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00:00:00Oh

00:00:04Holy

00:00:06The P2 car and the Toyota involved in that car was briefly airborne. There's four cars involved there

00:00:14It's the

00:00:16Is that one of the Alpines the 36 car? Yeah, it looks like the 36. Yeah, and that's a 25 car. Here's the Toyota's view

00:00:26That's the ORT Aston in front

00:00:29That's a pannis car on the left

00:00:32What was that the 39?

00:00:35The church has taken a hit

00:00:37The Toyota took a left rear hit from the Ferrari. Where did the Ferrari come from?

00:00:41That is the Ferrari tried to come through the gap. It's the 35. It's the beginning of a slow zone guys

00:00:48They all got one out. They all got caught out seven in trouble

00:00:52Sixty-seven was the only one that saw it. He slowed seven in trouble

00:00:57LMP2 car

00:00:58Sixty-six in terminal trouble thirty-five awesome trouble. There's a JMW team look at the crowd that are still here at midnight

00:01:05That is a horrible way for a seven-year Le Mans career for the 66 Ferrari to finish

00:01:10Okay, well you have to try to start the engine try to start the engine

00:01:20There's power

00:01:22Now what we didn't see is it's green. That's good. Yeah is what hits him and where on the car?

00:01:31I think it's a 66 car

00:01:35Is it was the last to arrive on that? Yes, and he went tried to go between the 35 and the seven and 36 and seven

00:01:42I cannoned off both

00:01:44But the 35 came past Camus on the right, there was a P car on the left. I think it was the Panis car. I think it was 65 on the left

00:01:54I think 65 on the 35

00:02:00Oh man

00:02:04Okay, can we report the damage as well?

00:02:06We will switch to slow zone two and three so slow zone from turn three to turn ten

00:02:13On short notice the standby for the moment it's still focusing

00:02:19Okay

00:02:23That is Steve Hager the number one in the JMW motorsport team with Stefan Orteli

00:02:291998 winner also driver coach to Louis Brett

00:02:31Philomon I guess trying to figure out what was going on cards involved it says here a seven and sixty on the marshals screen

00:02:40It's not sixty six sixty is out and has been for some time the car is moving seven car is moving but very very slowly

00:02:48This is high drama multiple winning squad

00:02:51Uh-oh

00:02:52When you move thirty feet John Doonan and turn it on and off again as a road car driver you don't need to be Einstein to read those signs that's not a healthy car

00:03:03Yeah, it's unfortunate

00:03:06It's been a

00:03:09So we'll listen in to see what Kabuki Opiyashi is hearing or saying

00:03:12What happened? Can you tell us more?

00:03:15When I start the engine car is not long at all

00:03:19There's no chance to run

00:03:21Okay, driver default two six on first of all driver default two six on

00:03:27Strikes me that sounds like drive

00:03:29It's a drive shaft or a gearbox issue

00:03:31If he's taking a cloud to the side

00:03:34That could very well be

00:03:35What's going on?

00:03:36Something else we've damaged

00:03:37Who's that?

00:03:38That is the 35

00:03:3935 okay

00:03:40So the key here is

00:03:41That is the car that came by on the right hand side of Kabuki Opiyashi

00:03:44Yeah

00:03:45So he may have clipped something

00:03:47Again on board the Alpine

00:03:48This is Nemo Rojas

00:03:49You can see the full course yellow sign being shown to all the drivers that'll be in every car

00:03:54Well, the only part of that I'm not sure of is whether or not it was the 65 and the 35 or just the 35 twice

00:04:0235 did that car go from the left to the right in that blinding

00:04:07Wow

00:04:08There was so many sets of headlights that's really hard to pick out isn't it?

00:04:12That's the problem

00:04:13Stefano Telly looking concerned

00:04:15But we did see Louis Prett get out the car

00:04:17The car though looks dumb

00:04:18Yeah

00:04:21Thomas Bastien there interviewing for the circuit PA

00:04:26Not sure that they know an awful lot more

00:04:28Full course yellow by the way here

00:04:29Yeah

00:04:30Louis Prett out of the car so far

00:04:32I don't think he stayed in that car for a conversation with the crew

00:04:35I think his intention was to get out of the way and get over the barrier

00:04:38Guys are not slowing down

00:04:41Well

00:04:42Again when yeah

00:04:43Full course yellow seem to be causing a lot of confusion this time

00:04:48Let's hear again from Komoe Kobayashi

00:04:51Go

00:04:52Bravo

00:04:54Bravo 12-6 plus acknowledge

00:04:56Bravo 12-6 plus acknowledge

00:04:58We have to try to start the engine

00:05:00The only way to come back is try to use the engine

00:05:02Just try to burn out, try everything

00:05:04We have to use the engine

00:05:05We don't have enough shock to come back with the front motor

00:05:08It's too early

00:05:09The only way to come back with the engine

00:05:11Do what you can

00:05:13Yeah, not enough shock

00:05:14Not enough state of charge

00:05:15Which means the batteries haven't got enough power in them to do the lap

00:05:19And Davidson has been just analysing what we saw there

00:05:22I think there's definitely two LMP2s involved there

00:05:25Yeah

00:05:2666 got hit from behind

00:05:27By a P2 car

00:05:28By the 35 car

00:05:29By the 35

00:05:3035 car hit the Ferrari

00:05:31That's why there's so much damage to the rear end of the Ferrari

00:05:34So there's Ferrari just being hit by the 35

00:05:36He then comes to the right hand side

00:05:37Look and he's still limping past

00:05:39That's why the front left so completely destroyed on the 35

00:05:4235

00:05:43You're right Jim

00:05:44They were slowing down under a full course

00:05:45Yeah Lula

00:05:46Next slow on the Marshall

00:05:47On the Marshall system

00:05:48On the car

00:05:49This isn't a car with 35

00:05:50Yeah

00:05:51No he didn't

00:05:52So he clips the Toyota

00:05:53It's Toyota

00:05:54It's two P2 cars

00:05:55One hit the Ferrari

00:05:57The other one hit the rear of the Toyota

00:05:59And hit it hard

00:06:00So who hit that one?

00:06:01So who else comes in?

00:06:02I think it's the 65

00:06:03I think the 65

00:06:04The Panis car

00:06:06I think from the onboard with Kamui

00:06:08We saw the Panis car on the left

00:06:10I thought it was the colour of the Panis car

00:06:12And I thought it was 65

00:06:13Then saw the 35

00:06:15And I think that misled me

00:06:17I think it was the 65 to the inside

00:06:20Is on board with the 35 car

00:06:24But that's not the replay

00:06:25That's live

00:06:26Yeah

00:06:27Let's try and talk to John

00:06:29John

00:06:30I appreciate the fact you've kept the fans

00:06:33Educated on what's happening here

00:06:35You know my talking

00:06:37Doesn't

00:06:38Doesn't oversee that

00:06:39Well for the love of heck

00:06:40Please don't talk anymore

00:06:41Because something else is going to happen

00:06:43But let's talk about this effort

00:06:45It has been

00:06:46I think the ultimate fan pleaser

00:06:48And coming into this

00:06:50As is always the case

00:06:51When something new comes

00:06:52There's always a little bit

00:06:54That is a number 7

00:06:55Door open

00:06:56That is looking increasingly like

00:06:58It's going to be terminal

00:06:59And we'll come to that

00:07:00As and when we get more information

00:07:02That is the front end of the Alpi

00:07:07That hit the rear of the Toyota

00:07:10Now we can see why that Toyota's got a problem

00:07:12It wasn't a minor dink in the side from a Ferrari

00:07:15It was a fulsome shove in the rear from the Orica

00:07:19So while we're watching this action underway

00:07:24So with this John

00:07:29This is

00:07:30To my mind

00:07:31A further cementing of what's been

00:07:34A very profitable

00:07:36Alliance between two great parts of motorsport

00:07:39The ACO and FI family

00:07:41And the NASCAR family with IMSA

00:07:43Yeah I think Graham

00:07:45First of all

00:07:46Thanks for all the coverage

00:07:48You guys know I listen to you all the time

00:07:50Whether it's a WEC race

00:07:52Or a European Le Mans

00:07:54Or an Asian Le Mans

00:07:56When I'm in Daytona

00:07:57I love hearing the coverage

00:07:59So thanks for all that

00:08:01You're right

00:08:02This week has been a further extension

00:08:06If you will

00:08:07Of the partnership

00:08:08That IMSA and the ACO

00:08:10Have had

00:08:11A strategic alliance agreement

00:08:13For several years

00:08:14Which we of course announced

00:08:15An extension of that last year

00:08:17And you know

00:08:18To get to today

00:08:20You have to look back

00:08:22At what

00:08:23Bill France Senior did

00:08:25In 1976

00:08:26And

00:08:27I think you need to jump to the Toyota

00:08:29We just saw Kamui leap from the car

00:08:31It's a red car

00:08:33The red light is flashing

00:08:35They have

00:08:36A potential

00:08:37High energy problem with the car

00:08:39So that is a red car

00:08:40And that will

00:08:41Require a lot of specialised intervention

00:08:44Now the other car

00:08:45While you were talking

00:08:46That came into the pit lane with damage

00:08:48Was not the 65 Panis car

00:08:50It's the 39 Graf car

00:08:52Another dark blue and white car

00:08:55And that is part of why

00:08:57We thought 65 was on

00:08:59Involved

00:09:00And why

00:09:01The 35 car

00:09:02Was on both sides

00:09:03So the 39 Graf car

00:09:05Has come in with damage

00:09:06That was

00:09:07Likely the other car involved

00:09:09Let's take a look again

00:09:11Watch again here

00:09:12Says that

00:09:13The Graf car on the left there

00:09:14Has it already happened

00:09:15When Kamui gets here

00:09:16He gets tagged by the Graf car

00:09:18There's the JMW car

00:09:20Being hit from the back

00:09:21By we think

00:09:22The Graf 39

00:09:23And knocked over the Toyota

00:09:25And then

00:09:27And then the 35 car

00:09:29Has clipped the back of the Toyota

00:09:32Although I heard the Graf car

00:09:34Had damage on the rear

00:09:35So

00:09:36Unless that was in yet another car involved

00:09:37I think that had damage on the rear guys

00:09:39Because

00:09:40He was next to

00:09:41The 7 car

00:09:42And the 66 came in between them

00:09:45Just

00:09:46A house of fire

00:09:47And

00:09:48And hit

00:09:49The 39

00:09:50Then bounced over into the 7

00:09:52Yeah

00:09:53Well

00:09:54Dramatic moments

00:09:55Really dramatic moments

00:09:56And it's certainly

00:09:57One potential race winning car

00:09:58That looks to be at this stage

00:09:59Out of the race

00:10:01Out of contention definitely

00:10:02Now

00:10:03They can rescue the car

00:10:05And if it can be

00:10:06Confirmed that it is safe to use again

00:10:08They can use it again

00:10:09He won't be excluded

00:10:10From having

00:10:11For having left from the car

00:10:12And got over the barriers

00:10:13That is

00:10:14Part of the safety protocol

00:10:16Unless he's meandered off somewhere

00:10:18Which seems highly unlikely

00:10:20But

00:10:21Yeah

00:10:22From red car to green car

00:10:23Is

00:10:24And actually

00:10:25Particularly given the impact

00:10:26That

00:10:27You sense

00:10:28Might be the reason

00:10:29It's gone from

00:10:30Green car to red car

00:10:31In the first place

00:10:32It's outside assistance

00:10:33That is

00:10:34Oh

00:10:35That is

00:10:36Time up to the window of the car

00:10:37That's over

00:10:38It's over

00:10:39It is

00:10:40The number 7 car

00:10:41That is pretty much

00:10:42The acknowledgement

00:10:43That one of the pair

00:10:44Of Toyota Kazoo racing cars

00:10:46That have dominated here

00:10:48In recent years

00:10:49And have

00:10:50An unblemished record

00:10:52In hypercar

00:10:53Double

00:10:541-2 finishes

00:10:55For

00:10:56Toyota

00:10:57It is done

00:10:58For the number 7 car

00:10:59Well you only need

00:11:00One car

00:11:01To win Le Mans

00:11:02They only have

00:11:03One car

00:11:04Left

00:11:05That might

00:11:06Be enough

00:11:07But again

00:11:08So often

00:11:09Seems to be

00:11:10The number 7 car

00:11:11That runs into bad luck

00:11:12And that

00:11:13I do not think

00:11:14Was any of their own making

00:11:16They were

00:11:17Just doing the right thing

00:11:18Doing the right thing

00:11:19And an innocent victim

00:11:20Of a

00:11:21Major

00:11:22Multicar

00:11:23Pile up

00:11:24So it's going to be

00:11:25A bit of a clean up here

00:11:26For some time

00:11:27Debris

00:11:28Striking cars

00:11:29At least two of them

00:11:30Two more have actually made the pit lane

00:11:31There may well be a further car involved in that

00:11:33There was a lot of cars

00:11:34In a small place at the same time

00:11:36We'll switch back to

00:11:38Ibs the president

00:11:39And project director

00:11:40For the NASCAR Garage 56 car

00:11:42John Toon

00:11:43And John

00:11:44It's been all drama

00:11:45And you brought mostly with you

00:11:46A couple of my teammates in Daytona

00:11:48Texting me saying

00:11:49We're trying to listen to your interview

00:11:50But the guys on track

00:11:51Don't seem to want to hear you talk

00:11:53So

00:11:54Maybe they're trying to tell me

00:11:55Tell me something

00:11:56And I should go back to the garage

00:11:58Tell me

00:11:59Moving on a little

00:12:00We'll come back to a little bit of

00:12:02Carriage 56

00:12:03You've been

00:12:04One of the architects

00:12:06Of where we are

00:12:07Right now

00:12:08Today

00:12:09I

00:12:10I'll tell you right now

00:12:11We're bowled over

00:12:12By what we've seen

00:12:13So far today

00:12:14Tell me your reaction to it

00:12:16I think

00:12:17Beyond expectations

00:12:18Is the best way to describe it

00:12:20And

00:12:21You know

00:12:22Architects

00:12:23A nice

00:12:24A nice term to use

00:12:25But I've really just been

00:12:26One of the teammates

00:12:27Or

00:12:28Maybe it's team captain

00:12:29You got

00:12:31Tremendous partners

00:12:32Involved in this project

00:12:33All the folks at Chevrolet

00:12:35And GM Performance

00:12:36Have been

00:12:37Absolutely

00:12:38Terrific

00:12:39Relative to

00:12:40The powertrain

00:12:41We

00:12:42We wanted to keep

00:12:43As much

00:12:44NASCAR DNA

00:12:45In this project

00:12:46As possible

00:12:47While we had to

00:12:48Endurance-ize

00:12:49The car

00:12:50If you will

00:12:51But this engine

00:12:52Is an

00:12:53R07 cup engine

00:12:54We did some work

00:12:55On the top end

00:12:56The valve train

00:12:57Given experience

00:12:58They've had

00:12:59In endurance racing

00:13:00Goodyear

00:13:01Has been

00:13:02Tremendous

00:13:03They have worked

00:13:04So hard

00:13:05To develop

00:13:06A wider tire

00:13:07Multiple options

00:13:08For wet

00:13:09Intermediate

00:13:10For this beast

00:13:11Of a car

00:13:12If you will

00:13:13And the folks at

00:13:14Hendrick Motorsport

00:13:15You know

00:13:16They don't win

00:13:1714 championships

00:13:18Without being

00:13:19Absolutely

00:13:20At the top of their game

00:13:21Yeah

00:13:22Lots of Eurocentric

00:13:23Race fans

00:13:24We go

00:13:25Okay a NASCAR

00:13:26Is just this kind of

00:13:27Outlier from motorsport

00:13:28And it's got no real relation

00:13:29To anything else

00:13:30But you talked about Hendrick

00:13:31And you know

00:13:32You look at the teams

00:13:33Like Penske South

00:13:34And all the other big operations

00:13:35Asi racing

00:13:36They don't just do one thing

00:13:38They do multiple things

00:13:39They have

00:13:40Feet in all sorts of camps

00:13:42You know a lot of them

00:13:43You see on a regular basis

00:13:44In the InterweatherTech series

00:13:46As well as being

00:13:47You know

00:13:48As well as running cup cars

00:13:49And trucks

00:13:50And everything else

00:13:51So within those organizations

00:13:54Never mind

00:13:55Within the greater sphere

00:13:56There is that interplay

00:13:58Of information

00:13:59That cross breathing

00:14:00That all helps

00:14:01To make both sides

00:14:03Of that deal stronger

00:14:04Yeah

00:14:05There's a

00:14:06Drone footage

00:14:08Video somewhere

00:14:09Of a drone

00:14:11Flying through the

00:14:12Hendrick Motorsports

00:14:13Facility

00:14:14In Concord

00:14:15Anybody

00:14:16That hasn't seen

00:14:17That

00:14:18Needs to take a look

00:14:19And understand

00:14:20What these

00:14:21NASCAR programs

00:14:22Entail

00:14:23They are

00:14:24First class

00:14:25Motorsport organizations

00:14:27And much like

00:14:28When we have

00:14:29IMSA races

00:14:30And the folks at

00:14:32BMW

00:14:33Or Porsche

00:14:34Or Acura

00:14:35Or Cadillac

00:14:37Have a group of engineers

00:14:38Back at home base

00:14:40If you will

00:14:41Hendrick Motorsports

00:14:42Has the same thing

00:14:43On a cup weekend

00:14:44Where they've got

00:14:45A group of engineers

00:14:46And strategists

00:14:47In Concord

00:14:48In a

00:14:49Control room

00:14:50So

00:14:51It's

00:14:52It's

00:14:53You're right

00:14:54I think

00:14:55There's maybe

00:14:56A misperception

00:14:57And the hope

00:14:58I think coming here

00:14:59Was a celebration

00:15:00Of what

00:15:01Bill France

00:15:02Senior did

00:15:03In 1976

00:15:04Replicate it

00:15:05Can I go down

00:15:06A bit on CC

00:15:07Groups and CCR

00:15:08Yes

00:15:11The sneaker

00:15:12Muller by the way

00:15:13Now leading the race

00:15:14Again

00:15:15Peugeot again

00:15:16Lead the race

00:15:17Who would have thought

00:15:18This coming into this race

00:15:20This program being talked down

00:15:22Thoroughly

00:15:23Before this race

00:15:24And all of a sudden

00:15:25They've got two cars

00:15:26They've got two cars still running

00:15:27Well this has been our hope

00:15:28All the way

00:15:29While through

00:15:30We saw the car racing

00:15:31At Monza last July

00:15:32It's never been to Le Mans

00:15:34But there's clearly

00:15:35You know

00:15:36History of Peugeot

00:15:38Aiming to win Le Mans

00:15:40And the real hope

00:15:42Was that this car

00:15:43Would come alive here

00:15:44That it would come good here

00:15:45And that's exactly

00:15:46What seems to have happened

00:15:47So

00:15:48As so often is the case

00:15:49The car has been designed

00:15:51To win Le Mans

00:15:52And hopefully deal

00:15:53With the other races

00:15:54Safety car is out now

00:15:56Again

00:15:57With

00:15:58Rescuing the

00:15:59JMW

00:16:00Ferrari

00:16:01That's fairly

00:16:02Straightforward

00:16:03It's the

00:16:04Toyota isn't it

00:16:05That will need to have

00:16:06Intervention

00:16:07And

00:16:08Well there is

00:16:09Intervention vehicles

00:16:10Steady I think

00:16:11The blue lights

00:16:12I think we saw

00:16:13Weren't medical

00:16:14I think they were

00:16:15Almost certainly

00:16:16The

00:16:17Yeah

00:16:18The

00:16:19Team Red crew

00:16:20But

00:16:21That car will need moving

00:16:22But also

00:16:23There may be

00:16:24Barrier repairs as well

00:16:25We saw cars going off

00:16:26On both sides

00:16:27Down on the run

00:16:28To Tertrouge

00:16:29So that might be happening

00:16:30John's phone is still buzzing

00:16:31There's an awful

00:16:32You know

00:16:33It's midnight here in Europe

00:16:34We're barely getting into

00:16:35Prime time

00:16:36It's time to

00:16:37Blow the froth off

00:16:38A couple

00:16:39Mistakes

00:16:40I wanted to ask another question

00:16:41About this

00:16:42We talk about a racing family

00:16:44Yeah

00:16:45There's one racing family

00:16:46In terms of this

00:16:47Effort with the carriage 56

00:16:48That's supremely important

00:16:49It's 75 years of Porsche

00:16:51And

00:16:52Align with that

00:16:53It's 75 years of NASCAR

00:16:54And one family

00:16:56Yeah

00:16:57Literal families behind that

00:16:58And

00:16:59The latest

00:17:00How can we put it

00:17:01Patriarch of that

00:17:02Is your boss

00:17:03Yeah

00:17:04I mean what

00:17:05How passionate is he about this

00:17:06Jim is a racer to the core

00:17:08As is

00:17:09As is

00:17:10His nephew

00:17:11Ben Kennedy

00:17:12As is

00:17:13His niece

00:17:14Lisa

00:17:15France

00:17:16Kennedy

00:17:17And I have to tell you

00:17:18The culture

00:17:20In the office in Daytona

00:17:22The culture in the Charlotte office

00:17:24The culture at the

00:17:25NASCAR R&D Center

00:17:27It's a group of racers

00:17:29And

00:17:30They operate with

00:17:32The utmost of integrity

00:17:34They

00:17:35Want to do

00:17:37What's best for

00:17:38The sport

00:17:39Not just NASCAR

00:17:40Not just IMSA

00:17:41Not just

00:17:42AMA

00:17:44Flat track racing

00:17:45Which Jim also

00:17:46Has an opportunity

00:17:47To be a part of

00:17:49They want to do

00:17:50What's good for the sport

00:17:51They believe

00:17:52In rising tide lifts all boats

00:17:54And it's just

00:17:55A wonderful place to work

00:17:56And I'm so honoured and blessed

00:17:58To

00:17:59Be a part of it

00:18:00In the IMSA sense

00:18:02In the sense of the

00:18:03Garage 56 project

00:18:04And

00:18:05I too have gone to

00:18:06Flat track races

00:18:07So

00:18:08I've got one final question

00:18:10About the Camaro

00:18:11That is a

00:18:12Fantastic achievement

00:18:13What's been achieved here

00:18:14To bring that car

00:18:16To bring it

00:18:17To be able to

00:18:18Race

00:18:19Safely

00:18:20In amongst this

00:18:21Amazing field

00:18:22On this unique track

00:18:23Is no small feat

00:18:24You're not just going to

00:18:25Parking

00:18:26Are you

00:18:27We're going to see this car

00:18:28Do anything more again

00:18:29Yeah so

00:18:30First of all

00:18:31You know we went back

00:18:32To 1976

00:18:33Where

00:18:34Jim's father Bill

00:18:35Brought two NASCAR

00:18:36Stock cars here

00:18:37They're up in the

00:18:38Fan village

00:18:39If people haven't seen them

00:18:40It's the car that

00:18:42Herschel McGriff drove

00:18:43Herschel's here

00:18:4495 years old

00:18:45And he climbed in that car

00:18:46Yesterday

00:18:47Yeah

00:18:48Ford Torino was the other car

00:18:49And Jim wanted to replicate that

00:18:51And

00:18:52We came here to

00:18:54Showcase what NASCAR is all about

00:18:57We're doing that

00:18:58The Hendrick folks

00:18:59Are running this program

00:19:01In the garage

00:19:02Like

00:19:03They do everything else

00:19:04And that's

00:19:05Like they're competing for a win

00:19:07And

00:19:08If anyone

00:19:09Has seen the garage

00:19:10Or walked through there

00:19:11It is first class

00:19:13It has

00:19:14An absolute award winning

00:19:16Group of folks

00:19:17Doing the pit stops

00:19:18Which was evident

00:19:19In the pit stop challenge

00:19:20They

00:19:21They finished ahead

00:19:22Of all of the GT entries

00:19:24With a 10.3

00:19:25Second

00:19:26Four tire change

00:19:27They were P5 overall

00:19:29Like

00:19:30They are taking this very seriously

00:19:31And

00:19:32As I've been in the garage all day

00:19:33Greg Ives

00:19:34And Chad Knauss

00:19:35Are

00:19:36Battling like they do

00:19:37Every Sunday

00:19:38So

00:19:39It's really special

00:19:40You've been here before

00:19:41You knew what to expect

00:19:43Okay

00:19:44When we were

00:19:45In

00:19:46Le Pésar

00:19:47Scrutineering in the center

00:19:48Of the city

00:19:49And

00:19:50All the guys came in

00:19:51In their blue shirts

00:19:52We knew immediately who they were

00:19:53And I went over

00:19:54They were about

00:19:55Fuck tall

00:19:56They are

00:19:57Decent height

00:19:58You know

00:19:59None of these short Europeans

00:20:00They

00:20:01The car started to come

00:20:02In through the first 10

00:20:03And they were all like

00:20:04Kind of looking over the barriers

00:20:05From the inside

00:20:06With all the crowd

00:20:07Looking over the barriers

00:20:08From the outside

00:20:09I was talking to these guys

00:20:10And I said

00:20:11This isn't standard tech

00:20:12Is it

00:20:13You're not just pushing the car

00:20:14Into a garage

00:20:15For the NASCAR guys

00:20:16To check you

00:20:17Have you ever seen

00:20:18Anywhere more French

00:20:19In your life

00:20:20Because the center square there

00:20:21The Place de la République

00:20:22Is

00:20:23Classic

00:20:24Franca

00:20:25All the way around

00:20:26And they were

00:20:27You know

00:20:28Boiling sunshine

00:20:29So they were at home with that

00:20:30Big crowds watching tech

00:20:32And the proximity of the crowds

00:20:34As well

00:20:35Is something again

00:20:36That the cup teams

00:20:37Will be very familiar with

00:20:38Because that's all part

00:20:39Of the U.S. racing scene

00:20:40But

00:20:41Has it been fun

00:20:42Watching them

00:20:43As first timers come here

00:20:44And seeing all this stuff

00:20:46And discovering the track

00:20:47And the parade

00:20:48And everything that goes with it

00:20:50That goes with it

00:20:51There's absolutely no doubt

00:20:52And besides Jim France

00:20:53Being on cloud nine

00:20:55And Rick Hendrick

00:20:56Being on cloud nine

00:20:57And Jeff Gordon

00:20:58Who is here all day today

00:20:59Being on cloud nine

00:21:01The thing that I think

00:21:02Is most satisfying for me

00:21:04This week

00:21:05Besides the media coverage

00:21:06Which is again

00:21:07Beyond expectations

00:21:08And blown up

00:21:09Is the men and women

00:21:11On this project

00:21:12Many of them

00:21:13Many of them

00:21:14Not even having been

00:21:15Outside the U.S. before

00:21:17Ever

00:21:18And so here they are

00:21:19Planted in Lazard

00:21:21And they are part of this program

00:21:23A couple of them

00:21:24Have old camcorders

00:21:25And they've been taking it in

00:21:26And I just

00:21:27I love that for them

00:21:29That they're so happy

00:21:31Well here's another

00:21:32GM product

00:21:33Let's hear from Earl Bamba

00:21:34Okay, you'll give some feedback

00:21:35On the track conditions

00:21:36In general

00:21:38Yeah, I know

00:21:39It's dried up

00:21:40I was making it easy earlier

00:21:42Because I just can't see the road

00:21:44It's fine

00:21:45But now to be honest

00:21:46It's dry

00:21:47Except just the

00:21:48Sort of

00:21:49Chicane one

00:21:50Everything else is good

00:21:52Actually the last message

00:21:53We heard from Nico Muller

00:21:55He was asking the team

00:21:56About turning down TCR

00:21:58So whether or not

00:21:59He was able to

00:22:00Back off the traction control

00:22:01Yeah

00:22:02That they'd ramped up a little bit

00:22:03In the wet conditions

00:22:04There you can see

00:22:05The red lights still flashing

00:22:06In the 7 Toyota

00:22:07There is the intervention crew

00:22:09And it's not for medical purposes

00:22:11Is that

00:22:12Is to try and make that car safe

00:22:14Indeed

00:22:15With these high voltage

00:22:16Hybrid systems

00:22:17Very briefly actually

00:22:18Yeah

00:22:19It's a whole new learning

00:22:20Isn't it?

00:22:21You know

00:22:22Europeans go and watch EV500

00:22:23People are leaping around

00:22:24And having buckets of water

00:22:25Throwing on them

00:22:26That's not something we're used to

00:22:27Because we don't use

00:22:28Methanol in racing

00:22:29Right

00:22:30But that's standard there

00:22:31And these systems

00:22:32Will have to become standard

00:22:34Every corner worker

00:22:35That goes to every track

00:22:36That track that you race at

00:22:37That we race at

00:22:38Has to understand the basic rules

00:22:40Of how you deal with cars

00:22:42When the red lights are flashing

00:22:44And the answer is

00:22:45Don't go near them

00:22:47So

00:22:48Yeah

00:22:49It's been a nice

00:22:50Opportunity for us

00:22:51On the IMSA side

00:22:52To get with

00:22:53All of the suppliers

00:22:55The Bosch

00:22:56The Williams

00:22:57And all of our safety team

00:22:58We have a great

00:22:59Track services group

00:23:01In IMSA

00:23:02And Robert Bosworth

00:23:04Leads that

00:23:05With Roy Spielman

00:23:06They've done an amazing job

00:23:07Of educating

00:23:08The corner marshals

00:23:09At each one of the events

00:23:11They're very crystal clear

00:23:13High voltage

00:23:14Safety protocols

00:23:15The Phil Pearson

00:23:16Simon

00:23:17And Matt Curdoch

00:23:18Have it developed

00:23:19So I'm really proud

00:23:20Of how we've learned that

00:23:22As number one

00:23:23Is safety in our sport

00:23:24And I think

00:23:25This is a perfect example

00:23:27Of that

00:23:28It is an amazing new era

00:23:30In this top class

00:23:31Hypercar here

00:23:32The GTP

00:23:33Of course

00:23:34In the 26 Sports Car Championship

00:23:35We've seen one new car

00:23:36There's definitely

00:23:37Coming the way

00:23:38At the WEC

00:23:39There's one more to come

00:23:40At least

00:23:41There's definitely

00:23:42Coming your way

00:23:43For part season

00:23:44At least John

00:23:45Next year

00:23:46And that is

00:23:47The new Lamborghini

00:23:48Lichet chassis

00:23:49Lamborghini

00:23:50GTP car

00:23:51I was at the

00:23:52The Royal Test

00:23:53At Daytona

00:23:54I think

00:23:55There were more people

00:23:56At the Royal Test

00:23:57Than at the race

00:23:58The race itself

00:23:59An extraordinary

00:24:00And an extraordinary race

00:24:01That's it

00:24:02That's it

00:24:03And I said

00:24:04When you arrived here

00:24:05And sat down

00:24:06And we put that smile

00:24:07As wide as your face

00:24:08Despite

00:24:09Just how busy it's been

00:24:10I've not seen you

00:24:11With that smile this year

00:24:12You must be buzzing

00:24:13I think

00:24:14I think

00:24:15I'm happy

00:24:16I'm happy for our sport

00:24:18To be candid

00:24:20You know

00:24:21There's been a lot of people

00:24:22That put in effort

00:24:24To get to

00:24:25Convergence

00:24:26There's

00:24:27You know

00:24:28Bob Panos had a vision

00:24:29Jim Brands had a vision

00:24:31Scott Epperton put time in on it

00:24:33Ed Bennett put time in on it

00:24:35I was fortunate to arrive at a time where we just had to get it done

00:24:41And

00:24:42And

00:24:43I'm happy for our sport

00:24:44The other thing I'm happy about is

00:24:46You mentioned the Royal

00:24:48You mentioned Daytona

00:24:49We go to Sebring

00:24:50And

00:24:51You know

00:24:52The attendance at that event

00:24:53Sets a record

00:24:54We go to Long Beach

00:24:55And I know Jim McCallion's quite happy with what happened there in terms of fan attendance

00:24:59And sellouts of suites and grandstand seats

00:25:02And then our friends at WeatherTech Raceway in Pinniseca announced a 35% increase

00:25:09The highest record ever in advanced sales in that event

00:25:13So it just there's a tremendous amount of momentum and lift

00:25:16I think we're doing the right things around sustainability with a new fuel in IMSA

00:25:22Through our partners at VP Racing Fuel

00:25:25We're using a hybrid that gives us a longer stint lane

00:25:29We are decreasing tire allocations with Michelin

00:25:35We couple all those things together

00:25:37We have the most sustainable racing on the planet

00:25:40The cars look amazing

00:25:41You mentioned the Lamborghini

00:25:43I've seen some photos

00:25:45It's just unbelievable

00:25:48Yeah, John, you shouldn't

00:25:50No, don't show us that

00:25:51Back, sir

00:25:52I didn't say I had them

00:25:53I've seen them

00:25:54We had a great meeting with Giorgio Osana

00:25:57Stephan Dinkelman

00:25:58And his entire staff

00:26:00Have done an incredible job on that car

00:26:03And that was the intent

00:26:04And I think the credit goes back to Jim France

00:26:07To have the vision that we can build prototype race cars

00:26:11That speak the brand in their styling

00:26:14And that's what these cars do

00:26:15There's a strange thing isn't there

00:26:17You and I have had conversations

00:26:18Have had conversations

00:26:19With people up and down the pit lane

00:26:20In the press room

00:26:21Away from the tracks

00:26:22Lots of the talk before we came into this

00:26:27Was so much more spec

00:26:29B.O.P.

00:26:30It's not pure racing

00:26:32No one's saying that

00:26:33This has been an astonishing race

00:26:35Daytona is an astonishing race

00:26:37And all it's done

00:26:39Is to open up a robot

00:26:41To make these things

00:26:42Look different again

00:26:44Yeah

00:26:45Yeah

00:26:46And I think

00:26:47We want the fans

00:26:48To identify with the GT cars

00:26:50That they see on the street

00:26:51There's no doubt

00:26:52And you've got a tremendous number of

00:26:54GT cars running in IMSA

00:26:56Ten I believe manufacturers running

00:26:59Certainly several here

00:27:00And as the GT3 spec becomes

00:27:03The way forward here

00:27:05You're going to see more of that

00:27:06But then you have

00:27:07And that's what is today

00:27:09Those are the cars that people see on the road

00:27:12And then these hyper cars

00:27:14Or our GTP cars

00:27:15Are about what's possible going forward

00:27:18And I think that's how each of these manufacturers

00:27:21Has embraced it

00:27:22They've got the design

00:27:23They've got potential customer car sales

00:27:26In the wings

00:27:27So again

00:27:29I smile because I'm happy for our sport

00:27:31I think it's great for the people who have followed endurance sports car racing

00:27:36But I also think

00:27:37There's a bunch of young little boys and girls

00:27:39That I've seen here at this race track

00:27:41In awe of what they're seeing

00:27:43And that's our next generation of fans

00:27:45And we need to do everything we can

00:27:47To get them to races

00:27:48And get them engaged

00:27:49John, are you guys doing anything to encourage the customer programs amongst these factors?

00:27:56I know for Porsche that's easy

00:27:57That's in their ethos

00:27:58But for some of these other factors

00:28:00It's not really in their DNA to have customer programs

00:28:04No, you hit a nail, Jim

00:28:06And as you know

00:28:07My background was all about customer sales

00:28:10So if I have anything to say about it

00:28:13It absolutely will be customer opportunities

00:28:16There's a lot of spec me out

00:28:18Is running around

00:28:19Yes, there were

00:28:20In NX5

00:28:21But clearly it needs to work in their business model

00:28:25I believe it's possible

00:28:26You sell customer cars

00:28:27It might be able to fund

00:28:30Or help fund

00:28:32A factory indoor stepper

00:28:34You know

00:28:35Further development

00:28:36That's right

00:28:37And I think customer programs are great

00:28:40And when you look back

00:28:41As Graham said

00:28:42To maybe the heyday of the sport

00:28:45I think people said golden era

00:28:47I think we're in the platinum era now

00:28:48But you know

00:28:50There were customer

00:28:51The customer teams were the foundation of GTP and IMSA

00:28:55And I hope that we can get back to that

00:28:58Clearly to have you know Cadillac Racing

00:29:02To have the accurate teams of Mike Shank Racing

00:29:05Meyershank Racing

00:29:06Meyershank Racing

00:29:07And Wayne Taylor with Andretti

00:29:08To have Penske

00:29:09To have these top teams

00:29:11Canassi of course

00:29:12Action Express

00:29:13That's great

00:29:14We need to get those customer teams going as well

00:29:17Proton I believe is announced now

00:29:20Yes, yeah

00:29:21Obviously JDC kicked off at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

00:29:26So I think the momentum is there Jim

00:29:29And if this is going to succeed

00:29:30We're going to need all the customer teams

00:29:32We can get

00:29:33You made mentioned

00:29:35Spec me artists

00:29:37Marcus Hazelgrove

00:29:38Just emailed me to say hi

00:29:40I think we've got

00:29:41Steph Wentworth down in pit lane

00:29:43Let's catch up with the pits

00:29:45Steph Wentworth down at Graff Racing

00:29:47Steph what do you know?

00:29:48I'm at the number 39

00:29:50With Guido van dergaard

00:29:51Could you just explain what happened in that incident

00:29:53From your perspective?

00:29:56A car flew over me

00:29:57And I think he came out of nowhere

00:29:59And he took out three cars

00:30:01Which is such a pity

00:30:03Because we were running really well

00:30:05Of course we were one lap down

00:30:06But I was pushing quite hard

00:30:07I think we were in the lead lap

00:30:09We got a very good two stints in the rain

00:30:12Which was not very easy

00:30:14And then this stupid incident happened

00:30:16You know, I mean

00:30:17Yeah, you're preparing for full course yellow

00:30:19So you don't want to make any mistakes

00:30:20You want to do it correctly

00:30:22And then one car just flew over me

00:30:24A Ferrari

00:30:25And that's

00:30:26Yeah, we have a blow of damage

00:30:27So the team is trying to fix it

00:30:29So hopefully we can go out

00:30:31And see how the car is

00:30:32And we can continue

00:30:33Well you've just been looking at a lot of data

00:30:35Is there a lot for you to learn

00:30:36To be able to implement in the next stints?

00:30:38No, I mean

00:30:40The speed was good

00:30:41I think it was one of the quickest on the track

00:30:43I think the start of the race with the car

00:30:47Which was not so very good

00:30:48It was a bit of oversteer

00:30:49But now when it starts to get cooler

00:30:51The car starts to be in a better position

00:30:53And I was very happy with my stints

00:30:56But yeah, this is a big set-up

00:30:59And I hope we need to go out

00:31:00Shane, hope Steve

00:31:02I've got on track with you

00:31:03One quick thing

00:31:04We had already had a retirement

00:31:06Of a home of guard

00:31:08Before the incident

00:31:09That looks likely

00:31:10To mean the end of the number 7

00:31:12This evening

00:31:13Remarkably

00:31:14Remarkably

00:31:15The end of the number 75

00:31:17Portion

00:31:18Thanks for the ex-parison

00:31:19I've got to see data here on Twitter

00:31:21The first top-class retirement

00:31:24At the one

00:31:25Since 8.5 Palace

00:31:272020

00:31:28Ooh

00:31:29That's some status there

00:31:31That for me, Captain Miller

00:31:33Has been part

00:31:34The remarkable part of this

00:31:35We have seen cars that have problems

00:31:37But these are very new cars

00:31:39And as you were saying earlier, Martin

00:31:40A high voltage system

00:31:41Is familiar with these cars

00:31:42That makes

00:31:43If you like

00:31:44The serviceability of these cars

00:31:46More challenging

00:31:47But these cars

00:31:48Have been to the garage

00:31:49They're back out of the garage

00:31:50And they're still running and racing

00:31:52Well, let's take a look

00:31:53At those incidents though

00:31:5475 Porsche

00:31:56Turns out to have been

00:31:57An oil pressure problem

00:31:59Fuel pressure

00:32:00Fuel pressure

00:32:01A fuel pressure

00:32:02Action Express

00:32:03Incident

00:32:04By Coles

00:32:05Incident

00:32:06Yes

00:32:07Toyota number 7

00:32:08Incident not of their own making

00:32:09Hurst Team Jota

00:32:10Incident

00:32:11Yes

00:32:12Glickenhaus

00:32:13Whichever one had the broken front

00:32:15It did

00:32:16Incident

00:32:17Yes

00:32:18They have all been racing incidents

00:32:19Where cars have come together

00:32:21Either with each other

00:32:22Or the scenery

00:32:24Not one of them yet

00:32:25Apart from the 75 Porsche

00:32:27Potentially

00:32:28Has actually been

00:32:29A mechanically induced retirement

00:32:32And again

00:32:33These cars

00:32:34You know

00:32:35They weren't even real life testing

00:32:3912 months ago

00:32:40Never mind racetrack testing

00:32:42They were still

00:32:43They were still

00:32:44You know

00:32:45Building up from single cylinder test beds

00:32:48And from

00:32:49CAD

00:32:50And

00:32:51You know

00:32:52Just

00:32:53Being thought of

00:32:54And finalised

00:32:55Before homologation

00:32:56So

00:32:57These are things that are still

00:32:58You know

00:32:59Think back to the 956's

00:33:01In the first year of Group C

00:33:03They were not the all conquering devices

00:33:05They became

00:33:06And

00:33:07You know

00:33:08These cars are going to develop

00:33:09And

00:33:10Fast

00:33:11That's the

00:33:12That's the progress

00:33:13We're going to see

00:33:14And it's funny

00:33:15As you're getting input from listeners

00:33:16I'm getting text messages

00:33:17And

00:33:18You know

00:33:19It was reminded

00:33:20That

00:33:21You know

00:33:22Rick Hendrick's operation

00:33:23Ran the Corvette GTP program

00:33:25With Doc Bundy

00:33:26And Sarah Vandenberg

00:33:27Rick talks fondly about that

00:33:29They got the car running

00:33:30They drove around

00:33:32As part of the

00:33:3324 minutes of Daytona

00:33:34Before the Rolex 24

00:33:37And

00:33:38I was just reminded

00:33:39That text

00:33:40With photos

00:33:41By the way

00:33:42That was

00:33:43Really excited

00:33:44That was the

00:33:45GF Goodrich delivery

00:33:46That's right

00:33:47Rick

00:33:48Rick told

00:33:49Rick told a funny story

00:33:50About that

00:33:51They were at Road America

00:33:52And Rick had the car

00:33:53All liveried

00:33:54Liveried up

00:33:55And of course

00:33:56In those days

00:33:57It was not really

00:33:58Decals

00:33:59It was

00:34:00Hand painted stuff

00:34:01And

00:34:02I guess

00:34:03Maybe the paperwork

00:34:04Not done yet

00:34:05And the GM folks

00:34:06Said

00:34:07Well

00:34:08You can't unveil a car

00:34:09But they're literally

00:34:10Ready to keep

00:34:11Go racing

00:34:12And Rick said

00:34:13Well

00:34:14Maybe since I'm

00:34:15A GM

00:34:16Goodrich dealer

00:34:17We'll suggest

00:34:18That

00:34:19It's my program

00:34:20That's doing it

00:34:21But what a great era

00:34:22But again

00:34:23I think

00:34:24We're at it now

00:34:25Well we've

00:34:26Now funny you should

00:34:27Talk about that

00:34:28Because the first thought

00:34:29I had when we saw

00:34:30The Mustang GT3

00:34:31Car unveiled here

00:34:32Is okay

00:34:33Mustang GTP

00:34:34That's ringing all sorts

00:34:35Of feel good

00:34:36Bells with me

00:34:37Those things

00:34:39You know

00:34:40Scott Sharp's still around

00:34:41Let's have a third go around

00:34:42Let's have a third go around

00:34:44We've Scott Sharp

00:34:45In GT3 Mustangs

00:34:46I think

00:34:47That ship has said

00:34:48But I was going to ask you

00:34:49About Mustang

00:34:50Because

00:34:51We shouldn't forget

00:34:52Is it's

00:34:53Mixed last

00:34:54GT Racing, again in its comp, the ACO switching to a GT3 picture, you guys have already made that switch,

00:35:02and you've got something we don't have in the FI world during the championship, which is a Ford Pro GT3-based class.

00:35:07We've seen the new Mustang GT3 for the first time here this weekend.

00:35:13We know there's going to be an opportunity to see that car racing in GT3 Pro next year.

00:35:18We know also Corvette heading there wants an opportunity for two of the biggest names in not just U.S. motorsport,

00:35:26but the U.S. automotor trade to go head to head.

00:35:28Yeah, for sure, and we have a saying in the office, the market will speak,

00:35:33and the folks at Corvette felt like a GT3 customer car was right.

00:35:40Clearly, Ford has now unveiled their GT3 Mustang, which they believe also can be a proper customer program.

00:35:47They have also said, besides customer programs, we'd like to go head to head with some of the other manufacturers,

00:35:55and so that's why we have GTD Pro.

00:35:59It's because they want to race against one another, clearly a team like FAF, independently owned,

00:36:05but has been a landing place for some of the GT factory drivers in the Porsche family.

00:36:11Aston Martin decided to do the same.

00:36:14Lexus Racing with Pastor Sullivan is there doing a GTD Pro effort, so there's a place for it.

00:36:21We tried to simplify it with the same BOP, and I've been asked a lot,

00:36:26well, wow, sometimes I see a GTD car ahead of a GTD Pro car.

00:36:31Well, you know what?

00:36:31We're here to go racing, and why not put the cars out there at the scene?

00:36:39Was it Ben Keating behind the wheel?

00:36:41Yeah, exactly.

00:36:42That's probably what happened.

00:36:44Good point.

00:36:45Ben has done an awesome job, and it's been fun being part of Garage 56

00:36:49because we've been part of the GM performance space this weekend,

00:36:54and what a guy, Ben, is a successful car dealer in Texas.

00:36:59I think he has now 27 stores, and, man,

00:37:02has he dedicated himself to becoming a great race car driver.

00:37:06And he's running out of brand-new cars to race, you know,

00:37:09so he needs a new generation because he's never raced a Mustang.

00:37:13Had a poor GT on the top step of the podium here at Le Mans

00:37:15when the checkered flag fell, lest we forget.

00:37:17Orza, and what he ran a Viper for a long time.

00:37:21I think this is 9th start at Le Mans in 8 different cars.

00:37:25Yeah.

00:37:25Quite remarkable.

00:37:26Good step there.

00:37:27And he's never even raced LMP this side of the Atlantic either.

00:37:31Yes, he has.

00:37:32Yeah.

00:37:32Came here with the Riley, and he raced in the Oracle Series 3,

00:37:35which is with Greg Murphy.

00:37:37We're going to say good luck to you for the moment.

00:37:39I want you to do one more thing on our behalf,

00:37:41and on behalf of the fans' track side, certainly.

00:37:47Let's have a listen to what's going on for race control before we do that.

00:37:59Car 56 must enter in the pits in the next passage

00:38:05and go out behind safety car C.

00:38:08Car 34 must enter in the pits on the next passage

00:38:12and go out behind safety car A.

00:38:16That's significant.

00:38:18That is the leader in the GTE.

00:38:20And I sense what's happened there is that they have either not stopped at a red light

00:38:26or been shown a green light and beetled out just before the safety car queue arrived.

00:38:31Now, there was a little bit of feeling from the Corvette racing guys that that had happened

00:38:35in the first safety car period.

00:38:37The cars have been released into a safety car queue that maybe gave them an advantage

00:38:44that perhaps shouldn't have come their way.

00:38:46But you're right.

00:38:47It's the it's the project one car, which is one of them in the 34 into Europol car as well.

00:38:54I think Steph may be down at Racing Team Turkey.

00:38:59Steph, what do you know?

00:39:01I am indeed.

00:39:01And I'm with Dries Van Thoor, who jumped into the car just to do two laps.

00:39:05But unfortunately, something's gone wrong, hasn't it?

00:39:08Yeah, unfortunately, I only did a few laps today.

00:39:11Well, we would yesterday include it.

00:39:14Yeah, we still have to investigate what really is going on.

00:39:17Just something that keeps breaking.

00:39:21We have a mechanical issue.

00:39:23We just have to check what it is.

00:39:26It's just a bit too dangerous for us to go out again.

00:39:29Yeah, we're scared that it happens again on another place where we actually don't want it to happen.

00:39:33So, yeah, very unfortunate.

00:39:35We're really looking strong going into this race.

00:39:40Unfortunately, like it is for everybody else, there's a mayhem out there.

00:39:43And the weather is really making it very, very difficult for everyone.

00:39:47But, yeah, unfortunately, we're going to have to see what happened and see what happened with the car

00:39:53because there was something wrong, but we don't know what yet.

00:39:56How did the car feel, though, before?

00:39:58Did you enjoy driving it?

00:39:59How were the conditions actually out there?

00:40:00I mean, I only did the start so far.

00:40:03I did not so many laps yet in the race.

00:40:08I think generally the car felt really good.

00:40:11I think with the track involvement, it would only come more to us,

00:40:15knowing how the race always evolves.

00:40:17At the end of the day, not really a lot to say about my race.

00:40:24I mean, I didn't do so much.

00:40:25So, yeah, I just watched and hoped for the best.

00:40:28Well, it's a big shame for the team.

00:40:30I'm sure you guys were hoping for it much better, so.

00:40:32Yeah, we know.

00:40:33They will try hard.

00:40:33They will come back.

00:40:34And, yeah, we'll make it work again.

00:40:37Stronger than ever.

00:40:39Thank you, Jules Van Tor.

00:40:41Thank you, Steph Wentworth.

00:40:42And, of course, that car racing in the European Le Mans series

00:40:45on the feeder series for the World Endurance Championship.

00:40:48The overall win in LMP2, the overall race win, in fact, for a Pro-Am car.

00:40:53And that's, I think, only the second, possibly third time

00:40:55that's ever happened with a bronze-ranked driver aboard.

00:40:58I'll finish the point and then let you get on to do more good things,

00:41:02if there are indeed any more good things you could possibly do.

00:41:05I'd like you to do something for us, please, John.

00:41:07I'd like, when the next time you speak to Mr. France,

00:41:09to say thank you very much for this and to everybody involved in it

00:41:12because it has raised so much interest, so much passion, so much joy,

00:41:18the fact that something different is out there alongside all the other good news.

00:41:22This has been a real plus here at the Centenary of Le Mans.

00:41:26It is a meeting of codes.

00:41:29I hope it's not the last we see of this great car.

00:41:33Well, I promise I'll do that.

00:41:35And I also want to say thanks to all the folks that are tuned in around the world

00:41:40listening to you guys, as I do, wherever I am, or especially when I'm in Daytona.

00:41:46And so many people are texting and watching at home.

00:41:51So hi to so many dear friends back in the States, former Mazda teammates,

00:41:55so many people are listening and watching this great 100th anniversary.

00:42:00And I extend a huge congratulations to the ACO for, you know, this morning.

00:42:06Oh, my gosh.

00:42:07That crowd.

00:42:09The people, the fanfare, just remarkable pre-race.

00:42:15And, you know, we all like to see lots of racing,

00:42:18so I pray that the second half of this race is less filled with safety cars

00:42:23and more with wheel-to-wheel racing.

00:42:26Good stuff.

00:42:27Thank you so much indeed to Garage 56, Mascar Garage 56.

00:42:32Team president?

00:42:33Is that a team director?

00:42:35I'd like to say just team mate because I've made so many great friends through this project.

00:42:42Folks that I idolized, you know, Chad Knauss, Jimmy Johnson.

00:42:45The fact that even Rick Hendrick calls me up, hey, Big John, I'm just blown away that these people

00:42:52that are such icons and Hall of Famers in our sport I've had the chance to work with now.

00:42:57But the folks at GM, the folks at Goodyear, they have all stepped up big time to see this through

00:43:03and to see all the joy on their faces.

00:43:06That's been the biggest reward for me.

00:43:08Thanks a million, John.

00:43:09And a great night to everybody down at City.

00:43:12Well, it is indeed, not Garage 56, but Garage 62, I believe.

00:43:16Yeah, we're first one there at pit out and it's been great, you know, the fans across the way

00:43:23when the boys do the pit stops are roaring to see the floor jack out.

00:43:29And it's just been a great week and I want to keep the momentum going.

00:43:33And we've got 15 more hours to do it.

00:43:37Well, you know, it raises 300,000 smiles every time it comes around.

00:43:41And that's just here.

00:43:42That's before it even gets on camera.

00:43:45I mean, those numbers are just frankly slightly crazy.

00:43:48And I didn't know that Jeff Gordon was here.

00:43:51I bet he's going, oh, what?

00:43:52You couldn't have done this 20 years ago?

00:43:54What now am I?

00:43:55Chopped liver?

00:43:55You know, for the 50th anniversary when I was in my prime.

00:43:58I bet he's loving every minute of this.

00:44:01And I know Jimmy is.

00:44:02Jimmy was saying actually when he was at the last safety car, he was driving slowly.

00:44:05All the fans were waving.

00:44:06So I was waving at them.

00:44:08Well, this is why our current safety car is out.

00:44:11Cars called out in the slow zone.

00:44:13And that has led to the demise of the number seven Toyota.

00:44:17We saw it on the back of the flatbed.

00:44:19It has been made safe, but it is now on its way to area 51.

00:44:22And that's where it will remain.

00:44:2566 JMW Porsche also out of action.

00:44:28The 39 graph racing cars we heard from Gero van der Garde.

00:44:32That was used as a take-off ramp unintentionally by the 66 car.

00:44:37And we also have problems for 35.

00:44:41So slight correction.

00:44:43We think you'll be right behind the leader when all this rearranging happens.

00:44:49All I got to do is take your mouth.

00:44:52Or just pass him cleanly.

00:44:57Oh, Jimmy.

00:44:59How was it?

00:44:59You can pass him.

00:45:01We're better than the Bojo.

00:45:03We're better than that.

00:45:03For the record, that was a Frenchman that said that.

00:45:06For the record, that was a Frenchman.

00:45:09Got to give these people what they're here for.

00:45:11A little Sebastian magic.

00:45:16Thank you guys so much.

00:45:17I don't want to distract anything from the proper coverage here.

00:45:21I really appreciate the opportunity to tell stories.

00:45:24And you better let Anthony back in here or I'm going to be in big trouble.

00:45:27We've got some more legends to come along.

00:45:29There's one sitting in the back of the booth at the moment.

00:45:33We might not get him in.

00:45:34We might be going back to shuffling some cars around soon.

00:45:36All I know is I'm not coming back because what I've done to this race in the time that I've been here is not particularly good.

00:45:43But it's given us a great opportunity to learn a little bit more about the program.

00:45:47And that's the hat you came in with Garage 56.

00:45:50That's the one you can still proudly carry.

00:45:53Yeah, there's an Ipsa logo underneath this Garage 56 apparel.

00:45:57Thank you guys.

00:45:58We have to decide which way we slice you to see which goes all the way through.

00:46:02Well, the Ipsa office has been open from 8 to 5.

00:46:06And at 5 o'clock, the Garage 56 office is open.

00:46:09But that's how it's been the last couple of years.

00:46:11But just so happy that we can celebrate NASCAR and I think show the passionate European fans what NASCAR is about.

00:46:20And hopefully the NASCAR fans back in the States are cheering on what is a really, really special entry.

00:46:27Fabulous.

00:46:28John Doodan, for now, thank you very much indeed.

00:46:30Good luck to the guys in Car24 for the next 15 hours and 12 minutes of the 2023, the centenary running of the 24 hours of Le Mans.

00:46:41Thanks, guys.

00:46:42We are under safety car at Le Mans.

00:46:45We have 15 and a quarter hours of the race remaining.

00:46:49So eight hours in, we're well into the second third or into the second third of the race.

00:46:55All sorts of anniversaries being celebrated, the centenary of Le Mans, 75 years of Porsche, 75 years of NASCAR.

00:47:04And of course, the big one, 50 years of the British Lawnmower Racing Association, the BLMRA famed for their 24-hour race.

00:47:13They are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year with a 500-lap overnight race.

00:47:22Should take around 15, 16 hours.

00:47:24So really a sprint race by Wisber Green standards.

00:47:28Not actually sure if it is in Wisber Green.

00:47:30But William Ticehurst, thank you very much for that reminder as a former member, mower builder and racer of the British Lawnmower Racing Association.

00:47:41I'm glad to represent a bit of per herbum ad astra here.

00:47:45You realise what's going to happen now.

00:47:46Mrs. Haven is going to insist that you show how good you are with a lawnmower.

00:47:50She's asleep.

00:47:51I'm also good with a dishwasher and a washing machine.

00:47:54And I know where the Hoover lives.

00:47:56Wow.

00:47:57She's asleep.

00:48:00We're going to welcome to the guest chair another legend of Le Mans.

00:48:04He's looking at me in that funny way.

00:48:06But he is because we're coming into it.

00:48:09We're just talking to John Doonan there, Martin, about the potential for a revival of the privateer marketplace in the top class.

00:48:17Sitting next to both of us, between us at the moment, is a man behind an effort that shone very brightly indeed and showed what could be done with ambition and passion.

00:48:27And not only that, he's going to tell me for how long, but I think for about half a lap he led this great race.

00:48:33Martin Short, welcome.

00:48:34From Royal Centre Racing.

00:48:36I know you're now in a kind of gentle semi-retirement with his lovely wife, Michelle, and one of his exceptionally talented sons.

00:48:45What do you think of this race?

00:48:46You were here with the fabulous Dolaris, then the Pescarola, perhaps a less happy memory with the Radical, but that was there too.

00:48:55But with an array of GT race cars, an array of races worldwide with those, you've had a chance to stand trackside and watch what's going on.

00:49:04Aside from the fact that it's been a little bit of mayhem, it has been fun.

00:49:08This race shows what competition brings to a race like this.

00:49:16And, you know, when I was doing it, we had Audi, and we were all cannon fodder, essentially, for the manufacturers.

00:49:25We were there to make the race.

00:49:26And Audi did a magnificent job.

00:49:29And we were always going to be the best of the rest.

00:49:33And then Peugeot came along, Toyota.

00:49:37And there's never really been a race like this.

00:49:43And...

00:49:44Just listen to what's going on with Toyota.

00:49:48Okay, Joe, you can go to tyre one, please.

00:49:50Tyre one.

00:49:51If not already.

00:49:53Yeah, tyre one already.

00:49:54Okay, Joe, as we are fuel limited, we want to try something to save fuel.

00:49:59So, Bravo 5.1, Bravo 5.1 for more engine braking to try and save fuel.

00:50:04There's some work going on inside the cockpits of these still extremely complex top-class hybrid cars.

00:50:12But a different environment, a different time.

00:50:16Henri Pescarolo, you know, very much there.

00:50:18Hugh de Charnock, still here, 50 years of Orica.

00:50:21And that's where those fabulous Dalaras came from.

00:50:24That's right.

00:50:25But this race is amazing.

00:50:27It's absolutely amazing.

00:50:29Because these drivers are under such pressure, they're putting themselves...

00:50:34They're loading the pressure on themselves.

00:50:36They're making mistakes.

00:50:37Other people are making mistakes.

00:50:39The slow zones are causing carnage.

00:50:42It's just kicking off, you know.

00:50:44And, you know, I started, you know, in a not miserable fashion, but, you know,

00:50:50we never thought that we could ever beat the Audis.

00:50:52Well, there's, you know, who knows how many hypercars.

00:50:55And they're just all going for it.

00:50:56And now we've got the Peugeot topping, you know, the least fancied.

00:51:00It's just extraordinary.

00:51:03It is a race that just continues to deliver the extraordinary.

00:51:09Let's listen to what's going on with Porsche.

00:51:11Michael, after the merging, after the drawback,

00:51:15I'm counting five cars ahead, which will be in the leading lap.

00:51:18So that will be your target to overtake, to put us back in the lead lap position,

00:51:25should we have another safety car.

00:51:26My memory of the Royal Front Centre Racing days, Martin, was a number of things.

00:51:33One, exceptional ambition with you, the Royal Band behind you.

00:51:38Yeah, yeah.

00:51:38And some Royal sponsors as well, because that's what it takes.

00:51:41But also, there were a number of very talented drivers that likely we would not have seen the best of without Royal Centre Racing.

00:51:48But, you know, looking at Gio Balboza, who was around, but hadn't had the big break,

00:51:54and has gone on to fabulous success in IMSA Racing, and still, I know, loves you like a brother.

00:51:59Phil Keane on the national scene, another one that maybe didn't get his best shot for a variety of reasons,

00:52:05but he learnt a lot there.

00:52:06He did, yeah.

00:52:07And that was what it was like.

00:52:08There was always something different and something new.

00:52:12That must have been a hell of a whirlwind.

00:52:13It really was.

00:52:16Gio Al, we met through my, you know, Mosler manufacturing phase,

00:52:22and we never really realised how good we were until we did a race at Spa,

00:52:28and I thought I was the bee's knees in a Mosler, and in mixed conditions.

00:52:35And Gio Al never had a chance to show himself in all of testing and qualifying,

00:52:40and, because I helped the car, because, of course, because it was my car.

00:52:44And we got into the race, and I started the race, and, you know, did a double stint,

00:52:47came in, and, you know, touched my shoulders and thought, yeah, I did a good job there.

00:52:51Gio Al gets in, first flying lap, two seconds quick.

00:52:54I tell you what, I learned a lot that day.

00:52:58Let's look at what's going on in race control this later night.

00:53:02The freighter starts the process of merging this field and rearranging it into class order.

00:53:24This process all about making sure that when we go back to green,

00:53:29we try to avoid the yellow reeds, yellow, and we'll pick the bits out of that one post-race.

00:53:35I think so far it's been remarkably successful in that.

00:53:40Martin, should you be...

00:53:44Let's turn back the clock, 15, 20 years younger,

00:53:48and this opportunity in this field presents itself.

00:53:50Could it be WG?

00:53:51I think the money's enormous still, especially with the hybrid stuff going on.

00:53:59We had an amazing period where, you know, I went to Hugster Shornack

00:54:07and said, how much are you going to sell two dollars for, or one?

00:54:13And then it got to two, and it was £675,000 for two cars

00:54:18and four 20-foot containers of spares.

00:54:21So roughly what you'd pay now for an Oracle 07.

00:54:23Yeah.

00:54:24So we had two cars, and then I had to convince the ACO

00:54:29that a GT team doing British GT,

00:54:33that had only been doing it a couple of years,

00:54:35from doing TVR Tuscans prior to that,

00:54:38could compete.

00:54:40And the meeting with the ACO went,

00:54:43yes, Mr. Short, you've only been racing...

00:54:46Not that I've got a French accent.

00:54:48I won't do it.

00:54:48I thought it was Welsh.

00:54:51You know, you've only been racing GT cars.

00:54:53These cars are very dangerous.

00:54:55So I said, well, we'll do Zebring and see how we do.

00:54:59Well, with 10 hours into the race,

00:55:01it was Audi, Audi, Rolls Centre, Dallara, Audi,

00:55:06which was absolutely extraordinary.

00:55:08And at the end of that race,

00:55:09we ended up with a throttle breakage,

00:55:12and we finished fifth overall.

00:55:14But that was a hell of a feel.

00:55:15I remember distinctly Justin Wilson in that feel.

00:55:18He was a lovely guy.

00:55:20And after that race,

00:55:22the gentleman from the ACO wandered down,

00:55:24you know, through the pad that came up to us,

00:55:26shook my hand, gave me a Gaelic nod,

00:55:28and I was in.

00:55:30Fabulous.

00:55:30And that led to just, well,

00:55:32half a decade or more of adventure,

00:55:35I think is actually the right word.

00:55:36And that's what this is about.

00:55:38This is about aspiration.

00:55:39It is about passion.

00:55:40It is about adventure.

00:55:41And we thank you for all of that.

00:55:43So, you know, what did we have?

00:55:44We had fourth overall here in the Pesquilla 01.

00:55:47Sorry we've not got Henri here to remember that one.

00:55:50I did choke up a bit when I saw him on the phone

00:55:53on the presentation of the grid.

00:55:56That was wow.

00:55:58Yeah.

00:55:58And we had you leading that race

00:56:00in extraordinary circumstances

00:56:02in your beloved Galara.

00:56:04Yeah.

00:56:04And, you know,

00:56:06it's amazing

00:56:07that a team that we first saw in Tuscan Challenge,

00:56:11then coming forward with your own,

00:56:12built TBR Cerbera,

00:56:14still,

00:56:15I think that's the first car

00:56:17in what we now recognise as GTE,

00:56:20NGT, GT2,

00:56:21the first car other than a Porsche

00:56:23ever to win a race in that class.

00:56:27Well, we were the first car certainly to ever beat the Porsche.

00:56:31Yeah.

00:56:32It was, I think,

00:56:33your hand stuck in America

00:56:35in a BMW GTR,

00:56:37but it got disqualified.

00:56:38Oh, well, that doesn't count then.

00:56:39So it didn't count.

00:56:40And then at Spa we won.

00:56:43And then Porsche came out with the big guns

00:56:46with Marino,

00:56:47Frank Kitty,

00:56:48and Kelvin,

00:56:49Bert,

00:56:49and the adventure took off.

00:56:52And it's been an extraordinary adventure.

00:56:54And I was just really lucky enough

00:56:56to meet people,

00:56:58or have people contact me

00:56:59who loved my journey.

00:57:02And to be honest,

00:57:03most of them were TBR...

00:57:04Enthusiasts.

00:57:07Enthusiasts.

00:57:08They owned TBRs.

00:57:10And one of them

00:57:11worked for Deutsche Bank.

00:57:13And he had a TBR Cerbera.

00:57:16And I met him at Bedford Aerodrome

00:57:19on a track day,

00:57:21and he was literally wearing an anorak

00:57:23and a bobble hat

00:57:24in the portacabin.

00:57:26And you thought,

00:57:27that'll do.

00:57:27He just said,

00:57:29you're Martin,

00:57:30I've tried to get him some sponsorship.

00:57:32I'll go to Deutsche Bank.

00:57:34Would you like a passenger seat ride

00:57:36in a Cerbera?

00:57:38Yeah, that'd be great.

00:57:39Three laps.

00:57:39I didn't even take his phone number

00:57:41or anything.

00:57:42Shook hands.

00:57:43Six months later,

00:57:44we have our first outing

00:57:46with the TBR and British GT.

00:57:48And I get an email,

00:57:50would you like some sponsorship?

00:57:52And my jaw dropped

00:57:53and he said,

00:57:54what do you think?

00:57:55Where should we start?

00:57:56He said,

00:57:56how about 37 grand?

00:57:57Which was a weird number.

00:57:59And then two years later,

00:58:00he said,

00:58:01shall we do Le Mans?

00:58:02And I said,

00:58:03what,

00:58:03in a Ferrari or Porsche

00:58:05or something in GT?

00:58:06He said,

00:58:07no, no, no.

00:58:07Let's go for the top class.

00:58:08I went,

00:58:09what?

00:58:10Yeah,

00:58:10let's go for the top class.

00:58:12And that was that.

00:58:13Fabulous memories.

00:58:14Martin,

00:58:14thanks very much

00:58:15for the moment.

00:58:17We're going to cycle back in

00:58:18with,

00:58:19well,

00:58:19from a man who led Le Mans

00:58:20to a man who was

00:58:22the 2014 world champion.

00:58:23That Davidson,

00:58:24I think,

00:58:24is due back in the chair.

00:58:26Enjoy the rest of the race.

00:58:27Thanks, mate.

00:58:28Another family here with you.

00:58:30And I'm sure there's

00:58:30some more motorsport adventures

00:58:32to come because success

00:58:33is coming with your boys

00:58:34as well right now.

00:58:35Whether it's the virtual,

00:58:36the actual wallet's bleeding

00:58:37already.

00:58:38R.T. really.

00:58:41Thanks,

00:58:42thanks,

00:58:42Graeme.

00:58:43Thanks very much

00:58:43for your time.

00:58:44We can listen in again

00:58:46to what's going on

00:58:46with Eduardo Francis.

00:58:50All cars to move left,

00:58:53all cars to move left,

00:58:55including the safety car.

00:58:57Let's prepare for the pass around.

00:59:00Prepare for the pass around.

00:59:04No zigzagging.

00:59:06No zigzagging.

00:59:08Start the pass around.

00:59:10Start the pass around.

00:59:131 a.m.

00:59:15Central European time.

00:59:17We have 15 hours

00:59:18of the 2023 Centenary Le Mans

00:59:21still to run.

00:59:23It is nighttime

00:59:24and we are behind

00:59:26the safety car.

00:59:27And the voice you heard

00:59:27of Eduardo Freitas,

00:59:29the World Endurance Championship

00:59:30and Le Mans 24-hour race director

00:59:32starting the pass around

00:59:34behind the safety car.

00:59:36So our three safety cars

00:59:38have been won.

00:59:39Do feel like I should be

00:59:40in a white polo neck sweater

00:59:42sitting on a tall stool,

00:59:43talking about three becoming one

00:59:45and maybe singing that way.

00:59:46However,

00:59:47the cars are in a queue.

00:59:48The pass around now involves

00:59:51any car in any of our three classes

00:59:54that is in the queue

00:59:56ahead of its class leader.

00:59:59There are a lot of people

01:00:02that are in the middle Anakin

01:00:03to introduce the new

01:00:05and the new

01:00:06health of the Lynn

01:00:06to be able to

01:00:07in the middle of the

01:00:08and the new

01:00:09Judaism

01:00:09will not be

01:00:10going to be

01:00:10in a place

01:00:10to be able

01:00:11to be able

01:00:12to be able

01:00:13to be able

01:00:14to directly

01:00:15and to all

01:00:15to be able

01:00:17to be able

01:00:17to buy

01:00:17a real

01:00:18and to be able

01:00:18to be able

01:00:19to be able

01:00:21to have

01:00:21a real

01:00:23another

01:00:23solution.

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