24 Hour Of Le Mans 2008

Sarrazin tops testing today - Times

Marc Gene broke his toe in a massive accident.



Edit: Pug say he didn't break his toe. Fair enough.

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/01/2008 07:42PM by DaveEllis.

Jeez how did that happen it just took off on the exit of the corner

Modern LMPs are getting too fast and when they go sideways they have a tendancy of taking off. He spun in a very fast section (Porsche curves) and that was the result.

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Just me, or did the way he went into that wall remind anyone of Greg Moore's horrible, horrible one at Fontana? Obviously a different angle (looks like Gene rode along it a little) and a lot slower, but the way it went in at around 45-50 degrees inverted.... ouch.

yeah, same. Lucky it was a roofed car.

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LMP cars shouldn't be doing that (taking off) when they crash. They've gotta do something to sort it for next year. Last thing we need is a serious injury because the ACF and manufacturers are getting a lil complacent about safety.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/01/2008 08:39PM by turkey_machine.

You can see him spinning in the corner before, problem with the aero on these cars is when they do get sideways there is nothing forcing the car down, so up they go

Extraction from those cars is a little hard, don't you think?



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Not really as the entire door is detachable, leaving an easily large enough area if they need to get him out fast.

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ah, fair enough.



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maybe they could have a vent system like nascar? Would take some engineering so that they don't suddenly lose ground effect randomly though......

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The problem with LMP cars over the last 20 or so years is that the floor plan is far too big, it's too light at the front, the car's too wide and too long, and as a consequence generates obscene amounts of downforce. They could restrict the width, but that'd lessen the crash impact zones in the event of a big one. Stepped floors and broken floor plans would lessen the lifting side of things.

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Date: June 03, 2008 08:11PM
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maybe they could have a vent system like nascar? Would take some engineering so that they don't suddenly lose ground effect randomly though......

NASCAR Stock Csrs do not have a flat floor and therefore don't need this system. The roof flaps are simply to stop the car blowing over from the sheer speeds combined with the flat rear deck area, where the fuel tank is housed.

Roof flaps for LMPs may not be as effective given they take off much faster.

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It's so weird ! In Monza 1000 km, 3 LMPS took off too! One in practice and 2 in the race. The Ortelli's one was the most terrific !
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In this category of racing cars, we had never seen something like that recently, right?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/06/2008 06:40PM by Mitsuro Sano.

is it gonna be worse then IRL? youd think a european based series would have less of this then an american based series.

this has nothing to do with where its based, irl's only take off when they hit another at high speed, wich you cant stop. LMP cars take off when driving trough grass or spinning or what ever.

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> this has nothing to do with where its based, irl's
> only take off when they hit another at high speed,
> wich you cant stop. LMP cars take off when driving
> trough grass or spinning or what ever.

Both take off due to aerodynamic forces acting on the car in a spin. There is no difference.

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Really? Sorry for that then, I only saw them fly once they hit another car.

biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig crash. can sorta see why gene doesnt drive f1 cars cant you

Because Le Mans is a hell of a lot more exciting?

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