Le Mans 24 hour motor race

[Paul Chapman]

If anyone wants to get away from wall-to-wall football and listen to the Le Mans 24 Hour motor race, which starts tomorrow, you can listen to Radio Le Mans on the internet at http://www.radiolemans.com/

Should be an interesting race this year. Two Audi R10 diesels are on the front row :shock: :shock:

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

And here's a link to the official LeMans site http://www.lemans.org/accueil/index_gb.html

Paul

 

[RogerS]

And there I was thinking you were asking for someone to co-drive with you. :wink:

 

[Colin C]

Hi Paul
That R10 is a beast and its a diesel :tongue9:

 

[Paul Chapman]

My wife and I have been to the race twice before. At one point, after watching one of the teams change all four disk pads, all four wheels and re-fuel in about 8 minutes, she turned to me and said "How come when I have my car serviced, they want it all day?" :? :?

Paul

 

[Noel]

Or watch it on Eurosport. Hope McNish does well.
Can't watch or listen myself as I'm off to watch a load of WRCs etc
http://www.donegalinternationalrally.com/entry_list.php for the best rally in Europe. Vroom, vroom.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Hope McNish does well.

He had some drive shaft problems in the pre-race warm-up this morning. Let's hope they get it sorted [-o< However, the other Audi is flying \/

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

One hour to the off \/

Vrooooooommmmm

 

[Paul Chapman]

Five hours to go and the Audi diesel is still leading from the Pescarolo Judd 8) 8)

Vroooommmm Vrooooommmm

 

[Paul Chapman]

Result:

1st Audi (diesel)
2nd Pescarolo Judd (petrol)
3rd Audi (diesel)

That's got to be one of the most significant advances in engine design and development in recent years. It wasn't long ago that diesels were only good for lorries, buses and taxis. Now they can beat the best petrol engines in the most demanding endurance race in the World, at speeds of up to 195 mph over 380 laps in 24 hours.

Cool, really cool 8) 8) 8)

Paul

 

[Anonymous]

Paul

They were particulalry suited to this type of event as high torque and low (comparably) fuel consumption are very advantageous in endurance racing.

Don't expect to see an F1 diesel in the near future

Cheers

Tony (owner of a very high performance Audi and and dedicated Audi fan)

 

[Paul Chapman]

Don't expect to see an F1 diesel in the near future

I don't - most of the F1 teams have trouble making a petrol engine that doesn't explode within an hour :lol:

Paul

 

[Anonymous]

Don't expect to see an F1 diesel in the near future

I don't - most of the F1 teams have trouble making a petrol engine that doesn't explode within an hour :lol:

Paul

:lol: :lol: :lol: