The biggest race in the world? The 24 Hours of Le Mans is this weekend.

More than 350,000 spectators will watch 62 cars compete, day and night.

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[FSTargetDrone]

(Sits and watches “Le Mans” (1971) instead.)

 

[Sharp Weiner]

It’s our favorite race too!
Though it would be nice if they could shorten it down to 90 min. Would be more exciting.

 

[sing.electric]

Good points and well-reasoned, as expected from Ars.

But my heart is still telling me that this is 24 Hours of Lemons slander.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

(Sits and watches “Le Mans” (1971) instead.)

Or you watch it first.

 

[ERIFNOMI]

The Ruby on Rails creator

Oh great, this fucking guy.

 

[GorillaInAHumanSuit]

No Iron Dames team? I have no one to pull for.

 

[Instructables can be Confusable]

"It always rains at Le Mans..."

 

[ack154]

A standout among them to watch this year will be Doriane Pin, the young French driver who won Formula 1 Academy last year, particularly after a stunning lap during the first qualifying session, held on Wednesday.

By over half a second! Shame the Hypercar sessions didn't work out quite as well for the #30 - they'll start 6th in LMP2.

 

[sdean7855]

As with evolution, multiple threads will converge, given a common set of requirements....and so that starting grid image. One of them is conversation starter with critical analysis...a grid of a mess of them is a yawn.
I can't help but think this earlier dominant contender more interesting (never mind a Blower Blower Bentley), but then, some 65 years ago, I grew up with two of them.

 

[ritt02]

10 am Eastern, 8 am Pacific

One of these isn't correct. Should it be 7am Pacific?

 

[MacBrave]

If Christian Bale and Matt Damon aren't there I'm not interested. And Bale has to be driving a Ford.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

"It always rains at Le Mans..."

Except the year I went (2017), and also last year, where it also didn’t rain during the Spa 24 or the N24.

 

[SeanArs]

It’s our favorite race too!
Though it would be nice if they could shorten it down to 90 min. Would be more exciting.

I don't think WEC is the series for you....

 

[LG11]

So much looking forward to this pure and grueling form of racing. And hoping for an outsider winning the overall title, like Alpine or Genesis. That would be great.

 

[Instructables can be Confusable]

Except the year I went (2017), and also last year, where it also didn’t rain during the Spa 24 or the N24.

The ensuing 18 years have rendered that infamous quote no longer accurate.

However, without that marketing exercise as a movie produced by Audi, we would not have the wonderful Allan McNish talking us through a lap of the Circuit de le Sarthe.


View: https://youtu.be/rQEXncsFwyo?is=hu71h3UhM6GIs4Qo

 

[Tijger]

I absolutely love the masthead picture with all the cars lined up on the grid. Amazing to see how many there will be starting.

Apparently Ford is going to join the hypercar field and has expressed an interest in getting Verstappen to drive a hypercar or GT3 for them, would love to see him at Le Mans too.

 

[tangerinecheese]

I thought at first the headline photo was taken by James May and was quite suprised.