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Total 24 Hours of
Spa - Hours 16-17
07:05 With just under
nine hours remaining, the #24 Lamborghini looks to be in trouble again having
slipped back to 19th with what looks like a lengthy pitstop.
07:08 Just after being
warned to respect the track limits, the #40 Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra
has hit the tyre wall at turn 11 - according to the timing screens.
07:09 The Reiter LP600+
has returned to the race in the hands of Marc Hayek in 20th place
overall.
07:12 moments after
we've gone back to green...we're back to yellow!
07:12 Lauda pits from
second place and the #1 Audi of Christopher Mies assumes that position.
Meanwhile, Rene Rast sets a personal best 2:21.066 in the lead #16 Audi. In four
hours time he will be racing a Porsche Supercup in Hungary!
07:12 and green
again...
07:15 GT3 Racing's Audi
R8 LMS is currently 23rd...12 seconds behind the #17 Insight Ferrari and lapping
quicker.
07:19 Markus Palttala is
reporting that the #3 BMW is having trouble firing up and "we lose loads on each
stop."
07:20 Bas Leinders is
back in the Marc VDS Z4
07:22 Marc Goossens is
the latest driver to set a PB time - 2:22.099 for the #75 ProSpeed Porsche in
sixth.
07:25 The #88 Von Ryan
McLaren is upholding the marque's honour in fine style and is back into the top
ten. Chris Goodwin has the car up to ninth.
07:25 "Contact between
two cars, one being the nr 49." "Slow car after T6"
07:28 The #17 Insight
Racing Ferrari of Dennis Andersen has just passed the #19 Black Falcon Merc of
Stephan Rosler to take 21st.
07:35 This situation is
reversed as the pitstops even themselves out.
07:41 Leinders pits but
stays aboard.
07:41 "Car 81 puncture
at T5"
07:43 Rene Rast is
warned to respect the track limits at Blanchimont.
07:45 And now Ortelli
(#1 Audi) and Amos (#57 Ferrari) get the same warning.
07:46 As
does Ludovic Badey in the #20 Ferrari.
07:48 2:21.001 for
Sandström in the #2 Audi
07:50 "Team manager car
16 to race director immediately."
Stop/go coming for the race
leader?
07:54 "Team manager car
57 to race director immediately." "Team manager car 66 to race director
immediately."
07:54 John Gaw is in the
Beechdean Aston in 29th, while the GPR Vantage is 28th.
07:56 The battle for the
lead in Pro-Am is between the AF Corse Ferraris of Andrea Bertolini (#52) and
Toni Vilander (#51) in seventh and eighth. Just under 20 seconds separate the
458s after 314 laps.
07:58 Missed this:
Ortelli lapped the Spa circuit in 2:20.043 on lap 312. Fastest lap of the
race.
07:59 "Car 3 must
respect track limits at T17"
08:00 Rast pits from the
lead. Stays in. Sandström pits from third and Laurens Vanthoor takes
over.
08:15 ARC Bratislava
Porsche spun an rejoined at turn 1. Yellow flags though...
08:18 The 52 and 51
Ferraris have swapped places, so Vilander currently leads Pro-Am. It's not
clear, however, where the two cars stand in terms of pitstops.
08:37 Ortelli pits for a
routine stop. The race is really very settled at the moment (cue
mayhem).
08:43 Marcel Fässler
sets an almost-quickest 2:20.058 in the #6 Audi, now 13th overall and ten laps
down on the leader. Still more than seven hours to go, so don't write this car
off yet.
08:57 Although not
officially confirmed, the #40 and #98 Audis look to have joined the list of
retirements. If they have, we are down to 39 runners.
08:57 The #75 ProSpeed
Porsche is having a brake caliper change and has dropped to
16th.
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