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00:00:00That man is Jack Gerber, who finished the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours, 68 years and 111 days old.

00:00:08He was actually the oldest person ever to enter the race as well, just the day before.

00:00:12And the youngest man ever to finish, no guesses for that one.

00:00:15That's the 16-year-old Charger, Matt McMurray, two years ago.

00:00:1916 years and 203 days old he was.

00:00:23And I still think it's madness even now, personally.

00:00:26In the same way that I originally thought Verstappen was madness in Formula 1.

00:00:29But, OK, he proved me wrong.

00:00:31Yeah, you've got to remember these guys have been doing it since they were probably six.

00:00:37OK, so we've got Ryan DL going to tell us what went wrong there in the ESM pit.

00:00:41Ryan DL, not what we want to see you standing next to me in the pit garage.

00:00:46No, it's, oh, it sucks when you get this far.

00:00:50I don't know, we're trying to get back out.

00:00:51We had a really rare suspension failure earlier with Chris.

00:00:56And then we've had a second one now, which is a different part, but very uncharacteristic for the leads yet.

00:01:04They're usually pretty strong, so we're not sure if we just got a bad batch.

00:01:07Everything was brand new, obviously, for the race.

00:01:09It sucks, we got a clodder back up to the kind of top seven and eight there.

00:01:16And points for the wake was looking pretty good.

00:01:18But, like I said earlier, this is a cruel race.

00:01:22And four hours from the end, we're trying to fix it.

00:01:25But the wishbone did a lot of damage when it ripped out of the gearbox.

00:01:29So I'm glad it didn't happen to Porsche Curves.

00:01:31But I'm also sad that it happened.

00:01:35And, yeah, it sucks.

00:01:37We've had a great season so far.

00:01:38So we'll regroup.

00:01:40We'll try and get some more points here.

00:01:42And then we go on to the next one.

00:01:45With four hours to go, we've got Lieb and Kobayashi both in the pit lane at the same time.

00:01:52They are leaving Marc Lieb in the number two Porsche.

00:01:55Wow.

00:01:56For the fourth stint.

00:01:57So this is a quad.

00:01:58Yeah.

00:01:59That's?

00:02:00Same tyres as well.

00:02:01So they obviously feel that this is okay.

00:02:03It's working.

00:02:05Get on with it.

00:02:05Is that a brave decision or is that a conservative decision?

00:02:08It just depends how they think they're going to be with fuel stops at the end.

00:02:11They might do a short one now if they really, really, really believe they can get to the end without a safety car.

00:02:17You know, you can't really plan this far out.

00:02:19But if you're going to roll the dice against two Toyotas, do you do it now?

00:02:24Well, Lieb gets out in second position.

00:02:26Kobayashi gets out in third.

00:02:28No change at the front.

00:02:30Three cars on the lead lap fighting for the victory.

00:02:32The Le Mans 24 hours.

00:02:33And there's still every chance it could be any one of the three of them.

00:02:37It could be the number five Toyota that leads currently.

00:02:40The number two Porsche may have one final sting in the tail for Toyota to take it away from them so cruelly.

00:02:45Or the number six Toyota.

00:02:47Still plenty of space and plenty of pace in that car.

00:02:51So it's not all done and dusted for these guys, though.

00:02:54The English stat, Mark, it is now officially game over.

00:02:57They can't jump through the four rings this time.

00:02:59No, not unless by some miracle two Toyotas and a Porsche were to break.

00:03:03That's the only way.

00:03:04At which point we'd see an LMP2 podium, overall podium finisher.

00:03:08That's a good point.

00:03:10But let's see.

00:03:11They're driving as fast as they can.

00:03:13They're doing everything they can.

00:03:14They're saving fuel where they can.

00:03:16They're just going out there and enjoying themselves now, I think.

00:03:20You know, they've been told race.

00:03:22That's clear from the radio messages we're hearing.

00:03:24The fact that, you know, is it Mark Lee was having to justify why to himself almost.

00:03:31But telling the team, you know, sorry that I've let Davidson through.

00:03:33This is how it happened.

00:03:34And at this stage in the game, if this was this stage in a WEC race, you wouldn't really care.

00:03:39So it's interesting to see what they're saying.

00:03:44So Darren Turner coming out of the number 95.

00:03:47And I think that's Fernando Rees.

00:03:54Yeah, Louise and I are both getting confused on this one.

00:03:57Who's with who now?

00:03:58They're moving around.

00:03:59Yeah, no, because Darren Turner's in what we call the Dane train.

00:04:01So, no, that will be Fernando Rees getting ready to replace Ritchie Stanaway in the number 97.

00:04:07Into the box comes the 61 Clearwater Ferrari, currently running fourth in GTE Am.

00:04:15Having moved its way up, it's the 61.

00:04:19Who's in the car at the moment?

00:04:20Kaito Sawa, the Japanese star, is in that car at the moment.

00:04:24There's the Porsche 919 Hybrid, climbed up to 23rd position.

00:04:27Having just gone past Billy Johnson in the Ford.

00:04:29The Rebellion is there in 37th position, you can see.

00:04:34So there are definitely some teams that are struggling.

00:04:37The 50th position, the Rebellion R1, still not officially a retirement.

00:04:42But these 10 are, and there are some big names in amongst it.

00:04:44One of the Chevys, two of the Ferraris, two of the Porsches.

00:04:47The number four, bye-bye Collar's car.

00:04:50And that's the Corvette of Mark Patterson still being recovered.

00:04:53Surely they'll be able to get that one started again.

00:04:55Yeah, absolutely.

00:04:56In fact, I think they've just put him down on the tarmac at the edge because the engine was probably still running.

00:05:00Pit stop for the leader.

00:05:01Anthony Davidson is in in the Toyota.

00:05:02There won't be a driver change here because he's not been in the car that long.

00:05:05So this will be his second stint, third stint?

00:05:10This will be him starting his third...

00:05:12Yeah, third stint.

00:05:13Second stint.

00:05:14No, it is second stint, yeah, because he's only just been in the car, so good point.

00:05:16This is him starting his second.

00:05:18So he will know that Mark Leib has only got one 13-lap, 14-lap stint left in him as the number one Porsche.

00:05:28That's not the Porsche we want to see.

00:05:30We want to see the other one.

00:05:34Davidson out to the pits again.

00:05:37And where is the number two?

00:05:39A long way back.

00:05:41A long way back.

00:05:42So it looks to me as though the number five is going to get out with a clear advantage.

00:05:48Anthony Davidson leading the way.

00:05:51Mark Leib in second position in the Porsche.

00:05:52There's the number one Porsche.

00:05:54Still on for sixth position in the LNB1 category.

00:05:58And with double points, that's about the same as a podium would be normally.

00:06:03Riding on board with the number one Porsche.

00:06:04That's the RGR Morand in front of us.

00:06:08Please get out of the way, says Timo Bernhardt.

00:06:12Sorry, no, it's Brendan Hartley in the car.

00:06:14Thank you very much, says the New Zealander.

00:06:16Off he goes.

00:06:18Kobayashi now up to second place.

00:06:20That's critical.

00:06:21Kobayashi's got through into P2.

00:06:23Where's Mark Leib?

00:06:26We'll look back and see, but I can't see the Porsche anywhere.

00:06:30Oh, no, there he is.

00:06:31He has come through.

00:06:31So, for a moment, the timing screens thought they were one and two.

00:06:36They're not yet.

00:06:37No, no.

00:06:38So, we're at ten seconds back.

00:06:40Kobayashi to Lieb.

00:06:41So, he has closed that gap by five seconds through that point.

00:06:45That's good.

00:06:46You know, he, Kobayashi, has just taken a huge chunk of time out.

00:06:49But in terms of pit, yeah, and that was done on the track.

00:06:51That wasn't done in the pits.

00:06:52It was not in the pits.

00:06:53Pit top times are absolutely equal.

00:06:55The ACA doing a fantastic job of equalizing the LMP1 pit stops.

00:06:58So, no, that is just pure on track.

00:07:02Kamui Kobayashi doing what is expected of him,

00:07:05and even more so at the moment,

00:07:06to try and get the Toyota into second position

00:07:08to make it a 1-2 for Toyota.

00:07:11And let's be honest, there's been a Japanese victory.

00:07:14There's never been a Japanese 1-2.

00:07:15Yeah, but what we've just seen there is a net gain of Davidson

00:07:18of about 15 seconds over the last stint.

00:07:21He's taken 15 seconds out of Lieb.

00:07:24So, Kobayashi has taken a little bit out.

00:07:28Kobayashi's taken about 10 seconds out,

00:07:29but Davidson's the one that's doing the hard work.

00:07:32So, Davidson set off in the hair,

00:07:34just as we saw with Bohemi in the car.

00:07:38It'll be interesting to see what Anthony starts to say

00:07:40about tyres halfway through this stint,

00:07:42because Sebastian Bohemi was saying,

00:07:44I think the tyres are going away,

00:07:46but by the time he was halfway through his second stint,

00:07:49if Anthony Davidson's managed that a little better,

00:07:52and that he keeps the tyres with him,

00:07:54I think ultimately he'll get a better triple stint out of this.

00:07:57Pause radio.

00:07:59No, Mark.

00:08:00We just need to stretch these stints out.

00:08:02That's why we left you in.

00:08:03This is the only chance we have of winning

00:08:05if it goes green all the way.

00:08:06I'm ready then.

00:08:0713 laps to go, mate.

00:08:0813 laps to go and you're done.

00:08:1013, four, supply.

00:08:11Watch out for Toyota.

00:08:12They confirm the only chance of winning.

00:08:15The only chance of winning is if it's green all the way.

00:08:18No, the only chance of winning is to stretch it

00:08:20if it's green all the way.

00:08:21So they've got to stretch the stints.

00:08:23That's what they're trying to do.

00:08:24Now they've realised that they need to start pumping in

00:08:27some 14 laps if they can do it.

00:08:29You're going to start seeing Lifton Coast.

00:08:30You're going to start seeing him just trying to eke it out,

00:08:34eke it out, eke it out.

00:08:35And they've done the calculations to try and work out

00:08:37where the Toyota's going to be.

00:08:42Yeah.

00:08:45Davidson leading.

00:08:46Leaves second.

00:08:47Kobayashi third.

00:08:49The Audi, Oliver Jarvis.

00:08:50Still in the pits, but still in fourth place.

00:08:53It's going to be a while before they are lapped by the sister car,

00:08:56Andre Lottara, six laps ahead of them still.

00:09:00I find it odd to hear the Porsche engineers saying already

00:09:03that that's their only chance.

00:09:05Ultimately, you only need one mistake in traffic and you're there.

00:09:09You know, you can make half a minute in traffic

00:09:12over the course of this race now.

00:09:16Easily make half a minute in traffic.

00:09:18There, you know, there goes three seconds.

00:09:21Yeah.

00:09:21Just lost.

00:09:22So why are they already saying that?

00:09:25It only takes Davidson to have a shocker of a stint

00:09:28through the traffic over the next 45, 50 minutes.

00:09:32And suddenly that's flowed back towards them.

00:09:35Is that a strategy?

00:09:37Do you think they might be trying to get Toyota?

00:09:39Telling Toyota that they've given up.

00:09:40To be Toyota, they have to be complacent now.

00:09:43That could be a strategy in and of itself.

00:09:45Let's see.

00:09:45You know, let's see what they say.

00:09:46What they say, I don't know.

00:09:50It is too close to call.

00:09:51You could say that, you know, Toyota are absolutely there.

00:09:55And if you looked at the facts, just raw facts in terms of fuel numbers

00:09:58and in terms of what they're doing on tires

00:10:01and the lap times that Davidson's capable of putting in

00:10:03in that number five car at the moment, that's fine.

00:10:07But maybe they should be starting to talk about, if that's the case,

00:10:11defending to Kobayashi,

00:10:13because they've only got a seven-second gap there, you know,

00:10:15unless they believe the Toyotas can go five seconds of that faster

00:10:19and turn it on.

00:10:20Maybe they know something we don't in those terms.

00:10:22They've been looking at the sector times

00:10:24and know that actually Toyota have got a load of time in their pocket.

00:10:28Drive-through penalty for the Michael Shek racing car.

00:10:30They're just telling Davidson there,

00:10:50he's on his fourth stint and they haven't changed tires.

00:10:53Fourth stint on the tires, yeah.

00:10:55So, you know, they're just trying to save a tire stop.

00:10:57So what that also says is they believe that it's going to be

00:11:00within half a minute of each other at the end

00:11:03if all things remain equal.

00:11:05That's the calculation they've done

00:11:07because that's the time it takes to change the tires.

00:11:10So they're trying to save an entire tire stop.

00:11:13That's incredible.

00:11:14That is absolutely incredible.

00:11:16How is it going to be that close

00:11:18when we consider these are the big three giants

00:11:21of the automotive world right now?

00:11:23Porsche, Toyota, Audi.

00:11:27And yet there's not much.

00:11:29When everything's going tickety-boo for all three teams,

00:11:32there is not much to choose between them at all.

00:11:35No.

00:11:35Just seeing number 68,

00:11:38Joey Hand-Driven Ford come past us in the GTE Pro class.

00:11:427.3 seconds now the gap to Tony Willander

00:11:44who's now taken over the number 82 car.

00:11:47So we've now got one of the two rapid peddlers in.

00:11:50They're saving Giancarlo Fisichella for the end of the race.

00:11:53The interesting thing about the Mark Leib situation

00:11:56is that they've actually chosen

00:11:58to give that little bit more time also

00:12:00to Neil Yarny before he gets in that car.

00:12:06It looks as though Louise Beckett

00:12:07has something for us down in pit lane.

00:12:10Well, we can see the number 26 G-Drive

00:12:12on a charge with Will Stephens.

00:12:14Roman, you're just about to get in.

00:12:15As always, LMP2 is still close battles.

00:12:19Yeah, it's normal, it's very close.

00:12:21We get some issues during the night.

00:12:24We get one-minute penalty, we get a drive-through,

00:12:27so we get a puncture of a loss something about more than three minutes.

00:12:31So it is exactly what is the difference between us and the P1.

00:12:36But, you know, it's still four hours to go

00:12:39and everything can happen.

00:12:40We try to push as hard as we can, and it's the ball.

00:12:44No further action taken on the 36 for their pit stop

00:12:47that was under investigation.

00:12:49So what have you got to pull out the bag to get back to Venice?

00:12:52Yeah, but I think what we saw from 36 is that they get two guns

00:12:57over the white line, so normally it should be also something, you know,

00:13:01and, yeah, we got so much drive-through today,

00:13:05especially due to the slow zones, which is, you know, which is,

00:13:10it's like that, but, yeah.

00:13:13It's crazy.

00:13:14Thanks.

00:13:15Yeah, Roman Rezanov there, the man that's the link-in to the Gazprom money.

00:13:23He's been doing this programme now in various different guises.

00:13:27Of course, radio.

00:13:2911 laps, mate, 11 laps.

00:13:32Eyes forward, eyes forward, right there, right there.

00:13:34He's pushing.

00:13:36And that's why Kobayashi is coming.

00:13:39So, no, I mean, Roman alluding to penalties and equality there almost,

00:13:44so, you know, there will have been a discussion between team managers

00:13:48and the ACO about what went on in that pit stop,

00:13:53and, you know, there will have had to be justification

00:13:56for them not to receive a penalty, and they haven't been given that,

00:14:00so that's fine.

00:14:01Let's get on with it, Roman, and let's win it on the track.

00:14:04He's had a one-minute stop-go penalty.

00:14:05That's been for something fairly bad.

00:14:09You don't get thrown a one-minute stop-go

00:14:11unless you've done something fairly, fairly fundamental.

00:14:14So, let's see where he goes, but at the moment,

00:14:17Menezes and the Alpine number 36 car,

00:14:20which is just pitting now, looks very, very strong.

00:14:23Davidson lead Kobayashi, Toyota, Porsche, Toyota,

00:14:26covered by 25 seconds.

00:14:28The gap is coming down all the time, though,

00:14:29between the second Toyota and the leading Porsche in second place.

00:14:33In the GTE Pro category, the gap is now to 7.4 seconds

00:14:37for Joey Hand in front of Tony Villanda in the Ferrari,

00:14:40and that battle is still raging.

00:14:42It's not done and dusted yet for Ryan Briscoe either.

00:14:44He's actually still, would you believe it,

00:14:46on the same lap as those two.

00:14:49So, if anything happens to those two guys up in front,

00:14:51there is another Ford in reserve just in case.

00:14:54Yeah, and Billy Johnson's catching Darren Turner

00:14:56at quite a pace as well.

00:14:59This race looks like it could come to the Fords at the bitter end.

00:15:01Exactly, Billy Johnson in the fifth place GTE Pro car,

00:15:04just done a 351.5, which is the fastest lap for that car so far.

00:15:09And then we're looking at DT's just done a 357.8, you know,

00:15:13so there's a huge, huge pace disadvantage there for the Aston.

00:15:18I think that Billy Johnson's got his eyes set

00:15:20on catching and passing Turner before the end.

00:15:24So, we could see, you know, Ferrari and three Fords up there.

00:15:29In what order, I don't know.

00:15:31The gap has settled itself at seven seconds

00:15:34between Willander and Hand.

00:15:36We missed their pit stop somewhere along the line

00:15:38where they didn't take tyres, neither car took tyres.

00:15:42So, that's interesting as well,

00:15:44that they're managing to double stint

00:15:45and they're not changing tyres when they've changed driver.

00:15:48Well, the number one Porsche is up into 21st place overall,

00:15:52and that makes it sixth place in the class, of course.

00:15:55But if this Audi continues to remain in the pits,

00:15:58they could get even more than that.

00:16:00Yeah.

00:16:02Jarvis still on board, presumably.

00:16:05Still in the pits.

00:16:06Been there for a long, long, long time.

00:16:08So, you get the idea that it's more than just a fundamental issue

00:16:14with the Audi.

00:16:16They would have been back on track pretty quick

00:16:18if it was a straightforward five-minute job.

00:16:20They've been in the pits for, what, 10 laps?

00:16:24Exactly 10 laps, in fact.

00:16:26So, that is the equivalent of 14, just under 40 minutes.

00:16:30I'd say 35 minutes they've been in the pits now, that Audi.

00:16:33Which is about what we had for the number seven in total.

00:16:37Audi have just been beaten.

00:16:39That doesn't happen very often.

00:16:41No, absolutely.

00:16:42There's been a reliability that's let them down,

00:16:43which is the thing that they're not used to.

00:16:45So, they'll go back and regroup,

00:16:47work out what the situation is,

00:16:49and get back to it, I'm sure.

00:16:51So, maybe they need a bigger clean sheet approach for 2017.

00:16:58Some people in the night were saying,

00:16:59is this disappointing performance from Audi

00:17:01going to add fuel to the rumours about them going to Formula 1?

00:17:04No, no, not in the slightest.

00:17:06No, I don't see Audi being in Formula 1

00:17:08any time this century.

00:17:11No, I don't think that's fair.

00:17:13I think that's fair.

00:17:14Why would you be there when you can put this

00:17:16through an R&D budget?

00:17:18You're learning all the time about the future of motor vehicles,

00:17:21while you're here, proving out everything

00:17:23that you can directly transfer across to a road car.

00:17:27Look at the stuff they've done.

00:17:29Everyone always refers to the headlight technology.

00:17:31It is the single easiest reference,

00:17:33but there's going to be thousands of components

00:17:35that have been developed on these cars

00:17:37that have made it onto the road cars.

00:17:39So, you can say the same for Formula 1 to a degree,

00:17:42but unfortunately, the technology is just too far removed

00:17:46from what's feasible on an everyday road car

00:17:48that you or I can go and buy and drive

00:17:49and get serviced by your typical garage.

00:17:52Yeah, fair play to Mercedes deciding to stick at it,

00:17:55and they are winning everything,

00:17:56which is kind of killing off the competition

00:17:57to a certain degree, you could argue.

00:17:59But, it's a different market.

00:18:01Mercedes are happy to be in that market.

00:18:03They want to be winning every form of motor racing

00:18:05and have luxury cars on the table.

00:18:07Audi, they've got a much more intuitive plan than that.

00:18:10Yeah, absolutely.

00:18:14Looking at the gaps again,

00:18:16you know, Willander just doesn't seem to want to pass Hand.

00:18:20They're quite happy.

00:18:21I would have expected Tony Willander to be faster

00:18:23than Joey Hand, lap for lap,

00:18:26and the gap is just sitting there now,

00:18:28six and a half seconds,

00:18:29so probably down by a second,

00:18:30but that's just traffic causing it to air and flow,

00:18:33and they've got an LMP2 car separating them

00:18:35and Ryan Briscoe.

00:18:36So, Chris Hoy now out in the Leisure LMP2 car.

00:18:39The Algarve Pro Racing car.

00:18:42He's not done badly for his debut in Le Mans 24 Hours either.

00:18:45Doing a fantastic job,

00:18:46and, you know, that car had troubles with,

00:18:48during the night, with others in it.

00:18:51But, no, fantastic job for Chris and the team.

00:18:54And I'm sure he's loving every single minute of this.

00:18:58Now, why are they telling us that Anthony Davidson

00:19:01has participated in the Le Mans 24 Hours four times?

00:19:04He's definitely done it way more than that.

00:19:06He did the Velox Pro Drive Ferrari in 2003.

00:19:08Aston Martin Lola, 2009.

00:19:11Two years at Peugeot,

00:19:12and this is his fifth campaign for Toyota.

00:19:15So, I make that nine.

00:19:18This is his ninth participation.

00:19:20Certainly not his fourth.

00:19:21No, it's definitely not his fourth.

00:19:22He's been here a lot longer than that.

00:19:24He knows a lot more of the tricks in the trade.

00:19:26That's all we've got left, folks,

00:19:28at the 24 Hours.

00:19:28It's flashed past so quickly.

00:19:30And the reason it's gone past so quickly

00:19:32is because we are genuinely on the edge of our seats

00:19:35and have been pretty much since the safety car came in

00:19:38after 45 minutes behind the rain.

00:19:40Yeah, absolutely.

00:19:42The race started in under a torrential downpour

00:19:45is the only way to put it

00:19:46as the cars went to the gate.

00:19:47Oh, that's the sixth Toyota.

00:19:50Could be actually losing it at the Porsche Curves.

00:19:54Now.

00:19:54He hasn't hit anything.

00:19:56Now, he hasn't.

00:19:56Traffic.

00:19:57Is he going to be straight in?

00:19:58Mechanics are readying themselves.

00:19:59You need to ready yourself.

00:20:00Just in case.

00:20:01What happened?

00:20:01Whoa.

00:20:02Just completely dropped it.

00:20:03Oh, my word.

00:20:05Middle of the Porsche Curves.

00:20:06Did he flat?

00:20:06Ooh.

00:20:07Can that camera go left?

00:20:09He went through the gravel trap.

00:20:10Clever boy.

00:20:11Clever boy.

00:20:12Oh, no.

00:20:12He stopped it and drove it out.

00:20:14And there's flames.

00:20:17Oh, dear.

00:20:19Well.

00:20:20See those front wheels spinning.

00:20:21The one, two.

00:20:22As it displays some power through the front end.

00:20:24The one, two might not be happening now.

00:20:27I'm not saying it's over for them,

00:20:29but that's a big headache.

00:20:31If that had been only two-wheel drive,

00:20:33that would have been entertaining.

00:20:34See whether he could have got that out.

00:20:36Toyota doing a good job there,

00:20:38getting that car back out of the gravel trap.

00:20:40And he's lost.

00:20:41What did he lose?

00:20:42He lost 20-odd seconds.

00:20:44Yep.

00:20:45About 25.

00:20:47Is that all right?

00:20:48Is that all right?

00:20:49We're just looking around.

00:20:51Is it okay?

00:20:51Do we need to do something?

00:20:53They'll be ready for him,

00:20:54just in case he's picked up a puncture

00:20:56or anything like that.

00:20:57But that's, yeah, a mistake.

00:21:01Is it okay?

00:21:02Is it okay?

00:21:03Yeah, it's okay.

00:21:03It's okay.

00:21:04It's okay.

00:21:05There you go.

00:21:06They've just checked everything.

00:21:07It's okay.

00:21:07That left-hand side pod's now

00:21:09looking a lot looser than it was.

00:21:11I think they might now need

00:21:12to take some action there.

00:21:14If you look at it, the floor.

00:21:15Oh, yes.

00:21:15Look at that.

00:21:16Okay, so the spin has broken the floor now.

00:21:18He could get a black and orange flag for that.

00:21:21Unlikely here,

00:21:23but they will need to do something about it

00:21:25on pace, I would suggest.

00:21:27I think as the car's gone in,

00:21:29he's just broken that,

00:21:30broken that floor.

00:21:32And now it's a case of

00:21:34how long do they leave it

00:21:35before they fix it,

00:21:37which would then give us a two-horse race.

00:21:39Andre Lotterer is about to come into the pits.

00:21:43And they're not too far away, actually.

00:21:45The number seven Audi

00:21:46from moving up into fourth position.

00:21:47Slick's being...

00:21:53Which compound of that

00:21:55is being used for the number seven?

00:21:58You can't tell.

00:21:59You can't tell.

00:21:59Ooh.

00:22:01Subtle differences.

00:22:03You have to be in the no-to-no.

00:22:06Good job.

00:22:07Good job.

00:22:07Toyota behind.

00:22:09Fell off the track.

00:22:10Toyota behind.

00:22:11Fell off the track.

00:22:12That's a little bit of cockiness

00:22:13coming from Portugan.

00:22:14Yeah, it is.

00:22:17It's almost disappointing to hear that.

00:22:19You know, the ha-ha kind of...

00:22:21That is a...

00:22:22Yeah, that is a hardy ha-ha moment,

00:22:24isn't it, Portugan?

00:22:24Yeah, because it can happen to you

00:22:25just as quickly.

00:22:27So, let's see.

00:22:28I mean, Kobayashi

00:22:29will be pushing like crazy now,

00:22:32but that left-hand floor,

00:22:33to me, that looks like

00:22:34that's going to need more of a repair

00:22:35than it's had.

00:22:36It was held together

00:22:37with a bit of tank tape.

00:22:38And as he rotated around,

00:22:40it was an issue,

00:22:41but it's interesting,

00:22:43you know, the Toyota there.

00:22:45Had that not had four-wheel drive,

00:22:46would that have got out

00:22:47of that gravel trap?

00:22:48I don't think it would.

00:22:49Not without help, anyway.

00:22:51So, interesting,

00:22:53the whole approach.

00:22:54They could have lost a lap there.

00:22:56By having four-wheel drive,

00:22:57they saved their back.

00:22:58And again,

00:22:59the Audi goes on.

00:23:00We're not expecting him in yet.

00:23:02So...

00:23:03No.

00:23:04As he comes through,

00:23:05so that's Porsche number two

00:23:06comes through past us.

00:23:08Big twitch, though.

00:23:09Yeah, the car always twitches

00:23:11the way they...

00:23:11as they lay the power down.

00:23:13The other Porsches in, though.

00:23:15Brendan Hartley

00:23:15coming into the pits now.

00:23:17It'll be quite nice

00:23:18to watch this pit stop, actually,

00:23:20because they've still got

00:23:21the donor car, as it were,

00:23:23in terms of strategy

00:23:24and in terms of set-up,

00:23:26in terms of compound choice

00:23:27at Porsche.

00:23:29Down in 21st position overall.

00:23:31Sixth in class.

00:23:32Looking for points.

00:23:33Nothing else.

00:23:34Because they're not really

00:23:35going to get anything else.

00:23:36Although they might get

00:23:37fifth out of this now

00:23:37if that Audi

00:23:38still can't get out.

00:23:41The eight is out.

00:23:43The number eight Audi,

00:23:45we've just been told

00:23:45by Louise Beckett,

00:23:46is out of the Le Mans

00:23:4824 hours.

00:23:50Oh, out on track.

00:23:51Sorry.

00:23:51My apologies.

00:23:53Getting panicked there.

00:23:55But, yeah.

00:23:56Oliver Jarvis

00:23:57has got the car

00:23:58back on the track again.

00:23:59They've been in there for

00:24:0039 minutes

00:24:02they spent in the pits.

00:24:04And Benoit Trillier

00:24:04is looking to get

00:24:05into the number seven.

00:24:06So there's going to be

00:24:06a bit of an inter-team squabble

00:24:08at this rate

00:24:08at Team Audi

00:24:09because

00:24:10I think

00:24:12they're now

00:24:12both on the same lap.

00:24:14Yeah.

00:24:14Now, my impression

00:24:18of the way

00:24:18that Toyota

00:24:19were using

00:24:19their hybrid system

00:24:20was that

00:24:20they would only

00:24:21deploy that front axle

00:24:23over a certain speed.

00:24:25Now,

00:24:25interesting that

00:24:26from stationary

00:24:26they use it.

00:24:29So,

00:24:30getting put into the car.

00:24:32We've talked about this

00:24:33a couple of times.

00:24:34I think the definition

00:24:36the word

00:24:38hero

00:24:38gets bandied about

00:24:40a lot

00:24:40in the world of

00:24:41sport in particular.

00:24:42Motor racing

00:24:43in general.

00:24:45Frederic Sosay

00:24:46is a hero.

00:24:47There is no

00:24:48questioning that.

00:24:50Yeah,

00:24:50he is.

00:24:51Totally.

00:24:52Completely agree.

00:24:55Down the straight then.

00:24:56The Toyota

00:24:56recovering.

00:24:57Komui Kobayashi

00:24:58just did a 326.9

00:25:00so if there were

00:25:01problems with the tyre

00:25:02I don't think

00:25:04they're there anymore.

00:25:05He's at exactly

00:25:06the same pace

00:25:07as Mark Leib

00:25:08in the Audi.

00:25:09So,

00:25:09he was very clever there

00:25:11actually,

00:25:11Komui Kobayashi.

00:25:12Once he felt the car

00:25:12snap away

00:25:13he could have

00:25:13black-spotted the tyres

00:25:15there in desperation.

00:25:16That's a split

00:25:17second decision.

00:25:18Yeah, absolutely.

00:25:20I can't afford

00:25:20new tyres

00:25:21on my race car

00:25:22so whenever it spins

00:25:22I always let it roll.

00:25:24The racing driver

00:25:25instinct there

00:25:26and that is literally

00:25:27you don't have

00:25:29a massive amount

00:25:30of time to make

00:25:30that decision

00:25:31either when you're

00:25:31in the car

00:25:32when you're going

00:25:32backwards at

00:25:33160, 170 miles an hour.

00:25:35You've literally

00:25:36got to make that decision.

00:25:37It's an awareness

00:25:37of what's around you.

00:25:39It's an awareness

00:25:39of the run-off area

00:25:40and that's what

00:25:41makes these guys

00:25:42so good.

00:25:43You know,

00:25:43he knew where

00:25:44the walls were.

00:25:45He knew that

00:25:46the car was

00:25:46spinning to the outside

00:25:48and there was

00:25:48enough run-off there

00:25:49so it is amazing.

00:25:52Komui Kobayashi

00:25:52of course is still

00:25:53the fastest man

00:25:54of the Le Mans 24 hours

00:25:55with that 3 minute

00:25:5621.445 lap

00:25:58he set on lap 81

00:26:00so a long time ago.

00:26:03Personal best though

00:26:04for Vitaly Petrov.

00:26:06The SMP

00:26:07LMP2 car

00:26:08up in 8th position

00:26:09overall

00:26:103rd in the category

00:26:11chasing down

00:26:12Will Stephens

00:26:13and he set a personal best

00:26:14although it's still

00:26:15not as quick

00:26:15as Will Stephens

00:26:16is going.

00:26:17No,

00:26:17Will Stephens

00:26:18is really trying

00:26:19very hard now.

00:26:20He wants to get

00:26:20wants to get there.

00:26:22He's desperate

00:26:22to close that gap

00:26:24and get back

00:26:24on the lead lap

00:26:25so that if we do

00:26:26have any issues

00:26:27they're in the fight

00:26:28with Ricky Almi

00:26:30in the Alpine.

00:26:31He'll be coming out

00:26:32at the next stop.

00:26:33I think Stephens

00:26:34will get one more stint

00:26:35out of this.

00:26:36Petrov's definitely

00:26:36staying in

00:26:37and Nick Leventis

00:26:38depends what the

00:26:39Straka guys do

00:26:40and where we are

00:26:40with driver times

00:26:41whether Nick Leventis

00:26:43will need to come out

00:26:43of that car or not.

00:26:45I suspect

00:26:46they'll try

00:26:46and

00:26:47so

00:26:49Louise just saying

00:26:50that I think

00:26:50that Danny's going

00:26:51to be getting

00:26:51in the car.

00:26:54Roman Resonov

00:26:55getting into

00:26:56the Will Stephens

00:26:57car.

00:26:57OK,

00:26:57so yeah,

00:26:58Will will be coming

00:26:59out at this

00:27:00next stop.

00:27:03Yellow flags.

00:27:05Where is it this time?

00:27:06Zone 24.

00:27:08That's the run

00:27:09out of

00:27:10isn't that down

00:27:11the Monsan

00:27:12straight?

00:27:12It's the manor.

00:27:13Not a hit

00:27:15anything though.

00:27:16No.

00:27:18Hopefully Matt

00:27:18Rau can get it

00:27:19going again.

00:27:19What is he doing?

00:27:21Where is he?

00:27:23Where is he actually?

00:27:24Right,

00:27:25OK,

00:27:25he's gone straight

00:27:25on at Indianapolis.

00:27:27Straight on at

00:27:27Indianapolis.

00:27:28Did he hit anything?

00:27:28No,

00:27:29I don't think he did.

00:27:29No,

00:27:29he managed to get it

00:27:30straight up the

00:27:30escape road.

00:27:31We've seen that

00:27:31a couple of times

00:27:32this weekend.

00:27:33We saw one of the

00:27:33forwards on Wednesday

00:27:34night go off there

00:27:35and he really did

00:27:36the same.

00:27:37How has he got it

00:27:37there?

00:27:38That's a bit of

00:27:39clever driving on his

00:27:40part.

00:27:40Probably the same

00:27:41thing that you were

00:27:42talking about a

00:27:42moment ago.

00:27:42Don't flat spot the

00:27:43tyres.

00:27:44Just gone straight

00:27:45on past there and

00:27:46thought,

00:27:47right,

00:27:47OK,

00:27:47I'm not going to

00:27:47get it stopped.

00:27:48I've got another

00:27:4950 yards of runoff

00:27:50area.

00:27:51If I just pull to

00:27:51the right and go

00:27:52through the gate.

00:27:53One of the

00:27:54forwards tried that

00:27:55on Wednesday night

00:27:55and unfortunately

00:27:56missed it.

00:27:57Just clipped the

00:27:57end of the tyre

00:27:58wall.

00:27:59So,

00:27:59no,

00:28:00I think that's a

00:28:00bit of smart

00:28:01driving.

00:28:01He's outbraked

00:28:02himself and

00:28:02thought,

00:28:03right,

00:28:03go to the

00:28:04right,

00:28:04carry on,

00:28:05turn it around,

00:28:05get it back.

00:28:06I definitely

00:28:07fancy a replay of

00:28:08that though.

00:28:08Yeah,

00:28:09that would have been

00:28:09an exciting

00:28:10moment.

00:28:11Yeah,

00:28:11that would have

00:28:11been,

00:28:12OK,

00:28:12my heart just

00:28:13accelerated faster

00:28:16than I'm used to.

00:28:17Those are the

00:28:17moments when,

00:28:18as a driver,

00:28:19if you're under

00:28:20control and if

00:28:21you're thinking

00:28:21about it,

00:28:22you've made a

00:28:23mistake,

00:28:23but equally you're

00:28:25very aware of

00:28:26where you are and

00:28:27what's around you

00:28:27and you can say,

00:28:28no,

00:28:28do you know what,

00:28:29I'm not going to

00:28:29panic now,

00:28:30I'm just going to

00:28:30take the escape

00:28:31road that I know

00:28:32is there,

00:28:32get the thing

00:28:33turned around and

00:28:33come back.

00:28:34So,

00:28:34those are the ones

00:28:35that aren't quite

00:28:36so heart-stopping

00:28:36as the ones when

00:28:37you know you've got

00:28:38a wall straight

00:28:38in front of me.

00:28:40He's done some,

00:28:40oh,

00:28:40he's done some

00:28:41big damage though.

00:28:42Yeah.

00:28:42That just buckled,

00:28:43that literally just

00:28:44buckled.

00:28:45Oh no.

00:28:47Once the nose buckled,

00:28:49you're not going to

00:28:49have any kind of

00:28:50control whatsoever.

00:28:51Guarding for the

00:28:51Manor guys now,

00:28:52I don't know how

00:28:54badly damaged the

00:28:55steering is.

00:28:56I mean,

00:28:56that was...

00:28:57They could have

00:28:57won this.

00:28:58They could have

00:28:58won this.

00:28:58It's just all

00:28:59falling apart.

00:28:59Yeah,

00:29:00you know,

00:29:00and you can put

00:29:01that down to

00:29:02experience of the

00:29:02Manor guys,

00:29:03you know,

00:29:03the drivers that

00:29:04are in there

00:29:05and the team

00:29:06to some regard.

00:29:07I don't think the

00:29:08team have made

00:29:08many mistakes,

00:29:09but...

00:29:09Well,

00:29:10that I would

00:29:10suggest is going

00:29:11to be a safety

00:29:12car because the

00:29:14damage to the

00:29:14car...

00:29:15I think that'll

00:29:15be a slow zone.

00:29:16He's managing to

00:29:17keep the car going.

00:29:17He's going to

00:29:18take the 320 board

00:29:19out.

00:29:20Nobody's going to

00:29:20mind.

00:29:21It's not so much

00:29:21the damage that...

00:29:23Well,

00:29:23it's not so much

00:29:23where he is,

00:29:24but the car

00:29:24buckled,

00:29:25the nose buckled

00:29:26in the middle

00:29:27of the apex

00:29:28at the Porsche

00:29:28curves.

00:29:29So maybe there's

00:29:30debris in a very

00:29:31dangerous part of

00:29:32that part of the

00:29:32course.

00:29:33I think they can

00:29:34clear it with a

00:29:34slow zone.

00:29:35Here we go.

00:29:36Pop!

00:29:38Yeah.

00:29:39That's a scary

00:29:40moment.

00:29:40The front wheels were

00:29:40in the air

00:29:41completely.

00:29:41Nothing you can

00:29:42do.

00:29:43In the wall,

00:29:43bang.

00:29:43Braking wouldn't

00:29:44have helped him.

00:29:45Nothing would

00:29:45have helped him

00:29:45there.

00:29:46So I don't know.

00:29:48I think the

00:29:49majority of the

00:29:50debris is on the

00:29:51outside from the

00:29:52wall hit.

00:29:53I suspect they can

00:29:54do that with a

00:29:55slow zone either

00:29:55way.

00:29:55Such a shame

00:29:58though.

00:29:59Rookies this year

00:29:59of the Le Mans

00:30:0124 hours,

00:30:02but they've won

00:30:03so much in the

00:30:04past.

00:30:04They've competed in

00:30:05everything from

00:30:05Auto GP to GP3 to

00:30:07the Formula 3

00:30:07European Series.

00:30:09I don't know why

00:30:09he can't just

00:30:10engage.

00:30:10He has.

00:30:11He has engaged

00:30:12reverse and tried

00:30:12to do it because

00:30:13he was nearly up to

00:30:14that 320-yard board.

00:30:16He's gone forwards

00:30:17and then thought,

00:30:18right, okay, now I

00:30:19can try and go

00:30:20backwards again and

00:30:21get the nose out,

00:30:21but the nose is

00:30:22well and truly wedged

00:30:23under there.

00:30:24He's going to

00:30:25struggle.

00:30:26He really is.

00:30:27They've managed to

00:30:28get the slow zone.

00:30:28Yeah, they're going

00:30:29to go slow zone 30

00:30:30and 31.

00:30:31Yellow's at 31

00:30:32and 32.

00:30:33So, yeah, we'll go

00:30:34slow zone through

00:30:34that area.

00:30:35They've had some

00:30:36incredible success.

00:30:37They were founded

00:30:3826 years ago,

00:30:401990, the Manatee.

00:30:42They've had British

00:30:43Formula 3 champions

00:30:44in Mark Hines.

00:30:45Remember what

00:30:45happened to him?

00:30:46Obscurity.

00:30:47That's such a shame

00:30:48as well.

00:30:49Antonio Pizzonia,

00:30:51Formula 1 and

00:30:52IndyCar driver.

00:30:53He was also the

00:30:54Formula Renault UK

00:30:55champion for Manor

00:30:56in 1999, as

00:30:57were Kimi

00:30:59Raikkonen, Lewis

00:31:00Hamilton, and

00:31:01ironically, Oliver

00:31:02Jarvis in the

00:31:04Audi.

00:31:05So, Manor has

00:31:07nurtured some

00:31:07incredible talent in

00:31:09the last few

00:31:09seasons.

00:31:12Raikkonen, Hamilton,

00:31:13and Jarvis, three

00:31:14big names, all of

00:31:16whom have found

00:31:17success since being

00:31:18at Manor in their

00:31:19junior days.

00:31:20But Manor, as an

00:31:21LNP2 team, they

00:31:22have learnt a lot

00:31:23from this first

00:31:24Le Mans, and let's

00:31:24be fair to them,

00:31:26they have had an

00:31:27incredible effort.

00:31:30They've done a

00:31:30brilliant job

00:31:31considering what

00:31:31they've got.

00:31:32Here it is again.

00:31:35This is them

00:31:35rejoining.

00:31:36I want to see what

00:31:37happened before this.

00:31:40But here it comes.

00:31:41Hop!

00:31:42No control, no drive,

00:31:44nothing.

00:31:44I understand why

00:31:44it broke, frankly.

00:31:46That's very odd to

00:31:47see that he must

00:31:49have made contact

00:31:50with someone.

00:31:50That's kind of why

00:31:51I want to see what

00:31:52happened to get him

00:31:52in that escape road

00:31:53in the first place

00:31:54because that would

00:31:54make a lot more

00:31:55sense to see what

00:31:57happened in the

00:31:57initial point of

00:31:58going on.

00:31:59They may have

00:31:59clicked the guard

00:31:59rail on the inside

00:32:00through Indy, but

00:32:01equally, generally,

00:32:03they're either broken

00:32:03or they're not.

00:32:04There's not a huge

00:32:05amount of load going

00:32:06through them at that

00:32:07pace on the way

00:32:08in.

00:32:10He wasn't going

00:32:11that quick, not a

00:32:12massive amount of

00:32:13doubt and force being

00:32:13generated at that point.

00:32:14No, he was being

00:32:14careful coming home,

00:32:16wasn't he?

00:32:16Yeah.

00:32:17Because he could

00:32:17sense there was

00:32:18damage.

00:32:19Is that mana out

00:32:20of the race, do you

00:32:21think?

00:32:21I suspect so.

00:32:23I suspect that

00:32:23that is.

00:32:24What was he?

00:32:25I mean, they can

00:32:26always get it back

00:32:27if the mana two

00:32:28will pick them up

00:32:29and then all the

00:32:31other bits drop off

00:32:32and bring it back

00:32:34round, but it'd be

00:32:35nice for those guys

00:32:36to get a finish.

00:32:38Somebody asked

00:32:38earlier on, I never

00:32:39got round to it,

00:32:40but it's relevant now

00:32:41because we've had that

00:32:41mana there.

00:32:42It was Dick

00:32:43Saplenty who gave

00:32:44us that one.

00:32:45Do the cars go back

00:32:46home damaged or

00:32:47repaired before being

00:32:48loaded back on the

00:32:49transport?

00:32:51Depends on how badly

00:32:52damaged they are.

00:32:53If it's got four

00:32:54wheels on it, you'll

00:32:55roll it on and send

00:32:56it home, typically.

00:32:58But then again, a lot

00:33:00of these cars now are

00:33:01insured and a lot of

00:33:04these drivers are paying

00:33:04a lot of money for

00:33:05insurance for the

00:33:06weekend.

00:33:06There'll be a lot of

00:33:06photos taken of any

00:33:07damage to allow them to

00:33:10make their claim,

00:33:10believe it or not,

00:33:11but that's how it

00:33:12works in motorsport

00:33:13these days.

00:33:15Davidson, Lieb,

00:33:17Kobayashi, Jarvis and

00:33:18Lotterer is the order

00:33:19at the moment.

00:33:20For the two Audis, I

00:33:21think, on the...

00:33:22No, I was going to say

00:33:24they're on the same

00:33:24lap.

00:33:25They're not quite on the

00:33:26same lap.

00:33:27There was a lapsed

00:33:27difference between them.

00:33:29Lotterer very nearly

00:33:30caught up with Jarvis,

00:33:31but there is one lap

00:33:32still to be made up.

00:33:33Villander's just making

00:33:36tiny inroads into

00:33:37Joey Hand now.

00:33:39Briscoe 207 behind

00:33:41them on the same lap

00:33:43and then we've still

00:33:44got this LMP2 Algarve

00:33:45Pro Racing car.

00:33:46Chris Hoy has come out

00:33:47of that.

00:33:47Michael Munneman, the

00:33:48team owner, is now back

00:33:50into that car on the

00:33:51same lap.

00:33:51But then Mark Webber

00:33:53in the number one LMP1

00:33:55Porsche is the next car

00:33:57up there.

00:33:58Stephens and Petrov in

00:33:59together in the LMP2

00:34:01battle.

00:34:02Stephens has come in and

00:34:03gone out.

00:34:04Petrov is doing the

00:34:05same.

00:34:06Still looks good for the

00:34:07Signatech Alpine though,

00:34:08doesn't it?

00:34:09Yeah.

00:34:09No shadow of a doubt.

00:34:10There's been such a

00:34:12solid run for those

00:34:12guys.

00:34:14That Orica chassis

00:34:14branded Alpine has

00:34:16been a strong package

00:34:19all year.

00:34:20And the guys down at

00:34:22Signature, they're

00:34:23another one like

00:34:23Manor that's come from

00:34:24single-seaters.

00:34:25But they know what

00:34:26they're doing and they

00:34:27know how to put a car

00:34:27together and they've

00:34:28done a fantastic job of

00:34:30learning their trade

00:34:31here.

00:34:32I think this is probably

00:34:32the fifth year here.

00:34:35They've just done a

00:34:37solid job.

00:34:39Through the Porsche

00:34:40curves very slowly of

00:34:41course as that Manor is

00:34:42being cleared away.

00:34:44The 82 class second

00:34:46place car, Tony

00:34:48Villander.

00:34:49There's the leader.

00:34:50There's the leader.

00:34:51Two cars up the road

00:34:52as Matt Rao tries to

00:34:53help them get the car

00:34:54sorted.

00:34:55See, I want to see what

00:34:58happened before that.

00:34:59I think what's happened

00:35:00there is Rao's just

00:35:01gone in and unclipped

00:35:02the headlights so that

00:35:03the wires don't get

00:35:05broken.

00:35:06We saw earlier one of

00:35:07the marshals just pulling

00:35:10the bodywork away when we

00:35:12saw the Alpine car go in

00:35:14at the first chicane and

00:35:16obviously then you've got a

00:35:17wiring repair to do as

00:35:19well.

00:35:19So I think that's him

00:35:19just disconnecting the

00:35:21connectors so that when he

00:35:23does get that car lifted

00:35:24all that bodywork falls away

00:35:26and he can get on and bring

00:35:28that car back.

00:35:29But he reckoned without it

00:35:31buckling underneath the

00:35:32splitter on the front and

00:35:34sending him into the barrier.

00:35:36It's a real shame as well.

00:35:37Here's the Australian IndyCar

00:35:40star, Ryan Briscoe, very

00:35:42talented racing driver at

00:35:44Ryan Briscoe, has won pretty

00:35:46much everything he's ever

00:35:47taken part in and that

00:35:50includes Formula One because

00:35:51he never actually took part

00:35:51in it.

00:35:52He was a test driver for

00:35:53Toyota back in the day.

00:35:55But there was a lot of

00:35:56rumour around him being a

00:35:58Formula One driver and

00:35:59personally I think he got

00:36:00the better end of the deal

00:36:00going to IndyCar.

00:36:02Than staying where he was.

00:36:04Yeah, absolutely.

00:36:05When you look at history.

00:36:06I agree with that.

00:36:06Look at history.

00:36:07Toyota, well, Formula One

00:36:082009, eight years in the

00:36:11sport and they didn't win

00:36:12anything.

00:36:13No, one podium, wasn't it?

00:36:15But they've come here and

00:36:16they've done a fantastic job

00:36:18here at Le Mans.

00:36:19The thing is, this is what

00:36:20they're made for.

00:36:21This is exactly what the

00:36:22Toyota company is made for.

00:36:27So into the slow zone again

00:36:28with the Ford 69 Ford that

00:36:31we're riding on board with.

00:36:36Three hours, 25 to go.

00:36:39Half a minute separates

00:36:40Davidson and Lieb.

00:36:45Matthias Tverstedt on Twitter

00:36:47says, the number five car has

00:36:49made 24 stops.

00:36:50The number two, Porsche, 25.

00:36:53Is the Toyota now an entire stop

00:36:55less than Porsche?

00:36:56Close.

00:36:57Close.

00:36:58I'm not sure they're quite

00:36:59there yet.

00:37:01Well, they might.

00:37:03Actually, they might be.

00:37:08Is that a fair comment, do we

00:37:10think?

00:37:11Davidson, 24 stops compared to

00:37:1425 stops for the Porsche.

00:37:15Are they now actually an entire

00:37:17stop less than Porsche?

00:37:18Have they got to that point yet?

00:37:19They have got to that point,

00:37:20but I think it can happen again.

00:37:21I think that's what we were

00:37:22understanding from what Porsche

00:37:23was saying earlier.

00:37:25The only way Porsche can do it

00:37:27is by eking these stints out

00:37:29on tyres and on fuel.

00:37:31So Porsche think they're going

00:37:32to have to splash and dash

00:37:32before the end, I suspect.

00:37:34Two Fords in together.

00:37:35Briscoe is in and a little bit

00:37:37further ahead of him.

00:37:38The 67 is in as well.

00:37:39Marino Franchitti, who spent

00:37:41all that time down at the

00:37:43Morsan gravel track before we

00:37:44went dark yesterday with...

00:37:46I still, to this hour, think

00:37:50it wasn't driver-induced.

00:37:51Maybe a sticking throttle or

00:37:53something that happened with

00:37:54the brakes or whatever.

00:37:55That's not a Marino Franchitti

00:37:56mistake.

00:37:56I agree.

00:37:57It was very odd, but we never

00:37:59heard any more about that,

00:38:00so I suspect that that's what...

00:38:03Water under the bridge, long

00:38:04gone, and Ford just now keen

00:38:06to get the job done.

00:38:08Make sure that they bring the

00:38:09cars home in a very strong

00:38:11position and fighting every bit

00:38:14for that win, you know.

00:38:16Joey Hand is leading the

00:38:19class.

00:38:20Tony Villander is chasing hard

00:38:23in that 488, but the 488's

00:38:24been fragile this year.

00:38:26So far, the guys have done a

00:38:31fantastic job at Risi, keeping

00:38:33that car just out and ticking

00:38:34around.

00:38:35We see it there on the screen

00:38:36now.

00:38:37You know, that's what they're

00:38:39here to do.

00:38:40That's what Risi competition

00:38:41have always done.

00:38:42The GTE battle is obviously

00:38:45grabbing headlines, Ferrari

00:38:47versus Ford.

00:38:49Adam Bice on Twitter says,

00:38:51so if we finish now, Aston

00:38:53Martin and Ford GT UK will get

00:38:56the most points in the WEC.

00:38:58Potentially, they'll jump Ferrari

00:39:00in the standings.

00:39:00Yeah, and I think that, well,

00:39:02the Ferraris have just had a

00:39:04complete shocker.

00:39:05He's absolutely right.

00:39:06The point being who's full-time

00:39:07WEC and who's not, which we

00:39:09haven't touched on, so it's a

00:39:10very good point to make.

00:39:12Yes, you know, if you're Aston

00:39:13Martin now, you're actually

00:39:14pretty happy with that.

00:39:15If you're a WEC Aston, yeah.

00:39:17And there are all WEC Aston's,

00:39:18of course.

00:39:19Yeah, so, no, I think totally

00:39:21agree with him.

00:39:22Completely agree with him.

00:39:23You're in a good place right

00:39:24now, and your big competitors

00:39:27in the AF Corsa run, Ferrari

00:39:30488s are out.

00:39:32That's it.

00:39:32You know, you are taking this

00:39:33big bag of points now that

00:39:35they've been talking about all

00:39:36week and just doing a runner

00:39:38with it.

00:39:38So, no, completely agree.

00:39:39It's a very good point.

00:39:41The Manor is being assisted

00:39:43back to the pits.

00:39:43It could take a while, this,

00:39:45and surely the Marshals won't

00:39:46be going the whole way with

00:39:47him.

00:39:48What I don't understand is why

00:39:49they're pushing him to a place

00:39:51of safety to fire up.

00:39:52It's like, it's like he can't

00:39:54fire the thing, you know.

00:39:57There's Graves and Meri

00:39:58watching on.

00:40:01Well, it's not Graves, actually.

00:40:03Meri is chatting away.

00:40:08There's the third-base Toyota,

00:40:09Kobayashi, a minute off his

00:40:11sister car, Anthony Davidson

00:40:13leading.

00:40:16Mark Mead in second place

00:40:17to the Porsche.

00:40:19Jarvis and Lotta are

00:40:20fourth and fifth.

00:40:33Kobayashi up the inside at

00:40:34Morsan there.

00:40:38A GT car giving an LMP2.

00:40:42Well, no, it was the Toyota,

00:40:45wasn't it?

00:40:45The hurry up.

00:40:47Do you really think that's

00:40:48going to work?

00:40:48That's a prototype.

00:40:49You're going to give the

00:40:50blinkers to a prototype and

00:40:51think it's going to work,

00:40:52Mr. Porsche?

00:40:52It's not going to happen.

00:40:53It's not going to happen.

00:40:54It depends.

00:40:55You know, some of these

00:40:56GTE cars are pretty quick.

00:40:58And if it's a slower gent in

00:41:00an LMP2 and he's getting

00:41:01held up across the apexes,

00:41:03we saw last night, you know,

00:41:04that there's nothing in it in a

00:41:05straight line.

00:41:07A very quick peddler in a GTE

00:41:10car can be every bit as quick

00:41:12through a twiddly bit as a less

00:41:16quick.

00:41:18Here's why Kobayashi is playing

00:41:20catch-up.

00:41:20P2 car.

00:41:21Yeah, exactly.

00:41:21And I was just having a

00:41:22separate conversation off air

00:41:23with Louise about the floor on

00:41:25the side of that car.

00:41:26The floor is getting worse and

00:41:27worse.

00:41:28And that was made worse by the

00:41:29spin through the gravel.

00:41:31So, you know, he managed to

00:41:33deploy the all-drive system,

00:41:34get that car out of the

00:41:36gravel trap.

00:41:37But the floor is flapping so

00:41:38badly there.

00:41:39I can't see that tank tape's

00:41:41going to fix that now.

00:41:43Next driver is ready.

00:41:45But let's see what comes of

00:41:47it.

00:41:47I suspect they need to do

00:41:48something about it.

00:41:50You know, the fact that we're

00:41:50seeing these close-in shots,

00:41:53does that mean the ACO are

00:41:54looking at it too?

00:41:55There may be an issue with

00:41:57that to put Kobayashi's car

00:42:00the number six out of

00:42:02contention for the victory.

00:42:03Let's look at it.

00:42:04Yeah, that's quite a

00:42:05fundamental problem.

00:42:06Yeah, I mean, I'm surprised

00:42:08he's not feeling it more on

00:42:09the balance.

00:42:10The times are still there.

00:42:12Yeah.

00:42:13Kobayashi's pushing.

00:42:14There's nothing wrong with

00:42:15the times.

00:42:16But that's a big lump of

00:42:18floor in a fairly important

00:42:20area that's broken.

00:42:21They may even have some

00:42:22cooling issues because the

00:42:24airflow down that area of the

00:42:25car is where the radiators

00:42:27are.

00:42:28He's clearly getting on with

00:42:30it and the things working,

00:42:32but we'll see.

00:42:33It's clearly one of those

00:42:34sort of problems where if

00:42:37you keep going fast, then it

00:42:40shouldn't be too much of a

00:42:41problem because he's still

00:42:42going exactly the same sort of

00:42:43pace as Anthony Davidson,

00:42:46Mark Lieb, Oliver Jarvis.

00:42:49So he's there or thereabouts in

00:42:50the sector times where he's not

00:42:52being walked by a slow zone.

00:42:54Kobayashi is still pretty much

00:42:56exactly identical pace to the

00:42:57leaders, so it's not actually

00:42:59slowing him down, but then it

00:43:01could exacerbate.

00:43:02The problem could get worse.

00:43:04So I suppose that's their

00:43:06point of view.

00:43:07In terms of pressure, the next

00:43:09car down the road is 13 laps

00:43:12behind.

00:43:12That is the number eight Audi.

00:43:14So that is a, what, three lap,

00:43:16four lap fix?

00:43:17Yeah, it would be a flaw.

00:43:19Just talking to Louise about

00:43:21what's going on at Audi, and

00:43:22they're prepping ready for some

00:43:24fairly major work on the number

00:43:25seven by the sounds of it.

00:43:26They've got brake discs out and

00:43:29ready, which is, you know, part

00:43:31of standard service.

00:43:31We kind of expect them to push

00:43:33it back into the garage at some

00:43:34stage around now and do that.

00:43:35And again, we're assuming that

00:43:37Porsche and Toyota are all things

00:43:39equal on brake wear and that

00:43:40they're not going to have to do

00:43:41discs and pads at some stage,

00:43:43one or other.

00:43:44That is an assumption that

00:43:45we're currently making based on

00:43:47all these strategy calls.

00:43:48But, yeah, there's something

00:43:50more major going on down at

00:43:52Audi, so as soon as they're in,

00:43:53we'll work it out.

00:43:55The gap has come down again in

00:43:56GTE Pro.

00:43:58Joey Hand leading.

00:43:59Tony Villander starting to get

00:44:00the gap down.

00:44:02Here we go again.

00:44:03How many times can these two

00:44:05manufacturers cross swords in

00:44:06this race?

00:44:07I know, you know, three-second

00:44:08gap.

00:44:10Hand's going to be out at the

00:44:11end of this one.

00:44:12And Villander, I would think,

00:44:13will stay in unless they're going

00:44:14to single, single, single, single

00:44:15to the end.

00:44:18Hand will take tyres, didn't

00:44:20take tyres at the last stop.

00:44:21So whoever the next driver into

00:44:23the forward is will get tyres.

00:44:27Villander and the Ferrari,

00:44:29that's strange.

00:44:30They've split that.

00:44:30So they're getting tyres one

00:44:32stop, driver next stop.

00:44:33Still managing to double stint.

00:44:35But I have to say, if I was those

00:44:37guys, and based on throwing some

00:44:39new boots at it, next one, stick

00:44:41some boots on it, stick the driver

00:44:43in it and get it gone.

00:44:45That's going to be Dirk Muller back

00:44:46into that car at the next stop.

00:44:50Nick Malanga asks a question we

00:44:52haven't needed to answer for about

00:44:5420 hours.

00:44:55Why do the cars still have their

00:44:57lights on?

00:44:57It's completely bright out.

00:44:58Now this is to do with the fact

00:44:59that we started this race under

00:45:01safety car and the race was

00:45:03declared a wet race.

00:45:04Now even though it's dried up and

00:45:05it's burned dry, the regulations

00:45:07stipulate that if the race is

00:45:09declared as a wet race, you have

00:45:11to run with your lights on all

00:45:13the way to the end.

00:45:14That even includes the Le Mans 24

00:45:16hours.

00:45:16So if we started the race behind

00:45:18the safety car, which we did,

00:45:19lights were mandatory.

00:45:20So now they're mandatory for the

00:45:22entirety of the race.

00:45:23It's not because they can see any

00:45:24better with them.

00:45:25They can't.

00:45:25It doesn't make a blind bit of

00:45:26difference in this weather.

00:45:27It would in the wet.

00:45:28It would in the dark, of course.

00:45:29But they've still got to continue

00:45:31using the lights all the way

00:45:33through the race because we

00:45:34started yesterday as a wet race.

00:45:36And that's the reason why the

00:45:37lights are still on.

00:45:40Jake Robson, do you think the

00:45:41number two Porsche's chance of

00:45:42victory is now starting to

00:45:44slowly fade?

00:45:46Lots of questions being asked

00:45:47about that.

00:45:48I think Porsche believe that

00:45:49this is the number seven in,

00:45:51which Louise and I have just

00:45:51been having a conversation about

00:45:53separately.

00:45:53So that's going to go back in

00:45:55the garage by the sounds of it.

00:45:56I think, you know, Porsche 46

00:46:00seconds back, Davidson pulled out

00:46:02an absolutely blinding stint.

00:46:03Everything's equal there, you

00:46:05know, and over the last hour and

00:46:07a half, Davidson's just chipped

00:46:08away, chipped away, chipped away

00:46:09and done that.

00:46:11But like we said before, you could

00:46:12lose half a minute in traffic in

00:46:14no time.

00:46:15It's far from over, far from over

00:46:18now.

00:46:18Andre Lottara comes into the box.

00:46:20So he's pitting and we have a

00:46:23feeling, Louise Beckett tells us,

00:46:24it's going to be in the garage

00:46:26again.

00:46:28Davidson leading by 46 seconds to

00:46:31mark leave in the Porsche now.

00:46:32It's a big gap he's opened up and

00:46:34he's still doing three to four

00:46:36seconds a lap quicker than the

00:46:38Porsche.

00:46:39The Porsche is just having to keep

00:46:40going at the moment.

00:46:41I think we might have jinxed the

00:46:42Aston 95.

00:46:43Oh no!

00:46:43That looks like both left tyres

00:46:46down.

00:46:46Is it just the rear?

00:46:48I think it's the front as well.

00:46:50I think you're right.

00:46:51No, front is up.

00:46:52It's just the rear.

00:46:52We're lucky.

00:46:53He's got lucky.

00:46:53So Turner with a left rear

00:46:54puncture on the way back in.

00:46:56Now, I suspect Darren will come

00:46:58out of the car.

00:46:59They'll fuel it and there'll be a

00:47:02new set of tyres going on that

00:47:03car.

00:47:04Who would that be to the end?

00:47:05Would that be Fernando Ruiz to

00:47:07the end?

00:47:07That won't.

00:47:09Would you triple?

00:47:10No.

00:47:10In a GTE car, that will be

00:47:12Fernando Ruiz in if he's ready.

00:47:14And then Nicky team to the

00:47:15end.

00:47:15And then Nicky team to the

00:47:16end.

00:47:16Yeah.

00:47:17There's the seven back in the

00:47:18garage.

00:47:18No, Fernando Ruiz isn't in that

00:47:19car.

00:47:19We've got that wrong.

00:47:20Oh, sorry.

00:47:21So Marco Sorensen.

00:47:22Marco Sorensen, that's it.

00:47:23I suspect he'll be team in next

00:47:24and then Sorensen to the end.

00:47:26Yeah, Marco Sorensen, the man

00:47:27who felt hard done by Carmen

00:47:29Yorda on Twitter publicly.

00:47:31Bless him.

00:47:33Don't do politics.

00:47:34No, no, no.

00:47:35Politics?

00:47:36Racing?

00:47:36Surely not.

00:47:37No, absolutely.

00:47:39Okay, so Louise will keep us

00:47:41up to date with what's going on

00:47:42with Audi 7.

00:47:43You know, they're out of this

00:47:45but the internal Audi battle is

00:47:47still raging.

00:47:48Oh, that's the Rizzi

00:47:49Competizione Ferrari.

00:47:51It is just a spin, I hope.

00:47:52That is the Rizzi

00:47:53Competizione Ferrari.

00:47:54Same place we saw earlier.

00:47:55Same place as Kobayashi.

00:47:57Now that pretty much.

00:47:58That's a lot of gravel across

00:47:59the track.

00:47:59Yeah, that's going to be a slow

00:48:00zone and that is going to hand

00:48:02potentially with three and a

00:48:04quarter hours to go.

00:48:05That gives Ford the upper hand,

00:48:07not just for the win.

00:48:08The car's restarted.

00:48:09Yeah, he has started the car.

00:48:10He's got it going.

00:48:10Now he's going to turn left

00:48:12and go back through the gravel

00:48:13trap.

00:48:13Ooh.

00:48:14That was a scary moment

00:48:16for Tony Belanda.

00:48:17All wheels, all tyres

00:48:19still are inflated.

00:48:21They're going to have to pit this.

00:48:22Let's see how we did it.

00:48:23Exactly the same.

00:48:24Carbon copy.

00:48:25Yeah, over the bump.

00:48:26There is quite a bump there

00:48:27and if you come through there

00:48:28offline, we stood there

00:48:30watching on Wednesday

00:48:32and the size of the bump,

00:48:35the cars as you're offline,

00:48:37if you try to go around the

00:48:37outside of someone there,

00:48:39it is particularly unsettling.

00:48:40So yeah, same thing.

00:48:42Lost it over the bump.

00:48:43Quiet smile in the Ford garage.

00:48:45We've cracked them.

00:48:46That's what they'll be saying.

00:48:48Still a way to go.

00:48:49Yeah, it's a long way to go.

00:48:50The next thing is whether

00:48:52Willander does come straight

00:48:53into the pits,

00:48:54which he hasn't done.

00:48:55So Darren Turner's made it back

00:48:57now coming past us

00:48:58with the 95.

00:48:59I see a bit of bodywork

00:49:00coming off that car now.

00:49:03So that's DT in.

00:49:05Message from race control.

00:49:06Car 82 spun and continued

00:49:07at 7.33.

00:49:08They're not putting a slow zone out.

00:49:11There was a lot of gravel

00:49:12that came onto the circuit.

00:49:14Yeah, one or two cars through

00:49:15have probably cleared that.

00:49:16So 82 is into the pits.

00:49:18That corner is now going to become

00:49:19Puncture City, potentially.

00:49:22Yeah, potentially.

00:49:23You know, they've been careful

00:49:24with what they've chosen

00:49:25in terms of gravel types.

00:49:26He's trying to look for damage,

00:49:27but there isn't anything there,

00:49:28is there?

00:49:29So that's...

00:49:31So there is the Ritzy Competizione

00:49:35Ferrari, the 82, having pitted.

00:49:38It's caught them out.

00:49:39They've got a fresh set of boots.

00:49:41This is the class that isn't so much

00:49:43thinking about stints and thinking

00:49:44about conservation.

00:49:46You've just got to go ugly

00:49:47and go for it.

00:49:48And that's exactly what

00:49:50Tony Willander did.

00:49:52Pushed too hard

00:49:52and the tires go back on.

00:49:54Now, I'm going to look down the road.

00:49:57Where is the Ford

00:49:59for Ryan Briscoe?

00:50:00It's not going to get

00:50:01into third position.

00:50:02No.

00:50:03Sorry, it's not going to get

00:50:03into second position.

00:50:04The Ferrari will rejoin

00:50:05in second place.

00:50:06But there, ladies and gents,

00:50:07is the third place car.

00:50:09Just giving Joey Hand

00:50:10what he needed

00:50:11in terms of a bit

00:50:12of breathing space.

00:50:13Yeah.

00:50:13The dogfight is now off.

00:50:16But Giancarlo Fisichella

00:50:18getting in that car.

00:50:20They're out of sync

00:50:21on the pit stop.

00:50:22So, again,

00:50:22that depends how

00:50:23that one's going to play out.

00:50:25I suspect that, actually,

00:50:28there was going to be

00:50:28a splash and dash anyway.

00:50:30So, what that may have done now

00:50:31is play into their hands.

00:50:33We talked earlier about

00:50:34maybe some people

00:50:35start thinking of

00:50:36if we're going to go green

00:50:37to the end,

00:50:38let's just get a stop in now.

00:50:40Do a shorter stint now.

00:50:42It doesn't mean

00:50:43do not write

00:50:44that Villanda-Ferrari off.

00:50:46If that means

00:50:47that they haven't got to go

00:50:48and do a splash and dash

00:50:49at the end,

00:50:50that could play them

00:50:50straight back into the game.

00:50:52Yep.

00:50:53It's so close.

00:50:54Ferrari definitely

00:50:55not out of this yet.

00:50:56Yes, they've lost

00:50:57a couple of minutes.

00:50:58But they're still

00:50:59on the lead lap.

00:51:00That is crucial.

00:51:01If they lost the lap now,

00:51:03you might be saying,

00:51:04well, Ford have got this.

00:51:05No.

00:51:06Giancarlo Fisichella

00:51:06hasn't even got back

00:51:07in the car yet.

00:51:09Audi.

00:51:10Long faces.

00:51:12Frustrated.

00:51:13Tired.

00:51:14Exhausted.

00:51:16Desperate need

00:51:17for energy.

00:51:18And it's like

00:51:19hitting your head

00:51:20against a brick wall

00:51:20at the moment

00:51:21in that crew.

00:51:22Nothing seems

00:51:23to be going right.

00:51:24And that's a very

00:51:24crestfallen,

00:51:25a very crestfallen

00:51:27Ben Trillier

00:51:28who's going to take over

00:51:29from Andre Lotterer.

00:51:31All they can do

00:51:32now is get points.

00:51:33All they can do

00:51:33is get points.

00:51:34Yeah, get on with it

00:51:35and just see what

00:51:36they can do.

00:51:37This is a world championship.

00:51:38You know,

00:51:38they've won

00:51:39the first two rounds.

00:51:41They had the

00:51:41Silverstone victory

00:51:42taken away from them

00:51:43due to a plank wear

00:51:44issue at the end.

00:51:46They want to win it.

00:51:47They want to be there.

00:51:49And it's not just

00:51:50about Le Mans 24 hour

00:51:52anymore.

00:51:52So let's see.

00:51:53Let's see whether

00:51:53they can come back

00:51:55from this next time

00:51:56out in the six hour

00:51:58race of the Nürburgring.

00:52:00Well, for those

00:52:00petrolheads with

00:52:01small children

00:52:02of the male persuasion,

00:52:04happy Father's Day.

00:52:05You're getting an

00:52:05absolutely cracking

00:52:06bit of entertainment

00:52:08to sort you out

00:52:09for the rest of the day.

00:52:11It's not a bad way

00:52:11to spend Father's Day,

00:52:12is it?

00:52:12No, it's not.

00:52:13Glued to the box,

00:52:14the best motor race

00:52:15you're going to see

00:52:16this year playing out

00:52:17before your very eyes.

00:52:18Hopefully I can get back

00:52:19and see my kids tonight,

00:52:20but we'll see.

00:52:21Same.

00:52:22I don't think I'm going

00:52:23to see my children

00:52:23until tomorrow,

00:52:24unfortunately.

00:52:25And all three of them

00:52:27have been bouncing up

00:52:28and down with joy.

00:52:29Daddy's going to do

00:52:30Le Mans.

00:52:30Daddy's going to do

00:52:31Le Mans.

00:52:32And yeah,

00:52:33I think I did that

00:52:34at one point as well.

00:52:35Daddy's going to do

00:52:36Le Mans.

00:52:36So yeah,

00:52:38I'm absolutely desperate

00:52:39to run back

00:52:40to see the kids.

00:52:41It's been a fantastic

00:52:42weekend,

00:52:42but on a day like today,

00:52:44you want to be near them.

00:52:44Mark Lieb,

00:52:45he's in the pits though.

00:52:47The Porsche Moxes.

00:52:49So this could be

00:52:51technically...

00:52:5349 seconds,

00:52:5450 seconds

00:52:55Davidson's now got.

00:52:56Yeah.

00:52:56You know,

00:52:57he has just

00:52:58absolutely thrown

00:52:59those times in.

00:53:00They've not been

00:53:01massively quick times,

00:53:02but he's been able

00:53:02to drive away from them.

00:53:04Kobayashi,

00:53:05last time round,

00:53:0629.

00:53:08Kobayashi

00:53:09is coming into the pits.

00:53:10Le Manson's just confirming

00:53:11that there's an awful lot

00:53:12of tape

00:53:13being made up

00:53:14ready

00:53:15for the number six.

00:53:17So here we go.

00:53:18This is going to be...

00:53:19This is going to be it.

00:53:21The most important commodity.

00:53:22All right,

00:53:23they're cleaning it

00:53:23so that the tape sticks.

00:53:25Kobayashi's out.

00:53:26In goes...

00:53:28Who is that?

00:53:29It's very broken.

00:53:30Sarrazin.

00:53:32Sarrazin's in the car.

00:53:33Driver change at Porsche

00:53:34was there.

00:53:36Surely it must be time

00:53:37for Mark Lieb

00:53:37to get out of the car.

00:53:38No.

00:53:40Yes,

00:53:41Lieb should be out.

00:53:43We extended that

00:53:43so I'd suggest

00:53:44the change has already happened.

00:53:45So who did they put in?

00:53:46Because we didn't see that.

00:53:50Yeah.

00:53:52So maybe...

00:53:53We should be Dumas now

00:53:54and then Yarny to the end

00:53:55is what I think

00:53:56we're going to do.

00:53:57Big sticky plaster

00:53:58going on the side of that car.

00:53:59Here we go.

00:54:00The tape.

00:54:01It's the most precious...

00:54:02They're being careful

00:54:03about how they do it.

00:54:04They know they haven't got

00:54:05that much pressure

00:54:06from behind

00:54:06so they're doing it properly.

00:54:08They're doing it sensibly

00:54:08making sure

00:54:09that the repair

00:54:11on the floor is okay.

00:54:12The last thing they want

00:54:13is that tape

00:54:14to go on

00:54:14and fall off immediately.

00:54:16That's not on, boys.

00:54:17That's not on.

00:54:18That's not on the car.

00:54:19Get the camera out of the way

00:54:21and go back

00:54:21and fix that.

00:54:22Do the proper job.

00:54:23Yeah, that's not going to do it,

00:54:25is it?

00:54:25No.

00:54:25The mechanics have made

00:54:26a mistake there.

00:54:27The first time

00:54:28that car goes down the Mulsanne

00:54:29that's going to fly off.

00:54:30Yeah, well...

00:54:31It may last a little bit longer

00:54:34than that

00:54:34but it's certainly not

00:54:35going to stay completely attached.

00:54:37They needed to get in there

00:54:38and give it another pat.

00:54:40I hope somebody's...

00:54:42Somebody in the pit lane

00:54:42said to them,

00:54:43that's not stuck.

00:54:44That's not stuck.

00:54:44Get it fixed.

00:54:45Get it fixed.

00:54:46Well, you know that Porsche

00:54:46aren't going to tell them that.

00:54:47No.

00:54:48Radio from...

00:54:48So, Anthony Davidson requesting

00:55:07a fourth stint on those tyres.

00:55:09Toyota saying,

00:55:10no, let's stay safe.

00:55:13I can understand why, actually.

00:55:14Because...

00:55:15Neil Yarny it is

00:55:17who's in the car.

00:55:18Okay.

00:55:19So, Neil Yarny

00:55:20has got into the Porsche.

00:55:22Now, that suggests to me...

00:55:23They're going to try and push now.

00:55:24Maybe they are going to push him

00:55:25to the end.

00:55:26Well, they're going to push now.

00:55:27They're going to push very hard now.

00:55:29So, maybe they're going to leave

00:55:30Neil Yarny in the car

00:55:31until the bitter end.

00:55:32Until that lady sinks.

00:55:33Porsche.

00:55:34They're going to...

00:55:34Sorry, Toyota.

00:55:35They're just going to...

00:55:35They've put their quickest

00:55:36of the quick in

00:55:37to try and see

00:55:39if he can eke it out.

00:55:42Well, Davidson is the smoothest

00:55:44of those three drivers.

00:55:46Would you say he's the fastest?

00:55:47I think he probably is

00:55:48of those three.

00:55:48No.

00:55:49Kamui Kobayashi at times

00:55:50has shown that he's

00:55:52the quickest

00:55:53of the Toyota drivers.

00:55:54But, you know,

00:55:55in that car,

00:55:56in the Davidson car,

00:55:57I don't...

00:55:59Yeah.

00:56:00I mean, they tried...

00:56:00He qualified it.

00:56:02Buemi, you could argue,

00:56:03might be quicker than Davidson,

00:56:05but...

00:56:05Yeah.

00:56:06Davidson qualified it.

00:56:08That's good enough for us.

00:56:10Out he goes.

00:56:11The race leader

00:56:11looking for Toyota's first win.

00:56:14If they do this,

00:56:15they will be the second

00:56:16Japanese manufacturer to win.

00:56:18The first to do so

00:56:18for 25 years

00:56:20after Mazda

00:56:21in 1991

00:56:22with Volker Weidler,

00:56:24Bertrand Gachot

00:56:25and Britain's own

00:56:26Johnny Herbert.

00:56:27This year,

00:56:28it could well be

00:56:29another trio

00:56:30with a British man

00:56:32in the field.

00:56:34Sebastián Bohemi,

00:56:35Kazuki Nakajima

00:56:36and Anthony Davidson.

00:56:38Could happen.

00:56:39It'll be the third time

00:56:40a Japanese team

00:56:40has won

00:56:41after Team Go

00:56:43that won

00:56:43with the Audi R8

00:56:44with Dindo Capello,

00:56:46Tom Christensen

00:56:47and Seiji Arah.

00:56:49A forgotten man

00:56:50almost in the world

00:56:51of the Le Mans 24 hours.

00:56:53And Seiji Arah

00:56:53in 2004

00:56:54actually did a lot

00:56:56of the legwork.

00:56:59On board

00:56:59with the number 7 Audi.

00:57:03All is not well.

00:57:07Number 68,

00:57:08Joey Hand

00:57:09is in the pit.

00:57:11It'll be interesting

00:57:11to see if he

00:57:12stays in that car.

00:57:14Just as things

00:57:18are starting

00:57:19to get fever pitch,

00:57:20I realise

00:57:20in five minutes

00:57:21Julian Porter

00:57:22and Peter Dunbrecht

00:57:22are going to be in here

00:57:23and we're going to be

00:57:23out of a job

00:57:24for three hours.

00:57:25Absolutely.

00:57:25So what's this going on

00:57:26with the number 7?

00:57:27He is up to full space.

00:57:29He just looked slow

00:57:30out of there.

00:57:32This is so tight.

00:57:34This is so tense.

00:57:35Toyota haven't got

00:57:35this one yet.

00:57:36Porsche haven't lost

00:57:37this yet.

00:57:38No, absolutely.

00:57:39The 7 is still

00:57:42in the pit lane

00:57:43I believe.

00:57:44No, the 7 is

00:57:45out on track.

00:57:46Benoit Trilio.

00:57:46They've done the work

00:57:47and he's now

00:57:48back out there.

00:57:48Front and rear deck

00:57:49off that car again.

00:57:50It was very odd.

00:57:52So Oliver Jarvis

00:57:53back out and circulating

00:57:54as well.

00:57:55So both the Audis

00:57:56out there

00:57:57trying to pick up

00:57:57the points.

00:57:59Yeah, Oliver Jarvis

00:57:59was in the pits

00:58:00for 39 minutes

00:58:02and 24 seconds.

00:58:03That's one of the

00:58:04longest pit stops

00:58:05Audi have done

00:58:05in this race.

00:58:06Joey Hand

00:58:07stayed in the Ford

00:58:08for a triple.

00:58:09Yes, he did.

00:58:10They obviously feel

00:58:11he's looking pretty

00:58:12comfortable at the moment.

00:58:13Yeah, I mean

00:58:14he's obviously doing

00:58:15a grand job.

00:58:16I would have thought

00:58:17by now they would have

00:58:18made the change

00:58:19and then just done

00:58:20a double

00:58:21and then a single

00:58:22to the end.

00:58:23But whoever they're

00:58:23going to put in next

00:58:24which is going to be

00:58:25It's going to be

00:58:27Bordet, isn't it?

00:58:27Because Muller's

00:58:28already just done one.

00:58:30We've seen Sebastian

00:58:31just do a long run.

00:58:32Sebastian has just

00:58:33done a long run

00:58:34so it would be

00:58:34Muller back in.

00:58:36That's true

00:58:37because Muller

00:58:37was only in for

00:58:38what?

00:58:39One stint?

00:58:39Two stints?

00:58:40Two stints.

00:58:41Two stints, yeah.

00:58:41So they could go

00:58:42for Muller actually.

00:58:44I think it would be.

00:58:44I think it would be

00:58:45Durkin and then

00:58:46the times we saw him

00:58:47putting in earlier

00:58:48he was the quicker

00:58:49of the drivers

00:58:50in that car.

00:58:50He was the one

00:58:51that did all the damage

00:58:52to the Ferrari

00:58:53in terms of the gap.

00:58:55He pulled it back.

00:58:56He reeled him in

00:58:57and made sure

00:58:58that the car was there

00:58:59when he handed

00:58:59the car over to Hand.

00:59:01Hand inherited

00:59:01that gap

00:59:02and then just proceeded

00:59:03to put the pressure

00:59:04on the others

00:59:05to see the mistake

00:59:08that we saw

00:59:08from Tony Villander

00:59:09as he came through

00:59:11the karting sequence

00:59:12of corners

00:59:12on the way out

00:59:13of the Porsche curves.

00:59:1434 must respect

00:59:20track limits.

00:59:2134 isn't one

00:59:22of our front running

00:59:22P2 cars.

00:59:23No.

00:59:24And there was

00:59:25a hell of a scrap

00:59:26there as the number

00:59:27six Toyota

00:59:28has to go around.

00:59:29Stefan Sarraza

00:59:29has to go off track

00:59:30to get around

00:59:31a big gaggle of cars.

00:59:34P2's,

00:59:35GTE's all in there.

00:59:37The AI Corvette.

00:59:39You can't afford

00:59:39to ease up

00:59:40for a second,

00:59:40can you?

00:59:41No, absolutely.

00:59:42You know,

00:59:42it's 41 second gaps

00:59:43to Neil Yarny now.

00:59:45So Yarny,

00:59:4641 seconds ahead

00:59:47of Sarraza

00:59:47but Davidson

00:59:49a minute and four

00:59:50up the road now

00:59:51so Davidson's

00:59:52nearly got a full pit stop

00:59:53in his pocket

00:59:54on his out lap.

00:59:56The Yarny Porsche

00:59:58did have full service

00:59:59last time,

00:59:59obviously.

01:00:00Yarny in

01:00:00as did Sarraza

01:00:03but they tried

01:00:03to...

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