24 Hours of Le Mans 2012 – First 5 Hours Part 2 - video Dailymotion

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00:00:0030 that has just come down to pit lane. Yelma Berman has brought that car into the pit. Certainly an unscheduled stop there.

00:00:06They had a couple of spins during the warm-up this morning. There's treacherous conditions,

00:00:11but they also had a bit of a problem getting the engine up to temperature, not only the tyres, but the engine as well.

00:00:17So whether there's any lasting difficulties there, I do not know at the moment, but car number 30 is into the pit.

00:00:23Not really used to seeing the 88 car suffering so much at the moment. It looks like it's just down on pace.

00:00:28It has been in qualifying as well, but the Felbermeyer Porsche, under all kinds of pressures at the moment,

00:00:34looks like a bit of a cork in the bottle for those who are just charging down behind.

00:00:38And here we are, another stop here. I think those who may well have started on intermediates passively taken that as a bit of a gamble,

00:00:44back in to go for slicks as the sun comes out here. But that's going to be a constant question throughout.

00:00:50The weather is so variable here. Yeah, it is meant to dry out tomorrow, but who knows what we've got coming still today.

00:00:55It's definitely looking buried when you look up at the sky. And, you know, I sort of hope it'll stay that way because that'll keep it exciting.

00:01:02It will, won't it? I think the weather forecasters have been saying that it should be dry for most of the rest of the race,

00:01:08but certainly some potential for some showers later on.

00:01:11The guy who is on the move, that's car number 51. Tony Wielander started the air, of course, a Ferrari.

00:01:17You might remember, or might know that, that car had a big crash in the test day dip here a couple of weeks ago.

00:01:24Jimmy Bruni crashed it at the Porsche Curves. They worked so hard to repair that car for the race week.

00:01:31Exactly, Giancarlo Fisichella crashed it.

00:01:33And then Giancarlo Fisichella crashed it in exactly the same place on Wednesday.

00:01:38The team then, they didn't have a spare car. It happened to be just not allowed spare cars in the World Endurance Championship.

00:01:46But I'm kind of surprised there wasn't a spare Ferrari 458, so not too far conveniently away.

00:01:52But they thrashed to repair that car, and it's now already up to third place in GTE.

00:01:58Well, look at that. The 88 car seems to have picked itself up.

00:02:02Deeply involved with one of the vets here on track.

00:02:07He's, in fact, involved with the number 73 car, and really having a go, or at least getting alongside him, saying,

00:02:14I'm going to have a pass here in a minute. Really, really challenging them.

00:02:18And these top pro GT drivers are always racers, no matter what, 24 hours or not.

00:02:24They are sprinting and pushing hard right from the start.

00:02:26Oh, I'm actually suffering this flare here on the track.

00:02:31Number two car getting very, very lucky there.

00:02:34Alan McNish, let's not make it a short one, Alan.

00:02:36We've had that before. It'd be nice to see him coming all the way through here.

00:02:40On board at the start and doing a guarding job.

00:02:42There was a huge round of applause amongst the Audi boys when he took that position

00:02:47and really allowed the two cars ahead to just start getting heat into the tyres

00:02:51and more of a relaxed start than they perhaps have thought.

00:02:54As far as Toyota are concerned, Sarrazan and Wurz at the moment.

00:02:57The eight car, they're sort of pacing around here in formation, it seems.

00:03:03But it certainly looks like the seven car is looking quicker here.

00:03:07It does, doesn't it?

00:03:07You're right. Alex Wurz has certainly closed right up onto the tail of Stefan Sarrazan.

00:03:12And I wonder whether those two Toyotas might exchange positions.

00:03:16Maybe Alex Wurz can set off again after Alan McNish.

00:03:19He could fall back about four seconds from Alan McNish

00:03:23and about 15 seconds behind the race leader, Andre Lottereau.

00:03:28Well, if only the Toyota can keep some reliability,

00:03:31which has always been their biggest question because it's such a new programme.

00:03:34If they can keep the cars going round or even one of them going round,

00:03:37we could have a really interesting race today still with today and tomorrow.

00:03:41In fact, with Audi, because nobody wants to see only Audi.

00:03:44And I don't think Audi wants to be out there by themselves.

00:03:47They want to have somebody bring a race to them.

00:03:49As if by magic, the seven car is in fact allowed through.

00:03:52Clearly looking quicker.

00:03:54And I think he may well distance the eight car.

00:03:56Yeah, and he pulled out early there,

00:03:57came around the kink before the Mulsanne corner.

00:04:00And Stefan Sarrazan was giving way there to Alexander Wurz.

00:04:09So I think heads up driving there.

00:04:12The number seven car, that has the red wing mirrors

00:04:16as opposed to the white wing mirrors on the number eight car.

00:04:19So you can tell those two apart.

00:04:21And just to give you an idea of the actual pace of these front-running LMP1 cars,

00:04:25already we're seeing them lapping the back of the GT fields on this huge long circuit.

00:04:30So it just gives you a feel for how it's incredibly fast they are compared to the back of the field.

00:04:35Lots of time, by the way.

00:04:37Quickest lap so far, 326.302.

00:04:40And, yes, he's heading down to under that 26 mark here, the 326.

00:04:47Quickest of the rest, Alan McNish.

00:04:50In fact, of those in the 27s, Duval has managed a 328 last time by.

00:04:56So, yes, it's variable depending on just how much damp is out there.

00:05:01And it seems to have absolutely disappeared.

00:05:02There's a lot of temperature in the ground here, incidentally.

00:05:06It does bake off very, very quickly.

00:05:09They designed this track extremely well.

00:05:11I thought you were talking about the way that the water sheets away here

00:05:14rather effectively on some parts of the track.

00:05:17It gets dry very quickly if the rain stops.

00:05:19And a lot of it's just having the cars running over the top.

00:05:22Nothing drives a track faster than actual moving race cars.

00:05:25So it doesn't surprise me at all that it's dried out now.

00:05:28There are still some ominous clouds in the distance, though, from all different angles.

00:05:32We've talked about this before, that Le Mans is a big circuit.

00:05:35It's just over eight miles.

00:05:36You can have rain in one part and nothing somewhere else,

00:05:39which will make things very exciting if that starts to happen again.

00:05:42And I think I can predict that we'll have some more rain before tomorrow.

00:05:46Yes, I think so.

00:05:47The Aston, it's leading.

00:05:49It's Mooker.

00:05:50It's leading the class at the moment, the pros.

00:05:52The 97 car.

00:05:53That is Olly Gavin in the Corvette.

00:05:56If you're wondering what happened to Paul in class,

00:05:59Beretta is running third with Vylander closing him down in the 51 car,

00:06:03a car that has essentially been completely rebuilt.

00:06:07In fact, those boys had to qualify in the 71 car.

00:06:10They were allowed to do that.

00:06:11The FIA force majeure was declared, and they gave him sanction to do so.

00:06:15Just popped in a couple of laps, but clearly a very, very quick package, the 51 car.

00:06:19And it might be quite a story that they got all of their ill fortune out of the way early on.

00:06:24But look at the pressure that's being imposed here by Olly Gavin.

00:06:27This is great stuff.

00:06:28Oh, this is great racing so early on.

00:06:30And we knew the Aston would be fast.

00:06:32They've led most of the races they've done this year.

00:06:34But always that little bit of question of how hard would they have to push to keep that lead,

00:06:39and if they can keep it all under control.

00:06:41But Aston Martin has been here for many years.

00:06:43They know how to win.

00:06:44So does Corvette, however.

00:06:46And they really don't want to give up that title.

00:06:49Yeah, tremendous stuff.

00:06:50It's a great battle going on there.

00:06:52Here's this battle still raging on for ninth and tenth overall.

00:06:56A little bit farther back for them.

00:06:57And still in LMP2 is John Martin, who still leads for ADR over the Oak Racing car number 24.

00:07:04And in third place, Matthias Besch there in car number 46.

00:07:09That is the Tyriere by TDS racing car.

00:07:12Driven by...

00:07:13It's going to be a good mix that Christophe Tansot, along with Matthias Besch and Pierre Tyriere.

00:07:20And they've been sort of bubbling away underneath the surface.

00:07:23They're very much dark horses in that class.

00:07:25But it is absolutely too early to call what might happen in LMP2.

00:07:30I think it's absolutely wide open still.

00:07:32There's so many options.

00:07:33I think all that we can almost guarantee is that a Nissan engine will probably win LMP2.

00:07:40That's Roberti in the 88 car.

00:07:42Aguas near his turn back in a moment.

00:07:44Welcome back.

00:07:50Some sticky moments for Toyota just while we were on the break.

00:07:53The 7 car picking its way through traffic already, which kind of gives you a sense of just the speed differentials between the classes here.

00:08:02After all, we are what you can see 23 hours and 33 minutes or so remaining here.

00:08:08The 7 car almost tagging, getting mixed up then, shall we say, with the 67 Porsche out there.

00:08:14The IMSA performance machine will be hoping for a decent result within that class.

00:08:19And it almost got very, very mixed up.

00:08:22The Delta wing, I can tell you, there we are.

00:08:25We'll keep introducing it.

00:08:27It is running 30th at the moment.

00:08:30It seems the pace it had in qualifying, where it was dead center, if you like, of P2, has dropped off a little bit.

00:08:36And when it comes to proper racing, as you can see, at proper pace here, then there are questions to be asked.

00:08:41And that's natural at this level of a project.

00:08:43And I think some of that that we're seeing there is just lacking a bit of heat in the tires up to this point.

00:08:48There we're seeing, again, the number 7 car just getting tangled up there with one of the GTs,

00:08:54which possibly that GT car was not expecting to be lapped so early on.

00:08:58Well, no, I'm sure it was expected to be lapped.

00:09:00But I think what happened there, I think the Toyota got in on the brakes too deep and didn't turn into the corner.

00:09:05And the Porsche guy did a good job there of realizing that the prototype hadn't turned in, so it went straight along with him.

00:09:12But I think it was a mistake.

00:09:13It looked to me like it was a mistake there by the prototype driver and just took it in a bit too deep.

00:09:18But no harm, no foul.

00:09:19Well, I think both went through the escape area there and back into the brakes.

00:09:22I think they were lucky that it happened where it did and they didn't have gravel that they had to travel through.

00:09:27Well, they're prepping for the zero car.

00:09:29The zero car's prepping to come in as well.

00:09:31We took a big look at them as well.

00:09:37Who was it that was coming in?

00:09:38The 38 car.

00:09:39Yeah, there we are.

00:09:40And the zero car, in fact, is coming in for a stop.

00:09:43We're going downstairs to speak to Nakajima out of the seven car that had that sticky moment through traffic.

00:09:55Here he comes.

00:09:58We can see you very focused on screen after half an hour of race.

00:10:02What do you think?

00:10:03Well, I'm just looking at the race now.

00:10:07And, yeah, Alex is doing pretty well.

00:10:09And we have one Audi, I think, in our sights.

00:10:13So, yeah, we are doing quite a good job now, I think.

00:10:16You just passed the car number eight.

00:10:18What is the strategy?

00:10:21Was it planned to push very hard from the very beginning?

00:10:24Well, basically, we had a better pace with Alex.

00:10:27So, we managed to get ahead.

00:10:29And we just need to chase Audi and give them pressure all the time.

00:10:33In your briefing before the race, was it planned to, you allowed to do the race in between seven and eight?

00:10:40Yeah, for sure, we are racing quite hard, even in the team.

00:10:44And, yeah, yesterday's qualifying, we were behind, but hopefully we can get ahead in the race.

00:10:49But the most important thing is teamwork.

00:10:51So, I mean, either number seven or number eight, if we can get to the, I mean, close to the top, it's going to be great.

00:10:59I'm so impressed with Kazuki Nakajima.

00:11:02I mean, a really good guy.

00:11:03He's 26 years old now from Tokyo, Japan.

00:11:06His father, of course, Satoshi, was a big star in Formula One, particularly in his homeland.

00:11:12And Satoshi made most of his career with Honda, but his son has made it with Toyota.

00:11:19And great to see.

00:11:20And he's driven in Formula One.

00:11:22He's won championships in the feeder series along the way as well, as we see Sebastian Bordet bring the dome into the pits.

00:11:29But Nakajima, he has a great attitude.

00:11:31He's loving this switch to sports car racing.

00:11:33He's been an open-wheel driver all his life, but really enjoying getting involved on the ground floor of this sports car program.

00:11:39I just wonder whether, you know, the Japanese have always been very much a part of Le Mans.

00:11:43But there seems to be a groundswell of enthusiasm for the endurance race and the World Endurance Series now.

00:11:49And I think very much there's funding coming in.

00:11:52Honda are starting to light up again.

00:11:54Toyota are back, as we know.

00:11:56It's magnificent.

00:11:57Yeah, Nissan in a big way with the Delta wing and all these P2 cars as well.

00:12:00And the news this morning from Mazda, they're going to be in the P2 class next year with a diesel engine.

00:12:09And that's going to be a fascinating project.

00:12:11And John Doonan has told me he's going to come up and have a word with us later on this evening, who is the motorsport manager for Mazda North America.

00:12:18He's going to come in here, hoping to have a chat with us later on this evening.

00:12:21Fantastic.

00:12:22I know that Johnny Herbert was actually fishing around for drives this year after he got on the podium last year, you may remember.

00:12:30I think he got the bug once again and thought, you know what, I can still do this and why not.

00:12:34There are our class leaders.

00:12:36We've got an interview.

00:12:38Didn't quite catch who it was.

00:12:39We'll be finding out right now, I guess.

00:12:41Lucas, how it's going on for the moment?

00:12:44Well, it's going well.

00:12:45As we expected, the first cars are still going quick, but the rhythm of the tires is slowing down a bit for them.

00:12:54And we're still with a good pace.

00:12:57So it's a really long race.

00:13:00Martin is doing really well, really good pace at the moment.

00:13:03So we just have to wait for 10 hours, 12 hours and to see what happens.

00:13:07But now we are in a good shape.

00:13:10The strategy is to keep it like this until the end.

00:13:14The LMP2 is really close.

00:13:17So what is your goal?

00:13:18Do you have an objective of the podium, I imagine?

00:13:21Well, our goal for sure is to come in the night, you know, to come into the night without any problem.

00:13:28And, you know, to keep our pace.

00:13:31All of us, we are weak.

00:13:33We have a good pace.

00:13:33Alex, Martin and me have a good pace on track.

00:13:36So we have to wait for the others, for the pit stops.

00:13:39And then in the night we'll see what's going on.

00:13:42But at the moment we are quite, quite well, in a good pace, faster than the guys in front of us.

00:13:49And, well, the first and second are still going very quick.

00:13:52But we'll see in the night.

00:13:53Thank you very much.

00:13:54Just looking at the 7 car coming in.

00:13:56Lucas Ordonez is part of what we affectionately call the Brundle Bundle.

00:14:01Amazing story behind him.

00:14:03He has gone through the GT Academy, don't forget.

00:14:06Was a gamer.

00:14:07And indeed has found himself in top-level motorsport.

00:14:11Has really stood up to the mark.

00:14:12He cannot be discounted.

00:14:14He's actually ranked as one of the silver or even bronze drivers within P2.

00:14:19And I think he's a fantastic ally to have with the Brundles here.

00:14:24Yeah, no, Lucas Ordonez more than proved himself here last year when they finished second in LMP2.

00:14:29He's the true story of going from virtual to reality.

00:14:33Having never, ever driven a race car other than what he drove on his PlayStation.

00:14:37He's just come into motorsport and been really talented straight out of the box.

00:14:41And, of course, this year we've got the second generation of the European GT Academy and Jordan Tressen in one of the other LMP2 cars.

00:14:48Well, see how they go.

00:14:49There's a whole raft of pit stops going on, Jeremy.

00:14:51Yeah, both Toyotas into the pits there on lap 9 along with one of the Audis car number 4, Mike Rockenfellow.

00:14:58It's surprising he would be the first of the ones to come into the pit.

00:15:01And now they're looking around underneath the back of that because he is not, he's slipping back.

00:15:05He was slipping back a little bit even from the two Toyotas.

00:15:07So, oh, yeah, that car going back into the garage right away.

00:15:11That is one of the R18 Ultras.

00:15:13Audi have got two different cars here.

00:15:16They've got the e-tron Quattro, the two of those car number 1 and 2.

00:15:20They're the primarily silver-colored cars.

00:15:23They are running the hybrid system.

00:15:25The Ultras, R18 Ultras, numbers 3 and 4, are black and silver.

00:15:30It's a car number 4.

00:15:30They're one of the Ultras.

00:15:31Mike Rockenfellow aboard.

00:15:33That car back into the pits already.

00:15:35Yeah, and I'm surprised you've seen so many cars come into the pits previously.

00:15:38We had quite a few cars come in around the half-an-hour mark.

00:15:40That's a little bit early, in my opinion, for any pit stops whatsoever.

00:15:44But we did see a good number of cars coming in.

00:15:46So I'm not entirely sure what's happened there.

00:15:48No, I think, you know, to some degree it's so busy here at the pit lane.

00:15:51And everybody tends to come in generally around about the 45-minute mark.

00:15:54Certainly a few guys have had some problems, including here apparently for the Pescarolo Dome.

00:15:59And that's a shame, as we see that there are a shot of the two Toyotas leaving exactly at the same time.

00:16:04I am surprised that they did bring the Toyotas in a lap apart, I must say.

00:16:08Me too.

00:16:09And just looking at the guy operating the fuel rig there, and he gestured as if to say that wasn't a full load.

00:16:16Oh, really?

00:16:16Well, it shouldn't have been.

00:16:17It shouldn't have been that early.

00:16:19No.

00:16:19Well, whatever he was trying to put into it, I think they pulled away while he hadn't actually fully removed.

00:16:24He wasn't happy.

00:16:24Oh, I see.

00:16:25I'm sure one of the reasons they came in together there, and maybe one of the reasons it made that

00:16:28switch earlier on, the No. 7 car is pitted slightly farther up pit lane than the No. 8.

00:16:33They're in adjacent garages, but at least this way, with the order they were on the racetrack

00:16:38with the No. 7 car ahead of the No. 8, they were able to pull into their pit lane behind each other,

00:16:43so they weren't going to get hold up by the other car.

00:16:47They didn't have to drive around.

00:16:48Yes, of course.

00:16:50Possibly, we were probably in formation, so they didn't have to make that switch.

00:16:53And here is our race leader into pit lane as well.

00:16:57So 10 laps for the opening instant.

00:16:59That's about right.

00:17:01The second-place car is going to stay out, so the Andre Lotterer in the e-tron Quattro

00:17:06Audi is on to pit lane for his first, we presume, scheduled stop.

00:17:10Number 2 car in as well.

00:17:12Yeah, absolutely.

00:17:13And almost, leaving it very late on the brakes, almost getting into the 29 car,

00:17:16which is a bit of a mobile chicane here.

00:17:19More on that in a moment.

00:17:20I was hoping we were going to have this stop.

00:17:21Do you want to talk us through it, Liz?

00:17:23The 29 car.

00:17:24No, this stop.

00:17:24Oh, this stop.

00:17:25Sorry.

00:17:26We'll do the 29 car later.

00:17:28Well, we're going from the stop now.

00:17:29But, yeah, again, I'm surprised to see all the cars coming through at this time.

00:17:32I mean, they should just be putting on fuel.

00:17:34We shouldn't have any tire changes until sort of the third stop I would have expected

00:17:39with the tire wear that we're getting today.

00:17:41It's not very hot outside.

00:17:42I would expect Audi to change on either the second or the third pit stop,

00:17:46but probably the third should just be fuel.

00:17:49They'll try and change the drivers over when they change the tires

00:17:51just to give themselves a little bit more time,

00:17:53give the drivers more time to make sure that they're not holding up the actual pit stop

00:17:57with the driver change.

00:17:59It's a long old one, this.

00:18:01I wonder if they're going to start playing different fuel strategies.

00:18:04Alan McNish in the two car is away,

00:18:07and the Rebellion 12 machine is also just coming into the pits right now.

00:18:13Toyota caught fuel hose as it exited.

00:18:17No damage, so I was right.

00:18:18The fuel rig operator, not a happy bunny at all.

00:18:21You could see that.

00:18:22I don't think he was complaining about them coming in together, I should say.

00:18:27But, yes, the fuel hose, he wasn't fully released when he was given the go,

00:18:32and that's very, very dangerous.

00:18:34You're talking fire with that sort of thing.

00:18:36Yeah, and I think what's happened there is the man with the board in front

00:18:40who's keeping track of calling the driver out,

00:18:42the driver will just be looking at him, really, and listening to his radio.

00:18:45He won't be focusing on anything else,

00:18:47and he's perhaps just called him out that little bit too early.

00:18:49The driver's done exactly what he's been told to do,

00:18:51but there's just been that miscommunication between the team,

00:18:55and that's the sort of thing you can't really risk having happen here.

00:18:59It has to be a well-polished operation between everybody in the team.

00:19:03That's what wins these races.

00:19:04The guy felled on board the Lotus-badged Lola here.

00:19:10And away he goes.

00:19:11Yes, Lotus incidentally announcing that they may well be sparking up a fully supported,

00:19:17can we put it that way, LMP2 programme next year.

00:19:20They've got a lot of ambition starting to be waved about here.

00:19:24Let's just hope that their troubles and travails are sorted,

00:19:28and indeed, likewise, Lola will have plenty of time to talk about that

00:19:32throughout the evening as this goes on.

00:19:35We have 23 hours and 22 minutes of racing remaining.

00:19:40Can you believe it?

00:19:41And the class leader is in P2, is onto pit lane as well,

00:19:47along with quite a few other contenders in P2.

00:19:50The second-place car, however, Olivier Pla,

00:19:53that is the Morgan with the Judd engine.

00:19:57That has stayed out for one more lap than, I think,

00:20:00pretty much all the other P2 cars.

00:20:03That's interesting.

00:20:04Just checking out some of the other leaders here.

00:20:06Aston Martin, in the hands of Mukher, is doing a great job at the moment.

00:20:11Ollie Gavin, keeping him very, very honest, it's a super battle.

00:20:15In terms of the whole field, it's positions 27 and 28,

00:20:19but that is for the GTE Pro-class lead,

00:20:23and Aston, at the moment, are holding on to it.

00:20:25As far as the AMs are concerned, it's double bubble-less.

00:20:28Yeah, it's also Aston Martin now leading the amateur class

00:20:31with Alan Simonson at the wheel.

00:20:33That's going to be fantastic for Aston Martin.

00:20:35And they'll be loving leading this race with both straightaway.

00:20:38The number three car, the number three Audi,

00:20:40coming into the pit lane right in front of us here.

00:20:42And it does appear that, yeah,

00:20:44I was thinking Mike Rockefeller was out yet, but he's not out yet.

00:20:47So we'll wait to see what's happened with the number four car

00:20:49as soon as we can.

00:20:50Well, that's interesting,

00:20:51because they seem to be bringing that car back out of the garage

00:20:53as the two E-Tron Quattros were coming in.

00:20:56It looks like it, but from the screen,

00:20:58I don't know if he's actually left yet, but perhaps he has.

00:21:00Really charging the line.

00:21:02Does that mean that out?

00:21:03I think he's just gone out, possibly.

00:21:06Yeah, I think he's just gone out.

00:21:09But a very long stop for car number four.

00:21:11He's got a nine-lap gap now,

00:21:12so that was long enough,

00:21:14especially with how fast these frontrunners are going.

00:21:16Charging the line a few moments ago.

00:21:19The 31 car also bounced as a Lotus.

00:21:22It's the Lola once more.

00:21:25Getting hand signals from Mark Cole at the moment.

00:21:27It's gone semaphore.

00:21:29There we go.

00:21:29It's the race leader.

00:21:30That was a very good stop indeed.

00:21:32You could see how fast and precise the whole team was.

00:21:35Straight away, as soon as things were done,

00:21:36the engine was fired.

00:21:37Oh, just watching that near miss from earlier.

00:21:39Oh, that was close.

00:21:40I've actually had an incident in pit lane at Le Mans before as well,

00:21:43and it's the last thing that you want to have happen.

00:21:45Delta wing just being bypassed by a whole raft here.

00:21:48You see the four lights that it has.

00:21:49It's rather distinctive.

00:21:50At least you know it's coming here,

00:21:52although I would hope most people wouldn't be slower than it.

00:21:55It's actually dropping down pace-wise amongst the pros here,

00:21:59and this doesn't bode well for a long run for the zero car.

00:22:02It was solidly amongst the P2s during qualifying,

00:22:05and it's anything but at the moment.

00:22:07In fact, there's only Rostam, the 29 Lola,

00:22:10that is behind it on track at the moment.

00:22:13I think that zero car is being found out as we speak.

00:22:16And I'm also wondering if perhaps they're playing it a little bit safe.

00:22:20I don't think that's why the time is down,

00:22:21but they are not a classified car,

00:22:23and the last thing you want to do in a non-classified vehicle

00:22:25is have a run-in with somebody

00:22:27that's actually battling for a win in their own class.

00:22:30Number 22 car coming in now, along with a 15.

00:22:33Yeah, those who have been battling since the start of the race.

00:22:35Yeah, straight in, tail to nose there coming in.

00:22:38But just to be talking about the Nissan Delta wing car there,

00:22:41that car has made a pit stop,

00:22:43so that's why it's behind those GTE leaders as well.

00:22:49There we go, standing in tick to one just for the time being.

00:22:52We're going to take ourselves a short break in just a few moments' time.

00:22:55Just to remind you, if you're watching on British Eurosport,

00:22:57we're staying put.

00:22:59There shouldn't be any switching of channels for you,

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00:23:17So it's somewhere on the Eurosport family.

00:23:20You just have to get your remote control and do the job,

00:23:23and you will keep in touch with us.

00:23:25As far as the Brits are concerned,

00:23:26you have the luxury of our company throughout

00:23:29without having to touch the remote,

00:23:30apart from to turn the volume up when you get some of those on boards.

00:23:33And you hear that spingle-spangle sound,

00:23:35particularly of the hybrids.

00:23:36And it looks like the number 15 car has gotten out

00:23:38just in front of the one he's been battling with.

00:23:40He was behind him coming into pit lane,

00:23:42but that is what it comes down to.

00:23:44If you have a slick pit stop,

00:23:46it can make all the difference at Le Mans.

00:23:49Back on board with the Audi R18 e-tron.

00:23:51Stay with us.

00:23:52We're going for a quick break.

00:23:53Welcome back.

00:24:02The three car has made an unscheduled,

00:24:05very, very quick return to the pits.

00:24:06They've changed all the wheels here

00:24:09and can't quite figure out why.

00:24:13Just a puncture, maybe?

00:24:14Possibly.

00:24:15They didn't change tyres on their first stop,

00:24:17which was only one lap ago.

00:24:19So, you know, sunny, Liz,

00:24:22it's fairly cool conditions here.

00:24:24The tyres will lose a lot of their temperature

00:24:26and they're really only working properly

00:24:28when they have a lot of heat in those tyres.

00:24:31They'll lose a lot of that temperature

00:24:33when they come in the pit lane.

00:24:34It could be,

00:24:35and you talked about it earlier on,

00:24:36the fact that the drivers all week

00:24:38have been having difficulty

00:24:39getting their tyres up

00:24:41to that optimal working temperature.

00:24:43It could be that.

00:24:44It could be a puncture.

00:24:45Yeah, I can't imagine they would have come in

00:24:47to change tyres straight after a pit stop

00:24:48this early on in the race

00:24:49unless there was actually a problem there.

00:24:51If he suddenly felt

00:24:52that something was going wrong.

00:24:54Also, don't forget

00:24:55that they have a full data system.

00:24:56Audi will have actual pressure sensors

00:24:58on all those tyres.

00:25:00So even from pit lane,

00:25:01they can probably tell the driver

00:25:03that they're losing pressure

00:25:04before the driver feels it himself.

00:25:06And it is a huge accident

00:25:07to have a slow puncture

00:25:08that suddenly bursts

00:25:09or goes wrong that way.

00:25:10So that possibly would happen.

00:25:12We won't know for sure

00:25:13without asking them,

00:25:13but certainly not what they would want

00:25:15at this stage in the race.

00:25:16And particularly now,

00:25:17that's both of the R18 Ultras,

00:25:19numbers three and four,

00:25:21making unscheduled stops.

00:25:23The number four car

00:25:23is back out into the fray,

00:25:25but it is,

00:25:27I think maybe it's just one lap down.

00:25:29Yeah, I think it's just one lap down,

00:25:30down in 20th place.

00:25:32That is Mike Rockenfeller.

00:25:34And that could just open the window

00:25:35for some of these petrol cars.

00:25:36If they could just keep it tidy,

00:25:38keep going around,

00:25:39no unscheduled pit stops.

00:25:40Who knows what the result could be today?

00:25:42Jörg Bergmeister on board

00:25:43the 80 Flying Lizards.

00:25:45A team that needs some luck

00:25:47here at Le Mans,

00:25:48I think you might say.

00:25:50We'll see how they go.

00:25:51We are heading down

00:25:53to speak to Corvette Management.

00:25:55I haven't really got a handle

00:25:57on who it is just the time being.

00:25:58Let's find out.

00:25:59We're really happy with that.

00:26:14Jan's fighting just a little bit

00:26:16of understeer in the car.

00:26:18So we're going to be stopping here

00:26:20on this next lap.

00:26:21We'll refuel, put some tires on it,

00:26:23and we'll make a couple of suspension changes

00:26:25to try and help that condition.

00:26:27I think so much of the car setup

00:26:28was set up in colder conditions,

00:26:30and now with the sun out,

00:26:31the track is heating up,

00:26:33and it's caused them

00:26:33just a little bit of difficulty.

00:26:35So we'll see if we can't get that corrected

00:26:36and get it moved up towards the front.

00:26:38The GT category is really tight

00:26:41between Ferraris, Porsche, Corvettes.

00:26:44What's going to be the strategy

00:26:45during the 24 hours?

00:26:47Well, I can tell you this.

00:26:48When you look at the level of competition

00:26:50that's out there,

00:26:51the quality of the Ferrari teams,

00:26:52the Porsche teams,

00:26:53and the Aston Martin,

00:26:55this is not a strategy race.

00:26:56This is just going out there,

00:26:58hammering it as hard as you can

00:27:00from the green flag,

00:27:01keeping your fingers crossed,

00:27:02and seeing what happens

00:27:03when they wave the checker.

00:27:05Thank you very much.

00:27:06We love that, don't we?

00:27:07This is just a...

00:27:07Couldn't have said it better.

00:27:09Absolutely.

00:27:10Doug Feehan knows more than

00:27:12just about anybody

00:27:13what it takes to be here,

00:27:15and been with Corvette

00:27:16for so many years,

00:27:17and we look forward to seeing him

00:27:18on the 24-Minute show later on.

00:27:20Yeah, do you want to be the anvil,

00:27:21or do you want to be the hammer?

00:27:22And it's hammered down

00:27:24at the moment

00:27:24for all of these guys.

00:27:26Simonson and the Aston Martin

00:27:27is leading the class

00:27:29for the Ams here.

00:27:31The pro class,

00:27:31it's also,

00:27:32it's Mooker,

00:27:33who is leading

00:27:34in also the Aston Martin.

00:27:36They're having fun out there,

00:27:37but Corvette are on their case,

00:27:39as you can see, Jeremy.

00:27:40Yeah, great stuff, isn't it?

00:27:41And we haven't seen

00:27:43the GT leaders yet

00:27:45onto Pille,

00:27:45I don't think,

00:27:46but all sorts of shuffling

00:27:48going on in there.

00:27:49There's still this battle

00:27:49out in front

00:27:50with the Aston Martin

00:27:51and Stefan Mooker

00:27:52just ahead of Oliver Gavin,

00:27:54with whom we ride on board now.

00:27:55There's a gap

00:27:56of about six seconds,

00:27:58more than that,

00:27:59actually,

00:27:59it's 16 seconds

00:28:00back to Tony V. Lander

00:28:01in kind of a 51

00:28:03up in third place in GT.

00:28:05And interestingly,

00:28:06both of the Aston Martins

00:28:07have just done

00:28:08their fastest lap time

00:28:09on those last laps,

00:28:10so they are really

00:28:11not hanging about,

00:28:12absolutely pushing

00:28:13as he comes into pit lane,

00:28:14number 97 car.

00:28:16That is the leader

00:28:18of the GTE Pro class

00:28:19into pit lane.

00:28:20Let's see when

00:28:21we're going to see,

00:28:23oh, actually,

00:28:24well, he was the leader,

00:28:25now he's come in,

00:28:25so Oliver Gavin

00:28:26hasn't made his stop yet

00:28:27because he's now

00:28:28taking the lead,

00:28:28so let's keep an eye out

00:28:30for Ollie coming

00:28:30down to pit lane.

00:28:31Yeah, we're on board

00:28:33with the 74 car,

00:28:34but we're just going

00:28:35to hook up, I suspect,

00:28:36and see the stop

00:28:37of Aston Martin here

00:28:39will be what we'd like

00:28:40to see in the second

00:28:41Aston coming in,

00:28:42actually,

00:28:42so the Pros and the Ams

00:28:43are both arriving,

00:28:45we bumped into Dave Richards

00:28:46two days ago,

00:28:48and he looked

00:28:48amazingly calm.

00:28:49It's a diminished

00:28:50program this time,

00:28:51he said,

00:28:51yeah, but a good one,

00:28:53and gave us a big,

00:28:54big, cheesy grin,

00:28:55which, of course,

00:28:56he does.

00:28:56I think he was relishing

00:28:57the fact that he was

00:28:58going to do a little bit

00:28:59of racing himself as well.

00:29:00Well, now,

00:29:01we've just seen

00:29:01Jan Magnusson come in,

00:29:02as we heard from

00:29:03Doug Feehan was planned,

00:29:05however,

00:29:05we've not seen

00:29:06Ollie Gavin come in.

00:29:07Now, if the Corvettes

00:29:08can manage an extra lap

00:29:10on fuel

00:29:10throughout this race

00:29:11than Aston can,

00:29:12it could be a huge

00:29:13shake-up.

00:29:15Could be.

00:29:16The Aston,

00:29:17I think they've been

00:29:18the only cars

00:29:19on to pit lane

00:29:20in GTE thus far.

00:29:23They've done 12 laps

00:29:24on that first stint.

00:29:25And we've just seen

00:29:26a few more coming in.

00:29:27We saw the number 88 car

00:29:28just coming down

00:29:28to pit lane.

00:29:29that is in the M-class.

00:29:31Quite a long ways down.

00:29:33We would expect that car

00:29:33to be a little bit

00:29:34further up.

00:29:38We're going to see

00:29:39the good doctor,

00:29:40Dr. Ulrich,

00:29:41in just a few moments' time.

00:29:43Yes, already

00:29:44so much to talk about here.

00:29:46Here we go.

00:29:47Dr. Ulrich,

00:29:49can you just tell us

00:29:50about the number four

00:29:52who stopped in the garage

00:29:53and number three

00:29:54who came two times

00:29:55in the pits?

00:29:56Yeah, the car number four,

00:29:58Rocky,

00:29:59he told us by radio

00:30:01that he had a strange feeling

00:30:02on the rear axle.

00:30:04And he headed

00:30:06to more than one lap.

00:30:08And not taking any risk,

00:30:09we called him in.

00:30:11We checked the whole

00:30:11rear suspension.

00:30:12There was nothing special.

00:30:14We sent him out again

00:30:15and now he doesn't report

00:30:17any problems anymore.

00:30:19Car number three

00:30:21was unlucky enough

00:30:22to catch up in the first lap

00:30:25after the pit stop

00:30:26for fuel

00:30:27a puncture on the rear axle.

00:30:31The track is really changing

00:30:34with the weather.

00:30:35So they said,

00:30:36how do you work

00:30:37with the setups?

00:30:38The driver wants

00:30:39to change some stuff?

00:30:41No, I mean,

00:30:42we have been working

00:30:43all the testing days

00:30:44to have the cars

00:30:45on a setup

00:30:46that the drivers

00:30:47should be fine with.

00:30:49Under the conditions

00:30:50we expected,

00:30:52yeah,

00:30:53this with the puncture

00:30:54was for sure unlucky

00:30:55because we have found

00:30:56a very sharp stone

00:30:58in the tyre

00:30:58and this normally

00:30:59should not be

00:31:00on the racetrack.

00:31:01Thank you very much.

00:31:01There are a bit

00:31:02of misfortune.

00:31:04It's other cars

00:31:05perhaps that occasionally

00:31:06just help that kind

00:31:07of debris

00:31:07onto the track.

00:31:09But yes,

00:31:10things have just

00:31:11settled themselves

00:31:12down a little bit,

00:31:13all save for way back

00:31:14in the GT AM

00:31:16and Pro Class

00:31:17where the battle

00:31:17has been raging

00:31:18on.

00:31:18The stops are out of sequence.

00:31:20They're not being matched

00:31:21team by team here

00:31:22and as a result

00:31:23it means that

00:31:25maybe different

00:31:25fuel strategies,

00:31:26maybe different

00:31:27fuel capabilities

00:31:28are going to come

00:31:29into the mix

00:31:30before you know it here.

00:31:33Yeah,

00:31:33no,

00:31:33I think we're going

00:31:34to soon see

00:31:35Oliver Gavin

00:31:36coming into the pit lane

00:31:37but he hasn't done so yet.

00:31:38So that's one of

00:31:39the biggest things

00:31:40we're seeing there

00:31:40and very,

00:31:41very unlucky

00:31:42for the number three car.

00:31:43Last year we saw

00:31:44so many punctures

00:31:45if you remember.

00:31:46It was unbelievable.

00:31:47It was the most

00:31:47we've ever seen.

00:31:48I don't think

00:31:49we've seen any,

00:31:50we've seen maybe one

00:31:51in all of the practice

00:31:53and qualifying

00:31:53up till now.

00:31:54So certainly

00:31:55it's been very,

00:31:56very unlucky

00:31:57for them to have

00:31:57that straight out

00:31:58of pit lane

00:31:59but as they say

00:32:00that's racing.

00:32:02A couple of notes

00:32:03for you.

00:32:03The number 17 car

00:32:04the Poscarolo

00:32:06dome chassis

00:32:07with the jet engine

00:32:08that is back out

00:32:09in the fray

00:32:09as indeed still

00:32:11is the Nissan Delta

00:32:12wing which has

00:32:13moved itself up into

00:32:14which is running

00:32:14in 30th place

00:32:15pretty much where

00:32:16it was before

00:32:17that pit stop

00:32:18and as I say

00:32:19that Oliver Gavin

00:32:20brings the GTE

00:32:21class leading Corvette

00:32:23into the pit lane

00:32:25as well.

00:32:25So 12 laps,

00:32:2713 laps completed

00:32:29by him.

00:32:30The Ferraris however

00:32:31Tony V-Lando

00:32:32will now take over

00:32:33the lead in that

00:32:33car.

00:32:34The car number 51

00:32:34from 59

00:32:35that was a pole winning

00:32:36car in GTE

00:32:39now driven by

00:32:40Jamie Mello

00:32:41that moves into

00:32:41second place.

00:32:43And the 74 car

00:32:44is indeed

00:32:45taking on fuel.

00:32:46Olivier Beretta

00:32:47as well.

00:32:48So in the number 71

00:32:50Ferrari

00:32:50so all three

00:32:51Ferraris able

00:32:52to do one more

00:32:52lap than the

00:32:53Corvettes.

00:32:55And there's

00:32:55Patrick Pille

00:32:56and Mark

00:32:57Lieb in the two

00:32:58best Porsches

00:32:58number 79

00:33:00and 77

00:33:01also number 75

00:33:02car Sean Edwards

00:33:03that car into

00:33:04the pits as well.

00:33:05All of the Porsches

00:33:06it would appear

00:33:07in on that lap

00:33:07but the three

00:33:08Ferraris

00:33:09they stay out.

00:33:11This could get

00:33:11very interesting

00:33:12indeed.

00:33:13It could come

00:33:13down to who

00:33:14is the most

00:33:15reliable and

00:33:15the most fuel

00:33:17conservative.

00:33:18Yep.

00:33:18Absolutely agree

00:33:19with you there

00:33:19Liz.

00:33:20And quite often

00:33:21that's what

00:33:2124 hour racing

00:33:22is.

00:33:23It's yes you

00:33:23have to be

00:33:24fast and

00:33:24consistent but

00:33:25you also have

00:33:26to be efficient.

00:33:27Yep.

00:33:27We just saw

00:33:28the 22 car

00:33:28in the hands

00:33:29of Dave

00:33:30Brabham

00:33:30the HPD

00:33:31machine.

00:33:31It was

00:33:32approached by

00:33:33Lottra in

00:33:34the one

00:33:34Audi and

00:33:36you saw the

00:33:37performance

00:33:37difference

00:33:37essentially

00:33:38between the

00:33:40petrol powered

00:33:40P1s and

00:33:41indeed the

00:33:42diesel's hybrid

00:33:43or not.

00:33:44Clearly on

00:33:45display.

00:33:46Let's just

00:33:47have a listen

00:33:47on board the

00:33:48e-tron if we

00:33:49possibly can

00:33:49fairly shortly.

00:33:51I hope we'll

00:33:52get it.

00:33:52During qualifying

00:33:53we certainly

00:33:53heard the

00:33:54energy retrieval

00:33:55system.

00:33:57I could only

00:33:57describe the

00:33:58sound as

00:33:58spingling if

00:33:59that makes

00:34:00any sense to

00:34:01anybody at

00:34:01all.

00:34:02I think we

00:34:03also said it

00:34:04was nails

00:34:05being drawn

00:34:06down a

00:34:06blackboard.

00:34:07Not quite

00:34:07sure.

00:34:09But when

00:34:09you're talking

00:34:10about the

00:34:10Audi's car

00:34:11I got a

00:34:11message from

00:34:12Jason Butcher

00:34:13on Twitter.

00:34:14I've got to

00:34:15apologise in

00:34:15advance because

00:34:16I don't check

00:34:17Twitter all

00:34:18that often.

00:34:19I did catch

00:34:20this one from

00:34:20Jason so I

00:34:21apologise for

00:34:21the ones I

00:34:22miss.

00:34:23But Jason

00:34:24asked what

00:34:25are the red

00:34:25and blue

00:34:26bottles in

00:34:27the cockpit

00:34:27of the

00:34:28Audi's?

00:34:29Well the

00:34:30red and

00:34:30blue bottles

00:34:30are one of

00:34:32them is the

00:34:32drinks bottle

00:34:33and one is

00:34:33the reservoir

00:34:34for the

00:34:35windshield

00:34:36wiper.

00:34:37I was

00:34:38talking to

00:34:38Ralph

00:34:39about it

00:34:39who was

00:34:40one of the

00:34:41technical

00:34:41chiefs there

00:34:42at Audi

00:34:42and he

00:34:42was telling

00:34:43me that

00:34:43often the

00:34:43drivers complain

00:34:45that maybe

00:34:45they've put

00:34:46the wrong

00:34:46fluids in

00:34:47the wrong

00:34:47bottle because

00:34:48the drivers

00:34:49keep complaining

00:34:49that the

00:34:50fluids they

00:34:50give them

00:34:51to keep

00:34:52up their

00:34:52energy

00:34:52drivels

00:34:53during the

00:34:53race

00:34:53taste

00:34:54absolutely

00:34:54foul.

00:34:56Those are the

00:34:58salts that are

00:34:58necessary to

00:34:59actually take

00:34:59on the

00:34:59water quickly.

00:35:01Thanks Jason

00:35:02for that

00:35:02question.

00:35:02Incidentally if

00:35:03you'd like to

00:35:03join the

00:35:04conversation on

00:35:05Twitter we

00:35:06have three

00:35:07accounts open

00:35:07some checked

00:35:08more as

00:35:09Jeremy has

00:35:09pointed out

00:35:10than others

00:35:10but there's

00:35:12myself Carlton

00:35:13Kirby C-A-R-L-T-O-N-K-I-R-B-Y

00:35:16there is another

00:35:18there is Liz

00:35:19Halliday

00:35:19L-I-Z-H-A-L-L-I-D-A-Y

00:35:23and there is

00:35:24Jeremy Shaw

00:35:25Racer

00:35:26is that right

00:35:27Jeremy Shaw

00:35:28Racer

00:35:28so if you'd like to

00:35:29drop any of us

00:35:30a line

00:35:31you've probably

00:35:32got more chance

00:35:33of it being

00:35:33answered with

00:35:33me or Liz

00:35:34to be honest

00:35:34it's a bit of

00:35:35a Luddite

00:35:36Jeremy

00:35:37as far as

00:35:37Twitter's

00:35:38concerned

00:35:38but you never

00:35:39know

00:35:39you might be

00:35:40one of the

00:35:40rare ones

00:35:41who gives

00:35:41it a go

00:35:41and gets

00:35:42on air

00:35:42so that

00:35:42would be

00:35:43something

00:35:43here we go

00:35:44then

00:35:44it's been

00:35:45a busy

00:35:46old time

00:35:46we're going

00:35:47to talk

00:35:47about the

00:35:4829 car

00:35:48the golf

00:35:49car

00:35:49that's been

00:35:49a bit

00:35:50of a

00:35:50movable

00:35:51feast

00:35:51I think

00:35:52you might

00:35:52say

00:35:53throughout

00:35:53qualifying

00:35:54we've got

00:35:54debris

00:35:55here

00:35:55will that

00:35:56get

00:35:56marshalled

00:35:57away

00:35:58looks like

00:35:58a winglet

00:35:59it does

00:36:00it looks

00:36:00like

00:36:00just one

00:36:02little piece

00:36:02of error

00:36:03which has

00:36:03come off

00:36:04so somebody

00:36:04has had

00:36:04a little

00:36:05coming

00:36:05together

00:36:06I do

00:36:06believe

00:36:06yes

00:36:07and this

00:36:07may be

00:36:08the secret

00:36:08answer

00:36:09to just

00:36:09that

00:36:10you see

00:36:10the word

00:36:11Nissan

00:36:11everywhere

00:36:12here

00:36:13on

00:36:13Nissan

00:36:13which means

00:36:1524

00:36:15apparently

00:36:16there you

00:36:19go

00:36:19in the

00:36:20United

00:36:20States

00:36:20Nissan

00:36:21yeah

00:36:21there we

00:36:22are

00:36:22Nye

00:36:22being

00:36:2320

00:36:23and

00:36:23San

00:36:24being

00:36:244

00:36:24which

00:36:26seems

00:36:26appropriate

00:36:26and

00:36:27they

00:36:27have

00:36:27chosen

00:36:28to

00:36:28invest

00:36:29very

00:36:29heavily

00:36:30here

00:36:30and

00:36:31yes

00:36:31so

00:36:32you

00:36:32will

00:36:32see

00:36:32their

00:36:33engines

00:36:33being

00:36:33spread

00:36:34wide

00:36:35here

00:36:35very

00:36:36effectively

00:36:36just

00:36:36looking at

00:36:36a 51

00:36:37car

00:36:37just

00:36:38tracking

00:36:38its

00:36:38way

00:36:38through

00:36:38is

00:36:39the

00:36:3971

00:36:39upon

00:36:40which

00:36:41they

00:36:41actually

00:36:42qualified

00:36:42comes

00:36:43into

00:36:43the pit

00:36:44yeah

00:36:4471

00:36:44cars

00:36:45comes

00:36:45into

00:36:45the

00:36:45pits

00:36:45but

00:36:46both

00:36:46the

00:36:4659

00:36:47and

00:36:47the

00:36:4751

00:36:48stayed

00:36:48out

00:36:48and

00:36:48also

00:36:49on that

00:36:49lap

00:36:49Jeremy

00:36:50Mallow

00:36:50I think

00:36:51passed

00:36:51Tony

00:36:51Wielander

00:36:52so the

00:36:5259

00:36:52came

00:36:53past

00:36:53the

00:36:53head

00:36:53of the

00:36:54number

00:36:5451

00:36:55that's

00:36:55interesting

00:36:55and if

00:36:56you

00:36:56weren't

00:36:56with

00:36:56with us

00:36:57during

00:36:57qualifying

00:36:58in

00:36:58practice

00:36:58that

00:36:59huge

00:36:59shunt

00:36:59by

00:37:00Giancarlo

00:37:01Fisichela

00:37:01in the

00:37:0151

00:37:02car

00:37:02they

00:37:03then

00:37:03got

00:37:03special

00:37:04dispensation

00:37:05to do

00:37:05their

00:37:05required

00:37:06qualifying

00:37:07laps

00:37:07in the

00:37:0871

00:37:08car

00:37:09the

00:37:10team

00:37:10amazingly

00:37:11managed

00:37:11to

00:37:12rebuild

00:37:12an

00:37:12entire

00:37:13race

00:37:13car

00:37:13with

00:37:13the

00:37:13new

00:37:14chassis

00:37:14in

00:37:14nine

00:37:15hours

00:37:15to

00:37:15still

00:37:16get

00:37:16it

00:37:16out

00:37:16in

00:37:16qualifying

00:37:17and

00:37:17here

00:37:17they

00:37:18are

00:37:18today

00:37:18wouldn't

00:37:18it

00:37:19be

00:37:19just

00:37:19a

00:37:19fairy tale

00:37:20if

00:37:20they

00:37:20could

00:37:20win

00:37:21this

00:37:21race

00:37:21absolutely

00:37:22just

00:37:22watching

00:37:22the

00:37:2266

00:37:23car

00:37:23come

00:37:23in

00:37:23it's

00:37:24not

00:37:24doing

00:37:24bad

00:37:24at

00:37:24all

00:37:25we've

00:37:26got

00:37:26Johnny

00:37:26Cocker

00:37:26on

00:37:26board

00:37:27there

00:37:27it

00:37:27is

00:37:28beautifully

00:37:29liberate

00:37:29I think

00:37:29this might

00:37:30well be

00:37:30declared

00:37:30the

00:37:31art

00:37:31car

00:37:32of

00:37:32this

00:37:32year

00:37:33it's

00:37:33sort

00:37:33of

00:37:33got

00:37:33they've

00:37:34let

00:37:34the

00:37:34black

00:37:35bleed

00:37:35into

00:37:35the

00:37:36yellow

00:37:36if you

00:37:36see

00:37:36to

00:37:36sort

00:37:37of

00:37:37emphasize

00:37:37the

00:37:37speed

00:37:38winglet

00:37:38has

00:37:38been

00:37:39removed

00:37:39by

00:37:39a

00:37:40man

00:37:40in

00:37:40orange

00:37:41overall

00:37:41you've

00:37:41got to

00:37:41pay

00:37:42tribute

00:37:42to

00:37:42the

00:37:42marshals

00:37:43here

00:37:43they do

00:37:43an

00:37:43amazing

00:37:44job

00:37:44I think

00:37:44we've

00:37:44got

00:37:44some

00:37:45amongst

00:37:45the

00:37:45best

00:37:46in

00:37:46the

00:37:46world

00:37:47with

00:37:47us

00:37:48right

00:37:48here

00:37:48right

00:37:48now

00:37:49as

00:37:49the

00:37:50race

00:37:51rages

00:37:52on

00:37:53here

00:37:53they're

00:37:53just

00:37:54taking

00:37:54their

00:37:54brief

00:37:54hiatus

00:37:55as

00:37:56you

00:37:56can

00:37:56see

00:37:57two

00:37:58flying

00:37:58lizards

00:37:59the

00:37:5980 car

00:38:00is

00:38:00on

00:38:01track

00:38:01as

00:38:02well

00:38:02not

00:38:02listed

00:38:03earlier

00:38:05but

00:38:05is

00:38:06now

00:38:06racing

00:38:07thank

00:38:07goodness

00:38:08we'll

00:38:08take

00:38:09ourselves

00:38:09a

00:38:09brief

00:38:10break

00:38:10we'll

00:38:10be

00:38:10back

00:38:11and

00:38:11it'll

00:38:11be

00:38:11Mark

00:38:12Cole

00:38:12who

00:38:13will

00:38:13be

00:38:14rejoining

00:38:15us

00:38:15here

00:38:16at

00:38:16the

00:38:1780th

00:38:17running

00:38:17of

00:38:17the

00:38:17Le Mans

00:38:1824

00:38:18welcome

00:38:22back

00:38:23to

00:38:23Eurosport

00:38:23Jeremy

00:38:24Shaw

00:38:24with

00:38:24you

00:38:24here

00:38:24Mark

00:38:25Cole

00:38:26has

00:38:26taken

00:38:26over

00:38:26from

00:38:27Carlton

00:38:27Kirby

00:38:28Mark

00:38:28a

00:38:28fascinating

00:38:29race

00:38:29for

00:38:30the

00:38:30first

00:38:30hour

00:38:31now

00:38:31we've

00:38:31seen

00:38:31two

00:38:32of

00:38:32the

00:38:32Audi

00:38:33have

00:38:33some

00:38:33problems

00:38:34the

00:38:34other

00:38:34two

00:38:35are

00:38:35still

00:38:35running

00:38:35out

00:38:35in

00:38:36front

00:38:36car

00:38:36number

00:38:37one

00:38:37followed

00:38:37by

00:38:37car

00:38:37number

00:38:38two

00:38:38about

00:38:38a

00:38:39little

00:38:39bit

00:38:39less

00:38:39than

00:38:4020

00:38:40seconds

00:38:41between

00:38:41Andre

00:38:42Lotra

00:38:42and

00:38:43Alan

00:38:43McNish

00:38:43and

00:38:43the

00:38:44Toyotas

00:38:44running

00:38:45beautifully

00:38:45in

00:38:46third

00:38:46and

00:38:46fourth

00:38:46place

00:38:47yeah

00:38:48as far

00:38:48as you

00:38:49can

00:38:49say

00:38:49after

00:38:49one

00:38:49hour

00:38:50the

00:38:50race

00:38:50is

00:38:50coming

00:38:51back

00:38:51to

00:38:51Toyota

00:38:51a

00:38:52little

00:38:52bit

00:38:52as

00:38:52the

00:38:5251

00:38:53car

00:38:53in

00:38:53the

00:38:53one

00:38:53that

00:38:53was

00:38:53crashing

00:38:54the

00:38:54night

00:38:54comes

00:38:55into

00:38:55the

00:38:55pit

00:38:56lane

00:38:56but

00:38:56absolutely

00:38:59fascinating

00:39:00just watching

00:39:00how this

00:39:01battle's been

00:39:02evolving

00:39:02Audi did

00:39:03seem to have

00:39:04the upper

00:39:04hand

00:39:04all through

00:39:04that

00:39:05first

00:39:05part

00:39:06didn't

00:39:06they

00:39:06but

00:39:06it

00:39:06is

00:39:06gradually

00:39:07coming

00:39:07back

00:39:08to

00:39:08Toyota

00:39:08the

00:39:08number

00:39:09seven

00:39:10car

00:39:10the

00:39:10number

00:39:10eight

00:39:10car

00:39:11the

00:39:11eight

00:39:17in front

00:39:17of

00:39:17you

00:39:18Jeremy

00:39:18indeed

00:39:18I think

00:39:19that's

00:39:20a

00:39:2059

00:39:20car

00:39:21which

00:39:21was

00:39:22leading

00:39:22in

00:39:22GTE

00:39:23very

00:39:24very

00:39:24slowly

00:39:25into

00:39:26the

00:39:26pit

00:39:26lane

00:39:26has

00:39:27it

00:39:27run

00:39:27out

00:39:28of

00:39:28fuel

00:39:28it

00:39:29might

00:39:29have

00:39:29done

00:39:29certainly

00:39:29the

00:39:30Ferrari's

00:39:30the

00:39:31number

00:39:3151

00:39:32and

00:39:32the

00:39:32number

00:39:3259

00:39:33they

00:39:33are

00:39:33the

00:39:33last

00:39:34cars

00:39:34to

00:39:34pit

00:39:34of

00:39:35the

00:39:35GTE

00:39:36leaders

00:39:36and I

00:39:37wonder

00:39:37whether

00:39:37luxury

00:39:38racing

00:39:39might

00:39:39have

00:39:39tried

00:39:40to

00:39:40get

00:39:41a

00:39:41bit

00:39:41greedy

00:39:41there

00:39:41run

00:39:42too

00:39:42far

00:39:42it's

00:39:42come

00:39:42to

00:39:42virtually

00:39:43a

00:39:43halt

00:39:44at

00:39:44the

00:39:44very

00:39:45entrance

00:39:45of

00:39:45pit

00:39:45lane

00:39:45Mark

00:39:46showman

00:39:46is

00:39:47the

00:39:47engineer

00:39:47on

00:39:48that

00:39:48luxury

00:39:48racing

00:39:49car

00:39:49surely

00:39:50they

00:39:50would

00:39:50not

00:39:50have

00:39:51been

00:39:51so

00:39:51silly

00:39:51this

00:39:52early

00:39:52on

00:39:52I

00:39:52can't

00:39:53imagine

00:39:53you'd

00:39:54let

00:39:54the

00:39:54car

00:39:54run

00:39:54out

00:39:55I

00:39:56mean

00:39:56what

00:39:56teams

00:39:57will

00:39:57normally

00:39:57do

00:39:57is

00:39:57be

00:39:58a

00:39:58little

00:39:58bit

00:39:58safe

00:39:58on

00:39:59the

00:39:59first

00:39:59field

00:39:59stop

00:40:00just

00:40:00so

00:40:00they

00:40:00know

00:40:01that

00:40:01they've

00:40:01got

00:40:01their

00:40:01window

00:40:02that's

00:40:02the

00:40:02normal

00:40:03thing

00:40:03to

00:40:03do

00:40:03now

00:40:04this

00:40:04is

00:40:04the

00:40:0481

00:40:05car

00:40:05this

00:40:05is

00:40:05Matt

00:40:05Griffin

00:40:06coming

00:40:06in

00:40:06at

00:40:07the

00:40:07moment

00:40:07he

00:40:07is

00:40:08I

00:40:08think

00:40:08one

00:40:08of

00:40:08the

00:40:08very

00:40:08last

00:40:09to

00:40:09pit

00:40:09he

00:40:09was

00:40:10the

00:40:10only

00:40:10car

00:40:10that

00:40:11has

00:40:11not

00:40:11yet

00:40:11pitted

00:40:12Matt

00:40:12Griffin

00:40:12who I

00:40:13actually

00:40:13shared

00:40:13a team

00:40:14with

00:40:14many

00:40:14years

00:40:14ago

00:40:15racing

00:40:15Porsche

00:40:16Cup

00:40:16cars

00:40:16and he

00:40:17was

00:40:17phenomenal

00:40:17then

00:40:18this

00:40:18is

00:40:18his

00:40:18first

00:40:18Le Mans

00:40:19very

00:40:19excited

00:40:20to

00:40:20be

00:40:20here

00:40:21and

00:40:21a

00:40:21very

00:40:21good

00:40:21up

00:40:24and

00:40:24coming

00:40:24professional

00:40:25driver

00:40:25good

00:40:26to

00:40:26see

00:40:26that

00:40:26so

00:40:27many

00:40:27rookies

00:40:28here

00:40:2840

00:40:28of

00:40:29them

00:40:29and

00:40:29I

00:40:29was

00:40:29astounded

00:40:30reading

00:40:30through the

00:40:30list

00:40:31last

00:40:31night

00:40:31one

00:40:31of

00:40:31those

00:40:31is

00:40:32Luis

00:40:32Diaz

00:40:32how many

00:40:34years has

00:40:34been

00:40:34racing

00:40:34how many

00:40:35times has

00:40:35been

00:40:35Grandan

00:40:36champion

00:40:36he's

00:40:37been

00:40:37an

00:40:38ALMS

00:40:38front

00:40:38run

00:40:38and

00:40:39suddenly

00:40:39his

00:40:39first

00:40:39time

00:40:40come on

00:40:42you've

00:40:42got to

00:40:43come

00:40:43along

00:40:43great

00:40:46to be

00:40:46here

00:40:46with you

00:40:47all

00:40:47and

00:40:47everyone

00:40:47on

00:40:47Eurosport

00:40:48we

00:40:48know

00:40:48there's

00:40:51British

00:40:53language

00:40:55in

00:40:55Eurosport

00:40:56and

00:40:56of

00:40:56course

00:40:56all

00:40:57through

00:40:57Asia

00:40:57and

00:40:58Australia

00:40:58and

00:40:59we've

00:40:59had

00:41:00some

00:41:00shouts

00:41:00for

00:41:00people

00:41:00in

00:41:01Singapore

00:41:01already

00:41:01and

00:41:02a lot

00:41:02of

00:41:03friends

00:41:03watching

00:41:03great

00:41:04to be

00:41:04back

00:41:04here

00:41:04my

00:41:0530th

00:41:05Le Mans

00:41:05Jeremy

00:41:06I heard

00:41:06you

00:41:06mention

00:41:07earlier

00:41:07it's

00:41:07your

00:41:075th

00:41:08time

00:41:08with

00:41:08me

00:41:08but

00:41:08you

00:41:09must

00:41:09have

00:41:09been

00:41:09here

00:41:0920

00:41:0930

00:41:10Le Mans

00:41:10no

00:41:11I was

00:41:12here

00:41:12back

00:41:13in

00:41:13the

00:41:1380s

00:41:13but

00:41:13it

00:41:14wasn't

00:41:15until

00:41:1684

00:41:16that I

00:41:16came

00:41:16here

00:41:21a long

00:41:22time

00:41:22it

00:41:22was

00:41:22only

00:41:23the

00:41:23last

00:41:235

00:41:23years

00:41:23I've

00:41:24been

00:41:24back

00:41:24here

00:41:24with

00:41:25Eurosport

00:41:26and

00:41:26very

00:41:26fortunate

00:41:27to be

00:41:27so

00:41:27I have

00:41:27to say

00:41:28we saw

00:41:28there

00:41:29another

00:41:29glimpse

00:41:29of the

00:41:30number

00:41:3059

00:41:30luxury

00:41:31racing

00:41:31car

00:41:31that was

00:41:32leading

00:41:32in

00:41:33GTE

00:41:33prior to

00:41:34this

00:41:34round

00:41:35of

00:41:35pitstops

00:41:35let's

00:41:36also

00:41:36update

00:41:36you

00:41:36on

00:41:37LMP2

00:41:38which

00:41:38you're

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00:41:40long

00:41:40battle

00:41:40the

00:41:41number

00:41:4125

00:41:42car

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00:41:42early

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00:41:43John

00:41:43Martin

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00:41:45a long

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00:41:45I believe

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00:41:48was

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00:41:49lap

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00:41:54P2

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00:41:55Pla

00:41:56in

00:41:57the

00:41:57Morgan

00:41:57Judd

00:41:58in

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00:42:00number

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00:42:09car

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00:42:12excellent

00:42:12job

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00:42:13Terrier

00:42:13by

00:42:13TDS

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00:42:14third

00:42:15place

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00:42:16the

00:42:16class

00:42:16is

00:42:17Sohail

00:42:17Ayari

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00:42:18for

00:42:18PECOM

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00:42:20then

00:42:20Maxime

00:42:20Martin

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00:42:22the

00:42:22purple

00:42:22and

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00:42:23oak

00:42:23racing

00:42:24Morgan

00:42:25Nissan

00:42:25so

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00:42:26oak

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00:42:28and

00:42:28fourth

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00:42:29of

00:42:29them

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00:42:30a

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00:42:32of

00:42:32them

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00:42:32a

00:42:32Nissan

00:42:33and

00:42:34John

00:42:34Martin

00:42:34in

00:42:34fact

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00:42:35our

00:42:35pole

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00:42:37rookie

00:42:37so

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00:42:38mean

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00:42:38know

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00:42:39feels

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00:42:40at

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00:42:51mainly

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00:42:53yeah

00:42:53and

00:42:54we

00:42:54call

00:42:54him

00:42:54a

00:42:54rookie

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00:42:55native

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00:42:58everyone

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00:43:13the

00:43:13fuel

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00:43:15limit

00:43:15and

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00:43:16number

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00:43:20time

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00:43:27okay

00:43:28thank

00:43:29you

00:43:29very

00:43:29much

00:43:29thank

00:43:30you

00:43:30Fred

00:43:30McEvick

00:43:30who

00:43:31Liz

00:43:31has

00:43:31several

00:43:31times

00:43:32said

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00:43:38in

00:43:39the

00:43:39FIGT

00:43:40championship

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00:43:41he

00:43:41was

00:43:42putting

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00:43:42car

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00:43:43the

00:43:43total

00:43:44overall

00:43:44GT

00:43:45pole

00:43:45here

00:43:45yeah

00:43:45I

00:43:46think

00:43:46he's

00:43:46nearly

00:43:46led

00:43:47or

00:43:47won

00:43:48or

00:43:48put

00:43:48on

00:43:48pole

00:43:49every

00:43:49GT

00:43:49car

00:43:50that

00:43:50he's

00:43:50driven

00:43:50up

00:43:51till

00:43:51now

00:43:51so

00:43:51that's

00:43:52certainly

00:43:52a force

00:43:53to be

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00:43:53we're

00:43:54going to

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00:43:54an

00:43:55interview

00:43:55with

00:43:55Tony

00:43:55Wielander

00:43:56of

00:43:56the

00:43:5651

00:43:57car

00:43:57and

00:43:59we

00:43:59will

00:43:59send

00:43:59you

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00:44:00to

00:44:00the

00:44:00pit

00:44:00right

00:44:01now

00:44:01Tony

00:44:03you

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00:44:03your

00:44:04first

00:44:04stint

00:44:04you

00:44:05pushed

00:44:05really

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00:44:07yeah

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00:44:09too

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00:44:10the

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00:44:10of

00:44:11the

00:44:11stint

00:44:11I

00:44:12struggled

00:44:12the

00:44:12last

00:44:12few

00:44:13laps

00:44:13I

00:44:14think

00:44:14the

00:44:14tire

00:44:14pressure

00:44:15went

00:44:15really

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00:44:15so

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00:44:17be

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00:44:17in

00:44:18the

00:44:18race

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00:44:18the

00:44:18others

00:44:18so

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00:44:20sure

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00:44:21the

00:44:21tire

00:44:21put

00:44:21Jimmy

00:44:22in

00:44:22the

00:44:22car

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00:44:23here

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00:44:23we

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00:44:31hard

00:44:32what

00:44:32do

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00:44:33expect

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00:44:33the

00:44:33next

00:44:34few

00:44:34hours

00:44:34no

00:44:34I

00:44:35mean

00:44:35GT

00:44:35for

00:44:36the

00:44:36last

00:44:36few

00:44:36years

00:44:36has

00:44:36been

00:44:37the

00:44:37most

00:44:37competitive

00:44:38class

00:44:39and

00:44:40yeah

00:44:41there

00:44:41are

00:44:41strong

00:44:42manufacturers

00:44:42and

00:44:43nobody

00:44:43is

00:44:43giving

00:44:43up

00:44:44so

00:44:44I

00:44:44think

00:44:47that

00:44:47still

00:44:47in

00:44:47the

00:44:47morning

00:44:48we

00:44:48have

00:44:48tight

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00:44:50the

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00:44:50of

00:44:50the

00:44:50race

00:44:51that

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00:44:53right

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00:44:53have

00:44:54to

00:44:54push

00:44:54hard

00:44:54or

00:44:54you

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00:44:55to

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00:45:02need

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00:45:03the

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00:45:06that

00:45:06the

00:45:07engineers

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00:45:08need

00:45:08to

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00:45:09sometimes

00:45:09a

00:45:09little

00:45:09bit

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00:45:10the

00:45:10fuel

00:45:11and

00:45:11the

00:45:12tires

00:45:12maybe

00:45:12as

00:45:13well

00:45:13so

00:45:13it's

00:45:14a

00:45:14balance

00:45:14of

00:45:15both

00:45:15performance

00:45:16and

00:45:16strategy

00:45:16thank you

00:45:17very

00:45:20clever

00:45:20for them

00:45:20to

00:45:21make

00:45:21that

00:45:21decision

00:45:22on

00:45:22the

00:45:22tires

00:45:22I

00:45:22think

00:45:23it's

00:45:23good

00:45:23to

00:45:24be

00:45:24careful

00:45:25early

00:45:25on

00:45:25in

00:45:25the

00:45:25race

00:45:26and

00:45:26I

00:45:26think

00:45:26all

00:45:27of

00:45:27these

00:45:27drivers

00:45:27and

00:45:28teams

00:45:28learn

00:45:28a lot

00:45:28after

00:45:29the

00:45:29first

00:45:29stint

00:45:29you

00:45:29sort

00:45:30of

00:45:30figure

00:45:30out

00:45:30where

00:45:30the

00:45:30track

00:45:31is

00:45:31at

00:45:31how

00:45:31things

00:45:32are

00:45:32settling

00:45:32in

00:45:33how

00:45:33the

00:45:33tires

00:45:33are

00:45:33reacting

00:45:34obviously

00:45:34one

00:45:35team

00:45:35has

00:45:35just

00:45:35learned

00:45:35what

00:45:36their

00:45:36fuel

00:45:36window

00:45:37really

00:45:37is

00:45:37I'm

00:45:38very

00:45:38surprised

00:45:38to

00:45:39see

00:45:39the

00:45:39team

00:45:39push

00:45:39it

00:45:39that

00:45:40tight

00:45:40this

00:45:40early

00:45:41on

00:45:41that's

00:45:42almost

00:45:42trial

00:45:42and error

00:45:42Jeremy

00:45:43these

00:45:44things

00:45:44should

00:45:44be

00:45:44computer

00:45:45modeled

00:45:45months

00:45:45before

00:45:46they

00:45:46said

00:45:47there

00:45:48on

00:45:49the

00:45:49dash

00:45:49I

00:45:50mean

00:45:50the

00:45:50other

00:45:50Ferrari

00:45:50made

00:45:51it

00:45:51so

00:45:52there's

00:45:52certainly

00:45:52no reason

00:45:53why

00:45:53the

00:45:53luxury

00:45:54racing

00:45:54car

00:45:54shouldn't

00:45:55have

00:45:55made

00:45:56it

00:45:56as

00:45:56well

00:45:56but

00:45:57certainly

00:45:57they

00:45:58won't be

00:45:58very proud

00:45:59of what

00:45:59happened

00:45:59there

00:45:59that's

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00:46:00sure

00:46:00but

00:46:00the

00:46:00car

00:46:01is

00:46:01fast

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00:46:02awful

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00:46:13just

00:46:14the

00:46:14sheer

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00:46:15all

00:46:15the

00:46:15cars

00:46:15trying

00:46:16to

00:46:16get

00:46:16around

00:46:16each

00:46:16other

00:46:16safely

00:46:17on

00:46:17the

00:46:17circuit

00:46:17one

00:46:18of

00:46:18the

00:46:18ultras

00:46:18totally

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00:46:19by

00:46:19the

00:46:19GT

00:46:19car

00:46:20on

00:46:20that

00:46:20little

00:46:20short

00:46:21sprint

00:46:21down

00:46:21to

00:46:21on

00:46:23Irish

00:46:23corner

00:46:23from

00:46:24Indianapolis

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00:46:25the

00:46:25leaders

00:46:25at

00:46:26the

00:46:26moment

00:46:26Lotter

00:46:26and

00:46:26McNish

00:46:27of

00:46:27course

00:46:27something

00:46:28we

00:46:28haven't

00:46:28mentioned

00:46:28on

00:46:29the

00:46:29programme

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00:46:29this

00:46:29is

00:46:30not

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00:46:30mile

00:46:30and

00:46:3024

00:46:31hours

00:46:31it's

00:46:43the

00:46:43championship

00:46:43Peugeot

00:46:44pulls

00:46:44out

00:46:44several

00:46:45else

00:46:45is

00:46:45left

00:46:45to

00:46:46fight

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00:46:46out

00:46:46and

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00:46:47the

00:46:47first

00:46:48two

00:46:48rounds

00:46:48at

00:46:48Sebring

00:46:49and

00:46:49at

00:46:50Spa

00:46:50it

00:46:50is

00:46:50Levin

00:46:51Duval

00:46:51and

00:46:51Renan

00:46:52Dumas

00:46:52who are

00:46:53actually

00:46:53leading

00:46:53that

00:46:54championship

00:46:54they're

00:46:54not

00:46:55in

00:46:55one

00:46:55of

00:46:55the

00:46:55library

00:46:55cars

00:46:56unsurprisingly

00:46:57they

00:46:57won

00:46:57at

00:46:57Sebring

00:46:58they

00:46:58finished

00:46:59second

00:46:59at

00:46:59Sebring

00:47:00won

00:47:00at

00:47:01Spa

00:47:01whereas

00:47:02McNish

00:47:02and

00:47:03Capello

00:47:03they

00:47:05won

00:47:05Sebring

00:47:05and

00:47:06finished

00:47:13after

00:47:13years

00:47:13of

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00:47:14unrest

00:47:14between

00:47:15the

00:47:15ACO

00:47:16and

00:47:16the

00:47:16Le Mans

00:47:17series

00:47:17and

00:47:17the

00:47:17American

00:47:18Le Mans

00:47:18series

00:47:19where

00:47:19they've

00:47:19actually

00:47:19all

00:47:20come

00:47:20together

00:47:20Jeremy

00:47:21and

00:47:21we

00:47:22do

00:47:22finally

00:47:22have

00:47:23unity

00:47:23don't

00:47:23we

00:47:23Sebastian

00:47:27I saw

00:47:31you

00:47:31looking

00:47:32really

00:47:32big

00:47:33focused

00:47:33on

00:47:33the

00:47:34pit

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00:47:36the

00:47:36moment

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00:47:37the

00:47:37moment

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00:47:38right

00:47:38so

00:47:38obviously

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00:47:40was

00:47:40important

00:47:40to

00:47:40look

00:47:41I'm

00:47:42going

00:47:42to be

00:47:42next

00:47:42in

00:47:43the

00:47:43car

00:47:43so

00:47:43and

00:47:44it's

00:47:44my

00:47:44first

00:47:45race

00:47:45so

00:47:45I

00:47:46prefer

00:47:46to

00:47:46look

00:47:46a

00:47:46little

00:47:46bit

00:47:47are

00:47:47you

00:47:47really

00:47:48exciting

00:47:48to

00:47:48go

00:47:49in

00:47:49the

00:47:49car

00:47:49and

00:47:49start

00:47:50the

00:47:50race

00:47:50of

00:47:50the

00:47:5024

00:47:51hours

00:47:51of

00:47:51Le Mans

00:47:52yeah

00:47:52no

00:47:52I

00:47:52can't

00:47:52wait

00:47:53so

00:47:53hopefully

00:47:54everything's

00:47:54gonna run

00:47:55smoothly

00:47:55but at

00:47:56the moment

00:47:56it goes

00:47:56pretty well

00:47:57and

00:47:57everything

00:47:58is

00:47:58open

00:47:58so

00:47:58yeah

00:48:00I

00:48:00can't

00:48:00I

00:48:00can't

00:48:01wait

00:48:01for

00:48:01that

00:48:01when

00:48:02are

00:48:03you

00:48:03going

00:48:03to

00:48:03jump

00:48:04in

00:48:04the

00:48:04it's

00:48:06still

00:48:06not

00:48:06decided

00:48:06whether

00:48:07the

00:48:07next

00:48:07hint

00:48:08or

00:48:08the

00:48:08one

00:48:08after

00:48:08so

00:48:09I've

00:48:09got

00:48:09to

00:48:09be

00:48:09ready

00:48:10and

00:48:10yeah

00:48:11ready

00:48:11to

00:48:11jump

00:48:12in

00:48:12thank

00:48:12you

00:48:13very

00:48:13much

00:48:13thank

00:48:13you

00:48:14Jeremy

00:48:14just

00:48:15before

00:48:15the

00:48:15interview

00:48:15I

00:48:34and

00:48:35I

00:48:35can't

00:48:35say

00:48:35I

00:48:35completely

00:48:36in

00:48:36favor

00:48:36of

00:48:36that

00:48:36I

00:48:36think

00:48:37in

00:48:37North

00:48:38America

00:48:38right

00:48:38now

00:48:38there's

00:48:38only

00:48:39two

00:48:39LMP1

00:48:39cars

00:48:40there's

00:48:40no

00:48:40factory

00:48:40involvement

00:48:41over

00:48:41there

00:48:41so

00:48:42I'm

00:48:42not

00:48:42quite

00:48:42sure

00:48:42the

00:48:43wisdom

00:48:43for

00:48:43me

00:48:43LMP2

00:48:44is

00:48:45a

00:48:45fantastic

00:48:45class

00:48:46it's

00:48:46a lot

00:48:46more

00:48:47cost

00:48:47effective

00:48:47as

00:48:47well

00:48:48but

00:48:48for

00:48:49the

00:48:49world

00:48:49championship

00:48:49I

00:48:50think

00:48:50it's

00:48:50absolutely

00:48:51wonderful

00:48:51because

00:48:52this

00:48:52is

00:48:53the

00:48:53pinnacle

00:48:53arguably

00:48:54these

00:48:55are

00:48:55the

00:48:55most

00:48:56sophisticated

00:48:56racing

00:48:57cars

00:48:57in

00:48:57the

00:48:57world

00:48:58probably

00:48:59not even

00:48:59arguable

00:48:59actually

00:49:00they

00:49:00really

00:49:00are

00:49:01particularly

00:49:01with all

00:49:02these

00:49:02hybrid

00:49:02technologies

00:49:03and the

00:49:03new

00:49:03different

00:49:04systems

00:49:05that have

00:49:05been

00:49:05involved

00:49:05into

00:49:06these

00:49:06cars

00:49:06so

00:49:06it's

00:49:07absolutely

00:49:07fantastic

00:49:08it's

00:49:09fascinating

00:49:09and it's

00:49:10great for

00:49:10the

00:49:10manufacturers

00:49:11it gives

00:49:11an

00:49:11opportunity

00:49:12to

00:49:12develop

00:49:13systems

00:49:13on the

00:49:14racetrack

00:49:14which

00:49:14will

00:49:15ultimately

00:49:15be

00:49:15used

00:49:16on

00:49:16the

00:49:16road

00:49:16and

00:49:17that's

00:49:17what

00:49:17really

00:49:17has

00:49:18been

00:49:18driving

00:49:18motor

00:49:19racing

00:49:19for

00:49:19100

00:49:20years

00:49:20or so

00:49:21now

00:49:21despite

00:49:22the fact

00:49:22LMP2

00:49:23is not

00:49:23manufacturer

00:49:24driven

00:49:24the

00:49:25FIACO

00:49:26are pushing

00:49:27LMP2

00:49:28to start

00:49:29some of

00:49:29these

00:49:29parameters

00:49:30diesel cars

00:49:31will be

00:49:31allowed

00:49:31next year

00:49:32in LMP2

00:49:33yeah

00:49:33that's

00:49:34exactly

00:49:34right

00:49:34we talked

00:49:35about that

00:49:35a little

00:49:36bit

00:49:36earlier

00:49:36on

00:49:36we're

00:49:37going to

00:49:37get

00:49:37Mazda

00:49:38announced

00:49:39this

00:49:39morning

00:49:39that they

00:49:40are

00:49:40going to

00:49:40have

00:49:41a

00:49:41diesel

00:49:42car

00:49:42in

00:49:42this

00:49:43championship

00:49:43in

00:49:44LMP2

00:49:45and hopefully

00:49:46here at

00:49:46Le Mans

00:49:46next year

00:49:47and

00:49:47John

00:49:48Doonan

00:49:48who is

00:49:49the

00:49:49manager

00:49:50of

00:49:50the

00:49:50director

00:49:51of

00:49:51motorsports

00:49:52for Mazda

00:49:52in North

00:49:53America

00:49:53he's

00:49:53going to

00:49:54come

00:49:54and have

00:49:54a chat

00:49:55with us

00:49:55later on

00:49:55this evening

00:49:56about that

00:49:56and I

00:49:57think

00:49:57what's

00:49:57great

00:49:57is that

00:49:58we're

00:49:58seeing

00:49:58sports car

00:49:59racing

00:49:59heading

00:49:59that

00:49:59direction

00:50:00looking for

00:50:00new

00:50:00technologies

00:50:01looking for

00:50:02different

00:50:03things that

00:50:03could be

00:50:03moved into

00:50:04road car

00:50:04technology

00:50:05and I

00:50:05think

00:50:05different

00:50:06companies

00:50:07are

00:50:07realizing

00:50:07it's

00:50:07a very

00:50:08good

00:50:08platform

00:50:08for

00:50:09them

00:50:09to

00:50:09advertise

00:50:10the

00:50:10different

00:50:11sort

00:50:11of

00:50:11environmental

00:50:11factors

00:50:12they're

00:50:12paying

00:50:12attention

00:50:13to

00:50:13they are

00:50:13looking

00:50:13for

00:50:14new

00:50:14engine

00:50:14technology

00:50:15and it

00:50:16seems to

00:50:16be

00:50:16that

00:50:17platform

00:50:17for

00:50:17them

00:50:18to

00:50:18show

00:50:18hey

00:50:18we're

00:50:19doing

00:50:19something

00:50:19different

00:50:20you know

00:50:20look at

00:50:21what our

00:50:21new model

00:50:22can do

00:50:22in a car

00:50:23they've seen

00:50:23what it's

00:50:23done for

00:50:24Audi

00:50:24and for

00:50:25Nissan

00:50:26their profile

00:50:27has been

00:50:27raised

00:50:28100%

00:50:29this weekend

00:50:29it's just

00:50:30exploded

00:50:31hasn't it

00:50:31showing how

00:50:33reliable their

00:50:34engine is

00:50:34with the

00:50:34Nissan

00:50:35Duke

00:50:36engine

00:50:36in the

00:50:37Delta

00:50:38wing

00:50:38not the

00:50:41engine

00:50:41but it's

00:50:41the same

00:50:42sort of

00:50:43thing

00:50:43obviously

00:50:44they haven't

00:50:45pulled it

00:50:45out of

00:50:45their own

00:50:46car and

00:50:46shoved it

00:50:46in there

00:50:47but the

00:50:47same idea

00:50:48and I

00:50:49know that's

00:50:49what they're

00:50:49shooting for

00:50:50with the

00:50:51Delta

00:50:51wing

00:50:51is to

00:50:52say

00:50:52look the

00:50:53sort of

00:50:53power

00:50:53that's

00:50:54possible

00:50:54while still

00:50:56having more

00:50:56sustainability

00:50:57so we saw

00:50:58the number

00:50:587 Toyota

00:50:58of course

00:50:59they're just

00:50:59making

00:50:59its second

00:51:00routine

00:51:00stop

00:51:01problem

00:51:01down

00:51:01here

00:51:01for one

00:51:02of the

00:51:02Gulf

00:51:02Middle East

00:51:03cars

00:51:04again

00:51:04this is

00:51:05the same

00:51:06cars

00:51:06had all

00:51:06the problems

00:51:07over the

00:51:08weekend

00:51:08the 29

00:51:08well

00:51:09in actual

00:51:10fact

00:51:10yeah

00:51:10true

00:51:11sorry

00:51:11the 29

00:51:12car

00:51:12shunted

00:51:13twice

00:51:13yeah

00:51:14it was

00:51:15running

00:51:15fairly well

00:51:16earlier

00:51:16on

00:51:16it's

00:51:16gone

00:51:17off

00:51:17that's

00:51:17through

00:51:18the

00:51:18Porsche

00:51:18curves

00:51:18isn't

00:51:19it

00:51:19yeah

00:51:19very

00:51:20very

00:51:20smoky

00:51:21if you

00:51:21had an

00:51:21engine

00:51:22let go

00:51:22Mark

00:51:23Ross

00:51:23on

00:51:23board

00:51:23and that

00:51:24car

00:51:24was

00:51:24actually

00:51:24running

00:51:25moderately

00:51:25well

00:51:25it

00:51:25was

00:51:25running

00:51:26at the

00:51:26tail

00:51:26end

00:51:26of

00:51:27the

00:51:27cars

00:51:27in

00:51:28P2

00:51:28but

00:51:29in

00:51:29the

00:51:29top

00:51:2930

00:51:30overall

00:51:30until

00:51:31that

00:51:31incident

00:51:32and that

00:51:32was

00:51:38not a

00:51:40very good

00:51:41year

00:51:41really

00:51:41season

00:51:42so far

00:51:43they've

00:51:43very much

00:51:43struggled

00:51:44the number

00:51:4440 car

00:51:45there as

00:51:45well

00:51:46has that

00:51:46just been

00:51:46a spin

00:51:47or has

00:51:47that had

00:51:47contact

00:51:48they also

00:51:50have had

00:51:51a very

00:51:51tricky

00:51:51week

00:51:51we've seen

00:51:52that car

00:51:52go off

00:51:53a lot

00:51:53in the

00:51:53qualifying

00:51:54and the

00:51:54practice

00:51:54seems to

00:51:57be having

00:51:57a trip

00:51:58through the

00:51:58gravel

00:51:58the grass

00:51:59going the

00:51:59other way

00:52:00various

00:52:00different

00:52:00times

00:52:01oh

00:52:02that's

00:52:02a big

00:52:03trip

00:52:03through the

00:52:04gravel

00:52:04there

00:52:04actually

00:52:05he's

00:52:05managed to

00:52:06get it

00:52:06back

00:52:06on track

00:52:06and

00:52:07this is

00:52:08a replay

00:52:08we're

00:52:08watching

00:52:08there

00:52:09and they

00:52:09are bringing

00:52:10car number

00:52:1040 into

00:52:11the pit

00:52:11so he did

00:52:11make it

00:52:12around

00:52:12he made

00:52:12it out

00:52:13of that

00:52:13gravel trap

00:52:14and into

00:52:14the pit

00:52:14meanwhile

00:52:15in LNP2

00:52:16it's still

00:52:16Olivier Plas

00:52:17with a pretty

00:52:18good lead

00:52:18of about 13

00:52:20seconds

00:52:20of Mathias

00:52:21Besh

00:52:21in car number

00:52:2246

00:52:22Sahail Ayari

00:52:23just 4 or 5

00:52:25seconds farther

00:52:25back in 3rd place

00:52:26then Maxime

00:52:27Martin

00:52:28in the

00:52:29Oak Racing

00:52:30Morgan

00:52:31Nissan

00:52:31in 4th place

00:52:33just ahead

00:52:33of Warren

00:52:34Hughes

00:52:34and Tom

00:52:35Kimber

00:52:36Smith

00:52:36you're watching

00:52:37Eurosport

00:52:38the 24 hours

00:52:39of Le Mans

00:52:40don't go away

00:52:41we'll be back

00:52:42momentarily

00:52:43welcome back to

00:52:48Le Mans

00:52:48you're live on

00:52:49Eurosport

00:52:49I'm Mark

00:52:50Koh

00:52:50with me

00:52:50Jeremy

00:52:52wow

00:52:52Jeremy Shaw

00:52:55sorry

00:52:56Jeremy Shaw

00:52:57and Liz Halliday

00:52:57just as a fly

00:52:59got down my throat

00:52:59and it's Audi

00:53:001, 2 and 3

00:53:02again as they come back

00:53:03and we're just

00:53:04looking at the

00:53:04number 16 car

00:53:05Liz

00:53:06yeah we were

00:53:06hoping that car

00:53:07was out on track

00:53:07it's actually off

00:53:08of our original

00:53:09timing screens

00:53:09but it does appear

00:53:10to be back in

00:53:11in the pit lane

00:53:12and in the garage

00:53:13so we'll wait

00:53:14to see what

00:53:14happens with that

00:53:15car

00:53:15we've had a lot

00:53:16of action here

00:53:17recently

00:53:17we've got the

00:53:1729 car in the

00:53:18wall

00:53:19off the right

00:53:20hand sweeping

00:53:20corner of the

00:53:21Porsche curves

00:53:21which is not

00:53:22the sort of

00:53:23place you normally

00:53:24would go off

00:53:24and or want

00:53:25to be off

00:53:26we've had the

00:53:2640 car in the

00:53:27gravel which

00:53:28seems to be

00:53:28a bit of a

00:53:29magnet for the

00:53:30gravel traps

00:53:30this week

00:53:31and that car

00:53:32has managed to

00:53:33come back

00:53:34into the pits

00:53:34but how much

00:53:34gravel has it

00:53:35spread across

00:53:36the track

00:53:36and on the

00:53:37racing line

00:53:37you can see

00:53:39I believe this

00:53:39is the 29 car

00:53:40being pulled

00:53:41away now

00:53:41the drivers

00:53:41out of the

00:53:42car

00:53:42they have to

00:53:43remain within

00:53:44about 30 feet

00:53:45of the car

00:53:45in order to

00:53:46still remain

00:53:46classified

00:53:47so let's see

00:53:48what happens

00:53:48that looks

00:53:48bad though

00:53:49now Liz

00:53:49this car had

00:53:49a blocked

00:53:50transmission

00:53:50this morning

00:53:51in the

00:53:51warm up

00:53:51do you remember

00:53:52they had to

00:53:52drag it

00:53:52into the pit

00:53:53lane

00:53:53have we got

00:53:55the same

00:53:55problem again

00:53:56I think that's

00:53:57entirely possible

00:53:57if they've got

00:53:58the rear lifted up

00:53:59I think you

00:53:59could be right

00:54:00Jeremy

00:54:00yeah we're

00:54:01Audi there

00:54:03waiting for

00:54:03a pit stop

00:54:04I think we

00:54:05can probably

00:54:06expect to see

00:54:06the number

00:54:08one car

00:54:09perhaps

00:54:09the first

00:54:10on to

00:54:11pit lane

00:54:12number one

00:54:13and two

00:54:14made their stops

00:54:14last time

00:54:15on the same

00:54:16level on lap

00:54:1610

00:54:16we're now

00:54:17on lap 22

00:54:18it is indeed

00:54:19car number one

00:54:19our race leader

00:54:20he's only about

00:54:21a 20 second

00:54:22lead over

00:54:23Alan Mitnich

00:54:23so it's

00:54:24Andre Lothra

00:54:25the pole sitter

00:54:27who brings that

00:54:27car onto the pit

00:54:28lane

00:54:29waiting for him

00:54:29to come into

00:54:30the pits

00:54:30should tell you

00:54:31there's a bit

00:54:31a change of lead

00:54:32in GTE

00:54:33Oliver Gavin

00:54:34has moved his way

00:54:35past Stefan

00:54:36Mooker

00:54:36so it's now

00:54:37Chevrolet Corvette

00:54:37ahead of Aston

00:54:38Martin

00:54:39there's one of

00:54:39the Flying Lizard

00:54:41Porsches

00:54:41that is a pro car

00:54:42of York

00:54:43Bergmeister

00:54:44Patrick Long

00:54:44who has

00:54:46whoa

00:54:47that is

00:54:49at Indianapolis

00:54:51yeah

00:54:51wow

00:54:52I wish we had

00:54:53some better

00:54:54footage there

00:54:55in order to

00:54:56figure out

00:54:56what's actually

00:54:57happened

00:54:57because he went

00:54:58off his speed

00:54:58as well

00:54:59I question

00:55:00if something's

00:55:01broken there

00:55:01as well

00:55:01because your

00:55:02Bergmeister

00:55:03is such an

00:55:03experienced driver

00:55:04he's been with

00:55:05Porsche

00:55:06with the factory

00:55:07for many many years

00:55:08so unfortunately

00:55:10we just don't have

00:55:11a different view

00:55:12of that car

00:55:12at this time

00:55:13so as Jeremy

00:55:13said one and two

00:55:14in together

00:55:14they're just getting

00:55:15Lothra back out

00:55:16no driver change

00:55:17there

00:55:17McNish

00:55:18is there a change

00:55:18I couldn't see

00:55:19at the moment

00:55:19in fact all four

00:55:20out is appeared to be

00:55:21coming into the pits

00:55:22at the moment

00:55:23we've certainly got

00:55:23three of them

00:55:25I wouldn't expect

00:55:26to see any driver

00:55:27changes at this

00:55:28early part in the

00:55:29race

00:55:29certainly not

00:55:29I would expect

00:55:31them to probably

00:55:31do a triple stint

00:55:32each

00:55:33that would be

00:55:34my expectation

00:55:34because they're

00:55:35not having very

00:55:36long stints

00:55:37we can just see

00:55:38from our window

00:55:38here the guys

00:55:40frantically sweeping

00:55:41up the gravel

00:55:42on the circuit

00:55:43where some cars

00:55:44have gone off

00:55:44again just picking

00:55:46up these marshals

00:55:46because they work

00:55:47so hard

00:55:48most of them

00:55:48volunteers

00:55:49and just

00:55:50we absolutely

00:55:51couldn't do it

00:55:51without them

00:55:52most of it

00:55:52funnily enough

00:55:52is in the pit lane

00:55:53entry

00:55:53they've got yellows

00:55:54out there

00:55:55and it's not on the

00:55:55track

00:55:56it's in the pit lane

00:55:56entry

00:55:57so

00:55:57come on

00:55:58very dangerous

00:55:59yeah

00:56:00so Audi

00:56:01still maintaining

00:56:03their overall

00:56:04one two three

00:56:05yeah

00:56:05and apparently

00:56:06managed to go

00:56:07one more lap

00:56:07on the fuel

00:56:08than the Toyotas

00:56:09so

00:56:1012 laps

00:56:1112 laps

00:56:13that's what they did

00:56:14the test weekend

00:56:14against all odds

00:56:1612 laps

00:56:16Toyotas could never

00:56:17better 11

00:56:17right

00:56:18and the Toyotas

00:56:19yeah

00:56:19one was 11 laps

00:56:21and one was 10

00:56:21on this second

00:56:22stint of the race

00:56:24so that gives us

00:56:25some indication

00:56:26of how much

00:56:26fervor

00:56:27those Audi's

00:56:29the hybrids

00:56:29are going to be

00:56:30able to go

00:56:30then

00:56:30numbers 44

00:56:31and 48

00:56:32in LMP2

00:56:33that's Tom

00:56:34Kimmer Smith

00:56:34and Warren

00:56:35Hughes

00:56:35they continue

00:56:36their battle

00:56:36as they bring

00:56:38their cars

00:56:38into the pit lane

00:56:39this time

00:56:39absolutely together

00:56:40nose to tail

00:56:41as Jorg

00:56:42Bergmeister

00:56:42pitted

00:56:43no it's not

00:56:44it's Pedro Lamy

00:56:45is it

00:56:45oh sorry

00:56:46don't mean

00:56:46I mean the 80 car

00:56:48number 80 car

00:56:48of Jorg Bergmeister

00:56:49he's got

00:56:49out of the gravel

00:56:51and back to pit lane

00:56:52apologies Jeremy

00:56:53no no worries

00:56:54yes that has been

00:56:55a fantastic battle

00:56:56between the Brits

00:56:56hasn't it

00:56:57Tom Kimmer Smith

00:56:57and Warren Hughes

00:56:59and right from

00:57:00the start of the race

00:57:00totally different cars

00:57:01one a Rekha Nissan

00:57:02the other the

00:57:03HPD Honda

00:57:04but just so

00:57:05so equally matched

00:57:06and Tom loving

00:57:07every moment of this

00:57:08winner here of course

00:57:08last year

00:57:09in LMP2

00:57:10he'd just like

00:57:11to drag that car

00:57:12back up to the top

00:57:13again but

00:57:13Olivier Pla

00:57:14he has been

00:57:15equally mighty

00:57:16he's from pole

00:57:17he's just led

00:57:18the race

00:57:18so far

00:57:19and we're

00:57:19what

00:57:19an hour and a half

00:57:21in

00:57:21and in the

00:57:23in the face

00:57:23of a massive

00:57:24Nissan onslaught

00:57:25in LMP2

00:57:26that is the

00:57:27Judd engine car

00:57:28the Morgan

00:57:29shattered

00:57:30Olivier Pla

00:57:30is driving

00:57:31for Oak Racing

00:57:32oh dear

00:57:33it's a 29 car

00:57:34they're dragging it

00:57:34behind the

00:57:35wall down here

00:57:37I think their race

00:57:38is finished

00:57:38it does appear

00:57:39Mark

00:57:40as you said

00:57:40I think it looks

00:57:41like that

00:57:41the rear of the car

00:57:42is locked again

00:57:43because they've got

00:57:44a bit of that rear lift

00:57:45on it

00:57:45pulling it from

00:57:45the front wheels only

00:57:46so what a shame

00:57:48they've had such

00:57:49a tough race

00:57:49perhaps

00:57:50maybe it was

00:57:51a bit too soon

00:57:52for them to be

00:57:52coming here to Le Mans

00:57:53so this presume

00:57:54is our race leader

00:57:55at the moment

00:57:55because he has yet

00:57:56to make his second

00:57:57stop

00:57:58the number three car

00:57:59Loac Duval

00:58:00on board the Audi

00:58:01Ultra

00:58:02Henri we can see

00:58:05the car 16

00:58:06just behind us

00:58:07can you tell us

00:58:08a bit more

00:58:08about the situation

00:58:09right now

00:58:09the situation

00:58:12is quite

00:58:12difficult

00:58:14you know

00:58:15because this morning

00:58:15we had a brand new

00:58:16engine in the car

00:58:17it broke

00:58:18after one lap

00:58:19so we have again

00:58:21a brand new

00:58:21engine

00:58:22it was really

00:58:23something

00:58:23nearly impossible

00:58:24to change the engine

00:58:26so quickly

00:58:27you know

00:58:27but my mechanic

00:58:30did it

00:58:30and we have still

00:58:32problem with

00:58:33the brand new

00:58:33engine

00:58:33after two laps

00:58:34water temperature

00:58:37is over 100 degrees

00:58:38so we think

00:58:39there is again

00:58:40a problem

00:58:41in that new

00:58:41engine

00:58:42but we will

00:58:43check now

00:58:44if there is

00:58:45any air

00:58:46in the water

00:58:47system

00:58:49but we doubt

00:58:50about that

00:58:50we think

00:58:51it's really

00:58:51again

00:58:52an engine

00:58:54problem

00:58:54so what

00:58:55what would

00:58:56you do

00:58:56we don't see

00:58:57any mechanics

00:58:58working on it

00:58:59what is the plan

00:58:59now

00:59:00yeah

00:59:00because everything

00:59:01was over 100 degrees

00:59:03so it was not possible

00:59:04to open

00:59:05the water

00:59:07circuit

00:59:08so we wait

00:59:10a little bit

00:59:11to have

00:59:11a lower temperature

00:59:12we will check

00:59:14we will start

00:59:15again

00:59:15and if that

00:59:17happen again

00:59:17that mean

00:59:18it's again

00:59:19an engine

00:59:20problem

00:59:20and we will

00:59:21stop

00:59:21so it's another

00:59:23situation

00:59:23for the number

00:59:2417

00:59:24but we saw

00:59:26it stop

00:59:26also

00:59:26what was the thing

00:59:28it was completely

00:59:29different

00:59:30it was a transmission

00:59:32problem

00:59:32at the same time

00:59:35an alternator

00:59:36problem

00:59:37so they changed

00:59:38both

00:59:39and now it seems

00:59:40to be alright

00:59:40thank you

00:59:42so not a good

00:59:44day for Henri

00:59:45there

00:59:45not a good weekend

00:59:46what we're understanding

00:59:47the problem is

00:59:48as Carlton actually

00:59:49mentioned earlier on

00:59:50in the programme

00:59:51they've taken

00:59:52one of the engines

00:59:52from the dome

00:59:53and there's quite a lot

00:59:54of installation differences

00:59:55and as we heard

00:59:56they've had water

00:59:57problems there

00:59:57yeah unfortunately

00:59:59that can't be the problem

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