24 Hours of Le Mans, 2018

Rohan24 · 17th June 2018, 19:21

Finally, Toyota have won Le Mans! They had a bit of a scare with around 1hr 30mins remaining when the no. 7 car of Kobayashi suddenly appeared to be driving in Limp-home mode. It had to complete almost 75% of the lap at 80kph. Turned out that they had "forgotten to put enough fuel in", weirdly. After a quick refuel it was back racing.

Alonso now has completed 2/3rd of the Triple Crown. Just needs to win Indy now. He really needed this win, after all the trials and tribulations with Mclaren Honda last few seasons.

The GTE-Pro class was well fought I think, some good battles there with the Porsches and Fords. Made it a bit more interesting.

TSIboy · 17th June 2018, 19:48

After being robbed of victory last year, a 1-2 finish! They dominated this edition of Le Mans and it was kind of ovbious they were going to win it though you can never say whats going to happen in an endurance race like this (Toyota last year). I think the absence of other manufacturers helped and they had a great driver lineup too. All the great work finally paid off.
Toyota must have started working on their new marketing campaigns.
"The new Camry. Powered by Le Mans winning tech."

RM Motorsports · 19th June 2018, 11:05

2018 24 Hours of Le Mans - FULL RACE HIGHLIGHTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XkG90bM-o

glikithvinayaka · 19th June 2018, 21:04

LMP1 drivers ranked by top 40 fastest lap average for Le Mans 2018, topped by Fernando Alonso.

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Rohan24 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Bangalore Posts: 245 Thanked: 232 Times	Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2018 Finally, Toyota have won Le Mans! They had a bit of a scare with around 1hr 30mins remaining when the no. 7 car of Kobayashi suddenly appeared to be driving in Limp-home mode. It had to complete almost 75% of the lap at 80kph. Turned out that they had "forgotten to put enough fuel in", weirdly. After a quick refuel it was back racing. Alonso now has completed 2/3rd of the Triple Crown. Just needs to win Indy now. He really needed this win, after all the trials and tribulations with Mclaren Honda last few seasons. The GTE-Pro class was well fought I think, some good battles there with the Porsches and Fords. Made it a bit more interesting.
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TSIboy BHPian Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Kochi Posts: 258 Thanked: 1,347 Times	Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2018 After being robbed of victory last year, a 1-2 finish! They dominated this edition of Le Mans and it was kind of ovbious they were going to win it though you can never say whats going to happen in an endurance race like this (Toyota last year). I think the absence of other manufacturers helped and they had a great driver lineup too. All the great work finally paid off. Toyota must have started working on their new marketing campaigns. "The new Camry. Powered by Le Mans winning tech." Attached Thumbnails
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glikithvinayaka BHPian Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: --- Posts: 169 Thanked: 353 Times	LMP1 drivers ranked by top 40 fastest lap average for Le Mans 2018, topped by Fernando Alonso.
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