The 24 hours of Le Mans race is this weekend. Starts from 2pm (UK time) Saturday finishes on 2pm Sunday I am going to try to tweet most I can in the 24 hours (Twitter page here). Prediction for the race? it's going to be a battle between Audi R18 e-tron quattros', Porsche 918 Hybrids', Toyota TS030 Hybrids', and the Nissan GT-R LM Nismos'.
Qualifying for the race is finished and the Porsche 918 Hybrid of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb are on pole, a first pole for Porsche at Le Mans since 1997. The second Porsche 918 Hybrid of Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley is on the front row as-well in second place; nine tenths of a second behind the pole sitter. While the third Porsche 918 Hybrid of Nico Hülkenberg, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy will start in third place; two seconds behind the pole sitters.
While, the first Audi e-tron quattro of Lucas di Grassi, Loïc Duval and Oliver Jarvis will start in forth place on the grid; three seconds behind the pole sitter.
While, the first Toyota TS030 Hybrid of Alexander Wurz, Stéphane Sarrazin, and Mike Conway will start in seventh place on the grid; six and a half seconds behind the pole sitter.
And finally, the first Nissan GT-R LM Nismo of Harry Tincknell, Michael Krumm and Alex Buncombe will start in twelve place on the grid; twenty seconds behind the pole sitter.
So predictions for the race, I predict that for the first time since 1998 it will be a Porsche win at Le Mans of the the Porsche 918 Hybrid of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb, and that is in honest opinion who will win this years 24 hour race. However, I wouldn't count out the Audi's to succeeded once again. While, Toyota's will be long shot as so far in testing they look too slow. As for Nissan, too slow (what I mean they are slow as a leading LMP2 car) in testing coming into Le Mans, there is no chance in hell they will win this year.
End of blog for now. New post soon. Bye.
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