Alonso, Toyota Dominate Le Mans Test Day 1

Koen Verlinde · Jun 4, 2018

The main reason why Alonso is followed up so closely is "The Triple Crown" aka
F1 Monaco
24 hours of Le Mans
500 miles Indy

He would only be the 2nd person in the world to do it. Jenson Button could possibly win, but he clearly has no intend to do the 500 miles. Alonso, on the other hand, does.

apex11 · Jun 4, 2018

But Indy 500 was won by an F1 reject in the same year as Alonso tried..... Le Mans has loads of ex F1 rejects and Hulk won the thing....
If Alonso and his team had spent more time getting the Merc drive 4 odd seasons ago instead of Lewis we could of been talking about Alonso the 5 times F1 WDC and i very much doubt he'd be that bothered about the triple crown...... he can't even finish Monaco these days let alone win the thing...
Having said all of that i like Alonso as a person....

headder · Jun 4, 2018

apex11 said:
Your long rant makes my point for me..... why so much PR for Alonso? Plenty of drivers apparently not good enough for F1 have competed and won.....I am agreeing with you...

F1 is not the pinnacle but yet we get brainwashed into thinking it is...

I would say Buemi was 'spat out' of F1....for example...

Same goes for Nakajima, Kobayashi, Petrov etc.

But for those who forgot, we have two F1 WDC drivers this year, ALO and BUT

RobertGracie · Jun 4, 2018

Hes out to make a point of breaking that record set last year and hopefully get that car home to victory lane to get rid of that Japanese curse on Le Mans....

Brownninja97 · Jun 4, 2018

In multiple ways I find this very interesting. Ill be very surprised if the non hybrids arent pegged back again.

headder · Jun 4, 2018

Brownninja97 said:
In multiple ways I find this very interesting. Ill be very surprised if the non hybrids arent pegged back again.

The most funny part is that the Alonso was the fastest from all Toyota's drivers

Brownninja97 · Jun 4, 2018

headder said:
The most funny part is that the Alonso was the fastest from all Toyota's drivers

I think ill wait and see this time. Remember at spa Maldonado was quickest in LMP2 for all the practise rounds and then he was a back marker in quali.

Jorge Villar · Jun 4, 2018

The times are far away from last year's pole. Is this normal in the test day? Or are the cars slower?

apex11 · Jun 4, 2018

headder said:
The most funny part is that the Alonso was the fastest from all Toyota's drivers

True but over a lap that long some of the non superstar names in Toyota's are not far off...

Kasti · Jun 4, 2018

Jorge Villar said:
The times are far away from last year's pole. Is this normal in the test day? Or are the cars slower?

I personally think Toyata is massivly sandbagging, in order to get even more advantage through further BoP cutdowns for Rebellion etc.

And we have always to keep in mind the BoP fuel tank advantage of Toyota, they will go more laps before stopping to refuel.

MPortnoy · Jun 4, 2018

Obvious sandbagging here. The difference in performance between Toyota and the rest of the LMP1's during Spa was not even funny.
So what if Alonso wins?? It's like bragging about beating a guy in crutches at a 100m sprint race

LeSunTzu · Jun 5, 2018

Winning at Le Mans is never easy.

headder · Jun 5, 2018

apex11 said:
True but over a lap that long some of the non superstar names in Toyota's are not far off...

Of course. However from all of those LMP1 drivers, the best and true star is Andre Lotterer (in terms of Le Mans).

apex11 · Jun 5, 2018

headder said:
Of course. However from all of those LMP1 drivers, the best and true star is Andre Lotterer (in terms of Le Mans).

A true star who currently is in that much loved series Formula E.......

headder · Jun 5, 2018

apex11 said:
A true star who currently is in that much loved series Formula E.......

Yeah, but it doesn't matter if he drives F1 car, LMP1, LMP1H or FE car. He is a great driver, very unique. Good also in GT3 machinery and of course he won Le Mans. So in comparison I can say that both ALO and LOT are true stars. Of course we can't forget about BUT. Another WDC F1 driver in the line-up.

M-Bimmer · Jun 5, 2018

Unleashing the true potential

Andrew Harper · Jun 6, 2018

Interesting news today and something I was expecting in GTE.

Due to the "lack of pace" the Astons are after a BoP break....

https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/136550/aston-expects-bop-change-for-le-mans

I'm an avid AM fan but I do hope they are not playing games here, they probably are mind you! lol