The Motorsport Thread 2014

I'm streaming Le Mans while also watching the truck race at work right now.  No newscast until after the baseball game, which means I'll probably miss the end of the truck race.

What a race! A short, sharp shower in the second hour causes chaos and a crash that wiped out the #3 Audi and damaged the #8 Toyota, the #7 Toyota leads comfortably until an electrical fault with the wiring loom puts them out at 5am then the #2 Audi leads until it needs a turbo change then the #1 Audi leads, having been completely rebuilt following Wednesday's massive crash, until it too needs a turbo change leaving Mark Webber's #20 Porsche in the lead until the last two hours when it suffers an engine failure putting it out. An excellent race and the #2 Audi of Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler had to really fight for that win.   

^ Indeed!

Michael Schumacher is out of the coma, and now is set to continue rehab.

I'm very happy to see this bit of news!  He's got a tough road ahead, but this is great news!

^Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler have now won Le Mans 3 times in 4 years, including that epic battle with Bourdais and Pagenaud in 2011!

It's good to hear that Schumacher is out of the coma, but the fact that we're not being told anything of his condition probably means it's not great unfortunately.

Indeed, just a bit of good news, especially considering how long it was.

Haven't seen a race there, so I'm looking forward to it.

A Williams front row! Was not expecting that at all, looks like we're in for an interesting race tomorrow. And the irony that Red Bull seem to be having their toughest weekend yet comes at the Red Bull Ring.

Edit: Just realised that this doesnt take into account Perez 5 place penalty for crashing into Massa in Canada.

Pos Driver                Team                 Time          Gap   
 1. Felipe Massa          Williams-Mercedes    1m08.759s
 2. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Mercedes    1m08.846s  +0.087
 3. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m08.944s  +0.185
 4. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m09.285s  +0.526
 5. Daniel Ricciardo      Red Bull-Renault     1m09.466s  +0.707
 6. Kevin Magnussen       McLaren-Mercedes     1m09.515s  +0.756
 7. Daniil Kvyat          Toro Rosso-Renault   1m09.619s  +0.860
 8. Kimi Raikkonen        Ferrari              1m10.795s  +2.036
 9. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes
10. Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes
Q2 cut-off time: 1m09.657s                                   Gap **
11. Sergio Perez          Force India-Mercedes 1m09.754s  +0.780s
12. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m09.780s  +0.806s
13. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m09.801s  +0.827s
14. Pastor Maldonado      Lotus-Renault        1m09.939s  +0.965s
15. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Renault   1m10.073s  +1.099s
16. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m10.642s  +1.668s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m10.821s                                    Gap *
17. Adrian Sutil          Sauber-Ferrari       1m10.825s  +1.311s
18. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari       1m11.349s  +1.835s
19. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Ferrari     1m11.412s  +1.898s
20. Kamui Kobayashi       Caterham-Renault     1m11.673s  +2.159s
21. Max Chilton           Marussia-Ferrari     1m11.775s  +2.261s
22. Marcus Ericsson       Caterham-Renault     1m12.673s  +3.159s

Edited by sleeper - June 21 2014 at 12:05

Should be interesting to see the Mercedes cars come through the field, Hamilton especially.  Can't wait!