINKS. You’re being thrown sidewys in the harnesses, forward under braking, punched into the seat under acceleration. Video, or the fastest canyon carving you can do in a street vehicle, simply PALES in comparison to the real deal….
    sigh….ah, for lotto winnings….:)

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