> > I have been watching the Lemans race on my TVIO and the lead Audi,
> > after about 15 or 20 hours, came in for a pit stop. The mechanic
> > behind the car prematurely pulled the air hose to the air jacks
> > and the car dropped
> > on the hub and rear wheel which obviously damaged either the
> > wheel or
> > the hub. As the car drove out of the pits in TVIO slow motion
> > you could see
> > the wheel wobbling. The wheel came off in a high speed corner
> > damaging the car
> > only modestly however the driver could not drive it back to the
> > pits as the rules require
> > so the car was out of the race. That left only one Audi in the
> > race after starting
> > with three. Peugeot diesels still had two at this point.
> > Gasoline powered cars
> > are artificially severely handicapped in Lemans and ALMS racing
> > world wide. More
> > about the unfair diesel advantage later.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
> Peugeot finished second Audi in first place and that since 2000 at
> Leman. Peugeot wanted the win soo bad they hired Gilles
> Villeneuve and
> Bourdais in their team. In the first tour Bourdais committed a
> drivingerror and Audi past him to hold first position. A pity
> for Peugeot.
>
> Marc J.
> Nexus Mustang
>
> What happens in the first lap is almost irrelevant in a 24 hours race.
>
> You won't read this in Road & Track or Car and Driver but there
> is something seriously
> wrong with the gasoline to diesel engine Lemans race organizers
> equivalence formula.
> The turbo charge V12 5.5 L 250 KG diesel engines, despite an
> additional weight of 125 KG
> or 220 pound more weight than the 4L JUD V10 at 135KG that
> finished in fourth place
> in the P1 class, dominate the P1 class racing.
>
> The fact that the P1 class Peugeot showed up at the race having
> never raced before and
> ran away from the JUD powered cars and finished first and second
> proves there is
> something seriously wrong.
>
> They need to go back to historical or traditional rules where
> minimum car weight and displacement
> are specified. If they want to limit the amount of fuel the cars can
> use to run the race than fine. Remove all displacement limits. A
> Mazda four rotor powered car
> won the race in 1991 when they had a fuel limit. They could
> also remove the minimum
> weight rules if the driver tub strength and design were specified.
>
> Right now the Lemans car race is a dishonest farce. It is not a
> car race at all.
> It is just a dishonest publicity stunt.
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
> Did hiring Giles do them any good? Do you perhaps mean Jack?
> jofarr, soddy tn

 My age is showing.   Yes Jacques not Gilles.  Except from Bourdais
the news did not mention Jacques Villeneuve.  I did not watch the entire
race.  I'm lucky to have the French news here in Montreal Canada.
Marc J.



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