Bentley wins Lemans
 

So, Bentley, after four years of effort, has beaten the undefeatable Audis at the premier endurance race in the world. Thoughts?

I personally think it was time for someone else to win--particularly since I find the Bentley racers to be quite beautiful (haha good reason for them to win). Anyway, in the end, Volkswagen still has the endurance crown (owner of both Bentley and Audi).

if the factory audis had been in the race, they probably would have won

yeh true.
personaly i go for audi. cuz i know clarkson would go for bentley's

i was a little disappointed that the Corvettes didn't do better than they did, but at least it was Ferrari that beat em instead of vipers

my dads boss went to le mans,he got bak yesterday,im tryin to get some pictures off him that he took :D

I'm very happy for Bentely! So much efforts and a good 1-2 at the LeMans... they deserved it!

Nice win for Bentley

You all seem to be forgetting that Bentley is owned by VW (VAG) who also own Audi.
The new Bentley Continental GT Coupe road car has the W12 engine from the Pheaton and some body panels from the Audi A8.

So either way, a Bentley or Audi win is a win for VAG :)

I didn't forget!!! (Check my post again) :wink:

Sorry, I only read the first line of your post :oops:

No worries.

Anyway, I wonder what this means for Bentley's team. Now that they've won will they just pull out or will they continue a la Audi. It will be interesting to see.

they should continue developing their team like audi did...i remember one year, i think it was last year, that they changed an entire rear section of the car in a matter of minutes, a job that probably would have taken other teams much longer...who knows if bently will get up to that caliber, but they sure did have an impressive showing this year

It's a good win for Bentley, they have been trying hard. It's nice to see a different car other than Audi win, although had the factory Audi's been there, I don't think Bentley would have won.

Either way, congrats to Bentley for a job well done.

I completely missed LeMans this season. Does anyone know where I can find some nice images or cool clips? I sure would like to see this Bentley.

Yes, it was nice to see Bentley take the 1-2 this weekend, regardless of their VAG connection to Audi. I was always rooting for Bentley ever since they got back into the fray.

Now to see if Bentley opts to push on beyond their 3-year racing plan, and move forward with things....

Thanks SplitVision8, simple as that...

I wonder if Bentley are going to release this model now. As a celebration of their victory at LeMans.

I happen to know that some Belgian drove a Pagani Zonda at LeMans. Anybody seen any pictures of that one. (They didn't finish)

Anthony kumpen, didn't even finish? Shit, I would like to know what happend to him. Ok, I didn't think the pagani would win, it wasn't even fare if you compare it to the Audi & Bentley. A shame they didn't finish.

Correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't the Bentley car just a modified Audi?

i seem to recall that mentioned somewhere?

no problem...i just happened to look for it a day or so before you asked so i thought i should share....

Nope, completely different class. Closed cockpit, different engine, as well. I don't think there was any sharing of engineering at all.

Just for giggles, if you want all of the gory details about the particular cars running around in the Le Mans series, a good site I've found to be pretty handy is www.mulsannescorner.com. The site is chock full of pictures and commentary pointing out the various details on many of the past and previous racing cars, and gives you a bit of a basic overview of how certain features affect the car aerodynamics.

I visit that site on a regular basis, it's a damn good read.
The explanation of how the Merc CLR flipped over is pretty good. It's not the exact truth, but a very educated guess.


Here is a nother site I like(it's my homepage).
Lots of good info and very good pictures.
http://www.fastdetails.com/

Yes, I love that site, too. The car pictures are especially good on fastdetails.com. I have a lot of the wallpapers from that site cycling on my computer.