2025 24 Hours of Le Mans.

[BarnOwlLover]

Sorry for not posting this earlier, but between being busy this week and fighting either a cold or a respiratory issue, I haven't had much time. But the race will be shown live in North America on either MotorTrend TV or HBO Max starting at 10:00 AM eastern US time.

My main resource for all important info:

24 Hours of Le Mans 2025 | FIAWEC

www.fiawec.com

 

[Sabrejet]

Race of the year, and this year even more competitive than for many a decade. My hopes are for a JOTA win but in fairness I don't really mind who wins. But the depth of talent through the field is incredible: we have world-class talents like Renger van der Zande, Andre Lotterer and Tristan Vautier in LMP2 cars!!! That class alone will be worth watching and I just hope we can stay awake for the whole thing.

We were there last year and hopefully will be next. It's an incredible event.

 

[Marcel]

I still want to visit that race someday with my eldest. He's much into endurance racing.

 

[Sabrejet]

I still want to visit that race someday with my eldest. He's much into endurance racing.

You won't regret it; we've been going one and off since 1990 and the kids have caught the bug now

 

[BarnOwlLover]

Results and report. Spoiler, it was a good day to be from Poland at Le Mans.

Formidable Ferrari completes Le Mans Hypercar hat-trick | FIAWEC

www.fiawec.com

 

[Sabrejet]

Being something of an Inter Europol fan, I loved that part of the story. I just wish they'd sort out some merchandise!

 

[BarnOwlLover]

4th place #50 Ferrari has been penalized post race. DQ'd as a result of missing bolts causing excessive wing deflection.

 

[SaparotRob]

4th place #50 Ferrari has been penalized post race. DQ'd as a result of missing bolts causing excessive wing deflection.

If it somehow was cheating and that flex improved performance, brilliant!
I used to be a NASCAR fan until Life crushed all joy and enthusiasm out of me. I appreciated the ways some crews interpreted rules.
Glad they were caught.

 

[Gnomey]

I'm glad Kubica won, no complaints there. A reasonable race overall.

 

[Sabrejet]

I'm glad Kubica won, no complaints there. A reasonable race overall.

Phil Hanson, Ye Yifei and Robert Kubica in Hypercar; Tom Dillmann, Jakub Śmiechowski and Nick Yelloly in LMP2; Dane Cameron, Louis Delétraz and PJ Hyett in LMP2 Pro-Am and Ryan Hardwick, Richard Lietz and Riccardo Pera in GT3.

One of the many joys of endurance racing is the depth of talent and the plethora of stories throughout the field. No single driver can ever claim to have 'won' Le Mans without considering his or her team-mates. Aside from Pierre Levegh in 1954 maybe.

 

[BarnOwlLover]

Not 2025 or Le Mans, but of a car of the type that raced at Le Mans from 2006-2008, and being raced in period at Long Beach in 2008. BTW, mods can move this to a better area, since I can't think of a good place I may've posted previously.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNIRIxqkeWY