Le Mans 24

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FredericRobinson

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246 months

Saturday 19th April
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Starts at 14.00 UK time, conditions look dicey, coverage on TNT / Discovery Plus

dibblecorse

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206 months

Saturday 19th April
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cheers

dibblecorse

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Saturday 19th April
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cheers

FredericRobinson

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246 months

Saturday 19th April
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Chaotic stuff, luckily mostly low speed tip offs

MK3 Dan

311 posts

159 months

Saturday 19th April
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Watching this on and off when I can.

Getting dark now, in the damp, temp must be dropping too.

I do not envy them at all but so much respect for what they do!

20 mins on track and I am ready for a break and that's at a slow pace!!

FredericRobinson

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Saturday 19th April
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MK3 Dan said:
Watching this on and off when I can.

Getting dark now, in the damp, temp must be dropping too.

I do not envy them at all but so much respect for what they do!

20 mins on track and I am ready for a break and that's at a slow pace!!
I doubt there’s ever been a busier marshals post than the final turn in this race, or a race with more bikes going down the road, and not even a quarter of the race in yet

MK3 Dan

311 posts

159 months

Saturday 19th April
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FredericRobinson said:
I doubt there’s ever been a busier marshals post than the final turn in this race, or a race with more bikes going down the road, and not even a quarter of the race in yet
Its crazy, that double highside was quite poetic (If thats the right word!)

Now SERT out on slicks, this could add to the fun.

MK3 Dan

311 posts

159 months

Saturday 19th April
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As I typed that down he went!

srob

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252 months

Saturday 19th April
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Can you imagine how mentally knackered he must be. 3 hours riding (of 6) on slicks on a drying track in the dark. No wonder he keeps falling off hehe

FredericRobinson

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Saturday 19th April
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Looks like the most recent off has done for the 90, having been dropped on the formation lap, then twice by Danny Webb, and once by Michael Dunlop, still showing as ‘stopped’

MK3 Dan

311 posts

159 months

Saturday 19th April
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srob said:
Can you imagine how mentally knackered he must be. 3 hours riding (of 6) on slicks on a drying track in the dark. No wonder he keeps falling off hehe
The crashes must be adding to that mental beating as well.

6 crashes in 7hrs 15 mins is just insane.

Tango13

9,451 posts

190 months

Saturday 19th April
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MK3 Dan said:
srob said:
Can you imagine how mentally knackered he must be. 3 hours riding (of 6) on slicks on a drying track in the dark. No wonder he keeps falling off hehe
The crashes must be adding to that mental beating as well.

6 crashes in 7hrs 15 mins is just insane.
Have a thought for the poor bloody mechanics that are having to fix the bike every time it gets dropped! frown

FredericRobinson

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Sunday 20th April
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127 crashes in the first 12 hours

FredericRobinson

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Sunday 20th April
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Rain with an hour to go.

Inevitable consequences

clive_candy

812 posts

179 months

Tuesday 22nd April
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Surprised there was no more comment on this.

Webike Kawasaki were leading by more than a lap going into the final hour when Ramos fell doing some serious damage to the bike. By the time they got it back to the pits, fixed it and got it out again, the YART Yamaha had taken the lead which it held on to till the finish.

It was some drama and worth catching the highlights if you can.

Alex@POD

6,388 posts

229 months

Wednesday 23rd April
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I watched as much as I could, but I was travelling last weekend so most of it was in the hotel! The owner is a fan of bikes though so he had it on the big screen in the bar when we got there biggrin

MK3 Dan

311 posts

159 months

Wednesday 23rd April
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I missed the end of up but had picked up there was some drama.

Going to see if I can find the end of it to have a watch.