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Relive the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, a true endurance classic that tested every limit of man and machine. Audi and Peugeot went head-to-head in a relentless battle for supremacy, with strategy, reliability, and pure speed deciding the outcome. From breathtaking night stints to heart-pounding final hours, this race captured the raw essence of Le Mans and delivered moments that would define a new era of endurance racing.  #LeMans2010 #24hLeMans #EnduranceRacing #AudiVsPeugeot #MotorsportHistory #RacingDrama #LegendaryRace

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00:00:00Running Michelin tyres, Gionetta Zytek's both running Dunlop.

00:00:03Now Dunlop made great advances in 2009 with their tyre, no one can doubt that.

00:00:11Have Michelin moved on another step, doing a lot of testing with Stracca,

00:00:15we would like to explore that, but also we'd like to improve the car

00:00:19in looking at the regulations we think we can.

00:00:22I think the engine package clearly in the HVD is pretty sensational as well.

00:00:26I mean, it's got great horsepower, it's got great food economy as well.

00:00:31It's a pretty awesome package.

00:00:33Yeah, you look at it and you see the improvements.

00:00:36Obviously, we look at the other car that's also, I believe, on Dunlop tyres,

00:00:39which is the RML car, and that's improved since it changed from AER.

00:00:46So, yeah, it's definitely pushed them forward.

00:00:48Yeah, they've certainly had the next problems under the bonnet,

00:00:51but they seem at the moment to be replaced by other problems in other areas.

00:00:54So, yeah, I was just talking to Ray Mallock,

00:00:57well, just before the pit stop there, that Andy Wallace took over from Mike Newton,

00:01:02and the car's been running absolutely flawlessly.

00:01:05I think Tommy Edwards hit a rabbit at some stage a little while ago.

00:01:09Didn't, thankfully, well, depending on which way you're looking at it,

00:01:12the rabbit came off somewhat worse than the racing car.

00:01:14That's good news for the racing team, not so good news for the rabbit.

00:01:19They've also, other than that, though, the car's been running pretty much flawlessly.

00:01:23They've been triple stinting the tyres on that RML car,

00:01:27and the only sort of a problem is towards the end of the third stint

00:01:31there'd be quite a bit of rubber pickup on the inside and outside edges of the tyre,

00:01:37and that creates quite a vibration.

00:01:39And at one point they had to come in a little bit early to change tyres

00:01:42because they weren't sure, you know, they didn't want that vibration to get out of hand,

00:01:46and it was making things pretty tricky from the driving side of it as well.

00:01:49Also, they lost some time with that very first safety car period way early in the race

00:01:54as a result of the Nigel Mansfield crash,

00:01:57and that cost them also about half a lap or so as well

00:02:00because they were held at the end of the pit lane, and so that didn't work out.

00:02:05But other than that, the car's running absolutely beautifully,

00:02:06and they are, you know, delighted with the performance.

00:02:10Well, just for those who were probably watching a rather tepid England-USA 1-1 draw

00:02:16and haven't caught up with things on the BBC's fleeting coverage of it,

00:02:20very quickly, before we put you and it to bed,

00:02:23just final word on how Nigel was after his crash

00:02:26because obviously there was an awful lot of focus on getting him out of the car and everything.

00:02:29Yeah, we've heard that Nigel flew back to Jersey and he's at home watching TV,

00:02:34and if Nigel's listening, watching Eurosport, I hope you're OK, Nigel, and getting well soon.

00:02:40Absolutely, and really hope that we see him again.

00:02:44I know the boys are back at San Marlowe ready to go on a crossing if they can get out of the pub.

00:02:51So I'm sure, obviously, the overriding feeling there is OK, great that he's OK,

00:02:57but really, oh, the disappointment, the frustration, perhaps even more than disappointment,

00:03:02of coming here and being so keyed up and ready to go,

00:03:06and all of that anticipation and preparation just kind of evaporates,

00:03:10and I'm sure the desire must be, right, straight away, I want to come back and do this thing now.

00:03:17Well, we'd really hope so, and I was really looking forward to seeing Greg in the P1 car,

00:03:22having driven with Greg and Nigel.

00:03:24I know how quick Greg can be.

00:03:27He doesn't know the circuit at all, and I think you can never really underestimate the challenge,

00:03:33and having three guys, none of them have driven around here in a prototype at all,

00:03:40and coming here with a new team, it was a huge, huge, huge ask.

00:03:43And it's a shame that, you know, I think they were probably let down by picking up something and having a rear puncture.

00:03:52Looks like the analysis of what's happened from looking at the data, but, you know, we're not absolutely certain about that.

00:03:59We do seem to have an awful lot of punctures this whole week, in actual fact,

00:04:03and that has been the handicap for the number 26 Haikoff Racing HPD.

00:04:09Marco Werner had two punctures earlier on in the evening.

00:04:13Marino had, Franchitti had one about a bit over an hour ago,

00:04:17and the bad news, the even worse bad news from Marino is he picked up the puncture going up towards the Dunlop curve,

00:04:23and has to therefore do a complete eight and a half mile lap.

00:04:26Yeah, so, yeah, 242 middle sector, it looks like, and I saw that, and I thought,

00:04:31I really hope that engine hasn't blown up.

00:04:35I imagine you did, yeah.

00:04:36Yeah, so that and the other delays that it explains,

00:04:39that's why that car is now three laps down to the race leader,

00:04:45which is still Danny Watson, that Stratka car, which has been going absolutely magnificently.

00:04:49A couple other quick notes, we've talked about the number 82 Ruti Competizione Ferrari

00:04:54being officially retired around about one o'clock in the morning.

00:04:58That is the ongoing gear selection difficulties that you had alluded to.

00:05:02They did fix it, but it was just sort of, the problem was resurfacing again,

00:05:07and rather than risk having either damage to the engine transmission and or crash in a car,

00:05:13they just decided, you know, they were out of control to win the race.

00:05:16There really wasn't my point in carrying on, so they parked that car.

00:05:18They didn't want to do anything worse to it.

00:05:21And the other guy, interesting guy I had a chat to was Xavier Masson,

00:05:24who's tried the number 673 Luc Alfon de Corvette.

00:05:28And that, in fact, is indeed the same Corvette that just has a different colour scheme,

00:05:34which he races for the Mad Crop team in the FAA GT1 World Championship.

00:05:40And that car is running absolutely beautifully.

00:05:42The only delay for that number 73 car,

00:05:44and the only reason why it is second in class to that Celine,

00:05:48which I think has run pretty much flawlessly.

00:05:51But I think the gap now is down to maybe just over a lap,

00:05:55but certainly not much more than that,

00:05:57between the number 50 Celine and the number 73 Corvette,

00:06:00was the fact that Patrice Gouselard, about three or four hours ago,

00:06:05had an off shortly after a restart from a safety car period.

00:06:10He just got caught out and told cold tyres,

00:06:12damaged the front of the car,

00:06:13fairly substantially,

00:06:14had to completely change the nose of the car,

00:06:16and that cost them about 20 minutes.

00:06:17So without that,

00:06:20you know, ifs and ands and buts,

00:06:22then they'd be leading the class,

00:06:23and they're still running low in second place.

00:06:26Yeah, they're two laps behind,

00:06:27but they have done two pit stops less.

00:06:30So that shows that Celine has had a problem or so of its own as well.

00:06:35And as you say, you know,

00:06:36it's very easy to get caught out on cold tyres behind a safety car,

00:06:39loop the car around on cold tyres out of the pits,

00:06:42or any number of different things you can do

00:06:44in the next dozen hours of racing

00:06:46that can undo a two-lap lead,

00:06:49just as you're sitting there swearing at yourself for making the mistake.

00:06:52That's right,

00:06:52because it is pretty cool out there this evening.

00:06:54You know,

00:06:54we've had the conditions through the race so far

00:06:57have actually been pretty remarkably nice,

00:06:59haven't they,

00:06:59at launch,

00:07:00but it is pretty cool out there.

00:07:01And, you know,

00:07:01if you're behind a safety car,

00:07:03these tyres do cool down,

00:07:05and when the tyres cool down,

00:07:06they lose their effectiveness in a very big way.

00:07:10I think that's when you're delighted

00:07:11to have somebody like Tom Christensen in your car,

00:07:14and you know he's on top of his game.

00:07:16And just picking up on the point you made about the 13 laps,

00:07:21I understand that Tom's managing to do 13 laps in his car,

00:07:24and I don't know if we're putting that down to him

00:07:27not being a left-foot breaker.

00:07:29You see,

00:07:29he's probably a little bit more economical in that car.

00:07:32There are all sorts of different ways,

00:07:34aren't there,

00:07:34of driving very quickly and saving the car's thirst,

00:07:37and that is,

00:07:38yes,

00:07:39reputedly one of them around here.

00:07:41Left-foot braking tends to be very good in sprint racing,

00:07:44but tends to be a little hard,

00:07:46because you're trying to slow the car

00:07:47while also keeping the gas on,

00:07:49and that tends to be not the best way

00:07:51of keeping the fuel consumption down.

00:07:52Christensen has just stopped in fifth,

00:07:54Anthony Davidson just stopping now

00:07:56in sixth position behind him.

00:07:58The difference really between the two of them

00:08:00is that Anthony has spent already five minutes more

00:08:02after his delay in the pit lane

00:08:06than Tom Christensen did.

00:08:07Don't forget,

00:08:07Tom Christensen also lost time on the track,

00:08:10whereas Davidson came in at normal racing pace,

00:08:12so much longer time in the pits

00:08:15is what's dropped them down to,

00:08:17or his team down to,

00:08:18sixth position in the overall standings

00:08:21and in P1 Christensen.

00:08:23In fifth,

00:08:23of course,

00:08:23that car going off when Tom was at the wheel

00:08:26as he tried to get around the outside

00:08:28of Andy Priot's slowing BMW art car,

00:08:33which has since retired as well.

00:08:35So Peugeot,

00:08:36Peugeot,

00:08:36Audi,

00:08:37Audi,

00:08:38and then a recovering Audi

00:08:39and a recovering Peugeot.

00:08:40I think it's pretty safe to say,

00:08:43Lawrence,

00:08:43that by daylight,

00:08:45the order is unlikely to be exactly as it is now.

00:08:48However,

00:08:49it's very hard to see that man's team,

00:08:51Olivier Canel's Peugeot team,

00:08:53losing its stranglehold on the race,

00:08:55barring some kind of fairly major misfortune.

00:08:58Well,

00:08:58we had four Peugeots at the front,

00:09:00and now we've got two,

00:09:01but we still have three Audis sat behind them,

00:09:03and they're not one and two laps down,

00:09:09so the race is far from over.

00:09:14Picking up on the point about the pickup

00:09:16and the vibration,

00:09:19running three stints on the Michelin's

00:09:21on the RML car,

00:09:23I think what you've got to be concerned about that

00:09:24is that with this race,

00:09:28any vibration in the car is very damaging to it,

00:09:30and it can vibrate the smallest part loose

00:09:33and cause you the race as we had last year

00:09:36when we lost a fuel union came loose

00:09:39just through vibration.

00:09:40It's not always wise to run the third stint

00:09:47and pick up the vibration on the car.

00:09:50You can vibrate any nut loose

00:09:53and cause issues.

00:09:56Around here,

00:09:57the straights are so fast

00:09:59that any small outer balance on your tyres,

00:10:01your eyeballs are bouncing around in the socket.

00:10:04Well, so much of this race is really thrown into focus

00:10:07by the huge speed that you carry for so long here.

00:10:10If you go to the Grand Prix at Silverstone,

00:10:12you might get approaching these speeds

00:10:14for a second or two at the end of the hangar straight,

00:10:17but here you're at these sorts of speeds

00:10:20for dozens or 20s, 30s of seconds,

00:10:24and that makes a huge amount of difference

00:10:26to the damage that you can do

00:10:28either by just having a little imbalance

00:10:30or even something, you know,

00:10:32loose in the airstream.

00:10:33You can get ripped off here

00:10:35where you'd never notice it anywhere else.

00:10:37We're going to take a quick commercial break

00:10:39and we'll be back with you live

00:10:41with more action from Le Mans

00:10:42from Le Mans in just a second.

00:10:44Welcome back live to Le Mans

00:10:50as we see the Orica team

00:10:52getting ready for driver change.

00:10:54That is Didier André

00:10:56ready to take over car number six,

00:10:58which is currently being piloted by Sayeli Ar.

00:11:00If you remember last year,

00:11:02Oogde Shonak running a pair of his open prototypes,

00:11:05the Orica AIM, Orica chassis,

00:11:08a development of what was originally

00:11:10the same chassis as Oak Racing

00:11:12are running for, no, that's a P2 class,

00:11:15a development of the Pescarello P1 chassis

00:11:18for which Oogde Shonak bought the rights

00:11:21and then re-engineered it to call it an Orica

00:11:23with an AIM engine,

00:11:26which is a Judd engine

00:11:28with re-engineered cylinder heads

00:11:29by a Japanese company.

00:11:31So essentially it's a Pescarello Judd,

00:11:34although it's called an Orica AIM.

00:11:36So I'll probably get told off for that.

00:11:38Sayeli Ar, Didier André and Andy Merritt

00:11:40are the trio.

00:11:41That has run reasonably reliably,

00:11:43currently in 10th position.

00:11:45While we talked about the leaders

00:11:47in the overall prototype class,

00:11:49P1 being Peugeot and Audi,

00:11:52and Lawrence Thomason,

00:11:53who's just left us from Ginetta,

00:11:54did make the point that

00:11:55although Peugeot are 1, 2,

00:11:57there are three Audis behind them.

00:11:59In fact, then, of course,

00:12:00there is a third Peugeot in 6th position,

00:12:03but then there are more Audis as well.

00:12:05Let's not forget that there are the older Audis,

00:12:07the Coles run Audi R10s,

00:12:10and the best of those is in 9th place

00:12:12behind the two best-placed petrol cars,

00:12:15which are still 007 and 009

00:12:18with Adrian Fernandez,

00:12:20and Juan Barazzi,

00:12:21who's just gone out in the other Golf,

00:12:23Lola Aston Martin,

00:12:25as onto Pit Road comes our third-place car,

00:12:27our best of the five Audis,

00:12:30still in the race,

00:12:30and that is Roman Dumas,

00:12:33takes a drink,

00:12:34throws it away,

00:12:36so he's staying in,

00:12:37it'll just be a fuel stop then,

00:12:38and in the cool of the night now,

00:12:41it's still clear,

00:12:42the lights are working well,

00:12:43the engine's working very well,

00:12:45and even though the air temperature is dropping,

00:12:47the heat in the tarmac

00:12:48is still relatively good,

00:12:50and certainly the heat in the tyres

00:12:51will be more than enough

00:12:52to allow them to lap now

00:12:55at probably close to the fastest

00:12:58they will all race long,

00:13:00as the air temperature drops,

00:13:02but the ground temperature

00:13:03stays relatively stable,

00:13:05which is what happens

00:13:06in a clear skylight tonight,

00:13:08then you get a temperature inversion,

00:13:09cold layer of air

00:13:10comes down from the atmosphere,

00:13:12and holds the air close to the ground,

00:13:14and in that air

00:13:15will be lots of moisture

00:13:17that has risen from the overnight rain

00:13:19last night,

00:13:20so as the morning progresses

00:13:22into the small hours,

00:13:252, 3, 4 o'clock in the morning,

00:13:27we may well see quite a lot of mist

00:13:29around the track,

00:13:30and that often hovers

00:13:31around the trees on the straight,

00:13:33of course you've also got

00:13:33the River Sartre not too far away,

00:13:35after which the circuit is named,

00:13:37and that tends to produce

00:13:38its own little microclimate as well,

00:13:40so not unusual,

00:13:42even on a dry race,

00:13:44to see quite a lot of misty,

00:13:46early morning,

00:13:48and so that's something

00:13:48that will blunt the pace

00:13:50of the drivers a little bit,

00:13:51Chris Parsons.

00:13:52Oh, you're saying not unusual,

00:13:54it's absolutely usual.

00:13:56That's what I'm saying,

00:13:57not unusual.

00:13:58That's just a more Tom Jones line.

00:14:01You can't have a hit

00:14:02with it's absolutely usual.

00:14:04It just doesn't work.

00:14:06No, but the mist

00:14:08has always been a problem

00:14:10when you have a dry race here,

00:14:13unless it's very hot,

00:14:15which it certainly isn't this year.

00:14:19No, it isn't,

00:14:20and it has rained,

00:14:21I think every single day

00:14:23since we've come here,

00:14:24Jeremy,

00:14:24we came down on Monday.

00:14:25It has rained either

00:14:26every day or every night,

00:14:27more often overnight every night,

00:14:30but it has rained.

00:14:31I have to say,

00:14:31any fans that travel down

00:14:32on Friday,

00:14:33blinding,

00:14:34they've had a lovely time.

00:14:35If they got their tent up

00:14:36before it started sluicing

00:14:37on Friday night,

00:14:38it's been dry since,

00:14:39so they're not doing too badly.

00:14:41Getting messages in

00:14:42from the circuit,

00:14:42by the way,

00:14:43that car 009

00:14:44is going slowly,

00:14:45that's one Barazzi

00:14:46in that second golf,

00:14:47Lola Raston,

00:14:48just saying that

00:14:49the two Lola Raston,

00:14:50seventh and eighth,

00:14:51and they're going all right.

00:14:52He has just left the pits.

00:14:54We saw him going relatively safely

00:14:57up through the Dunlop S's,

00:14:58if not particularly quickly,

00:15:00but then first time out

00:15:02in the car for three hours or more,

00:15:05and in the dark,

00:15:06I wouldn't be going

00:15:07that hell for leather either

00:15:08into the Dunlop curve.

00:15:10However,

00:15:11maybe slightly more

00:15:12than just him being cautious.

00:15:14He's done a 155 second second sector

00:15:19where the time for the

00:15:21Adrian Fernandes car

00:15:22is 79 seconds,

00:15:24so he's a minute slower,

00:15:25and he's a minute slower

00:15:27in the third sector

00:15:28like he was a minute

00:15:29and a half slow

00:15:30in the first sector,

00:15:31so just possible

00:15:32that he might be coming back in.

00:15:35I'm not sure.

00:15:36He's gone by,

00:15:38but in that case,

00:15:38that was an eight-minute outlap.

00:15:41He is going to need

00:15:42to pick up that pace

00:15:43or he'll be called in

00:15:45very quickly indeed.

00:15:47Down pit road

00:15:48comes Tom Christensen,

00:15:50our GT2 leader,

00:15:51is also,

00:15:52no,

00:15:52that's the second car in GT2,

00:15:54the 63 Corvette

00:15:55that is rumbling out already,

00:15:58golly,

00:15:59and then a real hurry-up offense

00:16:01on that 63 car

00:16:02to catch up

00:16:03from that gravel trap incident

00:16:04earlier

00:16:04that separated them

00:16:05from the class leader,

00:16:07their teammates,

00:16:08by a lap

00:16:09and three quarters,

00:16:10and Tom Christensen

00:16:11comes in

00:16:12in this delayed

00:16:13number seven Audi,

00:16:15and this now

00:16:15is a relentless task

00:16:17for these guys.

00:16:18I mean,

00:16:19you have to be

00:16:19relentlessly fast

00:16:20to win a race

00:16:21from the front.

00:16:22Now,

00:16:23they've got to be

00:16:23relentlessly fast

00:16:24to try and win the race

00:16:25from fifth position,

00:16:27having been delayed

00:16:28when they were getting

00:16:29into contention,

00:16:30and now it's going back

00:16:32into the garage.

00:16:32Now,

00:16:33whether this will

00:16:34just involve

00:16:35changing a nose

00:16:36for better lights,

00:16:37different aero,

00:16:38or something like that,

00:16:39or whether there's

00:16:40slightly more going on.

00:16:43Well,

00:16:44that was that done.

00:16:45Yeah,

00:16:46it was a very strange

00:16:47move than that,

00:16:47wasn't it?

00:16:48What was it?

00:16:49I don't know,

00:16:50I think it was

00:16:50a change of mind.

00:16:51Yes.

00:16:54This is a very

00:16:55un-Audi-style pit stop.

00:16:57Let's get it in,

00:16:58let's not get it in,

00:16:59let's get some tyres on,

00:17:00let's not get some tyres on,

00:17:02oh,

00:17:02while we're at it,

00:17:03have a drink.

00:17:05And have they even

00:17:06finished refuelling it yet?

00:17:08Uh,

00:17:09I think they've finished

00:17:10refuelling it,

00:17:11but...

00:17:11Yes,

00:17:11because they wouldn't have

00:17:12moved it back in

00:17:13before they had,

00:17:13however...

00:17:14The decision had been,

00:17:15right,

00:17:15refuelling it,

00:17:16and let's take it in there

00:17:17because we want to

00:17:17fiddle with it.

00:17:19That sounds like...

00:17:19No need to.

00:17:20That sounds like

00:17:20a slightly missed

00:17:21communication.

00:17:22Meanwhile,

00:17:23at the other end

00:17:23of the pit lane,

00:17:24Leutte Duval

00:17:24in the number 4

00:17:25Orica Peugeot,

00:17:27despite its very

00:17:28different colour scheme,

00:17:29it is exactly the same car

00:17:30as the number 2

00:17:32and number 1

00:17:33remaining factory Peugeots,

00:17:35the cars from the

00:17:36team Peugeot Total,

00:17:39as opposed to

00:17:40Peugeot Sport Total

00:17:41line-up,

00:17:42which was the

00:17:43number 3 car

00:17:44which has since

00:17:44gone down the Swanee.

00:17:45He's been pushing

00:17:46very hard, actually,

00:17:48Duval,

00:17:48I know we've watched him

00:17:49over the last

00:17:49sort of few laps

00:17:50so he's been going

00:17:51very quickly.

00:17:52Yes, yes, yes.

00:17:53He wants to win the race.

00:17:54Yeah.

00:17:54Admittedly, the other

00:17:55Peugeot wants to win the race,

00:17:56but I slightly think

00:17:58that there's even more

00:18:00get-up-and-go

00:18:02in that number 4 team,

00:18:04the Orica team,

00:18:05perhaps even than

00:18:05the current race leaders

00:18:06who lost out last year

00:18:09because of a late problem

00:18:11with the car

00:18:12and just, well,

00:18:14felt that the win

00:18:15was taken away from them,

00:18:16but that so often happens

00:18:19here that a car

00:18:19that looks like

00:18:20it could have,

00:18:20should have

00:18:21ends up not

00:18:22with the victory.

00:18:23And again, look,

00:18:24you can see the hazy

00:18:25kind of glow

00:18:26over the circuit

00:18:27at the moment,

00:18:28so we are starting

00:18:28to get a little bit

00:18:29of misting already

00:18:30creeping into the circuit.

00:18:33We were saying,

00:18:33actually, earlier on,

00:18:34that the period

00:18:36sort of around

00:18:37about 12,

00:18:371 o'clock,

00:18:38that's when you get

00:18:39really quick times,

00:18:40and then as we come

00:18:43or creep up

00:18:43towards the dawn,

00:18:45that's when you get

00:18:45a little bit of mist,

00:18:46that's when the actual

00:18:47distinction between

00:18:48the kerb and the track

00:18:50begins to fuzz a little bit

00:18:52and that's when you

00:18:52can make a mistake

00:18:53and the net result

00:18:54of that is you

00:18:54break the suspension.

00:18:56I don't know what's

00:18:56happened to that

00:18:57Lola Aston

00:18:59because, well,

00:19:00Ambarats's times

00:19:02are getting better

00:19:03but they're nowhere

00:19:05like what they should be.

00:19:07No.

00:19:07The first lap he did

00:19:09a 78 second first sector,

00:19:12he's now got down

00:19:13to a 48 second first sector

00:19:15but Adrian Fernandes,

00:19:17admittedly a quicker driver

00:19:18and admittedly

00:19:19not just into the car,

00:19:21still 14 seconds quicker

00:19:23on the first sector

00:19:24which goes from

00:19:26the start line

00:19:27to, I believe,

00:19:30between the first,

00:19:31between Tertrouge

00:19:32and the first chicane.

00:19:34So it's quite a long

00:19:35first sector,

00:19:3634 seconds,

00:19:37because that gets you

00:19:38all the way through

00:19:38the S's and out

00:19:39to Tertrouge at least.

00:19:40So, yeah,

00:19:42he's given away

00:19:42a lot of time still.

00:19:43He will need to get

00:19:45himself up to pace.

00:19:46We were curious

00:19:47to see if he'd got

00:19:48all the gears

00:19:49that he'd started out with.

00:19:51Well, he's probably

00:19:52got all the ones

00:19:52that the car came in with

00:19:53unless he's mangled

00:19:54his on the way out

00:19:55and I wouldn't want

00:19:56to warrant that

00:19:57accusation at him.

00:19:58Second in GT1

00:19:59in pit lane,

00:20:01the C73 Corvette,

00:20:03Alphonse Aventure

00:20:04is the team,

00:20:04Julian Juice

00:20:05is the driver.

00:20:06He was in last time

00:20:07so fuel only

00:20:08and Jeremy Shaw

00:20:10sitting next to me

00:20:11with your pad.

00:20:13Maybe we'll just

00:20:14interestingly see

00:20:15whether he's going

00:20:16to triple stint

00:20:17those tyres.

00:20:18That 73 car

00:20:19on Michelin rubber,

00:20:22is it?

00:20:23No, Dunlop rubber

00:20:24on that car

00:20:25and the class leader

00:20:28in GT1,

00:20:32the Saleen,

00:20:33which for some reason

00:20:34I don't seem to be on

00:20:35those.

00:20:35He's on Michelin tyres,

00:20:36the Saleen.

00:20:37Now then,

00:20:38Danny Watts

00:20:39has finally been

00:20:40persuaded,

00:20:41stroke cajoled,

00:20:42stroke begged

00:20:43to get out of the car

00:20:44because it does seem

00:20:45he's been in quite a long time

00:20:46in that LMP2 leading car.

00:20:48The Acura HPD

00:20:49is swapping drivers.

00:20:52So that car

00:20:54coming in

00:20:55at the head

00:20:56of the LMP2 field,

00:20:58Nick Leventus,

00:20:59Danny Watts

00:20:59and Johnny Kane,

00:21:01the three drivers.

00:21:02And I slightly imagine

00:21:04that perhaps they might

00:21:06park Nick Leventus

00:21:07overnight

00:21:07and allow the

00:21:09quick young guys

00:21:10that he's hired

00:21:10to join the team

00:21:11to get out

00:21:12and do what it is

00:21:13that they've been

00:21:13hired to do,

00:21:14which is drive the wheels

00:21:15off the thing

00:21:16and try and win

00:21:17their class.

00:21:19And at the moment

00:21:20they seem to be having

00:21:21just a better rub

00:21:23of luck

00:21:24than their direct rivals,

00:21:26the Highcroft team

00:21:26in the other HPD

00:21:27chassis

00:21:28because the Highcroft team

00:21:30are now three laps

00:21:31behind after a number

00:21:32of delays

00:21:33and whatever seems

00:21:35to have happened

00:21:35to Strachan.

00:21:35They have had incidents,

00:21:36they've been off

00:21:37and they've been

00:21:38held up by safety cars.

00:21:40Again,

00:21:40it's all back down

00:21:41to lady luck.

00:21:42You can't win this race

00:21:43without luck.

00:21:44You can't win it

00:21:45without a good car,

00:21:46good team,

00:21:46good drivers

00:21:47and good preparation.

00:21:48But if you don't have

00:21:49luck on the team,

00:21:50it's not coming your way.

00:21:53So he heads back out

00:21:55onto track.

00:21:57Is it still Davidson

00:21:58at the wheel

00:21:59of number one?

00:22:01It is indeed.

00:22:02Yes, because he's

00:22:03suddenly decided

00:22:04that he wants

00:22:05to go a little bit.

00:22:06I don't think

00:22:06he's suddenly decided

00:22:07at all,

00:22:07but he has got

00:22:08a particularly free lap,

00:22:10a 3 minutes 21.9.

00:22:12Now the fastest

00:22:12we've seen from him

00:22:13recently,

00:22:14a 3.21.6,

00:22:16but that is

00:22:17very quick race pace

00:22:18indeed.

00:22:20So Anthony Davidson,

00:22:21light on Christensen,

00:22:22desperate to make up

00:22:23for that mistake

00:22:24because don't forget

00:22:24for that delay,

00:22:26don't forget

00:22:26when the number one car

00:22:27was dragged back

00:22:28into the garage

00:22:28losing charge.

00:22:30It was our race leader

00:22:31and it was pulling away

00:22:33quickly from its

00:22:35Peugeot rivals

00:22:36behind it.

00:22:37So they feel

00:22:38that this race

00:22:39owes them something special.

00:22:40Now after losing

00:22:41the art car,

00:22:42more heartache

00:22:44for the schnitzer mechanics.

00:22:45It's been a very long

00:22:46six months

00:22:47to get the car here.

00:22:49One of three

00:22:49parallel programs

00:22:51they're running.

00:22:52A whole host

00:22:52of cars they've built.

00:22:54They're not using

00:22:54the same car

00:22:55and just changing bits.

00:22:56They're all different cars

00:22:58and after the 79 car

00:23:00has retired

00:23:01with as yet,

00:23:02or at least two hours

00:23:03ago when I asked,

00:23:03as yet undiagnosed

00:23:05problems

00:23:06because the car

00:23:06hadn't come back,

00:23:07now looks like

00:23:08they've got a loose

00:23:09left front

00:23:10or the problem

00:23:11with the left front

00:23:12brakes on car number 78

00:23:13which is a shame

00:23:14because actually

00:23:14that had been going

00:23:15relatively quickly

00:23:17and was 1, 2,

00:23:183, 4, 5, 6, 7th

00:23:20in the GT2 class

00:23:22and starting to try

00:23:24and move up

00:23:25the order a little.

00:23:28Andre Lotter

00:23:29on pit road,

00:23:30Audi number 8

00:23:31and a very quick

00:23:34first sector for him.

00:23:35Fastest of that

00:23:36entire car's,

00:23:38of that car's

00:23:38entire race.

00:23:40One of the quickest

00:23:41laps it's turned,

00:23:42a 3.32 in lap.

00:23:45That's pretty quick.

00:23:47He was very quick

00:23:48in the first sector,

00:23:49the quickest of all,

00:23:50all within 2 tenths

00:23:51of that car's

00:23:52quickest lap

00:23:52in the second sector

00:23:54and then came

00:23:55into the pits.

00:23:56So obviously

00:23:56light fuel guys

00:23:58but still

00:23:59you've got to

00:24:00use it.

00:24:01You can give me

00:24:02an Audi

00:24:02with one tank

00:24:03worth of fuel

00:24:03and I won't be

00:24:04doing 320 anythings.

00:24:06No,

00:24:06these guys

00:24:08are very quick

00:24:09indeed.

00:24:13Well Lotter

00:24:13back out

00:24:14and matching

00:24:15the team's pace

00:24:17in the pit stop

00:24:18with his acceleration

00:24:20out of the pit lane

00:24:20because there were

00:24:21two cars coming up

00:24:22fast behind them.

00:24:23They can't even

00:24:24identify them,

00:24:25can't even spot them

00:24:26in that shot

00:24:26so one of them

00:24:28was a prototype

00:24:29so I'm not sure

00:24:29if it was a P1

00:24:30or a P2 car

00:24:31but Lotter

00:24:32certainly left it

00:24:33for dead

00:24:33squirting out

00:24:35of the pit lane.

00:24:36coming towards us

00:24:39looks like

00:24:40our GT2 leader

00:24:42yeah

00:24:42in fact that's

00:24:45just a gamble

00:24:45isn't it

00:24:46there's one of

00:24:46two Corvettes

00:24:47could be

00:24:47Manu Collard

00:24:48the leader

00:24:49or Antonio Garcia

00:24:50in second place

00:24:51the one light

00:24:51on the side

00:24:52tells me that I

00:24:53gamble correctly

00:24:54it is our

00:24:55GT2 class leader

00:24:57and we're used

00:24:58to seeing Corvette

00:24:59running reliably

00:25:01fast, strong

00:25:02without too many

00:25:03dramas at the

00:25:04front of the field

00:25:04in the GT1 class

00:25:06they were beaten

00:25:07a couple of years

00:25:08by Aston Martin

00:25:09but they have been

00:25:10very much the team

00:25:12that set the benchmark

00:25:13to which others

00:25:14aspired

00:25:14including Aston Martin

00:25:15in GT1

00:25:16and so they now

00:25:18seem to be

00:25:19in benchmark position

00:25:21in GT2

00:25:22they had a really

00:25:22good battle

00:25:23with the Risi

00:25:23Competizione Ferrari

00:25:24early on

00:25:25they've been battling

00:25:26with the Porsches

00:25:27as well

00:25:28but seem to have

00:25:28left them behind

00:25:29and now it is

00:25:30really whether or not

00:25:31the Corvettes

00:25:32can get to the end

00:25:331 and 2

00:25:33or whether fate

00:25:34will intervene

00:25:35and it is

00:25:38a brake problem

00:25:39they've got the

00:25:39brake caliper

00:25:40separators in the

00:25:41front of the car

00:25:42it's only front

00:25:43left

00:25:43which slightly

00:25:45worries me

00:25:46if I was having

00:25:47one set of brake

00:25:48pads changed

00:25:48on a road car

00:25:49I'd want both

00:25:50sets changed

00:25:50so they're

00:25:52obviously still

00:25:52working with a

00:25:53pedal pressure

00:25:54problem on this

00:25:54car

00:25:55they seem to be

00:25:58screwing it back

00:25:59together

00:25:59so they

00:26:00obviously think

00:26:01they know

00:26:02what's up

00:26:02with it

00:26:03I'm sure they

00:26:04think they do

00:26:05know what's up

00:26:05with it

00:26:05but the

00:26:06mechanic inside

00:26:07looked to me

00:26:08a little bit

00:26:09as though it

00:26:09might have been

00:26:09down in the

00:26:10footbox

00:26:10or maybe

00:26:11adjusting

00:26:12something on

00:26:13the brake

00:26:13balance bar

00:26:14so clearly

00:26:15the driver

00:26:15of that Porsche

00:26:16Augusto

00:26:16Farfus

00:26:17not really

00:26:19happy with the

00:26:19way it was

00:26:20stopping

00:26:20or very

00:26:21probably

00:26:22wasn't

00:26:23car number

00:26:2412 on pit

00:26:25road

00:26:25again

00:26:26with the

00:26:27scars of

00:26:28battle

00:26:28on the

00:26:28number 12

00:26:29car

00:26:29the rebellion

00:26:29has got

00:26:30tank tape

00:26:31holding bits

00:26:32on

00:26:32it's had

00:26:33its fair

00:26:33share of

00:26:34in and outs

00:26:34of the pits

00:26:35and coming

00:26:37in now

00:26:37which of the

00:26:39Ginnettas

00:26:39are we expecting

00:26:40was that the

00:26:41Kiefel pit

00:26:41this is Giancarlo

00:26:43Fisichella's

00:26:44first pit stop

00:26:45for Ferrari

00:26:46there's a sentence

00:26:48you don't get to

00:26:48say very often

00:26:49is it

00:26:50and this is not

00:26:51going to be a

00:26:52four second

00:26:52tyre change

00:26:53is it

00:26:54this is a

00:26:54very much

00:26:55slower progress

00:26:55here

00:26:56they seem to

00:26:57have a second

00:26:58air gun man

00:26:58over the line

00:26:59there they need

00:27:00to be very

00:27:00careful about

00:27:01that

00:27:01oh and into

00:27:03the garage

00:27:03goes Uga

00:27:04Shonag's

00:27:04number six

00:27:05car

00:27:05Didier Andre

00:27:06only took it

00:27:06over about

00:27:07three laps

00:27:07and go

00:27:08it's back

00:27:08in

00:27:09sneaked in

00:27:09under the

00:27:10radar

00:27:10pushed straight

00:27:11back in

00:27:11as Fisichella

00:27:12is down

00:27:13and gone

00:27:13there he goes

00:27:15up the hill

00:27:15round the corner

00:27:16can he do it

00:27:17yes he can

00:27:17008 is in

00:27:18for service

00:27:19as well

00:27:19busy time

00:27:20in the pit lane

00:27:21so we'll take

00:27:23a quick commercial

00:27:24break and let

00:27:24you all get

00:27:24your breath

00:27:25we'll be back

00:27:25with more from

00:27:26Le Mans

00:27:26in just a second

00:27:27wake up

00:27:33stop

00:27:34don't go to

00:27:34sleep yet

00:27:35you can't

00:27:36it's still

00:27:3712 hours and

00:27:3716 minutes to

00:27:38go

00:27:38at Le Mans

00:27:39we have got a

00:27:40lot more racing

00:27:41to get through

00:27:41before you're

00:27:42allowed to go

00:27:42to bed

00:27:43I don't care

00:27:44if you want to

00:27:44slumber on the

00:27:45sofa

00:27:45just man up a

00:27:46bit and stay

00:27:47with us

00:27:47live coverage

00:27:48continues on

00:27:49Eurosport

00:27:49Martin Haven

00:27:50Chris Parsons

00:27:50Neville Hay

00:27:51watching the

00:27:52action

00:27:52and we seem

00:27:54to be in

00:27:54one of those

00:27:55periodic pit lane

00:27:56flurries where

00:27:57every man and

00:27:58his dog is

00:27:59coming in

00:27:59with problems

00:28:01rapid disassembly

00:28:02of almost the

00:28:03entire front end

00:28:04of Gary

00:28:05Challenden's

00:28:05number 41

00:28:07Ginetta Zajtek

00:28:08in the LMP2

00:28:09class

00:28:10and the corporate

00:28:11guests have

00:28:12clearly quaffed

00:28:12enough champagne

00:28:13is there such

00:28:14a thing

00:28:14there's enough

00:28:15champagne

00:28:15no

00:28:16no

00:28:16can't be

00:28:18actually I

00:28:19don't like

00:28:19champagne

00:28:19it gives me

00:28:20a headache

00:28:20so I'm the

00:28:21wrong person

00:28:22to ask about

00:28:22that

00:28:22no this I

00:28:23thought was

00:28:24a brake

00:28:24problem

00:28:24but I'm

00:28:27not so sure

00:28:28now

00:28:28I think they're

00:28:30not so sure

00:28:30now either

00:28:31putting an

00:28:31entire new

00:28:32nose on

00:28:32so well we

00:28:33did see it

00:28:34nosed off into

00:28:35the barriers

00:28:35didn't we

00:28:35I think this

00:28:36is one of

00:28:37those things

00:28:37where the

00:28:38jobless

00:28:38reached critical

00:28:39mass

00:28:39he came in

00:28:41and they

00:28:41kidnapped him

00:28:43stuck him

00:28:43in the garage

00:28:44and said

00:28:44right we're

00:28:45now going

00:28:45to change

00:28:46all the

00:28:46things that

00:28:47everyone has

00:28:47broken in

00:28:48the last six

00:28:49hours and

00:28:50that may well

00:28:50be exactly

00:28:51what's going

00:28:52on with the

00:28:53DV8 on to

00:28:53the car as

00:28:54well

00:28:542,000 mile

00:28:55service

00:28:56that's a good

00:28:57example of why

00:28:58you put the

00:28:58car in the

00:28:59garage because

00:29:00you can get

00:29:00any number of

00:29:02mechanics working

00:29:02on it

00:29:03and you don't

00:29:04get Nick

00:29:04Damon from

00:29:05Radio Le Mans

00:29:06in the way

00:29:06there yet

00:29:06thanks Nick

00:29:07we're going

00:29:10to get a

00:29:10different way

00:29:10on that car

00:29:11number 60

00:29:12oh yes it

00:29:13is car

00:29:13number 60

00:29:14this is the

00:29:15remaining

00:29:15Maytec

00:29:16competition

00:29:16Ford

00:29:17Thomas Mutch

00:29:18Romain Grosjean

00:29:19and Jonathan

00:29:20Hershey

00:29:20lying third

00:29:22in GT1

00:29:23despite their

00:29:24delays

00:29:25Romain Grosjean

00:29:25of course

00:29:26crashed this

00:29:27car early

00:29:28in practice

00:29:29and did a lot

00:29:31of damage

00:29:31in free practice

00:29:32but it didn't

00:29:33affect them

00:29:33too much

00:29:34in qualifying

00:29:35actually it's

00:29:35been running

00:29:36very quickly

00:29:37one major

00:29:38delay

00:29:38and unfortunately

00:29:40that has

00:29:40dropped them

00:29:40what did we

00:29:42say it was

00:29:43oh I'm losing

00:29:43track of GT2

00:29:44now leaders

00:29:45on 161 laps

00:29:46they're on 152

00:29:48do the sums

00:29:49yourself I make

00:29:49it nine laps

00:29:50could be anything

00:29:51between 0 and 20

00:29:52frankly but there

00:29:53are nine laps

00:29:53behind but still

00:29:55it seems that they

00:29:56are running very

00:29:57quickly and enough

00:29:58to keep them in

00:29:59front of Jerome

00:30:00Polycar who's three

00:30:01laps behind them

00:30:02in the second

00:30:03Alphand

00:30:04Aventure Corvette

00:30:06the Aston Martin

00:30:08junior driver's

00:30:08Aston Martin

00:30:09a further lap

00:30:10back is in

00:30:11fifth place

00:30:11in GT1

00:30:13with now

00:30:14the young

00:30:14driver in it

00:30:15Christopher

00:30:16Nygaard

00:30:17and the remaining

00:30:19GT1 car

00:30:20one two

00:30:21three four

00:30:21five

00:30:22sixth in class

00:30:23and still going

00:30:24and still on

00:30:25page through

00:30:25the timing screen

00:30:26so visible

00:30:27is well

00:30:28not still going

00:30:29actually

00:30:30is the Lamborghini

00:30:31the Japanese

00:30:32Lamborghini

00:30:33owners club

00:30:33the J-Lock

00:30:34Lamborghini

00:30:35Murcielago

00:30:36at Sushi Yoga

00:30:37I'm guessing

00:30:38no longer

00:30:39still at the

00:30:40wheel because

00:30:40it must have

00:30:41been stationed

00:30:41in the pits

00:30:42for well over

00:30:42an hour

00:30:43and I'm assuming

00:30:44that at some

00:30:44states the

00:30:45Japanese will

00:30:46get round to

00:30:46announcing that

00:30:47it is retired

00:30:47it certainly

00:30:48ain't going

00:30:49round very

00:30:49much

00:30:50we got the

00:30:51Stratka car

00:30:52completely wrong

00:30:53because in fact

00:30:54it is Nick

00:30:55Leventis who's

00:30:56got into the

00:30:57car this time

00:30:59of night

00:30:59we thought he'd

00:31:00stay out

00:31:01but no

00:31:02Nick has

00:31:02taken the

00:31:03car over

00:31:04well in

00:31:05fairness we

00:31:05didn't think

00:31:06that was just

00:31:06me suggesting

00:31:07it so he's

00:31:08obviously intent

00:31:09on doing his

00:31:10fair share

00:31:11good for him

00:31:12yeah absolutely

00:31:13and in fact

00:31:14first sector

00:31:15time 39.2

00:31:16that's three

00:31:17seconds off

00:31:18Pierre Ragg

00:31:18in the 008

00:31:19Aston so that's

00:31:20not too bad

00:31:21and he will

00:31:23I'm sure take

00:31:24a lap or two

00:31:24really to get

00:31:25his head around

00:31:26full night here

00:31:28at Le Mans

00:31:28and the speed

00:31:29and the other

00:31:30cars and

00:31:30everything else

00:31:31meanwhile at

00:31:32the 15

00:31:35yes it's the

00:31:36car is Audi

00:31:36it took me a

00:31:37while to

00:31:37recognise

00:31:38it was an

00:31:39R10

00:31:39actually it

00:31:41is an R10

00:31:42Audi

00:31:42yeah he's

00:31:43having a

00:31:43thousand mile

00:31:43service isn't

00:31:44he

00:31:44well we saw

00:31:45this so often

00:31:46with Audi

00:31:46didn't we

00:31:47ok we need a

00:31:48bit of a change

00:31:48of downforce

00:31:49because we're

00:31:49now getting

00:31:49a little bit

00:31:50quicker because

00:31:50it's cooler

00:31:51right stick the

00:31:52extra downforce

00:31:53bit more

00:31:54one nose on

00:31:55which downforce

00:31:56nose you want

00:31:57we want downforce

00:31:57nose three

00:31:58please thank you

00:31:58very much

00:31:59and it's quicker

00:32:00than fiddling around

00:32:01trying to go

00:32:02oh are you going

00:32:03two clicks up on

00:32:04your wing

00:32:04yes me too

00:32:05so halfway through

00:32:09the race barring

00:32:10eleven minutes

00:32:11we've got twelve

00:32:12hours and eleven

00:32:12just under twelve

00:32:13hours and twelve

00:32:14minutes to go

00:32:15so the race is

00:32:17still very much in

00:32:18its infancy

00:32:19nev and

00:32:20yes it's curious

00:32:22isn't it

00:32:22you tend to get

00:32:23a little hiatus

00:32:24here now where

00:32:25not an awful

00:32:26of very

00:32:27an awful lot of

00:32:28very noticeable

00:32:29things happen

00:32:29until it starts

00:32:31to become daylight

00:32:31and then suddenly

00:32:32everybody gets

00:32:33their second wind

00:32:33five o'clock in

00:32:34the morning

00:32:35is when it all

00:32:36starts to happen

00:32:36as soon as the

00:32:37sun comes up

00:32:37yeah they crash

00:32:38and bits fall off

00:32:39and all sorts of

00:32:40nonsense

00:32:40it's quite curious

00:32:41isn't it

00:32:41you know you get

00:32:42long or twenty

00:32:42five hours

00:32:43off they go

00:32:44two three hours

00:32:45viewing some cars

00:32:46then it slows down

00:32:48you have lots of

00:32:48little things going

00:32:49wrong you know

00:32:50still oh those

00:32:51can't go

00:32:51oh tar goes

00:32:52all this sort of

00:32:53thing

00:32:53get to half way

00:32:54and as you say

00:32:56it's quite quiet

00:32:56three o'clock

00:32:57four o'clock

00:32:58then suddenly

00:32:59about five

00:33:00six o'clock

00:33:00it all starts to

00:33:01happen

00:33:01yeah and there's

00:33:03no logical reason

00:33:04why it should

00:33:05do it

00:33:06every year it's

00:33:07exactly the same

00:33:07body clocks

00:33:08is it that

00:33:09because I'm not a

00:33:10morning person

00:33:10I have to

00:33:11honestly admit

00:33:11I'm a night

00:33:12person

00:33:12I hate getting

00:33:13up early in the

00:33:13morning

00:33:13well one of the

00:33:14things that

00:33:14happens obviously

00:33:15is as the

00:33:15visibility starts

00:33:17to rise a

00:33:18little but

00:33:18the temperature

00:33:19is still

00:33:19relatively low

00:33:20drivers can push

00:33:22even faster than

00:33:23they can perhaps

00:33:24in the darkest

00:33:25part of the night

00:33:26plus also you

00:33:27then get the

00:33:28fatigue enhanced

00:33:30by a bit of

00:33:31extra sunlight

00:33:32that seems to do

00:33:33something it gives

00:33:34you the sleepy

00:33:35eyes and just a

00:33:37little bit more

00:33:38sloth and then

00:33:39of course you

00:33:41know the cars

00:33:41by that stage

00:33:42have been going

00:33:42for 17-18 hours

00:33:44and so bits

00:33:46that haven't

00:33:46fallen off in

00:33:4717 or 18

00:33:48minutes are

00:33:49looking considerably

00:33:50more prone to

00:33:51fall off

00:33:51oh that's

00:33:52certainly true

00:33:53is it me or

00:33:54has that car

00:33:54now done a

00:33:55complete stint

00:33:56between

00:33:56oh don't say

00:33:58things like that

00:33:59we quite like

00:34:00them

00:34:00no yes of

00:34:02course

00:34:02oh dear

00:34:02there you go

00:34:03there you go

00:34:03there you've just

00:34:04opened your mouth

00:34:05again and more

00:34:06trouble

00:34:06there's the second

00:34:07place car

00:34:08also coming

00:34:09into the garage

00:34:09what did you

00:34:13just say

00:34:14well there you

00:34:15go

00:34:16if you chance

00:34:18of listening

00:34:19you know sort

00:34:19of demon barber

00:34:21and all the rest

00:34:21of it it's not

00:34:22dull here you are

00:34:23missing something

00:34:23you should have

00:34:24come

00:34:24generally speaking

00:34:29you'll find it

00:34:29wasn't the tv

00:34:30crews that broke

00:34:31your car

00:34:32it's not the tv

00:34:33cars that designed

00:34:35the other people's

00:34:36cars so there's

00:34:36nothing much we

00:34:37can do by showing

00:34:38your car being

00:34:39fixed that will

00:34:40either help you

00:34:41fix it or help

00:34:42your rivals take

00:34:43advantage of it

00:34:44it's broken get

00:34:45on with it

00:34:46well let us see

00:34:48what you're doing

00:34:48or don't come at

00:34:50all

00:34:50i maintain this

00:34:51commentator's

00:34:52cursed it's this

00:34:53one this chris here

00:34:54who's doing it

00:34:55yeah well and the

00:34:56phone mr parsnip

00:34:56has done for paul

00:34:58lord drayson so i

00:34:59shall tell him that

00:35:00well and then

00:35:00bangers you're

00:35:01obe

00:35:02yeah you're that's

00:35:03it

00:35:03oh well never mind

00:35:04i won't get a

00:35:06french one either

00:35:06i killed off

00:35:09oh yes well

00:35:10you might have

00:35:10a car as well

00:35:12now number two

00:35:12so lead pair of

00:35:14cars are on pit

00:35:14road luckily that

00:35:16one's not been

00:35:16shuffled back into

00:35:17the garage that

00:35:17would have been far

00:35:18too much synchronicity

00:35:19for any sane

00:35:21norm

00:35:22uh

00:35:24what's the word i'm

00:35:25looking for

00:35:26conspiracy theorist

00:35:27thank you

00:35:27the team here

00:35:29having uh

00:35:30we put the curse

00:35:32on all of them

00:35:33right don't talk

00:35:34at all about anyone

00:35:34we like

00:35:35oh dear that

00:35:37narrows it right

00:35:37down

00:35:38that means i can't

00:35:39mention tom

00:35:39coronel or peter

00:35:40dunbrek or the

00:35:41spiker team

00:35:41this is tom

00:35:42coronel

00:35:43world touring car

00:35:44driver

00:35:45VLN driver

00:35:46I'll turn their mic off while Jeremy

00:35:49whispers Sotivuce to him

00:35:51and the

00:35:53Spiker in for regular service

00:35:55it's been a bit of a troublesome little piggy I'm afraid again

00:35:57this year the Spiker

00:35:58but they seem to have ironed out a few

00:36:01of its wrinkles and threatened it with a big enough

00:36:03cudgel that it is not intent

00:36:05on coming into the bits all the time

00:36:07it is however

00:36:08and I probably won't be thanked for mentioning

00:36:11this last in the field

00:36:13in 41st place

00:36:15Jeremy was saying to me that he thought

00:36:17number 4 Peugeot had been in

00:36:19before about 4 or 5 laps ago

00:36:21and I thought that

00:36:23you know we were looking at a car that was going out

00:36:26and you thought it was going very slowly

00:36:28and we both of us sort of said

00:36:29oh yeah well I think it is probably the

00:36:31I decided it must be the lower look as you said so

00:36:33I'm not so sure

00:36:35I'm not so sure that it wasn't number 4 Peugeot

00:36:37it wasn't number 4 Peugeot going slowly

00:36:39but it has been in recently

00:36:41this is its 16th pit stop

00:36:43compared to 15th for the race leader

00:36:45and for the car behind it

00:36:47Roman Dubas

00:36:48so this is an out of sequence pit stop

00:36:49but it is only its first out of sequence pit stop

00:36:52because it did not have a stop in hand over Sarazan

00:36:55so this is its first major drama

00:36:58yes but Martin you don't put the whole engine cover over the pit door

00:37:04yes you do because that's the way they do things

00:37:06because apparently major manufacturers expect to come here

00:37:10and no matter how badly they treat the media

00:37:12then be fated afterwards

00:37:14for managing to complete a race distance

00:37:16they don't want us to see

00:37:18they don't want us to see what they're doing

00:37:20they don't want Audi to find out what they've done to the nose of the car

00:37:25which is the only thing we can see

00:37:27there is actually a rule

00:37:28which says that all cars must be visible from the pit lane

00:37:32Martin

00:37:33so that the ACO can see that they're not doing something nasty

00:37:36in the cheating department

00:37:38I'm going to get rid of one of you codgers immediately

00:37:41because a very fine looking young lady

00:37:42I knew that's what you were going to say

00:37:43and I was going to volunteer straight away

00:37:45oh no this is it

00:37:46collapse of a number of star parties

00:37:48and said good looking young lady

00:37:49well come on in Fiona Miller and say hello to us

00:37:54Fiona for those of you who have not been regular Radio Le Mans listeners

00:37:57and shame on you if you haven't

00:37:59help me out a very great deal

00:38:02in my 20 years of Radio Le Mans

00:38:04by listening and then being communicative

00:38:07and I think that she ought to perhaps run PR courses

00:38:11for a very large number of the teams at the moment

00:38:13absolutely true

00:38:14Fiona hello

00:38:15very disappointed to see you here I'm afraid

00:38:18yes I know

00:38:18I'd actually much rather be down in the pit

00:38:21sort of being terribly busy with two cars

00:38:23than instead I'm half as busy with only one

00:38:25I have a task for you

00:38:27go down to the pit

00:38:28and kick a few PR people and recalcitrant mechanics

00:38:31in the shins down at the Peugeot end

00:38:33because they're not covering themselves in friends

00:38:35no

00:38:36it's certainly been a bit of a race hasn't it

00:38:38up at the front as well as down the back

00:38:40I mean there were some classic battles up at the front at the beginning

00:38:43and I think that the GT class really gave everybody

00:38:46a wonderful spectacle for the first quarter

00:38:50just it's a shame it slipped away a bit

00:38:53and our gear selection problems probably helped that enormously

00:38:57yes enormously

00:38:58just to clarify that those of you that aren't members of the media

00:39:01i.e. everyone who's listening

00:39:03Fiona is the press attache officer girl genius guru for BC Competizione

00:39:10so she's been looking after not only the car that was our LMP2 class GT2 class leader

00:39:18the red one

00:39:22the number I can't remember now

00:39:2482

00:39:2582 that's right

00:39:25that was giving us such great entertainment earlier on

00:39:30with the Corvette at the lead of the GT2 class

00:39:34but also looking after the 83 car

00:39:36which is the chrome racing green version isn't it

00:39:39that's correct yes

00:39:40both Jimmy Bruni

00:39:43well in fact all three of our drivers

00:39:45Bruni, Jamie Bello and Pierre Capper

00:39:48had some terrific scraps with the Corvette drivers

00:39:50and it was one of those really firm but fair fights

00:39:55and you know

00:39:56I'm sure the Corvette drivers will all agree

00:39:59that it was a it was a the sort of fight that you really wish you could have in every race

00:40:04absolutely

00:40:05it just made the whole thing come alive

00:40:07very much kind of master race where Laguna Seca ding ding

00:40:11gloves on round two

00:40:12because it sound it looked exactly like that one

00:40:15yeah it really was

00:40:17it was kind of like the sprint races that we have in the states

00:40:19where you have still like a two hour four to five

00:40:21all out from flag to flag

00:40:23sort of fight together

00:40:24and it was like that

00:40:26there was no reason why it couldn't have gone being like that

00:40:29and we just unfortunately had this problem

00:40:31which we've never had before

00:40:32and it's just sort of put an early halt to our attack on that

00:40:37and that's a real pain

00:40:38because I have absolutely no doubt

00:40:40the drivers of both cars

00:40:41your car and the Corvette

00:40:42would have got out after their seats going

00:40:44god that was fun

00:40:46they did

00:40:46god that was the best racing I've had here in years

00:40:50because you go racing to race close

00:40:53and wheel to wheel with each other

00:40:55and we were watching them for a time

00:40:57our director was really enjoying it clearly

00:40:59because we were watching pass after pass after

00:41:02chicane after chicane

00:41:04they were swapping the lead

00:41:05corner after corner

00:41:06they were swapping the lead

00:41:07and that's what every team wants

00:41:08to be in that kind of a battle

00:41:10that's right

00:41:10you know notes to tell racing

00:41:12and passing is what everybody loves to see

00:41:14and not knowing what's going to happen

00:41:17from one lap to the next

00:41:18and I think that makes it hugely enjoyable

00:41:21as a team member

00:41:22but also quite obviously hugely enjoyable

00:41:25as a spectator

00:41:25well listen

00:41:26recently got this hugely enviable record

00:41:30in endurance racing

00:41:31and particularly in the long distance racing

00:41:34but also in the sprint races

00:41:35in the American Le Mans series

00:41:36it's a really strong team

00:41:38really strong engineering

00:41:39and they've got

00:41:40you know

00:41:41great kit with the Ferrari

00:41:41but great driver talent as well

00:41:43I mean

00:41:43every box that you want

00:41:46on your wish list

00:41:46has been ticked

00:41:47and that's the secret really

00:41:49there is no secret

00:41:50it's an open secret

00:41:51you buy the best of everything

00:41:52and you work the hardest

00:41:54with what you've got

00:41:55yes I mean

00:41:56I think it

00:41:57you know

00:41:57as I'm sure everybody

00:41:58every successful team

00:41:59looking down the fit lane

00:42:00would say

00:42:01the secret is the package

00:42:03and it's having everything

00:42:04that all comes together

00:42:05at the right time

00:42:06so that you have

00:42:06you know

00:42:07a proven race car

00:42:09that you know

00:42:10is going to be reliable

00:42:11and strong

00:42:11that doesn't have

00:42:14problems that occur

00:42:15again and again

00:42:16you have a very strong

00:42:17tyre package

00:42:18which we have with Michelin

00:42:19you have an excellent

00:42:21driver line up

00:42:22and I mean

00:42:22I think obviously

00:42:23really one of the best

00:42:24that there is

00:42:24in GT racing

00:42:25and you've just

00:42:28put it all together

00:42:29and the other secret

00:42:31of course

00:42:31is having a team

00:42:32that knows how to

00:42:33prepare for these races

00:42:34and Giuseppe Ricci

00:42:36is a firm believer

00:42:37that preparation

00:42:38is everything

00:42:39and that's really

00:42:40I think

00:42:40which up until now

00:42:42has given us

00:42:43this amazing run

00:42:44of six races

00:42:44in the go

00:42:45well sooner or later

00:42:47you know

00:42:47every run

00:42:48has to come to an end

00:42:49and sooner or later

00:42:50no matter how good

00:42:51your preparation

00:42:52as everybody knows

00:42:53Le Mans turns around

00:42:54and kicks you in the teeth

00:42:55then ending

00:42:56or jump to an end

00:43:07and then

00:43:07then

00:43:08and

00:43:08then

00:43:09and

00:43:09furious

00:43:09and

00:43:10and

00:43:11All right.

00:43:41It was the best way to be introduced

00:44:10Welcome back to Le Mans

00:44:14where I hope you are now hearing us

00:44:17I gather that for a while

00:44:18our interesting and informative commentary

00:44:21was rather wasted on you

00:44:23since you weren't hearing a word of it

00:44:24However, let's just very quickly

00:44:26before we get back to our guest Fiona

00:44:28from the Risa Competizione team

00:44:31let's just very quickly catch up with the car

00:44:33that is no longer second

00:44:35but is now full

00:44:36as it's being reassembled from its component parts

00:44:40which have been used to block our view of it

00:44:41something happened to that Peugeot

00:44:43and interestingly enough

00:44:44we've got no idea what it was

00:44:46Anthony Davidson remains at the wheel of the car

00:44:48that he brought in

00:44:49and was whisked in from second place

00:44:51into the garage

00:44:52as I said, it is now down to fourth place

00:44:54so Audi, from having been whipped out of sight

00:44:57in the first hour of the race

00:44:59are now lying second

00:45:00and third

00:45:02the wheels are coming off the Peugeot wagon

00:45:05relatively quickly

00:45:07Anthony Davidson is in fourth place

00:45:09Tom Christensen in fifth place

00:45:11Lloyd Duval has now slipped to sixth place

00:45:14as Anthony Davidson comes onto pit road

00:45:16he is now the second best placed Peugeot

00:45:19it wasn't Anthony Davidson

00:45:22who had the big delay

00:45:24it was in fact

00:45:25yes, yes

00:45:26Lloyd?

00:45:27Lloyd Duval

00:45:27Duval who had the big delay

00:45:29however, when he came out of the garage

00:45:30he was shown as fourth

00:45:32and took two cars shot across the line

00:45:33while he was sitting there

00:45:34so he's now gone down to sixth

00:45:36yeah

00:45:36he is however on the same lap

00:45:39oh yeah

00:45:39as, no he's not

00:45:41he's got a lap behind Davidson and Christensen

00:45:43so their recovery continues

00:45:44and Davidson who was leading

00:45:46when he had an electrical problem

00:45:48is now up to fourth

00:45:49Tom Christensen is now up to fifth

00:45:51Lloyd Duval drops from second to fourth

00:45:53to sixth rather

00:45:54and that leaves Stefan Saratan

00:45:56as, whisper it now

00:45:58with 11 hours and 56 minutes remaining

00:46:01untroubled

00:46:02the only untroubled Peugeot

00:46:04so the cast iron

00:46:06one, two, three, four result

00:46:08that looked all but a certainty

00:46:09in the opening hour

00:46:10Fiona Miller from Risi Competizione

00:46:12looks a little less

00:46:14like even a remote possibility

00:46:17it looked as though

00:46:18they were going to wipe the floor

00:46:20with Audi

00:46:20now

00:46:21it's starting to look

00:46:23furrowed brows

00:46:23clinging on

00:46:24I wonder if we've got a chance

00:46:26of still winning this

00:46:27I think that's one of the beauties

00:46:29of the 24 hours

00:46:30yeah

00:46:31I don't know

00:46:32and what seems apparent

00:46:34in the first quarter

00:46:35can change at half distance

00:46:37and change again

00:46:38three quarters of the way

00:46:39through the race

00:46:40you just

00:46:40you never know

00:46:41and also as a team

00:46:43you never give up

00:46:44because you don't know

00:46:45what's going to happen

00:46:46to your competitors

00:46:47and you can make up

00:46:48an enormous amount of ground

00:46:49over a period of 24 hours

00:46:51they look to have

00:46:52so much in hand

00:46:53over everybody else

00:46:54and even today

00:46:57we're sort of

00:46:58a lap in 319

00:46:59and nobody else

00:47:00really was able

00:47:01to get down

00:47:02under about 323

00:47:03324

00:47:04and then suddenly

00:47:06it all starts to

00:47:08unravel a little bit

00:47:10and I still can't

00:47:10quite work out why

00:47:11well they can't

00:47:13quite work out why

00:47:14and the real problem

00:47:15for them is

00:47:15it's not the same problem

00:47:17I think the reason

00:47:18it's not working out

00:47:19is they haven't got Fiona

00:47:20I think the reason

00:47:22is they're not being

00:47:23nice enough to

00:47:24a little Ferrari battle

00:47:26pay attention

00:47:27Fiona

00:47:27that's one of yours

00:47:28I am yes

00:47:29that's the

00:47:30who's in the

00:47:30crane racing car

00:47:31at the moment

00:47:31Eric van der Poel

00:47:33oh is it

00:47:33Eric van der Poel

00:47:34and that was

00:47:35the Hancock Ferrari

00:47:37yes it was

00:47:37taking

00:47:38going past

00:47:39and who is in that

00:47:41that is

00:47:41that's going

00:47:42quite nice actually

00:47:43that is Dominic

00:47:44Farnbacher

00:47:45again and he is

00:47:46fifth position

00:47:47in the GT2 class

00:47:48and actually

00:47:49he's the lead Ferrari

00:47:50so unfortunately

00:47:52he's got Giancarlo

00:47:52Fisichelli behind him

00:47:53in sixth place

00:47:54they're on the same

00:47:55lap as each other

00:47:55but a couple of Porsches

00:47:57and those two Corvettes

00:47:58in front

00:47:58and Ugde Schonak

00:48:00explaining to someone

00:48:01what ain't us

00:48:02what is going on

00:48:04with the number

00:48:04four car

00:48:05I'm very disappointed

00:48:07that I really secretly

00:48:09quite fancied

00:48:10Ugde Schonak's car

00:48:11for winning the race

00:48:12and taking glory

00:48:14for Peugeot

00:48:15and of course

00:48:16his operation

00:48:17although he's

00:48:18himself

00:48:19and the original

00:48:20Orica operation

00:48:22from Senior

00:48:22they're also based

00:48:23here at the Technopark

00:48:25at Le Mans as well

00:48:25so that would have been

00:48:26for the Le Mans fans

00:48:28second best thing

00:48:29to a Sebastian Bordet

00:48:31win I would think

00:48:32and of course

00:48:33Ugde Schonak

00:48:34famously

00:48:35almost as nice

00:48:36as Fiona as well

00:48:37so he is one of

00:48:40sports car racing's

00:48:40genuinely really nice

00:48:42guys isn't he

00:48:43he won in 1991

00:48:45with Mazda

00:48:46and he's been coming

00:48:47back on a fairly

00:48:48regular basis

00:48:49particularly in the

00:48:50last few years

00:48:51to try and do the

00:48:52same thing again

00:48:52and actually he had

00:48:53a really strong

00:48:54shot going there

00:48:55for a while

00:48:55I think this is one

00:48:57of the reasons

00:48:58why we all love

00:48:59sports car racing

00:48:59so much

00:49:00and it's got a

00:49:04very warm and

00:49:05friendly atmosphere

00:49:06in the paddocks

00:49:07and yet as soon

00:49:09as you get on the

00:49:09track it's intensely

00:49:10sort of

00:49:11it's an intensely

00:49:13fierce battle

00:49:14and I think that's

00:49:15that satisfies

00:49:17everybody

00:49:17I think so

00:49:18actually it's

00:49:19that exact

00:49:20sentiment was

00:49:21echoed by the

00:49:22president of the

00:49:22ACO at the

00:49:23welcoming meeting

00:49:24for the teams

00:49:25this week

00:49:26the little cocktail

00:49:27reception they had

00:49:28he said you know

00:49:29I hope that you're

00:49:30all going to be

00:49:31very fierce rivals

00:49:32on the track

00:49:33and very good

00:49:33friends in the paddock

00:49:34and actually that's

00:49:35a pretty good

00:49:36summation of what

00:49:37it is

00:49:37for me still the

00:49:38best description

00:49:39ever of Le Mans

00:49:40is it's a week

00:49:41long holiday

00:49:41with friends

00:49:42and at the race

00:49:43at the end

00:49:43they hold a motor

00:49:44race and you know

00:49:45if you can find

00:49:47a better quick

00:49:48encapsulation of Le Mans

00:49:49then I'm all for

00:49:51hearing it

00:49:51because that's still

00:49:52to me is why I

00:49:53come it is a

00:49:54holiday with friends

00:49:55who think exactly

00:49:55the same things

00:49:56and love exactly

00:49:57the same things

00:49:57and at the end

00:49:58they just happen

00:49:59to hold the

00:49:59greatest race

00:50:00there is as well

00:50:01so double bubble

00:50:02there really

00:50:02if you can find

00:50:03a team member

00:50:04who will think

00:50:05of this week

00:50:05as being a

00:50:06week long holiday

00:50:07then I wish you

00:50:07luck

00:50:08our guys have

00:50:09worked 123 hours

00:50:11so far this week

00:50:12and that is

00:50:14without any

00:50:15sort of major

00:50:15issues really

00:50:17it's a very

00:50:18very long

00:50:19hard week

00:50:19oh it is

00:50:20absolutely right

00:50:21but they wouldn't

00:50:22trade it for all

00:50:23the tea in

00:50:23China

00:50:23no

00:50:24they would

00:50:24right now

00:50:25but give them

00:50:26a week's clearance

00:50:27when they've

00:50:28forgotten all the

00:50:28pain and the

00:50:29fatigue

00:50:29absolutely right

00:50:30and actually we

00:50:31were talking

00:50:32earlier to

00:50:33to Ryle Frey

00:50:36who's Ford

00:50:36retired early

00:50:37and saying

00:50:37okay

00:50:38you've come in

00:50:39from single

00:50:39seater racing

00:50:40you've probably

00:50:41never expected

00:50:41to race in

00:50:42sports cars

00:50:43you've done a

00:50:44couple of GT

00:50:44races

00:50:45you're here at

00:50:45Le Mans

00:50:46you've not even

00:50:47got to drive the

00:50:47car in the race

00:50:48so I'm going to

00:50:49turn your back

00:50:50and walk away

00:50:50oh no

00:50:51no

00:50:51I want to

00:50:51come back

00:50:52and do

00:50:52of course you

00:50:53do

00:50:53got her

00:50:54right

00:50:54and that's

00:50:54another one

00:50:55hooked in

00:50:55well I've just

00:50:56seen Nick

00:50:56Asalo

00:50:57a couple of

00:50:58hours ago

00:50:59he's still here

00:51:00is he

00:51:00is he still

00:51:01standing

00:51:02he isn't

00:51:02any longer

00:51:03but he is still

00:51:04here

00:51:04because he said

00:51:05he was going

00:51:05didn't he

00:51:05he is

00:51:06I mean

00:51:06after their car

00:51:08unfortunately

00:51:08went out

00:51:09on Thursday

00:51:11and I really

00:51:11didn't expect

00:51:12to see him

00:51:13again after the

00:51:13weekend

00:51:14but no

00:51:15this race

00:51:17definitely hooks you

00:51:17in and once

00:51:18you're here

00:51:19it's hard

00:51:20to let go

00:51:21it is very

00:51:21hard to let

00:51:22go

00:51:22very hard

00:51:23indeed

00:51:23but let go

00:51:24I will

00:51:24oh are you

00:51:25you're going to

00:51:26go home

00:51:26I have to

00:51:27go back

00:51:27and do some

00:51:27work

00:51:28oh yes

00:51:28because you've

00:51:28still got

00:51:29the green

00:51:29car going

00:51:30alright

00:51:30well listen

00:51:31thank you

00:51:31very much

00:51:32for coming

00:51:32up and joining

00:51:33us

00:51:33Fiona Miller

00:51:33and send

00:51:35the best

00:51:35to Andy

00:51:35as well

00:51:36I'll see him

00:51:37next weekend

00:51:37actually

00:51:37in Zold

00:51:38so it'll be

00:51:38from one to

00:51:39the other

00:51:39so say hi

00:51:40to Sam

00:51:40my pleasure

00:51:41and thank

00:51:41you very much

00:51:42to everybody

00:51:42at Eurosport

00:51:43for all the

00:51:43coverage

00:51:44and you

00:51:45know I

00:51:45think it's

00:51:45so important

00:51:46to so many

00:51:46people back

00:51:47at home

00:51:47just to be

00:51:48able to

00:51:48keep the

00:51:48touch

00:51:48of what

00:51:49happens

00:51:49we do

00:51:52our best

00:51:52yes

00:51:52cheers Fiona

00:51:53thank you

00:51:54very much

00:51:54indeed for

00:51:55that

00:51:55and the

00:51:55Crone Racing

00:51:56Risi Competizione

00:51:56Ferrari is

00:51:57still going

00:51:58and we'll

00:51:59say goodbye

00:51:59as well

00:52:00to Chris

00:52:00Parsons

00:52:01he is

00:52:01heading off

00:52:02to hit

00:52:03the hay

00:52:03so we

00:52:05wish you

00:52:05the very

00:52:06best of

00:52:06fortune

00:52:06for the

00:52:07Risi

00:52:07Competizione

00:52:07Ferrari

00:52:08right in

00:52:09which case

00:52:09should we

00:52:10just very

00:52:10quickly get

00:52:11our head

00:52:11around

00:52:11what is

00:52:12going on

00:52:12at the

00:52:13moment

00:52:13Peugeot

00:52:14still

00:52:14I'm

00:52:16no I'm

00:52:17not going

00:52:17to say

00:52:17that

00:52:18they're not

00:52:18clinging

00:52:18to a

00:52:19lead

00:52:19they

00:52:19lead

00:52:19here at

00:52:20Le Mans

00:52:20by a

00:52:21lap

00:52:21from Audi

00:52:22Peugeot

00:52:23have the

00:52:24lead car

00:52:24car number

00:52:25two

00:52:25Stefan Saracan

00:52:26in second

00:52:26place

00:52:27that car

00:52:28the Audi

00:52:28number nine

00:52:29of Roman

00:52:29Dumas

00:52:30he's just

00:52:30come out

00:52:30of the

00:52:31pits

00:52:31which is

00:52:32why he's

00:52:32gone a

00:52:33full lap

00:52:33behind

00:52:34third place

00:52:36is an

00:52:36Audi

00:52:37it's car

00:52:38number

00:52:38eight

00:52:38Andre

00:52:38Lotterer

00:52:39fourth place

00:52:40is an

00:52:41Audi

00:52:41it's car

00:52:42number seven

00:52:42Tom

00:52:43Christensen

00:52:43that was

00:52:43delayed

00:52:44earlier on

00:52:44when it was

00:52:46in third

00:52:46place

00:52:47trying to go

00:52:48around the

00:52:49BMW art car

00:52:50of Andy

00:52:51Prio

00:52:51fifth place

00:52:52finally we get

00:52:53to another

00:52:54Peugeot

00:52:55that's

00:52:56car number one

00:52:56of Anthony

00:52:56that was

00:52:57delayed with

00:52:58an electrical

00:52:58problem

00:52:59when it was

00:53:00in the

00:53:00race lead

00:53:01and in

00:53:01sixth place

00:53:02the third

00:53:02remaining

00:53:03Peugeot

00:53:03Lloyd Duval

00:53:04in the

00:53:05number four

00:53:05car

00:53:05that's just

00:53:06come out of

00:53:06the garage

00:53:07after a long

00:53:07stop

00:53:08not quite sure

00:53:09what was up

00:53:10with

00:53:10Uglas

00:53:10Shonag's car

00:53:11we don't have a

00:53:13reporter to

00:53:14go and ask

00:53:14so I'll have to

00:53:15take ten minutes

00:53:16off to go

00:53:17downstairs

00:53:17the rabbit

00:53:17hut

00:53:18and Radio

00:53:18Le Mans

00:53:19and find

00:53:19out

00:53:19we will do

00:53:21that in a

00:53:21moment for you

00:53:22during an

00:53:22hour break

00:53:22I'll have a

00:53:23quick scamper

00:53:23down

00:53:23seventh and

00:53:24eight

00:53:24you can tune

00:53:25in yourselves

00:53:26radio

00:53:26Le Mans.com

00:53:27though I

00:53:27didn't say

00:53:28so

00:53:28seventh and

00:53:29eighth places

00:53:30are 007

00:53:31and 009

00:53:32Harold

00:53:33Primat

00:53:33and Juan

00:53:34Barazzi

00:53:34in the two

00:53:36Golf Lola

00:53:36Aston Martins

00:53:37and while we're

00:53:38having a Lola

00:53:38moment let's

00:53:39just name

00:53:40check

00:53:40Christopher

00:53:41Nygaard

00:53:43getting out

00:53:43Peter Cox

00:53:44gets in

00:53:45yeah

00:53:46yes

00:53:47is it

00:53:47Cox

00:53:48yeah

00:53:49Cox

00:53:49have not

00:53:50well okay

00:53:50not wildly

00:53:51similar helmets

00:53:52but I just

00:53:52wanted to make

00:53:53sure Cox

00:53:53is getting

00:53:54into that

00:53:54car

00:53:54it's

00:53:55fourth

00:53:57in GT1

00:53:59and

00:53:59and that's

00:54:00come back

00:54:01because it did

00:54:01have a problem

00:54:02didn't it

00:54:02earlier on

00:54:03quite early

00:54:04not a GT1

00:54:05car that

00:54:06hasn't

00:54:06actually

00:54:07interestingly

00:54:10enough

00:54:10Davidson

00:54:12seemingly

00:54:14that car

00:54:15was not

00:54:15very happy

00:54:16it seems

00:54:17to have

00:54:17recovered

00:54:17also the

00:54:18number four

00:54:18car

00:54:19has had

00:54:20its treatment

00:54:20and seems

00:54:21to have

00:54:21recovered

00:54:21because very

00:54:22briefly

00:54:23we had

00:54:24the

00:54:25Aston Martin

00:54:26up into

00:54:26sixth place

00:54:26very briefly

00:54:28yes it was

00:54:28very briefly

00:54:29and I think

00:54:30Loic Duval

00:54:31has managed

00:54:32to take that

00:54:32back

00:54:32the Lola

00:54:33Aston Martin

00:54:34apparel

00:54:34pre-map

00:54:35is only

00:54:352.8 seconds

00:54:37behind

00:54:37and the reason

00:54:38for that

00:54:39is a pit stop

00:54:40because it was

00:54:41Adrian Fernandes

00:54:42at the wheel

00:54:42of that car

00:54:42when

00:54:43Undishonag's

00:54:44car had

00:54:45its drama

00:54:45so

00:54:45yes

00:54:47Loic Duval

00:54:47back up

00:54:48into sixth

00:54:48so top

00:54:48half dozen

00:54:49are still

00:54:50three Peugeots

00:54:51and three

00:54:51Audis

00:54:51much as they

00:54:52were six

00:54:52hours ago

00:54:53and they're

00:54:53all pretty

00:54:54close actually

00:54:54the only

00:54:55difference is

00:54:55that the

00:54:56three Audis

00:54:56are now

00:54:56second

00:54:57third

00:54:57and fourth

00:54:58and not

00:54:58fourth

00:54:58fifth

00:54:58and sixth

00:54:59so it

00:55:01only takes

00:55:01one more

00:55:02hiccup

00:55:02in the

00:55:02remaining

00:55:0311 hours

00:55:03and 47

00:55:04minutes

00:55:05and suddenly

00:55:06Peugeot

00:55:06instead of

00:55:07romping

00:55:07are chasing

00:55:08two of

00:55:10two of the

00:55:10Peugeots

00:55:10the two

00:55:11of the

00:55:12three

00:55:12that remain

00:55:12are chasing

00:55:13already

00:55:14the

00:55:14Audis

00:55:15have been

00:55:15chasing

00:55:15since the

00:55:16moment

00:55:16the race

00:55:17started

00:55:17so for

00:55:18them

00:55:18it's

00:55:18situation

00:55:19normal

00:55:20I think

00:55:20we're going

00:55:21to

00:55:21it's not

00:55:22going to

00:55:22be the

00:55:22world's

00:55:23greatest

00:55:23ever

00:55:23motor

00:55:24race

00:55:24perhaps

00:55:24by the

00:55:25end

00:55:25of it

00:55:25but we

00:55:25are going

00:55:26to end

00:55:26up

00:55:26with a

00:55:26very

00:55:27entertaining

00:55:27race

00:55:28it's

00:55:28a bit

00:55:28of a

00:55:28race

00:55:29of attrition

00:55:29isn't

00:55:29it

00:55:29I mean

00:55:30it's

00:55:30the sheer

00:55:31toughness

00:55:32and that's

00:55:33a nasty

00:55:33word

00:55:34I know

00:55:34toughness

00:55:35of the

00:55:36Audis

00:55:36is still

00:55:37quite stunning

00:55:38they've

00:55:39never been

00:55:40quite quick

00:55:41enough

00:55:41but there's

00:55:42one thing

00:55:43they have

00:55:43been

00:55:43and that's

00:55:44durable

00:55:44well you can

00:55:45as has been

00:55:46proved

00:55:46a number of

00:55:47times in the

00:55:47past

00:55:47you can often

00:55:48bounce an

00:55:48Audi off

00:55:49things without

00:55:50interrupting

00:55:50its flow

00:55:51in the race

00:55:51occasionally

00:55:52you do

00:55:53bounce them

00:55:53off hard

00:55:54enough that

00:55:54they do

00:55:54stop on

00:55:55you

00:55:55step forward

00:55:56Mike

00:55:57Rockenfeller

00:55:57but generally

00:55:58they tend

00:55:59to be

00:55:59fairly resilient

00:56:00they are

00:56:00built

00:56:01very very

00:56:02strong

00:56:02because Audi

00:56:03understand

00:56:03very fully

00:56:05that this

00:56:05is a really

00:56:06really

00:56:07really

00:56:08hard thing

00:56:09to do

00:56:09drive a car

00:56:11flat out

00:56:12and I don't

00:56:13mean quite

00:56:14quickly in a

00:56:15road car manner

00:56:16as you would

00:56:16drive your

00:56:16road car

00:56:17I mean

00:56:17absolutely

00:56:19with every

00:56:20ounce of your

00:56:20fibre and

00:56:21every ounce

00:56:22that the car

00:56:22has got to

00:56:23give for

00:56:2424 hours

00:56:25without ceasing

00:56:27that is

00:56:28the devil's

00:56:29own job

00:56:29and for Audi

00:56:30to win one

00:56:31or two races

00:56:32is a commendable

00:56:33result

00:56:33to win nine

00:56:35in the last

00:56:36decade

00:56:36is absolutely

00:56:38staggering

00:56:39yeah I think

00:56:39it's the

00:56:40definition

00:56:41I think I

00:56:41mentioned this

00:56:42earlier on

00:56:43you can see

00:56:44if you look at

00:56:45the pictures

00:56:46that the

00:56:47curbs aren't

00:56:48always very high

00:56:49but they're not

00:56:50all as low

00:56:51as just around

00:56:53here just around

00:56:53going down

00:56:54through

00:56:54under the

00:56:55Unlock Bridge

00:56:55or what have

00:56:56you

00:56:56going elsewhere

00:56:57there's some

00:56:57quite high curbs

00:56:58now if you

00:56:59lack a bit of

00:57:00definition

00:57:01because it's

00:57:01dark and you

00:57:02happen to hit a

00:57:03curb a bit

00:57:04hard

00:57:04okay that

00:57:05happens

00:57:06but when it

00:57:06happens 9, 10,

00:57:0912, 19, 23

00:57:11times and it

00:57:12happens that you

00:57:13aren't driving

00:57:14an Audi

00:57:15that's when you

00:57:16get a problem

00:57:17well what happens

00:57:19a lot is here

00:57:20Nev where you

00:57:21thump that

00:57:21when you don't

00:57:22quite get on the

00:57:23brakes in time

00:57:24for the chicanes

00:57:25and you still

00:57:26turn in

00:57:26it means that

00:57:27instead of going

00:57:28on the road

00:57:29you actually go

00:57:29deeper into the

00:57:30corner and you

00:57:31go over the

00:57:32apex of the

00:57:32corner and

00:57:33that's where the

00:57:34biggest curbs on

00:57:35the circuit are

00:57:35and we saw

00:57:36quite plainly

00:57:37earlier in the

00:57:38race one of the

00:57:39rebellion cars

00:57:39being launched

00:57:40a couple of

00:57:41feet into the

00:57:42air now if

00:57:43something's doing

00:57:44100 miles an

00:57:45hour and you

00:57:46hit it hard

00:57:46enough to launch

00:57:47it two feet

00:57:48in the air

00:57:48and that's

00:57:50what's happening

00:57:50when it hits

00:57:51the curb because

00:57:51Newton says so

00:57:52the curb hits

00:57:53back just as

00:57:53hard it's being

00:57:55hit very hard

00:57:56indeed if you

00:57:56can imagine

00:57:57lifting a ton

00:57:58of car two

00:57:59feet in the

00:57:59air never mind

00:58:00the speed it's

00:58:01doing then you

00:58:02know the sort

00:58:02of force involved

00:58:03and yes if you

00:58:04hit a curb I

00:58:05mean you can

00:58:06hit it 20 times

00:58:07without doing

00:58:07any damage you

00:58:08can do it once

00:58:08and rip the

00:58:09floor out of

00:58:09the car it

00:58:10just depends

00:58:10how you hit

00:58:12it and of

00:58:12course when

00:58:13you're turning

00:58:13in late you're

00:58:14not judging how

00:58:15you hit it

00:58:16that's all in

00:58:17the hands of

00:58:17the gods

00:58:18you know it's

00:58:19just one of

00:58:20the things that

00:58:21we were talking

00:58:22and in fact I

00:58:23believe you were

00:58:23talking to

00:58:24Jackie Eakes

00:58:26in practice when

00:58:28Jackie was up

00:58:29here one of the

00:58:30great things about

00:58:30Eakes was that

00:58:31his placement of

00:58:33the car was

00:58:34such that he

00:58:35didn't hit the

00:58:36curbs and if

00:58:37you look at the

00:58:38big the great

00:58:39long distance

00:58:39drivers that's it

00:58:41they don't damage

00:58:42the car they

00:58:42take care of

00:58:43the car

00:58:44well particularly

00:58:44when Jackie

00:58:45started cars

00:58:46were very frail

00:58:47things indeed

00:58:48I mean certainly

00:58:50compared to

00:58:50nowadays and

00:58:51even at the

00:58:51highlight of his

00:58:52career 956

00:58:53960 Tuesday

00:58:54you know they

00:58:55were the epitome

00:58:57of a reliable

00:58:57race car but

00:58:58you didn't want

00:58:59to be bouncing

00:59:00them off things

00:59:00very often and

00:59:01even in those

00:59:02days it was

00:59:04still a race

00:59:04where you had to

00:59:05preserve the

00:59:06machinery now

00:59:07the machinery

00:59:07generally stands

00:59:09up to the

00:59:10caning it's

00:59:10given by the

00:59:12way the Porsche

00:59:12we just saw

00:59:13was third in

00:59:14the GT2 class

00:59:15Mark Leib

00:59:16handing over

00:59:17very swiftly

00:59:18unless I'm

00:59:18mistaken to

00:59:19Richard Leitz

00:59:20as we watch

00:59:21Anthony Davidson

00:59:22continuing on

00:59:23his way in

00:59:23fourth place

00:59:24now ahead of

00:59:25Tom Christensen

00:59:26as those two

00:59:27continue to work

00:59:28their way back

00:59:29up the order

00:59:29so that position

00:59:30is changing

00:59:31with pit stops

00:59:32Davidson back

00:59:33ahead of Audi

00:59:35number seven

00:59:35which was ahead

00:59:37of him

00:59:37just a minute

00:59:38or two ago

00:59:39because Audi

00:59:40were second

00:59:40third and

00:59:41fourth

00:59:41they're now

00:59:42second third

00:59:42and fifth

00:59:43so that is

00:59:44seesawing with

00:59:45pit stops

00:59:46they both made

00:59:4816 stops

00:59:50Christensen

00:59:5017

00:59:51so there's a

00:59:52big difference

00:59:52between them

00:59:53lead pair

00:59:54Stefan Saracen

00:59:55in Peugeot

00:59:56Andre Lotterer

00:59:57in Audi

00:59:58have made

00:59:5815 each

01:00:00have made

01:00:03I'm

01:00:04I'm

01:00:05I'm

01:00:06I'm

01:00:08I'm

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