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00:00:00And Stuart and a few of the lads there working with him as well. The Peugeot guys pacing up and down.

00:00:05You're in an invidious situation at this point in the race now. It seems like you've done an awful lot of the donkey work.

00:00:10As we said, yet less than halfway. But at the moment, David Brabham and the rest of the guys in the 9 car wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

00:00:18As we ride on board with the 63 car, our leader, Antonio Garcia, of course, a winner here last year in the Aston, in the DVR9.

00:00:26And very, very talented. Everybody I know that's worked with this guy says he is a superstar, this kid. He's really, really good.

00:00:33Come on, let's listen to the throttle work. It's just lovely to hear the way he's just sort of holding that thing on the throttle.

00:00:42Just as he comes into the pit.

00:00:44That car has brought itself up into the top 17 now. So that's again a GT1 car running in the top 17 in a field of 36 prototypes.

00:00:55I mean, that is pretty, pretty impressive, isn't it? They've just pushed, in fact, Chris Dyson down into 19th place.

00:01:02Chris Dyson in the number 25 RML Lola Mazda. Good run for them.

00:01:07And they'll be cheering in Northampton tonight that the car's got this far.

00:01:10Had a dreadful start to the season in Barcelona and Spa.

00:01:14They had engine detonations caused by the specified fuel that the organization insists on,

00:01:19which the anti-knock properties are not good in this.

00:01:21Since AER have had to really, really wind back the timing on the turbo cars.

00:01:26And it just seemed to be paying off as far as we're aware.

00:01:28And touch wood, there's been no turbo engine failures tonight.

00:01:32And this Garcia car, then in the pits, gets it refilled.

00:01:35This is the lead car, in fact.

00:01:37Driver change and just... Driver change or this changing is...

00:01:40I think they did have a driver change, I think, Tony, I've got out of the car.

00:01:43I think it may be Jan that's got in the car, couldn't quite see the crash on it properly there.

00:01:49But no need for cool suits, of course, now, because there is a stipulation they must have 32 degree temperature.

00:01:55No more in the cockpit.

00:01:57The air conditioning in all the closed cars, including the prototypes is there.

00:02:00It makes a difference.

00:02:01Yeah, but you don't have to have the cool suits and the bottles of water, the big ice buckets and things.

00:02:07It's normal, wasn't it, really?

00:02:08Let's just go through, for those of you who might have come home, switched on and thought who's doing what with which and to whom.

00:02:15Number nine, the Peugeot, currently in the hands of David Brabham, the youngest of the Brabham brothers, leads the Le Mans 24-hour race 2009,

00:02:28having competed, as I look at the screen, 177 laps.

00:02:33At 2 minutes and 40 seconds, 0.408 behind him, is currently Alan McNeish in the only one...

00:02:41Well, it's actually a lap down, but...

00:02:42...of the Audis that, yes, we've just decided he is a lap down, the only one of the Audis, he's going to click now, that really is, shall we say, on the pace.

00:02:51Right, that's Alan's now completed two shifts in this car, this is his third, he's about to start, so look for him completing a fourth shift at the end of this time.

00:02:58I'm sure he will, they won't touch the tyres, they've just done the fuel, check round the front of the car, make sure the radiators are fairly clear and out he goes.

00:03:05Peugeot, Peugeot number 8, in 3rd place Sarrazin, in 4th place 17, that's the Henri Pescarolo Peugeot, Paginot, the new hot shoe.

00:03:17And then, in 5th place, the Aston Martin, which has got Thomas Enger at the wheel of it, the big tough, and he is a hard check, but he's a lovely bloke.

00:03:29And, er, he's an inspiration of that team, because I'll tell you one thing about Thomas, he never gives up, he tries and tries and tries, he's got a heart like a lion.

00:03:39Now, the connection here, Romo Neonetti, we just saw, sitting in the Creation car, 4th participation at Le Mans, but he's actually filmed Stuntman, and he has done a lot of work in America.

00:03:48Now, Patrick Dempsey here, also has done a lot of work in America, not as a stuntman, but as a quasi-surgeon, his car, of course, running with the charities, they're raising money for children in the hospitals in Seattle, as they do in the States,

00:04:00but also for one of the major surgical, children's surgical hospitals in Paris, there's been an agreement between the ACO and the ALMS over this.

00:04:07Patrick Dempsey, star of Grey's Anatomy, not so well-known in Britain as it is, as it happens in France and Germany, huge in France, and he's just been absolutely mobbed by photographers, paparazzi in the public,

00:04:20where he walks around here, and, er, before you two join me this evening, I remarked, I was standing, talking to Dario Franchitti, and there's Patrick Dempsey, and the mob swept by, I didn't even notice Dario,

00:04:29Indy 500 winner, Indy car champion, married to a Hollywood actress, I mean, no, I'm not interested, you know.

00:04:34Well, I'll tell you a funny story about Patrick Dempsey, you mentioned about some of the films he's been in, there's a Disney film called Enchanted that he stars in,

00:04:44that my six-year-old daughter Ellie is very quite keen on, and out of the mouths of babes, I say, where she was watching, watching a replay of qualifying,

00:04:53I was watching as he spun the car into the gravel, and she looked at me, she said, Daddy, it's a good job, he's a good actor.

00:05:00That's very perceptive.

00:05:02Very perceptive, yeah.

00:05:03I'm just going to give a throw, also, for my grand-daughter Roxy, she's seven months old today, and I just want to say hello to her and the family,

00:05:10so she'll be here one day, and, er, my step-son's name is Rogers, I mean, Roxy Rogers, I mean, how cool is that?

00:05:18Fantastic, she's a star already.

00:05:20Patrick Dempsey, watch out, she'll be coming one day.

00:05:22Why are you saying, oh, yeah, hello, what have you, there are a couple of lads who couldn't come this year,

00:05:27er, the Rose Brothers, they are the, er, how can I put it, the comic geniuses of the little mob that come with John,

00:05:35and, er, lads, I know you're looking in, and, er, it's your care for your dogs that I care for, because they couldn't get someone to look after the dogs.

00:05:42Well, there you go, there is a heart out there somewhere, and that says how, er, how important their dogs must be,

00:05:48because if they love Le Mans as much as we love Le Mans, they would have much rather been here, I'm sure.

00:05:52Just stop now for Dempsey taking over, he was pretty, er, interesting that you see removing the film there, effectively,

00:05:58it's the, a closed car version of a tear-off that a racing driver would normally put on his visor, and, er, you see Formula One drivers,

00:06:05and, obviously, the open-top prototypes, the, the, the, the Audis, for example, and some of the, the, the Pescarola and other cars like that,

00:06:12the drivers have to put the tear-offs on, very interesting little bit of delicate work you see when the drivers have put them on,

00:06:18usually there's about three or four layers of film that go on top of each other, and you'll see that the drivers,

00:06:23at the end of each visor, or each end of his visor, has a little kind of a, er, a, sort of a, an angled part,

00:06:30that sort of kicks forward, so that he can just put his hand on the end of the visor, and just tear one off,

00:06:36and, er, and then do it from the other side, so left, right, left, right, and that's how they do it,

00:06:40it's just taped into place. Many, many years ago, in the early 70s, Chris Heyman was famously one of the most

00:06:46talented, but, er, sadly, yet, not, never to win a Grand Prix racing, but, er, well,

00:06:51leading the Italian Grand Prix in 1972, went for a tear-off, tore the lot off,

00:06:56the whole lot came off, 170, no, 190 mile-hours Breeze, somehow managed to finish,

00:07:01they made them tough in those days, didn't they? Oh, they did, we had a similar sort of thing,

00:07:05er, I can recall one of the British Grand Prix ones, we're going for a break very shortly, er,

00:07:11we'll be looking at the, also, the class positions when we come back, because they're interesting,

00:07:17and they're close.

00:07:18So we look forward to seeing you in a few moments, we will, Nev, we'll see you here on Eurospot after the break.

00:07:31And I won't be here.

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00:08:42Welcome back on Eurosport Le Mans 24 hours, 2009, 77, the running of this event.

00:08:49And my goodness me, Neville Hay, do we have a racer on our hands.

00:08:52Not only is the action in the front, very, very close, and still at this stage of the race, less than half distance.

00:08:59Let's not forget, there's a very, very small gap between the leading Peugeot, the number nine Peugeot,

00:09:03of David Brabham, from the McVish Audi, and then the third Peugeot, or third position, Peugeot, Stéphane Sarazan, the pole position car.

00:09:15We've got a bit of a replay, I think, coming up here, some action from a little bit earlier.

00:09:19These are our leaders, so we have a very tiredly looking Peugeot crew.

00:09:23Yes, they look exhausted, don't they?

00:09:25They do indeed, enjoying the fact that their man is number one at the moment.

00:09:29I think one of the interesting things has been how well the older Audis have gone.

00:09:34They're comfortably up there, and if anything goes wrong, which it sometimes does, they're going to be very well in the hunt, aren't they?

00:09:43They are indeed, especially impressive is the sixth position at the moment, the number 14 car,

00:09:48which initially was down to be driven by Andre Lotterer, Charles Waldsman, and Naren Karthikeyan.

00:09:53Now this is what a Peugeot sounds like if you're inside the car, just listen carefully.

00:10:04Now the drivers tell me that if you've come from a petrol engine car to a diesel engine car,

00:10:22the lack of noise is something that strikes you straight away, because you're used to something that's really revving high.

00:10:30I know that people who have got into diesel cars from petrol cars on road cars,

00:10:34and they look at this and they say, well, it's only showing four and a half thousand revs, I'd be doing six and a half.

00:10:39Yeah, they use the torque is the answer, isn't it?

00:10:42Exactly.

00:10:42I think it's a very interesting thing with the diesel cars.

00:10:45First of all, both the manufacturers, Audi and Peugeot, have found a fantastic way of interpreting the rules

00:10:52to make sure they had the best possible opportunity of getting the fastest cars within the current regulations.

00:10:57Interestingly also, Volkswagen Audi Group, VHE, which own Audi, and PSA, which own Peugeot,

00:11:05in their respective fields are probably two of the finest manufacturers of diesel engine road cars.

00:11:09So you can buy an Audi, a Volkswagen, a Seat, a Skoda, or a Peugeot or a Citroën,

00:11:14and be pretty sure that the HDI engines, or the TDI in the case of the Audi, are going to be pretty special.

00:11:20Having driven both of their versions of the cars, a friend of mine I came down with has been driving a 407 HDI down here.

00:11:27Not only is it quite an efficient and comfortable, tremendous economy,

00:11:31but also you'd actually prefer to drive into a petrol just from an enjoyment of driving time.

00:11:37It just gives you this wonderful feeling of effortless.

00:11:39You are preaching to the converted.

00:11:41I have one of those other German cars that also are leaders in the diesel field.

00:11:49And I'm very surprised, actually, that they allowed all this to happen without actually putting their finger in the dike.

00:11:55But if you have, as I have, the opportunity to drive over a pretty challenging piece of road,

00:12:03it's called the Mountain, and it's in the Isle of Man.

00:12:07Yes.

00:12:07I can assure you...

00:12:08I know of it. I've never experienced it, but I know of it.

00:12:11I can assure you, driving over that in a diesel BMW, a quick diesel BMW,

00:12:17is every bit as thrilling, every bit as much fun as any petrol car I've ever had, any time, ever.

00:12:23I don't doubt it. I'm personally a big fan as well.

00:12:26So, understand that.

00:12:27But what I'm saying is that not only did they take the rules and work them to their advantage,

00:12:34but also they've used it as a brilliant marketing tool.

00:12:36Absolutely.

00:12:37Speaking to Christian Steen, who's the Peugeot Marketing Manager for the UK,

00:12:41is the way that they've used this, similarly Audi have done the same thing,

00:12:44but Peugeot especially said, look, we know that people know that we build great diesel engines,

00:12:49whether it's in a 207, a 308, a 400, whatever it may be.

00:12:53But people don't actually necessarily think of it as a performance engine.

00:12:57They think of it as refined, low emissions, emissions, of course.

00:13:00Peugeot, I think, manufacture more sub-130 gram cars than any other manufacturer in Europe.

00:13:06So that's very much part of their intrinsic marketing plan.

00:13:09The point really being is that we all know that they work brilliantly,

00:13:13but a lot of people are a bit, yeah, well, there's no way out of it.

00:13:15It won't be as much fun, it won't be fast, and it actually is.

00:13:18Now, we need to go back to the action and see what's been going on at the front.

00:13:22We've seen a Jet Alliance car there, Aston, which is,

00:13:26because now they've taken the boot lid off,

00:13:27which tends to tell me it's something to do with the fuel systems.

00:13:30That's where the tank would be in the back part of the car.

00:13:34It's not kind of...

00:13:34It's said in a way that there's no challenge, really, from Aston to the Chevrolets here,

00:13:38and we were looking at the classes, and just update you on that,

00:13:41we obviously know that we've got the Bravan Peugeot in the lead from McNiche with the Audi.

00:13:46That's 9 and 1, if you like the numbers, and you can see the numbers, of course,

00:13:50for those of you who are watching the television.

00:13:51And then Sarazan in third place.

00:13:55Moving down quickly, then we have got Collard,

00:13:59with the Porsche in number 31,

00:14:02and he now is with 170 laps on the board.

00:14:10If I've got it right, only 6.456 seconds behind him is Melo's car,

00:14:15which is quite remarkable.

00:14:16That's the Orica car.

00:14:19Beg your pardon, different class.

00:14:20No, it's the other Porsche, the ARI Porsche, number 5,

00:14:24who lost a bit of time.

00:14:26He's lost a bit of time, that car, but he's still on the board there.

00:14:30And then the next car in that class is the Lola,

00:14:34the Leinbach Lola,

00:14:36with 165 laps, so he's another two laps behind.

00:14:40We'll talk about the others in a second,

00:14:42then at the moment,

00:14:43as far as the big Chevrolets are concerned,

00:14:47by Jan Magnussen with the Corvette.

00:14:49Yeah, the Vets, obviously,

00:14:53we always expected them to pretty much dominate,

00:14:55and it was really not so much a matter of

00:14:58if they'd be at the front,

00:14:59it was which one would be at the front,

00:15:00and that's clearly been the case.

00:15:02Great job by Jan Magnussen,

00:15:04who's become an absolute swell.

00:15:06We always knew he was a superstar,

00:15:07remember him in his single-seater days in Formula 3,

00:15:10being touted as the next centre,

00:15:12and certainly his performances there

00:15:14indicated that would be the case.

00:15:16Had a bit of a rough time when he got to F1,

00:15:18but re-established himself

00:15:20as the single-seater sports car superstar.

00:15:23We look at the Essex team,

00:15:25the green and white Porsche

00:15:26that is leading its class

00:15:28with Manuel Collard on board,

00:15:30but about to be a driver change.

00:15:33Yeah, I don't think he had,

00:15:36how can I put it,

00:15:36the personality that clicked there.

00:15:39Finishing up that class,

00:15:41the other Corvette of Fassler,

00:15:44number 64.

00:15:45That's a good, quick car,

00:15:47Marcel Fassler, 32 years old,

00:15:49going very well in that car.

00:15:50That's not one of the actual American engines,

00:15:52which is really good, actually.

00:15:53I like to see them do well.

00:15:55We're on board,

00:15:57the Peugeot once again.

00:15:58You can hear that

00:15:59diesel beat.

00:16:02It's like a low sort of thrumming sound,

00:16:06is it?

00:16:06When you stand outside,

00:16:07we've got a balcony

00:16:08just near where our commentary position,

00:16:10which overlooks the start-finish rate.

00:16:12You stand outside,

00:16:12and one of the things

00:16:13that I think impresses people

00:16:15who are new to Le Mans

00:16:16is the different sounds

00:16:18and smells and vibrations

00:16:20and everything that you get

00:16:21from different classes

00:16:22and the Peugeots and the Audis

00:16:24kind of whistle past

00:16:25this wonderful sort of silent efficiency.

00:16:28You have this thunder,

00:16:31you can only describe it,

00:16:32that the Corvettes provide.

00:16:33You can feel,

00:16:34even we're on the sixth floor,

00:16:36you can feel the vibration

00:16:37from that wonderful old-school

00:16:39American engine,

00:16:42much like you used to get

00:16:42with the Panos cars

00:16:43when they were racing here

00:16:45a few years ago.

00:16:45And then you have the stream

00:16:47of the petrol engine P cars

00:16:49and the very distinctive roar

00:16:52that you get from the Aston,

00:16:54the Paul Drayson Aston

00:16:57and the Jet Alliance cars.

00:16:58So that's one of the things,

00:16:59it's that sensory experience

00:17:00that you get with Le Mans

00:17:02that you don't get

00:17:03with certain forms

00:17:04of single-seater racing.

00:17:06So now, the creation car,

00:17:08Jamie Campbell Walter on board.

00:17:09We've seen it had problems

00:17:10earlier on with what looked

00:17:12to be like a suspension issue

00:17:14or something certainly working.

00:17:15Looks as if it's still

00:17:16got a suspension problem,

00:17:17doesn't it?

00:17:18Yeah, they're bouncing

00:17:18up and down on the front.

00:17:20Better finish the classes off

00:17:23because I didn't.

00:17:2629th position and leading

00:17:28his class, the Caffey Ferrari,

00:17:30at which point the screen

00:17:33has just gone berserk,

00:17:34but it always does,

00:17:34doesn't it,

00:17:35when you're back

00:17:35to read something off.

00:17:38The law of sod,

00:17:39I think they call it.

00:17:39Is that right?

00:17:40That's about it.

00:17:41Yeah, it always happens to me.

00:17:43Yeah, it's Piet Kaffey,

00:17:45Oh, he's found another one

00:17:46over there that works

00:17:47even better.

00:17:48Oh, yeah.

00:17:48The second place car

00:17:50in that class

00:17:51is the 92 car,

00:17:53the Rob Bell,

00:17:53Tim Sugden,

00:17:54Andrew Kerkodding car,

00:17:55the JFW performance car,

00:17:56the Dunlop car as well.

00:17:58Sugden almost a veteran now,

00:17:59isn't he?

00:17:59Oh, well, yes,

00:18:00I think he's been around.

00:18:0145 years old, Tim, you had?

00:18:03Yeah, exactly.

00:18:04Him and his mate,

00:18:05Richard Dean, of course,

00:18:06both Yorkshireman and Proud

00:18:08running here.

00:18:09And third position

00:18:10is the Porsche,

00:18:11the Naraq,

00:18:12Raymond Naraq car,

00:18:13the Imsumat performance car

00:18:14that we saw

00:18:15being super quick early on

00:18:17as you see the Gennetta

00:18:18going through.

00:18:19Now, a lot of Gennetta flags

00:18:20around here.

00:18:21I'll tell you what I love

00:18:22about that, Nev,

00:18:23is that over the years

00:18:25we've all come to Le Mans.

00:18:26There's always been

00:18:27a massive amount

00:18:28of British contingent here

00:18:29and any of the Brits

00:18:31that are at home

00:18:31watching this

00:18:32will probably be

00:18:33looking on longingly

00:18:34like your mates,

00:18:35the Rose Brothers,

00:18:35thinking,

00:18:36oh, I wish I was there.

00:18:37I wish I was watching

00:18:38the racing,

00:18:38having a beer,

00:18:39having a barbecue,

00:18:40all the things

00:18:40that all the Brits do.

00:18:41But there's always

00:18:42a British manufacturer

00:18:44that people warm to,

00:18:45whether it's Jaguar,

00:18:46whether it's Aston,

00:18:47whether it was TBR.

00:18:48TBR a year or two ago.

00:18:49TBR.

00:18:49And now Gennetta

00:18:50has just captured

00:18:51people's imagination.

00:18:52Now, Lawrence Tomlinson

00:18:53is the chairman

00:18:54of L&T and off Gennetta.

00:18:56Richard Dean,

00:18:57the managing director,

00:18:58have done something special

00:18:59in putting young Nigel Moore

00:19:00in that car.

00:19:0117 years old.

00:19:02Let's put it in perspective.

00:19:03The entry formula

00:19:04for Gennetta

00:19:05as motorsport

00:19:06is the Gennetta Junior Series.

00:19:0814 to 17 year old kids

00:19:09can race

00:19:10alongside the British touring cars.

00:19:11Tell me about your boys.

00:19:12I'll tell you about my boys later.

00:19:14I know exactly what you mean, though.

00:19:15But more importantly,

00:19:16Nigel Moore,

00:19:17not only did he win

00:19:18that championship

00:19:19two years ago,

00:19:19he's still eligible

00:19:20to compete in that series

00:19:22at the start of this year.

00:19:23He could have done that series.

00:19:24And he's racing

00:19:25at Le Mans

00:19:26against Aldi and Peugeot.

00:19:27And that shows you

00:19:28what Gennetta have done

00:19:29as a manufacturer

00:19:29to bring young talent through.

00:19:31And they've done

00:19:31the right thing

00:19:32because though

00:19:33not everything

00:19:35those guys do

00:19:36everybody agrees with,

00:19:38the one thing

00:19:39they have done

00:19:39is to prove that

00:19:40if you've got a young talent

00:19:42like that,

00:19:42you've got to give it a chance.

00:19:44You and I

00:19:44have been sitting around

00:19:45here today

00:19:46and apart from

00:19:47a very nice Scotsman

00:19:48who is back home

00:19:50to race again

00:19:50next week

00:19:51and has got a fantastic wife.

00:19:53Would that be

00:19:54Mr. Frank Kitty-Berry James?

00:19:55Indeed, we've had

00:19:55a very pretty girl up here

00:19:57who is a more than

00:19:58capable driver.

00:20:00We've had another guy

00:20:01who is a very capable driver.

00:20:03They should be out there

00:20:05at the 8.

00:20:07Well, there's a very simple reason

00:20:09why they haven't got

00:20:10a very large bag of gold

00:20:11to put down.

00:20:12No, and having been a driver

00:20:14myself for a lot of years

00:20:15I know that the situation

00:20:16is not necessary

00:20:17from my own point of view.

00:20:18I think I'm, you know,

00:20:18I had a reasonable go

00:20:20and did okay.

00:20:20But the point is

00:20:21I've raced against

00:20:22and worked with

00:20:24as an instructor

00:20:24some of the most talented guys

00:20:26I've ever seen

00:20:26that just never got a chance.

00:20:28One guy springs to mind

00:20:29is Matt Davis

00:20:30who was a contemporary

00:20:31of Jenson Button.

00:20:32Daniel Weldon

00:20:33we talked about

00:20:33Dario Frank Kitty

00:20:34winning the Indy 500.

00:20:35Daniel Weldon

00:20:36of course another

00:20:36young British talent

00:20:37did that.

00:20:38Matt Davis is the fastest

00:20:39thing I've seen

00:20:40on four wheels.

00:20:41Didn't quite get

00:20:42the opportunities

00:20:42right car, right time.

00:20:44This is a guy

00:20:45you could put in

00:20:46one of these cars tomorrow

00:20:47having not been in racing

00:20:48for a while

00:20:48and he would deliver.

00:20:50And we all know

00:20:50we've got countless stories

00:20:52we can tell about

00:20:53Kevin Burt,

00:20:53another guy

00:20:54who I raged very, very highly.

00:20:55Kevin McGarrity,

00:20:57Dario's mate.

00:20:57especially British talent

00:20:59as well

00:21:00and let's be

00:21:00a little bit biased

00:21:02just for a moment

00:21:03apologies to anyone

00:21:04that's listening

00:21:04who's not from Great Britain

00:21:06but as British motorsport fans

00:21:08we're very proud

00:21:08of the amount

00:21:09of very talented drivers

00:21:10that we've got

00:21:11that we can provide

00:21:12and certainly

00:21:13would there be

00:21:14a situation

00:21:15where

00:21:15remember back

00:21:16in the 70s and 80s

00:21:17when Elf

00:21:18put all this money

00:21:19into French drivers

00:21:20and look what it did

00:21:21there were about

00:21:2112 French drivers

00:21:22in Formula 1

00:21:23at one point.

00:21:24To be fair to him

00:21:26and I'm not always

00:21:27fair to him

00:21:28because I'm not

00:21:29necessarily somebody

00:21:30who rings the bell

00:21:31for Sir Jackie Stewart

00:21:32on every occasion

00:21:34he did actually

00:21:35try to do this

00:21:36and he made a very good

00:21:38effort to try

00:21:39and do it

00:21:39with a Vauxhall

00:21:41junior team

00:21:42with Formula 3

00:21:43with Formula 3000

00:21:45and eventually Formula 1

00:21:47and sadly

00:21:48in the nicest possible way

00:21:50it got away from him

00:21:51didn't it

00:21:51but

00:21:52the thought was there

00:21:53and Adam Good

00:21:54thought it was too.

00:21:55Well a lot of drivers

00:21:56we talked about

00:21:56Dario Franchitti

00:21:57we talked about

00:21:58Jan Magnussen

00:21:58we talked about

00:21:59Alan McNish

00:22:01some of these guys

00:22:01have come into

00:22:02the top level motorsport

00:22:04as a result of

00:22:05PSR as it was called

00:22:06Paul Stewart racing

00:22:07and of course

00:22:08it was Jackie's son

00:22:09Paul

00:22:10a pretty capable

00:22:12racing driver

00:22:13in his own

00:22:13capable driver

00:22:14but by his own admission

00:22:15he got to a point

00:22:16in his career

00:22:16where he said

00:22:16well I'm not good enough

00:22:17to be a Formula 1 driver

00:22:19but I'm a good businessman

00:22:20and he was a very

00:22:21and he's a very good businessman

00:22:23and that sometimes

00:22:25has to happen

00:22:25you know

00:22:26I admire a man

00:22:26who can do that

00:22:27because let's face it

00:22:28we've always said

00:22:29that there is a

00:22:30this sort of thing

00:22:31that men have

00:22:32and let's face it

00:22:33I'm one of them

00:22:34that they all believe

00:22:36we can drive

00:22:36extremely well

00:22:37well sometimes

00:22:38that realisation

00:22:39has to come to you

00:22:40well look

00:22:40hang on

00:22:41I am not

00:22:42going to be world champion

00:22:43but I probably

00:22:44can make it

00:22:45for somebody else

00:22:46exactly make it

00:22:47and Christian Horne

00:22:47another example

00:22:48a very talented

00:22:49F3000 driver

00:22:50now of course

00:22:51running Red Bull

00:22:52F1

00:22:52talking about drivers

00:22:54there's another one

00:22:55currently driving

00:22:56car number 9

00:22:57currently in the lead

00:22:58of the 2009

00:23:00Le Mans

00:23:00Alex Wurtz

00:23:02a very good driver

00:23:03he had three disadvantages

00:23:06one

00:23:07he was far too good

00:23:08a test driver

00:23:09yeah

00:23:09two

00:23:10he was far too big

00:23:11yeah

00:23:12and people

00:23:13I don't know why

00:23:14they've got to get to people

00:23:15sort of six foot tall

00:23:16and however

00:23:16it's a terrible thing

00:23:17and thirdly

00:23:18I suppose

00:23:19at the end of the day

00:23:20he just wasn't

00:23:22perhaps

00:23:22in the right place

00:23:24at the right time

00:23:25but if you remember

00:23:26when he first got into

00:23:27F1 with Benetton

00:23:28he took over

00:23:29from Gerhard Berger

00:23:30who had had a sinus problem

00:23:31he couldn't race for a while

00:23:32it was stunning

00:23:33the first few races

00:23:34and we see

00:23:35and now talking about

00:23:36talented drivers

00:23:36Thomas Erdos

00:23:37the Brazilian driver

00:23:38that has won his class

00:23:40in Le Mans

00:23:40totally agree

00:23:40fantastically talented

00:23:42a charming man

00:23:43a true professional

00:23:45and an incredibly talented driver

00:23:47and I'm just so pleased

00:23:48that Mike Newton

00:23:48gave Tommy the opportunity

00:23:50to do what we know

00:23:52he can do

00:23:52be a professional racing driver

00:23:54in a great car

00:23:55with a good organisation

00:23:56and has delivered the job

00:23:57year in

00:23:58year out

00:23:59and that's what we want to see

00:24:01we want to see guys

00:24:02getting that kind of break

00:24:03the break that Tommy's had

00:24:05the break that Nigel Moore's

00:24:07had the break

00:24:07another one that's

00:24:08to bring to mind

00:24:08Danny Watts

00:24:09what a superstar that kid is

00:24:11absolutely

00:24:12mega mega driver

00:24:13and one of the nicest

00:24:15kids you could ever meet

00:24:16as well

00:24:16but

00:24:16but at 29 years old

00:24:18there's nobody going to say

00:24:19come on Dan

00:24:20maybe not as an F1 driver

00:24:22unfortunately

00:24:22in sports car racing

00:24:24is every chance

00:24:25he can get the opportunity

00:24:26I hope so

00:24:27now we've been

00:24:28wittering on a bit

00:24:29as we do

00:24:30unfortunately

00:24:31let's get back

00:24:31to let the

00:24:32the lovely ladies and gentlemen

00:24:34at home understand

00:24:34exactly where we're at

00:24:35with this

00:24:35the significant thing

00:24:36at the moment

00:24:37you mentioned there

00:24:37Alex Wurtz

00:24:38leading the race

00:24:39as part of the

00:24:40Wurtz

00:24:41Genet

00:24:42and Brabham

00:24:42combination

00:24:43at the moment

00:24:453 minutes 34

00:24:46is the gap

00:24:48between

00:24:49the Wurtz

00:24:50leading car

00:24:51and the second place Audi

00:24:52of Alan McNish

00:24:53currently on board

00:24:54who is lapping

00:24:55pretty quickly

00:24:56at this stage of the race

00:24:57I think the times

00:24:58have dropped away a bit

00:24:58who is lapping

00:25:00very impressively

00:25:00at the moment

00:25:01is Simon Paginot

00:25:02in the privateer

00:25:04the Pescarolo

00:25:05Peugeot

00:25:06was 3.28

00:25:06previous lap

00:25:073.29.1

00:25:08which is at this stage

00:25:09of the race

00:25:10is pretty impressive stuff

00:25:11going down

00:25:12another impressive drive

00:25:14is the 14

00:25:15the Collez Racing

00:25:16Audi R10

00:25:17just Andre Lothra

00:25:19and Charles Wurtz

00:25:20because the third driver

00:25:21that ain't car decay

00:25:22and carrying an injury

00:25:24wasn't able to make

00:25:25the start of the race

00:25:25what a handicap that was

00:25:27back in the day

00:25:27you could just pluck

00:25:28one of your other drivers

00:25:29and pop then

00:25:30couldn't you never

00:25:30he hurt himself

00:25:33actually

00:25:33apparently

00:25:34climbing over the pit wall

00:25:35which

00:25:37will teach you a lesson

00:25:39because I nearly fell over

00:25:40doing exactly the same thing

00:25:41only a couple of days ago

00:25:42but I'm very sorry for him

00:25:44because

00:25:44he

00:25:45deserves that opportunity

00:25:46a friend of mine

00:25:47Simon Finnis

00:25:48there working for

00:25:49Ginetta

00:25:49I know Simon of years

00:25:50of old

00:25:51when I was racing

00:25:51single seats

00:25:52he's a very talented

00:25:53and capable engineer

00:25:54but however good you are

00:25:55we all need our kips

00:25:56sometimes

00:25:57yes

00:25:57sorry

00:25:58back to your point

00:25:59he just looked actually

00:26:00he looked unconscious

00:26:04actually

00:26:04he didn't have any kip

00:26:05but you can see

00:26:06there are lots and lots

00:26:07of tired guys about

00:26:08at the moment

00:26:08lots of tired guys about

00:26:11and there are going to be

00:26:12lots of tired drivers as well

00:26:13this time of night

00:26:15now everybody's got

00:26:16used to the dark

00:26:17this time of night

00:26:18it's not too bad

00:26:20there's not too much

00:26:20mist around

00:26:21when it starts to hurt again

00:26:24of course

00:26:24is when we've got in

00:26:25another

00:26:26two or three hours time

00:26:28we shall begin seeing

00:26:29dawn break

00:26:30and then we get the

00:26:31half light

00:26:31and that is another time

00:26:33but as yet of course

00:26:34we haven't even got

00:26:36half way

00:26:37towards the 2009

00:26:39Le Mans 24 hour race

00:26:41which is

00:26:42quite a

00:26:44sort of strange thing

00:26:45to think about

00:26:46when all the things

00:26:47that have happened

00:26:47have happened in this race

00:26:49we've seen it swing

00:26:50it's swinging at the moment

00:26:52very much in the

00:26:53lap of Peugeot

00:26:54but the race is there

00:26:56for them

00:26:56not just to win

00:26:58the race is there

00:26:59if they make a mistake

00:27:00for them to lose

00:27:01we saw a wonderful

00:27:04on-board shot

00:27:05Jan Magnussen

00:27:05that man

00:27:06absolutely

00:27:06at one with his car

00:27:07the 13 car

00:27:09doing a great job

00:27:10just outside the top 10

00:27:11Nikola Prost

00:27:12of course

00:27:12the son of the legendary

00:27:13Alan Prost as David Brabham

00:27:15son of another legend

00:27:16is in the penalty

00:27:17now we're going to take

00:27:18a very short break

00:27:19here on Eurosport

00:27:20we will be back

00:27:21very soon

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00:28:01Emile Lubricants

00:28:02welcome back to Le Mans

00:28:18welcome back to the 25 car

00:28:20coming back in again

00:28:21we've seen this

00:28:22make a stop

00:28:22fairly recently

00:28:24Thomas Erdos

00:28:25on board of the car

00:28:26the Brazilian driver

00:28:27see the guys there

00:28:29looking like

00:28:30got some sort of an issue

00:28:31this is a really

00:28:32tough break

00:28:33for these guys

00:28:33because they were

00:28:34kind of working their way

00:28:35back towards

00:28:36a decent position

00:28:38currently

00:28:3824th overall

00:28:40and 6th

00:28:41in the LMP2 class

00:28:42of course

00:28:43twice former winners

00:28:44engine cover off

00:28:45so it doesn't look good

00:28:46doesn't look good

00:28:47a few minutes ago

00:28:48I think the

00:28:49right expression

00:28:50as we see

00:28:50number 7

00:28:51on its way out

00:28:53that's the

00:28:55Christian

00:28:55kind driven car

00:28:57back in 8th place

00:28:58had a big delay

00:29:00but

00:29:00climbing back

00:29:02and again

00:29:03being beautifully

00:29:04driven

00:29:04you can't help

00:29:05but

00:29:05admire the way

00:29:07that these

00:29:07Peugeot drivers

00:29:08many of whom

00:29:10have had

00:29:10Formula 1 experience

00:29:11have come to grips

00:29:13with sports car racing

00:29:14which is a very

00:29:15different discipline

00:29:16today

00:29:16if you listen

00:29:17a little earlier on

00:29:18we were talking

00:29:19to one very well

00:29:22known Formula 1

00:29:23driver

00:29:24who's driving

00:29:24one of the Aston Martins

00:29:25who I think

00:29:26is one of the

00:29:26most underrated drivers

00:29:28we've got

00:29:28Anthony Davidson

00:29:29and he was saying

00:29:30a totally different

00:29:32thing he was

00:29:33to come

00:29:33to sports cars

00:29:34he wasn't yet

00:29:35getting the best

00:29:35out of the car

00:29:36he hadn't yet

00:29:37got the experience

00:29:38that he felt

00:29:39he needed with a car

00:29:39to get the best

00:29:40out of it

00:29:40personally

00:29:41I hope he doesn't

00:29:42I hope he gets

00:29:43back in Formula 1

00:29:44BBQ

00:29:44but that's another

00:29:45story

00:29:46but it's a great

00:29:47opportunity

00:29:48for people

00:29:49like Davidson

00:29:50to remind

00:29:51the motorsport

00:29:53community

00:29:53and certainly

00:29:54at the highest

00:29:54level

00:29:54that

00:29:55you know

00:29:55you can jump

00:29:56in and get

00:29:56on with it

00:29:57as a good

00:29:57top line

00:29:58driver

00:29:58you can do

00:29:58that

00:29:58just Verstappen

00:29:59another

00:29:59superstar

00:30:00XF1

00:30:01driver

00:30:02that has

00:30:03proved

00:30:03that you can

00:30:04get in

00:30:04and get on

00:30:04with it

00:30:05very quickly

00:30:05and we

00:30:05could

00:30:06you know

00:30:06we could

00:30:07rave on

00:30:07about

00:30:07numerous

00:30:08drivers

00:30:09we see

00:30:09the change

00:30:10now

00:30:10of the

00:30:11Pescarolo

00:30:13Jadka

00:30:15Bruce Schwanney

00:30:15he has

00:30:16another

00:30:16very talented

00:30:17driver

00:30:17that's

00:30:17had a

00:30:18great

00:30:18opportunity

00:30:19Christophe

00:30:20Tanso

00:30:20Christophe

00:30:21Tanso

00:30:21had his

00:30:21nose

00:30:22put

00:30:22somewhat

00:30:22out of

00:30:22drive

00:30:23because

00:30:23he

00:30:23was

00:30:23hoping

00:30:23to

00:30:24get

00:30:24into

00:30:24the

00:30:24Pescarolo

00:30:26Peugeot

00:30:27but unfortunately

00:30:28that break

00:30:29went

00:30:30to

00:30:30JCB

00:30:32Christophe

00:30:32Brion

00:30:33well

00:30:33it

00:30:33doesn't

00:30:34always

00:30:34go the

00:30:34way

00:30:35you

00:30:35want

00:30:35you

00:30:35got

00:30:35the

00:30:36Aston

00:30:36Martin

00:30:36008

00:30:38now

00:30:39this

00:30:40looks

00:30:41looks

00:30:42as if

00:30:42it's

00:30:43alright

00:30:44it's

00:30:44back in

00:30:4412th place

00:30:45it looks

00:30:46a sort of

00:30:47a general

00:30:49normal

00:30:491000 mile

00:30:51service

00:30:51check the

00:30:52oil

00:30:52and

00:30:53tyres

00:30:54what have

00:30:54you

00:30:55no

00:30:55they've

00:30:55just

00:30:55changed

00:30:55tyres

00:30:56on the

00:30:56car

00:30:56it

00:30:57is

00:30:57refuelled

00:30:57that

00:30:58car

00:30:58struggling

00:30:59but

00:30:59he's

00:30:59got to

00:30:59catch up

00:31:00he's

00:31:00back

00:31:00in

00:31:0012th

00:31:01place

00:31:01he

00:31:01lost

00:31:02some

00:31:02time

00:31:02because

00:31:03I

00:31:03think

00:31:03he

00:31:03came

00:31:03into

00:31:03contact

00:31:04with

00:31:04another

00:31:04car

00:31:05and

00:31:06there

00:31:06was

00:31:06some

00:31:06damage

00:31:06to be

00:31:07dealt

00:31:07with

00:31:08on

00:31:08the

00:31:08car

00:31:08but

00:31:08apart

00:31:10from

00:31:10that

00:31:11the

00:31:11Astons

00:31:11have

00:31:12surprised

00:31:12everybody

00:31:12with

00:31:13their

00:31:13pace

00:31:13because

00:31:14their

00:31:14pace

00:31:15has

00:31:15been

00:31:15certainly

00:31:16within

00:31:174-5

00:31:18seconds

00:31:19normally

00:31:19of the

00:31:20diesels

00:31:21which is

00:31:21about

00:31:214-5

00:31:22seconds

00:31:22better

00:31:23than

00:31:24this

00:31:24time

00:31:24last

00:31:24year

00:31:25when

00:31:25cars

00:31:25were

00:31:26trying

00:31:26to

00:31:26compete

00:31:26with

00:31:26the

00:31:26diesels

00:31:27but

00:31:27that's

00:31:28another

00:31:28story

00:31:28it

00:31:29evolved

00:31:29that

00:31:29car

00:31:29very

00:31:30well

00:31:30it's

00:31:30been

00:31:30a

00:31:31very

00:31:32intense

00:31:34relationship

00:31:34between

00:31:35Aston

00:31:35Martin

00:31:35and

00:31:36we were

00:31:37talking

00:31:37about

00:31:37Danny

00:31:38Watts

00:31:38earlier

00:31:38in

00:31:39the

00:31:39relentless

00:31:39sponsor

00:31:40Ginetta

00:31:41Zaytech

00:31:41the

00:31:41Stracker

00:31:42Racing

00:31:42Nick

00:31:43Leventis

00:31:44Harry

00:31:44Leventis

00:31:45running

00:31:45that

00:31:45team

00:31:46there

00:31:46another

00:31:47great

00:31:47driver

00:31:47Peter

00:31:48Harbour

00:31:48on board

00:31:49there

00:31:49Danny

00:31:50Watts

00:31:50of course

00:31:50stunned

00:31:52everybody

00:31:52with a

00:31:53pole

00:31:53position

00:31:53at

00:31:53Barcelona

00:31:54for

00:31:54the

00:31:54LMS

00:31:54race

00:31:55Danny

00:31:55and his

00:31:55lovely

00:31:57partner

00:31:57Fiona

00:31:58very

00:31:59much

00:31:59focusing

00:32:00on

00:32:00getting

00:32:00him

00:32:01established

00:32:02in

00:32:02sports car

00:32:03racing

00:32:03because

00:32:04everything

00:32:04this guy

00:32:05has done

00:32:05he has

00:32:05been

00:32:06quick

00:32:06and he

00:32:06raced

00:32:06in the

00:32:06Porsche

00:32:07Super

00:32:07Cup

00:32:07last

00:32:08year

00:32:08and

00:32:08was

00:32:09awesomely

00:32:09quick

00:32:10in that

00:32:10he

00:32:10raced

00:32:10did

00:32:11what

00:32:12impressed

00:32:12me

00:32:12most

00:32:12when

00:32:13he

00:32:13was

00:32:13racing

00:32:13in

00:32:13the

00:32:13Porsche

00:32:14Carrera

00:32:14Cup

00:32:14great

00:32:15Brittany

00:32:15came

00:32:15in

00:32:15and won

00:32:16countless

00:32:16races

00:32:1710

00:32:17races

00:32:17in the

00:32:18year

00:32:18and at

00:32:18the end

00:32:18of the

00:32:19year

00:32:19jumped

00:32:19in an

00:32:19F3

00:32:20car

00:32:20to help

00:32:20out

00:32:21Riker

00:32:21and Robinson

00:32:22racing

00:32:22stuck it

00:32:23on pole

00:32:23position

00:32:23and won

00:32:24the race

00:32:24and driven

00:32:24an F3

00:32:25for a while

00:32:25quite capable

00:32:26of doing

00:32:26any of those

00:32:27things

00:32:27very talented

00:32:28driver

00:32:29as you say

00:32:29and I think

00:32:30one who

00:32:30deserves

00:32:31every success

00:32:32that he gets

00:32:32what might

00:32:34say

00:32:35I was told

00:32:36many years

00:32:37ago

00:32:37when I was

00:32:38first

00:32:38involved

00:32:39in

00:32:39commentary

00:32:40on

00:32:40television

00:32:40talk about

00:32:42what you

00:32:42can see

00:32:43not what

00:32:44you can't

00:32:44see

00:32:45and I'm

00:32:45going to

00:32:45talk about

00:32:46something

00:32:46you can't

00:32:47see

00:32:47because it

00:32:48was during

00:32:48an advert

00:32:49break

00:32:49during an

00:32:50advert

00:32:51break

00:32:51we were

00:32:51watching

00:32:52David Brabham

00:32:53in a

00:32:54debrief

00:32:55and Simon

00:32:56and I

00:32:56nearly fell

00:32:57off our

00:32:57chairs

00:32:58trying to

00:32:58hear

00:32:58what he

00:32:59was

00:32:59saying

00:32:59because

00:33:00we

00:33:00couldn't

00:33:00hear

00:33:01but

00:33:01if

00:33:01you

00:33:01look

00:33:01at

00:33:01the

00:33:01expression

00:33:02on

00:33:02his

00:33:02face

00:33:03I

00:33:03think

00:33:04it

00:33:04said

00:33:04something

00:33:04like

00:33:05I'm

00:33:05not

00:33:05a

00:33:05happy

00:33:06bunny

00:33:06I

00:33:07think

00:33:07it

00:33:07said

00:33:07to

00:33:08me

00:33:08just

00:33:09looking

00:33:09at

00:33:09it

00:33:09that

00:33:10there

00:33:10were

00:33:10certain

00:33:11elements

00:33:11of

00:33:12the

00:33:12car

00:33:12which

00:33:13were

00:33:14in a

00:33:14test

00:33:14session

00:33:15where

00:33:15he

00:33:15was

00:33:15able

00:33:15to

00:33:15go

00:33:16out

00:33:16change

00:33:16it

00:33:16come

00:33:17back

00:33:17in

00:33:17try

00:33:17it

00:33:18he

00:33:18would

00:33:18have

00:33:18happily

00:33:18done

00:33:19it

00:33:19however

00:33:20and

00:33:20this

00:33:20is

00:33:21a

00:33:21significant

00:33:21thing

00:33:21in

00:33:22Alex

00:33:22Wurtz

00:33:22in

00:33:23Marc

00:33:23Genet

00:33:23two

00:33:25of the

00:33:25most

00:33:25experienced

00:33:26F1

00:33:26test

00:33:27drivers

00:33:27out

00:33:27there

00:33:27you

00:33:27mentioned

00:33:28a

00:33:28good

00:33:28point

00:33:28about

00:33:28Alex

00:33:29Wurtz

00:33:29almost

00:33:30too

00:33:30good

00:33:30a

00:33:30test

00:33:30driver

00:33:31in

00:33:31David

00:33:32Brabham

00:33:33has

00:33:33raced

00:33:34just

00:33:34about

00:33:34every

00:33:35kind

00:33:35of

00:33:35prototype

00:33:36GT

00:33:36car

00:33:36everything

00:33:37you

00:33:37think

00:33:37of

00:33:37what

00:33:38a

00:33:38tremendous

00:33:38combination

00:33:39and

00:33:39if

00:33:39ever

00:33:40there

00:33:40was

00:33:40a

00:33:40group

00:33:40of

00:33:40racing

00:33:41drivers

00:33:41who

00:33:42could

00:33:42go

00:33:42do

00:33:42you

00:33:42know

00:33:43what

00:33:43it

00:33:43might

00:33:43not

00:33:43be

00:33:44quite

00:33:44there

00:33:44but

00:33:44we

00:33:45can

00:33:45live

00:33:45with

00:33:45it

00:33:46and

00:33:46ultimately

00:33:46we

00:33:56problem

00:33:56I

00:33:57think

00:33:57you're

00:33:57absolutely

00:33:57right

00:33:58it

00:33:58wasn't

00:33:59by

00:33:59any

00:33:59manner

00:33:59of

00:34:00means

00:34:00the

00:34:00noted

00:34:01Peugeot

00:34:02throughout

00:34:03Wednesday

00:34:04and

00:34:04Thursday

00:34:05and

00:34:06even

00:34:07when

00:34:07they

00:34:08were

00:34:08over

00:34:08at

00:34:08Spa

00:34:09I

00:34:10know

00:34:10he

00:34:11had

00:34:11a

00:34:11jump

00:34:11and

00:34:11I

00:34:12know

00:34:12that

00:34:12it

00:34:12had

00:34:13a

00:34:13lot

00:34:13of

00:34:14catching

00:34:14up

00:34:14to

00:34:14do

00:34:14but

00:34:15it

00:34:15wasn't

00:34:15a

00:34:15particularly

00:34:16how

00:34:17can

00:34:17I

00:34:17put

00:34:17it

00:34:17magnificent

00:34:19debut

00:34:20for

00:34:20Brabham

00:34:20in

00:34:20a

00:34:21Peugeot

00:34:21but

00:34:22he

00:34:22really

00:34:22has

00:34:22come

00:34:23to

00:34:23his

00:34:26been

00:34:26yes

00:34:27pretty

00:34:28reliable

00:34:28but

00:34:29the

00:34:29other

00:34:29thing

00:34:29is

00:34:30it's

00:34:30been

00:34:30very

00:34:30well

00:34:30driven

00:34:31and

00:34:31it's

00:34:32turned

00:34:32in

00:34:32lap

00:34:32times

00:34:33which

00:34:34it

00:34:34would

00:34:34seemingly

00:34:35be

00:34:35able

00:34:36to

00:34:36do

00:34:36all

00:34:36day

00:34:37long

00:34:37as

00:34:38opposed

00:34:38to

00:34:38some

00:34:39very

00:34:39quick

00:34:39ones

00:34:39and

00:34:40some

00:34:40rather

00:34:40slow

00:34:40ones

00:34:41shows

00:34:42a lot

00:34:42of

00:34:42knowledge

00:34:42of

00:34:42the

00:34:42traffic

00:34:43generally

00:34:45a

00:34:45very

00:34:46professional

00:34:47approach

00:34:47just

00:34:47the

00:34:47three

00:34:47Audi

00:34:48comes

00:34:48in

00:34:48those

00:34:48cars

00:34:49had

00:34:49drama

00:34:50after

00:34:50drama

00:34:50throughout

00:34:51today

00:34:51at

00:34:51the

00:34:51moment

00:34:52well

00:34:56down

00:34:56our

00:34:56list

00:34:57though

00:34:57they

00:34:57must

00:34:57be

00:34:57way

00:34:58out

00:34:58of

00:34:59the

00:34:59top

00:34:59of

00:35:01the

00:35:01grid

00:35:01let's

00:35:02have

00:35:02a

00:35:02look

00:35:02down

00:35:03our

00:35:03list

00:35:03just

00:35:03thought

00:35:03having

00:35:03a

00:35:04quick

00:35:04sweep

00:35:04down

00:35:04to

00:35:05see

00:35:05where

00:35:05I

00:35:05can

00:35:05find

00:35:05out

00:35:05where

00:35:06they

00:35:06are

00:35:06and

00:35:08I

00:35:08think

00:35:09we're

00:35:09running

00:35:09out

00:35:09of

00:35:09pages

00:35:10now

00:35:10we

00:35:11are

00:35:1144th

00:35:12position

00:35:13yeah

00:35:13well

00:35:14that

00:35:14tells

00:35:15you

00:35:15about

00:35:15the

00:35:15kind

00:35:16of

00:35:16day

00:35:16that

00:35:16number

00:35:163

00:35:17car

00:35:17has

00:35:17had

00:35:17slightly

00:35:17better

00:35:18than

00:35:18the

00:35:18number

00:35:26little

00:35:26bit

00:35:26of

00:35:27unfairness

00:35:28there

00:35:28that

00:35:28car

00:35:29was

00:35:29very

00:35:30badly

00:35:30damaged

00:35:31and

00:35:31I

00:35:32don't

00:35:32always

00:35:32agree

00:35:33with

00:35:33officialdom

00:35:33but

00:35:33I

00:35:34think

00:35:34they

00:35:34were

00:35:34quite

00:35:34right

00:35:35that

00:35:35if it

00:35:36had

00:35:36tried

00:35:36to

00:35:36find

00:35:37its

00:35:37way

00:35:37back

00:35:37to

00:35:37the

00:35:38pits

00:35:38it

00:35:38probably

00:35:39would have

00:35:39left

00:35:39a lot

00:35:40of

00:35:40pieces

00:35:40and

00:35:40bits

00:35:41and

00:35:41pieces

00:35:41and

00:35:41oil

00:35:42and

00:35:42godless

00:35:43knows

00:35:43what

00:35:43we

00:35:44had

00:35:44Christian

00:35:45clean up

00:35:45here

00:35:45just

00:35:46after

00:35:46that

00:35:46happened

00:35:47and

00:35:47I

00:35:47said

00:35:47what

00:35:47do

00:35:47you

00:35:47well

00:35:48ultimately

00:35:49it's

00:35:49a

00:35:49safety

00:35:49issue

00:35:50as

00:35:50you

00:35:50quite

00:35:50rightly

00:35:51said

00:35:51well

00:35:51it

00:35:51would

00:35:51have

00:35:52potentially

00:35:52you

00:35:53know

00:35:53a

00:35:53wheel

00:35:54could

00:35:54have

00:35:54fallen

00:35:54off

00:35:54gear

00:35:55box

00:35:55could

00:35:55have

00:35:55fallen

00:35:56off

00:35:56anything

00:35:56could

00:35:56have

00:35:56come

00:35:57off

00:35:57the

00:35:57thing

00:35:57you

00:35:57don't

00:35:57know

00:35:58because

00:35:58unless

00:35:58you're

00:35:59an

00:35:59engineer

00:35:59who

00:35:59assess

00:36:00that

00:36:00car

00:36:00who

00:36:01knows

00:36:01how

00:36:01much

00:36:01damage

00:36:01even

00:36:02if

00:36:02it

00:36:02was

00:36:02just

00:36:03a

00:36:03matter

00:36:03of

00:36:03a

00:36:03little

00:36:04bit

00:36:04of

00:36:04fluid

00:36:04with

00:36:05these

00:36:05cars

00:36:05traveling

00:36:06the

00:36:06speed

00:36:17with

00:36:18cars

00:36:18that

00:36:18are

00:36:18traveling

00:36:19slowly

00:36:19getting

00:36:19tangled

00:36:20up

00:36:20with

00:36:20cars

00:36:20that

00:36:21are

00:36:21traveling

00:36:21faster

00:36:22so

00:36:22it's

00:36:23not

00:36:23something

00:36:23we

00:36:23want

00:36:23to

00:36:23encourage

00:36:26particularly

00:36:27in the

00:36:27dark

00:36:27not

00:36:28perhaps

00:36:29in the

00:36:29daylight

00:36:30but

00:36:30in the

00:36:30dark

00:36:30it's

00:36:31pretty

00:36:31lethal

00:36:31I

00:36:32could

00:36:32see

00:36:32it

00:36:33was

00:36:33interesting

00:36:34we had

00:36:34opinions

00:36:35from some

00:36:35of our

00:36:36co-commentators

00:36:36there

00:36:37wouldn't be

00:36:37any light

00:36:38on the

00:36:38back

00:36:38wouldn't

00:36:38there

00:36:38wouldn't

00:36:39be

00:36:39indeed

00:36:40exactly

00:36:41we see

00:36:42the crowd

00:36:42still out

00:36:43there

00:36:43it's a

00:36:43great

00:36:44crowd

00:36:45I've

00:36:47a little

00:36:48bit

00:36:48earlier

00:36:48just

00:36:48before

00:36:48we

00:36:49started

00:36:49commentating

00:36:49again

00:36:50and it's

00:36:50just

00:36:50this buzz

00:36:51about the

00:36:51place

00:36:51it's like

00:36:52it seems

00:36:52to get

00:36:53better and

00:36:53better

00:36:53every year

00:36:54there is

00:36:54something

00:36:55about

00:36:55Le Mans

00:36:55that if

00:36:57you've

00:36:57never been

00:36:58then you'll

00:37:00never understand

00:37:01but if you

00:37:02go

00:37:03it's pretty

00:37:04often that

00:37:05you can't resist

00:37:06going back

00:37:07I mean

00:37:07why do you

00:37:08think I'm

00:37:08here

00:37:08I think

00:37:09it'd have

00:37:09more sense

00:37:10at my age

00:37:10wouldn't

00:37:10you

00:37:11in the

00:37:12middle of

00:37:12the night

00:37:12I mean

00:37:12the best

00:37:13sort of

00:37:14night

00:37:14that I've

00:37:14had this

00:37:15year

00:37:15thoroughly

00:37:16enjoying it

00:37:17as well

00:37:18as 009

00:37:21has got a

00:37:22problem

00:37:22is pushed

00:37:23in the

00:37:23garage

00:37:23and that's

00:37:24another

00:37:24Aston

00:37:24Martin

00:37:25that

00:37:25well

00:37:26that's the

00:37:27car that

00:37:28has had

00:37:28most of

00:37:29the troubles

00:37:29to be

00:37:30perfectly

00:37:30honest

00:37:30it's the

00:37:31car that

00:37:31now of

00:37:32course

00:37:32is reduced

00:37:33to having

00:37:33two drivers

00:37:34the

00:37:35flying

00:37:35Dutchman

00:37:36Peter Cox

00:37:37and

00:37:37Harold

00:37:37Premat

00:37:38and

00:37:40as we

00:37:42know

00:37:42was involved

00:37:43and shunt

00:37:44earlier on

00:37:44and

00:37:46this is

00:37:47although

00:37:48the

00:37:48actual

00:37:49Lola

00:37:50design

00:37:50goes back

00:37:52to last

00:37:52year

00:37:52this is

00:37:53a

00:37:53very much

00:37:54modified

00:37:54version

00:37:55of that

00:37:56and it

00:37:56is of course

00:37:57the lack

00:37:57of downforce

00:37:58that has

00:37:59made these

00:37:59cars

00:38:00in particular

00:38:01quite difficult

00:38:02to drive

00:38:03because when

00:38:04they have

00:38:04had a few

00:38:06problems

00:38:06then they've

00:38:07had a couple

00:38:07of cars

00:38:08damaged

00:38:08quite seriously

00:38:10while testing

00:38:11somebody else

00:38:12in trouble

00:38:13as well

00:38:13that's being

00:38:13pushed back

00:38:14in

00:38:14that's

00:38:14the

00:38:15JB

00:38:15Campbell

00:38:16Walter

00:38:16car

00:38:16shared

00:38:17with

00:38:17Anita

00:38:18X

00:38:18and

00:38:20they

00:38:22were

00:38:22jumping

00:38:22up and

00:38:23down

00:38:23on the

00:38:23front

00:38:23of it

00:38:24before

00:38:24I

00:38:26suggest

00:38:26that

00:38:26perhaps

00:38:28he'd

00:38:28like to

00:38:28lie

00:38:29on the

00:38:29front

00:38:29of it

00:38:29find

00:38:30someone

00:38:30to sleep

00:38:30that

00:38:32car

00:38:32seems

00:38:32to

00:38:32have

00:38:32had

00:38:33it

00:38:34would

00:38:34appear

00:38:34a

00:38:34recurring

00:38:35problem

00:38:35now

00:38:35looking at

00:38:36the Aston

00:38:36pit

00:38:36trying to

00:38:37see

00:38:37a nose

00:38:37off

00:38:37obviously

00:38:38as you

00:38:38can

00:38:38see

00:38:38working

00:38:39out

00:38:39where

00:38:40these

00:38:40guys

00:38:40are

00:38:40going

00:38:41with

00:38:41potential

00:38:42problem

00:38:43solved

00:38:43very

00:38:44very

00:38:44hard

00:38:45to tell

00:38:45at this

00:38:45stage

00:38:46what

00:38:47the

00:38:47issues

00:38:47could

00:38:48be

00:38:48I

00:38:49wonder

00:38:49if

00:38:49this

00:38:49has

00:38:50turned

00:38:50into

00:38:50a

00:38:50glorified

00:38:51test

00:38:51session

00:38:52for

00:38:52the 009

00:38:53I

00:38:53think

00:38:53it

00:38:53probably

00:38:53has

00:38:54I

00:38:54think

00:38:54they're

00:38:54sort

00:38:55of

00:38:56I

00:39:00is

00:39:01you

00:39:02know

00:39:02I

00:39:02mean

00:39:02it's

00:39:02the

00:39:03only

00:39:03way

00:39:03you

00:39:03can

00:39:03do

00:39:04it

00:39:04is

00:39:04to

00:39:04perhaps

00:39:05use

00:39:06the

00:39:06car

00:39:07and

00:39:07find

00:39:08out

00:39:09just

00:39:10what

00:39:10happens

00:39:10if

00:39:10you

00:39:11twist

00:39:12that

00:39:12turn

00:39:13that

00:39:13or

00:39:13alter

00:39:13that

00:39:13a bit

00:39:14you're

00:39:15learning

00:39:15sorry

00:39:16sorry

00:39:16if

00:39:16Jamie

00:39:16Campbell

00:39:17was

00:39:17talking

00:39:17to

00:39:17Dave

00:39:17O'Neill

00:39:18his

00:39:18team

00:39:19manager

00:39:19as we

00:39:19said

00:39:20they're

00:39:20trying

00:39:20to

00:39:20get

00:39:20to

00:39:21the

00:39:21bottom

00:39:21of

00:39:21what

00:39:21this

00:39:21issue

00:39:22is

00:39:22it's

00:39:22clearly

00:39:22something

00:39:23that's

00:39:23causing

00:39:23some

00:39:24major

00:39:25concern

00:39:25because

00:39:26Jamie

00:39:26is

00:39:26no

00:39:27shrinking

00:39:27violet

00:39:27we've

00:39:28seen

00:39:28this

00:39:28young

00:39:29man

00:39:29win

00:39:30in

00:39:30just

00:39:31about

00:39:31everything

00:39:31he's

00:39:31ever

00:39:31done

00:39:32in

00:39:32sports

00:39:32cars

00:39:33when

00:39:33the

00:39:33Lister

00:39:33programme

00:39:34was

00:39:34around

00:39:34when

00:39:35he

00:39:35was

00:39:35a

00:39:35factory

00:39:35Lister

00:39:36driver

00:39:36many

00:39:37of

00:39:37you

00:39:37will

00:39:37remember

00:39:37the

00:39:38Newcastle

00:39:38United

00:39:39Lister

00:39:39he's

00:39:41not

00:39:41short

00:39:41of

00:39:41courage

00:39:42is

00:39:42he

00:39:42because

00:39:42he's

00:39:42had

00:39:43his

00:39:43fair

00:39:43number

00:39:45of

00:39:45rather

00:39:46nasty

00:39:46little

00:39:46accidents

00:39:47at

00:39:47one

00:39:47time

00:39:48or

00:39:48another

00:39:48which

00:39:48rarely

00:39:54in

00:39:54its

00:39:55hey

00:39:55days

00:39:55my

00:39:55respects

00:39:56we

00:39:58won't

00:39:58go

00:39:58into

00:39:58that

00:39:59you

00:40:00know

00:40:00about

00:40:00that

00:40:00don't

00:40:01you

00:40:01so

00:40:01it

00:40:02sort

00:40:03of

00:40:03the

00:40:03men

00:40:04from

00:40:04the

00:40:04really

00:40:04big

00:40:04men

00:40:05I

00:40:05drove

00:40:08one

00:40:08once

00:40:08I

00:40:08drove

00:40:08Martin

00:40:09Short's

00:40:09car

00:40:09on a

00:40:10test

00:40:10day

00:40:10and

00:40:11it

00:40:11had

00:40:11a

00:40:11new

00:40:11engine

00:40:11in

00:40:12so

00:40:12I

00:40:12wasn't

00:40:12even

00:40:12able

00:40:12to

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00:40:13full

00:40:13revs

00:40:13but

00:40:14scared

00:40:14the

00:40:14living

00:40:15wits

00:40:15out

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00:40:15myself

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00:40:16driving

00:40:16in

00:40:16half

00:40:17revs

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00:40:18as

00:40:18you

00:40:18know

00:40:18my

00:40:19elder

00:40:20son

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00:40:22works

00:40:22driver

00:40:22for

00:40:22TBR

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00:40:23course

00:40:23one

00:40:24of

00:40:24the

00:40:24things

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00:40:24a

00:40:25works

00:40:25driver

00:40:25is

00:40:25that

00:40:25they

00:40:25did

00:40:27not

00:40:27wish

00:40:27you

00:40:27to

00:40:27win

00:40:28everything

00:40:28and

00:40:29so

00:40:29there

00:40:29were

00:40:29an

00:40:29awful

00:40:30lot

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00:40:31bits

00:40:31once

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00:40:32another

00:40:32and

00:40:32it

00:40:34was

00:40:34certainly

00:40:34an

00:40:35education

00:40:35and

00:40:37I

00:40:37think

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00:40:39our

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00:40:40to

00:40:40Peter

00:40:41Wheeler

00:40:41of

00:40:41course

00:40:42who

00:40:42was

00:40:42the

00:40:42chairman

00:40:43of

00:40:43TBR

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00:40:44certainly

00:40:45passed

00:40:45away

00:40:46recently

00:40:47and

00:40:47I'm

00:40:47sure

00:40:48you

00:40:48knew

00:40:48Peter

00:40:48very

00:40:48well

00:40:49then

00:40:49yes

00:40:49I

00:40:50did

00:40:50and

00:40:50I

00:40:51didn't

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00:40:51him

00:40:51as

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00:40:51obviously

00:40:52as

00:40:52Richard

00:40:53but

00:40:53he

00:40:54was

00:40:54a

00:40:54magnificent

00:40:55man

00:40:55he

00:40:55built

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00:40:57company

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00:40:59the

00:40:59time

00:41:00that

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00:41:09I

00:41:09think

00:41:10he

00:41:10felt

00:41:12I'm

00:41:13afraid

00:41:13history

00:41:14has

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00:42:48Peugeot

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00:42:52back at

00:42:52Le Mans

00:42:53We're

00:42:54looking

00:42:55at the

00:42:56board

00:42:56and we're

00:42:57telling you

00:42:57that now

00:42:58currently

00:42:59there's still

00:42:59just one

00:43:00lap

00:43:00between

00:43:02Alexander

00:43:03Wurtz

00:43:03at the

00:43:03wheel

00:43:04of

00:43:04Peugeot

00:43:04number

00:43:05nine

00:43:05and

00:43:07little

00:43:08Mr.

00:43:09McNeish

00:43:09at the

00:43:10wheel

00:43:11of

00:43:12Audi

00:43:12number

00:43:13one

00:43:13and

00:43:14in the

00:43:15last lap

00:43:16or so

00:43:16it's been

00:43:17pretty

00:43:17clear

00:43:18that

00:43:19McNeish

00:43:20was making

00:43:21a big

00:43:21effort

00:43:21and we've

00:43:22now had

00:43:22another

00:43:22big effort

00:43:23by Wurtz

00:43:24who's

00:43:24matched

00:43:24his

00:43:25time

00:43:25so

00:43:25they're

00:43:26both

00:43:26lapping

00:43:27in the

00:43:27327s

00:43:28at the

00:43:28moment

00:43:29and that

00:43:30is

00:43:30quick

00:43:30that

00:43:32is

00:43:32quick

00:43:32bearing

00:43:32in mind

00:43:33the

00:43:33fastest

00:43:33lap

00:43:34we've

00:43:34had

00:43:34he's

00:43:343246

00:43:35from

00:43:36Christian

00:43:37Clean

00:43:37in number

00:43:38seven

00:43:38they're

00:43:39lapping

00:43:39very quickly

00:43:40indeed

00:43:41now of course

00:43:42by now

00:43:43the circuit

00:43:43has

00:43:44got a

00:43:45fair amount

00:43:46of rubber

00:43:47on it

00:43:47there is

00:43:49as we have

00:43:49said

00:43:50offline

00:43:51if you get

00:43:51onto the

00:43:52marbles

00:43:53and things

00:43:53like that

00:43:53you're going

00:43:54to have

00:43:54trouble

00:43:54but

00:43:55it is as

00:43:56quick as

00:43:56it's going

00:43:56to be

00:43:57the night

00:43:57air

00:43:57is better

00:43:58than the

00:43:59very hot

00:44:00humid

00:44:01hours we

00:44:02had working

00:44:03up towards

00:44:03the night

00:44:05and we're

00:44:06coming up

00:44:06of course

00:44:07in about

00:44:09another

00:44:0920 minutes

00:44:10time

00:44:11or thereabouts

00:44:11to a half

00:44:12distance

00:44:13in this race

00:44:14and what a

00:44:15race it's been

00:44:16because

00:44:17for those of

00:44:18you who have

00:44:18just joined us

00:44:19and perhaps

00:44:20have had a

00:44:20good night

00:44:21out and

00:44:21think well

00:44:22perhaps I

00:44:22can't get it

00:44:23better at the

00:44:23moment

00:44:23I'll see

00:44:23what's on

00:44:24the television

00:44:24this is

00:44:25Le Mans

00:44:26it has all

00:44:27the drama

00:44:27of any

00:44:29Le Mans

00:44:29that I've

00:44:30ever been

00:44:30to

00:44:30it started

00:44:31off at

00:44:323 o'clock

00:44:33at French

00:44:33time

00:44:34and things

00:44:34were going

00:44:35splendiferously

00:44:36for about

00:44:375 minutes

00:44:37before a

00:44:39couple of

00:44:39Peugeots

00:44:40ran into

00:44:40each other

00:44:41and all of

00:44:42a sudden

00:44:42it became

00:44:43horribly clear

00:44:44as clear

00:44:45to us

00:44:46frankly as

00:44:47daylight

00:44:47that the

00:44:48Audi

00:44:48challenge

00:44:49was not

00:44:50what Audi

00:44:51believed it

00:44:52was going

00:44:52to be

00:44:53and when

00:44:54one of

00:44:54their cars

00:44:55got into

00:44:55trouble

00:44:55their number

00:44:56three car

00:44:56and we've

00:44:57since then

00:44:57of course

00:44:57lost their

00:44:58number

00:44:58two car

00:44:59of the

00:45:00later

00:45:00Audi's

00:45:01the Type

00:45:0115

00:45:01Audi's

00:45:02it has

00:45:03been left

00:45:03to

00:45:04Alan

00:45:04McNeish

00:45:05and his

00:45:06two colleagues

00:45:07who have

00:45:07made a

00:45:08terrific

00:45:08effort

00:45:09and let's

00:45:10make no

00:45:10mistake

00:45:10about it

00:45:11to try

00:45:12if they

00:45:12possibly

00:45:13can

00:45:13to hold

00:45:15at bay

00:45:15the onslaught

00:45:17of the

00:45:17Peugeots

00:45:18which seemingly

00:45:18have recolored

00:45:19from the

00:45:20slings and

00:45:20arrows of

00:45:20outrageous

00:45:21fortune

00:45:21nevertheless

00:45:22Ronaldo

00:45:23Cabello

00:45:23Tom

00:45:24Christensen

00:45:24and

00:45:25McNish

00:45:25still at

00:45:25the

00:45:25wheel

00:45:26of the

00:45:26car

00:45:26are

00:45:27only

00:45:282 minutes

00:45:2819.848

00:45:30seconds behind

00:45:31that's until they

00:45:33change the

00:45:34caption again

00:45:34and they

00:45:35feel a fall

00:45:36allowing for

00:45:37allowing for this

00:45:37pit stop

00:45:37that could be

00:45:38significant in

00:45:39terms of what

00:45:39that does

00:45:40let's see

00:45:40it does look

00:45:41like this is

00:45:41McNish's final

00:45:42final stint

00:45:43let's remember

00:45:44that what the

00:45:45plan has been

00:45:46from Audi's

00:45:46perspective is

00:45:47to do

00:45:47what's known

00:45:48as a quadruple

00:45:49stint

00:45:50and as the

00:45:50name suggests

00:45:51it's around

00:45:51about 45

00:45:52minutes

00:45:53before the

00:45:54car needs

00:45:54fuel

00:45:55so 45

00:45:56minutes

00:45:56fuel

00:45:57another 45

00:45:57minutes

00:45:58fuel

00:45:58and tyres

00:45:58and then

00:45:5945 minutes

00:46:00fuel

00:46:0145 minutes

00:46:01fuel

00:46:02tyres

00:46:02driver

00:46:02change

00:46:03remember

00:46:04you cannot

00:46:04drive for

00:46:05more than

00:46:05three hours

00:46:06as a single

00:46:06stint

00:46:07for a driver

00:46:08so that

00:46:08would run

00:46:09about right

00:46:10for Audi

00:46:10and that's

00:46:11exactly what

00:46:11they've been

00:46:12doing with

00:46:12the three

00:46:12of the

00:46:13finest

00:46:14sports car

00:46:14races

00:46:15of their

00:46:15generation

00:46:16if not

00:46:17in history

00:46:18I think

00:46:18going back

00:46:19over the

00:46:19years

00:46:19you've got

00:46:20to put

00:46:20McNish

00:46:21Kristen

00:46:21Sincapello

00:46:22right up

00:46:23there

00:46:23with the

00:46:23X's

00:46:24the Bells

00:46:24the Vic

00:46:25Alphars

00:46:25yes I think

00:46:26you have

00:46:27actually

00:46:27it's an

00:46:27interesting

00:46:28and interesting

00:46:29on that one

00:46:29Simon

00:46:29I'm glad you

00:46:30brought that

00:46:30you've got

00:46:30to put

00:46:32obviously

00:46:33there's no

00:46:34question

00:46:34that you've

00:46:35got to look

00:46:36at the

00:46:36man who

00:46:37holds the

00:46:38record

00:46:38for wins

00:46:39at Le Mans

00:46:40and he's

00:46:42not doing it

00:46:43by being

00:46:43two seconds

00:46:44or three

00:46:44seconds off

00:46:45the pace

00:46:45if Tom's

00:46:47got to raise

00:46:48his game

00:46:48then he raises

00:46:49his game

00:46:49and he's as

00:46:50quick as

00:46:50anybody around

00:46:51but it's

00:46:52fairly clear

00:46:53that all

00:46:54three have

00:46:55the same

00:46:55quality

00:46:56they are

00:46:56not hard

00:46:57on a car

00:46:58they can

00:46:59drive it

00:46:59to its limit

00:47:00without driving

00:47:01it beyond

00:47:02its limit

00:47:02now that

00:47:03is the

00:47:03test

00:47:04of a

00:47:05true

00:47:05ace

00:47:06when it

00:47:06comes to

00:47:07this type

00:47:07of racing

00:47:08because it's

00:47:08all too

00:47:08easy to

00:47:09go just

00:47:10that little

00:47:10bit quicker

00:47:10and find

00:47:11yourself

00:47:11sitting in

00:47:12the

00:47:12kitiliter

00:47:12also

00:47:13when they

00:47:14hand the

00:47:14car over

00:47:14to one

00:47:15another

00:47:15it always

00:47:15goes to

00:47:16the next

00:47:16guy

00:47:17in as

00:47:17good a

00:47:18condition

00:47:18as

00:47:19possible

00:47:19they

00:47:20understand

00:47:20that

00:47:21they

00:47:21are

00:47:21collective

00:47:21they

00:47:22work

00:47:22together

00:47:22as a

00:47:23team

00:47:23developing

00:47:24the

00:47:24car

00:47:24setting

00:47:24the

00:47:24car

00:47:25up

00:47:25the way

00:47:25they

00:47:25use

00:47:25the

00:47:26tyres

00:47:26the way

00:47:27they

00:47:27work

00:47:27with

00:47:27their

00:47:27engineers

00:47:28all

00:47:28of

00:47:28these

00:47:28elements

00:47:29are

00:47:29absolutely

00:47:30crucial

00:47:30to

00:47:31they

00:47:31learn

00:47:31to

00:47:31drive

00:47:32like

00:47:32each

00:47:32other

00:47:32too

00:47:33absolutely

00:47:33because

00:47:33I mean

00:47:34I've done

00:47:34some

00:47:35endurance

00:47:35races

00:47:35myself

00:47:36not

00:47:36this

00:47:36level

00:47:37but

00:47:37the

00:47:37point

00:47:38is

00:47:38that

00:47:38when

00:47:38you

00:47:38have

00:47:39a

00:47:39co-driver

00:47:40you

00:47:40have

00:47:41to

00:47:41sometimes

00:47:42think

00:47:42ok

00:47:42well

00:47:42maybe

00:47:43I

00:47:43could

00:47:43drive

00:47:43this

00:47:43faster

00:47:44if

00:47:44I

00:47:45could

00:47:45have

00:47:45the

00:47:45car

00:47:45exactly

00:47:45how

00:47:46I

00:47:46wanted

00:47:46however

00:47:47if

00:47:48I

00:47:48do

00:47:48that

00:47:48then

00:47:48I

00:47:48know

00:47:49my

00:47:49teammate

00:47:49is

00:47:49going

00:47:50to

00:47:50be

00:47:50struggling

00:47:50with

00:47:51the

00:47:51car

00:47:51so

00:47:51therefore

00:47:51collectively

00:47:52we're

00:47:52both

00:47:53going

00:47:53to

00:47:53be

00:47:53stuffed

00:47:54so

00:47:54you

00:47:54have

00:47:55to

00:47:55look

00:47:55at

00:47:55the

00:47:55best

00:47:56way

00:47:56of

00:47:56getting

00:47:56the

00:47:56best

00:47:57out

00:47:57of

00:47:57the

00:47:57car

00:47:57and

00:47:58understand

00:47:58maybe

00:47:59for example

00:48:00especially

00:48:00you have

00:48:01a situation

00:48:01as we

00:48:02have

00:48:02at

00:48:02Le Mans

00:48:02we have

00:48:03in

00:48:03all

00:48:03kinds

00:48:03of

00:48:03sports

00:48:04racing

00:48:04sometimes

00:48:04you

00:48:05get

00:48:05the

00:48:05professional

00:48:06and

00:48:07then

00:48:07the

00:48:07amateur

00:48:07driver

00:48:08and

00:48:08the

00:48:08amateur

00:48:09driver

00:48:09is

00:48:09doing

00:48:09the

00:48:09best

00:48:10he

00:48:10possibly

00:48:10can

00:48:11for

00:48:11his

00:48:11experience

00:48:12and

00:48:12skill

00:48:12level

00:48:13the

00:48:13professional

00:48:13driver

00:48:13has

00:48:14a

00:48:14far

00:48:14greater

00:48:15depth

00:48:15of

00:48:15ability

00:48:16but

00:48:16what

00:48:17the

00:48:17professional

00:48:17does

00:48:17by

00:48:18definition

00:48:18and

00:48:19being

00:48:19a

00:48:19professional

00:48:20is

00:48:20allowed

00:48:21to

00:48:21change

00:48:21his

00:48:21driving

00:48:22style

00:48:22slightly

00:48:22to

00:48:23allow

00:48:23for

00:48:23his

00:48:23he's

00:48:24got

00:48:24to

00:48:24be

00:48:24able

00:48:25to

00:48:25attune

00:48:26the

00:48:26car

00:48:26to

00:48:27a

00:48:27manner

00:48:27in

00:48:28which

00:48:28the

00:48:28other

00:48:29guys

00:48:29can

00:48:29cope

00:48:29with

00:48:29it

00:48:30if

00:48:30he's

00:48:30the

00:48:30hot

00:48:31shoe

00:48:31he

00:48:31could

00:48:32make

00:48:32the

00:48:32faster

00:48:40edgy

00:48:40and

00:48:40twitchy

00:48:41and

00:48:41right

00:48:41on

00:48:41the

00:48:41limit

00:48:41and

00:48:42quite

00:48:42often

00:48:42that's

00:48:42where

00:48:43they're

00:48:43at

00:48:43their

00:48:43quickest

00:48:43so

00:48:44anybody

00:48:45other

00:48:45than

00:48:45a

00:48:45professional

00:48:46racing

00:48:46driver

00:48:46will

00:48:47find

00:48:47it

00:48:47a

00:48:47stroke

00:48:47even

00:48:48a

00:48:48good

00:48:48gentleman

00:48:49driver

00:48:49will

00:48:49struggle

00:48:49with

00:48:50a

00:49:10side

00:49:10of

00:49:10the

00:49:10penny

00:49:11that

00:49:12I

00:49:12think

00:49:13we

00:49:13said

00:49:13earlier

00:49:13on

00:49:14that

00:49:14Peugeot

00:49:15had

00:49:16their

00:49:16problems

00:49:16but

00:49:17now

00:49:18most

00:49:18of

00:49:18their

00:49:18drivers

00:49:19either

00:49:20have

00:49:20got

00:49:21a

00:49:21lot

00:49:21of

00:49:21experience

00:49:21as

00:49:22David

00:49:22Brabham

00:49:22does

00:49:23or

00:49:24have

00:49:25learned

00:49:25David's

00:49:26brought

00:49:27I'm

00:49:27quite

00:49:27certain

00:49:28a

00:49:29great

00:49:29deal

00:49:30of

00:49:30I

00:49:30mean

00:49:30I

00:49:31think

00:49:31probably

00:49:32he's

00:49:32competed

00:49:33here

00:49:33at

00:49:33Le Mans

00:49:34more

00:49:35often

00:49:35than

00:49:35anybody

00:49:36I

00:49:36think

00:49:36his

00:49:36experience

00:49:37of

00:49:37this

00:49:38race

00:49:38is

00:49:38more

00:49:39than

00:49:39anyone

00:49:39else

00:49:40if

00:49:41it

00:49:41isn't

00:49:41it's

00:49:42only

00:49:42about

00:49:42one

00:49:42race

00:49:43back

00:49:43that's

00:49:43how

00:49:43experienced

00:49:44David

00:49:44Brabham

00:49:45is

00:49:45the

00:49:46youngest

00:49:47son

00:49:47of

00:49:48the

00:49:48man

00:49:49who

00:49:50won

00:49:50a

00:49:50world

00:49:50championship

00:49:51in a

00:49:51car

00:49:52of

00:49:52his

00:49:52own

00:49:52manufacture

00:49:53both

00:49:54his

00:49:54brothers

00:49:55raced

00:49:56Jeffrey

00:49:57of

00:49:57course

00:49:58was

00:49:58also

00:49:59a

00:49:59Peugeot

00:50:00driver

00:50:00and

00:50:01won

00:50:01here

00:50:01and

00:50:02I'm

00:50:02quite

00:50:02sure

00:50:03that

00:50:03back

00:50:03home

00:50:04in

00:50:04Sydney

00:50:04Sir

00:50:06Jack

00:50:07is

00:50:07probably

00:50:08watching

00:50:09his

00:50:09television

00:50:09set

00:50:10and

00:50:10thinking

00:50:10I

00:50:11wonder

00:50:11if

00:50:11David

00:50:12can

00:50:12do

00:50:12it

00:50:12exactly

00:50:13Gary

00:50:15Brabham

00:50:15the other

00:50:16one of

00:50:16the

00:50:16Brabham

00:50:17brothers

00:50:17was also

00:50:18a very

00:50:18talented

00:50:18driver

00:50:19in

00:50:19his

00:50:19own

00:50:19ride

00:50:19he

00:50:20was

00:50:20he

00:50:20hadn't

00:50:20the

00:50:20application

00:50:21I don't

00:50:21think

00:50:21of

00:50:22both

00:50:23his

00:50:24older

00:50:24and his

00:50:24younger

00:50:25brothers

00:50:25but for

00:50:26all that

00:50:26he was

00:50:26a lovely

00:50:26player

00:50:27and

00:50:27I

00:50:28believe

00:50:29he was

00:50:29all three

00:50:30of the

00:50:30boys

00:50:31all three

00:50:31of the

00:50:32boys

00:50:32but

00:50:33obviously

00:50:33they weren't

00:50:34boys

00:50:34when they

00:50:34started

00:50:35but all three

00:50:36the guys

00:50:36and

00:50:36tremendous

00:50:37racing

00:50:37drivers

00:50:38and

00:50:38tremendous

00:50:38people

00:50:39Sir Jack

00:50:40well

00:50:40what a legend

00:50:41that man

00:50:41was

00:50:41is

00:50:42really

00:50:44sort of

00:50:44temporary

00:50:44I think

00:50:45the thing

00:50:45that always

00:50:46impressed me

00:50:46when being

00:50:47a bit

00:50:47of a

00:50:47motorsport

00:50:48historian

00:50:48is that

00:50:49although it was

00:50:50a little bit

00:50:50before my

00:50:51time

00:50:51when Sir Jack

00:50:52had his

00:50:52final year

00:50:53in F1

00:50:54in 1970

00:50:54he was

00:50:56still winning

00:50:57races

00:50:57you'd speak

00:50:59to

00:50:59Jokin

00:51:00Brind

00:51:00and you'd

00:51:00speak to

00:51:01Jackie

00:51:01Stewart

00:51:02and the

00:51:02top shoe

00:51:03drivers

00:51:03at the

00:51:03time

00:51:04Josefa

00:51:04Pedro

00:51:05Rodriguez

00:51:05say

00:51:05do you

00:51:06know

00:51:06what

00:51:06that old

00:51:07bugger

00:51:07if you

00:51:07pardon

00:51:08my

00:51:08French

00:51:08he

00:51:08still

00:51:09can

00:51:09do

00:51:09it

00:51:09oh

00:51:10he

00:51:10could

00:51:10I

00:51:12will never

00:51:12forget

00:51:13to

00:51:13oh

00:51:13we're

00:51:13just

00:51:14talking

00:51:14about

00:51:14the

00:51:15Brabham

00:51:15dynasty

00:51:15going

00:51:16to

00:51:17one

00:51:17of

00:51:17John

00:51:18Webb's

00:51:18races

00:51:20at

00:51:20Brands

00:51:21Cache

00:51:21and

00:51:22there

00:51:23was

00:51:23no

00:51:23way

00:51:24that

00:51:24Jack

00:51:25was

00:51:25supposed

00:51:25to

00:51:26win

00:51:26this

00:51:26he

00:51:27did

00:51:27it

00:51:29was

00:51:29as

00:51:29simple

00:51:30as

00:51:30that

00:51:30and

00:51:30of

00:51:31course

00:51:31Jack

00:51:31was

00:51:31driving

00:51:32up

00:51:32until

00:51:32a

00:51:32few

00:51:32years

00:51:33ago

00:51:33and

00:51:33very

00:51:34competitively

00:51:34too

00:51:35lovely

00:51:36man

00:51:37he

00:51:37looks

00:51:37comfortable

00:51:38when he's

00:51:39actually

00:51:39sitting

00:51:40in a

00:51:40racing

00:51:40car

00:51:40the rest

00:51:41of the

00:51:41time

00:51:41you

00:51:41think

00:51:41well

00:51:42he

00:51:42looks

00:51:42a bit

00:51:43uncomfortable

00:51:43to me

00:51:44but he's

00:51:44a lovely

00:51:45man

00:51:45and a

00:51:46great

00:51:46ambassador

00:51:47for the

00:51:47country

00:51:48different

00:51:48era

00:51:48of

00:51:49racing

00:51:49drivers

00:51:49as

00:51:50you

00:51:50know

00:51:50I

00:51:50mean

00:51:50obviously

00:51:51never

00:51:51you

00:51:51know

00:51:51those

00:51:52guys

00:51:52personally

00:51:53but

00:51:53also

00:51:53you

00:51:53know

00:51:53the

00:51:54circumstances

00:51:55they

00:51:56were

00:51:56racing

00:51:56but

00:51:56coming

00:51:56back

00:51:57to

00:51:57what

00:51:57we

00:51:57are

00:51:57looking

00:51:57at

00:51:58today

00:51:58our

00:51:58new

00:51:59generation

00:52:00of

00:52:00superstar

00:52:00drivers

00:52:01and

00:52:01much

00:52:02to be

00:52:03said

00:52:03for

00:52:03you

00:52:03know

00:52:04as

00:52:04much

00:52:04as

00:52:04we

00:52:04all

00:52:04know

00:52:05that

00:52:05these

00:52:05guys

00:52:05were

00:52:05working

00:52:06in

00:52:06without

00:52:06safety net

00:52:07in the

00:52:07ultimate

00:52:08sense

00:52:08of the

00:52:08world

00:52:09these

00:52:09guys

00:52:10are

00:52:10absolutely

00:52:11on the

00:52:11limit

00:52:12these

00:52:12guys

00:52:12now

00:52:12we're

00:52:13looking

00:52:13at

00:52:13birds

00:52:14but

00:52:14this

00:52:14Sarraza

00:52:14Bajano

00:52:15Charrouz

00:52:16Svaldsman

00:52:17Klien

00:52:17Ayari

00:52:18Barbosa

00:52:19Baccaro

00:52:19that's

00:52:20our

00:52:20top

00:52:2010

00:52:21a

00:52:21great

00:52:22run

00:52:22by

00:52:22the

00:52:22number

00:52:2314

00:52:23Audi

00:52:24the

00:52:24Coles

00:52:24Audi

00:52:25just

00:52:26two

00:52:26drivers

00:52:27at

00:52:27the

00:52:27moment

00:52:27Charles

00:52:28Svaldsman

00:52:28and

00:52:30the

00:52:30unfortunately

00:52:32the

00:52:33other

00:52:33driver

00:52:34of

00:52:34Narenkartikeyan

00:52:36injured himself

00:52:36before the

00:52:37race

00:52:37so

00:52:37at

00:52:38the

00:52:38moment

00:52:38it's

00:52:38really

00:52:39very

00:52:39much

00:52:39beat

00:52:39down

00:52:40to

00:52:40Svaldsman

00:52:41and

00:52:42Baccaro

00:52:43to

00:52:43drive

00:52:43that

00:52:43car

00:52:44and

00:52:44it's

00:52:44been

00:52:44a

00:52:44pretty

00:52:45impressive

00:52:45job

00:52:45so

00:52:46far

00:52:46a

00:52:46very

00:52:47impressive

00:52:47job

00:52:47so

00:52:47far

00:52:48I'm

00:52:49looking

00:52:49at

00:52:49the

00:52:50list

00:52:52again

00:52:53no

00:52:53major

00:52:54changes

00:52:54from

00:52:54the

00:52:55positions

00:52:56that

00:52:56we

00:52:57gave

00:52:57you

00:52:57still

00:52:58number

00:52:58nine

00:52:59versus

00:52:59the

00:52:59Peugeot

00:53:00Mcniche

00:53:00with

00:53:01the

00:53:01Audi

00:53:01and

00:53:03Sarazin

00:53:03Pegno

00:53:05and

00:53:06then

00:53:06the

00:53:07first

00:53:08non-diesel

00:53:09007

00:53:10Charu

00:53:11at the

00:53:12wheel

00:53:12of

00:53:12Aston

00:53:13Martin

00:53:13and

00:53:15you

00:53:15can

00:53:16see

00:53:16just

00:53:16how

00:53:16good

00:53:17the

00:53:18headlights

00:53:18on

00:53:19the

00:53:19Peugeot

00:53:19are

00:53:19and

00:53:20you

00:53:20can

00:53:20also

00:53:20if

00:53:20you

00:53:20look

00:53:21carefully

00:53:21when

00:53:22you've

00:53:22got

00:53:22light

00:53:22on

00:53:23the

00:53:23screen

00:53:23you

00:53:23can

00:53:23see

00:53:24the

00:53:24screen

00:53:24you

00:53:24can

00:53:25see

00:53:25what

00:53:25the

00:53:25driver

00:53:25is

00:53:25having

00:53:26to

00:53:26contend

00:53:26with

00:53:27in

00:53:27terms

00:53:27of

00:53:27his

00:53:27actual

00:53:28vision

00:53:28and

00:53:29frankly

00:53:29at

00:53:30this

00:53:30moment

00:53:30in

00:53:30time

00:53:31to

00:53:31be

00:53:31perfectly

00:53:31fair

00:53:32it's

00:53:32not

00:53:32that

00:53:32bad

00:53:33it's

00:53:34doable

00:53:35I

00:53:35remember

00:53:35last

00:53:35year

00:53:36I

00:53:36think

00:53:36it

00:53:37was

00:53:37Alex

00:53:37Wurtz

00:53:38was

00:53:38driving

00:53:38at

00:53:38one

00:53:39point

00:53:39with

00:53:39a

00:53:39screen

00:53:40that

00:53:40just

00:53:40the

00:53:41mixture

00:53:41of

00:53:42grime

00:53:42and

00:53:42grease

00:53:42and

00:53:43rain

00:53:43and

00:53:43misting

00:53:44and

00:53:44all

00:53:44kinds

00:53:45of

00:53:45things

00:53:45and

00:53:46how

00:53:47the

00:53:47devil

00:53:48he

00:53:48could

00:53:48see

00:53:48where

00:53:48he

00:53:48was

00:53:48going

00:53:49I

00:53:49just

00:53:49do

00:53:49not

00:53:49know

00:53:49quick

00:53:50correction

00:53:50my

00:53:51apologies

00:53:51the

00:53:5114

00:53:52car

00:53:52of

00:53:52course

00:53:52is

00:53:52Charles

00:53:53Wolfsman

00:53:54and

00:53:55Andre

00:54:03driving

00:54:03at

00:54:04the

00:54:04moment

00:54:04and

00:54:04in

00:54:0510th

00:54:05place

00:54:05just

00:54:07behind

00:54:07the

00:54:08first

00:54:08carol

00:54:09of

00:54:09Joao

00:54:10Barbosa

00:54:10now

00:54:11the

00:54:117th

00:54:12car

00:54:12that

00:54:12we

00:54:12saw

00:54:13have

00:54:13those

00:54:13dramas

00:54:13early

00:54:14on

00:54:14in

00:54:14the

00:54:14race

00:54:14is

00:54:14now

00:54:15up

00:54:15to

00:54:157th

00:54:16and

00:54:17is

00:54:17on

00:54:17the

00:54:17same

00:54:17lap

00:54:18as

00:54:18that

00:54:18Audi

00:54:19that

00:54:1914

00:54:19Audi

00:54:20at

00:54:21the

00:54:21moment

00:54:21is

00:54:21lapping

00:54:22about

00:54:225

00:54:22seconds

00:54:23a

00:54:23lap

00:54:23quicker

00:54:24yeah

00:54:24great

00:54:25fight

00:54:25back

00:54:25from

00:54:26adversity

00:54:26watching

00:54:32here

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01:01:40South

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01:01:40and

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01:01:41slang

01:01:42I

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01:01:43all

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01:01:45a

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01:05:36yes

01:05:37so far

01:05:38you can see how far he's gone I mean he's halfway to Paris oh hello there's the explanation

01:05:42of that

01:05:42minute

01:05:42who is that he's tackled up with is that the 12 car i can't see the number on that yes it is the 12 Eureka

01:05:50the Eureka jump

01:05:51the Eureka jump

01:05:52the Eureka jump

01:05:52in the car

01:05:53which seems to have damage at the back of the car that would explain well that why

01:05:56there's some way off now we can see the end of it there

01:05:59yeah

01:06:00lots of gravel and

01:06:02lots of that looks like the Dunlop

01:06:04coming into the Dunlop chicane the first corner

01:06:07and just when it seemed to be getting a bit peaceful

01:06:09no i i can imagine and i'm really i'm very much guessing what may well have happened obviously a massive

01:06:13difference in speed between the lmp1 cars and the gt2 cars

01:06:17coming through that gentle left hand kink

01:06:20it's very very easy for the two drivers to potentially lose sight of each other and what

01:06:24is a really fairly easy first part of the corner so only when they get into the last bit where they're

01:06:28going to break into the sorry into the right hand kink into the left hander which is the first part

01:06:33that you can then it becomes a bit more complicated because the car's a bit unbalanced the back's going

01:06:37a little bit light yeah well that's going to take a bit of tidying up i don't think it's going to

01:06:41bring a pace car out but then i suppose that's what's known as commentator's curse isn't it it is

01:06:47you say it won't and out it comes i don't know nine car still in the pits that's in now in 31st position

01:06:54yeah that's the two driver aston yeah still dropping back peter cox in the car yeah with

01:07:01tremendous amount of experience of course and he's going to need every bit of it and every bit of his

01:07:07energy as well um driving of course because currently we we are still the jury's out on what

01:07:16the weather's going to do tomorrow but i think it's going to be hot if we do have any rain i think it'll

01:07:21be thunderous rain rather than should we say a drizzly shower or something like that but we shall see

01:07:27that's my view well well there's a marshal there who thinks that he's got enough power to push that

01:07:33ferrari and i have news for him he hasn't no it's uh we love a bit of enthusiasm and the marshals here

01:07:39as as they are most racetracks are very keen nicolau prosten the car of course uh has raced here before

01:07:46in the orca saline uh with um yes his father was here yesterday um and uh no wednesday wednesday and

01:07:56thursday to be precise and um so was nigel mansell and uh the two rivals from their grand prix days of uh

01:08:06for my teammates of course and teammates indeed when they were at ferrari uh we're obviously quite

01:08:11pleased to see each other um both now uh well i suppose past the days when uh we would see the race but

01:08:23mansell of course uh was out not that long ago and showing that frankly he'd lost very little of his

01:08:30skill and his ability and determination yeah a friend of mine was involved uh i won't mention

01:08:36it he was involved in one of the test sessions that he did recently in one of the sports cars

01:08:41and uh said that in the car he is still incredibly quick he's still got every bit of fire in his belly

01:08:47that he had before so has a tremendous uh level of of commitment uh very demanding as he always has

01:08:55been but then again the best racing drivers well a lot of people yeah a lot of people disagree with

01:09:00me when i say that probably of the underrated talents nigel was one of them he was a very worthy

01:09:07world champion absolutely there wasn't a single driver who nigel believed that he couldn't cope with

01:09:16i'm not going to argue with that and half of it in in motorsport as in life is if you believe you can

01:09:22do it then you're halfway there to achieving it is one of the most important things and uh i think

01:09:27there's there's a uh we talked very briefly about janetta juniors there's my son jake racing there the team

01:09:32boston mike flounders has a great saying he says just remember winners never quit and quitters never

01:09:37win and that's kind of pretty much a mantra to live by in motorsport i think if you really want to

01:09:42achieve something it can be done it's never ever going to be easy but it can be done if you really

01:09:46apply yourself these guys it's a great example of that the easiest thing to be say right now lads we've

01:09:51had a good good go the the car the other cars are doing well let's put her in the truck it's more or

01:09:56less in one piece um valiant effort but unlucky cops it's out of the car now yes doesn't look good

01:10:02that excuse me um doesn't look good i could just simply because they need to get access to something

01:10:08which is uh let's just like that's all it is but you know while the driver's sitting in it you feel

01:10:13that there is hope of uh a complete recovery when he gets out you sort of think to yourself wine

01:10:19going is there trouble at mill yeah that's sort of gentle trudge category leaders yeah i don't know

01:10:26that's the nine car brabham verts and uh jenay then the rs which is the essex car of uh sasha

01:10:33must no it's not it's emmanuel collard of course who is uh the the lead driver in that particular car

01:10:39i'm keeping an eye on what happens right when verts as it is in this case makes a stop

01:10:46and magnesia is still out and i've noticed that over the last shall we say hour and a half

01:10:55the actual time difference between the cars is coming down a bit now don't get excited yet but it

01:11:07might be indicative of the fact that uh should we put it this way it ain't over till the fat lady sings

01:11:15and uh there's not an ounce of fat on magnish that's very very true if ever when we saw it at

01:11:21sebring i mean really it was the alan mcness show that was the reason why audi won at sebring more

01:11:26than anything else they had such a tremendous run with alan he's inspired isn't he when when he gets

01:11:31one of those moves on him again the guy is a formula one driver end-off story yeah he's that level as

01:11:37christensen is as dindo capello potentially could have been and you know these guys

01:11:41yeah of course alan did race briefly in f1 for toyota but one has to look and say well look he

01:11:49raced the toyota look at toyota today they have a car that's quick today but still at the end of the

01:11:55day toyota haven't in spite of the millions of pounds that they've poured in being able to get a firm grip on

01:12:03the middle exactly but the point really be it is that the standard of drivers that are of that uh

01:12:09of that now we've just seen very quickly just to in case anybody missed that the the class positions

01:12:15we've talked a little lot about who's doing what and where and why and when so let's just very quickly

01:12:20update you on on the lmp2 class at the moment is the number 31 essex porsche that has been so strong

01:12:28for so long caspar elgaard the very talented danish driver on board at the moment sharing that car

01:12:34with emmanuel collard and christian paulsen 185 laps has a three-lap lead at the moment

01:12:40over the number five team go car which is sexy ara and kunimoto and also uh sasha masson and then

01:12:48the 33 speedy seba car which is currently being driven by benjamin loinberger in the other categories

01:12:55in the gt1 class well it's been pretty much all about the corvettes as we kind of expected it to be

01:13:02and the situation at the moment with the corvettes is that the leading corvette or the car leading

01:13:08its class and uh fastest overall at the moment is the 63 car of uh young magnus at the moment running

01:13:15in 19th position overall uh which is and he's just ahead of the his teammate oliver govin in the 64 car

01:13:23third in class is another corvette the young clary car of the lucan font adventures car lmp2 or rather

01:13:30gt2 however has been pretty competitive and pretty crazy from the outset and it still is the same

01:13:37very close is pierre kaffer on board of the rissi competizione ferrari ahead of a tremendous job the

01:13:4292 jmw car being driven by british drivers andrew kakodi robert bell and tim suggdon 168 laps just a

01:13:50lap down and then the third position car is the number 97 uh car of bm scuderia italia fabio babini

01:14:00matteo manucelli and paolo roberti and that is just ahead of the patrick long porsche so very much

01:14:09about ferrari as it was last year and that category nevland we seem to have seen a bit of a settling down

01:14:15of things in the last little bit of time yes i'm just watching the work that's going on here on your

01:14:19screen at the moment which would indicate to me that all is not quite well in the state of denmark

01:14:31sounds like there's something that they're having to tuck away at great deals this is of course the

01:14:36seven car which has had the lion's share of the of the problems that perjot have had started with

01:14:45that collision early on with the uh pescarola perjot right at the beginning of the day and life's not

01:14:52easy is it there's they've said that's it okay fine it's back in the race but that was a longer stop than

01:15:00i anticipated that they thought they were going to have and i'm just having a quick look to see

01:15:08uh it's dropped them down behind the other audi and all those places we'll look at again

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01:17:04and uh

01:17:08EuroSports coverage of the 2009 Le Mans 24-hour race continues.

01:17:20I'm Neville Hay, Simon Hill with me.

01:17:23And now he's got his finger on the button.

01:17:25He'll not only be with you, he'll be talking to us in just a minute or two.

01:17:28I will indeed.

01:17:29And we watched the Drayson race.

01:17:30What a wonderful fairy tale that is of Paul Drayson getting himself past.

01:17:35He's medically fit because of a problem with his vision in one of his eyes.

01:17:39He wasn't allowed to race by the ACO, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, to manage things here in Le Mans.

01:17:44But finally he got the okay and sharing the car with the wonderfully talented mariner Frank Kitty and Johnny Cocker.

01:17:51And they've been doing a very solid job with that car.

01:17:54And let's have a little look down our screens and see exactly where those guys are sitting currently at the moment in their class.

01:18:01Of course, it's a GT2 car as opposed to the GT1 cars that we're used to seeing running regularly at the front there.

01:18:10They're currently sitting 39th overall.

01:18:14And let me have a little look.

01:18:15One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

01:18:18Ninth in class.

01:18:19And probably was the most, still the most open and competitive class of the lot at the moment now.

01:18:24But I think that's a class that we're going to need to watch a little bit more interest.

01:18:28We see Romain Dumas taking over from Timo Bernhardt.

01:18:32Of course, they've been working together at Porsche in the ALMS Series for some time in that magnificent Penske run DHL Porsche Spyder.

01:18:43Yeah, they're a long way back following their trials, troubles and tribulations.

01:18:49But the enthusiasm from the team waiting to do the work, from the drivers leaping in and out, is still there in spite of that.

01:18:58And I think that's something that it's good to see that they're anxious to make up as much ground as they possibly can.

01:19:05And you were talking about the eye problems that have been, shall we say, the subject of discussion.

01:19:14And I have to point out yesterday when this came up, or no, it wasn't yesterday, it was first time when this came up,

01:19:21that there are a number of drivers, starting with Dr. Helmut Marker,

01:19:24who decided that he would not continue with the Formula One career following an eye injury in a race.

01:19:30Yep.

01:19:30But Johnny Cerver-Garvin also had eye problems, and I can think of at least four other drivers of international stature

01:19:39who only had vision in one eye.

01:19:41So it's not something new, it's just something that, I suppose, in this safety-conscious world that we have,

01:19:50it appeals to people to get a large stick and stir the pudding.

01:19:54Yes, it does indeed, and I think, obviously, we live in the world of health and safety now,

01:20:00and everybody likes to blame somebody else for something else.

01:20:02It's never everybody else's, anybody else's own fault for things.

01:20:05So I think people like to sometimes say, well, you know, is that necessarily the safest thing, and blah, blah.

01:20:10But the guy can obviously drive at a decent level.

01:20:12I mean, by his own admission, he's not a professional racing driver.

01:20:15He's a guy that's worked very hard to get himself in a position to be able to fund the programme,

01:20:22and he's doing a really, really good job of enjoying his racing and being as competitive as possible.

01:20:26Yeah, I think, you know, we are very conscious of it.

01:20:28It's gone beyond the album and the line, hasn't it?

01:20:30And they stick with the sources that handle and somebody having to be summoned.

01:20:33That's the problem.

01:20:34And it has got a bit silly.

01:20:37But there you go.

01:20:39I think, you know, we look at Le Mans over the years, of course,

01:20:42the scene of the most unpleasant and horrific accident of all time in motorsport in 1955.

01:20:49And there was a case back in the day which was effectively caused by closing speeds.

01:20:53We had the Mercedes, which were the prototypes of their day.

01:20:57And at the moment,

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