Comments on: 24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 – GT2 Review

By: D. Cremer

D. Cremer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:59:47 +0000

Poor Jörg Bergmeister! One of the best GT2 drivers in the field, but he always has to share the car with slow drivers like team owner Seth Neiman. Neiman and Law even crashed the car. Must be very frustrating for him…

By: bamba

bamba — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:35:42 +0000

I’m shocked at the result of the AF Corse car. They weren’t even in the lead pack at the beginning of the race.

The JMB team is a lot like the TRG squad in Grand Am to me: a well financed operation capable of fielding some of the most competitive teams yet they prefer to run cars for wealthy gentleman drivers and teaming them up with very high caliber drivers.

By: bamba

bamba — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:04:15 +0000

What can we say it’s Tracy Krohn;s lucky star. Bu the truth is that the Risi squad is ferrari backed so the car is in tip top shape, and their strategy is as well. Add to the fact that he can very experienced teammates.

Compared to Patrick Dempsey, Tracy Krohn is ued to running in the daytona prototypes which has almost similar horsepower to a GT1 car so when he steps in the F430 it’s not too much to handle. Meanwhile Patrick dempsey drives the RX8 in Grand Am which doesn’ t have has much power as the F430 so it must have been an adjustment problem for him.

By: Danny_GT2

Danny_GT2 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:19:21 +0000

Here’s what I think:
#70 IMSA Porsche: meh
#75 EAT Porsche: oh dear
#76 IMSA Porsche: meh
#77 Felber Porsche: oh dear
#78 AF Corse Ferrari: not bad
#80 Lizards Porsche: again not so lucky @ Le Mans
#81 Seattle Ferrari: lol Dempsey, piece of crap
#82 Risi Ferrari: another great & deserved win
#83 Risi/Krohn Ferrari: shocked that they finished, Krohn, possibly worse than Dempsey
#84 Modena Ferrari: not a peep out of them but they finished
#85 Spyker: well done for finishing
#87 Drayson Aston: again retiring @ a bad time
#89 Hankook Ferrari: what happened?
#92 JMW Ferrari: pity they had a puncture, coulda finished 2nd in class
#96 Virgo Ferrari: did they race?
#97 BMS Ferrari: great race, more teams should use Pirelli’s
#99 JMB Ferrari: well, they finished

By: Tommy Hearne

Tommy Hearne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:04:47 +0000

Wicked! Snap. So have I…………… it’s a Michelin podium cap. Ain’t I just the best. Hee hee!

By: Lipp

Lipp — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:22:59 +0000

Spyker rulez…
I just bought myself a new cap.

By: F Miller

F Miller — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:45 +0000

Other than the fact that it was Eric van de Poele who had the spin in the #83 car, and not Tracy Krohn, this was a great review. Thanks Marcel!

By: Christophé.fra

Christophé.fra — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:29:14 +0000

Would not be suprise if Ferrari sweeps the podium at next year Le Mans 24.

Though the Vette will be in GT2. But I have a feeling that, the Ferari GT2 teams will take care of them.

By: r mayer

r mayer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:43:46 +0000

you missed the fact that the 76 had to come into the pits for 2 laps to fix an air restrictor that had basically fallen off. the ACO never penalized them for this, they (ACO) said the 2 laps to fix it was enough penalty, we didn’t agree. it ended up not mattering at the end. they had some amazing laps for Narac, who was the slowest driver with the added air.