11 hours until free practice of 2016's 24 hrLe Mans Friendly

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>how are you preparing yourself to this year's Le mans

Writing up yet another 700 pages of shitposts as to why Group C was the GOAT era of le mans and preparing to share it with everyone in all Le Mans threads on /sp/ and /o/, as i've done the for last 6 years

>>15266926
I stopped preparing. After ESPN bought Speed Channel to kill it, the coverage has sucked worse and worse each year. I think we got 7 hours of coverage last year. I cancelled cable after that.

AWL

Begin the drive down to France at 8AM tomorrow. I am ready.

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Replace with 4chan

PLEASE SOMEONE POST A LIVESTREAM OF IT
No TV where I'm at.
Or someone archive it, I'll watch it later

>Not actually going to the biggest motor race in the world
And you guys call yourselves car enthusiasts.

>>15267725
Can you pay my plane ticket pls?

>>15267725
don't want to get shot in france.

>>15267728
No

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>>15267678
No Stream for Free Practice it seems, Tonights Quali should be streamed though.

>>15267735
this
>be european
>get bombed

>>15268394
Check Eurosport

http://www.vipleague.me/motorsports/393579/1/le-mans-practice---le-mans-24-hours-practice-live-stream-online.html

RAIN IN 30 MINUTES

If 'hurr durr muh depression' doesn't kick in I'll stay up the entire 24h shitposting here and with my beloved famfags in GTPlanet.

Gonna need a pirate livestream though because I live in a third world hellhole.

PS: Who Kamui Kobayashi here? Never liked TTE much but he's one of my favourite active drivers. Rooting for either him or Webber, although Lotterer may win my heart back for Audi if he pulls some overtaking shit like he did in 2011 (anybody got the .gif of him overtaking the 908 and the 'Vette coming to the Ford chicane?)

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'sup /o/
Reporting from the pits, it's warm and comfy in here

>>15268534
Is it you Ferrari Challenge mechanic?

Acestream of Slavshit Eurosport broadcast for practice

14a24b30252b9fc61a86635d9b60125940a67093

use it in conjunction with RLM.

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>>15268540
Yes, I forgot my trip but I don't think that's a big issue

>>15268678
If we bring a Twingo plushy will you let us into your garage?

>>15268678
How many spare engines did you guys bring for the 488s? Is engine gonna be a problem for the 24h?

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CLM on fire
>ByKolles

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>>15268687
I can take a picture of it on a car if you can somehow leave a plushy somewhere I can find it

>>15268690
I'm not working on 488s, I'm with a P2
They brought a couple of engines per car I think.
The usual routine for pretty much everyone here is to use free practice as a break in for the race engine and other wear components, then change engine for the Thursday qualifying, then racing with the first engine again and use the second as an emergency spare. It's either that or another combo of two or three engines.

Once the car is qualified you can't change engines anymore or you will be moved to the back of the grid (and engine changes during the race are forbidden), so it has to have serious problems before you choose to change the engine between quali and the race

Anyway I think they can make it to 24hrs unless they start eating debris like in Spa

>>15267678
Hello, /o/ http://youu.mooo.com/wl/wat-live.html

>>15268825
I will find a way to leave a plushy somewhere. Which team?

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I don't know how I'm going to prepare myself.

>Picked up new motorbike Saturday (Pic related)
>Working weekend
>Want to ride out to Anglesey for shits and giggles after work Saturday
>Want to watch 24h straight through but need sleep for work

Halp.

>>15268848
Just tell me where you are leaving it and i'll pick it up (possibly inside the paddock)

>>15268984
I won't know how things are laid out until I'm there, will advise when I'm on site

>>15268845
thanks based trk

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>>15268825
Have you worked on P2s before? What are the biggest differences between working in a P2 team compared to a GT?

>>15268845

Magnificeng bastards, I'm gonna be completely dependant on you this weekend!

>>15266947
>GROOB C Nostalgiafags
you people are cancer

>>15268845
Absolutely based

>>15269149
>>15269136
>>15269129
>>15268845
i'll be back for quali tonight at 10pm Local time (9pm BST)

>buy eurosport playert access last year
>eurosport 1 is streamed as 480p, eurosport2 as 720p
oh come on, pirated streams are better

The 488s in GTE-Pro are already quicker than last years qualifying

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>>15269120
There are two areas in the main paddock, the outer one where most of the hospitality buildings and the parc fermee are, and the inner one, where the pits and the access to the grandstands are. There is an even outer are where they built a small village with museums, bars and souvenirs shop and a bunch of car parkings.

You need a different pass to access the inner one than the outer one ( I suppose it costs more money).
You'll see when you get here, you can hide it Anywhere in these two areas, just not where the shops and bars are because that place is a clusterfuck.

>>15269130
P2s are infinitely easier to work on than GTs, once you remove the bodywork it's basically the same as a formula car. Closed cockpits are a bit more unfriendly to work on, but it's still nothing compared to GTs.
Generally tools are better, things are necessarily more precise, there is a lot of attention to details and the amount of electronics involved is absolutely insane, I don't even want to think about the amount of sensors and miles of cables a P1 probably has.
This is my fourth year with a P2.

>>15269204
They have been quicker than 458s for the whole season IIRC, they will probably get massive penalties from the BoP in the following races (probably even this one, I expect a smaller air restrictor or less fuel tank capacity)

>>15269215

what is your position on the team?

>>15269221
Managing tires.
I've tried refueling once, it was awful

>>15269345
How did it taste?

>>15269345
You got a photo of the RFID chip that is on every wheel?

>>15268534
>>15268678
Good luck breh!

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>>15269347
Tastes like being too afraid of catching fire with a 200liter fuel tank right above your shoulders

>>15269358
You mean those embedded in the tires? Those are..well, embedded in the rubber so I can't take a picture of those. There is just a white marker to show where the chip is so people know where to put the scanner

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FORD NO

>>15269383
I see, guess makes sense to make them unaccessible for the teams

Why is everyone losing control and crashing so much in practice?

Wouldn't you just want to chill and play it safe?

>>15269401
Having something break in practice is infintely better than having it break in race.

They drive the cars as they would on race to make sure it will actually hold up, especially since most of those are running new engines. Naturally shit does break, and they have time to find out why and fix it.

>>15269359
Thanks brah

>>15269395
Yeah well, the chips are actually not used by the organisation, they are used by the tire manufacturer for logistic purposes.
The marshalls use a barcode on the tire to see of you are cheating or not

>>15269215
I will find a place to put it and then post in this, or the next most relevant, thread

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If you were wondering how a quadruple paraplegic gets in and out of the car

>>15269428
Oh wow didnt know that, I think even news outlets so far reported that they use the RFID chips to check if a team is mixing tire sets

>>15268534
in which team are you? i want to support your team while watching it.

also, i'm doing the gt5 24h of le mans with 2 more buddies, following them at the same time

What stream is everyone in here watching?

>>15269447
good luck with getting out of the car in case of fire

>>15269476
Practice just ended 10 minutes ago

>>15269476

the acestream in this post, seems to be russian eurosport >>15268594

and only because WEC didn't have practice on their official streaming which seems stupid.

>>15266947
>Couldn't push the car 24hr because the engines were time bombs above a certain boost/power level

It's funny how the total output of the current P1-H is that of the old Group C cars. But seriously as cool as Group C was, it had a number of issues. The current age of P1 Hybrids is just as, if not more exciting.

>>15269504
im not him, but i'll swoop into this thread just to say that GC was certainly far more exhilarating than LMP1. For all the technological and safety advancement, today's prototype racing is just disappointing

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>>15269447
h-how does he drive

>>15269608

It gets opinionated, I find the quality of the racing itself on another level. How much the guys have to push themselves because the machinery is safe enough and reliable enough plus BoP makes it more about driver skill. Where back in the day the risk factor was what made it entertaining.

http://youu.mooo.com/wl/wat-live.html

we live

>>15270023
Thank you based trk

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Who /ford/ here

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>>15270078
yes

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>>15270088
>his car costs less than 100k

>>15270116
>and then he said it was fast

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>>15270116
>he doesn't have a truck
>he must be a cuck

>>15270132
>bernie supporter
>not the supreme cuck

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>>15270137
>rclb
>overcompensating
>"and then he said we couldn't shag in his nissan because the bucket seats where to small"

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>>15270150
>his truck takes longer than 5.8 seconds to reach 60

>>15270088
Nice '65. Too bad its a 6 cylinder

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>>15270155
>his car is faster than 20 seconds to 60

>>15270155
>his mom takes 60 cocks in the same amount of time

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>>15270165
>pushrods

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>>15270088
>>15270132
>>15270150
>>15270165
What is it about old humble engineering that makes it feel so comfy?

>>15270170
>he doesn't know pushrods push gods

>>15270161
I agree. eventually I am going to find a running 351w and throw it in. I just need to collect the parts (engine, fuel pump if I go electric, crossmember, brake upgrade because lol4wheeldrums) and get someone to swap it in.

Is there a thread on /sp/ yet? This one has already been ruined by cancer

>>15270161
But the ford 300 is god tier

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>>15270181

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>>15270176
giant windows, unobtrusive dashboards, massive engine room and a ton of space everywhere
>that comfy in cab gas tank that you here sloshing

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>and then he said "gm has won lemans"

>>15270186
it's reliable but it is a pig.

>>15270181
I have 66. Converted to a set of front disks from a 76. Best thing I ever did on that truck. Luckily mine came with the 352 so no issues doing motor swap up to my 390.
>>15270186
Had a 300 in my bronco- good engine but more potential in a 351.

>>15270203
how hard was the swap? also post pics

>>15270201
>>15270203
Yeah 351w is also god

>>15270207
Sec I'm on tablet- I'll go get some pics.
Sawp is literally 8 bolts.
2 bolts for beams 2 nuts for radius arms 2 bolts for shocks, 2 retainers on springs.
Plus brake lines.
Everything is direct bolt on

>>15270213
what did you have to do for a metering block?

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>>15270213
Rear fender is a custom one off I've been working on for a very long time.
Trucks been in cold storage for 12 years, just dragged it to me new home a couple weeks ago

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>>15270237
I pulled the one from the donor 76.
Although I need an adjustable, my step side is way too light in the ass end.

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>>15270257
One off radius arms.
.250 wall chromoly extensions and mounts are .250 chromoly also.

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>>15270251
>>15270257
cool shit man, good luck!

Who fucking cares about your truck, go make another thread about it

>>15270273
Its called bumping a slow thread.
Chill out dude. Stick around, maybe you'll learn something.
>>15270237
You also need the rod that goes from the brake pedal into the dual master cylinder. Its longer than the one in the single.

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>>15270273
assmad gm fangirl spotted

>>15270301
Can you not download new reaction images? Barely the middle of the month and already hitting data caps.

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>>15270314
>this assmad

>>15270273
>assmad nissan fangirl spotted

>>15270293
neat. I need to do the swap at some point. Ideally I want 4 wheel disks but I don't know how much harder that is.

>>15270268
If you want to lift it, now is the time.
I did a custom bend on my beams, about 3". Place in San Diego called autofab- john does amazing work and is one of gods in the twin I beam world.
I just used the 76 beams, the the 65's/66's are forged.

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>>15270339
>he doesn't have disk brakes

>>15270342
>lift
>a 2wd 3/4 ton
nah mang. I would rather not. eventually thee plan is to go with cvpi front suspension

>>15270346
shit sux

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>>15270339
Rear disk is expensive.
But you can easily swap in the larger drums from the 80's f150's
Here you can see how my beams sit compared to yours.

>>15270170

>He doesn't know about the Penske PC-23

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>>15270369

Pic related

>>15270358
Didn't notice you were 3/4 ton
Get beams from an e-300 van.

>>15270376
beams are fine tbqh. I just don't want to dump money into them, they are fine as is rn. I just need to put new shocks and springs in.

>>15270183
No, it's annoying as well because /o/ doesn't give a flying fuck about anything that isn't bench racing.

>Ford and Ferrari are currently .022 seconds off each other in Q1 for 1st

>>15270358
Doing an a arm set up in the front is very intensive.
And kind of a waste on a 65.
On a 64 or older I could see it- but considering how good of shape that trucks in, it would be a great loss to the survival of the f series.

>>15270394
>survival of the f series

the thing is, nothing on this truck is original
>different engine
>different trans
>repainted
>reupholstered
so I don't feel guilty upgrading it.

>>15270383
>bench racing.
>pics of one of a kind mods done by posters
>compared to you waiting for a race you have nothing to do with and cars you'll never even see in person, let alone drive or modify.
You are the cancer in the automotive world.

>>15270399
Ya not many true survivors.
I just hate to see another I beam setup lost to time.
I'm not one to talk, mines nodded.
But you should be able to get an e300 or mid 70's f250/350 beams for around $150 complete. Another $75 to rebuild the brakes and you're done.

>>15270421
i'll definitely look into it. you know if I need to change the crossmember to put a 302/351 in it? I know the C6 is a sbf pattern so that won't need to change

2016 the year Toyota finally wins LeMans

>>15270433
Audi will find a way.

>>15270400
>Implying I didn't see them race at Silverstone

Nice try though, but seriously. Qualifying is going on, no one on /o/ really gives much of a fuck about racing unless it lets them say their favorite manufacture is better. This is why all the motorsport stuff is on /sp/ with little discuss of actual racing on /o/ itself.

>>15270431
Cross member is part of the frame.
Motor mount towers are riveted to frame
V8' use one set of towers, i6 used another set.
Difference on 351 vs 390 is just motor mounts iirc.
Getting a set of towers from the junkyard is a bitch.
But luckily you can use any from 65-77 (or 79, I forget)

>>15270442
yeah they always do even tho they lost WEC champ the last two years i think

>>15270431
And ya, when I swapped my 300 for a 351 in my bronco I used my old i6 c6 because it was a fresh rebuild.
Torque converters are even the same.
You'll have plenty of room for exhaust- I run long tubes on my 66 with the 390 just because I can, but fox body shorty headers are everywhere and compact enough to fit into almost anything incase you have issues finding truck specific stuff.
But try to avoid custom towers, even though the factory's are a nightmare to get off the donor, its worth it in the end to have everything line up perfectly.

>>15270469
Hope Toyota wins.
Maybe a cheeky Rebellion on the podium.

>>15270431
Check bronco graveyard on the net, he should have towers for your truck.

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>the sound of this Ford

>>15270615
Theyre quite good in person. lots of braps and backfiring.

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>>15270693
Really, at Daytona they simply sounded like they were farting most of the time.

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>post yfw gm has done nothing but lose since ford fixed their electrical problems
>post yfw ford just took fastest gte lap time
GM BTFO!!!!

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>>15270775
Ford built the GT for one thing: to dominate at Le Mans.

Ford is always right.

Hail Ford.

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Comfy views

Btw, to the anon who wanted to give me a plushy for pictures,, if this thread dies make another one so I can know where you will hide it.

>>15266926
Bump
Quality thread. Got a racing team guy and live stream

>>15270818
Will do mate.

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>>15270775
GO FORD GO

>>15270078
>tfw don't like gm but still rooting for the American V8

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One last night view and i'm off to bed for tonight, see you guys tomorrow if the thread is still up

>>15271344
can you post pics of the r18 tomorrow?

>>15271344
Are you the mechanic guy?

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>>15271356
Here, look at this ugly motherfucker.
Can't get much closer than this, i'm sorry

>>15271362
Yep

>>15271507
jesus what the fuck happened to it

>>15271507
What team are you with? What car number? I need a team to support during the race see

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>>15271515
Those ugly headlights and fairings are actually part of a special aero pack that they are allowed to use at Le Mans (and to test it at Spa), they will go back to the more conventional look you saw at Silverstone from the next race onwards. Those front fairings are literally vertical.

It still looks butt ugly with that F1-like high nose, even without the aero pack

Porsche too ditched the usual 4-projector style of the previous races for those strange lights with a million LEDs and the purple tube in the middle (which makes an insane amount of light when you see it live), but they still look passable and the car as a whole still looks good.

Anyway, i'm tired as fuck so this is really the last post for me tonight.
Have a good night fellas

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>>15271578
Are any lemans cars using that tech that I read F1 cars are using now?
TDI I think. It supposedly allows for better fuel ignition.

>>15270755
I saw them at Sebring. At night the exhaust was glowing and on downshifts they were popping and backfiring. Ill agree that during the day they kinda sounded farty.

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A friend of mine just informed me his Oculus (VR headset for those that live under rocks) will be arriving in the mail tomorrow and offered to let me try it out. Does anyone know if there's gonna be any VR friendly broadcasts or 360 cameras?

>>15272439
none that i can think of no.

>>15272439
I was actually thinking about making a virtual watching party in the app AltSpaceVR.

I'll probably create it soon, you'll be able to find it if you go to 'user created rooms -> see all'

>>15270369
What was the big deal with that car/engine? I know a little bit about it, that it won the '94 indy 500 and that it exploited some loophole in the rules. Tell me some more.

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Grab yourself a card for the official 2016 lemans Bing/o/.

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>>15269482
>good luck with getting out of the car in case of fire
There has been thought into this.
Supposedly the seat lifts up high enough that he can tumble out the side and away from the car.

>>15270755
most GT cars don't sound very good desu

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>>15269450
>>15271569
Saying i'm with a P2 is as far as i'm comfortable going when identifying myself. As much as I'd like to show you cool things from up close on the car and update you guys on what's happening, this is still 4chan..sorry m8s

>>15271998
What are you referring to exactly? P1s have pretty much the same fuel flow meters as F1 (those things that are used by the marshals to check how much fuel the car is actually using compared to the allowance) and the energy recovery systems are very similar as I've been told.
Generally the tech is somewhat similar, those cars are basically F1 cars with better aero and more robust hardware.

Also good morning everyone, another long day awaits us today

http://www.lemans.org/en/24-hours-of-le-mans/

>porsche fastest
>toyota second
>audi sandbagging
>nissan ded

>>15274361
>that one Judd faster tha Nissan powered protos

DELET

>>15269447
weight reduction programs are getting out of hand

>>15269447
>mfw he drives with a playstation controller

>>15273882
During race weekends how many hours a day are you actually working on a good weekend i.e. no crashes or repairs needed?

>>15274404
Dont you mean out of legs?

>>15273882
Nice. This racing team guy came back
Hey how many people in a race team? How hard is it to get into it? Were you working on cars before you applied this job? I'm asking because I'm tired of doing mechanics and want to join this type of career thx bro

>>15274654
>quadruple amputee
>hands

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>>15274629
12 to 15 hours usually, but here in le mans we are going for 18-20hour days because of these night qualifying and the lot of things to prepare during the day.
It mostly depends on when they schedule track sessions, on unlucky days you can have like one free practice early in the morning and one at dinner time so you are forced to get up early and leave late in the evening.

This is also the reason why the 24hour race is actually a ~40hour job, they force teams to do 45mins of fucking warm up laps at 9AM, because apparently the 10 hours of practice+quali aren't enough.

There is a lot of downtime with nothing to do though, but sleep deprivation is the norm here.

>>15274667
At least 5 mechanics per car, one refueler (plus two extras for the dead mam switch and the extinguisher), one or two tire guys, 2-5 engineers (plus the engine technicians which are supplied by the engine manufacturer), maybe an expert in composites for on site repairs and at least a couple of extras for whoever needs help. And I'm not counting all the people not directly involved with cars like truck drivers, cooks, various managers and driver assistants.
GT teams may have a little less people involved, then you have P1s where you can easily count them in the hundreds.

Anyway, i was a regular mechanic for 5 years before going for the tracks, it helps but it's not really necessary (lots of race mechanics I know have no idea how to change a timing belt or how to diagnose common problems for example, yet they are proficient race mechanics). Track experience, even if short or limited, always trumps street car experience.
About how to get into it, check the archives for the last race mechanics thread (I made one after Silverstone IIRC), I posted a lot of useful info about getting into Motorsport there, give it a look.

>>15274850
>12 to 15 hours usually, but here in le mans we are going for 18-20hour days
Fucking hell, I kinda expected 10-12 to be the norm but that's nuts. What do you do when it's not a race weekend, go to briefings about the car and help with packing things for the next race?

>>15274888
Usually the first day is for setting up most of the garage, the next two days are for setting up the details of the garage and doing the car, then there are the track sessions the next days and, usually, by the end of Monday everything is already packed up in the trucks/containers/decks ready to go home or the next track by truck/ship/plane.
Add one or two more day for traveling when we need to go outside of Europe for the second half of the championship.

This championship actually takes a lot of preparation because there are so many things to bring with you for a world class event, sprint races and minor events take a lot less effort.
I also work for a formula4 team and it takes four days from when the trucks park to when they leave on those events, and we rarely work for 12hours on the busiest days. It's basically a vacation compared to the WEC

>>15274949
Thanks for answering my questions, these make for insightful reads.

>>15274850
How much do they pay you for a event like this?

>>15275060
Same as every other race, because I am paid by the day, not by the hour.
Such is life when you go freelance.

Quali2 live in 10mins btw

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next quali is in 10 min. does anon plan to stream it?

>>15275368
its up fgt http://youu.mooo.com/wl/wat-live.html

>>15275371
Thank you based trk

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>>15275371
yeah thanks. to quality stream.

>>15275371
Can't chat
>Error: Server disconnected

>>15275383
i unno, make sure you're not forcing https or try refreshing

join >>15275371

>spotterguide not posted yet
http://www.spotterguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LM_16_V2.pdf

>>15275462
Thanks eternal spotter

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/aco-confirms-lmp1-privateer-regs-drs-for-2018/

>>15275490
I was just discussing this with a friend of mine last night. Non-Hybrid P1s cannot compete at all, and if they are allowed more power then manufacturers won't be too happy about other cars being faster while having a 1/10th of the development cost.

DRS seems like a nice solution, especially since the non-hybrids don't fall back too far behind on straights, this gives them a clear advantage that they can use to counteract the rest of the weaknesses.

>>15275507
I guess it comes down to the implementation on when they can deploy DRS and how DRS benefits the cars on tracks other than Spa or Le Mans

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>>15266947
>Group C
>Not when GT1 was the fast prototype sports car class
kys

>>15266947
A E S T H E T I C

>>15266947
Group C had it's flaws but we can all agree that no cars will be as beautiful as Group C ones used to be.

This is my fetish

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Aston Martin what the fuck have you done?

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wtf is TK doing?

>>15276058
Quali is over, lad.

>>15276062
I know, but I don't wanna see cookie clicker stuff. At least he could play forza or gran turismo

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>>15276065
>calling Rollercoaster Tycoon "Cookie clicker stuff

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>>15276065
>hating on RCT

QUALI LIVE

QUALI NO MORE LIVE

>>15276473
>>15276481

that was quick

>wanted to paste something in chat
>copied the wrong text
>text was too long
>didn't realize
>banned from comfy chat

F ;_;

>every pit crew is having fun except germany, practicing

>>15276644
toyota lifelong?

>>15276644
unbanned you i think lad

>>15276665
thx

>>15276658
>Fords were practicing aswell
>Ford is german now

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>dat cameraman is helping the pit crew
>you will never work as a mechanic or a cameraman at le mans

WHY EVEN FUCKING LIVE

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>>15276658

But fun is vurk mein bruder!

>>15271507
>>15271515

MASSIVE UNDERSTEER: THE CAR

>>15276702
>>15276702
it would be fucking shit and youre a cunt for wanting such a thing

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We are back in business boys, and we are cozier than ever here.

Pic is in metric this time, for the civilised parts of the world

>>15268410

> be a fag
> get shot

Boy, have I bad news for you

prototypes are so fucking ugly. fuck those ugly fins too

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>gm fangirls literally on suicide watch
>b-but the gt is c-cheating!!!!!
>put more restrictions on the V6!!!!!
>IT'S NOT FAIR!!!!

https://mobile.twitter.com/AntonioGarcia_3/status/743091463421054980

>post yfw gm is begging FIAWEC to detune a V6 ford

>>15276789
>Toni Vilander
>@AntonioGarcia_3 @24hoursoflemans crazy isn't it.

That's a perfect response.

>>15271578
Gn8 bb :*

So when does this shit start??
I heard they had to restrict the vette because it BTFO the ford in qualifying

To the anon who wants pictures of the plushy:
You better be here tomorrow morning, because sure as hell I won't have time to do that on Saturday. I'll give your plushy back in the evening, don't worry.

>>15276866
Saturday at 3PM local time

>>15276879
dam son, where did gm touch you?

>>15276884
cool thx!

>>15276970
but I like both ford and gm
nice self projection tho lol

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>>15277012
u show dem big bad gm fanboys!!

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>>15274949

Which car you take care of?
#27 or #37?

>>15277292
>paddock anon confirmed for /ALESHIN POTION/

>>15277267
>1,2,3, and 4th pole positions
>pole positions

>you are now aware the safety cars are driven by current or former professionals

>>15278733
fuckin mint

what time does this start up again today? Wanting to watch some of it.

>>15278733
[Eurobeat intensifies]

>>15278733
absolutely hektik

>>15278733
DEJA VU

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>>15277292
Neither m8, or both, you know my policy about telling these things. I'd really, really like to tell you guys what I do and what car I follow, but not on 4chan

Anyway, slow day today, the calm before the storm.
Everyone is busy replacing clutches and wear items or repairing damages, not much else to do today.

Still waiting for that anon to give me a plushy for the pictures

>>15278733
>losing control until the quattro kicks in

>>15280070

Hey man,

Would you mind telling me a bit about the relationship between mechanics and engineers at Le Mans?
I'm particularly interested in how you guys deal with the race engineers sitting at the pit wall.
Is it a strict hierarchy or more like a relaxed, but still professional atmosphere?

Also, best of luck for tomorrow!

>>15278733
https://my.mixtape.moe/vztxzb.mp4

Where are all the stream links? I'm getting worried here, by this time the last few years there was already a sticky and lots of links...

Can someone explain the configuration rule changes for me? Is it just to make it a more interesting race, why aren't class standards simply set? Last minute rule changes seem fishy to me.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a29589/last-minute-le-mans-rule-changes-make-ford-gts-slower-corvettes-faster/

17:34 at Le Mans. The driver's parade is on right?
Will trk stream it?

>>15281128
I'd not televised, it isn't even at the circuit it's in the town. The only thing on today on TV is Lemans 24 Minutes at 11:30 local

>>15281128
>>15281143

Ferd will stream something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8Slcs84Ic

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>>15280518
Here (an in many other teams for GTs and P2s alike) the relationships are pretty relaxed.
Of course there is a hierarchy, the engineers (along with team managers, technical directors, etc) are the ones that give orders, but they don't keep rubbing it in your face and sometimes they are even open to suggestions, which is a rare feature to be found in race engineers.
As with every place where you need to work with many people, there are bros and assholes, but that's inevitable.

I can only assume about P1s, but, considering the amount of engineers they have, there is probably a stronger hierarchy there if only for the fact that you can't establish real relationships with every single one of them, even between engineers there is a distinct hierarchy. There are also probably strong political reasons behind every decision. Here the main decisions come from the race engineers and the only "political" issue is to deal with whoever is paying for the car, P1s have manufacturers behind and some decisions may come from a lot higher than the race engineer.

If it's anything like F1 (I work with a bunch of ex F1 mechanics who told me a bit how things work in there), the mechanics are more like workers from a factory, mindlessly following orders with little to no interaction with engineers outside of the work environment.

I can say I'm pretty lucky with my engineers, they are all easy to talk with and don't try to block every outside opinion on the fact that they have a degree and others don't.

>bantz between the ford mechanics
/comfy/

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Bonjour? Oui, c'est Twingo?

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USA USA USA!!!

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>>15282395

>>15282395
Don't drive the right one up a hill in the summer, or you'll cook the engine...

>>15282395
>v10
>350torks
ls1 fbodies make that much with -2 cylinders.

>>15282395
>torque
>mattering

it's all in the horsepower BABY

just look at any race car. Ludicrous horsepower with very low torque.

>>15282574
ls1 f-bodies can't turn

>>15282384
Dude I can't take pictures of that anymore, you should have been here this morning for that.
I'm sorry man, I hope you enjoy the race, I've heard it's great fun for the guys camping in the fields around the track.

Tonight, when leaving for the hotel, I went through the camping area with the car because the main entrance was clogged with traffic and every tourist I saw was already shitfaced beyond recognition, then there are the improvised drag contests on side roads, drift cars going hektik on roundabouts, people grilling like it's the last thing they do, people dressed in all sorts of costumes, tents and RVs as far as eyes can see.
I guess only the Nurburgring 24h can beat the atmosphere of this place.

Have a good time man, I had a little present for you to leave with the plushy, maybe next year.

Now it's bedtime, tomorrow is a very long day for us.

>>15282395
cool take the c5 then over the LFA

>>15282395
>torque
>meaningful performance metric

So how is it that Le Mans officials come out a day before the race and tell Ford and Ferrari to nerf their vehicles because the others aren't fast enough?

>>15283085
Ford and Ferrari were driving slower on purpose (sandbagging) just so they could dominate lemans and gain exposure and the achievement of winning lemans.

ACO called them out on that shit and put them in their place.

>>15283338
Oh that wasn't in the article I read.

>>15283351
sandbagging is a serious issue in racing, specifically Endurance racing. Although it happens also in F1 (see preseason testing mercedes times for the past 3 years), in endurance there are tons of ways to hide your car's advantages. (fuel economy, actual HP output, aero, weight, hybrid in p1s, etc.)


The only bad thing about this is the nerf was implemented only one day before the race, which is pretty harsh, and even then we don't know if it will be effective enough, but the ACO had no way of knowing they were sandbagging. they had to wait for day quali results to act.

>>15282632
>comparing the redneck shitbox LS1 Fbody that is in my driveway to a $400,000 ultra exclusive super car

kill yourself

>b-but turns

>>15283085

Because the only reason they were faster is they nerfed Corvette in the first place, and went too far.

>>15268966

I'm literally in the same boat. Except it's my first bike, Ninja 250r, and I have no idea where the fuck Anglesey is.

>>15283351
Because le mans is such a big event and is worth the amount of points you can get from the past two races combined, most teams just underperform at both Spa/Silverstone and in the pre-Le Mans test. The Le Mans BoP only applies to Le Mans I think but for the reasons stated before,it's worth too much.

Stream says it's not available due to country restrictions.
Well this is a bit aids

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>>15281118
Yes, they call it balance of performance adjustments. Those 'adjustments' usually involve adding or taking away fuel tank capacity, changing the size of the air restrictor (adding or taking away engine power), and adding or removing weight balast.

They're there to essentially for two reasons. One is to ensure that there's a reasonable performance differential between the classes, so that the faster classes can get around the lower classes in a reasonable manner. Getting through traffic is paramount in endurance racing, obviously.

The other reason is to assure manufacturers that if they spend the millions of dollars to build a race car program, they'll have a fair shot if their car isn't a pile of dog shit. It's unfortunate, but its ultimately because of cars we have now in GT3 and GTE.

>>15281118
You're not wrong.

BOP is retarded. It's all sand bagging and politics.

But, without a spec series or a tightly controlled list of engines BOP is pretty much necessary to keep teams interested, keep the racing interesting, and to keep spending down.

see: F1, no BOP and generally boring.

>ferrari wins again!
>redbull wins again!
>mercedes wins again!

>>15284593
>>15284549
Thanks, the weird adjustment to me was limited the GTs boost from 4200-7000RPM, but leaving the top end unchanged. That just seems like an extremely unusual ruling, though I don't have much experience with LeMans or their history of BOP with turbo engines.

New thread with stream links for the race, please?

>>15284720
Probably so they can't use extra low gearing for the long ass straights but still have gobs of torque to pull the lower gearing in the tight sections.

This doesn't hurt their peak power output, but forces them to prioritize between tight and open sections of the track.

That's my guess.

>>15270183
>Is there a thread on /sp/ yet?

They had a few hype threads + talk of it in the weekly motor/sp/ort thread, but don't except to have "The Le Mans" thread until the actual race itself starts happening and getting some live-streams going.

>>15284779
I'm coming back in seven hours. I hope shit's posted by then

WARM UP IN TEN MINUTES

WARM UP NO MORE LIVE

WARM UP LIVE AGAIN

is the rain staying? Nothing more fun than watching Audis struggle in it

asian drivers.

WARM UP OVER

Will someone archive the entire race?

>>15285301
I might be able to, whenever I figure out what streams we'll have available.

>>15285310
This http://youu.mooo.com/wl/wat-live.html

anon will stream the entire thing from euroshit

Don't be late fellas

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/france/le-mans

>>15285312
I was thinking of just finding a direct link to the euroshit streams like last year for recording, but that'll do.

New thread when

>>this channel
https://youtu.be/ZRrTXAfJoSo

>>15285531
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt40YAwdkV0

I remember several years ago, we had a page with all the tweets from different teams gathered, as well as weather map and live track map.
Can anyone remember the link ?

>>15285664
I dont know the page you are talking about, but here are a couple of links

Live timing
http://live.fiawec.com

Weather forecast with hourly reports and radar
http://m.accuweather.com/en/fr/le-mans/135975/hourly-weather-forecast/135975

>>15285664
http://thomasbaekdal.com/lemans/
You might be speaking of this one. The guy behind it gave up on the site

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Getting my GPSP ( general purpose shitposting station) ready

>>15285692
Ah yes, it was this one, shit was godly.
To bad for the page, but the twitter feed is still available: http://thomasbaekdal.com/lemans/stream.html

Pls post any more feed/stream you have, if you find any

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is my pre-race checklist missing something lads?

>big screen
check, got the TV hooked up
>multi-monitor shitposting station
check, up and running
>caffeine
check, espresso for the early morning hours
>beer
check, won't be repeating last year's mistake and got a stockpile that's guaranteed not to run dry
>grub
check, got ingredients and going to bake couple pizzas before the start

Friendly reminder that Ford are sandbagging cunts, all glory to our Ferrari overlords.

>>15285762
IDK. How long to start, need coffee. It's six am here

>>15285812
should be just under two hours

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Lil bro came in, brought another computer for dash cams. Getting ready

What's the source of the stream? I was thinking about paying to watch the stream from http://members.fiawec.com/addRace
And then streaming that for everyone somewhere...

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IT'S HAPPENING BOYS

>>15285844
>that ass
beautiful

>>15285838
we already have a stream up??

http://youu.mooo.com/wl/wat-live.html

Coverage will go to lemans once that video is over.

Did anyone here watch the GT3 race? If so, how were the laptimes compared to the GTE Pro class?

>tfw you'll never see a screaming 4 rotor on the Mulsanne straight ever again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtUEPwHnxmU

>>15285856
Yes, but is that site where the source of the stream is?
I was under the impression the stream from
http://members.fiawec.com/addRace might have more options, but I don't know.

>>15285910
The source of that stream is eurosport.

You can find onboards on ford's stream.

The official stream will have more onboards, but that's it. Not worth paying.

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>>15285898
I'd really like to see mazda back at mans, rotary or not

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>that sticker
;_;

>>15285914
Is the quality better though? I can't tell what the WAT stream actually is since it's showing retro footage right now, but if the FIA stream is 1080 or higher than WAT's, I can try and stream somewhere at source res.

>>15285928
WAT is 1080

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ONE HOUR ALERT

ONE HOUR ALERT

>>15285929
cool. Would the FIA stream offer ANYTHING aside from lack of commercials?

If there's something worth while I'll pay for it and share with all of you.

Ford LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8Slcs84Ic

>>15285939
>>15285856 has no ads during the race

>>15285939
why the fuck do you want to stream so badly man.

trk has been streaming this for us since 2013. There are no ads once the race starts, the audio is from rlm and we have our very own chat.

>>15285924
won't be missing that goblin

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>>15285951
them's fighting words m8

>>15285920
Only if they're up to the challenge, as it is right now, they have factory LMP2s in IMSA and they're absolute shit against privateers.

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OPENING FIRST DAGASHI.
WISH ME GOOD LUCK

>>15285950
just nervous about having only one stream, previous years we've had several.

Hoping we get some of those direct VLC friendly links with selectable bitrates like we've gotten in the past. We had different cameras and everything, it was nice.

R A I N
A
I
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>>15285929
720 it would seem

MOE BEAL WHON

MUH BILL WUN

MER BILL WERNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Moe Bill Juan

if you have time warner cable the tv stream is on FOX SPORTS 1 CHANNEL 1317

FS1: 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM Saturday
FS2: 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM Saturday
FS2: 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM Saturday
FS2: 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM Saturday
FS2: 10:30 PM Saturday to 2:30 AM Sunday
FS1: 2:30 AM to 9:30 AM Sunday

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>>>/sp/68570961
>>>/sp/68570961
>>>/sp/68570961

NEW

>>15286035
keep a thread here dude this is /o/

all those deads......

Is there a way to collapse the chat in the wat-live stream?

>>15286041
never mind I got it

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wat-live1/pop-out

Mirror of the WEC stream
Running on my 9 year old computer, so no promises!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/BeWHrdN93PS

>>15286124