2023 Le Mans 24 Hours grid

14 comments on “2023 Le Mans 24 Hours grid”

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   Jere (@jerejj)
   9th June 2023, 5:53

   I expected Toyota’s at the very front as usual.
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   GeeMac (@geemac)
   9th June 2023, 9:09

   Massively impressed with the NASCAR, it set a time quicker than all the GTE cars.
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      asd
      9th June 2023, 9:41

      I suspect that the Nascar’s time is a balance of gaining time on the straights with its superior power and losing time on braking and in the corners. I’m curious to find out its top speed on the Mulsanne straights.
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         G (@unklegsif)
         9th June 2023, 9:50

         Dont know if this is fully representative of outright top speed, but in this clip they reached 394kmh before the 2nd chicane – 182mph

         G
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            kuvemar
            9th June 2023, 10:06

            294 – I was in mayor disbelief reading your comment :D
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               G (@unklegsif)
               9th June 2023, 15:25

               So I messed up with a typo, as WELL as the link!!!
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            Yellow Baron
            9th June 2023, 14:52

            I had totally forgotten they have no doors and that therefore it’s runs with an open window just the netting lol.
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         Yellow Baron
         9th June 2023, 14:49

         I watched a short interview with Jenson button the other day. He said it accelerates very fast but actually starts to tail off on the top speeds. He alluded to the ducktail spoiler.

         Otherwise he said it has a lot of mechanical grip and ofcourse different to drive with all the weight.

         I forget what else he said about going through corners but it seems that it isn’t mega top speed thats making the laptime
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   G (@unklegsif)
   9th June 2023, 9:51

   Blimmin link posted in the wrong place
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   G (@unklegsif)
   9th June 2023, 9:52

   Oh FFS

   CLICK HERE
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   A person somewhere
   9th June 2023, 11:03

   @keithcollantine It’s reported elsewhere that they’ve since decided to move the NASCAR entry up to start between the LMP2 and LMGTE cars, apparently at the request of the LMGTE teams.
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      RandomMallard
      9th June 2023, 11:49

      The WEC website is also showing this now. It does make sense it has to he said, as it is lapping about 4 or 5 seconds a lap quicker than the LMGTE AMs on average.
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         A person somewhere
         9th June 2023, 13:53

         Indeed, I can imagine the LMGTE drivers being a bit nervous of the faster and larger car working its way through them in the early stages when everyone is bunched together. I see the article has been updated to show the change now too :)
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      Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
      9th June 2023, 16:56

      I guess that also means they’ll shuffle it in between the P2s and GTs if there’s a safety car.
      I guess Jimmie’ll start it for showbiz reasons, and he could easily find himself in among the more amateurish LMP2 drivers. I wouldn’t want to be driving an LMP2 that has an argument with that car!

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