In the early morning, the drivers were much calmer. A few penalties were given here and there. But at 6:36 am, AF Corse number 80 woke up the sleepy audience in the stands at Le Mans. In the Porsche S class, the LMP2 car chased from behind and Ben Barnicoat couldn’t control his vehicle.<\/p>\n
The Briton destroyed his prototype in the tire wall. This is a new abandonment in this long race. The incident has created a new slow zone.<\/p>\n
At 7:15, the engine of the Vanwall decided not to go any further. At the S Porsche exit, the Hypercar was stopped, against the safety barrier with a plume of smoke. The team has only completed one race this season, at Sebring.<\/p>\n
Alessandro Pier Guidi came back at full speed on Ryo Hirakawa’s Toyota. The Ferrari #51 stopped at the same time as the leading car in the pits. The mechanics of the Scuderia were more efficient as the red car came out in front.<\/p>\n
The horse-powered Hypercar immediately built a comfortable gap of just under ten seconds. The Cadillac #2 was still lurking behind. Although two minutes behind, a safety car could bring it back into contention for the win.<\/p>\n
The Inter Europol #42 was still leading in the LMP2 category ahead of the Team WRT’s #41. In the GT class, Kessel Racing, with number 57, was leading by a narrow margin ahead of the Iron Dames’ Porsche, which had made a pit stop: Michelle Gatting handed over the wheel to Rahel Frey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ferrari and Toyota went head-to-head against the clock, but also in the pits. The strategy of the Scuderia enabled car number 51 to take back the lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1751,4],"tags":[20,178,264],"class_list":["post-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-wec","category-wec","tag-24h-du-mans","tag-course","tag-endurance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n