Le Mans 24 Hours 2000 Part 1

Reuploading in slightly better quality without background annoyance.
The 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 68th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 17 and 18 June 2000. After the 1999 race, most of the manufacturers in the top classes went in different directions. BMW and Toyota went into Formula One, while Mercedes-Benz left sportscar racing after the CLR accidents, returning to the DTM. Nissan also left due to financial difficulties. Other than the French privateers Pescarolo, Oreca and DAMS, only Audi and Panoz remained from the previous year, while newcomer Cadillac joined.

[@Yardliver]

THANK you for reuploading without the sprinkling of annoyance :D

[@thestrand11]

Just trying to do the best I can with YTs always changing system 😄

[@Yardliver]

@@thestrand11 Appreciate it!

[@Syntax_E770R99]

22:35 start of race

[@SatelliteRacing]

Best era of Sportscars!

[@6lemans10]

The best era is now with the hyper car class!

[@empii911]

@@6lemans10 You can hardly compare a BoP era with an open regulation era. With a fair ruleset same power/weight/hybrid-output Toyota would just single handedly crush the field to pieces. With the oldest Hypercar of them all. Built to an older ruleset where the car had to meet EU standards for headlights, windshield-size etc, whilst all the others are purpose built LMPs or way cheaper because built by LMP2 manufacturers.

[@germanenglishengineer2054]

I love watching Le Mans every year for this - seeing all the manufacturers, constructors and privateers representing different the former with their unique outlook on how a race car should look to launch like a missile down the Mulsanne and handle in the corners around Le Mans.
34:13 - yes, no kidding, a very low rear wing, low drag, minimal downforce, of course it has high top end, also, has the ability to spin if pushed in racing conditions. Man, that Panoz was quick with David Brabham behind the wheel. Knowing what he was capable of in this car, seeing Brabham win with the Peugeot and almost win with the Bentley, it would have great if Brabham actually raced an Audi in the early 2000s he could have won alongside Kristensen.

[@StFidjnr]

12:14 safe to say it Steve Evans DOES Le mans

[@ec6843]

From about 2000 to 2015 no one cared about sports car racing at the top level. That's why there were so few manufacturers interested in WEC and Le Mans.

[@MyViewToronto]

Audi R8 race car has reliability. There production cars, not.

[@6lemans10]

Yet those R8 went through three gearboxes during this race.