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[statman]

A topic for those who are interested.

 

15th and 16th of January, but the line-ups have been revealed today.

 

The driver line-up for the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual has been revealed, and it’s filled with Formula 1, GT, IndyCar and touring car stars racing alongside the best esports drivers in the world.

 

50 cars will take to the grid at Circuit de la Sarthe, 29 in the LMP category and 21 in GTE. Each team has four drivers per car, with two from the world of motorsport and two from racing esports.

 

You can watch the race live on Traxion.GG’s YouTube, Facebook and Twitch channels from 5 am PT / 8 am ET / 1 pm GMT / 2 pm CET on Saturday, 15th January 2022 onwards with qualifying the day before.

 

A team of commentators will guide you through the 24 hours

 

 

https://lemansvirtual.com/

 

LMP

 

1 Rebellion GPX Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Louis Deletraz (PRO), Agustin Canapino (PRO)*, Kuba Brzezinski, Nikodem Wisniewski

 

2 Rocket Simsport

Oreca 07 LMP

Alex Buncombe (PRO), Marc Gassner (PRO)*, Devin Braune, Jan Von der Heyde

 

4 Floyd ByKolles-Burst

Oreca 07 LMP

Tom Dillmann (PRO), Bent Viscaal (PRO), Jesper Pedersen, Jernej Simončič

 

5 Williams Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Attila Tassi (PRO), Moreno Sirica (PRO), Petar Brljak, Michael Romanidis

 

8 R8G ESPORTS

Oreca 07 LMP

Mathias Beche (PRO), Scott Andrews (PRO)*, Erhan Jajovski, Isaac Price

 

10 MAHLE RACING TEAM

Oreca 07 LMP

Beitske Visser (PRO), Philippe Denes (PRO), Michele D’Alessandro, Muhammed Patel

 

11 Red Bull Racing Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Cooper Webster (PRO)*, Norbert Kiss (PRO)*, Frederik Rasmussen, Dennis Jordan

 

14 Race Clutch Alpine

Oreca 07 LMP

Nikodem Wierzbicki (PRO), Paul-Adrien Pallot (PRO), Rory MacDuff, Tom Lartilleux

 

15 Alpine Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Romain Boeckler (PRO), Antoine Doquin (PRO)*, Eneric André, Peter Zuba

 

16 Pescarolo E-sport

Oreca 07 LMP

Bruce Jouanny (PRO) , Adrien Tambay (PRO), Thomas Imbourg, Quentin Vialatte

 

18 R8G ESPORTS

Oreca 07 LMP

Arthur Rougier (PRO), Job Van Uitert (PRO), Thibault Cazaubon, Risto Kappet

 

21 SEM9 Flash Axle

Oreca 07 LMP

Naquib Azlan (PRO), Inigo Anton (PRO), Josh Purwien Ar, Muhammad Aleef

 

22 GPX Rebellion Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Néstor Girolami (PRO)*, Yifei Ye (PRO), Jiri Toman, Marcell Csincsik

 

24 LM Cup Champions

Oreca 07 LMP

Juan Pablo Montoya (PRO), Sebastian Montoya (PRO), Luca D’Amelio, Christopher Högfeldt

 

28 Veloce Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

James Baldwin (PRO), Mike Epps (PRO), Isaac Gillissen, Eamonn Murphy

 

29 Mexico Racing Team

Oreca 07 LMP

Memo Rojas (PRO), Benito Guerra (PRO), Alberto Gironella, Alex De Alba

 

30 Duqueine/PRiMA Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Gabriel Aubry (PRO), Léo Boulay (PRO), Maxime Delpech, Arnaud Lacombe

 

31 Team WRT SIMTAG Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Franco Colapinto (PRO), Ryuichiro Tomita (PRO), Fabrice Cornelis, Benjamin Gielczynski*

 

36 Alpine Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Sacha Lehmann (PRO), Victor Martins (PRO), Olli Pahkala, Patrik Sipos

 

38 JOTA

Oreca 07 LMP

Jordan Albert (PRO)*, Mika Hakimi (PRO), Ibraheem Khan, Ferris Stanley

 

39 GRAFF by ProSimu

Oreca 07 LMP

Vincent Capillaire (PRO), Maxime Robin (PRO), Maxime Brient, Yohann Harth

 

44 ARC Bratislava

Oreca 07 LMP

Mato Homola (PRO), Dávid Nemček (PRO), Dennis Zeťák, Jakub Štofko

 

49 YAS HEAT

Oreca 07 LMP

Will Tregurtha (PRO), Sandy Mitchell (PRO)*, Marko Pejic, Balázs Remenyik

 

65 Panis Racing

Oreca 07 LMP

Nico Varrone (PRO), Gabriele Minì (PRO)*, Alessandro Ottaviani, Gustavo Ariel

 

67 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports

Oreca 07 LMP

Dani Juncadella (PRO), Ross Gunn (PRO), Bono Huis, Jarno Opmeer

 

70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline

Oreca 07 LMP

Felipe Drugovich (PRO)*, Oliver Rowland (PRO)*, Jeffrey Rietveld, Michal Smidl

 

123 Team Redline

Oreca 07 LMP

Max Verstappen (PRO)*, Felix Rosenqvist (PRO), Maximilian Benecke*, Atze Kerkhof

 

444 Alpha Ind. ByKolles-Burst

Oreca 07 LMP

Sergio Sette Camara (PRO)*, Lucas Ditlev Daugaard (PRO)*, Michi Hoyer, Dawid Mroczek

 

966 Team Fordzilla

Oreca 07 LMP

Alex Palou (PRO), Luke Browning (PRO), Nuno Pinto, Gianmarco Fiduci

 

 

GTE:

25 Absolute Inspeed Racing

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Johnathan Hoggard (PRO), Daniel Cao (PRO), Xiayufei Li, Yanzhe Li

 

45 W Series

BMW M8 GTE

Fabienne Wohlwend (PRO), Ayla Ågren (PRO), Emily Jones, Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya

 

51 Ferrari Drivers Academy Esports Team

Ferrari 488 GTE

Nicklas Nielsen (PRO), David Perel (PRO), Jordy Zwiers, Kasper Stoltze

 

55 BMW Team GB

BMW M8 GTE

Sami-Matti Trogen (PRO), Sindre Setsaas (PRO)*, Martin Stefanko, Jack Keithley

 

56 Team Project 1 x BPM

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Jimmy Broadbent (Pro), Rene Buttler (Pro), Bram Beelen, Tim Neuendorf

 

57 Team Project 1 x BPM

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Riccardo Pera (PRO), Nicolas Hillebrand (PRO), Zbigniew Siara, Peyo Peev

 

61 SEM9 Axle

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Alister Yoong (PRO), Avila Bahar (PRO)*, Nabil Azlan, Davide Arduini*

 

63 Satellite Racing

Corvette C8.R

Gabby Chaves (PRO), James French (PRO), Henri Sinik, Jimi Nisula

 

66 SIMMSA Esports

Ferrari 488 GTE

Gustas Grinbergas (PRO), Ramez Azzam (PRO), Armin Binder, Sebastian Wunsch

 

71 BMW Team Redline

BMW M8 GTE

Rudy van Buren (PRO), Lorenzo Colombo (PRO), Enzo Bonito, Kevin Siggy

 

77 Proton Competition

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Loek Hartog (PRO), Matt Campbell (PRO), Kevin van Dooren, Jeremy Bouteloup

 

84 Prodrive E Sports

Aston Martin Vantage GTE

David Pittard (PRO), Tom Canning (PRO), Logan Hannah (PRO), Lasse Soresen (PRO)

 

86 GR Wolves Racing

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Ben Barker (PRO), Bart Horsten (PRO)*, Adam Maguire, Liam de Waal

 

87 GR Wolves Racing

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Tom Gamble (PRO), Alex Malykhin (PRO)*, Philipp Puschke, Turkka Hakkinnen

 

88 Proton Competition

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Dylan Pereira (PRO), Sindre Furuseth (PRO), Charlie Collins, Dayne Warren

 

89 BMW Team BS+COMPETITION

BMW M8 GTE

Bruno Spengler (PRO), Robby Foley (PRO)*, Alen Terzic, Joonas Raivio

 

91 Porsche Esports Team

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Mitchell deJong (PRO), Laurin Heinrich (PRO)*, Mack Bakkum, Martin Krönke

 

92 Porsche Esports Team

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Ayhancan Güven (PRO), Sage Karam (PRO)*, Joshua Rogers, Tommy Østgaard

 

111 Red Bull Racing Esports

Corvette C8.R

Dennis Lind (PRO), Yuri Kasdorp, Nestor Garcia, Sebastian Job

 

777 D’Station Racing

Aston Martin Vantage GTE

João Paulo de Oliveira (PRO), Hideto Yasuoka  (PRO)*, Yusuke Tomibayashi, Toshiya Nojima

 

888 TESLA R8G Esports

BMW M8 GTE

Elliott Vayron (PRO)*, Alex Smolyar (PRO)*, Timotej Andonovski, Martin Hemmingsen 

Edited by statman, 14 January 2022 - 12:46.

[KWSN - DSM]

Go 444 Alpha Ind. ByKolles-Burst Go!!

[Myrvold]

I have to cheer for the car(s) with driver(s) I know IRL here.

 

However, there are a couple of entries that sticks out as somewhat more of a favorite than others in terms of line-up.

 

LMP:

#1 Rebellion. Kuba and Nikodem are absolutely brilliant on rF2 which will help.

#4 ByKolles, ByKolles eSports are a really good team and have been top four in all races of the Le Mans Virtual Series this season.

#8 R8G Esports have also been really good. Jajovski is a handy driver to have in that team.

#67 haven't done Le Mans Virtual this season, but it is a really strong team. Huis, Opmeer and with Juncadella as one of the Pro-drivers, Juncadella have always been a huge simracer, going back 10-15 years. That's a solid one.

#70 & #123 Redline. Redline are always really quick, but they are also prone to different issues. Again we see a massive simracer as a Pro-driver (Verstappen).

 

GTE:

#55 BMW Team GB, this team... Both Pro-drivers are absolute top simracers. Trogen having several podiums in top splits in big iRacing events, and iRacing RX Champion. While Setsaas has been doing the Porsche Supercup World Championship thing on iRacing the last two years. Both are from iRacing though, which may cause some hiccups. But that's a heck of a lineup.

#71 Team Redline, again Redline is a contender, they also have an amazing simracer as a Pro-driver. Rudy van Buren. The first ever winner of McLaren World Fastest Gamer, which was on rFactor 2. A really good line-up here as well.

#88 Proton Competition, may not have the biggest names but have done really well in the Le Mans Series so far.

#91 & #92 Porsche Esports Team. This is basically VRS Coanda Simsport. The #91 have Mitchell deJong as a Pro-driver, but he is a regular VRS-simracer. The #92 has Güven, who is a regular with VRS as well. Both DeJong and Güven have done the iRacing Porsche Supercup, together with the rest of the simracers in VRS. #92 also won this in 2020 when it was broadcasted instead of the real Le Mans. They really should be among the favorites.

Aslo #111 Red Bull Racing... 3 sim-drivers and only one Pro? That looks weird. It's a really good line-up, but isn't exactly by the book?

 

On a sidenote, there is a lot of Norwegians in this race compared to any other real or simulated race I've ever seen (except the Norwegian championships, obviously, d'oh!).

Edited by Myrvold, 15 January 2022 - 23:59.

[EightGear]

Some absolutely insane line ups out there, incredible. Top of the bill across all of simracing.

[Myrvold]

but the line-ups have been revealed today.

 

At least the half-planned ones.

Already been changes.

[thegamer23]

No badass Jacques Villeneuve trashing the field with his joypad?

Gonna pass

 

[A3]

Interesting answers from Max on simracing: https://youtu.be/MDtR91h1qhA?t=355

 

If anyone wants to replicate what Max uses:

 

Customized Playseat Sensation Pro with a custom made carbon fibre seat.

Closest thing you can order at Playseat costs about € 2000,- , seat included.

 

Heavy duty gaming PC with 4 screens, about €5000,-

 

Leo Bodnar Simsteering2 Direct drive system: €4000,-

 

Precision Sim Engineering LM-X Steering wheel: €3400,- (yes, that's just the wheel)

 

Heusinkveld Ultimate+ pedals: €1300

 

That's a total of € 15.700,-

Edited by A3, 08 January 2022 - 12:51.

[statman]

Double #F1 Champion @alo_oficial will be present during the 24 Hours of #LeMansVirtual race as he becomes Team Manager of the @alpineracing Esports squad.

[statman]

Jimmy Broadbent is in, confirmed.

 

 

56 Team Project 1 x BPM

Porsche 911 RSR GTE

Jimmy Broadbent  (Pro), Rene Buttler (Pro), Bram Beelen, Tim Neuendorf

[AlexPrime]

Race is Saturday-Sunday I suppose?

[statman]

Race is Saturday-Sunday I suppose?

Yes

 

Le Mans Virtual

 

@LeMansVirtual

·

15h

 

LIVE from Paris. This weekend, we will be bringing you all the 24 Hour #LeMansVirtual action live from the French capital. Race Start Saturday 15 January 1pm GMT - 2pm CET - 8am ET

 

 

I think qualifying will also be streamed.

[statman]

[cpbell]

I'll be supporting the #55, as Jack is a local driver, and, of course, Jimmy in the #56!

[jAnO76]

Max seriously pissed for a bit with tha #2

[statman]

Max seriously pissed for a bit with tha #2

 

Le Mans Virtual

 

@LeMansVirtual

·

13h

 

24 Hours of Le Mans Qualifying Here’s how the top three will line-up. What a battle we have! Realteam Hydrogen on pole with the sister @TeamRedlineSim car driven by @Max33Verstappen just 0.002 behind!!  

 

 

GTE also close

Edited by statman, 15 January 2022 - 09:06.

[LucaP]

I see no indication of what sim they are using?

[jAnO76]

Rfactor

[noikeee]

More specifically rFactor 2, the original rFactor is a bit outdated.

[pRy]

Are there any team or driver streams worth watching outside of the main coverage?

[cpbell]

Are there any team or driver streams worth watching outside of the main coverage?

If you have a tolerance for surreal humour and in-jokes, Jimmy Broadbent's stream is the one I'll be watching when not on the official stream.  His community can be a bit OTT sometimes, but they really get behind his team-mates when he does an endurance race, and he wears his heart on his sleeve.  Plus, if you're watching during the night, while he's asleep, his friend from Oregon, John Bacho, who is an ex-sim racer whose eyesight now reduces his ability to race, takes over the stream, keeping an eye on the car for Jimmy and interacting with the chat.

Edited by cpbell, 15 January 2022 - 11:04.

[Little Leaf]

A bit of a shame to be running parallel but there is also a 24h Daytone event on starting today

 

 

https://youtu.be/jwqKW4li9fM

[pRy]

This is quite entertaining. Commentary is a little annoying at times. The timing screen wasn't working earlier but it seems OK now.

 

https://livetiming.a...lmvirtualseries

 

It will never get old that I'm watching the current F1 Champion taking part in an online sim race.

 

Alando Fernonso. 

[thegamer23]

Max leading!

Edited by thegamer23, 15 January 2022 - 13:59.

[pRy]

Shame about the W-Series team.

 

Alex Brundle sounds exactly like his Dad only younger! Never heard him talk before.

[Sid04]

Max and James Baldwin are running 1-2 with nothing to seperate.

[FLB]

Shame about the W-Series team.

 

Alex Brundle sounds exactly like his Dad only younger! Never heard him talk before.

You should watch F2! 

 

(And he's commentated on the W Series broadcast as well. A natural)

Edited by FLB, 15 January 2022 - 14:38.

[thegamer23]

Coverage is great, feels like the real event!

[thegamer23]

Crash in Mulsanne!

[pRy]

Yeah the coverage of this is outstanding. Can't fault it really.

[cpbell]

#56 running last - had a 6 minute penalty for Rene Buttler as team owner not being classified as a Pro, then were squeezed into the second chicane by another GTE, which spun as a result, yet both drivers got a drive through.

[Secretariat]

Sort of surreal listening to JPM and son (and what the commenters were discussing). Sounds like the drivers at home have an advantage.

Edited by Secretariat, 15 January 2022 - 15:54.

[thegamer23]

Rosenqvist and Verstappen in the same team?

Savage!

20 seconds lead on P2 Veloce esport entry.

 

Still 7 cars in a minute, it's wide open!

Edited by thegamer23, 15 January 2022 - 16:11.

[cpbell]

Alonso-managed Alpine has connection problems and took out 2 GTEs - it took out the #56 before the incident that was shown.

[lio007]

Rosenqvist and Verstappen in the same team?

 

Why not?

[thegamer23]

The TV graphic is exactly the same as in the actual 24 hours race, brilliant!

[pRy]

Alonso-managed Alpine has connection problems and took out 2 GTEs - it took out the #56 before the incident that was shown.

 
I've mixed feelings on that one. Did the driver with the connection issue know they had a problem with not being able to see other cars? If so they should have pulled over or at the very least driven off the racing line. Perhaps they were unaware of the issue?

[noikeee]

Really nice fight for the lead in the GTEs now.

[Myrvold]

#123 Redline. Redline are always really quick, but they are also prone to different issues. Again we see a massive simracer as a Pro-driver (Verstappen).

 

:/

[thegamer23]

Verstappen is out!

[domhnall]

Verstappen is out!

 

Just saw the crash, driver error, very surprised.

[pRy]

Max clip:

 

https://clips.twitch...9aG9sKOW_mQu5r3

 

I guess he didn't move back fully over to the right before entering the corner?

[thegamer23]

Max's race ending crash

https://clips.twitch...9aG9sKOW_mQu5r3

Yep, used too much kerb.

 

Quite a mistake, his 2022 season starts with a bang 

 

edit: beaten to it!

 

Edited by thegamer23, 15 January 2022 - 21:24.

[pRy]

This game looks stunning at night. 

[Secretariat]

I have been tuning in and out through out the day. What's his driving time as I never saw him out of the car? Small error, game over. I suppose his Saturday night is still young.

[thegamer23]

This game looks stunning at night. 

Indeed.

Some of the TV shots looks straight out of the 2021 Le Mans race.

[noikeee]

Ooof, I missed that Max had crashed out, bloody hell. He was so quick up until now.

[Myrvold]

This game looks stunning at night. 

 

There's a reason why the RaceDepartment races at times does go from day to night. It looks great, and even the free mod-tracks can look amazing. There is a couple of rF2 modders who put in a lot of time and work to make the lights on and around the track look awesome. There's even a guy making a Russian track now, who, for some reason, have decided to model every interior-light in the buildings near the track with windows that makes you see the light. Because that makes it look better, more realistic and right.

[Myrvold]

I have been tuning in and out through out the day. What's his driving time as I never saw him out of the car? Small error, game over. I suppose his Saturday night is still young.

 

He was out of the car for a while. But idk how long, as I just saw a different name there, then I headed for dinner myself.

[renzmann]

damn it Max

[thegamer23]

Last 2 hours!

 

RedLine team #70 leading the race with Oliver Rowland at the wheel! 

 

1 minute & 40 seconds lead on P2

 

Bonito/Colombo/Van Buren/Siggy leading the GT category, wich is pretty open: just 30 seconds lead on P2

Edited by thegamer23, 16 January 2022 - 10:54.