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I have enjoyed the 24 Hours of Le Mans in for 2024. Yes I know that the safety car stuff going on was something to end up falling asleep to. But the race still had its fare share of action for what you’d expect from an endurance race. 👍 I also was impressed with the NO. 7 Toyota as it took 2nd place from starting near behind in its class. It’s also the same one that Nyck De Vries was driving, hopefully people can stop bullying him now??

Just got recommended your channel randomly, great coverage man, subbed

It was excellent. The safety cars happen all the time. I watched from 6 hours in the whole way and enjoyed it. We've seen sprint Le Mans before, I just think LMP2 has had its day and it's time to move on.

5:52 basically do what they do in the N24 lol

See you at Spa?

Safety cars are to assure safety. To effectively slow the race to an almost stop if needed. Nothing, not even racing matters a jot, if someone is killed in the name of sport. The VLN races, where the race cars were still going past slower track worker machinery and workers, was insane. I'd rather see a safety car over rule stupidity.

Sound like Adam Driver.

Kudos for the background music choice..such a masterstroke

Loved every word of this video. Just perfect coverage

For me the most iconic 24hr race was the 2003 Daytona 24hr when Kevin Bucklers GT3 Porsche took the overall win…I don’t think we’ll ever see an upset like that again.

I miss the factory supported GT3 cars (Corvette Racing, etc)

They didn't race nearly long enough, though this is not the racecar drivers' fault. That safety car kinda put a damper on my spirit.

Ok but how was I not aware gabe had a racing team wtf

It did have its downfalls this year but compared to previous years it was still brilliant!

Fake Le Mans. With BOP and excessive regulation it doesn't feel real anymore.

So many consecutive hours behind the SC. One would think they are applying new tarmac. It's called race for a reason: they are supposed to race. If they can't handle rain at night, then oh well. They could have put me on a Hypercar to follow the SC for all I know. Also what's the point in attending such an event, when one can stay home and watch on the TV, then comfortably sleep through the endless hours of SC without the danger of catching a cold on the stands? Also, the decisions regarding the unsafe release, the tagging of no. 8 and the door that would not close for 15 mins AND THEN deciding on taking action, are nothing less than scandalous. "Golden Era" my ass, this race has the politics-stamp all over it. As if the BoP is not controversial enough. End of rant.

That thing is constantly gonna DNF with that many moving parts

Race director does not need to justify decisions, he is the umpire, umpires decisions are final and cannot be questioned Safety car for 4+hrs was a bit much but lemans is lemans is lemans, greatest race in the world

Remember 2011? McNish and Rockenfeller had massives crash so it was Fässler, Lotterer and Treluyer who were behind around a lap against three Peugeots with like 15h to go. There was also like 3h Saftey Car just after midnight and I feel like it was similar sprint race back then...

6:18 I like the idea the only issue I could see is if the slow zone ended up being on like a long straightaway. Something like that could really impact the outcome of a race.

this race was the 24-hours of hypercar because the other classes had little to no coverage.

No camero thats what made it feel different tbh

Inconsistent rulings was what turned me away from F1 (that, and the sprint races). I definitely hope WEC doesn't go that way. I totally agree that the safety car procedures are also a reason why it is less fun to watch. With these procedures of bunching everyone onto the same safety car, it takes away any advantage built up over the first half (if not more) of the race. What's the point in watching the first day and the night, if it has negligible impact on the outcome. Of course 6 hours of safety car doesn't help the attrition race either. And as others have stated, the coverage of other categories was absolute shit.

why is it that some Americans say "le mas" instead of "le mans"? I mean, the only letter wyou're not supposed to pronounce is the S, the N should be pronounced...

7 hours of safety car.

I had the good fortune of being at Le Mans this year, and also last year for the centenary. From a spectators viewpoint, this year was pretty bad, in terms of crowd management. The layout of the spectator areas was really poor, with crowds being herded around like sheep through various bottlenecks and forced to queue for ages in a dense crowd to go over newly constructed footbridges over access roads etc, whereas last year, you could just walk across the road at pedestrian crossings. There was the legendary "Piss-Tree"; a small weeping willow that became the main urinal for tens of thousands of blokes (yes, it stank) because there simply weren't enough toilets. The queues for all the toilets were insane. One main difference between this year and last year, is that, in the early hours of the morning, the main grandstands and seating areas are 90% empty as people have gone to bed etc, but there are still thousands of diehard fans/spectators that stay up through the night in solidarity with the drivers/teams. Last year, if the seating areas were empty you could go and sit up in the grandstands if you didn't have a ticket for a seat, which was great, especially around 2-4 in the morning. This year, they stopped that with a very firm "NO!", so even though the grandstand was empty, and there were loads of fans happy to stay up through the night, they were turned away. This was especially bad IMO as it rained very heavily and the roofed grandstand/seating stands offered shelter, so many people called it a day and left because we were getting soaked through to the bone. However, believe me, these are minor moans really. On the whole it's a fantastic experience and we adapt to what's thrown at us; Piss-Tree being the perfect metaphor. Even though the stands were off limits to none seat-ticket holders (fair enough, but a bit "meh" at 3am in the pouring rain), it was a real adventure and all around the north and west side of the track there are amazing views. In regard to the actual racing, yes, it was different; it was exciting and kept you on the edge of your seat, there were no clear favourites out of all the hyper-cars. Let's not ignore the P2 and GTE classes either, in fact, I got quite into the P2 / Oreca07 cars this time, and the GTE cars are classy as hell. But for me, it was all about the hyper cars, and no amount of rain or overcrowded toilets can overshadow what was an amazing weekend.

Are you seriously putting a midroll ad in your video after ONE MINUTE?

It was good if you like safety cars, Ferrari, and hate every class that isn’t the hyper cars. No one can convince me Ferrari didn’t have their number 2 car spin the Toyota on purpose, and the penalty for it was a joke.

I never thought I would agree 100% with an American on the matter of European racing. 😂Great valid points brought up there sir, well done.

Alpine is crap both in Le Man's and F1

It felt less like racing more like just a racing simulation.

welcome to F1!

Tbh it was a mix of the new safety car rules and the terrible tv coverage. 99% of the major incidents uploaded to RUclips by wec were just shots of the stationary cars post crash. It's like they just weren't recording. I missed the first half hour and I literally didn't know that the LMP2 category was there for like 2 hours because they were hardly covered. Finally, safety car rules: The rules are more IMSA-esque now, there's 3 safety cars spread out across the track, which makes sense, it's a huge track. BUT, If the SC period is long enough the cars all form up on one SC AND EVERYONE IS UNLAPPED. this kills all long-game strategies and as you said, it felt more like a sprint race. Because it pretty much was.

BoP destroys authenticity in competition and, as a result, put too much control into the hands of the stewards regarding the outcome of the race..

Almost no LMP2 or GT3 coverage, the many hours of safety cars, the lack of coverage when it came to on-boards of accidents and overtakes really messed with me. This race was also tainted by the Ferrari Can Do No Wrong thoughts from our incompetent race director.

Tbh why is there even a safety car at Le Mans? Why aren't code 60 like on the Nordschleife enough?

the safety car period was fine, that late night/early morning racing is usually feels so tame these days anyways. it was interesting to see teams make mistakes, exhausted after 12 hours of hard running but still required to perfectly follow the rules, but not something you could really "watch"

I was there at the #50 Ferrari stream when chat noticed that the right door was flapping and light was coming in after the pitstop, it was a weird feeling, but one thing's for sure, nobody wanted to report it to anyone, it's probably the Toyota fan lurking in chat who reported it 😂

This was genuinely my first Le Mans, so I had zero idea what I was going into as a NASCAR fan. Best race of my life, and a great father's day gift from me to my father.

I kind of like the fact that there was a lot of safety since it gave me some time to sleep

I wanted Porsche to win despite being a Ferrari fan lol

I really like this Le Mans I don't know why but I still enjoyed it even with the SC being there for so long.

Yea we get it. The safety car was long. The only other option at that point was a red flag and they dont do that in Le Mans

1. The new classes are too new for us to have story lines and a clear understanding of where everyone stands. 2. The insanely long safety car made this feel like two shorter races. 3. The GT coverage was ass.

Why is corvette doing so terrible this season ?

I was there in person, and yes, the safety car procedure were really long, and they definitely need to do something to shorten them up. The commentators on radio Lemans a couple times, said that it was raining heavily or raining cats and dogs, and I don’t believe that it was Where I was ever sitting, was raining that hard, sometimes the rain was light and misty and sometimes it was just a tad bit harder, but all in all it was not “heavy “rain like a downpour or a thunderstorm. Maybe it did do that a little bit of the Porsche curves when I wasn’t standing there.

Le Man and Indy both felt different, and both of them because of rain

Good video, I just have one question: Why is the Ferrari 296 GT3 not competitive this year? They have been off the pace in almost every race.

I was there watching it live, and the only good thing about that crazy long safety cars was I went to sleep instead of being soaking wet watching the cars from trackside :)

It felt different because when I woke up after a sleep of regular length, the running order felt familiar.