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Le Mans 24 Hour Results (Spoiler Alerts)

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    Le Mans 24 Hour Results (Spoiler Alerts)

    AUDI R15 TDIs came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Le Mans 24 hour race.
    The winning car did 5405km in 24 hours, the Bathurst 1000 looks small by comparison.
    The R15 is a 5.5L V10 turbo diesel.

    "THIS YEARS WINNERS AUDI #9 COMPLETED 397 LAPS (AT A SPEED OF 225.228 KPH) - A NEW DISTANCE RECORD, BEATING THEIR TEAM MATES #8 IN SECOND BY ONE LAP AND THE THIRD AUDI# 7 BY 3 LAPS IN THIRD."

    The results are here: Chronos
    Last edited by glenc; 14-06-2010, 05:22 AM.
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    That car looked amazing on the track, a very well put together team

    If it has an engine or heartbeat it's going to cost you.

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      The winning car did 5405km in 24 hours, the Bathurst 1000 looks small by comparison.
      Sure does.. but Bathurst doesn't run for 24 hours

      Was great to see Audi come in at 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

      Peugoet (or Poojoe, as the americans were saying!) must be devastated.
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        In 2002 532 laps (3305km) were completed in the Bathurst 24 hr race.
        This year the winners covered 4326 km at Daytona's 24 hr race.
        Last edited by glenc; 14-06-2010, 07:58 AM.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by glenc View Post
          In 2002 532 laps (3305km) were completed in the Bathurst 24 hr race.
          This year the winners covered 4326 km at Daytona's 24 hr race.
          Just to add some perspective to the comparison, they are 3 fundamentally different tracks (La Sarthe's backstraight makes Conrod look like a short sprint), and in Bathurst's case, it was a production car race.
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            I was waiting for all the Pugs to be quick but eventually brake down and they did
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            • #7
              Next time please don't put up these kind of results etc in thread titles. Also a spoiler warning is also appropriate. I've got the whole weekends One HD coverage taped and ready to go today and it's a little bit ruined for me now (I'm still going to watch it anyway though).
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                Originally posted by hooba View Post
                ...... and in Bathurst's case, it was a production car race.
                Ahem, don't get me started on the whole "production car" discussion when Holden/HSV enter a purpose built 427 coupe which never made it into production yet CAMS still honour their victory based on a future homologation run - Strip them I say!
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                  Originally Posted by hooba
                  ...... and in Bathurst's case, it was a production car race.

                  Ahem, don't get me started on the whole "production car" discussion when Holden/HSV enter a purpose built 427 coupe which never made it into production yet CAMS still honour their victory based on a future homologation run - Strip them I say!
                  Was better in the 70's, when the race cars were actually what you could buy from the dealership (with exception of an exhaust)
                  Now days, same gearbox, same diff blah blah blah and no variety.

                  I'd love to see Audi's and VW's at bathurst up against standard falcons and commodores.
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                  Originally Posted by JoeVR
                  I've never been a big fan of rotors, or really Japanese cars in general, so my choice would have to be..... an RX-8.

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                    Originally posted by goodfella View Post
                    Ahem, don't get me started on the whole "production car" discussion when Holden/HSV enter a purpose built 427 coupe which never made it into production yet CAMS still honour their victory based on a future homologation run - Strip them I say!
                    I agree with you entirely. However what I wanted to point out it is hard to compare Bathurst and a purpose built Commodore coupe with Le Mans and the mighty R15.

                    Good write up on the race.

                    autoblog.com
                    http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/13/le-mans-2010-to-finish-first-first-you-must-finish/
                    Last edited by hooba; 14-06-2010, 01:20 PM.
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                      somewhat disappointing result for Nigel Mansell - turned out to be the Le Mans 24 minute race for him
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by gareth_oau View Post
                        somewhat disappointing result for Nigel Mansell - turned out to be the Le Mans 24 minute race for him


                        Nigel needs the moustache so he can get his mojo back. How often can two brothers say "we didn't get a drive because dad crashed the car"?
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                        • #13
                          Has there been any disscussion into what went wrong with the Peugoets?
                          Was quite sad to see 3 all go out in the same manner : (
                          But just go's to show slow (consistant) and steady wins the race, ie Audi
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Speed View Post
                            I'd love to see Audi's and VW's at bathurst up against standard falcons and commodores.
                            conrod straight will be the falcon/commodore saver.

                            i'd personally like to see people stop whining and re-introduce cars other than the falcon and commoroder. never going to happen though, because the moment you bring something else in, and it beats home grown, all of a sudden it's ''un-awwwstrayyyyuunnn'' and it gets banned.

                            way to promote mediocrity.......

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