2024 Le Mans race thread

[entropy]

Congrats to Ferrari.

What is it with Danes and LM?

[130R]

Great race from Ferrari. I expected Toyota to win at the mid way point

[732NM]

Nova Gyna said:

Think they are next year.

F1 is not removing tyre warmers.

Keeps a British business going, they are made in the UK.

[732NM]

130R said:

Great race from Ferrari. I expected Toyota to win at the mid way point

They would have without being punted off.

[Leithen]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Leithen said:

Rather put the tyre warmer debate to bed once and for all.

Not on this thread. Go start one.

[PRO5T]

Happy

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Ok, well thanks everyone. Love you all. But I got more wine and cheese to consume. See you on other threads!

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Leithen said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Leithen said:

Rather put the tyre warmer debate to bed once and for all.

Not on this thread. Go start one.

Just meant that it might be more appropriate to create a dedicated thread for such a debate rather than trying to subvert this one. That's all

[732NM]

Michelin man is hilarious. What a great marketing idea that was!

[Jonny_]

Well that was an excellent race. Even the extended safety car just meant I could grab a few hours kip without missing anything exciting!

Cheers all. Until next year!

[PRO5T]

732NM said:

Michelin man is hilarious. What a great marketing idea that was!

Not when you see the original one-Bibendum was the stuff of nightmares!

[Adrian W]

Why do they have to keep talking over the presentation

[blearyeyedboy]

Well done, drivers and team of cars 50, 22 and 91.

I was surprised by how well Cadillac did, to be fair.

I was disappointed by Peugeot. I hoped BoP would help them out a bit.

Great race!

[snotrag]

I think it's important to remember that the only reason we have Hypercars finishing so far off the podium - is that we started with 23 Hypercars!

[Blink982]

Congratulations to all three class winners but especially to Richy Leitz. Legend!!

[ajprice]

PRO5T said:

732NM said:

Michelin man is hilarious. What a great marketing idea that was!

Not when you see the original one-Bibendum was the stuff of nightmares!

As bad as Bungle in the first series of Rainbow.

Great end to the race, I'm not sure how much notice #7 took of the radio saying settle for 2nd, he got the gap down from 30 to 14 seconds.

[FBR2020]

Enjoyed the race, this is the most I've kept up with the action in a number of years. Eurosport coverage via Discovery+ app was great.

Was it just me or did they totally miss Toyota in the presentation of trophies on the podium? They seemed a bit left out in all the Ferrari hubbub.

[Regbuser]

I'll give it 6.5/10 this year

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Regbuser said:

I'll give it 6.5/10 this year

Agreed. They need to sort out the Safety Car procedure. As soon as it's thrown, you just know it will be at best two hours.

[generationx]

Generally a fantastic race apart from the extended safety car periods, but kept me watching for almost the entirety. Makes F1 look deeply pedestrian…