Comments on: Planetlemans analyzes the Le Mans 24 Hours list – LMP1

By: bamba

bamba — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:21:14 +0000

Bourdais being born in the Sarthe region same as the 24h, and being a current F1 pilot he commands much publicity. Not just in europe but in the US as well since he was
4-time champ car champion.

By: bamba

bamba — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:09:03 +0000

For Americans Johnny O’Connel is a well known veteran with Corvette racing, and Patrick Long is a very fast young gun, with the IMSA porsche.

Romain Dumas who might race with Pescarolo might get to drive the diesel 908, if he does he might be one to watch.

The #1 Audi has Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish, and Dindo Capello is a heavyweight contender.

David Brabbam in the Peugeot is interesting as well.

In P2 the Porsche supported team: Team Gos has Seji Ara a quick pilot and he won the 24h with Tim Kristensen in the R8 before, he has good chances of winning P2 with Saascha Massens. And Team Essex with Emmanuel Collard, this year they have michelins not Dunlops.

By: bamba

bamba — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:40:36 +0000

Sebastien Bourdais would be the most popular overall I would say. He’s one of the most accomplished also.

By: Andy Tongue

Andy Tongue — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:29:46 +0000

As someone who is relatively new to the Le Mans 24 hour who would you say are the most well-known drivers who will be competing in the 2009 race?

By: bamba

bamba — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:29:07 +0000

Pescarolo’s 908 can be very strong. Henri has a team of proven prototype drivers he can call on. At the forefront of them is Romain Dumas. I don’t think he’ll pass up the opportunity.

But it seems a little late now. Most people has envisioned Peugeot hooking with Pescarolo a while back. Just like Audi did with Champion Racing in the U.S

By: Alexander

Alexander — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:43:58 +0000

The LMP1 section of Le Mans looks very strong. I look forward to seeing the Sebring 12 hours to give us a small idea of how well the Audi vs. Peugeot battle will progress. Will Audi’s new R15 be faster than the R10 to take the battle to the 908? And will it be as bulletproof as before, or will more problems creep into the car as per last year?

Aston’s foray looks to be the first more serious comparison of petrol versus diesel power. Will the Lola-Aston Martins be fast enough and efficient enough to keep up with the diesels? If I remember rightly, the petrol cars do up to 2 – 3 laps less per tank of fuel even with the change in the fuel tank sizes for the diesel cars, so the Astons will have to be faster or as fast as the Audis and Peugeots to keep pace. It would be awesome to see a Audi vs. Peugeot vs. Aston battle to the last few hours.

The ‘customer’ Audi, Peugeot, and Aston Martin cars are interesting to say the least. It’s similar to taking an ‘each way’ bet.

The remaining privateer cars add spice to the entire division, as the various cars have been quick in testing, so it should be very very very interesting!