(More than) 24 hours of coverage for the 24 Hours of Le Mans
06-09-2011, 09:56 AM
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(More than) 24 hours of coverage for the 24 Hours of Le Mans
It’s a big weekend for racing in Formula One, NASCAR and IndyCar. But starting Saturday, all eyes will be on the 24 Hours of Le Mans at Circuit de la Sarthe in France. Fans will be able to catch every minute of the daylong race with help from Speed, Chevrolet, Audi and Twitter.
Speed will have its usual helping of coverage starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Saturday. Catch up on the story lines for 30 minutes before watching the cars take off at 9 a.m. (3 p.m. at Le Mans). The first block of coverage runs until 11:30 a.m.
Speed picks the coverage back up at 3:30 p.m. Eastern as the track goes from daylight to dusk and dangerous. The middle block of coverage runs for five hours. Later, at 11 p.m. Eastern, Speed will cover the final 10 hours of the race.
For the few hours that the race isn’t shown on television, race fans can call on Chevrolet for the details. The automaker will provide streaming footage from the Corvette C6.R driven by Olivier Beretta, Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia at www.speedtv.com/corvette. The Web coverage will also include a video tour of the Le Mans circuit with commentary from Oliver Gavin.
Audi will provide coverage of all 24 hours at www.audi-microsites.com/lemans. The feed will consist of in-car footage for the three Audi R18s competing, along with telemetry such as track position, speed and selected gear. Every two hours, Audi will also provide a race summary.
Over on the social-networking site Twitter, AutoWeek digital editor Andy Stoy will be keeping up with the action @andrewstoy. And five-time Le Mans winner Emanuele Pirro will assess how the race is developing for Audi and the other makers. Web channel Audi.tv will also air race reports.
With all of the coverage available, you can take in all 24 hours of the race, even if you’re
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2011...#ixzz1On5aitKr
Speed will have its usual helping of coverage starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Saturday. Catch up on the story lines for 30 minutes before watching the cars take off at 9 a.m. (3 p.m. at Le Mans). The first block of coverage runs until 11:30 a.m.
Speed picks the coverage back up at 3:30 p.m. Eastern as the track goes from daylight to dusk and dangerous. The middle block of coverage runs for five hours. Later, at 11 p.m. Eastern, Speed will cover the final 10 hours of the race.
For the few hours that the race isn’t shown on television, race fans can call on Chevrolet for the details. The automaker will provide streaming footage from the Corvette C6.R driven by Olivier Beretta, Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia at www.speedtv.com/corvette. The Web coverage will also include a video tour of the Le Mans circuit with commentary from Oliver Gavin.
Audi will provide coverage of all 24 hours at www.audi-microsites.com/lemans. The feed will consist of in-car footage for the three Audi R18s competing, along with telemetry such as track position, speed and selected gear. Every two hours, Audi will also provide a race summary.
Over on the social-networking site Twitter, AutoWeek digital editor Andy Stoy will be keeping up with the action @andrewstoy. And five-time Le Mans winner Emanuele Pirro will assess how the race is developing for Audi and the other makers. Web channel Audi.tv will also air race reports.
With all of the coverage available, you can take in all 24 hours of the race, even if you’re
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2011...#ixzz1On5aitKr
06-09-2011, 11:58 AM
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I finally have the Speed channel and of course, I wont' be home this weekend. 
DVR here we come.
DVR here we come.
I need to get it.
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I first watched the 24hr of Le Mans last year, and I was largely shocked at the completely lax safety measures taken by the track workers and the track itself. I will still remember last year the one safety worker standing on the straight after the sharp right after the big straight, with a 2ft by 1ft side with a small arrow on it, walking backwards, as a means of directing cars around the stopped car.
They are nearly 200mph there, they AREN'T going to see that!
This year the shock level remains.
That wall was BARELY adequate. Not "it did it's job well". I'm sure we will see worker idiocy later on.
They are nearly 200mph there, they AREN'T going to see that!
This year the shock level remains.
That wall was BARELY adequate. Not "it did it's job well". I'm sure we will see worker idiocy later on.
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Nissan GT Academy on the PS3... awesome that one of the drivers for this race was one of the winners.
Kinda like American Idol in a way.... Putting opportunity in the reach of people that might not otherwise have it.
Kinda like American Idol in a way.... Putting opportunity in the reach of people that might not otherwise have it.
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watch the race without cable here http://page.xeno.com/lemans/
and get in on the FLD watch party
and get in on the FLD watch party