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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett
    Radio Le Mans has been on in my room since the Nurburgring 24 hours lol
    i just finished transporting my radio equipment from upstairs down to the big screen.

    My issue is still that my Vista labtop wont see a live stream like radiolemans or the Nurburgring 24 hour race. I have it setup right now to some cheap laptop that is an xp and has no issues.

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    Breaking News: Aero rules to change after accidents

    http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68235



    Le Mans organiser the ACO has vowed to make changes to the car regulations for 2009 following the number of aerial crashes that have occurred in recent months.

    Hideki Noda suffered the sixth aerial accident for a prototype car since March during Wednesday's qualifying session, and the ACO believes that reducing corner speeds will solve the problem.

    "(Aerial accidents) are a new phenomenon, as the regulations have not changed for this year," said ACO sporting director Daniel Poissenot.

    "But I think we will have a different position for next year given the urgency of this. We will examine it.

    "We need to look at the performance of the cars. We want to reduce downforce, which in turn will reduce corner speeds. All aero devices on the bottom of the cars will be banned for 2009."

    The organisers of the race also outlined more plans to reduce the speed of the cars over the next couple of years with further aerodynamics reductions for 2010.

    Poissenot added: "We saw in qualifying a 3:18 lap (by Peugeot). We are going to restrict the performance of the cars, but we will take the race times into account as qualifying can be inaccurate.

    "We will do a lot of work for 2010 over the winter, but we want stability of three or four years, so there are no bad surprises for anyone. Current cars will still be allowed, but we will work to balance their performance with the new ones."

    Plans for the future regulations also include the use of energy recovery systems, and increased lateral protection for drivers to improve the safety of the cars.

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    ANT.....you asked good questions and i coudn't fit my response in the PM section. So here it is.

    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyF
    I for the the class names but im going with GT1, GT2, LMP900 and LMP 600? I dont believe they have the LMP 600 anymore correct?
    The naming changes every couple years. LMP900 and LMP675 were first used in 2001 and according to ACO regulations these were open cockpit vehicles like the R8, Courage C60, and Pescarola.

    Otherwise it was a closed cockpit GTP car like the Bentley Speed 8

    In 2004 the system changed to calling the prototypes like the R8 as LMP1 cars

    and the LMP675 as LMP2 cars.

    This system runs till this day with the only difference being a closed cockpit GTP would now be a LMP1 such as the Peugeot 908 HDI.

    The GT class has a bit of an unusual history.

    When Group C was banned for 1994, that ACO created the GT1 class and did a bad job of specifying what that is because Porsche was able to take a Dauer 962, which was a street 962 and win the race overall.

    After that the manufactuers kept abbusing what GT1 regulations would allow until cars like the Toyota GT-ONE were created.

    During these years. French team Oreca (little known fact about them is they were the team Mazda put in charge of winning Le Mans in 1991).

    Anyways, Oreca ran the Viper GT2 team from 1996 till 2000 when they decided to swith to prototypes.

    These "GT2" cars became GTS cars for 1999.
    In 2006 The GTS cars became the GT1 cars like the P&M C6R and the DBR9.

    For many years the slowest class was GT2 but then the GT class was created and became GT2 (Again) in 2004.

    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyF
    Anyways, my concern is Chevy and the vettes. WHY THE FUK DO THEY KEEP WINNING?
    The DBR9 was winner of GT1 in 2007. It is a very good competition between them as the Vette was only a lap back at the end.

    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyF
    Viper ruled Lemans then left. When they came back they had restrictor plates on them and all sorts of stuff.
    Because of the 8.0L v10 advantage,

    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyF
    The Ferrari came out and SPANKED vett then they were slowed down and eventually dropped into the lower class then quit.
    The only time the Ferrari did well was the Prodrive developed 550 but they left that project to make the DBR9.


    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyF
    Aston whooped Chevy's ass but then I saw them in the lower class a week or 2 ago. How can Chevy get away with this? They ***** at whoever beats them. It's so bogus.
    Aston is the only company that runs a car in every single class of GT and 1 in LMP. You probably saw a GT3 DBRS9 and the other fact is that Aston does not run a
    factory team in ALMS to combat thhe vette.

    GT1- DBR9
    GT2 - V8 Vantage GT2
    GT3 - DBRS9
    GT4 - Vantage N24/ GT4
    LMP1 - Lola body - Aston DBR9 engine.


    -Ant.[/QUOTE]

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    After 8 hours

    Pos N° Team Cls Driver in Pit Laps Gap LastLap BestLap Now Stop

    1 7 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 GENE M. 134 3:29.810 3:21.438 Run 13

    2 2 Audi Sport North America LMP1 KRISTENSEN T. 133 1 Lap 3:31.967 3:24.152 Run 11

    3 9 Peugeot Sport Total LMP1 ZONTA R. 133 2:17.505 3:32.183 3:20.600 Run 13

    4 3 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 ROCKENFELLER M. 132 2 Laps 3:32.480 3:23.939 Run 11

    5 1 Audi Sport North America LMP1 BIELA F. 132 4.621 3:32.027 3:25.166 Run 11

    6 8 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 SARRAZIN S. 129 5 Laps 3:26.000 3:19.394 Run 12

    7 5 Team Oreca Matmut LMP1 DUVAL L. 128 6 Laps 3:43.189 3:30.688 Run 11

    8 11 Dome Racing Team LMP1 TACHIKAWA Y. 128 1:42.039 3:36.078 3:29.504 Run 11

    9 17 Pescarolo Sport LMP1 TINSEAU C. 128 1:43.030 3:36.497 3:30.610 Run 10

    10 6 Team Oreca Matmut LMP1 FASSLER M. 128 2:09.332 3:35.552 3:30.147 Run 11

    11 16 Pescarolo Sport LMP1 BOULLION J.C. 127 7 Laps 3:37.110 3:31.114 Run 11

    12 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport LMP2 VERSTAPPEN J. 126 8 Laps 4:49.814 3:34.188 Run 10

    13 18 Rollcentre Racing LMP1 ICKX V. 125 9 Laps 3:50.930 3:35.601 Run 10

    14 31 Team Essex LMP2 NIELSEN J. 125 11.986 3:41.176 3:37.229 Run 10

    15 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah LMP2 ZACCHIA S. 123 11 Laps 3:48.327 3:37.472 Run 13

    16 20 Epsilon Euskadi LMP1 VALLES A. 123 18.527 3:39.869 3:35.401 Run 10

    17 35 Saulnier Racing LMP2 CHENG CONG F. 120 14 Laps 3:53.253 3:44.293 Run 10

    18 12 Charouz Racing System LMP1 GRAF K. 120 5.997 3:37.305 3:35.596 Run 11

    19 63 Corvette Racing LMGT1 OCONNELL J. 120 2:59.342 3:53.941 3:50.650 Run 8

    20 009 Aston Martin Racing LMGT1 GARCIA A. 119 15 Laps 3:51.594 3:50.194 Run 9

    21 10 Charouz Racing System LMP1 ENGE T. 119 15.637 3:47.828 3:28.131 Run 12

    22 007 Aston Martin Racing LMGT1 PICCINI A. 119 1:05.828 3:54.078 3:49.820 Run 9

    23 40 Quifel ASM Team LMP2 AMARAL M. 119 2:38.395 3:56.100 3:41.064 Run 10

    24 4 Saulnier Racing LMP1 HEIN R. 118 16 Laps 4:42.221 3:44.819 Run 11

    25 64 Corvette Racing LMGT1 BERETTA O. 118 3:09.793 5:14.301 3:49.924 Run 9

    26 72 Luc Alphand Aventures LMGT1 MOREAU G. 117 17 Laps 3:58.162 3:54.006 Run 9

    27 59 Team Modena LMGT1 MENTEN J. 115 19 Laps 3:56.373 3:54.100 Run 11

    28 82 Risi Competizione LMGT2 MELO J. 114 20 Laps 4:06.732 4:02.086 Run 8

    29 73 Luc Alphand Aventures LMGT1 BLANCHEMAIN J.L. 114 37.666 4:18.033 3:57.217 Run 12

    30 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton LMGT2 HENZLER W. 114 39.797 4:11.099 4:00.709 Run 8

    31 96 Virgo Motorsport LMGT2 SUGDEN T. 112 22 Laps 4:07.280 4:01.559 Run 8

    32 78 AF Corse SRL LMGT2 MONTANARI C. 111 23 Laps 4:09.794 4:04.091 Run 8

    33 97 BMS Scuderia Italia LMGT2 BABINI F. 111 4:59.793 4:08.373 4:02.776 Run 9

    34 90 Farnbacher Racing LMGT2 NIELSEN L-E. 111 5:13.309 5:49.002 4:03.381 Run 9

    35 45 Embassy Racing LMP2 FOSTER J. 110 24 Laps 4:00.250 3:42.676 Run 12

    36 99 JMB Racing LMGT2 FERTE A. 110 20:23.250 4:12.785 4:04.738 Run 8

    37 32 Barazi Epsilon LMP2 BARAZI J. 104 30 Laps 3:44.572 3:39.082 Run 8

    38 26 Bruichladdich Radical LMP2 DEVLIN B. 103 31 Laps 3:55.965 3:46.031 Run 11

    39 14 Creation AIM LMP1 GOOSSENS M. 103 1:40.687 3:41.625 3:39.052 Run 12

    40 50 Larbre Competition LMGT1 SMET D. 100 34 Laps 4:05.418 3:51.727 Run 10

    41 44 Kruse Schiller Motorsport LMP2 NODA H. 99 35 Laps 4:11.179 3:46.061 Run 12

    42 23 Autocon LMP1 WILLMAN B. 99 1:36.180 4:09.039 3:43.217 Run 9

    43 25 RML LMP2 NEWTON M. 97 37 Laps 18:02.973 3:43.082 Run 11

    44 22 Tokai University YGK LMP1 KAGEYAMA M. 91 43 Laps 4:01.119 3:52.274 Run 11

    45 55 IPB Spartak Racing LMGT1 KOX P. 84 50 Laps 3:59.707 3:55.713 Run 7

    46 53 Vitaphone Racing Team LMGT1 HARDMAN P. 82 52 Laps 5:39.834 3:55.102 Run 7

    47 80 Flying Lizard Motorsports LMGT2 VAN OVERBEEK J. 76 58 Laps 5:00.522 3:59.887 Run 9

    48 19 Chamberlain Synergy LMP1 STRETON A. 73 61 Laps 4:12.313 3:41.859 Run 8

    49 24 Terramos LMP1 KATOH H. 71 63 Laps 3:52.248 3:41.589 Run 8

    50 21 Epsilon Euskadi LMP1 GOUNON JM. 62 72 Laps 6:21.266 3:37.638 Run

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