Moments ago, Julien Canal passed his team mate, when #28 driven by Ricardo Gonzalez, almost got tangled up with the Larbre Competition Chevrolet Corvette C-7-R- in the hands of Kristian Poulsen. Patrick Dempsey is back at the wheel of car #77 as Nick Leventis serves a penalty. David Heinemeier-Hanson is seventh in LMP2, 13th overall. Neel Jani is still running well, as he is taking time out of Oliver Jarvis. The gap is at 4.3 seconds. Both are catching Benoit Treluyer. Could Porsche get a 1-2? Could they win a second race in a row? We'll see. 62,000 people have been here today, for the race, at the Nurburgring.
Oliver Jarvis almost runs off the road. Hans Joachim Stuck, is the Grand Marshal for the 6 Hours of the Nurburgring... a true legend in German motorsport. The Signatech LMP2 car pits. We have a safety car, for all the debris on the road. There are not even two lanes for cars to race on, as you are racing on marbles. Audi is proffering a driver change at the moment. The sweeper is out on track, and Mark Webber makes a pit stop. We now have one hour and 43 minutes left to run. Will these blokes need a splash and dash at the end of the race. This is a full course yellow. We also see the #77 LM GTE Pro Dempsey Racing Porsche getting the door replaced.
Porsche is now in the lane. Driver change for Audi, too. This is our fifth rotation of pit stops for LMP1 cars. Two more will be necessary, even though, we are into the fourth hour. We have four hours and twenty minutes, elapsed, so far. Strakka Racing is in the garage, to replace bodywork in the garage, under yellow. That's a smart move on their part. We now have an hour and 37 minutes left in this race. We are back to green flag racing. Nick Leventis goes through the gravel on the green flag.
Jon Fogarty has the controls of the #31 ESM Ligier Honda. Oof. Another speeding penalty for the Strakka Racing Gibson. The difference in times for penalties, correlates to how far a driver has gone over the speed limit in the pit lane. Brendon Hartley runs a 1:33.3, and Oliver Jarvis runs a 1:33.7. Neel Jani seems to be the main star driver for Porsche in this race. Jani was a very quick prospect. The Larbre Corvette pits and is back on course.
Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni, have had a bad day today, and are in danger of losing their championship lead. They are 30th in the overall, and eight laps down to the class leader. They came in, leading both LM GTE Pro, and LM GTE Am. Lucas di Grassi is taking chunks out of Brendon Hartley's lead, for Porsche, with an hour and a half remaining. SARD Morand's team boss is summoned to race control for some reason. The major issue for Ferrari, is the manufacturer points and the manufacturer's cup.
There's an interesting dice between Porsche and Aston Martin. Lucas di Grassi is beginning to catch Neel Jani. There's a Ferrari vs. Aston Martin battle for 21st and 22nd overall. Paul Dalla Lana vs. Andrea Bertolini. Brendon Hartley is laying down laps in the 1:40 range, with a lap lead over Benoit Treluyer in the #7 Audi. Hartley is driving on a similar pace to how Mark Webber was going for it earlier on. Ryan Dalziel puts his fastest lap of the race. Richard Bradley is finishing the race for KCMG in their #47 machine.
The gaps between the top four are very, very close. The top four are all running in the 1:40 range. The second Audi is moving up on the KCMG car. Neel Jani is chasing Benoit Treluyer. Lucas di Grassi is coming. Lessthan 70 minutes to go. Get ready, for the final hour, and the last blog post, of this race, as we are going to make the run, to the finish.
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