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DoctorGonzo: Jul 25, 2016; We should all be so lucky

So in 5 hour and 30 minutes right?

# ? Jun 17, 2017 08:29

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# ? Jun 25, 2017 00:16

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

DoctorGonzo posted:

So in 5 hour and 30 minutes right?

4 hours and roughly 30 minutes according to the WEC app.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 08:34

LochNessMonster: Feb 3, 2005; I need about three fitty

Almost ready to go!

# ? Jun 17, 2017 11:30

Shumagorath: Jun 5, 2001

How is this poo poo supposed to work? I paid WEC for the feed but there's no video even after I enabled Flash? I have Radio Le Mans on TuneIn on standby in case they're not on the regular feed.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 12:11

DoctorGonzo: Jul 25, 2016; We should all be so lucky

28 mins to go!

Also are the fuckers of sky f1 doing the broadcast? if so the real endurance will be listening to those idiots during the race

# ? Jun 17, 2017 12:34

Fo3: Feb 14, 2004; Interested party

How? Where?
Does this have a legit YT or stream somewhere, or do I have to go look at the regular lovely places?

# ? Jun 17, 2017 12:45

DoctorGonzo: Jul 25, 2016; We should all be so lucky

https://twitter.com/wtf1official/st...059052069056512

# ? Jun 17, 2017 12:51

CactusWeasle: Aug 1, 2006; It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is

CLM already falling apart

# ? Jun 17, 2017 13:02

julian assflange: Jul 29, 2010; She's offering me a ride....

Reminder that for UK/IE goons, Quest are showing the first hour and half live, highlights at 8pm and then more live coverage tomorrow including the finish

# ? Jun 17, 2017 13:09

CactusWeasle: Aug 1, 2006; It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is

I think ITV4 have the race from tomorrow morning too

# ? Jun 17, 2017 13:12

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

Fo3 posted:

How? Where?
Does this have a legit YT or stream somewhere, or do I have to go look at the regular lovely places?

10� for Le Mans only (30� for the full WEC season) streaming both on app and fiawec.com. Numerous teams have free on-board streams using the Radio Le Mans feed.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 14:01

Shumagorath: Jun 5, 2001

Good thing too because the WEC stream has been completely unreliable.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 14:20

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

Shumagorath posted:

Good thing too because the WEC stream has been completely unreliable.

The app didn't want to let me in for a while but the stream's gone okay, keeps dropping off Chromecast for some reason.

First retirement of the race is the 88!

# ? Jun 17, 2017 14:25

Gmaz: Apr 3, 2011

Any link for the live timing? The official one on the site is not loading for me.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 20:40

iospace: Apr 20, 2020; Grimey Drawer

harperdc posted:

The app didn't want to let me in for a while but the stream's gone okay, keeps dropping off Chromecast for some reason.

First retirement of the race is the 88!

Nope, that was ByKolles

# ? Jun 17, 2017 21:18

Dudley: Feb 24, 2003; Tasty

iospace posted:

Nope, that was ByKolles

The 88 was the first official retirement, the 4 finishes last but was the 3rd retirement officially.

I don't know what you do for a competition in that situation.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 21:19

Xisticide: Nov 27, 2005

Dudley posted:

The 88 was the first official retirement, the 4 finishes last but was the 3rd retirement officially.

I don't know what you do for a competition in that situation.

I'm almost certain they just waited for someone else to go out before they made it official.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 21:26

djssniper: Jan 10, 2003

Porsche have a live onboard feed
http://www.porsche.com/specials/en/...al/lemans/live/

# ? Jun 17, 2017 22:26

StandardVC10: Feb 6, 2007

Oooh. Not looking good for Toyota right now.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:02

LochNessMonster: Feb 3, 2005; I need about three fitty

Toyota taking queues from the Honda playbook there.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:22

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

LochNessMonster posted:

Toyota taking queues from the Honda playbook there.

you must be new here, Toyota's been doing this whole "lose Le Mans in heartbreaking fashion" thing since the 1990s. This isn't new.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:33

StandardVC10: Feb 6, 2007

And when I say "not looking good for Toyota" I now mean "holy poo poo did things really go wrong for Toyota."

LochNessMonster posted:

Toyota taking queues from the Honda playbook there.

At this venue I think it would be more like taking cues from the Nissan playbook.

# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:34

LochNessMonster: Feb 3, 2005; I need about three fitty

True, last years final lap drama is not easily topped.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:05

marsisol: Mar 29, 2010

When's the last time an LMP2 car won the race? Looks like it might happen if the Porsche gets into any sort of trouble.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:16

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

marsisol posted:

When's the last time an LMP2 car won the race? Looks like it might happen if the Porsche gets into any sort of trouble.

just on memory, you'd have to go back to when the Prototype field was thin and not-factory supported to get a lower-class win...

...by the GT McLaren F1. In 1995.

I don't count Porsche winning with the 911 GT1 in 1998, since those were basically coupe LMPs by that point.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:41

StandardVC10: Feb 6, 2007

An overall LMP2 victory might need the number 2 Porsche to slip on a banana peel too.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:49

Shumagorath: Jun 5, 2001

Xisticide posted:

I'm almost certain they just waited for someone else to go out before they made it official.

Funny thing is they still own the board according to the WEC ticker.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 02:18

Jack Forge: Sep 27, 2012

RIP Toyota, did they figure out that it was the tranny's? I recall seeing that 2 went out within minutes of each other.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 02:48

Shumagorath: Jun 5, 2001

One of them was driver error and subsequent puncture that resulted in the rear left quadrant of the car getting shredded and lit on fire.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 03:09

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; horns.aiff

#7 was the clutch, #9 was a tire puncture that shredded the left rear and knocked out the hydraulics, keeping it in 5th gear and the fluid leak eventually caught fire.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 03:10

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

Dang that wreck

# ? Jun 18, 2017 03:48

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

harperdc posted:

Bold Predictions:
Tracy Krohn doesn't do something dumb; Toyota gets the win (FINALLY); Porsche's GTE cars are sandbagging; the ByKolles sees the flag; LMP2 is a lottery; and finally...No Rain

welp, WELP, eh, lol nope, and may be correct about the weather. Barely scratching the Mendoza Line with my predictions.

# ? Jun 18, 2017 04:42

Schlesische: Jul 4, 2012

Let's see how I did...

Schlesische posted:

LMP1 Pole: 8 Qualied 2nd.
LMP2 Pole: 13 Qualied 11th/5th in class
LMGTE Pro Pole: 68 Qualied 43rd/12th in Class
LMGTE Am Pole: 62 Qualied 47th/3rd in Class

LMP1 Podium: 1, 8, 2 Technically I had the three Podium getters right, but I had the order of the Porsches wrong
LMP2 Podium: 13, 28, 31 I had the 13 in the wrong spot and I got the rest wrong
LMGTE Pro Podium: 82, 95, 91 Nope nope nope
LMGTE Am Podium: 98, 65, 93 Nope nope nope

Not even going to bother checking these since they're all horrifyingly wrong
Hour 4 class leaders: 8, 13, 64, 65
Hour 8 class leaders: 2, 31, 91, 65
Hour 12 class leaders: 2, 28, 91, 93
Hour 16 class leaders: 8, 28, 95, 98
Hour 20 class leaders: 1, 13, 95, 98

Bold Predictions:
Porsche will get a "podium" (finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd) in all three classes it competes in. Nope.
~~ByKolles will not finish the race~~ That's not bold... hrmm...
ByKolles will finish the race with times that would disappoint an LMP2 team. (the bold part is the part where they finish the race). I should've stuck with my safe prediction
Fabien Barthez will perform an amazing save that defies logic and potentially physics as well. (For the people that don't know, Fabien Barthez is driving an LMP2 car and used to be the French National Soccer team's goalkeeper). I don't think he finished

Not a Prediction:
Ford and GM can gently caress off the face of the world already with their loving garbage cars.
Seriously, "Let's put Ecoboost on a car that gets less than 20m/g" loving die already. [i]Still true.

Welp.

Schlesische fucked around with this message at Jun 18, 2017 around 13:17

# ? Jun 18, 2017 13:12

TheNakedJimbo: Nov 18, 2004; If you die first, I am definitely going to eat you. The question is, if I die first...what are YOU gonna do?

Tallying up my own points!

TheNakedJimbo posted:

LMP1 Pole: #1 Porsche (Lotterer)
LMP2 Pole: #13 Vaillante Rebellion (Piquet Jr)
LMGTE Pro Pole: #67 Ganassi Ford (Tincknell)
LMGTE Am Pole: #88 Porsche (Bachler)

0 points for these.

quote:

LMP1 Podium: 1, 7, 8
LMP2 Podium: 38, 31, 22
LMGTE Pro Podium: 64, 63, 68
LMGTE Am Podium: 77, 65, 62

LMP1 = 6 points (#8 and #1 finished 3rd and 2nd in LMP1)
LMP2 = 9 points (#38 won class)
LMGTE Pro = 3 points (#63 finished 3rd in class)
LMGTE Am = 5 points (#62 finished 3rd in class as predicted)

quote:

Hour 4 class leaders: 2, 38, 68, 77
Hour 8 class leaders: 1, 38, 63, 62
Hour 12 class leaders: 1, 38, 63, 77
Hour 16 class leaders: 7, 31 (38 on pit stop), 63, 77
Hour 20 class leaders: 1, 13 (38 is 3rd), 64, 77

0 points from any of these. Despite picking the 38 to win class, I didn't have them leading at hour 16 or 20, so *slide whistle.*

quote:

Bold Predictions: Jota Sport (Jackie Chan DC Racing) will take the lead after the first round of pit stops and win LMP2.

SUCCESS. I meant to say that Jota would take class lead, but what I actually wrote was "take the lead," so technically I predicted their near win as well as their LMP2 win.

quote:

#2 Porsche will crash out before the halfway mark. ByKolles will run the whole race and finish #4 in class.

lollllllllllllllllll

quote:

No LMP1 or LMP2 will be taken out by a Ferrari (stop laughing).

As far as I'm aware this one came true.

TheNakedJimbo fucked around with this message at Jun 19, 2017 around 00:59

# ? Jun 18, 2017 16:50

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; horns.aiff

On that last one, quite the opposite is true, an LMP2 took out a Ferrari

# ? Jun 18, 2017 17:32

iospace: Apr 20, 2020; Grimey Drawer

RESULTS

LMP1 Pole: 7
LMP2 Pole: 26
LMGTE Pro Pole: 97
LMGTE Am Pole: 50

Overall Podium 2, 38, 13
LMP1 Podium: 2, 8 (lol what's third?)
LMP2 Podium: 38, 13, 37
LMGTE Pro Podium: 97, 67, 63
LMGTE Am Podium: 84, 55, 62

Hour 4 class leaders: 7, 13, 66, 84
Hour 8 class leaders: 7, 13, 97, 84
Hour 12 class leaders: 1, 31, 95, 84
Hour 16 class leaders: 1, 38, 95, 84
Hour 20 class leaders: 1, 38, 63, 84

I knew giving an option for different Overall/LMP1 was prophetic. Results soon!

# ? Jun 18, 2017 21:43

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# ? Jun 25, 2017 00:16

iospace: Apr 20, 2020; Grimey Drawer

So, results tallied.

The loser, and how:

Lord Crapulus posted:

LMP1 Pole: 8
LMP2 Pole: 13
LMGTE Pro Pole: 68
LMGTE Am Pole: 62
Total: 0

LMP1 Podium: 7, 1, 8 Points: 3 (#8 wrong spot)
LMP2 Podium: 13, 31, 21 Points: 3 (#31 wrong spot)
LMGTE Pro Podium: 69, 63, 82 Points: 3 (#63 wrong spot)
LMGTE Am Podium: 50, 62, 93 Points: 0
Total: 9

Hour 4 class leaders: 8, 13, 64, 65 Points 5 (LMP2)
Hour 8 class leaders: 8, 31, 63, 65 Points: 0
Hour 12 class leaders: 2, 13, 66, 62 Points: 0
Hour 16 class leaders: 7, 13, 69, 98 Points: 0
Hour 20 class leaders: 7, 13, 69, 62 Points: 0
Total: 5

Bold Predictions: I will be really wrong about everything! Oh wait that's not bold it's common sense because I don't know a drat thing about endurance racing (or any other kind of racing based on how I'm doing in the Indycar fantasy league...)! Soooo...uh, ByKolles will be ahead of all of the Porsches or Toyotas at some point just to aggravate iospace (~~-9001 points~~ lolnope, dead last ).
And Orecas will lead LMP2 for the entire 24 hours (Not bold, but a pity point (1)).
Total: 1

Grand Total: 15

Enjoy the sad Toyota dude avatar.

The winner of a forum upgrade of their choice:

dentist toy box posted:

LMP1 Pole: #2
LMP2 Pole: #13
LMGTE Pro Pole: #67
LMGTE Am Pole: #98
Points: 0

LMP1 Podium: 7, 2, 1 Points: 3 (#2 wrong spot) = 3
LMP2 Podium: 13, 31 37 Points: 3 (#31 wrong spot) + 5 (#37 in 3rd) = 8
LMGTE Pro Podium: 68 82 66 Points: 0
LMGTE Am Podium: 98 65 62 Points: 5 (#62 in 3rd) = 5
Total: 16

Hour 4 class leaders: 2 13 67 98 Points: 5 (LMP2) = 5
Hour 8 class leaders: 7 13 82 65 Points: 5 (LMP1) + 5 (LMP2) = 10
Hour 12 class leaders: 7 31 82 65 Points: 5 (LMP2) = 5
Hour 16 class leaders: 8 13 67 98 Points: 0
Hour 20 class leaders: 2 13 68 98 Points: 0
Total: 20

Bold Predictions:
Lots of attrition with the P1 cars with Porsche and Toyota going into the garage a lot (Two LMP1s survived, 5 points).
Bykolles burns a stack of money (I mean, it's not wrong, but not that bold, 1 point).
Ford is about the same as they are last year with Ferrari trying their best to attack them (Aston dominated most of the race).
A GTEAM takes out one of the p1 cars early in the race in a dumbfuck manner (If you said LMP2 car, you'd be right except the early part).
overall win goes to last car standing (Close, more or less, 2 points).
All my predictions are wrong (Nope!).
Total: 8

Grand Total: 44

Thanks for all who played, and I hope to see you all next year!

# ? Jun 19, 2017 02:14

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