How I LMP1 at Le Mans in iRacing (Check Chapters)
59Looking back at my triple stint from the Le Mans 6 hours. Reviewing my driving, head movements, facial expressions, explaining how I approach particular traffic situations and how I drive the car. I hope this is useful to some of you!
Chapters:
0:00 - chat
1:52 - race start
4:02 - head lean analysis
8:28 - what I'm looking out for in the mirror
18:58 - first encounter with traffic in the Porsche Curves
20:37 - explaining encountering multiple cars in the Forest Esses and Tertre Rouge
21:58 - watching traffic behaviour out of Tertre Rouge
23:50 - passing multiple cars out of the first Mulsanne chicane
27:42 - my rev limit for the Audi R18
29:10 - tackling the Porsche Curves
29:49 - how I take the Ford Chicane
30:12 - how I take the Dunlop Chicane
32:12 - how I take the first Mulsanne Chicane
34:17 - how I take Indianapolis
34:59 - boosting to defend
37:39 - thinking about LMP2 traffic and where I'll catch them
40:57 - thinking about how I'll pass the upcoming LMP2s in the Porsche Curves
41:30 - getting hit into the Ford Chicane
41:57 - more analysis of my driving in the incident
45:10 - DON'T GO HERE
48:05 - always paying attention to other cars
49:37 - Coin showing you how not to do it
51:41 - using boost on an in-lap out of Arnage
53:06 - STINT TWO
55:19 - using all of the track to clear GT cars
55:40 - using the grip of the R18 to pass a GT car from a long way back and talking about the massive closing speed of LMP1 vs all classes
57:11 - navigating a big train of GT cars
58:10 - annoying GT cars
1:01:16 - contemplating behaviour of lower-placed P2 cars
1:03:50 - very awkward situation with LMP2 and a GTE
1:06:31 - further analysis of driver behaviour in the awkward situation
1:07:25 - increasing frustration at time loss in traffic
1:10:40 - identifying traffic ahead
1:11:17 - how I pass a single GT car in the Porsche Curves
1:16:30 - talking about my amount of experience
1:21:15 - managing awkward speed difference with an LMP2
1:23:41 - managing boost on an in-lap in a different way
1:25:01 - STINT THREE
1:27:13 - talking about potential slower class behaviour on the run out of Mulsanne corner
1:34:01 - example of how different traffic can be out of Mulsanne corner
1:43:20 - a terrifying moment for the race leader
1:45:36 - how NOT to rejoin
1:51:57 - analysis of a very close call
1:56:51 - in-race analysis of the close call
1:57:38 - using the grip to make a late pass on a GT car
1:58:27 - thinking about gaps between three different classes of car and whether you can slip in between
1:58:46 - using the boost to manage traffic
1:59:30 - modifying braking to overtake a GT car
2:02:12 - GT car "helping" in the Porsche Curves and talking about why it makes it a more dangerous situation
2:04:32 - end of my stints
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