Rob Willis

ALL times in EST

Free Practice
(NOW !)
Wed 10th Jun - 10h00 (4hrs)

Qualifying Practice
Wed 10th Jun - 16h00 (2hrs)

Qualifying Practice
Thu 11th Jun - 13h00 (2hrs)

Qualifying Practice
Thu 11th Jun - 16h00 (2hrs)

Warm-Up
Sat 13th Jun - 03h00 (45min)

Race
Sat 13th Jun - 09h00 (24hrs)


http://www.fiawec.com
http://members.fiawec.com (paid subscription for live feed and audio)
http://members.fiawec.com/liveConnect (same as above)
http://www.foxsportsgo.com/ (some live video and onboards)
http://www.spotterguides.com (thanks Andy Blackmore & his sponsors)
http://www.radiolemans.com (live audio the entire time - a staple of the 24hr)
http://www.corvetteracing.com
Circuit Map
Official ACO Entry List
5 Day Weather Forecast


Thanks to AndyB, Nissan Nismo, Sportscar365, RadioLeMans, Jalopnik

z28lt1

End of first practice. Factory Corvette's had 2nd and 5th fastest time in class.
The Labre C7.R in GTE_AM was 4th in class. Aston Martins were fastest in both GTE-Pro and GTE-AM.

The #63 Corvette stopped on track without power at the end of the session and is in the garage for repairs.

Rob Willis

Lots of variable weather.
Forecast for tomorrow's two qualifying sessions is rain so this first qualifying session in ~1hr might be the exciting one.

z28lt1

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I'm always amazed at these pro drivers -- that night qualifying can still be the fastest (even without the weather). I raced once at night. Totally running by memory, and I'm certain I wasn't anywhere near my fastest. Probably why they can make a living doing this, and I can't. Hopefully track stays mostly dry for tomorrow....

z28lt1

5th and 6th in the 1st Qualifying Practice (behind the 3 Aston Martins and one Ferrari)

the GTE-AM car was 10th.

We'll see what the weather has in store for tomorrow.

BrianCunningham

big wreck

http://www.motorsport.com/lemans/new...-mans-accident

Open cockpit car??

Rob Willis

Yep. Still allowed in P2/LMP2.
Not for long though.

Rob Willis

Qualifying session #2 starting in 15 min

chetly

Anyone else think the #21 LM Nissan looks cool? I love the retro paint scheme.

Anyhow, home its a good race and Corvettes can have another great showing.

z28lt1

Looks like the Ferrari's time from last night's qualifying session was invalidated for going too far off track. Moves the Corvettes up one spot each, but with good weather right now, those may all change.

Rob Willis

Love it. Sadly the Nissan Nismo GT-R LMs aren't up to the pace. Not running their hybrids supposedly and only at bottom of the LMP1 charts.
Maybe next year!

Rob Willis

Big wreck for Jan and the #63 in first Thursday qualifying session.

Scooter70

Scooter70

If anyone is looking for a good Twitter list, I've been using this one for a few years. It has an excellent feed of teams, drivers, media, and officials for all Sportscar racing.

https://twitter.com/malxalx/lists/le...h-2012-edition

z28lt1

Hopefully the #63 is repairable. They've have lots of time between now and Saturday morning, but that damage may not be reparable. And hopefully Jan is ok (he did radio the crew and said he was ok).
Radio announcers were speculating something on the car or a tire went.

steve J06

Thanks for summarizing the info. Taking Monday off to recuperate and planning to watch the whole thing live this year! Any one else doing the same? I'm trying to gauge how much fun it will be in person when we can organize a trip.

z28lt1

Here is a little video of the crash

Rob Willis

Always do. ~26hrs probably total (maybe a small 1hr power nap in the night time)

My favorite day of the year! Go C7Rs!

z28lt1

#63 officially withdrawn.

chetly

Just saw the tweet from corvette racing. That sucks. Gonna be hard to win with only one car in the race.