the Fever begins

...this in from RLM:

Lotus in hearing for last hour

only 4 turbocharged cars on the grid: 3 Audi, 1 LMP2 HPD (no.33)

Audi definitely run a blown diffuser... higher fuel consumption? Will Toyota get 2 more laps per tank? If Audi can run .75 second quicker, they can cover it (Trussers)

amprovisation

there can't be many words that the Le Mans 24 Hours has given the English language, except perhaps vainquer, and this certainly won't be joining them anytime soon:

amprovis-ing, -ation, -er, -eur, (n.) (pr. say 'improvising'  w. pretend Fr. acc.) in the early stages of the race, the phenomenon of the PRO driver in an AM car running with the GTE-Pro pack; see also Campbell-Walter, Collard, Griffin, Hall, Vernay

asymmetry

I hadn't noticed the asymmetrical livery before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0JE_Kn6qug

for sure, for sure

I'm struggling to find an appropriate title for this post...

once upon a time, 'for sure' was introduced as a way of saying 'yes', 'certainly', for racing drivers. I remember Alain Prost was particularly fluent. It is now common parlance with native English speaking racers,  and can even replace a casual 'yeah'.

Martin Brundle famously contributed 'nodoubtaboutit' which if used as the trigger in a drinking game can be more dangerous than Mad Men.

I can understand 'Free Practice' becoming 'FP' but 'qually'... No.

However, this has now been topped by 'gapping'. Ugh.

Ekris M3 GT4

34	401	GT4	Ekris	Ricardo van der Ende Bernhard van Oranje		BMW M3 GT4	2:14.989
35	50	GT4	Redgate Lifetime	Matt Smith Dan Eagling		Ginetta G50	2:15.208
36	406	GT4	V8 Racing/Las Moras	Rik Abresch Danny Werkman Nicky Pastorelli		Chevrolet Camaro SS GT4	2:15.305
37	411	GT4	Ekris	Jan Joris Verheul PC van Oranje		BMW M3 GT4	2:15.353

Motorbase Porsche

17

1

GT3

Oman Air Motorbase

Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Caine

+75kg

Porsche 997 GT3 R

2:04.074