Six hours remain in this motor race. We have the length of a standard WEC race. Happy Father's Day to those who are blessed enough to be dad's out there.
A brake change for Michael Christensen in the #92 Porsche 911 RSR, "the pink pig". It seems there will be a brake disc and pad change on all corners. Maybe it is just rear brakes. Trail the brake to set the car down on the road. This technique is good, but it can affect brake performance and wear. Gianmaria Bruni is in the #91 Porsche. The engineer was looking at the brake pads as they came off the car. Time for Toyota calisthenics in the lane. Crew Chief Rob Leupen is one of the people leading that. A slow zone at Tetre Rouge for debris. It's a drain cover that has been pulled right off the ground to driver's left. Dear me. Marshals have to replace the bollard, and the drain cover. This has to be a safety car. This is only our third safety car period of this motor race. Which Corvette was behind the safety car? The two Toyota's have been separated as well.
Trackside repairs at Tertre Rouge or MP6, Marshall Post six. Keep the tire temperatures up. Sebastien Buemi is going well at the moment. A drain cover should not come up off the road. A drain cover ended up going through the floor, of Jesus Pareja's Porsche 962 in World Sports Car race in Montreal. Maxime Martin is going slower than he should in the #97 Aston Martin Vantage. He is slow at Marshall Post 16. He is not under a full course yellow. It is OK to overtake the stricken Aston Martin. Aston Martin is ready to receive the car. Jonny Adam will take over from Maxime Martin.
Electric thorttle linkage problems. Speaking of problems, the #64 Corvette C-7-R- of Oliver Gavin is in the garage. Sebastien Buemi is ahead of Mike Conway on the road and in the safety car crocodile. Buemi needs to box for fuel. Track workers need to get to the metal grate. It needs to be welded. It isn't a carbon fiber piece of bodywork. What a disaster thast would have been:
1. The cover could have flown
2. The hole of the drain would have ripped a wheel off.
Aston Martin is in the garage. The bonnet is off the Corvette, too. It seems like it's terminal. Aston Martin can fix the car, taking the under tray off. Porsche #93 is in the pit lane. Slow zones removed. Bear right at Tertre Rouge away from the welding equipment and quick set concrete. Sebastien Buemi pits. Fernando Alonso will take over the car. Mike Conway takes over the race lead. Michael Christensen leads GTE Pro. Christian Ried leads GTE Am. Left rear puncture for DragonSpeed for Pastor Maldonado, Roberto Gonzalez, and Nathanael Berthon. The repairs at Tertre Rouge have been made.
Corvette #64 was overheating. There's no quit at Corvette! Mike Simpson is back on track in the #5 Ginetta. Toyota's Pascal Vasselon is aware of what they need to do. Could the #8 car be the winner? We have five hours or less to find out. Five hours and 20 minutes to go. Aston Martin had oil pressure problems, and needs a new oil pump. Rebellion #3 needs a new nose. There will be a slow zone. Fernando Alonso is back in the lead and has passed Mike Conway. One of the Ford's just hit a cone.
A slow zone has been implemented, and now Jose Maria Lopez has taken the controls of the #7 Toyota. The #50 Larbre Competition car of Romano Ricci has clipped the wall and ended up in the gravel trap at the Porsche Curves. If a car stalls, and you don't want it to be unclassified, you have to wait for it, but then, you only have so much time to complete the final lap. BMW was having issues with the starter motor. With a hybrid car, the car can start on electric power, and then crank over the internal combusion engine. Jose Maria Lopez was having some trouble, and now he seems to have itr back together.
But, the #50 car was having issues. Team Manager of the #50, tell your driver to keep on the apron on the left side of the road.
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