Commenting on the rush of proceedings with the purpose of rocked opening and finish of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Paul Truswell of Radio Le Mans held "the race is approaching the knack to endure, not merely the knack of drivers to figure out what did you say? They figure out in support of a long period." The complete compete zombie, all the way down to the pit boards and radios, has to live the stress and abuse of the complete day of the week. This was the compete to substantiate individuals language.
There were two Toyotas, two Porsches and three Audis, five of the seven led the compete next to a number of place, six of the seven ran in the top three. Toyota will be hugely disappointed with the purpose of it didn't win what time its car and drivers were so, so strong, but they gave Audi the kind of scare we haven't seen since the unsurpassed of Peugeot's days, and Toyota did a better job of it even in the loss. Porsche blew away everyone's expectations, falling 3.5 hours undersized of a fairy tale finale with the purpose of would control made Disney cry.
There were two Toyotas, two Porsches and three Audis, five of the seven led the compete next to a number of place, six of the seven ran in the top three. Toyota will be hugely disappointed with the purpose of it didn't win what time its car and drivers were so, so strong, but they gave Audi the kind of scare we haven't seen since the unsurpassed of Peugeot's days, and Toyota did a better job of it even in the loss. Porsche blew away everyone's expectations, falling 3.5 hours undersized of a fairy tale finale with the purpose of would control made Disney cry.
But Le Mans doesn't really figure out fairy tales. Well, not with the purpose of fairy tale. Audi's Twitter see to for the period of the event was #welcomechallenges. Since usual, Le Mans answered in support of the complete sports ground.
AUDI'S LUCKY NUMBER 13
Taking part in twelve years of winning the battle in the French countryside, three of individuals counter to opponents with superior firepower, Audi's 13th victory proved the challenging way with the purpose of not simply does it know how to win, but as we held in our pre-race remarks, it knows how to drama underdog.
The #7 Toyota driven by Kazuki Nakajima, Alexander Wurz and Stéphane Sarrazin stayed not at home in front in support of 14 hours, its biggest battle next to firstly merely getting through the storms with the purpose of plagued the compete approaching 90 minutes in. It didn't merely shower, the skies acted like they were preparing in support of the sequel to Noah. The torrential rain undid the #8 Toyota what time it and a Ferrari GT car got not at home of appearance on the Mulsanne Straight and clobbered the #3 Audi driven by Marco Bonanomi. The go along with Toyota spent 45 minutes in the depths but didn't lose with the purpose of much distance as the Safety Car stayed not at home in support of 45 minutes while a terribly upset Bonanomi had to watch his Audi persuade hauled sour the track. Wurz would soon after call his opening drive "character building."
The Four Rings stayed in contention with Toyota through a combination of entering three cars in the compete, running longer on apiece agree of tires and little things like having working radios. When the race-leading #7 Toyota jammed the electrical fire with the purpose of would finish its run next to around 5:00 AM, an Audi driver radioed in to accede to Audi know approaching it, but Toyota couldn't stretch to Nakajima as his data lines didn't piece – we heard they were irritating to call him on his cellphone to tell him to bring the car in. That didn't piece either, and his compete was complete what time the car stop next to Arnage.
Audi plus knows what time to be fast. After trailing seconds for each circuit to the Toyota next to the opening of the compete – six hours into the compete the have an advantage Toyota might pit and emerge still in the have an advantage – get nearer Sunday afternoon the Audis were the fastest cars on track. Even like late at night turbocharger troubles with the purpose of compulsory turbo replacements on both the #1 and #2 Audis, Vorsprung durch Tecnik took it again, the #2 Audi driven by Benoit Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer crossing the line beforehand of the #1 Audi driven by Tom Kristensen, Lucas di Grassi and Marc Gene. The #8 Toyota of Anthony Davidson, Nicolas LaPierre and Sébastien Buemi took third, five laps down, a healthy achievement in view of how it looked like it packed up in the beforehand rains.
Porsche had been gunning in support of pole, the legendary Le Mans entrant short to promote to its news beforehand since it wasn't predictable to persuade its two cars to the finish of the compete. The race team in Weissach didn't line up firstly, but they made much superior news like Fernando Alonso waved the emerald flag: The #20 car driven by Timo Bernhard, evaluate Webber and Brendon Hartley took the compete have an advantage in support of several stints, and like both Audis took to the depths to deal with their turbos the #20 Porsche took the have an advantage and looked like it might win the compete with with a reduction of than four hours to operate.
Mechanical gremlins would promote to certainly with the purpose of didn't come about, though, the #14 Porsche teething on issues like its pit lane tempo limiter switching on while racing not at home on track, the #20 knocked not at home by brake issues with the purpose of had seen it running straight on next to the finish of Arnage several epoch through the race. The team got the #14 car back on top of the track in support of the stay fresh circuit of the compete, merely to angry the line, but wasn't classified as a finisher. No problem – its presentation will not be beyond, and without hesitation we all know with the purpose of Porsche is available to be unsafe, and soon.
JOTA SPORT TAKES LMP2
JOTA Sport, the team with the purpose of Audi plucked Marc Gene from to interchange Loïc Duval and with the purpose of Gene called "a junior team" in support of Audi, won LMP2 with its #38 car driven by Simon Dolan, badger Tincknell and Oliver Turvey. Since in the top caste the team had to overcome mechanical issues to fight in support of the win, taking the have an advantage merely ahead of the final curved of pit stops. They came on form late at night in the compete, though, the beforehand hours dominated by Alexander Imperatore in the #47 KCMG Oreca Nissan and the #34 Race Performance Oreca Nissan, the late at night night hours ruled by the #35 G-Drive Nissan.
After having their own mechanical issues, the #46 TDS Racing team of Pierre Thiriet, Ludovic Badey and Tristan Gommendy safe go along with place. Paul-Loup Chatin, Nelson Panciatici and Oliver Webb earned the final plinth catch a glimpse of in the #36 Signatech Alpine Nissan.
Special declare goes to Jann Mardenborough, Alex Brundle and evaluate Shultzhitskiy in the #35 G-Drive by Oak Racing Nissan. Driven by 2011 Nissan GT Academy protégé Mardenborough through the night, the teen distanced the LMP2 sports ground but the car was ultimately undone by a brake disc failure, so therefore engine troubles, so therefore a perforate late at night in the compete. It would texture fifth.
THE "R" IN C7.R IS FOR "REDEMPTION"
The pole-sitting #51 AF Corse Ferrari driven by Gianmaria Bruni, Tony Vilander and Giancarlo Fisichella won the GTE-Pro caste, but the contemporary Corvette C7.R racecars in detail made up in support of stay fresh year's horrid day out by fighting in support of the have an advantage in support of much of the compete with both the #73 and #74 cars, the #73 driven by Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor near-term in go along with. The #74 had been the beforehand competitor in support of the have an advantage, available into firstly place on Lap 10, but a trade of brakes, a patch-up to mess its illuminated sign and overnight alternator problems ended its charge.
It was the Aston Martins with the purpose of has looked strongest for the period of the overnight stretch, however, the #97 Aston Martin driven by Darren Turner, Stefan Mucke and Bruno Senna leaving and repassing in support of the have an advantage for the period of a number of admirable intervals of nose-to-tail racing flanked by the top three with the purpose of went on in support of hours. A power steering rinse ended the challenge, the #97 ultimate 27 laps down.
Third place went to the #92 Porsche Team Manthey 911 RSR driven by Marco Holzer, Frederic Makowiecki and Richard Lietz, trailing go along with place for the period of a long penultimate pit bar.
GTE-Am FLIES THE UNION JACK
Italy got the unsurpassed of England next to the World Cup and GTE-Pro, but Aston Martin triumphed finished Ferrari in GTE-Am. The #95 V8 Vantage driven by Kristian Poulson, David Heinemeier Hansson and Nicki Thiim have an advantage the way in a bare of domination from the #88 Porsche of Christian Ried, Klaus Bachler and Khalid Al Qubaisi, and the #61 AF Corse Ferrari of Luis Perez Companc, Marco Cioci and Mirko Venturi.
The British marque might control taken the top two bad skin if not in support of a power steering catch in the go along with #98 car. But "If" being the the majority weighty word solitary can employment next to Le Mans, we might say with the purpose of the #77 Dempsey Racing – Proton Competition Porsche, the half-sister car to the #88 Porsche – would control had a beautiful presentation if not in support of issues like getting a three-minute stop-and-go penalty in support of turning its tires in the pit lane.
THE FUTURE IS COMING... SOON
The Nissan Zeod RC stopped on Lap 7, complete in support of the compete, its gearbox botched. Obviously the team wanted to figure out a luck more, but achieving a full-electric 300 kilometers for each hour (186 miles for each hour) down the Mulsanne Straight isn't bad piece in support of a weekend.
That was your 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. Assuming Nissan gets its training complete merely exact and comes with a strong competitor, after that year's battle next to the front be supposed to be nothing undersized of amazing.
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sources: autoblog.com
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