Life as a Race Mechanic at LeMans 2023 "Part 2"
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- This is the second of 2 weeks we spent at the 24 hours of LeMans 2023.
Its a behind the scenes of the day to day job we do as race mechanics building, preparing and making sure the car keeps racing. Luck wasn't with us this race and we had a big crash early on that put us out of the race.
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Sweet Chilli needs some serious BOP
Agreed, any suggestions 😂
This must be the most realistic motorsport channel out there! Really enjoying it!
Thanks glad your enjoying it
It absolutely blows my mind how frequently and thoroughly you guys tear this car down. I self-support my own Huracan GT3 Evo and each one of these jobs you guys make look routine are massive undertakings for me. Just getting access to the fuel cell, getting all the foam and pumps out is an ordeal on its own and you guys do it no problem. I should hire you lol.
Ahh nice that's cool. Nice cars they are, where do you race it? It may be routine work but some of the jobs still are a big ordeal but as we do it so much we just crack on I guess 😂
You'll be back next year, with the result you deserve
Thanks we hope so too.
this channel motivates me even more thank you
Wow cool!
These videos are great! 😁 The whole team seems like such a good laugh. 😄
Thanks and yeah we like to keep it positive and have a good time 👍
Hada grab a box of tissues before I watched. Good luck next time, I Love the videos! Great content that many love to see behind the scenes, especially someone getting into what you do.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ouch all those new parts for the race only to have them ... well enough said. Just amazing the amount of work required and must say what a great bunch of people to work with. Was a tough one to watch knowing the outcome of the race. I was shocked to see the extent of the damage. Anyway thanks for the videos and at least I got the nuts guess right.
Yeah not ideal loosing all them new parts. It's a big job running these cars but like you said a great bunch of people to work with.
Sweet chilli was always going to win it 😂
Massive bummer to see it on TV when it happened and the damage looks even more violent up close! Unfortunately, C'est la vie. It's the beauty of the beast that is Le Mans!
If there is any good news, my plans for the spa 24hrs fell through so if all goes well, i should be going to Spa for the ELMS race this year. If i arrive on time for the pitwalk (i'm hellbend on making sure i do), i'm definatly gonna stop by the Nielsen pit box and hopefully get the chance for a Fist bump 👊
Yeah wasn't the plan for the race sadly. Ahh nice yeah hopefully you make it to spa and the pit walk 👍
Tough ending but great video
Such good content !
Thanks much appreciated
great content like always man, tks for sharing.
i wonder how is the phisical preparation of you guys for a race.
Thanks for watching and for us at lemans it's try and get as much sleep as we can the week leading upto the race but it usually isn't much 😂
Sorry you guys got such a tough break during the race, great videos though, keep up the good work!
Love these videos, now a Nielsen fan and may even buy some gloss shampoo! Seriously great insight into the sheer amount of work into mainaining and prepping these cars. Lots of humour but a very high skill level and attention to detail. Work rate high - love the tool passing at 10:17 when mounting the rear.
Thanks and remember the gloss shampoo is for the car not your hair 😂 yeah most people don't realise the amount of work these cars require to keep them going around the circuit reliably.
@@TheMotorsportMechanic Ooh, good point!
Gutted for you boys
Yeah onto the next one 👍
Told you Sweet Chilli would win.😅
Yeah good guess 😂
legit
Ah dang
Why is the rear suspension "blurred out"?
i can only assume its because of the setup. LMP2 is super competitive and you don't just wanna show your tune to everyone else.
Exactly as every lmp2 car is built with all the exact same parts, setup is important for getting a quicker lap time. so it's best if I cover it up as not to give anything away.