Le Mans Series – Silverstone – Hours 6
Dramas At The End

We pass the five hour mark (heading towards about 5 hours 45?), with a great race between Mucke and Collard, for second overall. It’s nose to tail stuff – the pair of them bearing down on slower cars almost everywhere, Mucke defending, Collard watching and waiting….. Lamy is only 28 seconds behind these two.

Ojjeh loses a few seconds with a moment at Stowe, and leads Hughes by 32 seconds. Ortelli leads Garcia by 19 for the GT1 win.

Garcia and Mucke very nearly touch at Copse, as the P1s lap the second placed GT1 car.

Mucke is on used rubber, Collard on fresh rubber (which is why the gap closed up at the stops).

Lap 176 (of 195) and Lamy is only 18 seconds behind the duelling Judd powered cars.

Pompidou is touring in with no left/rear wheel.. or upright. #77’s battle for the GT2 title looks to be over, as long as the Virgo 430 keeps going. A driveshaft failed.

The Ojjeh – Hughes gap is still 32 seconds, while TK-S is 72 seconds behind #45.

Hughes is off the track, on the edge of the gravel – in the complex?

Mucke and Collard are nose to tail - and the Frenchman almost gets the place at Abbey, as they lap the Virgo Ferrari again. But Collard dives through at Brooklands, with slight contact. But here comes Lamy.

Collard eases away – and Lamy waltzes past Mucke past the pits. And heads off after Collard.

Hughes gets the Embassy car back to the pits, but second becomes fourth – so the LNT Zytek is second, and it’s a Zytek 1-2 in P2. A battery change takes place on the Embassy SR9, which will not be quick..

And it’s a Peugeot 1-2 in P1, Lamy passing Collard into Stowe. Mucke pulls well off the track on the approach to Maggotts, then starts again but can’t head back to the circuit, it appears that the steering is broken, the car had been darting from side to side for a number of laps. Barbosa inherits fourth and Kurosawa will take fifth for Creation.

The #8 908 is about to be black flagged – perhaps. It has loose rear bodywork / no left/rear box thing. The mechanics at Peugeot are getting ready for a repair.

Lap 189 for the leader (out of 196) and Lamy pits: the repair begins. Martin Short reported the damage to the officials.

Daniel Perdrix of the ACO is looking at the repair work. The #8 is taken into its garage.

Barbosa is about to take third place for Rollcentre.

We haven’t mentioned GT2 lately – but Rob Bell is about to become the LMS GT2 Champion. Assuming Bruni brings 96 home to the win, after a perfect race, Bell will have 42 points.

The LNT Zytek and Binnie Lola have come together, right at the end – TK-S and Binnie himself. That might cost LNT second place. To ASM…..

Minassian takes the flag, Collard is second, Rollcentre get a podium, Lamy is fourth on dstance, the Creation is fifth (change that, Kurosawa takes the place by completing his last lap – the #8 can’t be classified, can it? - Yes, it can and it is - 75% is enough, you don't have to cross the line), the Barazi-Epsilon Zytek takes P2, then the Arena Zytek is next – and then the LNT Zytek does take second in class, from ASM.

Ortelli takes a fourth win for Oreca in GT1, ahead of a great run for Modena – and in GT2, Rob Bell is the Champion, with the IMSA 997 second.. and Spykers third and fourth.

Provisional Result
1 7 Team Peugeot Total GENE MarcMINASSIAN Nicolas Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 ==195== 1:34.935
2 16 Pescarolo Sport COLLARD EmmanuelBOULLION Jean-Christophe Pescarolo Judd LMP1 ==193== 1:37.912
3 18 Rollcentre Racing BARBOSA JoaoHALL StuartSHORT Martin Pescarolo Judd LMP1 ==191== 1:40.244
4 9 Creation Autosportif CAMPBELL WALTER JamieORTIZ FelipeKUROSAWA Haruki Creation CA07 Judd LMP1 ==188== 1:38.338
5 8 Team Peugeot Total LAMY PedroSARRAZIN Stephane Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 ==187== 1:35.783
6 32 Barazi Epsilon BARAZI JuanVERGERS MichaelOJJEH Karim Zytek 07S Zytek LMP2 10:11.328 1:40.865
7 10 Arena Motorsport CHILTON TomCHILTON Max Zytek 07S Zytek LMP1 10:38.773 1:39.474
8 46 Team LNT KIMBER-SMITH TomWATTS Danny Zytek 07S Zytek LMP2 ==186== 1:38.626
9 40 Quifel ASM Team AMARAL MiguelDE CASTRO Miguel AngelBURGENO Angel Lola B05/40 AER LMP2 ==185== 1:40.614
10 25 RML ERDOS ThomasNEWTON Mike MG Lola EX264 AER LMP2 ==184== 1:40.653
11 15 Charouz Racing MUCKE StefanCHAROUZ Jan Lola B07/17 Judd LMP1 ==183== 1:38.730
12 27 Horag Racing LIENHARD FredyTHEYS DidierVAN DE POELE Eric Lola B05/40 Judd LMP2 16:39.996 1:42.102
13 31 Binnie Motorsports BINNIE BillTIMPANY AllenBUNCOMBE Chris Lola B05/40 Zytek LMP2 ==182== 1:40.974
14 35 Saulnier Racing NICOLET JacquesFILHOL AlainJOUANNY Bruce Courage LC75 AER LMP2 ==181== 1:42.069
15 55 Team Oreca ORTELLI StephaneAYARI Soheil Saleen S7-R LMGT1 1:31.875 1:45.926
16 59 Team Modena GARCIA AntonioTURNER Darren Aston Martin DBR9 LMGT1 ==180== 1:46.529
17 21 Bruichladdich Radical MOSELEY StuartGREAVES TimGREAVES Jacob Radical SR9 AER LMP2 7.614 1:41.381
18 73 Alphand Aventures BLANCHEMAIN Jean-LucDUMEZ SebastienVOSSE Vincent Corvette C5-R LMGT1 ==177== 1:48.200
19 45 Embassy Racing HUGHES WarrenMANNING DarrenCUNNINGHAM Neil Radical SR9 Judd LMP2 4.566 1:41.309
20 51 AMR Larbre FISKEN GregorZACCHIA SteveFRANCHI Gregory Aston Martin DBR9 LMGT1 ==175== 1:49.399
21 72 Alphand Aventures POLICAND JeromeGOUESLARD PatriceGAVIN Oliver Corvette C6.R LMGT1 ==174== 1:45.791
22 61 Racing Box PERAZZINI Pier GiuseppeCIOCI MarcoTAVANO Salvatore Saleen S7-R LMGT1 1:48.457 1:47.500
23 19 Chamberlain Synergy EVANS GarethBERRIDGE BobOWEN Peter Lola B06/10 AER LMP1 ==173== 1:41.116
24 96 Virgo Motorsport BELL RobertBRUNI Gianmaria Ferrari F430 GT LMGT2 7:15.383 1:51.523
25 12 Courage Competition FREI AlexanderCOCHET Jonathan Courage LC70 AER LMP1 7:23.145 1:38.445
26 76 Imsa Performance NARAC RaymondLIETZ Richard Porsche 997 GT3 RSR LMGT2 ==172== 1:51.453
27 85 Spyker Squadron HEZEMANS MikeDUMBRECK Peter Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R LMGT2 ==171== 1:53.314
28 94 Speedy Racing Team BELICCHI AndreaCHIESA AndreaKANE Jonny Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R LMGT2 ==170== 1:53.334
29 97 GPC Sport BONETTI AlessandroDE SIMONE FabrizioBOBBI Matteo Ferrari F430 GT LMGT2 ==169== 1:54.730
30 78 Scuderia Villorba CAFFI AlexZARDO Denny Ferrari F430 GT LMGT2 ==168== 1:55.172
31 83 GPC Sport DRUDI LucaMOWLEM JohnnyROSA Gabrio Ferrari F430 GT LMGT2 ==167== 1:54.168
32 92 Thierry Perrier HESNAULT PhilippeBARFF RobNEVOA Pedro Porsche 997 GT3 RSR LMGT2 ==164== 1:55.824
33 99 JMB Racing BASSO MauriceMcCORMICK BoDA CRUZ MARTINS Francisco Ferrari F430 GT LMGT2 ==163== 1:56.517
34 98 Ice Pol Racing Team LAMBERT YvesLEFORT ChristianKELDERS Christian Ferrari F430 GT LMGT2 10.786 1:56.207
35 50 AMR Larbre BOUCHUT ChristopheGARDEL GabrieleGOLLIN Fabrizio Aston Martin DBR9 LMGT1 ==160== 1:46.707
36 95 JWA DANIELS PaulCOX DaveCAMATHIAS Joel Porsche 997 GT3 RSR LMGT2 ==159== 1:54.766
37 89 Markland Racing THIIM KurtSORENSEN Henrik Moller Corvette C6 Z06 LMGT2 ==157== 1:58.826
38 77 Felbermayr-Proton LIEB MarcPOMPIDOU Xavier Porsche 997 GT3 RSR LMGT2 ==156== 1:52.539
39 84 Chad Peninsula Panoz HARTSHORNE JohnMcINERNEY SeanMcINERNEY Michael Panoz Esperante GTLM LMGT2 30:29.035 1:58.465
40 88 Felbermayr-Proton RIED ChristianFELBERMAYR Horst JrSTUCK Johannes Porsche 997 GT3 RSR LMGT2 ==150== 1:54.696
41 82 Team LNT TOMLINSON LawrenceDEAN Richard Panoz Esperante GTLM LMGT2 ==140== 1:55.146
42 90 Farnbacher Racing MASARATI PierEHRET PierreNIELSEN Lars Erik Porsche 997 GT3 RSR LMGT2 ==72== 1:54.830
43 17 Pescarolo Sport PRIMAT HaroldTINSEAU Christophe Pescarolo Judd LMP1 ==67== 1:40.683
44 79 Felbermayr-Proton FELBERMAYR Horst SrRIED GeroldCOLLIN Philip Porsche 996 GT3 RSR LMGT2 ==59== 1:59.801
45 20 Pierre Bruneau ROSTAN MarcBRUNEAU PierrePULLAN Simon Pilbeam MP93 Judd LMP2 ==57== 1:44.054