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Starting grid & Pole

THE GRID — 85th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours race

1. (7) Conway/Kobayashi/Sarrazin (Toyota, LMP1) 3m14.791s
2. (8) Buemi/Davidson/Nakajima (Toyota, LMP1) +2.337s
3. (1) Jani/Lotterer/Tandy (Porsche, LMP1) +2.468s
4. (2) Bernhard/Bamber/Hartley (Porsche, LMP1) +3.276s
5. (9) Lapierre/Kunimoto/Lopez (Toyota, LMP1) +3.834s
6. (4) Webb/Karihamer/Rossiter (Enso CLM, LMP1) +9.379s
7. (26) Rusinov/Thiriet/Lynn (Oreca, LMP2) +10.561s
8. (25) Gonzalez/Trummer/Petrov (Oreca, LMP2) +10.758s
9. (38) Tung/Laurent/Jarvis (Oreca, LMP2) +11.120s
10. (31) Prost/Canal/Senna (Oreca, LMP2) +11.945s
11. (13) Piquet/Hansson/Beche (Oreca, LMP2) +12.020s
12. (24) Graves/Hirschi/Vergne (Oreca, LMP2) +12.080s
13. (28) Perrodo/Vaxiveire/Collard (Oreca, LMP2) +12.317s
14. (35) Panciatici/Ragues/Negrao (Alpine, LMP2) +12.726s
15. (37) Cheng/Gommendy/Brundle (Oreca, LMP2) +12.744s
16. (27) Aleshin/Sirotkin/Shaytar (Dallara, LMP2) +12.991s
17. (36) Dumas/Menezes/Rao (Alpine, LMP2) +13.260s
18. (39) Guibbert/Trouillet/Winslow (Oreca, LMP2) +13.577s
19. (40) Allen/Matelli/Bradley (Oreca, LMP2) +14.100s
20. (22) Rohas/Hirakawa/Gutierrez (Oreca, LMP2) +14.146s
21. (32) Owen/Sadeleer/Albuquerque (Ligier, LMP2) +14.360s
22. (21) Hedman/Hanley/Rosenqvist (Oreca, LMP2) +14.986s
23. (29) Lammers/Van Eerd/Barrichello (Dallara, LMP2) +15.185s
24. (47) Lacorte/Sernagiotto/Belicchi (Dallara, LMP2) +15.223s
25. (45) Kpatterson/McMurry/Capillaire (Ligier, LMP2) +15.373s
26. (23) Barthez/Buret/Berthon (Ligier, LMP2) +16.555s
27. (34) Moore/Hanson/Chandhok (Ligier, LMP2) +17.745s
28. (49) Konopka/Calko/Breukers (Ligier, LMP2) +19.130s
29. (17) Lafargue/Lafargue/Zollinger (Ligier, LMP2) +21.439s
30. (43) Keating/Bleekemolen/Taylor (Riley, LMP2) +22.216s
31. (33) Nicolet/Nicolet/Maris (Ligier, LMP2) +27.869s
32. (97) Turner/Adam/Serra (Aston Martin, GTE PRO) +36.046s
33. (51) Calado/Pier Guidi/Rugolo (Ferrari, GTE PRO) +36.237s
34. (95) Thiim/Sørensen/Stanaway (Aston Martin, GTE PRO) +36.247s
35. (71) Rigon/Bird/Molina (Ferrari, GTE PRO) +36.295s
36. (69) Briscoe/Westbrook/Dixon (Ford GT, GTE PRO) +36.441s
37. (63) Magnussen/Garcia/Taylor (Corvette, GTE PRO) +36.693s
38. (92) Christensen/Estre/Werner (Porsche, GTE PRO) +37.056s
39. (66) Mucke/Pla/Johnson (Ford GT, GTE PRO) +37.200s
40. (67) Priaulx/Tincknell/Derani (Ford GT, GTE PRO) +37.217s
41. (64) Gavin/Milner/Fassler (Corvette, GTE PRO) +37.226s
42. (82) Vilander/Fisichella/Kaffer (Ferrari, GTE PRO) +37.347s
43. (68) Hand/Muller/Kanaan (Ford GT, GTE PRO) +7.387s
44. (91) Lietz/Makowiecki/Pilet (Porsche, GTE PRO) +37.802s
45. (50) Rees/Brandela/Philippon (Corvette, GTE AM) +38.052s
46. (98) Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda (Aston Martin, GTE AM) +38.442s
47. (62) Mac Neil/Sweedler/Bell (Ferrari, GTE AM) +38.521s
48. (77) Ried/Cairoli/Dienst (Porsche, GTE AM) +38.590s
49. (55) Cameron/Scott/Cioci (Ferrari, GTE AM) +38.850s
50. (84) Smith/Stevens/Vanthoor (Ferrari, GTE AM) +39.186s
51. (83) Krohn/Jonsson/Bertolini (Ferrari, GTE AM) +39.297s
52. (90) Yoluc/Hankey/Bell (Aston Martin, GTE AM) +39.528s
53. (99) Howard/Gunn/Bryant (Aston Martin, GTE AM) +39.537s
54. (93) Long/Al Faisal/Hedlund (Porsche, GTE AM) +39.830s
55. (61) Mok/Sawa/Griffin (Ferrari, GTE AM) +40.164s
56. (60) Wee/Katoh/Parente (Ferrari, GTE AM) +40.203s
57. (88) Al Qubaisi/Lemeret/Bachler (Porsche, GTE AM) +40.677s
58. (54) Flohr/Castellacci/Beretta (Ferrari, GTE AM) +41.510s
59. (86) Wainwright/Barker/Foster (Porsche, GTE AM) +41.678s
60. (65) Nielsen/Balzan/Bret (Ferrari, GTE AM) +43.458s

Pole lap and track record by Kobayashi



Same lap onboard



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"I had 100 percent confidence in the car and when you’re in that frame of mind, you can do great things,” Kobayashi said.
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Pornsche vs. Togoata who will win - guess we'll have to wait and seen as LeMans is an insane sprint race at the edge of what the cars can do.

I'll be having Eurosport 1 running my second for the race 8-)
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If Toyota does not break down in the last moment, like last year, they will have a fair chance of winning LM2017 :D

Porsche vs Toyota battle will be interesting to watch. :party:
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Nice athmospheric impression of the road to Le Mans. Sponsored by Porsche and Esso.



Will Porsche win this year? They might have a tough battle ahead with Toyota in the LMP1.
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Just in case someone wants a stream to see the race.

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Like god damn that tire blow out on the Aston Martin it blew the right front of the car... so sick, going fine and then BOOM bits of carbon every where :o
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Or a 3 wheeler Corvette, spinning in the gravel when trying to reach the pits :mrgreen:

LM24, never a dull moment.

I think the Chinese Jacky Chan team is doing exceptionally well in LMP2.
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Oh man what heartbreak, Toyota really have no luck at all, one car lost its clutch and tried it's best to limp home to the pit on electric power but the power ran out. And the second car had a violent tire blowout, and then the idiot driver drove the car so fast around the track the tire slapping around set fire to the car. Lol the second car is limping to the pit again but this time slower, but man, Toyota lost such big lead in the blink of an eye so sad for them.
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Beardroid91 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2017 12:22 am Oh man what heartbreak, Toyota really have no luck at all
Didn't someone made a joke here last year about Mazda having cursed Toyota? It may very well be true. :lol:

Now what if the Porsche break too and an LMP2 takes the overall win this year, the Jackie Chan team? :loll:
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Jacky Chan FTW :2thumbsup:

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Last Year i made a statement about LMP1 being obsolete. This Year that is only confirmed. :?
The real battles take place in LMP2 and GTE.

Porsche is cruising towards another victory, but having LMP2 cars on the podium is a first in LM. :woot:

Only 2 brands in LMP1 and just a handful cars on the grid, can not be called a "Class" IMO.
Even if the LMP1 are very spectacular, without factory support from different brands this class is dead.
To win in LMP1 you need Formula 1 type budgets and not all manufacturers are prepared to spend that.
The absence of Audi is noticeable. But they do not have anything to prove anymore. Also some Diesel thing to get rid off :whistle:

Toyota is very unlucky indeed. Last year was a big drama, this year at least Kobayashi shined with an epic qualifying lap.

Still 6 hours to go.
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