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00:00:00...supposed to look, look. So the race start will be investigated by the stewards.

00:00:04They get into the wet now as they come off Tertrourouche, onto the first part of the Mulsanne straight.

00:00:09And Anthony Davidson, this is where the potential danger is. It is very wet here. They are on slick tyres.

00:00:15Well, we saw what happened into the first chicane. Let's see into this one.

00:00:18It is treacherous, like you say, Martin. And already the 75 going wide again.

00:00:23I think that's the same car, Felipe Nasser, that ran into the side, the left rear of one of the Toyotas.

00:00:28And cars going off the track, left, right, centre here.

00:00:31Yeah, a 4 on the 63, take to the infield. Oh, one into the barrier there.

00:00:33It's a 3-11 into the barrier on the exit of the first chicane.

00:00:36That's the Action Express Cadillac. And he is right in the middle of the field.

00:00:40He's got no steering, or he's got no bodywork. He has a low left front corner.

00:00:45Now he's going to try and drag that back to the pits.

00:00:48Jack Aitken.

00:00:49One chicane in, Jack Aitken caught out and in the barriers.

00:00:53He will try and drag that back to the pits because who knows what else might happen in this race.

00:00:58Well, we called it, even before the start of the race, that that first chicane was going to be a little bit treacherous.

00:01:03And on the exit, just losing at that 3-1-1. What do you say, Martin?

00:01:07We need to see what happens to the 51 Ferrari. That's gone from second to fourth.

00:01:10He's been jumped by the two Toyotas.

00:01:12Nick Nielsen still leads in the 50 car, but Toyota number eight in second.

00:01:16Sebastian Bremi, teammate Mike Conway in the other red and white Toyota.

00:01:19That's in third place. There's the 51 Ferrari in fourth.

00:01:22And there is Jack Aitken, the British-Korean driver, trying to drag the car back to Action Express.

00:01:29All sorts of body bits will be required, but it's going to have to go back into the garage and have a new front end put on that car.

00:01:35Look how racy the Toyotas are looking at the start of this.

00:01:38Right up behind the car, 50 now, and breezing by into Indianapolis. That's a surprise.

00:01:45Yeah, huge, huge attack from Sebastian Bremi.

00:01:48There's his teammate Brendan Hartley and the rest of the garage applauding as Toyota retake the lead, or take the lead for the first time.

00:01:55It is Nick Nielsen in the number 50 car for Ferrari, who's now in second place.

00:02:01So a lead change already halfway round lap one of this race.

00:02:05Yeah, as we were focusing, of course, on the incident for Jack Aitken coming out the first chicane,

00:02:09it was the Toyota squaring up to the first of the two Ferraris coming into the second chicane.

00:02:14That's where the first move made. We've just seen the second.

00:02:18And that's Lee Toto pulling away.

00:02:21Now, Ferrari has been very quick in race trim in free practice.

00:02:24It was very quick as well in qualifying trim, in qualifying.

00:02:28So what has changed here? Is it the conditions?

00:02:31Is it something about the attitude of the Toyota drivers?

00:02:34I'm going to take this by the scruff of the neck on lap one and drag it out to the finish in 24 hours.

00:02:40There's a long way to go. A lot of racing.

00:02:43The safety car is out.

00:02:45And that's possibly not because of the slow-moving Action Express caddy,

00:02:48but the debris field that he left behind at the first chicane.

00:02:51And potential damage to the barrier as well,

00:02:53which needs to bunch the cars up to allow a big enough gap for Marshalls to be on the circuit,

00:02:59and recovery vehicles as well to do their thing.

00:03:02Now, question here.

00:03:03The Glickenhaus that starts from the pit lane should join in at the end of lap one.

00:03:09But, ah, there's another problem.

00:03:10The Inter-Europole 32 car, and is that at the second chicane?

00:03:14That's Marshall Post 11.

00:03:15First chicane.

00:03:16OK.

00:03:16So, Mark Vam in some trouble there.

00:03:19Jack Aitken still bringing this car back at pace,

00:03:21despite the fact that he's just got three wheels on the wagon, effectively, here.

00:03:24But in a hurry to get back to pit lane.

00:03:27I've got to say, that looks like it's built like an Audi, doesn't it?

00:03:30This is on board with Jack Aitken.

00:03:31Do you want to take us through this, Anne?

00:03:32Yeah, so the first ride, we knew it was wet.

00:03:35Stay off the curbs.

00:03:36A little bit of oversteer there.

00:03:37Through that next left, the caddy getting sideways.

00:03:39The sister car, and on power, the rear just snaps.

00:03:43He catches it.

00:03:44Equivalent, the high side of the motorbike goes the other way.

00:03:47We advised we have a lot of debris on track.

00:03:50After the first chicane, we have some cars to pick up.

00:03:56Sorry, Graham.

00:03:57It's so easily done as a driver there.

00:03:58You're getting on power.

00:03:59You've got cold ties.

00:04:00So you just had that slow warm-up lap, and we all saw it beforehand.

00:04:04Here's the 32.

00:04:06Snapped away from him in the chicane, just ahead of the NASCAR there.

00:04:10And powerless, really, at that point.

00:04:12Again, just that shot looks like it's in the video game,

00:04:15where somebody's just gone, I'm going to race a NASCAR in this one.

00:04:18But that is genuinely part of the race.

00:04:20It looks very different from everything else.

00:04:22Yeah, a little bit like one of those lockdown videos from Tom Aaron.

00:04:26Tom, I know you're here on the place here.

00:04:28The PR man from Brands Hatch.

00:04:31But great work by Jack Aitken to get back to the pit lane so quickly.

00:04:35Now, in the end, this will now be about making sure the car finishes the race.

00:04:39I mean, right from lap one, their battle plan has changed.

00:04:43Fix the car.

00:04:44Get it back out on track.

00:04:46Try and make the flag.

00:04:47Because they know, with a field this competitive, they're unlikely to be a contender.

00:04:52But that was their battle plan all along.

00:04:54They would have had it in their debriefs before the race even took place,

00:04:58saying, our strength has to be reliability, getting this car home.

00:05:02If we get through unscathed, we're guaranteed a podium.

00:05:05It's always the way it is when you're not in the fastest car.

00:05:07And they haven't been since the first laps we saw here.

00:05:11So I know it's easy to say sitting here, but it's a game of survival when it's wet like that in the first chicane.

00:05:18But it was just getting on power.

00:05:20Maybe it didn't have the TC quite turned up.

00:05:22The traction control turned up enough.

00:05:24And a little bit of a bump as well, slightly offline.

00:05:28He had the other car to the right-hand side, the number three car.

00:05:32And maybe giving that car space meant he was offline and around it went.

00:05:36I'd really like to see another view of it, just to see if there was even a tiniest bit of contact from behind.

00:05:41It did look like the car just spun up, but you can never quite be certain.

00:05:45And here's the 32 car being removed from the gravel at the chicane.

00:05:49That's at the first chicane.

00:05:50Safety car has now picked up the leader.

00:05:53We have three safety cars here, and all three are on track.

00:05:58They have all been scrambled.

00:06:00I'm not going to say we're not going to have to go through the new procedure, which we'll have to explain at some point.

00:06:05There's no cars behind the second or third safety cars just now, but we do have a car on pit lane.

00:06:11Also, by the way, to catch up here, we'll come back to the safety car procedure.

00:06:14On track now is the 708 Glickenhaus.

00:06:17That one has joined in a lap late, and we'll see how that works out with this process.

00:06:22The inter-europort car now recovered to the racing surface, and making progress up the order are the cars that started late.

00:06:29Now, this is the perfect time, in fact, to talk about the safety car procedure,

00:06:33because we heard Jim Glickenhaus saying, with the new safety car rules, starting from the pit lane shouldn't be a problem.

00:06:40Okay, they're not going to get...

00:06:42Oh, hang on a minute.

00:06:43They might get a lap back.

00:06:43They will get a lap back on the very first lap of the race.

00:06:47Glickenhaus is at the back of the queue.

00:06:49So what happens with the new safety car rules?

00:06:51There are three safety cars.

00:06:52They're scrambled at the start line, at the first chicane on the Mulsanne straight, and at Mulsanne corner.

00:06:58And those are now all circulating at the same pace.

00:07:01Let's take a look at the start of the race again.

00:07:03I just want to watch out for this number 75 Porsche.

00:07:06He goes to the outside, has an almighty lock-up on the right front.

00:07:09Already looking very racy there, is Philippe Nasser.

00:07:14I think he really had to have a little stab on the brakes there.

00:07:16He did.

00:07:17This is where it went wrong, didn't it?

00:07:1951 Ferrari was not quick away.

00:07:23It's that right front again.

00:07:25I wonder if there was some kind of regen issue, and putting too much force going through the front right brake, but, yeah.

00:07:33Number six, Porsche got in very deep there alongside the number two caddy.

00:07:37The Peugeot coming, steaming over the runoff area on the outside.

00:07:42Go, go, go, yes!

00:07:44That was the number eight car, Sebastian Bremi, taking the lead.

00:07:47This is the moment that led, probably, to the safety car scrambling.

00:07:52The 32 car going off in the wet.

00:07:55One switch.

00:07:59Yeah, no sound of contact from behind.

00:08:02It just sounds like it just spun itself up there.

00:08:05And it was very subtle as well, wasn't it?

00:08:06It's almost like it wasn't under limited traction.

00:08:09It's just too quick for the corner.

00:08:11Kind of like the Antonio Fuoco incident in Spa, where, in a straight line, it just sort of got spat across the road.

00:08:18Now, let's talk about the safety car rules.

00:08:20So, three safety cars circulating.

00:08:22The entire queue is behind one car, but that's immaterial.

00:08:26Once the track is safe for racing again, the three safety car queues will merge.

00:08:32Safety car B and C will wave the field by, and once they're all in one long queue, then we get wave bys.

00:08:39So, if you're in a queue of safety car, imagine in the middle of the race, you're in a queue of safety cars.

00:08:44Your class leader is behind you.

00:08:47Yes.

00:08:47You get waved by to the tail of the queue, so you don't lose a lap behind the safety car because of the safety cars.

00:08:55Then, we will reposition all the cars so that all the hypercars that are in the race are ahead of all the LMP2 cars, then the garage 56, number 24 Camaro, and then all the GTE cars.

00:09:08So, that is the way it will work.

00:09:11Now, what Jim Glickenhaus was saying was that, you know, if we get into the queue, but if we're nearly in danger of losing another lap, if there's a safety car, we'll get that lap back, if you like.

00:09:21We won't lose it.

00:09:22Which is why I was asking where he is at the queue, because if it was at the back of the queue, he won't get it.

00:09:28He won't get it on this pass-around.

00:09:29Correct, but what he will be is a lot closer to the traffic.

00:09:32There is one other outstanding item here, which is what has happened to the 25 Aston Martin.

00:09:38Let's have a listen first, let's know what's going on with said Braymie in the brake car.

00:09:41We see from the Porsche onboard, it looks maybe that it hit more the side than the rear.

00:09:46It looks like the side of the left-hand rear.

00:09:50Okay, that is the secondary problem.

00:09:52The problem is I don't charge.

00:09:54It's not charging when I brake.

00:09:58I have no assistance.

00:10:00It's really hard to brake.

00:10:01I need to brake really hard.

00:10:03I have no assistance.

00:10:05The kilowatt don't go in negative.

00:10:06Yeah, copies that.

00:10:08We know we're on it.

00:10:10I'll get back to you when we have something, mate.

00:10:12Best to leave it to us.

00:10:14Well, that's a revelation, isn't it?

00:10:18And not a good one for Sebastien Buemi.

00:10:20Toyota already in trouble.

00:10:22He's saying basically on this fly-by-wire braking system, you usually have a lot of assistance from the brake pedal to help to regen.

00:10:30You can see the energy levels there on the left-hand side.

00:10:32Well, that's a combination of battery power and fuel use.

00:10:36So your total energy, they're obviously all up there at the moment in the 90s and the high 80%.

00:10:42But what he's saying is I'm having to physically press the brake pedal really hard.

00:10:46I've only got the mechanical brakes at this point.

00:10:49Now, it wouldn't be a problem at the moment because the state of charge of the battery is high because that's what it is at the start of the race.

00:10:55You charge the battery up.

00:10:57You have almost 100% SOC, they call it, state of charge.

00:11:01The problem will come if he's got no regen, then that energy level is going to go down and down much faster than anyone else.

00:11:0837 looks to be going in the garage here for the Cool Racing Squad.

00:11:1338, the Hertz Team Jodacar also on pit lane.

00:11:17There's a number of teams that take the opportunity to just top up with fuel.

00:11:19The other aspect, by the way, to this new safety car procedure is pit entry remains open until the merge process starts.

00:11:27The cars will be held at the end of pit lane until the next safety car passes.

00:11:32That will be safety car B, so anybody being released now will just lose position against the first safety car.

00:11:40But when the safety cars come, before safety cars come in, they will all be merged into the same queue.

00:11:47So this is free time.

00:11:48It's effectively free time to top up with fuel.

00:11:51As soon as merge starts, pit in closes.

00:11:54And a driver change.

00:11:55There was a driver change there as well after one lap.

00:11:57So all these cars in the queue here have to wait until the next safety car passes them, yeah.

00:12:02Well, there's barrier repairs underway, so there could well be a little bit of a delay here, I'm afraid.

00:12:07Is that what a freighter's there?

00:12:08At MP12, exiting the first chicane, everyone to bear totally right.

00:12:14Exiting the first chicane at MP12, everyone to bear totally to the right.

00:12:19I've got a lot of heavyweights on drivers left.

00:12:21That's a train of cars released behind safety car B.

00:12:25If you're wondering why it is that despite the fact there's only one safety car train, the other two cars were circulating, this is why.

00:12:33It's because this is part of the process.

00:12:35There will be a merging process.

00:12:36We will get to see that this early in the race.

00:12:39Slightly unwelcome.

00:12:40There goes the Goodyear airship, the Zeppelin.

00:12:41The main body, if you like, of the field behind the first safety car past the scene of the incident.

00:12:49Still not clear, by the way, what's happened.

00:12:53If anything, indeed, happened.

00:12:54I think it might have been a time.

00:12:55It is a timing glitch.

00:12:56We had a couple of those.

00:12:57The LRT by TF Aston Martin, that I was referring to, that started second in GTE-AM is actually third in the queue.

00:13:04It's a bright orange car.

00:13:06It's quite easy to see, but not by data.

00:13:09It keeps going from last back up to third.

00:13:11It's going to be a long one, or what do you think?

00:13:17Let's...

00:13:18I think longer.

00:13:21The repair seems big.

00:13:25Service vehicle on site now.

00:13:27Let's see if they don't do a slow zone after that.

00:13:31I think they're right.

00:13:33It's a longer...

00:13:34It's not a very, very quick fix.

00:13:36So I think we are going to see the entire new safety car process.

00:13:41Which means that as the pit lane remains open now, some cars may duck in and out.

00:13:48Now, the question for the number eight Toyota team, what they will be doing now is hacking through all of the data they're getting off the car to try and figure if there is something they can reset, if there's something in the menus at Sebastian where we can try and control or delete, reset, change or whatever.

00:14:07Part of their problem is that it's not charging up the batteries and the hybrid power.

00:14:14Although it's not used for a lot of the lap, probably no more than six or eight seconds in an entire three and a half minute lap, it is used and it is part of the power of the car.

00:14:25It doesn't add to the power of the car.

00:14:27It just takes the place of some of the internal combustion engine.

00:14:32But Anthony Davidson, the more significant factor, and we saw this in Portimao when the Ferrari lost brake by wire and they didn't get on top of it quickly enough, is that the brakes aren't built to stop the car on their own.

00:14:43And so imagine if you have two brakes on your bicycle and you're only ever using one, it's going to overheat because it's doing more work than it should do.

00:14:52And that's perhaps the larger problem immediately.

00:14:57Although the safety car will mitigate that because he's not using the brakes very much.

00:15:00That's absolutely right, Martin.

00:15:01And what they can do as well, they can do half throttle recovery as well.

00:15:05So when you're not on full power, you do get the recovery that way.

00:15:10It uses the internal combustion engine to charge the battery, it'd be like how a dynamo would.

00:15:15A marked hybrid on a road car.

00:15:16Exactly, exactly.

00:15:17So half throttle, you're getting all the recovery you need until the state of charge of the battery reaches a level that it's happy enough with.

00:15:24And then it does naturally hand over to the mechanical brakes.

00:15:27Trouble is, as soon as they're up to full speed, it's going to be doing that nonstop.

00:15:31And there's very limited room on this track to be carrying half throttle everywhere.

00:15:35The point of a racing car is to be flat out for as often as possible.

00:15:40Again, behind the safety car, you can't utilize that because you're on the speed limiter and it is fixed at a maximum of 80 kmh.

00:15:48So the engine will be fixed at a certain RPM.

00:15:51So it doesn't exceed that.

00:15:52You can choose within the car to make it charge under the safety car as well.

00:15:56Because obviously under the safety car, you're not, basically the full course yellow limiter at 60 kmh is doing that job for, sorry, 80 kmh is doing that job for you.

00:16:07It's limiting.

00:16:08So the electronics hands over to the electronic motor to slow the car down.

00:16:13And even though the throttle of the car is being told to go to 100%, the e-motor is slowing you down so you don't go flat out.

00:16:22Another thing I would like to see introduced is enormous A, B and C on safety car roofs.

00:16:29We just saw a shot of a little safety car queue.

00:16:31That safety car B, those were the cars that ducked in and out of the pit lane.

00:16:34And again, Anthony, let's listen.

00:16:40To be fair, you know, Jack, he was being cautious.

00:16:44He really was.

00:16:45He's just this unfortunate position.

00:16:47He had his teammate alongside.

00:16:47He knew the slippery and greasy and he wasn't like, it was just.

00:16:52I was waiting for the, like you say, that high slip, the spike of the traction control not being there for him and just letting the revs fly up.

00:17:03But that didn't happen.

00:17:04He wasn't doing anything, in my opinion, irresponsible.

00:17:07It was just a racing car and slick tires on a wet track.

00:17:11So, yeah, your heart goes out to him.

00:17:14Well, there he is.

00:17:16Jack Aitken.

00:17:17Could have been anyone, mate.

00:17:18Could have been anyone.

00:17:19I can't see anything he did.

00:17:21So here's the heli shot.

00:17:22And I'm trying to see where the Cadillac is here.

00:17:24I know the Toyota fight is interesting.

00:17:26The two Peugeots nearly take it.

00:17:27That's where it happened.

00:17:28That's where the pass happened out of the first chicane.

00:17:33They just had better traction there.

00:17:36Well, we saw this in Spa, didn't we?

00:17:37We did.

00:17:38They just didn't have the warm-up capabilities of the Toyota.

00:17:40They couldn't start that race in slippery conditions on the slicks.

00:17:44The Toyotas did.

00:17:44And we saw their first, or one of their first stints on the slicks being painfully slow compared to the Toyota.

00:17:51That was the pass to the equal down towards Indianapolis.

00:17:53And it was one of the things that Toyota seemed to be a little bit unhappy with, with the tweak of regulations coming into this race, allowing tyre blankets back.

00:18:04That hasn't been part of the scene this year so far.

00:18:06And they said, all that work we've been doing with no tyre warmers, making sure we can switch our tyres on, being clever in the way that we do that, has totally been eradicated for this race.

00:18:16So they felt, like, a little bit hard done by, but you've got to be there when the regulations change.

00:18:22You know, it's the same for everyone, really.

00:18:23But that work, they felt they had an advantage on cooler tyres with no tyre blankets.

00:18:28Yeah, further gaggle of pit stops, including yet another, at least one more, driver change.

00:18:34That's Françoise Perraude.

00:18:35That is Françoise Perraude.

00:18:36Now, why are they putting their gentleman driver in?

00:18:38Because they can.

00:18:39Norman Nato started to negotiate the carnage of the first few laps.

00:18:45The start of Le Mans is never a place for the faint-hearted, Nancy.

00:18:48But now the safety car's out.

00:18:50Each driver has a minimum amount of time they must drive, a maximum when they're allowed to drive.

00:18:54He can't do all 24 hours.

00:18:55So they're putting in Françoise Perraude now so he can get himself up to speed in the safety car queue,

00:19:01get himself dialled in, and then start a decent long run.

00:19:04Maxime Martin back in the pits with the DKR Engineering No. 43 car.

00:19:08And this team making their debut appearance in the big race here.

00:19:12Looks like they've got more issues than they had second.

00:19:15No, no, they're not.

00:19:16They earned one last year through success of LMP3.

00:19:20And actually their history in LMP2 goes back way before into the old rule set

00:19:25where they raced a open-top Lola many years ago.

00:19:29But a well-known team in the industry.

00:19:32Kenny Jenglas, a member, commentating with Oliver Gavin for races prior.

00:19:36And he'd raced GT1 Corvettes with Kendi's team back in the day with DKR.

00:19:42Ironically, Jack Aikin's mistaken.

00:19:44Yeah, look, Alex, is that Alex Sims?

00:19:46It is Alex, yeah.

00:19:47Just saying probably what I've just said on air.

00:19:50Look, you know, it could have been me.

00:19:52It could have been anyone.

00:19:54I've heard it.

00:19:55I've seen it.

00:19:56You were just on the outside.

00:19:58The sister car had a moment in the left-hand part.

00:20:01You had a moment around the right-hand part.

00:20:02But unfortunately, the barrier was closer on that part of the track.

00:20:06We can go to car 37, Nico Lapierre.

00:20:16Okay.

00:20:17Even if only one of the Toyota pits, you pit.

00:20:21If one of the Toyota pits, you pit.

00:20:24Or if both, then you pit.

00:20:26Mixed message there has actually changed Collado's radio instead.

00:20:34And quite an insightful one as well.

00:20:38That could be an interesting game of bluff and double bluff, couldn't it?

00:20:41What this has done, gentlemen,

00:20:43is it's thrown mixed strategy into the mix immediately.

00:20:47So we're not going to be in a situation

00:20:49that we might be with a full green start of this race

00:20:52where you've got a predictable cycle

00:20:54for the whole field in each of these classes.

00:20:56because LMP2 and GTE-AM

00:20:59we've seen about half the grid for each of them

00:21:02already down pit lane.

00:21:04Well, people who don't regularly watch this,

00:21:06see inside there's a little thing there

00:21:08with a yellow safety car message in it.

00:21:10That's the driver's safety system.

00:21:12Every single car has one.

00:21:14It relays all the flag signals

00:21:16as the driver gets to them

00:21:17and messages from race control

00:21:19can be sent directly to that car too.

00:21:26Safety car remains out here at Le Mans

00:21:29in the centenary running.

00:21:30We are 22 minutes in

00:21:32and on lap one an incident for the Action Express Cadillac

00:21:36of Jack Aitken that clattered into the barriers

00:21:38and the number 32 LMP2 car from Inter Europol

00:21:42have brought out the safety car.

00:21:44A number of cars have gone in and out of the pit lane

00:21:47to fuel up and in a couple of cases make driver changes.

00:21:51And Davidson, people who are not used to endurance racing

00:21:55might be going,

00:21:56well, why are they stopping for petrol if they don't need any?

00:21:59I think American racing fans will always have the answer.

00:22:02Always take fuel when you can.

00:22:05You just want to try to split the strategies up.

00:22:08The unfortunate thing at Le Mans

00:22:09is that you do have the three safety cars,

00:22:12whether at some point they're going to merge or not

00:22:13is yet to be seen this time around.

00:22:16But it's a nice idea to,

00:22:18particularly for the LMP2 cars

00:22:20that have amateur drivers as well.

00:22:22I was just looking at a replay there

00:22:23of Jack Aitken going into the barrier

00:22:25on that first opening lap.

00:22:27Yeah, the outside view confirms

00:22:28there was nobody close behind him.

00:22:30So it wasn't contact

00:22:31either with the number three car alongside

00:22:33with the yellow nose or anybody else.

00:22:36I just feel it could have been avoided,

00:22:37all of this and all of this safety car period

00:22:40by seeing that it was wet there.

00:22:42They're all on slicks.

00:22:43I called it straight away

00:22:45as soon as I saw how treacherous it was.

00:22:46But I think it needs a driver

00:22:48and a current driver to be there

00:22:51helping out as well to say,

00:22:52look, this is the safest thing to do,

00:22:55to throw a full, not full course,

00:22:57a slow zone.

00:22:58We have the beauty of that

00:22:59in the World Endurance Championship

00:23:00and the circuit is split into many sectors

00:23:03to accommodate that, to allow for that.

00:23:06And I just feel like all of the drivers

00:23:08would have been in agreement

00:23:09with having that in place.

00:23:12For me, it was a no-brainer,

00:23:14the safest thing to do.

00:23:15But now it is what it is.

00:23:17We have a barrier repair going on

00:23:19and the car's out there

00:23:21eager to get going again.

00:23:24And the good thing is with the slow zone

00:23:26is that the race carries on

00:23:27once you've passed

00:23:28that period of slow speed.

00:23:33You can go to the car 94 Peugeot.

00:23:36Nico Muller.

00:23:36Nico, we would like you to box this lap

00:23:39in case pit entry is opened.

00:23:41If pit entry is closed, stay out.

00:23:44Copying.

00:23:45I will just follow the lights.

00:23:47If it's not on, I'm off.

00:23:49Correct.

00:23:50This will be fuel only.

00:23:51Copying.

00:23:53So again, taking the opportunity

00:23:55while the safety car remains out

00:23:57to top up with fuel.

00:23:58Prepare for merging.

00:24:00Pit entry is closed.

00:24:02Prepare for merging.

00:24:03Pit entry is closed.

00:24:05So now Nico Muller will get a message going

00:24:07do not box, do not box.

00:24:09Pit entry is closed.

00:24:10Now, in one of the three practice sessions

00:24:12the pit entry closed light

00:24:14was on for the entire session

00:24:16so that all the drivers

00:24:18would have a chance to see

00:24:19where it was,

00:24:20what it looked like

00:24:21and then they'd have no excuses

00:24:22if they came in while it was closed.

00:24:24So now we're going to see

00:24:25for the very first time

00:24:27all sorts of history gets made

00:24:29at this race.

00:24:30This is another little facet of it.

00:24:32The first time we will merge

00:24:33the three safety car queues.

00:24:35Now, safety car B has got a queue.

00:24:39Safety car C's queue

00:24:40has already been waived by

00:24:41so they're between the chicanes

00:24:43on the Mulsanne Strait

00:24:44ahead of the safety car

00:24:46that they were behind

00:24:47and safety car B

00:24:48has waived its cars by as well.

00:24:50It's pulling in

00:24:51on the exit of our Nage now

00:24:53as safety car C

00:24:56has pulled in

00:24:56at the first chicane

00:24:58so they will all join this long queue.

00:25:00Yeah, the differential between the cars

00:25:02whether you'll see on the B pillar of the car

00:25:03the A, B or the C

00:25:05you're absolutely right

00:25:06that's exactly what's going to happen.

00:25:08Safety car B

00:25:09needs to be more enormous

00:25:10for idiots with poor eyes like me.

00:25:12Safety car B has now indeed pulled in

00:25:14and just to explain

00:25:16when they say pits are closed

00:25:17while pits are open

00:25:19before the call to start the merge begins

00:25:22the exit light will be on

00:25:26until the next safety car passes by.

00:25:29You join the next available queue

00:25:30as soon as the pits are closed

00:25:32you will wait

00:25:33till the single safety car

00:25:35completes another lap.

00:25:36In other words

00:25:36you'll lose a lap.

00:25:37Yeah.

00:25:38Now I hope that everybody

00:25:39watching Trackside

00:25:40is either listening to Radio Le Mans

00:25:42on their radios

00:25:44or Chris McCarthy

00:25:45the English language commentator here

00:25:47who joins Bruno Vendistique

00:25:49and the rest of the French crew

00:25:50because otherwise

00:25:51they'll have no clue

00:25:53what is going on right now.

00:25:54Okay, everybody's behind the safety car

00:25:56those guys are overtaking the safety car

00:25:57that's not right

00:25:58you can't do it

00:25:59because this is brand new

00:26:00we haven't used it all year long

00:26:01in the World Endurance Championship

00:26:02we've never used it at Le Mans

00:26:04this is absolutely brand new

00:26:06so if people

00:26:07you know

00:26:08haven't been reading

00:26:08all their briefing notes

00:26:09for the drivers

00:26:10and they won't have

00:26:11because they're not drivers

00:26:12then this is going to be

00:26:14quite confusing.

00:26:15Hold on tight boys.

00:26:16Yeah, for all the traditionalists

00:26:19out there

00:26:19used to the three car

00:26:21safety car rule

00:26:22it would be very confusing

00:26:24if you're just sitting

00:26:24in the grandstand

00:26:25with no commentary

00:26:27to tap into

00:26:28but yeah

00:26:29I'm excited to see this

00:26:30apparently when they first

00:26:31tried this

00:26:31did they try the

00:26:33we tried it

00:26:33we were in Barcelona

00:26:34during the LMS race meeting

00:26:37and let's put it this way

00:26:39there were some directors notes

00:26:40that came out of that

00:26:41it's not simple

00:26:42I mean

00:26:42you're quite right Martin

00:26:44when you're used to doing something

00:26:45the same way over and over again

00:26:47however clear the instructions

00:26:49the new ones can be missed

00:26:50and the other thing is

00:26:51we're dealing with people

00:26:52mature enough

00:26:53in race control

00:26:54to understand that

00:26:55the way we thought

00:26:56it might happen

00:26:56might not be quite that easy

00:26:58and there are tweaks

00:26:59and there have been tweaks

00:27:00and the other thing is

00:27:01to make sure that

00:27:02everybody gets the message

00:27:03repeat the message

00:27:04it'd be really interesting

00:27:05actually to see

00:27:06on board

00:27:07what messages

00:27:08are coming through

00:27:09to the drivers

00:27:10in their safety systems

00:27:11full laps into

00:27:12the Michelin

00:27:13mediums

00:27:14on Nick Nielsen's car

00:27:15again

00:27:15I think pretty much

00:27:16everybody started on mediums

00:27:17at the moment

00:27:18it'll say safety car

00:27:19but I wonder if in a queue

00:27:21that's being

00:27:21passed around

00:27:22or waved by

00:27:24whether you get a message

00:27:25saying pass SC

00:27:26or something

00:27:26and then when you're

00:27:28in a queue here

00:27:29my understanding is

00:27:31the instruction goes

00:27:32to the team

00:27:32through the timing screens

00:27:34it's then for them

00:27:36to instruct their drivers

00:27:36appropriately

00:27:37the responsibility

00:27:38is entirely the team

00:27:40let's listen to what's

00:27:41going on with Toyota

00:27:41okay Seb

00:27:43I need a report

00:27:44on track condition

00:27:45again

00:27:45report on track condition

00:27:46yeah

00:27:49seems to be

00:27:50a lot drier

00:27:52still a bit damp

00:27:53in the first chicane

00:27:55the rest seems to be dry

00:27:57copy that

00:27:58and when you can

00:28:00again

00:28:00on throttle

00:28:01charging SOC

00:28:0355 target

00:28:04on a roll map

00:28:13now there are various

00:28:14you can see

00:28:15when you look

00:28:15inside the cockpit

00:28:16you see twiddly dials

00:28:17that's the technical term

00:28:18I think

00:28:19isn't it

00:28:19twiddly dials

00:28:20on the wheel

00:28:20and a roll map

00:28:21which is

00:28:21on the spokes

00:28:22normally you have

00:28:22a sort of rotating

00:28:23many of your road cars

00:28:24will have that

00:28:25to go from fuel consumption

00:28:27to how many miles

00:28:27you've done

00:28:28and whatever else

00:28:28convert to kilometres

00:28:29and that's the same

00:28:31sort of thing

00:28:31you'll often hear them

00:28:33giving them

00:28:33you know

00:28:34alpha 12

00:28:35beta something or other

00:28:36little commands

00:28:37to set traction control

00:28:38and fuel economy

00:28:39and so on

00:28:39but when you need

00:28:40to get deeper into it

00:28:41as he obviously does

00:28:42to try and sort out

00:28:43the braking issue

00:28:44and the harvesting

00:28:45of electricity issue

00:28:46then that's it

00:28:47in a sub menu

00:28:48that's not necessarily

00:28:49immediately there

00:28:50and it's good

00:28:51you know

00:28:52it's a luxury

00:28:52they've got this time

00:28:53to do it

00:28:53imagine if they didn't

00:28:54have the safety car

00:28:55they would have been

00:28:55really fighting fires

00:28:57real time

00:28:58at high speed

00:28:59and would have been

00:29:01losing time

00:29:01maybe even losing

00:29:02their brakes as well

00:29:04at points

00:29:04so very lucky

00:29:05LMP2

00:29:06now start the drop back

00:29:08and here comes

00:29:08the Camaro

00:29:10now then

00:29:13the Camaro

00:29:13is supposed to stop

00:29:15behind the LMP2

00:29:16it'll drop again

00:29:17okay

00:29:18so they will drop back

00:29:20the Camaro

00:29:21once this is complete

00:29:22this is

00:29:23now we didn't see

00:29:24the 75 car

00:29:25had been into the pit

00:29:26then

00:29:26we didn't document that

00:29:27that is now

00:29:28going to get to go

00:29:28by all of these cars

00:29:30and into the tail

00:29:31of the hypercar queue

00:29:33I think

00:29:3438 you mean

00:29:3538

00:29:36sorry

00:29:37what did I say

00:29:3875

00:29:38yeah 38

00:29:39sorry

00:29:39so LMP2

00:29:40has dropped back

00:29:41to the back

00:29:41of the field

00:29:42okay

00:29:44then

00:29:45then the same

00:29:46will occur

00:29:46I believe

00:29:47we're then going to

00:29:47see the same

00:29:48happening

00:29:48with the NASCAR

00:29:49and then the

00:29:50GT

00:29:51the GTE

00:29:52AMS

00:29:52and you can see

00:29:53all the LMP2

00:29:54cars that have

00:29:54pitted

00:29:55going

00:29:55oh ah

00:29:56right

00:29:56I'm following

00:29:57that queue

00:29:57because you can

00:29:58clearly see

00:29:58from behind

00:29:59you may not

00:29:59know who it is

00:30:00but you know

00:30:01what it is

00:30:01right

00:30:01follow the LMP2

00:30:02queue

00:30:03right

00:30:03so they're

00:30:04all together

00:30:04they'll then

00:30:05drop back in here

00:30:06now the advantage

00:30:06of this

00:30:07in restarting

00:30:08a race

00:30:09is that you've

00:30:10effectively

00:30:10separated out

00:30:11the three races

00:30:12into cars

00:30:13of a generally

00:30:14applicable pace

00:30:16so it means

00:30:16that the madness

00:30:17that you sometimes

00:30:18see

00:30:19safety cars

00:30:20breeding safety cars

00:30:21should be

00:30:22less likely to happen

00:30:24yeah

00:30:25mitigated

00:30:25so

00:30:26that's the word

00:30:26I was searching for

00:30:27you're not starting

00:30:27the race leader

00:30:29behind 35 gentleman

00:30:31drivers in

00:30:31slower cars

00:30:33or even

00:30:34five gentleman

00:30:34drivers in slower cars

00:30:35so

00:30:35safer for everybody

00:30:37and less likelihood

00:30:39that safety cars

00:30:40will materially

00:30:42and majorly

00:30:43affect the actual

00:30:44race in the classes

00:30:45you're going to see

00:30:46the same

00:30:46car 24 now

00:30:48to do the drop back

00:30:48exactly as we just

00:30:49predicted

00:30:49what that means is

00:30:51you're not going to see

00:30:52the fabulous in-car shots

00:30:53of the likes of

00:30:54Fernando Alonso

00:30:55powering through

00:30:55loads of traffic

00:30:56yet

00:30:57well number one

00:30:58Fernando's not here

00:30:59but there were some

00:30:59epic in-car shots

00:31:01of that

00:31:02but what we will see

00:31:03in just a few laps

00:31:05time

00:31:05is them catching

00:31:06that train

00:31:07they'll still have

00:31:08traffic

00:31:08but it won't be

00:31:09quite as frenetic

00:31:10because they're in

00:31:11their own battle

00:31:12which they can

00:31:13control themselves

00:31:13rather than the

00:31:14urgency to get

00:31:15through that traffic

00:31:16to keep with the queue

00:31:17now as well as

00:31:18testing this out

00:31:19for real

00:31:20in the European

00:31:21Le Mans series

00:31:21in Barcelona

00:31:22what other things

00:31:24do teams do

00:31:24to test things

00:31:25when they're not

00:31:26on a real racetrack

00:31:27they go to the

00:31:28sorry I was looking

00:31:30at something else

00:31:30as well as testing

00:31:31this system

00:31:32in real life

00:31:33in Barcelona

00:31:33they go to the

00:31:34simulator

00:31:34and what do we now

00:31:35have in Le Mans

00:31:36racing

00:31:37simulators

00:31:39the virtual

00:31:40virtual Le Mans

00:31:41virtual Le Mans

00:31:42drivers

00:31:43have done

00:31:44several races

00:31:45rehearsing this

00:31:46with the race

00:31:47controller

00:31:47with race director

00:31:48Eduardo Freitas

00:31:49so as well as

00:31:50the teams

00:31:51preparing for this

00:31:52on the sim

00:31:52race director

00:31:54has prepared

00:31:54for this on the sim

00:31:55as well

00:31:55using some of the

00:31:57teams and drivers

00:31:57from the Le Mans

00:31:59virtual series

00:31:59going to be said

00:32:00very effective

00:32:02doing this very

00:32:03quickly

00:32:03so we've had

00:32:04two of the

00:32:04pass around

00:32:05sorry the merge

00:32:06parts of this

00:32:07or the pass around

00:32:07parts of it

00:32:08within a single

00:32:09lap

00:32:09and I think

00:32:09we're going to

00:32:09get close to

00:32:10getting the third

00:32:11done

00:32:11because the 24

00:32:12car is now

00:32:14getting towards

00:32:15the position

00:32:15it needs to be

00:32:16and then we'll

00:32:17carry on through

00:32:18with the GTA

00:32:19once the field

00:32:20is under control

00:32:21once it's in the

00:32:22correct order

00:32:23we can go back

00:32:24to green flag running

00:32:25so most of

00:32:27the time

00:32:28on the safety

00:32:28car has been

00:32:29for the incident

00:32:31to be dealt

00:32:32with

00:32:32once race direction

00:32:34are happy

00:32:35that that incident

00:32:36site is safe

00:32:37they'll then go

00:32:38through the process

00:32:38we've just seen

00:32:39one question

00:32:41why wouldn't they

00:32:42drop back the

00:32:43GT cars first

00:32:44why have they

00:32:44done it

00:32:45the LMP2 cars

00:32:46and then the

00:32:46GT cars

00:32:47let me think

00:32:49that one through

00:32:50for a moment

00:32:50there must be

00:32:51a reason

00:32:52but I can't

00:32:52think of it

00:32:53at the moment

00:32:54other than the

00:32:54fact what you've

00:32:55seen there

00:32:56is you've had

00:32:57a mixed batch

00:32:58of cars

00:32:58pitting LMP2

00:33:00and GT cars

00:33:01it does help

00:33:02to sort that

00:33:03it does help

00:33:06to sort that

00:33:07so that actually

00:33:08what we're seeing

00:33:08is cars

00:33:09coming forward

00:33:10into that queue

00:33:11both in pace

00:33:12order as well

00:33:13as class order

00:33:14I still don't

00:33:16understand the

00:33:16answer to your

00:33:16question

00:33:17because the

00:33:18next move

00:33:19I'm sure we're

00:33:20going to see

00:33:20is the GT

00:33:21cars drop back

00:33:22and that relieves

00:33:23the number 38

00:33:24Jota

00:33:25to join

00:33:25the back

00:33:26of the hypercars

00:33:26thinking it through

00:33:27the answer is

00:33:28if for whatever

00:33:29reason including

00:33:29an early pit stop

00:33:30you've got an

00:33:31LMP2 car

00:33:32in the middle

00:33:32of the GTE cars

00:33:33that sorts that

00:33:34first

00:33:34they'll then cycle

00:33:36back forward

00:33:37in front of the

00:33:37GTE cars

00:33:38so the 43 car

00:33:40for instance

00:33:41is at a race

00:33:41with the LMP2

00:33:42cars

00:33:42it's in the middle

00:33:43of the GT

00:33:44AM cars

00:33:44this helps

00:33:45towards the LMP2

00:33:47field

00:33:47first

00:33:48and then you

00:33:49do the same

00:33:49with GTE

00:33:50naturally

00:33:51because there's

00:33:51no other cars

00:33:52and they mix

00:33:52for them

00:33:53yeah

00:33:53and of course

00:33:57once we get

00:33:58into real life

00:33:59racing

00:34:00where the first

00:34:01car in the queue

00:34:01is the first

00:34:03car that the

00:34:03safety car

00:34:04picks up

00:34:04because you

00:34:05want to

00:34:05neutralize

00:34:05the race

00:34:06instantly

00:34:06it's not

00:34:07necessarily

00:34:07a hypercar

00:34:08or the hypercar

00:34:09leader

00:34:10or the race

00:34:10leader

00:34:11yeah

00:34:11so all of that

00:34:12gets taken

00:34:12into consideration

00:34:13as well

00:34:13what we're

00:34:14seeing here

00:34:14is that

00:34:16the hypercar

00:34:18was taken

00:34:19up first

00:34:19the race

00:34:20leader

00:34:20was taken

00:34:21up first

00:34:21let's catch

00:34:22up with

00:34:23the Jota

00:34:23team

00:34:24Louise Beckett

00:34:24down in the pit

00:34:25lane

00:34:25I'm with

00:34:26Will Stevens

00:34:27from Hertz

00:34:28team Jota

00:34:29number 38

00:34:30now we've got

00:34:31a new safety

00:34:31car procedure

00:34:32it wasn't

00:34:32great for you

00:34:33guys having

00:34:33to start

00:34:34at the back

00:34:34of the grid

00:34:35what happens

00:34:36now

00:34:37that's what

00:34:37everyone's asking

00:34:38yeah so basically

00:34:40obviously us

00:34:41starting at the

00:34:41back of the grid

00:34:42this couldn't

00:34:44have been a

00:34:44more perfect

00:34:45time for us

00:34:45to have the

00:34:46safety car

00:34:46because the

00:34:46new procedure

00:34:47basically means

00:34:48that once

00:34:49they've done

00:34:50all their

00:34:50pass around

00:34:50on the

00:34:51dropbacks

00:34:51they'll be

00:34:52class by

00:34:53class

00:34:53so now

00:34:54we've

00:34:54all the way

00:34:55back up

00:34:55to all the

00:34:55hypercars

00:34:56and we'll

00:34:56basically be

00:34:57at the back

00:34:57of the

00:34:58hypercar

00:34:59class

00:34:59so if we

00:35:01were to

00:35:01create the

00:35:02perfect scenario

00:35:03then we've

00:35:04had the

00:35:04perfect first

00:35:0540 minutes

00:35:05to the race

00:35:05so now

00:35:06we're fully

00:35:06back in

00:35:07the race

00:35:07right behind

00:35:08the hypercar

00:35:09so now

00:35:09it's game

00:35:10on

00:35:10and we can

00:35:10get back

00:35:11to what

00:35:11good stuff

00:35:13thank you

00:35:13thanks

00:35:13and a very

00:35:14telling point

00:35:15just made

00:35:15in my

00:35:16offer

00:35:17by

00:35:17and

00:35:18that is

00:35:19that they've

00:35:20also been

00:35:21able to top

00:35:21up with fuel

00:35:22as well

00:35:22in that 38

00:35:23so it's an

00:35:24absolute

00:35:24win-win

00:35:25and a brilliant

00:35:26bit of strategy

00:35:26it's the right

00:35:27thing to do

00:35:27if you're way

00:35:28behind the

00:35:29hypercars

00:35:30you're not going

00:35:30to lose

00:35:30nothing to lose

00:35:31at all

00:35:31and it's been

00:35:32an absolute

00:35:33net gain for

00:35:33them

00:35:33and the minute

00:35:34the safety car

00:35:35came out

00:35:35fuel fuel fuel

00:35:36get it

00:35:36been

00:35:36some drivers

00:35:37have changed

00:35:38and what I

00:35:39speculated about

00:35:40when we saw

00:35:40Francois

00:35:41Parodi

00:35:41getting in

00:35:42Ike Lapierre

00:35:43has confirmed

00:35:43exactly the same

00:35:44that they have

00:35:45also had a pro

00:35:47driver start the

00:35:47race and try and

00:35:48keep the car in one

00:35:49piece and the

00:35:50moment a safety car

00:35:51came out

00:35:51okay great

00:35:52let's get our

00:35:53am driver in

00:35:54let's get a lower

00:35:54rated driver in

00:35:55let's get them

00:35:56in the car

00:35:57in the race

00:35:58just you know

00:35:58alive in this

00:35:59but start them off

00:36:00behind the safety car

00:36:01and nothing to lose

00:36:03what that also means

00:36:05gentlemen is we are

00:36:06highly likely

00:36:07if we don't get

00:36:08dramas when this

00:36:09race goes back to

00:36:10green within the

00:36:12next hour or so

00:36:13that Hertz Team

00:36:14Jota will lead

00:36:14this race

00:36:15also we have been

00:36:17told on their

00:36:18media channel

00:36:20that there is

00:36:21absolutely no problem

00:36:22at all with the

00:36:22number 8 Toyota

00:36:23it was just said

00:36:26worried about

00:36:26settings behind the

00:36:28safety car

00:36:28so all that talk

00:36:30about being hit on

00:36:31the side and

00:36:32doesn't look like

00:36:32there's much damage

00:36:33and what map

00:36:34is it in

00:36:34absolute standard

00:36:36stuff

00:36:36so as ever

00:36:38there's been

00:36:38a discreet veil

00:36:41drawn over

00:36:42anything that

00:36:43might be of

00:36:43any interest

00:36:44whatsoever to

00:36:45anybody

00:36:45by the Toyota

00:36:46team

00:36:46but this is

00:36:47you know

00:36:47racing driver's

00:36:48mind when you're

00:36:49in the lead

00:36:49as well

00:36:49he's very

00:36:51experienced

00:36:51and he's just

00:36:52flagging up

00:36:52potential

00:36:53it's better to

00:36:54do that

00:36:54what's the next

00:36:55thing that could

00:36:56go wrong

00:36:56that's always the

00:36:57question you have

00:36:58to ask

00:36:58damage on the

00:36:59rear of the

00:37:00that is 63

00:37:01I think

00:37:01there is

00:37:02Dorian Pat

00:37:02that car's

00:37:03been hit

00:37:03or has had

00:37:04some kind of

00:37:05contact at the

00:37:06rear

00:37:06and that is

00:37:08the light in

00:37:10the gality

00:37:10panel

00:37:10and I think

00:37:11that's going to

00:37:12need to be

00:37:12fixed

00:37:12they will

00:37:12probably get

00:37:13they will

00:37:15probably be

00:37:16allowed to

00:37:16fix it at

00:37:17the next stop

00:37:18safety car will

00:37:18come in at

00:37:19the end of

00:37:19this lap

00:37:20safety car will

00:37:21come in at

00:37:22the end of

00:37:22this lap

00:37:2240 minutes ago

00:37:24I stood up to

00:37:25start the race

00:37:26I'm going to

00:37:26stand up to

00:37:27start the race

00:37:27as we didn't

00:37:29get we only got

00:37:29one corner

00:37:30off three or

00:37:30four

00:37:31so we are

00:37:32getting ready

00:37:32to go back

00:37:33to green flag

00:37:34racing and

00:37:34that means

00:37:35that the

00:37:35safety car

00:37:36driver will

00:37:37race away

00:37:38ahead of

00:37:39field

00:37:39Pedro Cacero

00:37:40well the

00:37:41great thing

00:37:41is we

00:37:41haven't had

00:37:42to explain

00:37:42how the

00:37:43safety car

00:37:43is going

00:37:43to work

00:37:44we've now

00:37:45seen it

00:37:46what other

00:37:47new rules

00:37:47that might

00:37:48be applicable

00:37:48in the next

00:37:49two minutes

00:37:50that was

00:37:50pretty orderly

00:37:51that was

00:37:51pretty orderly

00:37:52and with

00:37:53the incident

00:37:54cleared by the

00:37:54way done

00:37:55very quickly

00:37:56yes

00:37:56now there was

00:37:57two things

00:37:57about that

00:37:58first of all

00:37:58it was bone

00:37:59dry and

00:38:00broad daylight

00:38:01so everybody

00:38:01got to do

00:38:02it while they

00:38:03could see it

00:38:03and secondly

00:38:05it's also

00:38:06given them

00:38:06half an hour

00:38:07for that wet

00:38:07first chicane

00:38:08to dry up a bit

00:38:09Ant

00:38:09it has

00:38:10I mean

00:38:10it's a bonus

00:38:11for that

00:38:12but what

00:38:13you're going to

00:38:13see is that

00:38:14safety car

00:38:14will naturally

00:38:15only really

00:38:16come out

00:38:16when you've

00:38:17got a barrier

00:38:18repair

00:38:18going on

00:38:19they're not

00:38:20just going to

00:38:21throw it

00:38:21at any time

00:38:22please remind

00:38:25drivers

00:38:25no overtaking

00:38:27before the line

00:38:27no overtaking

00:38:29before the line

00:38:30and again

00:38:31that's a different

00:38:32rule in the

00:38:33IMSA WeatherTech

00:38:34series

00:38:34when the track

00:38:35goes green

00:38:35it's green

00:38:36everywhere

00:38:37in FIA rules

00:38:38and here at

00:38:38Le Mans

00:38:39you can only

00:38:40pass when you

00:38:40start the green

00:38:41lap

00:38:42it's not green

00:38:42here

00:38:43it will only

00:38:43be green

00:38:44once you

00:38:44get past

00:38:45the line

00:38:45so that's

00:38:46a very

00:38:46different deal

00:38:47and a different

00:38:48deal as well

00:38:49in that you

00:38:49don't have to

00:38:50stay with a

00:38:50certain length

00:38:51of the safety

00:38:51car

00:38:52you can let

00:38:53that go

00:38:53it peels

00:38:54off

00:38:54and it's

00:38:55the leader

00:38:55that now

00:38:56dictates

00:38:57the pace

00:38:57so the entire

00:38:59hyper car

00:38:59field is

00:39:00nose to tail

00:39:00barring the

00:39:01lapped

00:39:02Glickenhaus

00:39:02it's on the

00:39:03back of the

00:39:03queue

00:39:04but it is

00:39:04the lap

00:39:04behind

00:39:05then all

00:39:05the LMP2s

00:39:06then all

00:39:06the GTE

00:39:07AMs

00:39:07race leader

00:39:08Sebastian

00:39:09Guemi

00:39:09brings us

00:39:10back to green

00:39:10ahead of

00:39:11Nick Nielsen

00:39:11Mike Conway

00:39:13Toyota's

00:39:14James Collado

00:39:15in the second

00:39:16all red Ferrari

00:39:16Felipe Nasser

00:39:18in the Porsche

00:39:18number 75

00:39:19not staying

00:39:21right with the

00:39:21leaders at the

00:39:22restart

00:39:22well he nearly

00:39:23was in amongst

00:39:24them as he

00:39:25outbraked himself

00:39:25at the first

00:39:26time of asking

00:39:27the Dunlop

00:39:28curve

00:39:28they all get

00:39:29safely through

00:39:30this time

00:39:30the bill were

00:39:30a little more

00:39:31strung out

00:39:32Anthony Davidson

00:39:33than they were

00:39:33at the first

00:39:34start so hopefully

00:39:35there should be

00:39:35no repetition

00:39:36of the bumping

00:39:37and boring

00:39:37at the start

00:39:38of this 24 hour

00:39:39race

00:39:39absolutely

00:39:40I think they

00:39:40were much calmer

00:39:41this second time

00:39:42around

00:39:43it's almost like

00:39:43you need to get

00:39:44the first one

00:39:44out the way

00:39:45and reset

00:39:45but yeah

00:39:46all cleanly

00:39:47through as you

00:39:48say

00:39:48Mike Conway

00:39:49was putting

00:39:50immense pressure

00:39:51on the Ferrari

00:39:52in front of him

00:39:52through that

00:39:53the end of the

00:39:54first sector

00:39:54but now Nick

00:39:55Nielsen's managed

00:39:56to get a little

00:39:57bit of a breather

00:39:57and it's Mike

00:39:58that comes under

00:39:58the attack

00:39:59from James Collado

00:40:00in the slipstream

00:40:01as they head down

00:40:02towards turn one

00:40:03what's the

00:40:04dampness situation

00:40:05going to be

00:40:06this time around

00:40:06side by side

00:40:07with the Porsches

00:40:08in the back

00:40:08against one of the

00:40:09Peugeots

00:40:09I'm going to mark

00:40:10one piece

00:40:10of Le Mans history

00:40:11fastest lap

00:40:12of the race

00:40:13as we go back

00:40:14to green

00:40:15is the NASCAR

00:40:164 minutes

00:40:17and 57 seconds

00:40:190.906

00:40:20it won't stay

00:40:21for much more

00:40:21than another

00:40:22lap or so

00:40:23but it's a nice

00:40:24to have

00:40:24and that's by the way

00:40:25slightly better news

00:40:26for Jim France

00:40:28than what he's got

00:40:28happening on pit lane

00:40:29at the moment

00:40:30so here we go

00:40:31side by side

00:40:32battle

00:40:32two Ferraris

00:40:3321 car

00:40:34with the yellow

00:40:35highlights

00:40:35and the red

00:40:36livery

00:40:36and then

00:40:37the JMW

00:40:38Ferrari

00:40:38and coming down

00:40:39the inside

00:40:39steaming down

00:40:40the inside

00:40:41comes one of the

00:40:42Dempsey Proton

00:40:43Proton Racing

00:40:44Porsches

00:40:44they're running

00:40:44four different cars

00:40:46with nearly

00:40:47identical liveries

00:40:48that is Harry Tingle

00:40:50in the number

00:40:5088 car

00:40:51the teal

00:40:52dazzle

00:40:53livery car

00:40:54past the

00:40:55veteran

00:40:55number 66

00:40:56the 7 years

00:40:58here at Le Mans

00:40:58number 66

00:41:00JMW

00:41:01Ferrari 488

00:41:03Tower Motorsport

00:41:04didn't get a lap

00:41:05in qualifying

00:41:06they're involved

00:41:06in a clash

00:41:07with a 777

00:41:08D station

00:41:09racing car

00:41:09their race

00:41:10is not getting

00:41:11much better

00:41:11they've been given

00:41:12a three minute

00:41:15stop and go

00:41:15penalty

00:41:16because of that

00:41:17incident in

00:41:17free practice

00:41:18one

00:41:18that will now

00:41:19need to be served

00:41:19now the race

00:41:20has gone back

00:41:21to green

00:41:21and here comes

00:41:22the second

00:41:23Toyota game

00:41:24Mike Conway

00:41:24hovering up behind

00:41:26Nick Nielsen

00:41:27and exactly as

00:41:28Sebastian Bremi

00:41:28did

00:41:29going by

00:41:30in a straight

00:41:30line

00:41:31so

00:41:31the

00:41:32Ferraris

00:41:33look like

00:41:34they had

00:41:34good top speed

00:41:35in free

00:41:36practice

00:41:36the Toyotas

00:41:37look like

00:41:38they've got

00:41:38very good

00:41:39top speed

00:41:39in the race

00:41:40Toyota

00:41:40back to

00:41:411-2

00:41:42after the

00:41:43first half

00:41:44lap of

00:41:44racing

00:41:44from

00:41:45safety

00:41:45car

00:41:46it's

00:41:46interesting

00:41:46speaking to

00:41:47Kevin

00:41:47Esther

00:41:47on the

00:41:48grid

00:41:48and in

00:41:49the number

00:41:49six

00:41:50Porsche

00:41:51Penske

00:41:52Porsche

00:41:52and he

00:41:52was saying

00:41:53yeah you know

00:41:54we're quick in the

00:41:54Porsche curves

00:41:55but the straight line

00:41:57speed of some of the

00:41:58others

00:41:58and he made

00:41:59particularly the

00:42:00Ferraris

00:42:01we can't quite match

00:42:02but you've just seen there

00:42:04the Toyotas blasting past

00:42:06and we haven't seen that

00:42:07all week so far

00:42:0975 car being warned about

00:42:12its earlier contact

00:42:13it does look as though

00:42:15the 51 Ferrari

00:42:16the car in fourth place

00:42:17James Collado

00:42:18might be looking to get by

00:42:20Niklas Nilsson

00:42:21in the 50 car

00:42:22the first

00:42:22those two red cars

00:42:23with the yellow stripes

00:42:24then the rainbow colours

00:42:26that's the first of the Porsches

00:42:27that's car number 75

00:42:28that's fifth place

00:42:29Felipe Nasser

00:42:30the blue nose

00:42:31black tailed caddy

00:42:32that's number two

00:42:33Earl Bamba

00:42:34then two more

00:42:35of the Porsches

00:42:36those are both

00:42:37the Porsche

00:42:37Penske

00:42:38Motorsport cars

00:42:39Christensen

00:42:40in the five

00:42:40and the six

00:42:41Lawrence Vantor

00:42:42we just saw going by

00:42:43the Peugeot

00:42:43of Paul de Resta

00:42:44about halfway around

00:42:46the lap

00:42:46so Peugeot

00:42:47moving up

00:42:47Porsche moving up

00:42:49Cadillac at the moment

00:42:50sort of a little bit

00:42:51in stasis

00:42:52not going anywhere fast

00:42:54with the number two car

00:42:55and I think he's going

00:42:56to come under attack

00:42:57Earl Bamba

00:42:57in the next couple of laps

00:42:58it's just a

00:42:59it's a warning flag

00:43:00it's going to go to 75

00:43:01for Felipe Nasser's

00:43:02contact to the side

00:43:03of Seb Poemi

00:43:04at the start of the race

00:43:05so no further penalty

00:43:06for that

00:43:07we heard Seb talking

00:43:08in the car

00:43:09about potential issues

00:43:11arising from that

00:43:12but no sign

00:43:13that's an issue

00:43:14at the moment

00:43:14race director

00:43:16has said

00:43:16that the 63

00:43:17Premo Motorsport car

00:43:19that was trailing

00:43:19that bit of bodywork

00:43:20will need to repair it

00:43:22at the next pit stop

00:43:23that will be just

00:43:24the tail end

00:43:25of the car removed

00:43:25it will be a few seconds

00:43:27longer on pit road

00:43:28but it's not

00:43:28a big repair

00:43:29Lauren Pantor

00:43:30looking pretty racy

00:43:31in the number six

00:43:32Porsche here

00:43:33pulls out

00:43:33to go side by side

00:43:35with the number five

00:43:36of Michael Christensen

00:43:38Christensen

00:43:40not really keen

00:43:41on giving this one

00:43:41away

00:43:42meanwhile

00:43:42the Ferrari

00:43:43coming back

00:43:44this is

00:43:44Niklas Nilsson

00:43:45the 50 car

00:43:46having a look

00:43:47for second place

00:43:48but through goes

00:43:49Laurence Pantor

00:43:49and again now

00:43:50Christensen

00:43:51under pressure

00:43:51because here's

00:43:52the Peugeot

00:43:52right behind

00:43:53of Scotsman

00:43:54Paul de Resta

00:43:54he's got

00:43:55Nico Muller

00:43:55behind him

00:43:56then the yellow

00:43:57nose caddy

00:43:57that's the number

00:43:58three car

00:43:58of Sebastien

00:43:59Bordet

00:43:59here comes

00:44:00the Peugeot

00:44:00yeah

00:44:01I think

00:44:02that Christensen

00:44:02could have been

00:44:03a little more elegant

00:44:04in the way

00:44:04that he let his

00:44:05team mate

00:44:05pass there

00:44:06into that first chicane

00:44:07he kind of

00:44:07fought it too long

00:44:08got on the slippery

00:44:09stuff

00:44:10and now is potentially

00:44:11going to lose

00:44:12a position to

00:44:12de Resta

00:44:13but it looks like

00:44:13he's just got

00:44:14the straight line

00:44:15speed to hang

00:44:15on to it

00:44:16to the second one

00:44:16even Stevens

00:44:17even Stevens

00:44:18in terms of

00:44:19straight line

00:44:19speed there

00:44:20there wasn't

00:44:20a fascinating

00:44:21moment

00:44:22to see the

00:44:22comparison

00:44:23performance

00:44:23between these

00:44:24two very

00:44:25very different

00:44:26cars

00:44:26and it's that

00:44:26difference

00:44:27that this new

00:44:28class is bringing

00:44:29to this field

00:44:30and look how close

00:44:31they are

00:44:31what sort of

00:44:32half think about

00:44:33a pass

00:44:34that didn't happen

00:44:35and suddenly

00:44:35the two point

00:44:36shows have got

00:44:36the caddy

00:44:37of Sebastian Bordet

00:44:38with that yellow

00:44:39nose all over

00:44:40the back of them

00:44:41and again

00:44:41at 50 Ferrari

00:44:43Nick Nielsen

00:44:43sort of had a bit

00:44:44of a kind of

00:44:45a little look

00:44:46at Mike Conway

00:44:46it didn't happen

00:44:48but he was offline

00:44:49and he's lost

00:44:49you know

00:44:50half a second

00:44:50to three quarters

00:44:51of a second

00:44:52dropped three or four

00:44:53car lengths

00:44:54further back

00:44:54and this is

00:44:55this is why

00:44:55this pass

00:44:56is going to be

00:44:56so fascinating

00:44:58because there's

00:44:59the cars

00:45:00are all totally

00:45:01different

00:45:01and yet

00:45:01they're so similar

00:45:02in the performance

00:45:03window

00:45:04Collardo's having

00:45:04a look

00:45:05he's having a look

00:45:05at Nielsen

00:45:06on the inside

00:45:06of Indianapolis

00:45:07but thinks better

00:45:08of it

00:45:08and I think

00:45:09there must be

00:45:10a headwind

00:45:10at that part

00:45:11of the track

00:45:11because he got

00:45:12a pretty decent

00:45:12run out of

00:45:13Mulsang Corner

00:45:14and then before

00:45:15they got to

00:45:15Indianapolis

00:45:16he was right

00:45:17there

00:45:17behind his

00:45:18team mate

00:45:19so I think

00:45:19that headwind

00:45:20helps to aid

00:45:21the slipstream

00:45:22well his team mate

00:45:23Nick Nielsen

00:45:23in the first of

00:45:24Ferrari's

00:45:24is getting a little

00:45:25toe off

00:45:26the Toyota

00:45:27in front

00:45:27and of course

00:45:28Collardo's getting

00:45:29a double toe

00:45:29because he's getting

00:45:30a bit of a tear

00:45:30off both cars

00:45:32in front

00:45:32so he's going

00:45:33even quicker

00:45:33in the clear air

00:45:34and again

00:45:34he's looking

00:45:35once more

00:45:36Collardo's not happy

00:45:37as he's flashing

00:45:38the headlights

00:45:39at his team mate

00:45:39we've heard him

00:45:40get pretty feisty

00:45:41in Portimao

00:45:42I think it was

00:45:44fighting Nielsen

00:45:44as well

00:45:45back then

00:45:45as well

00:45:46wasn't it

00:45:46come to think

00:45:47of it

00:45:47so no love

00:45:48is lost

00:45:49between these

00:45:49two

00:45:50and I'm sure

00:45:51no better place

00:45:52to prove

00:45:53who's the fastest

00:45:54driver within

00:45:54your team

00:45:55once and for

00:45:56all

00:45:56this big race

00:45:57well one of the

00:45:57bits of perspective

00:45:58you've brought

00:45:59to the WEC

00:46:00coverage

00:46:00every race

00:46:01and is

00:46:01the fact

00:46:02that it's not

00:46:03been a formation

00:46:04race for the

00:46:06Totas

00:46:06when they've

00:46:06had limited

00:46:07opposition

00:46:08and it certainly

00:46:09isn't the case

00:46:10for Ferrari

00:46:10where you've got

00:46:11an awful lot

00:46:12of players here

00:46:13with a lot of

00:46:14pressure on them

00:46:15with this historic

00:46:16new programme

00:46:16and you certainly

00:46:18sense don't you

00:46:18they're looking to

00:46:19see where they are

00:46:20in the pecking order

00:46:21it's probably worth

00:46:22if I was

00:46:23in charge at Ferrari

00:46:25it's probably worth

00:46:26just having a look

00:46:27to see what speed

00:46:27Collardo's got

00:46:28you could swap

00:46:29them back afterwards

00:46:30obviously the race

00:46:31is long

00:46:31but you don't want

00:46:32to be wasting time

00:46:33at any opportunity

00:46:34look at Buemi

00:46:35making a break

00:46:36for it out in front

00:46:37just see what

00:46:38your other driver

00:46:39can do

00:46:39and Graeme

00:46:40that takes us

00:46:41to Toyota's rule

00:46:42if you get on

00:46:43the radio

00:46:43and whistle up

00:46:44the team

00:46:44and say

00:46:44I'm quicker

00:46:45they will wave

00:46:46you by

00:46:46and you've got

00:46:47two laps

00:46:47to clear off

00:46:48and if you don't

00:46:49back in the queue

00:46:50it's a great

00:46:51discipline

00:46:51by the way

00:46:52change in the order

00:46:53for hypercar

00:46:54and that's a position

00:46:54gained by

00:46:55Hertz Team Jota

00:46:56we said this cycle

00:46:57back round

00:46:58thanks to that

00:46:59strategic call

00:47:00to bring the car in

00:47:01up to 13th position

00:47:02ahead of the number

00:47:03number four

00:47:04Floyd Van Walker

00:47:05top deal man

00:47:05and Antonio

00:47:06Phoenix Da Costa

00:47:07now right on the rear

00:47:08of Frank Mayer

00:47:09in the lead

00:47:10of the two

00:47:11Clickenhouse

00:47:11here comes the number

00:47:13two Cadillac

00:47:14that's the blue nose

00:47:15of Earl Bamber

00:47:15looking up behind

00:47:16the second of those

00:47:17three Porsches

00:47:18Porsche currently running

00:47:20fifth, sixth and eighth

00:47:22and the Caddy

00:47:22having a snare foot

00:47:23the tail of

00:47:24Lawrence Van Tor

00:47:25he had got

00:47:27a backer actually

00:47:27Michael Christensen

00:47:28he had got ahead

00:47:29of Christensen

00:47:30Christensen's got back

00:47:31past him

00:47:31and now Bamber

00:47:33dropping back

00:47:33into the clutches

00:47:34the 75 car

00:47:35Clado's coming

00:47:36his teammates

00:47:37even thinking

00:47:37about defending

00:47:38there

00:47:38oh don't do that

00:47:40come on guys

00:47:41Matty Pregliasco

00:47:44the team manager

00:47:45needs to make sure

00:47:46that the drivers

00:47:46are working together

00:47:48you can't fight

00:47:49each other

00:47:50yes you can't win

00:47:51the race

00:47:51unless you beat

00:47:52your teammate

00:47:52but all six drivers

00:47:54and everyone

00:47:55in the crew

00:47:56want Ferrari

00:47:57to win Le Mans

00:47:58that's what

00:47:59this is all about

00:48:00Ferrari wins Le Mans

00:48:01is the only headline

00:48:03that anybody cares

00:48:04about

00:48:04counting full green

00:48:05flag laps

00:48:06now 15 minutes

00:48:07into this race

00:48:08the top 13 cars

00:48:10separated by 9.2

00:48:12seconds

00:48:12this is what

00:48:14we wanted

00:48:14this is what

00:48:15it's beginning

00:48:15to deliver

00:48:16it's going to get

00:48:17better still

00:48:18Ferrari looks like

00:48:19it's just starting

00:48:20to switch on

00:48:20those tyres

00:48:22those Michelin

00:48:22medium tyres

00:48:23coming into it

00:48:24now

00:48:25now what's Nielsen

00:48:26going to do

00:48:26he's pretty close

00:48:27to Conway

00:48:27he's in the slipstream

00:48:28but don't think

00:48:29he's going to be able

00:48:29to attack him

00:48:30into that corner

00:48:31but Collado to me

00:48:33looks like he's

00:48:34slightly got an advantage

00:48:35over his teammate

00:48:36and it's now

00:48:38is the time

00:48:38if the team

00:48:39aren't going to

00:48:39help you out

00:48:40now's not the time

00:48:41to have a hot head

00:48:42you know

00:48:43you've got to keep

00:48:44reminding yourself

00:48:45what a long way

00:48:46there is to go

00:48:47and anything can happen

00:48:48now's not the time

00:48:49to start damaging

00:48:50your car

00:48:51so if the team

00:48:52don't make

00:48:54the change happen

00:48:55you go to plan B

00:48:56which is to set back

00:48:58sit in the slipstream

00:48:59let your engine

00:49:00do less

00:49:01save fuel

00:49:03now

00:49:03talking about

00:49:04Hertz Team Jota

00:49:05they've already

00:49:06topped up

00:49:06and they're still

00:49:07on the lead lap

00:49:08they're still

00:49:08in the lead queue

00:49:09and that means

00:49:11they will go out

00:49:12they will already

00:49:13be racing longer

00:49:14when everybody else

00:49:15comes into the game

00:49:16they will lead

00:49:17if this stays green

00:49:18they will lead

00:49:19if this stays green

00:49:20extraordinary vision

00:49:21for a team

00:49:22first time in the top class

00:49:23we know I've got the R

00:49:24you know

00:49:25more than anybody

00:49:26I've got the R

00:49:27and Davidson

00:49:27able to give you

00:49:28everything you need

00:49:29in terms of information

00:49:30guidance

00:49:31and strategy

00:49:32and that's a cracking call

00:49:34from Hertz Team Jota

00:49:35and it's exactly

00:49:36what the Americans

00:49:37were doing racing

00:49:38every opportunity

00:49:39there's only two rules

00:49:40in American racing

00:49:41track position

00:49:42take fuel

00:49:43at every opportunity

00:49:45and if you haven't got

00:49:45track position

00:49:46take fuel

00:49:47make it work for you

00:49:48and Will Stevens

00:49:50said

00:49:50this is the most

00:49:52perfect start to the race

00:49:53you could have

00:49:53for a car that started

00:49:54on the back of the grid

00:49:55and he was absolutely right

00:49:56they could not have paid

00:49:57enough money

00:49:59to get that safety car

00:50:00in Lapwad

00:50:01it really helped them

00:50:02except for they

00:50:02on pit lane

00:50:03the number three Cadillac

00:50:04now that's

00:50:06that early

00:50:08that has to be a problem

00:50:09it must be early

00:50:10if they've been

00:50:11over 35 minutes

00:50:12behind the safety car

00:50:13well if we'd been

00:50:14green from the start

00:50:16he would still be going

00:50:17in three laps

00:50:18at least early

00:50:18because they should do

00:50:19at least a dozen laps

00:50:20oh three-way battle

00:50:22in GTE

00:50:22Valkenhors going

00:50:24by the Iron Dames

00:50:26Toyota is on soft

00:50:27they will struggle

00:50:28with tires

00:50:28start to put some

00:50:29pressure on them

00:50:30we want to put some

00:50:31pressure on Toyota

00:50:32they are on soft

00:50:32they start to struggle

00:50:33I think we

00:50:34I think we might need

00:50:38to double check that

00:50:39when we looked at

00:50:40pictures of the car

00:50:41on the grid

00:50:41I'm sure we saw

00:50:42M on the side

00:50:43of the Michelin

00:50:44now because they're

00:50:45rotating at speed

00:50:46it's hard to tell

00:50:47we don't have

00:50:47full coloured sidewalls

00:50:49we do have

00:50:49a little coloured tab

00:50:51on them

00:50:51but there's the graphic

00:50:53he's absolutely right

00:50:54the number two

00:50:55second place

00:50:56number seven

00:50:57Toyota

00:50:57is on soft tires

00:50:58and

00:50:59really?

00:51:01well I mean

00:51:02maybe Toyota

00:51:02decided to do

00:51:03what they did in Spa

00:51:04start on the soft tyre

00:51:06when there's wet

00:51:07on the track

00:51:07but he's under

00:51:08massive pressure

00:51:09now with Mike Conway

00:51:09so it all completely

00:51:10makes sense

00:51:11that that's why

00:51:12the Ferrari's

00:51:12look stronger

00:51:13Mike hanging on in there

00:51:17I thought he was just

00:51:18going to let him

00:51:19slip past

00:51:19but I mean

00:51:20this is the point

00:51:21of the race

00:51:21where Mike's

00:51:22got to get his

00:51:22elbows out

00:51:23and put a halt

00:51:24to that Ferrari's

00:51:25pace

00:51:25now their medium

00:51:26tyres have switched

00:51:27on

00:51:28but how long

00:51:28is the soft

00:51:29going to last

00:51:29we know from Michelin

00:51:30here we go

00:51:31both Ferrari's

00:51:32looking to go by

00:51:32in the same move

00:51:33versus Nick Nielsen

00:51:35then James Collado

00:51:36we know from Michelin

00:51:37they expect the medium

00:51:38to at least triple stint

00:51:40very likely quad stint

00:51:42so they're probably

00:51:43going to be on these

00:51:43till sort of 7 in the evening

00:51:45Alpha 6 11

00:51:47Alpha 6 11

00:51:48Seb is looking

00:51:49after the tyres

00:51:50you're doing a good job

00:51:51that I'm guessing

00:51:54is just keeping back

00:51:56and he's not managed

00:51:56to do that

00:51:57through goes

00:51:57Nick Nielsen

00:51:58into second place

00:51:59young Danish driver

00:52:00who's won a title

00:52:02with either or

00:52:03AF Corsa

00:52:04and Ferrari

00:52:05every year

00:52:06since 2018

00:52:07that Toyota's got

00:52:08a lot of top line

00:52:09speed on the street

00:52:10isn't it

00:52:10so far

00:52:11he was really

00:52:12fighting for that

00:52:13wasn't he

00:52:13what he was trying

00:52:14to do

00:52:14was be smart

00:52:15and stick behind

00:52:16Nielsen

00:52:16to put himself

00:52:17at less of an attack

00:52:19from the threatening

00:52:20Ferrari behind

00:52:21so he played that

00:52:22pretty cleverly

00:52:23but they're fighting

00:52:24a losing battle here

00:52:25if they're the only ones

00:52:25on a soft tyre

00:52:26they're going to start

00:52:28falling further

00:52:29and further behind

00:52:30and Seb doing the best

00:52:31he can

00:52:31to preserve those softs

00:52:33look at the queue

00:52:34of traffic behind him

00:52:35it's like Seb's

00:52:35well

00:52:36now that Seb's gone

00:52:38it's like Mike Conway

00:52:38is towing a caravan

00:52:39he's just got a long queue

00:52:40of cars behind

00:52:41I mean it's not

00:52:42that slow

00:52:43but everybody

00:52:43is now bunched up

00:52:44they have dropped

00:52:45the Porsches

00:52:46the Porsches

00:52:46are all now

00:52:47running line astern

00:52:485th, 6th and 7th

00:52:49they've got a head

00:52:50of the caddy

00:52:50of Earl Bamba

00:52:51then the two Peugeots

00:52:53then Hurst Team Jota

00:52:54I mean they're all

00:52:55queuing up

00:52:55to have a go

00:52:56and Seb Wemi

00:52:56is trying to race away

00:52:58hopefully he's cured

00:52:59his regen problems

00:53:01with that front axle

00:53:02and he's getting

00:53:03the full power

00:53:04otherwise he'll have

00:53:05to come into pits early

00:53:06split strategy

00:53:07from Ferrari

00:53:08did they set them off

00:53:09on not full tanks

00:53:11that's early

00:53:1310 laps

00:53:14we were expecting

00:53:1812 lap stints

00:53:19and they have been

00:53:20behind the safety car

00:53:21for half of those

00:53:2210 laps

00:53:23they're splitting the

00:53:23strategy come what may

00:53:25aren't they

00:53:25we heard remember

00:53:27the instruction

00:53:29to the Ferrari driver

00:53:30if the Toto pits

00:53:32you follow him

00:53:33didn't get to that point

00:53:35the 50 car comes in

00:53:37only fuel

00:53:43only fuel

00:53:44yeah that makes sense

00:53:47because on the medium

00:53:48tyre you only do the

00:53:48fuel

00:53:49you keep them going

00:53:49we're expecting

00:53:50they can comfortably

00:53:51the medium tyres

00:53:52do three stints

00:53:53but I'm still perplexed

00:53:55as to why they're in

00:53:56so early

00:53:57particularly under

00:53:58the safety car

00:53:59but don't forget

00:54:01it was that car

00:54:01that started on pole

00:54:03maybe they wanted

00:54:03to make sure

00:54:04that it had a chance

00:54:05of staying at the front

00:54:0751

00:54:07here comes James Collado

00:54:08this is for second place

00:54:10trying to get round

00:54:11the outside of the

00:54:12Toyota Mike Conwin

00:54:13if he opens the door

00:54:14the Porsche's coming in

00:54:15as well

00:54:16Felipe Nasser

00:54:16and behind him

00:54:18Lawrence Van Tour

00:54:19and behind him

00:54:19in the three identical

00:54:20Porsches

00:54:21Michael Christensen

00:54:22yeah Porsche right there

00:54:25and another Porsche

00:54:26absolutely flying

00:54:28at the moment

00:54:28the fastest lap

00:54:30of the race

00:54:30goes to the number 38

00:54:31car

00:54:32now into the top 10

00:54:33in the hands of

00:54:33Antonio Filius Dacosta

00:54:34they're going to

00:54:35not waiting for this

00:54:36to cycle back to them

00:54:37they're going for it

00:54:38right now

00:54:39last year when he was

00:54:40racing the 38 Jota

00:54:41in LMP2

00:54:42he was announced

00:54:43as a Porsche factory

00:54:45driver for their

00:54:46Formula E team

00:54:47now he's a Porsche

00:54:48hypercar driver

00:54:50we see you're doing

00:54:51a good job

00:54:51on tyre energy

00:54:52protecting the fronts

00:54:53more than bike

00:54:54in high speed

00:54:55good job mate

00:54:56can we get feedback

00:54:57on the tyres

00:54:58when you can

00:54:58what is Mike doing

00:55:03it's important

00:55:03to the reverse

00:55:04compared to me

00:55:05yeah such a calm

00:55:08head there

00:55:09for Sebastian

00:55:09Boemi

00:55:10unusually doing a good

00:55:11job looking after

00:55:12those tyres

00:55:12he knows exactly

00:55:13what he's doing

00:55:14he works obviously

00:55:15with the Red Bull

00:55:16racing team

00:55:17in Formula 1

00:55:17and it's all about

00:55:18tyre preservation

00:55:19in that category

00:55:20so he's using

00:55:21his experience

00:55:22wisely there

00:55:22to put himself

00:55:24in the best

00:55:24possible scenario

00:55:25on those socks

00:55:26well one of the

00:55:27things Mike's doing

00:55:28to keep his tyres

00:55:29alive is sit in

00:55:29the slipstream

00:55:30of the fastest

00:55:31Ferrari

00:55:31number 13

00:55:37Tower Motorsport

00:55:38LMP2 car

00:55:39has not done

00:55:40a stop and go

00:55:41penalty

00:55:42and has now

00:55:42been reported

00:55:43to the stewards

00:55:44and that may result

00:55:45in a black flag

00:55:46that is a major

00:55:47major failure

00:55:48look at the energy

00:55:49level

00:55:49it's just below

00:55:50about the halfway

00:55:51mark in the

00:55:52number 7 Toyota

00:55:53again you can see

00:55:55full throttle

00:55:55being applied here

00:55:56drivers are very

00:55:58rarely on anything

00:55:59other than full

00:56:00throttle or full

00:56:00brake and he's

00:56:01sitting in the

00:56:02slipstream now

00:56:02behind the 51

00:56:03Ferrari of James

00:56:04Collado who's

00:56:05in second place

00:56:06Porsche's queuing

00:56:07up behind

00:56:08then the Caddy

00:56:08the Peugeot

00:56:09they're all in

00:56:09the tow

00:56:10and the leaders

00:56:11are from second

00:56:13down there is

00:56:14not more than

00:56:15about six tenths

00:56:16between any of

00:56:16these cars

00:56:17what am I missing

00:56:18here that I don't

00:56:18understand why

00:56:19they pitted that

00:56:19car I don't

00:56:20understand why

00:56:21fuel I could

00:56:22understand if we

00:56:22were within a lap

00:56:23or so of the

00:56:24fuel window but

00:56:25we weren't they

00:56:26are splitting the

00:56:27strategy for some

00:56:28reason we do not

00:56:29understand and

00:56:30they're splitting it

00:56:31by a very long

00:56:32margin yeah they

00:56:32really are because

00:56:33you could see

00:56:34everybody else had

00:56:35sort of about 40%

00:56:37of the energy left

00:56:38Anthony which means

00:56:39that actually not

00:56:40only is this not

00:56:41going to be a 12

00:56:41lap stint which we

00:56:43would have had

00:56:43probably under green

00:56:44of course there's a

00:56:46lap to get to the

00:56:47grid so normally

00:56:48your first stint is

00:56:49at least a lap

00:56:50shy of what a

00:56:51normal race stint

00:56:52would be but he's

00:56:54done six green

00:56:55flags laps rather

00:56:56than 12 and that

00:56:57seems yeah strange

00:56:59doesn't make sense

00:57:00is it I mean they

00:57:01must be sticking to

00:57:02their strategy some

00:57:03kind of a strategy

00:57:04splitting the two

00:57:04cars perhaps in terms

00:57:06of strategy it didn't

00:57:07seem like there's

00:57:08any problem with the

00:57:09car the fuel just

00:57:10went in normally but

00:57:12we all saw the

00:57:12graphics when it came

00:57:13up the energy graphic

00:57:15like I said Martin

00:57:16all around the 38 to

00:57:1840% mark so why

00:57:20would you hit when

00:57:21you've got still

00:57:22a plenty you know

00:57:23plenty of energy

00:57:24still remaining

00:57:25two reasons it's

00:57:27not about the fuel

00:57:27there was something

00:57:29else and the other

00:57:30reason I don't know

00:57:32what that is it wasn't

00:57:34about the fuel

00:57:35because as you're

00:57:36saying unless there's

00:57:38a safety car now

00:57:39he's half a lap

00:57:40behind the leaders

00:57:41rather than three

00:57:43or four car lengths

00:57:44behind second place

00:57:45that it does seem

00:57:46that there must have

00:57:47been another reason

00:57:49the number three

00:57:50caddy of Sebastian

00:57:50Bourdieu is in very

00:57:51early as well

00:57:52to give an indication

00:57:53of how far out of

00:57:54their window they are

00:57:55we're now getting

00:57:56the cars that didn't

00:57:57stop under the safety

00:57:58car from LMP2

00:57:59stopping and we know

00:58:00they on a regular

00:58:02WC circuit could do

00:58:03about 40 42 minutes

00:58:04the hybrid cars go

00:58:06further always do

00:58:07they're way outside

00:58:09their window

00:58:09yeah I'm not sure

00:58:12what was going on

00:58:12that the only

00:58:13information we'll get

00:58:14Ferrari was the

00:58:14standard stop for

00:58:15fuel but

00:58:16wasn't standard

00:58:18we are one hour

00:58:23into the 24 hours

00:58:24of Le Mans

00:58:25we've broken the

00:58:25back of this thing

00:58:26boys we're pretty

00:58:27much there now

00:58:28an hour in

00:58:29we've already

00:58:29had our first

00:58:30safety car

00:58:30first view

00:58:32of the new rules

00:58:33here regarding

00:58:34the safety cars

00:58:35three become one

00:58:36and then we shuffle

00:58:37the field all right

00:58:38back into the

00:58:39we stack the jacks

00:58:40at the front

00:58:41and keep the loan

00:58:42cards at the back

00:58:43I thought you were

00:58:43talking about the

00:58:44Porsches there

00:58:44three become one

00:58:45because they couldn't

00:58:46get any closer

00:58:47could they

00:58:47they really have

00:58:48been and team

00:58:49formation sticking

00:58:50with them by the

00:58:50way is the lead

00:58:52the only undelayed

00:58:53of the Cadillacs

00:58:54a lot behind there

00:58:55that's team

00:58:55Jota getting back

00:58:57in the mix

00:58:57the two Peugeots

00:58:58are going in there

00:58:59way quicker than

00:59:00we've been expecting

00:59:01them at this point

00:59:02that's got to be

00:59:03good news for that

00:59:03programme

00:59:04and the two

00:59:04Glickenhaus

00:59:05is not out of

00:59:06this either

00:59:06yeah I mean we

00:59:07haven't given

00:59:08Paul de Resta

00:59:09or any of the

00:59:10Peugeot drivers

00:59:11much attention

00:59:12this year

00:59:13because it's mostly

00:59:13been revolving

00:59:14around their

00:59:15reliability or lack

00:59:16of but they've

00:59:17got to sing

00:59:18their praises

00:59:18both drivers

00:59:19doing a great

00:59:20job particularly

00:59:20Paul de Resta

00:59:21in P8 at the

00:59:23moment he's really

00:59:24not letting that

00:59:24gaggle of cars

00:59:25go in front of him

00:59:26just seven tenths

00:59:27behind the

00:59:28Cadillac

00:59:28of El Bamba

00:59:29yeah great stuff

00:59:30looking back down

00:59:31through the

00:59:32classes by the way

00:59:33in GTM

00:59:34and here's the

00:59:34Air of Corsica

00:59:35on the hands

00:59:35of Davide Rigon

00:59:36it is Rigon

00:59:37from Cairoli

00:59:38from Alessia

00:59:38Piccariello

00:59:39that's the

00:59:40one two three

00:59:40Rexi

00:59:41second at Le Mans

00:59:42the Dinosaur

00:59:43Livery Project

00:59:441A0

00:59:44Porsche 911

00:59:45RSR

00:59:46second place

00:59:47in the hands

00:59:48of Alessia

00:59:48Piccariello

00:59:49in the hands

00:59:50of Matteo

00:59:50Piccariello

00:59:52in the Iron

00:59:52Lynx number six

00:59:53to the bright

00:59:53yellow car

00:59:54third

00:59:54they can't

00:59:56take our eyes

00:59:56of this stellar

00:59:57battle

00:59:58in Hypercar

00:59:59tomorrow

01:00:04in the middle

01:00:05of tomorrow

01:00:05or

01:00:06in the middle

01:00:07of tomorrow

01:00:07or

01:00:07in the middle

01:00:09or

01:00:10in the middle

24 Hours of Le Mans 2023 – Full Race Part 2

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