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00:00:00you know there's one race that you look forward to all season you know especially in the off

00:00:09season when you're training and it's Le Mans. Seldom in your life when you look forward to

00:00:14something for as long as I have does it exceed your expectations and every part of this event

00:00:18did just that. It's the first time and I'm kicking myself like why I didn't come here

00:00:22like 10-15 years ago. You know you get chills up and down your spine every time you come out here.

00:00:30First hour highlights and as the trickler flew Alan McNish led this 50 car field into turn one.

00:00:40Look to the left though there's Jan Lammers the racing for Holland Dome making a move and then

00:00:44Fabio Buffini caused the first full course yellow a massive accident from one Aston to another and

00:00:50quite a substantial oil leak on the 007 pole sitting GT1 car and early on at the 45 minute mark

00:00:58Frank Bieler put a move on his teammate Alan McNish to take over the lead of this race but look how

00:01:04close this was. The Pierre Bruneau LMP 2 car almost took out one of the R10 Audis.

00:01:14Welcome back to Le Mans everyone. Lee Diffie along with David Hobbs and Dorsey Schrader

00:01:18and the Aqua Velva race reset shows you where we are at after the first hour. It seemed like the

00:01:27longest lead in but it's great to get this first hour out of the way. Let's get it down to the pits.

00:01:33Calvin Fish what do you have for us Cal? Well we're down here with the guy who had that massive shot in the early

00:01:38going Fabio. Fabio first of all are you okay? Yeah I'm okay only the problem was the race. It's very long but

00:01:46after four laps I touched the oil with another car. With the corner cutting this was a big big problem

00:01:54for the corner of the car because not have a place, not have space in the outside of the corner

00:02:02for the car. I have a big crash but I'm very incredible. Very disappointed I'm sure. Were you

00:02:10feeling the oil Fabio before you got to that? Yeah it is. I'm checking from me the Aston Martin

00:02:17with the problem. A little look at the rear wheel but it's immediately for me to start braking. In this case

00:02:25there was more and more oversteering. It's incredible but this case was a big big crash and big big

00:02:32problem. Okay sorry to see you out. We got to get back. I think the Corvette may have a problem. That's

00:02:36right. The 63 Corvette has spun. Look at the big kid marks. They tell the story. Whoa. And finally gets

00:02:44back in the right direction. Wow well he's had a spin and he's lucky he didn't make car release. It doesn't

00:02:49look like he made contact but he backed up on the circuit. It's usually not a good thing. Of course

00:02:55he had to get room to spin that car around. Well I wonder if he got caught up in some other traffic.

00:03:01It's not like him to be making just a mistake like that. Well he caught it at the end unfortunately

00:03:07right there but the car was totally backwards. Here the guys get ready. Probably going to do tires.

00:03:13maybe flat spots I would assume. Yeah that when you that is a scary place to have a spin here at

00:03:21Circa de la Sarve. But Johnny O will bring that car in. And the guys will go to work. We do have an

00:03:29on-board replay of that. Here we go. Take a listen see what happens here.

00:03:35Yes. There was contact. There I thought I saw a dent in the guardrail but you don't see much of a dent in the back of the Corvette.

00:03:48That looked like almost like a cold tire. Do you know what I think he was trying to do? I think he was trying to stay out of the way of the Audi and he got off line and there's a bit of dust and rubber collecting there already. The old clag is starting because there's a long way to go yet. I think he just lost concentration looking in the mirror for the Audi.

00:04:04Well we've got Brian Till, Calvin Fish and Andrew Marriott in pit lane. The boys will update us as the Corvette team go to work to assess it. How does it look, Calvin?

00:04:14Well Johnny O is staying behind the wheel. I just had a quick word with Doug Feehan. I said what caused it. He said he had been reporting some kind of steering issue on the car. So they're certainly going to be taking the car in. There's a little bit of damage here on the rear clip where he made contact with the tire wall. I assume I haven't seen the pictures.

00:04:31But they're going to get this thing fueled up. They're going to spin it around and put it back in the garage and affect some repairs here. Johnny looks like he's going to stay in the car. But these guys can work miracles.

00:04:41But right now we're seeing the Aston having problems early and the Corvettes. We didn't see that last year.

00:04:48Well talking about steering issues. That's just superficial. That body damage won't do anything to the car and it didn't hit on that rear wheel which is good.

00:04:54But I can't believe how little damage there is because it did give the old guardrail a pretty good belt.

00:04:59Yeah it gave it a thump bar. I mean he could be having power steering failure or any number of things.

00:05:04Max Pappas standing by. Of course the trio of Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell who is now out of the car.

00:05:10And Max Pappas standing by.

00:05:14Well Johnny's gotten out. Max getting in.

00:05:17Or about to get in it looks like.

00:05:18Yeah it's a hot day today and if you can get away with not double stinting, the Audi guys are double stinting, if you can get away with it, obviously you're better off.

00:05:30Now we are expecting the 16 Pescarolo to be in shortly and that is the end of pit lane where they are situated all the way down at pit inn.

00:05:42They are the first two garages in this very lengthy pit lane here at Le Mans.

00:05:46Andrew?

00:05:48Yes indeed. Well this is the old Porsche garage of course down here.

00:05:51This has seen a lot of winning cars, this first garage.

00:05:55Looks if a second set of Michelins is going on this car.

00:05:59Remember this is the car which stopped very early and they wheeled the Michelins away.

00:06:03I think they're not going to add those.

00:06:04And very interesting, these Michelin tyres that are going on to the Pescarolo, if indeed they do,

00:06:10were developed for the new Audi.

00:06:12They are taller and larger than the tyres which were used last year.

00:06:16And indeed Pescarolo have had to change all the mud guards of the car, if you will.

00:06:22No tyres required, Manu Collar goes out.

00:06:25And of course that car on a different fuel strategy to the Audi.

00:06:29So very good pit stop there and they're happy with the tyre wear too.

00:06:33This is the car that took the fight to the Audis last year until a gearbox problem took them out of the fight for the lead.

00:06:40Can they go all the way this year?

00:06:42Of course the mud guards that Andrew is referring to are the fenders in the United States.

00:06:47Right, exactly.

00:06:48And there's those big bulbous fenders at the back because the tyre's taller.

00:06:51Well, let's get an update on Corvette.

00:06:54Calvin is there with Johnny O'Connell.

00:06:57Well, Johnny's just giving a report here to the engineer and trying to listen here.

00:07:01Just got away from me, so...

00:07:04Other than that, other than that, it's pretty good.

00:07:06I mean...

00:07:06Was it loose?

00:07:07It was starting to go loose.

00:07:09No, for the most part we were good.

00:07:12Johnny, big problem out there, mate.

00:07:14What was going on?

00:07:15You know, we...

00:07:17Try and get out of the way here so the boys can work.

00:07:21No, we've got a really good car and getting towards the end of the stint on those tyres.

00:07:26And to be honest with you, I don't know whether I got into something or it just got away from me.

00:07:30I mean, it's just a real slow, lazy spin that I didn't think I was going to have the room there to catch.

00:07:36So, you know, hopefully these guys can get a fix pretty quick.

00:07:39I saw the Audis coming up behind you.

00:07:41Was that an issue at all, Johnny, or were you just doing your own thing?

00:07:43No, I was doing my own thing.

00:07:45I wasn't worrying about those guys too much.

00:07:47And it, you know, and we got, you know, our guys spotting and letting us know where they are.

00:07:52It's, you know, it's frustrating.

00:07:54And I feel bad for all the guys that, you know, work so hard.

00:07:56You don't like to get into your, you know, first one and a half stints and do this.

00:08:00But better now than later.

00:08:02We've got plenty of time to go here and who knows what's going to happen.

00:08:04All right, mate.

00:08:05Hang in there.

00:08:06Well, we heard him talking about the car being loose.

00:08:09He told his engineer that the car was starting to get loose toward the end of the fuel or the stint on those tires.

00:08:15So that's something we can watch as the race goes on.

00:08:18That was, you know, pretty early on to have the tires going off.

00:08:21Well, exactly.

00:08:21That means there'll be no double stinting or looking unlikely to be double stinting.

00:08:26The view from the front.

00:08:29This is race leader Alan McNish.

00:08:32And just look at the speed differential between the LMP1 car and the GT2 car.

00:08:37That's one of the Panos entries.

00:08:39I know.

00:08:40I love that new camera angle, by the way.

00:08:43There's a new company in charge of the worldwide feed here at Le Mans this year.

00:08:47And they've done a good job in relocating some of the camera positions as Alan whips by one of the Spiker Squadron GT2 cars.

00:08:54We've got a very slow-moving red.

00:08:56Is that the leader?

00:08:57Is that the 87 car?

00:08:59It's the red Ferrari.

00:09:00I didn't get the number.

00:09:01But it's limping along there.

00:09:03And that's why that waving white flag is a slow-moving vehicle flag.

00:09:0720 laps down for Alan McNish as the Audis continue to lead.

00:09:31We'll be back.

00:09:37And by AquaVelva.

00:10:03AquaVelva keeps your face toned and fit.

00:10:06You know what women say?

00:10:07It just feels better with an AquaVelva man.

00:10:12Well, Dorse, you can take the hair color.

00:10:14David, you can take the AquaVelva and I'll take the Lexus.

00:10:16Absolutely.

00:10:18Thanks a lot.

00:10:21I don't think I came out on the deal.

00:10:22If you have the AquaVelva and you have the hair color, then you can get the Lexus.

00:10:26Exactly.

00:10:27Back to things here at the Michelin 24 Hours of Le Mans.

00:10:31And we get a look a little further down the order at one of our American teams, the Asimco Motorsports.

00:10:38Celine, the trio of Johnny Mollum, Terry Borchella and Christian Fittipaldi.

00:10:43And wasn't that telling earlier when Christian said after the fabulous career he's had in both Champ Car and Formula One,

00:10:49he's even done a little bit of stock car racing to say he's kicking himself.

00:10:52He's left it this long.

00:10:54This is his first appearance at La Saffe.

00:10:56Well, Johnny O'Connell said, you know, makes the hair on the back of his head, you know,

00:11:01go goosebumps all over when he comes here.

00:11:03But it is, there is something about this place.

00:11:05There's no doubt about it.

00:11:06It is an awesome track to drive on.

00:11:0863 back out on track with Max Pappas behind the wheel.

00:11:11That's a good sign.

00:11:13It wasn't a good sign seeing it spin and crash into the barrier.

00:11:17But the Corvette boys can fix cars like no other.

00:11:21And Max is on his way.

00:11:23And speaking of Pappas, as we continue to watch the Asimco Celine,

00:11:27Pappas said he had the scariest drive of his life the other night during that wet qualifying session.

00:11:33He said his foot was buried to the floor, but he couldn't see anything.

00:11:37And he said it reminded, he thought he was in the movie Days of Thunder.

00:11:40He said it was fog, clear, fog, clear.

00:11:43And he just had to believe himself that he was going to be okay.

00:11:45Talked to Marco Werner as well.

00:11:47Several drivers actually who said that this, they've done some paving on this racetrack and it's brand new.

00:11:53And when that rain came out the other night, it just turned into a skating.

00:11:56And Marco said it was the scariest drive he'd ever had his entire life.

00:11:59Almost crashed the car.

00:12:01He said he saw a flame, which was the down shelf.

00:12:04I was a tailpipe.

00:12:04It was about one foot in front of his car.

00:12:06He never saw the car, just the flame.

00:12:08It's a massive weekend for the 64 Corbett.

00:12:10They are going for the hat trick of class victories and Ollie Gavins with Cal.

00:12:15He is.

00:12:15And they've also got a remarkable record going on over in the States with eight consecutive victories.

00:12:19But Ollie Gavins, great opening stint there.

00:12:21Are you surprised the problems we're seeing with some of the other GT1 cars falling off the road?

00:12:25Well, it seems to be very tricky out there at the moment.

00:12:29Every corner, every lap has a different characteristic.

00:12:33Sometimes it'll have a lot of grip and the next time coming around, you'll be sliding all over the track and the braking zones are quite tricky.

00:12:40It seems that there are a lot of people either putting oil down or fluids down or going off the track, dragging stuff back on.

00:12:45So you have to be really paying attention with the marshals looking and seeing on the track.

00:12:50And I know for sure that Mulsanne corner and Arnage is very bad at the moment, so I just warned Olivier about that.

00:12:57But the start was a bit crazy because there was a P car that was very slow or almost stalled, I think.

00:13:03And it bottled Darren up.

00:13:06So I then nipped to the left to pass Darren and I just borrowed Pedro.

00:13:10And then I had a bit of a look on the outside of Pedro coming into the first chicane.

00:13:14And I thought, well, it's a long race. There's a long way to go. Don't risk anything right now, just staying behind him.

00:13:21We seem to just about have the legs on them if we needed to push.

00:13:25The boys got us to the end of pit stops, as they always do.

00:13:29And, you know, we managed to just pull a little bit of a gap.

00:13:33But I think it's going to be tight, nip and tuck all the way.

00:13:36I can't see that there's going to be any let's up. It's going to be flat down for 24 hours.

00:13:41All right, mate, get some rest.

00:13:42Thanks.

00:13:42Just a quick update on the other machine.

00:13:44The 63 car is now back on track.

00:13:47They had to change out the rear wind and the tow rod end.

00:13:51So a little bit of a problem, but a quick repair here by the Corvette team.

00:13:54Let's go to Andrew.

00:13:55And repairs here on the number 50 car as well.

00:13:58The scarlet red Ferrari car.

00:14:00Down is out.

00:14:01The veteran born house is in.

00:14:03It's only a bit lucky here.

00:14:04It's tore up some of the rear bodywork, as you can see.

00:14:06But just above that bodywork, there's a little sticker, boys.

00:14:10And I think that this is a rather dodgy website.

00:14:14I'm not going to give you the web address, but it's something to do with a girl called Julie.

00:14:18Over to you, Brian.

00:14:19Do you know Julie?

00:14:20Negative, Andrew.

00:14:22I do not know Julie.

00:14:23But what I do know is that the 009 Aston Martin was in during that last break.

00:14:28Thomas Inga stayed in that car.

00:14:29Tire and fuels only.

00:14:31And that is significant because if you'll remember last year, drivers in those Aston Martins suffered significantly from the high temperatures in that cockpit.

00:14:40Now, the team has done a lot to reduce that temperature this year, correcting a lot more air through the front of the car and cooling those drivers.

00:14:47It seems to be paying dividends.

00:14:48It is over 90 degrees out here on the racetrack, and it's got to be well over 120 in the car.

00:14:54Pedro Lamy stayed in, I should say.

00:14:56So it's Audi 1 and 2.

00:14:58Magnician Beeler, Montagne for Pescarolo on screen on the right-hand side as he comes by the Chamberlain Synergy prototype.

00:15:04And his teammate, Emmanuel Collard, is third, followed by the Courage Mugen in fifth place.

00:15:11The trio of Jean-Marc Gunon and the two Japanese drivers.

00:15:16It was interesting to hear what Oliver Gavin said then about the track because I've been watching the scoring monitor here.

00:15:22And everybody's best lap compared to what they're doing right now are significantly different.

00:15:27The best lap that Montagne did was a 3.36 early on.

00:15:30He's now doing 3.41s.

00:15:32Collard did a 35.

00:15:33He's now doing 45.

00:15:35The Courage, number 13, doing 48s as was doing 38s.

00:15:40The only guy that doesn't seem to be oblivious to the whole thing is Alan McNish.

00:15:43He's just done a 3.35.

00:15:46His best is a 3.33.

00:15:48So the track does seem to have slowed up a lot, and it seems to be affecting the bigger cars more than the prototype ones.

00:15:54And remember, some of these guys on double stints, particularly McNish, is on a double stint on his Michelins.

00:16:00So you would expect some fall off.

00:16:02Some fall off anyway, yeah.

00:16:04But obviously there has been some oil and stuff dropped around the track.

00:16:08There you see Alex Jung in the dome that was running so well.

00:16:11It was up to third, then had the drive-through penalty.

00:16:13And then Jan Lambers came in early because he thought he had a puncture from the puncture sensor, and it wasn't.

00:16:20And of course nobody was ready for him.

00:16:22Of course he did the right thing and blamed his teammate.

00:16:24Absolutely.

00:16:26He didn't take any himself.

00:16:29Well, Alex Jung has had a fair variety of driving experiences, hasn't he, since his Formula One days for Minardi.

00:16:36He's since gone on and raced A1 Grand Prix, won a race there.

00:16:40He's even done some V8 supercar racing in Australia, and the creation, Autos 14th, is in the lane.

00:16:47These guys have made a tough start to the race.

00:16:49Dreadful start.

00:16:50Alex Jung actually has pulled that car up.

00:16:52He was down to 10th.

00:16:53He's now back to 7th.

00:16:54So he, in fact, his best lap was a 3.39, or the car's best lap was a 3.39, and his last lap was a 3.39.

00:17:02Looks like now they're looking at the front of it.

00:17:04We reported rear brake problems and sat there for quite a while now.

00:17:08Now they're not working on it at all, so I'm not sure.

00:17:11Well, they had all the master saunders off the lane for all the brakes, so...

00:17:15Montaigne's in.

00:17:16This is the 17th Pescarolo.

00:17:19Andrew is standing by.

00:17:20Yeah, Frank Montaigne is in here, the pink helmet of the current Formula One driver for Super

00:17:32Aguri Racing, and the team ushering all the cameramen away.

00:17:37It's a bit of a scrum down here, as you can imagine.

00:17:40They have another set of Michelin's ready to go on this.

00:17:42These new, taller Michelin's, as I said, developed for the Alvinar on this car, but they certainly

00:17:47work well on it, and some probably are jostled here a little bit, but no, they decided to

00:17:52sail on that centre tyre, so they're getting some very good tyre wear on the Pescarolo,

00:17:59and this team seems very happy at the moment.

00:18:03One of the drivers from the lead Audi is, of course, Dindo Capello.

00:18:08First of all, Dindo, happy 42nd birthday to you.

00:18:12Sorry, I don't...

00:18:13Happy birthday.

00:18:14Your hearing's going, you're getting old.

00:18:16Thank you very much.

00:18:18Thank you very much.

00:18:18I was not...

00:18:19I don't think at the moment of my birthday.

00:18:21I've just followed the race, and it was really tough, the beginning of the race.

00:18:26Now it looks like it got a little bit quieter, but, you know, in a few laps I will be in the

00:18:33car, and I'm still...

00:18:34I'm already thinking of my driving.

00:18:37Talking about being quiet, this new diesel power plant that you're racing with this year

00:18:41is quite remarkable in terms of speed, but from when you're behind the wheel, how does

00:18:45it feel?

00:18:45What's the difference?

00:18:46What's the sensation?

00:18:48Yeah, the sensation at the beginning was really strange, because, you know, you don't

00:18:52hear nothing, you don't get any help from the engine noise.

00:18:56It's so quiet that you just feel the air on your helmet.

00:18:59And especially here in Le Mans, when you drive through the Porsche corner, and you just feel

00:19:04how the car behaves.

00:19:06At the beginning, it's really, really strange, but at the end, it's unbelievable.

00:19:10I would say good, unbelievable good, because with your body, you feel every small movement

00:19:15of the car that's really, really...

00:19:18I like it a lot.

00:19:19Okay, one final question.

00:19:21Now, when you were running the American Le Mans series, you didn't have any grey hair,

00:19:24and suddenly it turned grey overnight.

00:19:26Were you tricking us for all those years with some Brian Till hair colour?

00:19:29Did you have hair colour before?

00:19:31I had it for quite a while, because I thought when I was 28, 30, they said, oh, grey hair,

00:19:37make me older.

00:19:38But then at one stage, 2003, I said, okay, if I win Le Mans, I stop to colour it, and then

00:19:44I stop.

00:19:44Actually, I stop after pre-qualifying already.

00:19:47When I did Le Mans 2003, I was already getting grey.

00:19:50All right, mate, good luck.

00:19:51So you've got to assume that Brian Tillard looked just like that, too, then.

00:19:55Yeah, he would.

00:19:56Probably was, actually.

00:19:57Dindo Capello.

00:19:59He's won one in an Audi.

00:20:00He's won one in a Bentley.

00:20:02Can he go all the way again?

00:20:04They've relocated the famous Ferris wheel here at Circuit de la Salle, and this will be lit

00:20:09up beautifully later tonight.

00:20:11Back shortly.

00:20:11The combination of front-engine cars and 24 hours of intense racing at Le Mans, especially

00:20:25in hot weather, can mean some brutal conditions for drivers.

00:20:28Just ask Justin Bell, who suffered heat exhaustion after getting out of his Corvette in 2000.

00:20:33David Brabham was another example after he got out of the Aston Martin DBR9 late in last

00:20:38year's race when temperatures inside the cockpit allegedly reached upwards of 170 degrees Fahrenheit.

00:20:48I've never experienced anything like this in my life.

00:20:50It's just so incredibly hot in that car at the moment.

00:20:54And my right leg just cramped up, seized up.

00:20:58I couldn't do anything with it, so I just had to come in and change driver.

00:21:01It's just way too hot out there at the moment.

00:21:03And as a result of that, and many other examples, the ACO next year are trying to mandate air

00:21:14conditioning in closed cockpit cars.

00:21:16David, your thoughts?

00:21:17Well, it's going to be very, very difficult to achieve it correctly.

00:21:20Obviously, a street car, probably at the worst set case of, might have an ambient temperature

00:21:26inside of about 110, 120.

00:21:28You're going to try and cool down a car that's at about 170, which is full of holes and everything

00:21:33in the car is red hot.

00:21:35It's not insulated in any way, shape or form.

00:21:36The pedals get hot.

00:21:37The tunnel is red hot.

00:21:39The floor's hot.

00:21:40The steering wheel is hot.

00:21:41I don't think it's going to work.

00:21:43I think we're going to have to, you know, really concentrate more on keeping the driver

00:21:47cool with driver cooling equipment.

00:21:49The cool seat, the cool hat, you know, air into the, air into the helmet would be huge

00:21:53or get air somehow blowing up your trousers as the, as the song goes.

00:21:58And Dorsey, there is one car in this field this year, which is the Luc Alfont Adventures

00:22:02Corvette.

00:22:02He is running air conditioning.

00:22:04I guess it'll be interesting to, to judge from his race and how the performance, whether

00:22:08it's affected and those internal cockpit conditions, whether they have been improved.

00:22:14Well, there's a lot of different, a lot of different things that are being done by different

00:22:18teams.

00:22:19I've driven, obviously, in those cars most of my career in 150 degrees.

00:22:23You know, we wear cool suits with driver aids with helmets and so forth, all that being

00:22:27looked at.

00:22:27But the ACO is way out of bounds with what they want.

00:22:29They want to keep the temperature of the inside of the car under 38 Celsius.

00:22:33It'll never happen.

00:22:35Because you park your car out in the parking lot with the windows up in the summer, you'll

00:22:38probably hit 45 Celsius somewhere in there.

00:22:42And of course, Doug Fian, who's the general manager of the Corvette program, is working on

00:22:48some driver aids, which he's working with the ACO and the FIA to try and not change the

00:22:54rule, but, well, yeah, change the rule and have a more realistic way of approach of keeping

00:22:58the drivers cool, which have to be done.

00:23:01And, you know, the modern driver's suit, for instance, that clocks up about 30 degrees

00:23:05right there under the suit.

00:23:06Well, they're working on that, too.

00:23:08The people at SPARCO are trying to design a suit that breathes better, letting some of

00:23:12the air in and back out again to try to keep the body at the core temperature of the driver

00:23:17down.

00:23:18It's normal that your temperature of your body, 105 degrees in racing conditions, is what

00:23:23it is.

00:23:23I mean, that's a normal.

00:23:25But when you get really superheated, you know, I burn my hands.

00:23:28Once you get up about 106 or 107, then if your core temperature's up there, then you really

00:23:33have got danger.

00:23:34Your hands and feet can get very hot.

00:23:35You're right.

00:23:36And a lot of Nextel Cup drivers used to burn their feet on those hot floors, but...

00:23:41Then they've done that.

00:23:42Yeah, exactly.

00:23:44One driver used to driving closed cockpit cars is with Calvin Fish right now.

00:23:49Well, Tracy Groen is another one of the drivers here with the White Lightning team who are making

00:23:52the debut here at Lamar.

00:23:53How has the experience been for you thus far?

00:23:56So far, we've had nothing but great times, except perhaps the first practice session and

00:24:02second practice session at night in the rain.

00:24:04I could have done without that.

00:24:06But anyway, we learned a lot, know a lot more about the track now.

00:24:10Nick's out in the car now, so I should be in half an hour or so, really ready for it.

00:24:16Talk about those conditions on Wednesday evening.

00:24:18We saw some of the best in the business, Tracy, have major offs.

00:24:21How difficult was it to be driving out there with the teeming rain?

00:24:24Well, you know, when you hear guys like Andy Wallace and Max Pappas saying, you know, that

00:24:29was the scariest thing they've ever done, then you've got to believe that the voice of

00:24:34experience says, maybe we shouldn't have all been out there.

00:24:37Good luck the rest of the way.

00:24:38Enjoy the experience, Tracy.

00:24:40Thank you very much.

00:24:42And, of course, he is teamed with Jörg Bergmeister.

00:24:45And take a look at this graphic because these drivers that are here this weekend and the

00:24:50respective American championships that they're leading, and there is Jörg Bergmeister leading

00:24:55the Rolex sports car series Daytona prototype class.

00:24:59So it will be interesting to see how that chrome white lightning Porsche performs here this weekend.

00:25:04Well, Alan McNish, our leader, pitted the first time with the Audi on the 14th lap.

00:25:10That being said, in two laps, we can expect him again, and he's not going to sneak by me on this mileage issue.

00:25:16I want to see what they're up to.

00:25:17So, but if it follows suit, we would expect him in the next two laps.

00:25:21Lexus scoreboard shows you our positions as they scroll through overall, and that it still remains.

00:25:27The Yost Audi's, one and two, on board with the CompuAir Corvette.

00:25:34Passing one of the LMP2 cars.

00:25:35You see how much power that seven-liter Thunder Mountain motor does.

00:25:40The way it comes off those corners, just enormous grunt.

00:25:43You would expect the P2 car to probably repass at the other end of the straightaway.

00:25:51This is the class-leading LMP2 car, Chris.

00:25:54We'll get it back to Chris Neville in just a moment.

00:26:03Tommy Erdos has done a brilliant opening stint, and this is the class-defending car as well for RML.

00:26:11Change to the AER engine this year, though.

00:26:14It is a very strong combination of Tommy Erdos, Mike Newton, and former overall winner, Andy Wallace.

00:26:21Yes, but that AER engine is yet to make 24 hours in competition.

00:26:25It's done so on the dyno, but never in competition, not yet.

00:26:29Of course, it's pretty small, 1.9 liter.

00:26:32Call it 2 liter, turbocharged, four-cylinder.

00:26:35It has to do an awful lot of work to drag the car around here at speed.

00:26:40Traffic jam.

00:26:41That's the sort of thing that you can come unglued in when you're lapping a group of traffic like this.

00:26:49They're all watching each other.

00:26:51They're concentrating on the guy there trying to pass, and you can come sneaking up behind them.

00:26:56And I notice that these LMP1 drivers are pretty loathe to give anybody any room.

00:27:01They come rushing through, which always looks a bit brave to me, especially when you're doing the 24-hour race.

00:27:06Warren Hughes here for Chamberlain Synergy in the 39 on the left of screen, doing a good job.

00:27:12And he's had a bit of a musical chairs lead up to this year's 24.

00:27:15He was part of that successful trio of the RML team that we saw last year win P2.

00:27:22But he had a ride, then got shuffled out.

00:27:25It looked like he was going to be in the Panos LNT car, then got shuffled out of that.

00:27:29And after the 39, Chamberlain Synergy car was crashed heavily at the test day, and that driver was unable to continue.

00:27:38Warren Hughes was then drafted into that team.

00:27:40The 007 is serviced and gone as we continue the Michelin 24 hours of Le Mans.

00:27:49It is an Audi-Pescarolo battle up front.

00:27:53Stick with us.

00:27:53In addition to the test day and, of course, the race, there are a couple of other things well worth seeing during this festival of Le Mans.

00:28:19And one is scrutineering, the other is this, the Drivers' Parade on Friday.

00:28:24It's a day off, so to speak, at the track, and the drivers and teams head to the town.

00:28:28And just look at the amount of people that turn out to support the drivers in the town square.

00:28:32It's a wonderful atmosphere.

00:28:34And we've done our best to sample as much of the food and drink here as we can in Le Mans.

00:28:39And it's been a wonderful atmosphere all week long.

00:28:42Welcome back to Speed's continual live coverage of the Michelin 24 hours of Le Mans.

00:28:47And this is your race leader, Alan McNish.

00:28:49He has a 30-second lead over Frank Bieler, the sister R10 Audi.

00:28:54And so far, so good.

00:28:56He's cutting his way through the traffic.

00:28:58No problems today.

00:28:59Now, the little Scotsman has really been legging it down the road today.

00:29:02There's no doubt about it.

00:29:03He's kept up the pressure.

00:29:04He's kept up some very good laps.

00:29:06I told you about the lap time just dipped a little bit.

00:29:09But he seems to be back right on form now.

00:29:11His last lap was only two-tenths slower than his best lap of the day.

00:29:15And they're nearly ten seconds a lap faster than the best Garola of Collard back in third spot.

00:29:23Well, he stopped the first time on lap 14.

00:29:25But remember, there was some caution laps.

00:29:27There was a couple laps of caution that he was under.

00:29:30He's already passed 14 laps now under green.

00:29:32This will be, if he does fit this lap, 15 laps on a tank of fuel.

00:29:37It's been green the entire time.

00:29:38I was talking with Alan the other day, and he said, Le Mans really is the natural home for this R10.

00:29:45You got to drive the R8 yourself as we take a look at a super slow-mo.

00:29:49And I said, what's different about it when you first drive it?

00:29:52And he said, well, there are many things.

00:29:53He said, you know, the low noise for a starter.

00:29:56And he said, the torque is amazing.

00:29:58He said, but there's significant aero differences on this car as well.

00:30:01Can you go into details on that, Doris?

00:30:03What do you think?

00:30:04I know you haven't driven the R10, but what do you think it might be like?

00:30:06Well, they certainly have improved on aero, and they would have because they had such good years,

00:30:09six good years with the R8.

00:30:11I'm sure this makes more downforce.

00:30:13It's a bit heavier at the back end because of that diesel engine.

00:30:17The torque is a major issue.

00:30:18No question about that.

00:30:19800 foot-pounds of torque, and this car running without traction control.

00:30:23They have a form of traction control for it, but they haven't refined it,

00:30:27and the drivers have been told not to use it unless it were in the rain or something like that.

00:30:31So it's a handful of a car.

00:30:32We've seen them spin the car a couple, several times at Sebring.

00:30:37Definitely that much power, it can cut you out.

00:30:41Well, of course, it's got the V12 engine, which is longer than their old engine,

00:30:44so the whole car is longer, which obviously changes the aerodynamic package.

00:30:47The end of sport.

00:30:48Lola is in.

00:30:49This is Duncan Dayton.

00:30:52And away.

00:30:53They're languishing some way down the field.

00:30:55They've had a fairly checkered start at the beginning of this race, unfortunately,

00:30:58and they're still down in 45th spot.

00:31:02You're going to see a lot of pit stops now, and here comes the Audi.

00:31:05Race leader is in.

00:31:07Right on schedule.

00:31:10That's 15 laps under green.

00:31:12That is scary for the Pescarola people.

00:31:17Now, there should be a driver change coming up.

00:31:19McNish is preparing himself to launch out of the cockpit.

00:31:26These guys are so slick at this.

00:31:29This is pretty to watch.

00:31:30Look at how quickly he's out of there.

00:31:32Capello is ready to step in, and McNish is out of the cockpit already.

00:31:36Great teamwork here as well.

00:31:38Now, the drivers are allowed to help each other.

00:31:44You can only have the fuelers working on the car, and the drivers can help each other.

00:31:48And, of course, the brake and tire specialists.

00:31:52Cal.

00:31:53Well, certainly now the door has been opened in terms of what mileage they're getting.

00:31:57That's a 15-lbs stint there for McNish.

00:31:59He plugs Dindo Capello in, and they're going to be changing tires.

00:32:02So that's a double stint on these Michelins.

00:32:04It's basically in the heat of the day, as Brian mentioned earlier, over 90 degrees ambient right now.

00:32:09So extremely hot conditions.

00:32:11And right behind the set machine, the eight car is in.

00:32:13Vila turning it over to our defending champion here, Marco Verna.

00:32:16So Dindo Capello, he searches for his third victory here at Le Mans.

00:32:20And right now, Marco Verna in the eight car is looking for his second.

00:32:23And Frank's won three of these, so a lot of experience on this squad.

00:32:27In fact, this driving trio have had 15 podiums from the 20 starts that they've had here.

00:32:31So a lot of experience in this number eight machine.

00:32:35The differential on this car was also changed after the morning warm-up.

00:32:38So they saw the problem on the seventh car and said,

00:32:40We may have the same problem over on the sister cars, but that was really precautionary.

00:32:44Great start by the Yost team.

00:32:46Marco Verna underway.

00:32:48And in that opening stint, Frank Biela has set the fastest time of the race thus far

00:32:52at a 3 minute 32 second, 0.691.

00:32:56So the German has done a good job from one German to another.

00:32:59Verna is on board.

00:33:01And, of course, that marvellous victory for Marco.

00:33:06It was great to see him finally get a Le Mans victory.

00:33:10And he's in search of his second.

00:33:13David, what's it like when you begin your first stint of the race in Marco's shoes right now?

00:33:18Well, of course, hey, there's a huge responsibility on his shoulders

00:33:20because the other guys just successfully got to some of the hairiest parts of the race,

00:33:24which is the start when people tend to duke it out and everybody wants to win on the first corner.

00:33:28How long does it take you to get up to your rhythm, though?

00:33:30It doesn't take long.

00:33:31These guys have done so much testing and so much practice in these cars

00:33:34that it doesn't take them long.

00:33:36The tyres aren't officially heated, but they are warmed before they go on the car.

00:33:40So you just take your lap to settle in.

00:33:42And then on a nice evening like tonight, he's in for a nice two-hour drive.

00:33:47The first accomplishment you've got to do is get out of pit lane without spinning the tyres

00:33:50or you get a three-second penalty.

00:33:52It's a dumb rule that they got.

00:33:54And anyway, I talked to Alan McNish and he said,

00:33:56you try coming out with 800 foot-pounds of torque and not spinning the tyres.

00:34:00It's not that easy.

00:34:01Not spinning the tyres or stalling it.

00:34:02Or stalling.

00:34:03That's what he said.

00:34:03Stalling it is a major issue.

00:34:07These cars, these R10s, are equipped with traction control,

00:34:10but they are choosing not to use it here at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

00:34:14Too much shock on the drive line is what I'm hearing.

00:34:19You know, it's just too abrupt and it will break other things.

00:34:22So they'd rather not even mess with it.

00:34:23It's not refined as much as maybe they might like to see.

00:34:26Obviously, any time you start your stint,

00:34:30the key thing you've got to have is information from the previous driver

00:34:33to tell you what the track situation is like.

00:34:36All right, let's get it down to Calvin with Alan McNish.

00:34:39Alan, great opening stint there.

00:34:40How is the race car during the opening stint before the first fuel stop?

00:34:44Frankie went by.

00:34:45Any problems with the car?

00:34:46No, none at all.

00:34:46I just got caught in traffic in the middle of Indianapolis.

00:34:49And Frankie, I saw, was on my right side,

00:34:52but I didn't know whether he was down the inside or not.

00:34:54So I just gave enough room that two cars could fit round.

00:34:57That allowed him to get the power down and come out

00:34:59because I was on the dirty side.

00:35:01But then once we got into the second stint,

00:35:03the car got better and came towards us

00:35:05and I was able to sort of get the foot down a bit.

00:35:07What were you feeling in this morning's warm-up

00:35:09where the car had to come back to the garage

00:35:10and have some things fixed?

00:35:11What were you feeling from the driver's cockpit?

00:35:14Obviously, the warm-up's the last chance

00:35:16you've got to verify the car before the race.

00:35:18And so I think for everybody,

00:35:20it was a little bit of a nervous moment.

00:35:21But saying that, we had that in Sebring

00:35:24and we came back from that one.

00:35:25So I knew we should be okay.

00:35:27Been a few years since you've won this.

00:35:28Is it great to be on the squad with Tom finally?

00:35:31Yeah, well, with Indotom and I,

00:35:32I think we've got one squad that's got one goal,

00:35:35and that's the win.

00:35:36No egos, no reason to try and prove anything,

00:35:38just the win.

00:35:39All right, mate, good luck.

00:35:41There he is, Alan McNish.

00:35:42First part of his 24-hour job is done.

00:35:46A very successful start as he hands over

00:35:48to Dindo Capello,

00:35:50and Biela hands over to Marco Werner.

00:35:53The Audi sports squad are looking strong.

00:35:58Time to leave Circuit de la Salle

00:36:00just for a moment,

00:36:01and we leave you with the top three

00:36:02at our respective classes.

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00:36:35right here on Speed.

00:36:36Back at Le Mans.

00:36:37And...

00:36:42Coming out of Ted Russo

00:36:45to the straight,

00:36:46those trees on the left,

00:36:47which are pretty big now,

00:36:48big popular trees.

00:36:50When I first raced here,

00:36:51they were younger trees,

00:36:52and they were just painted white.

00:36:53That's all you have.

00:36:54No guard wear.

00:36:55They just painted the bottom of the trees white

00:36:56so you could see them in the night.

00:36:58They led to straw bail on them.

00:36:59I must admit that.

00:37:00I think I'd rather not see them at all.

00:37:02That's the case.

00:37:03That's true, yeah.

00:37:06Here's the first of the chicane.

00:37:07You can hear that deep rumble

00:37:09from the Corvette.

00:37:13Got a little loose

00:37:14as it came off there.

00:37:15Yeah.

00:37:16Wagged the tail.

00:37:18Well, maybe that torque

00:37:19and the heat of the day

00:37:20is having an effect on the Corvette

00:37:23because Johnny O'Connell said,

00:37:24you know,

00:37:25that he felt the rear end

00:37:26was going away just a little bit

00:37:27as he had that spin earlier on,

00:37:30which is obviously not

00:37:31double-stilling his tires at that stage.

00:37:33When the Corvette team

00:37:34left the test day a couple of weeks back,

00:37:36they said it was the best

00:37:37one they have ever had.

00:37:40Would quite often leave Le Mans

00:37:41with a few niggly problems

00:37:43and scratching their heads

00:37:44and with quite a healthy to-do list

00:37:46before coming back

00:37:47for the race meeting.

00:37:49But they said

00:37:50this was such a successful test

00:37:51and everyone was quite high

00:37:53in spirits.

00:37:54As we continue to ride

00:37:55with Max Pappas,

00:37:56it hasn't been the best start

00:37:57for the 63.

00:37:58The sister car,

00:37:59the 64 of Olivier Beretta,

00:38:02Oliver Gavin

00:38:03and Jan Magnussen

00:38:04still leads

00:38:04the GT1 class.

00:38:07Speaking of the GT cars,

00:38:09let's talk GT2 for a moment

00:38:10because we're rather a P2

00:38:12because we would like

00:38:13to say hello

00:38:14to Liz Halliday,

00:38:15the one and only

00:38:16female competitor

00:38:17in the race

00:38:18and regular

00:38:18in the American Le Mans series.

00:38:20Hi, Liz Lee Diffie with you.

00:38:21Hi, how are you doing?

00:38:22Good.

00:38:22Tell us about the start

00:38:23because it was an eventful one

00:38:24and it seemed as though

00:38:25those electrical issues continued.

00:38:27Yeah, basically by about

00:38:28the second lap

00:38:29we started having a misfire

00:38:30that we couldn't seem

00:38:31to figure out

00:38:32and, you know,

00:38:33tried everything,

00:38:34plugs and coils.

00:38:35Ultimately,

00:38:36it turns out

00:38:37that the engine

00:38:37was overboosting

00:38:38and it was a wastegate problem.

00:38:40So boys worked really hard

00:38:41and seemed to have put it right.

00:38:43Felt a little slow to me still

00:38:44but I think so far,

00:38:46touch wood,

00:38:46everything's going well now.

00:38:47I saw you in the paddock

00:38:49probably about an hour

00:38:50before the race start.

00:38:51You were a little bit nervous

00:38:52because that's the first time

00:38:53you've started here at Le Mans.

00:38:54How was it?

00:38:55Yeah, it was pretty cool.

00:38:56I mean,

00:38:56I just tried to play things safe

00:38:58at the start.

00:38:59I wasn't going to get in any trouble.

00:39:00Obviously,

00:39:01by about the second lap

00:39:02I was having trouble already

00:39:03so unfortunately

00:39:03that's, you know,

00:39:05short-lived

00:39:05but, you know,

00:39:06still really awesome

00:39:07to take that start

00:39:08and be in front of everybody

00:39:09and for my team.

00:39:10Well, not only are you good

00:39:12at motorsport,

00:39:12you're also an accomplished equestrian.

00:39:15Tell us a little about

00:39:15your efforts

00:39:17with the equestrian side of things

00:39:19because it's an interesting mix

00:39:21that you have going.

00:39:22Yeah,

00:39:23I'm also a three-day event rider.

00:39:25Oh,

00:39:26there we go.

00:39:26Nice.

00:39:28Well done,

00:39:29boys.

00:39:29My horses are famous now.

00:39:32Oh my goodness.

00:39:33Well,

00:39:33she had the front wheels

00:39:34on the road

00:39:35and the horse.

00:39:36Very nice.

00:39:39Well,

00:39:40how do you get those horses

00:39:41not to bite you?

00:39:42They always want to bite me.

00:39:43Well,

00:39:43that one you've seen

00:39:44in the pictures,

00:39:44he can be a bit grizzly at times

00:39:46but as long as you give him

00:39:47lots of treats,

00:39:48he's pretty happy.

00:39:49Now,

00:39:49you've got an event coming up,

00:39:50haven't you,

00:39:51shortly?

00:39:51I do.

00:39:52I've got an event next Saturday

00:39:53with two of my horses

00:39:55so I'm going to be

00:39:57straight back home

00:39:58and straight back on the horses.

00:39:59Well,

00:40:00listen,

00:40:00we wish you the best of luck

00:40:01for the rest of the race.

00:40:02I'm sure it's not the last time

00:40:03that we will talk to you

00:40:04throughout the 24 hours.

00:40:05Go and enjoy a short rest

00:40:07and we'll talk to you soon.

00:40:07Great,

00:40:08thanks a lot.

00:40:08Liz Halliday there

00:40:09from the Intersport Racing Team

00:40:11and they will continue

00:40:12to power on.

00:40:13That's a strong car,

00:40:14strong car and engine combination

00:40:15and that particular team

00:40:17had a 20 lap lead last year

00:40:21only to suffer a few

00:40:22mechanical problems

00:40:24that took them out

00:40:25and here's an overview

00:40:26of the American teams

00:40:27here at Le Mans this year.

00:40:29We are very well represented.

00:40:38There you see the 63 car

00:40:43of Corvette

00:40:44with Max Pappas at the wheel.

00:40:45It's down in 37th spot

00:40:47after that long lazy spin.

00:40:50See the damage

00:40:51of the bodywork at the back.

00:40:53They didn't even repair that

00:40:54but unfortunately

00:40:55they did say

00:40:56they put a tow link on

00:40:57so it did hit the suspension.

00:40:5916 is back in

00:41:00and Emmanuel Collard

00:41:01out of the car.

00:41:04It's been a fairly smooth run

00:41:06thus far

00:41:06for the Pescarolo 16.

00:41:18This looks to me

00:41:19to be Eric Comas

00:41:20climbing on board.

00:41:22And the big news

00:41:23with this team

00:41:24I'm sure the boys

00:41:25mentioned a little earlier

00:41:26was Jean-Christophe

00:41:27Bouillon

00:41:28who was meant to start

00:41:30fell over at home

00:41:31I think he was putting

00:41:33some curtain rods up

00:41:34or something like that

00:41:34broke his wrist

00:41:35and the team

00:41:39and he stalled it

00:41:39finally gets going.

00:41:41The team tried

00:41:42Christophe Boucheau

00:41:43former Le Mans winner

00:41:44and they said

00:41:45that he wasn't up

00:41:46to doing the quick times

00:41:47and they drafted in

00:41:49fellow French driver

00:41:50Nicolas Manassion

00:41:51from the Creation

00:41:52Auto Sportif team

00:41:55very late in the piece.

00:41:57the 7 of Dindo Capello

00:42:01has an 18-second lead

00:42:02over the sister Audi.

00:42:04We'll be back.

00:42:13You're watching the Michelin

00:42:1524 hours of Le Mans

00:42:17and this is the 8

00:42:20for Joost Audi

00:42:21of Marco Werner

00:42:23former American Le Mans

00:42:26series champion

00:42:27chasing the sister car

00:42:29there's only a deficit

00:42:30of just under 17 seconds.

00:42:35As we take a look

00:42:36at a Valvoline race reset.

00:42:38Here are your

00:42:39respective class leaders

00:42:41the Portuguese driver

00:42:42Miguel Amaral

00:42:44leading the P2 class.

00:42:46It is the Corvette

00:42:47the one that is going

00:42:49for three consecutive

00:42:50class victories

00:42:51leads the way

00:42:52in the Scuderia

00:42:53across Ferrari

00:42:544.30

00:42:55of Andrew Kirkcalde

00:42:57who leads

00:42:58the GT2 class.

00:42:59So that's how

00:43:05things stand

00:43:05at the moment

00:43:06and it's been

00:43:08a fairly interesting

00:43:09first two hours

00:43:11of the Michelin

00:43:1224 hours of Le Mans

00:43:13it is still very much

00:43:14the battle between

00:43:15Audi and Pescarolo

00:43:16up front

00:43:17and speaking of

00:43:18Pescarolo

00:43:18here is the 16

00:43:19Eric Comas

00:43:20has just taken over

00:43:21from Manu Collard

00:43:25who we know

00:43:25so well in America

00:43:26from both

00:43:27the American Le Mans

00:43:28series and the

00:43:29Rolex sports car

00:43:29series has done

00:43:31a lot of racing

00:43:32in the US

00:43:34has been a class

00:43:37winner here at

00:43:37Le Mans

00:43:38but is in search

00:43:39of his first

00:43:40overall victory.

00:43:46Following the

00:43:47number nine car

00:43:48the Courage

00:43:49down in the

00:43:50number nine car

00:43:52I'm in the

00:43:58five car

00:43:59that's running

00:44:00in ninth.

00:44:02We knew what

00:44:02you meant.

00:44:03Yeah, you know

00:44:04what I was

00:44:04trying to say.

00:44:05Harold Premat

00:44:05behind the wheel

00:44:07of that Swiss

00:44:08spirit Courage

00:44:09and they're doing

00:44:09a pretty good job

00:44:10actually to be

00:44:11in the top ten

00:44:11at this early

00:44:12stage.

00:44:14The Pescarolo

00:44:14so far has

00:44:15not been able

00:44:16to match

00:44:17fuel mileage

00:44:18with the Audi

00:44:18which we knew

00:44:19that wouldn't

00:44:19be the case

00:44:19but it's two

00:44:20laps different

00:44:21stopping those

00:44:23Pescarolos

00:44:24about every

00:44:2413 laps

00:44:25and of course

00:44:26Alan McNish

00:44:26went 15

00:44:27last time

00:44:28around.

00:44:29Two times

00:44:30World Rally

00:44:31Champion

00:44:31Sebastian Loeb

00:44:32suiting up.

00:44:35Crowd will go

00:44:35crazy over this

00:44:36one won't they?

00:44:36Oh absolutely.

00:44:37This guy has

00:44:38created such a

00:44:39stir here

00:44:40and it was the

00:44:40same situation

00:44:41last year as

00:44:42well.

00:44:42Just so much

00:44:43interest in him

00:44:44and we're very

00:44:45fortunate here

00:44:46at Le Mans

00:44:46this year to

00:44:47have a current

00:44:48World Rally

00:44:49Champion

00:44:49driver and a

00:44:51current Formula

00:44:52One driver

00:44:52not only in

00:44:53the same race

00:44:54they're in

00:44:55the same car.

00:44:57And it's

00:44:58French.

00:44:58And they both

00:44:59happen to be

00:44:59French.

00:45:00And he is

00:45:00about to take

00:45:01over from

00:45:02Frank Montagne.

00:45:09Kit Lane

00:45:10and Chris Neville

00:45:10Hi Chris.

00:45:12Lee while we

00:45:13were away on

00:45:13that last

00:45:13commercial of

00:45:14the 009 did

00:45:15come in and

00:45:15Pedro Lamy

00:45:16handed it over

00:45:16to Stefan

00:45:17Serrazin.

00:45:18Pedro you just

00:45:19did a double

00:45:19stint last

00:45:20year.

00:45:20I know it's

00:45:21very difficult

00:45:21for the team

00:45:22to do double

00:45:23stints.

00:45:24Today's another

00:45:24warm day but

00:45:25this year you

00:45:25look a little

00:45:26bit fresher.

00:45:27Yeah it looks

00:45:28like that we

00:45:29can survive

00:45:29with double

00:45:30stints with

00:45:30the same

00:45:31tires so we

00:45:32will try to

00:45:33do a race.

00:45:35I mean now

00:45:35it's hot.

00:45:36I think when

00:45:37we're going to

00:45:38be cooler it

00:45:38will be better

00:45:39for us we

00:45:39will see.

00:45:40You were

00:45:40chasing down

00:45:41the Corvette

00:45:42number 64

00:45:42there.

00:45:43Can you guys

00:45:43run pace with

00:45:45them?

00:45:45Were you

00:45:45expecting this

00:45:46pace?

00:45:47Well we

00:45:47changed the

00:45:48tires different

00:45:49timing but we

00:45:50didn't expect

00:45:50that they were

00:45:51so fast after

00:45:52qualifying.

00:45:53We had a

00:45:54feeling because

00:45:54we thought that

00:45:56they had something

00:45:57on their focus

00:45:58and they have.

00:46:00All year long

00:46:01over in America

00:46:01you've been

00:46:03running the

00:46:03Pirelli tires.

00:46:04You come back

00:46:05over here you're

00:46:05running the

00:46:06Michelins.

00:46:06Has it been a

00:46:06difficult transition

00:46:07for the team?

00:46:09Well we raced

00:46:09here last year

00:46:10with Michelin so

00:46:11I think the

00:46:14Michelin has more

00:46:15experience in this

00:46:16circuit and that's

00:46:18why it was the

00:46:19team option.

00:46:20Good luck.

00:46:22Pedro Lamy he

00:46:23has raced some

00:46:23beautiful machinery

00:46:24here at Le Mans

00:46:25over the years

00:46:26as we bring you up

00:46:27today with the

00:46:28highlights of the

00:46:29first two hours

00:46:30it was Alan

00:46:31McNish that took

00:46:31the tricolor and

00:46:33led the field up

00:46:34the main straight.

00:46:35Jan Lamy was

00:46:35quick to pounce

00:46:36on Jean-Marc

00:46:38Gunon and make

00:46:39his impact there

00:46:41and speaking of

00:46:41impact what about

00:46:42this Fabio

00:46:43Babini in the

00:46:44BMS Scuderia

00:46:45Aston and then

00:46:46to the works Aston

00:46:47Darren Turner was

00:46:48on board the

00:46:48007 and a severe

00:46:50oil leak put them

00:46:51into the garage

00:46:52very early at the

00:46:5345 minute mark

00:46:54Frank Bieler took

00:46:55advantage of Alan

00:46:56McNish getting

00:46:56caught in the

00:46:57traffic and whipped

00:46:57off by early

00:46:58that was a neat

00:46:59move and then

00:47:00the 20 Pierre

00:47:01Bruno Pilbeam

00:47:02almost took Frank

00:47:03Bieler out as he

00:47:04split the two

00:47:05Audis.

00:47:09Take a look at

00:47:10the second hour

00:47:11you're on board

00:47:12with Johnny O'Connor

00:47:12watch and listen

00:47:13that was not

00:47:19expected

00:47:20got a little

00:47:21tailey

00:47:22and Johnny

00:47:24was left

00:47:24to lift back

00:47:25to pit lane

00:47:26and there was

00:47:27a little bit

00:47:27of damage

00:47:28on the rear

00:47:28end of that

00:47:29car

00:47:29and the Corvette

00:47:30boys were able

00:47:31to get that

00:47:32fixed

00:47:32so good work

00:47:34from those guys

00:47:35as it's just

00:47:35a little after

00:47:367pm local

00:47:38time

00:47:38here at

00:47:39Circuit

00:47:39de la

00:47:39Saft

00:47:40as we take

00:47:41you to

00:47:41the class

00:47:42leaders

00:47:43in our

00:47:43respective

00:47:44classes

00:47:44the two

00:47:45prototype

00:47:45classes

00:47:46the two

00:47:46GT

00:47:47classes

00:47:47that's how

00:47:48it stands

00:47:49at the moment

00:47:50as we flip

00:47:51over and show

00:47:52you the top

00:47:53three in each

00:47:53of our GT

00:47:54classes at the

00:47:54moment

00:47:55are the boys

00:47:56that are going

00:47:56for three

00:47:57straight

00:47:58they are in

00:47:59good shape

00:47:59and it is

00:48:00that Scuderia

00:48:01across Ferrari

00:48:02that leads

00:48:03the way

00:48:03over the

00:48:04Peterson White

00:48:05Lightning

00:48:05Krone

00:48:06Porsche

00:48:06as we see

00:48:08the French

00:48:08car

00:48:09the French

00:48:10team

00:48:11the French

00:48:11driver

00:48:12Frank

00:48:12Montagne

00:48:12for

00:48:13Pescarolo

00:48:13next year

00:48:14boys

00:48:15I don't know

00:48:15if you've

00:48:15spoken about

00:48:16this already

00:48:16but it will

00:48:17definitely

00:48:17be France

00:48:18against Germany

00:48:19again

00:48:20and it will

00:48:20certainly

00:48:21be a French

00:48:22manufacturer

00:48:22against the

00:48:23Audi

00:48:23because

00:48:24massive news

00:48:24this week

00:48:25that Peugeot

00:48:25if you haven't

00:48:26heard

00:48:27are coming

00:48:27with an

00:48:28HDI

00:48:29diesel

00:48:29next year

00:48:30now David

00:48:31this is going

00:48:31to be a

00:48:32coupe

00:48:32they're going

00:48:33to have a

00:48:33100 degree

00:48:3412 cylinder

00:48:355.5 litre

00:48:36engine

00:48:36and we've got

00:48:37problems here

00:48:38for the

00:48:38Lister

00:48:38and they

00:48:39are going

00:48:40to go

00:48:40head

00:48:40to head

00:48:40with the

00:48:41diesel

00:48:41prototype

00:48:42with Audi

00:48:43next year

00:48:43that will

00:48:44be fascinating

00:48:44they're talking

00:48:45about 650

00:48:46horsepower

00:48:47out of that

00:48:48plus

00:48:48nearly a

00:48:49thousand

00:48:49pounds

00:48:50feet

00:48:50of torque

00:48:51100 degree

00:48:52angle

00:48:52on the

00:48:52cylinders

00:48:53is to get

00:48:54the weight

00:48:54of the

00:48:55engine

00:48:55low

00:48:55and that's

00:48:56going to be

00:48:57a big

00:48:57effort

00:48:58by Peugeot

00:48:58next year

00:48:59so if Audi

00:49:00are still

00:49:00around

00:49:01it's going

00:49:01to be

00:49:01a massive

00:49:02battle

00:49:02Beretta

00:49:03is in

00:49:04pitlane

00:49:04Calvin's

00:49:04there

00:49:05he's going

00:49:06to be

00:49:06doing a

00:49:06double

00:49:06stint

00:49:07down

00:49:07here

00:49:07Lee

00:49:07they're

00:49:07looking

00:49:08at

00:49:08tires

00:49:08still a

00:49:09little

00:49:09warm

00:49:10probably

00:49:10going to

00:49:11change

00:49:11tires

00:49:11in

00:49:11they've

00:49:11got

00:49:12the guns

00:49:12at

00:49:12the

00:49:12ready

00:49:12so once

00:49:13the refueling

00:49:13is complete

00:49:14Lembier will

00:49:15do a

00:49:15double

00:49:15stint

00:49:15the tires

00:49:16are only

00:49:16doing

00:49:16a single

00:49:17once the

00:49:18temperature

00:49:18cools down

00:49:19a little

00:49:19bit

00:49:19I think

00:49:19we'll

00:49:20see

00:49:20some

00:49:20of these

00:49:20GT1

00:49:21teams

00:49:21and GT2

00:49:22teams

00:49:23attempt to

00:49:24double

00:49:24stint

00:49:25these

00:49:25tires

00:49:25here

00:49:26with

00:49:26the

00:49:26lead

00:49:27car

00:49:27in

00:49:27GT1

00:49:28let's

00:49:28go

00:49:28down

00:49:28to

00:49:28Andrew

00:49:29Manu

00:49:34the pace

00:49:35was very

00:49:35hot

00:49:35the pace

00:49:36was very

00:49:36hot

00:49:36indeed

00:49:37yes

00:49:38we start

00:49:38really

00:49:39quick

00:49:39but

00:49:40unfortunately

00:49:41we are

00:49:42a bit

00:49:43slower

00:49:43at the

00:49:44moment

00:49:44but

00:49:46we have

00:49:46still

00:49:47to push

00:49:48until

00:49:48the end

00:49:49and

00:49:49just

00:49:49to see

00:49:49if we can

00:49:50do something

00:49:53it seems

00:49:53to be

00:49:54quite

00:49:54difficult

00:49:54at the

00:49:55moment

00:49:55because

00:49:55they

00:49:55can

00:49:55do

00:49:56two

00:49:56more

00:49:56laps

00:49:57and

00:49:58they

00:49:59are

00:49:59still

00:49:59quicker

00:49:59so

00:50:00quite

00:50:02and

00:50:02see

00:50:02you

00:50:03just

00:50:04had

00:50:04Sebastian

00:50:04Loeb

00:50:05getting in

00:50:05the car

00:50:05you

00:50:05just

00:50:06had

00:50:06Sebastian

00:50:06come

00:50:06and ask

00:50:07you

00:50:07a bit

00:50:07of

00:50:07advice

00:50:08and

00:50:08what

00:50:08did

00:50:09you

00:50:09tell

00:50:09him

00:50:09yeah

00:50:10he

00:50:10asked

00:50:11me

00:50:11if

00:50:11the

00:50:11track

00:50:11was

00:50:12okay

00:50:12I

00:50:12said

00:50:12yes

00:50:13no

00:50:13problem

00:50:13well

00:50:14thanks

00:50:15very

00:50:15much

00:50:15guys

00:50:15you

00:50:15got

00:50:16a bit

00:50:16of

00:50:16a

00:50:16problem

00:50:16with

00:50:16that

00:50:16signal

00:50:17from

00:50:17here

00:50:17but

00:50:18let

00:50:18me

00:50:25for

00:50:25Pescarolo

00:50:26Frank

00:50:26Lagorse

00:50:27who's

00:50:27now

00:50:27joined

00:50:28the

00:50:28TV

00:50:29ranks

00:50:29my

00:50:31old

00:50:31co-driver

00:50:32Jean-Pierre

00:50:33Jabrier

00:50:33in the

00:50:33Matra

00:50:34back

00:50:34in

00:50:341972

00:50:35was

00:50:36also

00:50:36I

00:50:37just

00:50:37ran

00:50:37him

00:50:37out

00:50:38the

00:50:38hall

00:50:38and

00:50:38look

00:50:38at

00:50:38this

00:50:38the

00:50:3961

00:50:39car

00:50:39Tim

00:50:40Cyclus

00:50:40the

00:50:40flat

00:50:41tyre

00:50:41Tim

00:50:42Cyclus

00:50:42and

00:50:43the

00:50:43Sir

00:50:44Sir

00:50:45Tick

00:50:45Russian

00:50:45age

00:50:46Ferrari

00:50:47we've

00:50:47seen

00:50:48what

00:50:48damage

00:50:48those

00:50:48tyres

00:50:49can

00:50:49do

00:50:49too

00:50:49if

00:50:49you

00:50:50go

00:50:50too

00:50:50fast

00:50:50they

00:50:51come

00:50:51unglue

00:50:52they

00:50:52can

00:50:52damage

00:50:53the

00:50:54body

00:50:54he's

00:50:54got

00:50:54a

00:50:54long

00:50:55way

00:50:55to

00:50:55go

00:50:56and

00:50:57we

00:50:57saw

00:50:57the

00:50:57Ferrari

00:50:58had

00:50:59the

00:50:59same

00:50:59kind

00:50:59of

00:50:59problem

00:51:00rear

00:51:00tyre

00:51:00damage

00:51:01I

00:51:01don't

00:51:01think

00:51:02he'll

00:51:02make

00:51:02that

00:51:03back

00:51:03to

00:51:03the

00:51:03pit

00:51:03without

00:51:03doing

00:51:04a lot

00:51:04of

00:51:04damage

00:51:04Tim's

00:51:08enjoyed

00:51:08a good

00:51:08year

00:51:08so far

00:51:09in the

00:51:09FIA

00:51:09GT

00:51:10Championship

00:51:10he won

00:51:11the

00:51:11most

00:51:12recent

00:51:12round

00:51:12GT

00:51:132

00:51:14at

00:51:14Bruno

00:51:15back

00:51:15with

00:51:15more

00:51:16from

00:51:16Le Mans

00:51:16in

00:51:17just

00:51:17a

00:51:17moment

00:51:21reminding

00:51:24you that

00:51:24AMA

00:51:25Superbike

00:51:25hits

00:51:26speed

00:51:26tomorrow

00:51:27at

00:51:274pm

00:51:27Eastern

00:51:28AMA

00:51:29Superbike

00:51:29races

00:51:30into

00:51:30Salt Lake

00:51:30City

00:51:31two

00:51:31wheels

00:51:31one

00:51:31winner

00:51:32don't

00:51:32miss

00:51:32it

00:51:33it

00:51:33will

00:51:33be

00:51:33exciting

00:51:34AMA

00:51:35Superbike

00:51:35Championship

00:51:36tomorrow

00:51:36here on

00:51:37speed

00:51:37from

00:51:384

00:51:38Eastern

00:51:39meanwhile

00:51:40we continue

00:51:41to talk

00:51:41four wheels

00:51:42because this

00:51:43is the

00:51:43legendary

00:51:4424 hours

00:51:46of Le Mans

00:51:46brought to you

00:51:47by Michelin

00:51:47and Alex

00:51:48Jung

00:51:49is out

00:51:49of the

00:51:49racing

00:51:50for

00:51:50Holland

00:51:50Dome

00:51:51Jud

00:51:51the

00:51:52Malaysian

00:51:52his

00:51:53first

00:51:53experience

00:51:53at

00:51:54Le Mans

00:51:54and

00:51:54there

00:51:55is

00:51:55his

00:51:55first

00:51:56stint

00:51:56at

00:51:56Le Mans

00:51:57out

00:51:57of

00:51:57the

00:51:58way

00:51:58he's

00:51:59done

00:51:59a

00:51:59terrific

00:51:59job

00:52:00when he

00:52:00got

00:52:00in

00:52:00after

00:52:01they

00:52:01had

00:52:01the

00:52:01stop

00:52:01and

00:52:02go

00:52:02penalty

00:52:02for

00:52:02well

00:52:03the

00:52:03drive-thru

00:52:03penalty

00:52:03for

00:52:04Jan

00:52:04Lambers

00:52:05they

00:52:05were late

00:52:06coming

00:52:06out

00:52:06because

00:52:06he

00:52:06came

00:52:07in

00:52:07early

00:52:07the

00:52:08Dome

00:52:08with

00:52:08Young

00:52:09at

00:52:09the

00:52:09wheel

00:52:09was

00:52:09down

00:52:10in

00:52:1011th

00:52:10spot

00:52:11and

00:52:11he's

00:52:11just

00:52:20F1

00:52:21drivers

00:52:21Stefan

00:52:22Johansen

00:52:22Alex

00:52:23Young

00:52:23and

00:52:24Jan

00:52:24Lambers

00:52:25now

00:52:28there's

00:52:29that

00:52:29getting

00:52:29away

00:52:29you

00:52:29know

00:52:29you've

00:52:29got to

00:52:30rev

00:52:30the

00:52:30head

00:52:30out

00:52:30of

00:52:30the

00:52:30thing

00:52:31and

00:52:31not

00:52:31spin

00:52:31the

00:52:31wheels

00:52:32and

00:52:32not

00:52:32spin

00:52:32the

00:52:32clutch

00:52:33too

00:52:33much

00:52:33of course

00:52:34obviously

00:52:34because

00:52:35you

00:52:35soon

00:52:35burn

00:52:36out

00:52:36of course

00:52:37you

00:52:37can't

00:52:37burn

00:52:38out

00:52:38the

00:52:38tires

00:52:38that

00:52:38means

00:52:38you

00:52:39have

00:52:39to

00:52:39ride

00:52:39the

00:52:39crutch

00:52:40and

00:52:40they

00:52:40don't

00:52:40like

00:52:41that

00:52:41not

00:52:41when

00:52:42you

00:52:42got

00:52:42to

00:52:42stop

00:52:4223

00:52:43times

00:52:43or

00:52:43there

00:52:44about

00:52:44that

00:52:45car

00:52:45is

00:52:45in

00:52:45a

00:52:45very

00:52:46strong

00:52:46position

00:52:47at

00:52:47the

00:52:47point

00:52:47where

00:52:48Alex

00:52:49Young

00:52:49pitted

00:52:49it

00:52:50was

00:52:50a

00:52:50top

00:52:50five

00:52:51contender

00:52:51and

00:52:52over

00:52:52the

00:52:52years

00:52:53they

00:52:54have

00:52:54been

00:52:55known

00:52:55to

00:52:55show

00:52:55some

00:52:56good

00:52:56endurance

00:52:57reliability

00:52:57never

00:52:58quick

00:52:58enough

00:52:58to

00:52:59spring

00:52:59a

00:52:59surprise

00:53:00but

00:53:01reliability

00:53:01has

00:53:02been

00:53:02a

00:53:02feature

00:53:02so

00:53:03we'll

00:53:03see

00:53:03if

00:53:03that

00:53:03continues

00:53:04just

00:53:05the

00:53:05one

00:53:05car

00:53:05for

00:53:06racing

00:53:06for

00:53:06Holland

00:53:06this

00:53:06year

00:53:07and

00:53:07years

00:53:07gone

00:53:07by

00:53:12three

00:53:13Stefan

00:53:14Johansson

00:53:14behind

00:53:14the

00:53:15wheel

00:53:15for

00:53:15his

00:53:15first

00:53:16in

00:53:16Calvin

00:53:17down

00:53:19here

00:53:20at

00:53:20Sifco

00:53:20Motorsports

00:53:21Johnny

00:53:21Molan

00:53:21just

00:53:22jumped

00:53:22out

00:53:22running

00:53:22third

00:53:23Johnny

00:53:23things

00:53:24look

00:53:24pretty

00:53:24good

00:53:24so

00:53:24far

00:53:25as

00:53:26you

00:53:26well

00:53:27know

00:53:27Calvin

00:53:27from

00:53:27your

00:53:27days

00:53:28driving

00:53:28it's

00:53:28early

00:53:28days

00:53:29yet

00:53:29and

00:53:29we're

00:53:31just

00:53:31keeping

00:53:31out

00:53:31of

00:53:31trouble

00:53:32running

00:53:32as

00:53:32a

00:53:33quickish

00:53:34race

00:53:34pace

00:53:3458s

00:53:3559s

00:53:36and

00:53:36just

00:53:36hoping

00:53:36that

00:53:36that's

00:53:37going

00:53:37to

00:53:38keep

00:53:38going

00:53:38if we

00:53:38can

00:53:38keep

00:53:38that

00:53:39to

00:53:39the

00:53:39end

00:53:39without

00:53:39any

00:53:39problems

00:53:40and

00:53:40we'll

00:53:40be

00:53:40in

00:53:40with

00:53:40a

00:53:40shot

00:53:41of

00:53:41a

00:53:41podium

00:53:41or

00:53:41maybe

00:53:41better

00:53:42but

00:53:42the

00:53:42car

00:53:42is

00:53:42running

00:53:43brilliantly

00:53:43the boys

00:53:43have

00:53:44worked

00:53:44so

00:53:44hard

00:53:45and

00:53:45the

00:53:45only

00:53:45issue

00:53:46we've

00:53:46got

00:53:46at

00:53:46the

00:53:46moment

00:53:47is

00:53:47the

00:53:47rear fender

00:53:48keeps

00:53:48on

00:53:48unclipping

00:53:49and

00:53:49it's

00:53:50flapping

00:53:50at

00:53:50high

00:53:50speed

00:53:51and

00:53:51giving

00:53:51quite

00:53:51big

00:53:51vibration

00:53:52anything

00:53:53over

00:53:53about

00:53:53120

00:53:54miles

00:53:54an

00:53:54hour

00:53:55so

00:53:55it

00:53:56always

00:53:56makes

00:53:56it

00:53:56feel

00:54:08of

00:54:08the

00:54:09gears

00:54:10and

00:54:11the

00:54:11dog

00:54:11rings

00:54:11have

00:54:12similar

00:54:12hardness

00:54:13and

00:54:13materials

00:54:13so

00:54:14you

00:54:14have

00:54:14to

00:54:14really

00:54:14protect

00:54:15the

00:54:15gears

00:54:15and

00:54:16my

00:54:16flips

00:54:16weren't

00:54:16big

00:54:16enough

00:54:17on

00:54:17the

00:54:17downshift

00:54:17so

00:54:18they

00:54:18came

00:54:18on

00:54:18the

00:54:18radio

00:54:18and

00:54:19told

00:54:19me

00:54:19I

00:54:19had

00:54:19to

00:54:20get

00:54:20bigger

00:54:20on

00:54:20the

00:54:20downshift

00:54:21which

00:54:21I

00:54:21knew

00:54:22was

00:54:22an

00:54:22issue

00:54:22because

00:54:23the

00:54:23brake

00:54:23pedal

00:54:23is

00:54:23actually

00:54:24in

00:54:24the

00:54:24wrong

00:54:24position

00:54:24it's

00:54:24moved

00:54:25since

00:54:25we

00:54:25started

00:54:26the

00:54:26race

00:54:26for

00:54:26the

00:54:26throttle

00:54:27and

00:54:27the

00:54:27way

00:54:27I

00:54:27heel

00:54:28and

00:54:28toe

00:54:28is

00:54:28very

00:54:28different

00:54:29to

00:54:29the

00:54:29way

00:54:29Terry

00:54:29does

00:54:29and

00:54:30obviously

00:54:30Christian

00:54:30left foot

00:54:31brakes

00:54:31so

00:54:31he

00:54:31doesn't

00:54:31have

00:54:32that

00:54:32problem

00:54:32so

00:54:32I

00:54:33just

00:54:33had

00:54:33to

00:54:33slow

00:54:34up

00:54:34my

00:54:34braking

00:54:34a

00:54:34little

00:54:34bit

00:54:35make

00:54:35sure

00:54:35I

00:54:35got

00:54:35it

00:54:35sorted

00:54:36so

00:54:36I

00:54:57just

00:54:57been

00:54:57debriefing

00:54:58with

00:54:58Andre

00:54:59de

00:54:59Cortin

00:54:59the

00:55:00design

00:55:00of

00:55:00the

00:55:00car

00:55:00tough

00:55:02hot

00:55:02stint

00:55:02Frank

00:55:03yeah

00:55:04well

00:55:04three

00:55:05stints

00:55:06with

00:55:06this

00:55:07kind

00:55:07of

00:55:07temperature

00:55:08and

00:55:08those

00:55:09kind

00:55:09of

00:55:09car

00:55:09you

00:55:09know

00:55:09it's

00:55:09not

00:55:10easy

00:55:10especially

00:55:10when you

00:55:11fight

00:55:11against

00:55:11a

00:55:12big

00:55:12factory

00:55:12like

00:55:12Audi

00:55:12but

00:55:13so

00:55:14far

00:55:14it's

00:55:14not

00:55:14too

00:55:14bad

00:55:15the

00:55:15car

00:55:15react

00:55:15quite

00:55:15well

00:55:16we

00:55:16got

00:55:16a

00:55:16little

00:55:16bit

00:55:16of

00:55:16under

00:55:16steer

00:55:17I

00:55:17think

00:55:17it's

00:55:17quite

00:55:17normal

00:55:18because

00:55:18temperature

00:55:27but it's

00:55:2724

00:55:27hours

00:55:28so

00:55:28it's

00:55:28cool

00:55:28Manu

00:55:29was a

00:55:29bit

00:55:30despondent

00:55:30about

00:55:30the

00:55:31speed

00:55:31of

00:55:31the

00:55:31Audi

00:55:32yeah

00:55:32me too

00:55:33they overtook

00:55:34me

00:55:34very

00:55:34easily

00:55:35and

00:55:35well

00:55:36there's

00:55:37nothing we

00:55:38can do

00:55:38you know

00:55:38now

00:55:38and

00:55:39only thing

00:55:40we can

00:55:40do

00:55:40is

00:55:41to

00:55:41work

00:55:41a

00:55:42little

00:55:42bit

00:55:42and

00:55:43try

00:55:44to

00:55:44improve

00:55:44our

00:55:44stints

00:55:45and

00:55:45to be

00:55:45very

00:55:46regular

00:55:46and

00:55:47maybe

00:55:48wait

00:55:50for

00:55:50one

00:55:50of

00:55:50their

00:55:51mistakes

00:55:51we'll

00:55:51see

00:55:51thanks

00:55:52very

00:55:52much

00:55:52he's

00:55:53going

00:55:53to

00:55:53push

00:55:53okay

00:55:57down here

00:55:57with Peter

00:55:58Dunbrek

00:55:58Peter

00:55:58it's been

00:55:59a long

00:55:59time

00:56:00since that

00:56:00spectacular

00:56:01flip that

00:56:01you had

00:56:01in the

00:56:02Mercedes

00:56:02how does

00:56:02it feel

00:56:03to now

00:56:03get back

00:56:04in a

00:56:04race car

00:56:04here at

00:56:04Le Mans

00:56:05funnily

00:56:06enough

00:56:06I was

00:56:06just

00:56:07thinking

00:56:07about

00:56:07that

00:56:08I'm

00:56:09going

00:56:09to

00:56:09take

00:56:10I

00:56:10think

00:56:10a couple

00:56:11of

00:56:11easy

00:56:11laps

00:56:12to

00:56:12begin

00:56:12bed

00:56:13myself

00:56:13in

00:56:13and

00:56:14we're

00:56:15on

00:56:15an

00:56:16easy

00:56:16strategy

00:56:16at

00:56:17the

00:56:17moment

00:56:17just

00:56:17taking

00:56:18it

00:56:18easy

00:56:18so

00:56:18I

00:56:20just

00:56:20make

00:56:20sure

00:56:21the

00:56:21car

00:56:21stays

00:56:21in

00:56:24one

00:56:24piece

00:56:24and

00:56:24let's

00:56:26see

00:56:26how

00:56:26the

00:56:26next

00:56:2724

00:56:27hours

00:56:28go

00:56:28there's

00:56:28a

00:56:29certain

00:56:29irony

00:56:29in

00:56:29the

00:56:29fact

00:56:30that

00:56:30you

00:56:30returned

00:56:30to

00:56:30Le Mans

00:56:31with

00:56:31the

00:56:31spiker

00:56:31squadron

00:56:32I mean

00:56:32these

00:56:32guys

00:56:32built

00:56:33airplanes

00:56:33several

00:56:33years

00:56:34ago

00:56:34but

00:56:35this

00:56:35car

00:56:35has

00:56:35really

00:56:35come

00:56:35on

00:56:36gangbusters

00:56:36you

00:56:36put

00:56:36the

00:56:37roof

00:56:37on

00:56:37the

00:56:37car

00:56:37now

00:56:37seems

00:56:38to

00:56:38have

00:56:38a

00:56:38lot

00:56:38more

00:56:38down

00:56:38force

00:56:39a

00:56:39lot

00:56:39more

00:56:39comfortable

00:56:40to

00:56:40drive

00:56:40I

00:56:40would

00:56:51now

00:56:51it

00:56:52looks

00:56:52like

00:56:52he's

00:56:53driving

00:56:53easily

00:56:53he's

00:56:54doing

00:56:54so

00:56:56I

00:56:56think

00:56:57we're

00:56:57all

00:56:57very

00:56:57happy

00:56:57all

00:56:58right

00:56:58mate

00:56:58great

00:56:58to

00:56:59see

00:56:59you

00:56:59back

00:56:59thank

00:56:59you

00:57:00there

00:57:01he

00:57:01is

00:57:01Peter

00:57:01Dunbrek

00:57:02and

00:57:02it

00:57:02is

00:57:03great

00:57:03to

00:57:03see

00:57:03him

00:57:04back

00:57:04I

00:57:05can

00:57:05tell

00:57:05you

00:57:06that

00:57:06it

00:57:06was

00:57:07rated

00:57:07number

00:57:07four

00:57:08on

00:57:09the

00:57:09list

00:57:09of

00:57:09speeds

00:57:10top

00:57:1010

00:57:10motorsport

00:57:11moments

00:57:12that

00:57:12unbelievable

00:57:13flip

00:57:14in the

00:57:14Mercedes

00:57:14in

00:57:151999

00:57:15by

00:57:16that

00:57:16man

00:57:16right

00:57:16there

00:57:17and

00:57:17Greg

00:57:17Kramer

00:57:18Samposi

00:57:19and

00:57:19David

00:57:19Hobbs

00:57:20had

00:57:20the

00:57:20call

00:57:20here

00:57:31is

00:57:31that

00:57:31battle

00:57:32once

00:57:32again

00:57:32and

00:57:33that

00:57:34Porsche

00:57:34obviously

00:57:35plundered

00:57:35the

00:57:35attack

00:57:36by

00:57:36the

00:57:37Mercedes

00:57:37but

00:57:38oh

00:57:38it

00:57:39has

00:57:39gone

00:57:39again

00:57:40there

00:57:40it

00:57:40is

00:57:41it's

00:57:41into

00:57:41the

00:57:41trees

00:57:41unbelievable

00:57:43that

00:57:44is

00:57:44what

00:57:44we

00:57:44have

00:57:45seen

00:57:45twice

00:57:46already

00:57:46this

00:57:47weekend

00:57:47and

00:57:47that

00:57:47one

00:57:47went

00:57:48off

00:57:48track

00:57:48that

00:57:49is

00:57:49just

00:57:50devastating

00:57:51they

00:57:51of course

00:57:51will have

00:57:52to withdraw

00:57:52instantly

00:57:53the other

00:57:53car

00:57:54there's

00:57:54no

00:57:54question

00:57:54of

00:57:55doing

00:57:55it

00:57:55now

00:57:55we

00:57:56have

00:57:57just

00:57:57seen

00:57:57one

00:57:57of

00:57:57the

00:57:57most

00:57:58dramatic

00:57:58moments

00:57:59that

00:57:59you

00:57:59will

00:57:59ever

00:58:00see

00:58:00it's

00:58:00the

00:58:00second

00:58:01time

00:58:01in

00:58:02history

00:58:02that

00:58:03a

00:58:03Mercedes

00:58:03has

00:58:03actually

00:58:04left

00:58:04the

00:58:04track

00:58:05here

00:58:05the

00:58:05other

00:58:05time

00:58:06back

00:58:06in

00:58:061955

00:58:07with

00:58:07disastrous

00:58:08results

00:58:08and the

00:58:09other

00:58:09two

00:58:10times

00:58:10here

00:58:10in the

00:58:11last

00:58:11few

00:58:11days

00:58:12the

00:58:12car

00:58:12actually

00:58:13stayed

00:58:13within

00:58:13the

00:58:13bounds

00:58:14of

00:58:14the

00:58:14track

00:58:14this

00:58:15one

00:58:15is

00:58:16off

00:58:16in

00:58:16the

00:58:16woods

00:58:17here's

00:58:18the

00:58:18replay

00:58:18and

00:58:19again

00:58:20Mercedes

00:58:20right

00:58:21behind

00:58:21the

00:58:21Toyota

00:58:21just

00:58:22in

00:58:23that

00:58:23dead

00:58:23air

00:58:24area

00:58:25that

00:58:27that's

00:58:27exactly

00:58:28the

00:58:29terror

00:58:29of

00:58:30it

00:58:30thank

00:58:30fortunate

00:58:31did not

00:58:31hit the

00:58:32bridge

00:58:32but you

00:58:32could

00:58:33see

00:58:33how

00:58:33high

00:58:33up

00:58:34it

00:58:34got

00:58:35looks

00:58:35like

00:58:35it

00:58:35may

00:58:36have

00:58:36landed

00:58:36on

00:58:36its

00:58:36wheels

00:58:37this

00:58:38could

00:58:38have

00:58:38a

00:58:38happy

00:58:38ending

00:58:39yet

00:58:39but

00:58:39of

00:58:39course

00:58:39it's

00:58:40much

00:58:40too

00:58:40early

00:58:40to

00:58:41say

00:58:41Mercedes

00:58:42is

00:58:43linked

00:58:43with

00:58:44LeVar

00:58:44partly

00:58:44through

00:58:45tragedy

00:58:45partly

00:58:45through

00:58:46grand

00:58:47achievement

00:58:47but

00:58:48this

00:58:49is

00:58:49a

00:58:49moment

00:58:49that

00:58:49will

00:58:50certainly

00:58:51not

00:58:51be

00:58:52quickly

00:58:53forgotten

00:58:54and

00:58:58that

00:58:58was

00:58:58one

00:58:58scary

00:58:59ride

00:59:00but

00:59:00it

00:59:00did

00:59:01as

00:59:01Sam

00:59:01Posey

00:59:01led

00:59:02to

00:59:02it

00:59:02did

00:59:02have

00:59:03somewhat

00:59:03of

00:59:03a

00:59:03happy

00:59:03ending

00:59:04because

00:59:04that

00:59:04man

00:59:04there

00:59:05was

00:59:05taken

00:59:06to

00:59:06a

00:59:06local

00:59:07hospital

00:59:07but

00:59:07I

00:59:08can

00:59:08remember

00:59:08I

00:59:08was

00:59:08here

00:59:09for

00:59:09Network

00:59:0910

00:59:09Australia

00:59:10and

00:59:10I

00:59:10interviewed

00:59:10him

00:59:10the

00:59:10very

00:59:11next

00:59:11day

00:59:11so

00:59:11he

00:59:12was

00:59:12able

00:59:12to

00:59:12walk

00:59:13away

00:59:14and

00:59:14he

00:59:14was

00:59:14a

00:59:14very

00:59:15lucky

00:59:15driver

00:59:16well

00:59:16it

00:59:16did

00:59:16come

00:59:16down

00:59:17right

00:59:17side

00:59:17up

00:59:18and

00:59:18but

00:59:19when

00:59:19you

00:59:20see

00:59:20again

00:59:20it

00:59:20was

00:59:21the

00:59:21most

00:59:21amazing

00:59:21thing

00:59:22he

00:59:22was

00:59:22tucked

00:59:22in

00:59:22behind

00:59:23that

00:59:23Toyota

00:59:23just

00:59:24going

00:59:24just

00:59:24around

00:59:24that

00:59:24next

00:59:25corner

00:59:25not

00:59:25this

00:59:25one

00:59:26here

00:59:26but

00:59:26just

00:59:27after

00:59:27that

00:59:27there

00:59:27is

00:59:27another

00:59:28right

00:59:28hand

00:59:28sweep

00:59:29and

00:59:29there's

00:59:30a little

00:59:30kick

00:59:31a little

00:59:31lift

00:59:31in the

00:59:32road

00:59:32and

00:59:32it

00:59:32just

00:59:33got

00:59:33it

00:59:33all

00:59:34wrong

00:59:34and

00:59:34wow

00:59:35what a

00:59:36sight

00:59:36I've

00:59:36forgotten

00:59:37how bad

00:59:37it was

00:59:38I remember

00:59:39that's it

00:59:39right there

00:59:40right there

00:59:40I remember

00:59:42standing behind

00:59:42the booth

00:59:43when that

00:59:44thing took

00:59:44off

00:59:44and

00:59:45thinking

00:59:46oh my

00:59:46god

00:59:47what was

00:59:48that

00:59:48nobody

00:59:48could even

00:59:49believe it

00:59:49nobody

00:59:50would even

00:59:50acknowledge

00:59:51it at

00:59:51first

00:59:52because

00:59:52that was

00:59:52the second

00:59:53that weekend

00:59:53and of course

00:59:54they immediately

00:59:54pulled the

00:59:55other car

00:59:55I just saw

00:59:57Mark Webber

00:59:58last weekend

00:59:59in Silverstone

01:00:00as finally

01:00:01Tim Sugden

01:00:01gets the

01:00:02550

01:00:04to Pitt Lane

01:00:05and I said

01:00:05hey

01:00:05I'm off

01:00:06to Le Mans

01:00:06next week

01:00:07I'll see

01:00:07your old

01:00:07teammate

01:00:08Peter Dunbrek

01:00:08he said

01:00:09say hi

01:00:09to him

01:00:09for me

01:00:10of course

01:00:12Mark Webber

01:00:12give a high five

01:00:13yeah

01:00:13Webber was the man

01:00:15who said that

01:00:15friend in 99

01:00:16wasn't he

01:00:17when we come back

01:00:18Greg Kramer

01:00:19will be joining

01:00:19the team

01:00:20and it's about

01:00:25to come to

01:00:26its climax

01:00:26a car weekend

01:00:28for every taste

01:00:29we'll be back

01:00:30tonight

01:00:35on

01:00:36speed

01:00:38the greatest

01:00:40automotive

01:00:40endurance race

01:00:41in the world

01:00:42is back

01:00:4324 hours

01:00:44of Le Mans

01:00:45this way

01:00:46right there

01:00:46unbelievable

01:00:47grueling

01:00:49intense

01:00:50unmerciful

01:00:51catch all the

01:00:53action this

01:00:53weekend

01:00:54from start

01:00:54to finish

01:00:55as speed

01:00:56brings you

01:00:56live coverage

01:00:57from the 74th

01:00:58running of this

01:00:58prestigious event

01:00:5924 hours

01:01:01of Le Mans

01:01:01continues tonight

01:01:02to finish

01:01:03up

01:01:04to finish

01:01:05next

01:01:06time

01:01:07to finish

01:01:08next

01:01:09time

01:01:10to finish

24 Hours of Le Mans 2006 - Race part 02

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