The Audis faired well in the wet
All the news and the top three class positions after 15 hours
LMP1
1 Audi Sport North America KRISTENSEN T. 246
2 Team Peugeot Total GENE M. 245
3 Audi Sport Team Joest \ ROCKENFELLER 244 2 Laps
LMP2
11 Van Merksteijn Motorsport VERSTAPPEN J. 230
13 Team Essex NIELSEN J. 224
14 Saulnier Racing LAHAYE M. 223
GT1
15 Aston Martin Racing GARCIA A. 223
16 Corvette Racing FELLOWS R. 222
17 Corvette Racing BERETTA O. 220
GT2
22 Risi Competizione MELO J. 212
23 Virgo Motorsport SUGDEN T. 211
25 BMS Scuderia Italia BABINI F. 210
- Jacques Villeneuve told us in a TV interview that"We had an overheating problem, so we had to get our braking done early and then 'roll' the car into the corners. We solved that, but then it started raining. Our car is difficult - you get the power down coming out of corners and it snaps around, which makes it harder to overtake the slower cars. Tom Kristensen was my team-mate in Formula Three, and even back then he was bl**dy quick in the wet!"
- The Dome ran straight on at a corner and hit a tyre wall head on. Fortunately of the Japanese squad, the damage was not severe and the car was driven back to the pits, repaired and is back out on track
- The rain was a blessing for Audi who started to lap about 5-10 seconds quicker than the Peugeot. The #2 Audi took the lead and extended the lead to about a minute around the end of the hour
- The #21 Epsilon Euskadi was back into the pits. After fairly major work to the rear of the car earlier in the race, the car was getting more attention to the rear, but it did come back out on track