Dacia is in the garage. Commentator said they were investigating a mystery noise. Team is doing everything they can to get it back on the track.
Verstappen is back in the car and in the lead. The sister #80 Mercedes was following Max within 0.20 but almost crashed out passing slow traffic on the right. He sent all 4 wheels into the grass but saved it. It gave Max a 3 second lead for a while but it's back down to 0.50. There was possibly contact between Max and Engle as Engle tried to pass.
Jimmy Broadbent (youtuber team) is on track in the #632 Porsche and is running 28th overall. They are leading their class as well. They had a bad spin out earlier in the day with Misha behind the wheel. Verstappen is 6 laps ahead.
DACIA LOGAN BACK ON TRACK!
The number #30 Hancook Porsche has been running wet tires for hours even though it's dry. Even with that they're 20th overall.
I just saw the #632 Porsche being towed out of the gravel by a tractor. Brown was behind the wheel. Unsure what happened or if the car can be repaired.
#632 Porsche was just stuck in the gravel and are now back on track. Still leading their class but dropped to 32nd overall. The youtubers survived the first 12 hours.
Jesus Christ.... #632 apparently went straight into a wall after being pulled out of the gravel. Commentators think they may have lost brakes. Hard crash on tire barrier. Cooling system likely fucked, brakes/ABS likely fucked.
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The Subaru mechanic team is extremely Japanese looking.
Timo Glock just got his Nordschleife license revoked. Portuguese twitter in shambles.
Weather forecast predicts it's going to be too cold for morning fog.
Commentators implying the success of the M3 Touring is making Ford consider a F-150 Raptor R GT3.
Update on the #632 youtuber Porsche. Most likely brake failure.
13 hours in, both Mercedes pit and switch drivers. Max is out for the night and left his team with a 30 second lead. Jules Gounon has the next stint.
yeah but fast station wagons are nothing new, they are just not run for those high level races normally.
you dont have to do thaaat much from a 550ps M3 CS Touring to build a race car.
yeah but fast station wagons are nothing new, they are just not run for those high level races normally.
you dont have to do thaaat much from a 550ps M3 CS Touring to build a race car.
Oil on the track or something. Half a dozen cars into the gravel. Looks like the early hairpin.
Apparently there was a frost warning. More cars going off in the same corner. Yellow flags out. Code 60 out.
#67 Mustang is riding a on a flat. It finally limped back into the pits. Dropped from 6th to 11th.
Not entirely sure I heard them right but its sounds like the commentator said that the #75 Audi R8 from Max Kruse Racing that crashed on lap 11 has been repaired and is back on the track. It's 80 something laps behind.
The #84 Lamborghini got a puncture on the formation lap and had to pull into the pits right before race start. Otherwise, it's been running 2 seconds a lap faster than any other team all night and morning. They're currently running in 6th. Had they not had the puncture, they would be leading the race.
We're 2 drivers past Verstappen's last stint and they've expanded his 20 second lead to 25. The #34 Aston Martin that has been chasing 3rd all race is starting to close the gap on the 2nd place #80 Mercedes. They've made up about 4 minutes over the last 6 hours.
They pulled at least 4 licenses this week. The driver get's disqualified but the teams can continue without them. The rest of the team has to cover extra stints.
They replayed some of the castle shots.
#37 Aston Martin rear suspension exploded down dottinger hohe. They were in between the leading Mercedes and it created a bigger gap.
I feel dumb asking but looking at the screenshots, what kind of racing sport in particular is it? (I think it's not F1 since different in appearance to those cars and closed roofs on the cars)
Juncadella driving Max’s #3 car was slow on his third lap and pitted. Car is in the garage and they are digging in the rear right wheel arch either driveshaft or caliper
I feel dumb asking but looking at the screenshots, what kind of racing sport in particular is it? (I think it's not F1 since different in appearance to those cars and closed roofs on the cars)
It's endurance racing with a multi-class field consisting of Touring Cars and Grand Tourers. Touring cars tend to be traditionally based on modified regular cars with rather strict set of allowed modifications while GTs tend to be based on sports cars that have been given a more extensive set of modifications to become dedicated track cars.
