Peugeot regain Le Mans lead after another lengthy Safety Car interruption

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Peugeot have taken the lead at Le Mans after Alessandro Pier Guidi spun the race-leading Ferrari shortly before midnight.

Hours 7-8

Following the rain-hit dramas of the first quarter of the race, the seventh and eighth hours saw conditions settle down after nightfall and an uptick in green flag running.

But that all changed minutes before midnight when Pier Guidi spun off shortly after the Ferrari driver pitted from a lead he had held by almost a minute. Pier Guidi appeared to have been distracted by a collision in front of him at the first chicane involving Romain Dumas in the number 708 Glickenhaus and Richard Lietz in a GTE Am class Proton Porsche.

A slow zone was declared in the area while Pier Guidi’s 499P was craned back onto the circuit and sent on it way quickly enough that it didn’t lose a lap to the new race leader, Nico Mueller in a Peugeot 9X8. But before the slow zone was cleared a multi-car collision occured on the approach to Tertre Rouge.

Kamui Kobayashi’s number seven Toyota was hit from behind as he slowed. Three other cars were involved in the incident which dealt two blows to the GR010. Kobayashi came to a stop on the Mulsanne straight, briefly resumed then came to a terminal stop, its red hybrid warning lights flashing.

“I was in the ‘Next Slow’ zone which is the preparation area ahead of the slow zone,” Kobayashi explained. “The guy ahead braked for whatever reason. If I overtake him there, I will get a penalty, so I braked and the cars behind just crashed into me.

“I had both tyres punctured on the rear and the left-rear driveshaft was broken, so I had no drive to return.”

A Full Course Yellow was deployed while the wrecked cars were cleared. A slow zone persisted over the area while other cars involved in the collision limped back to the pits, including the number 39 Graff Racing LMP2 machine.

Ferrari had edged clear of their rivals over the preceding two hours until Pier Guidi brought the number 51 machine in for service shortly before midnight, soon after logging its 100th lap. The leading trio for much of this two-hour phase comprised the number 51 Ferrari, number 94 Peugeot, and Kobayashi’s doomed Toyota.

The midnight crashes changed the complexion of the race dramatically, putting Mueller at the head of the field followed by the number 50 Ferrari with Nicklas Nielsen at the wheel, and the number two Cadillac piloted by Earl Bamber.

Porsche suffered another below during the seventh hour of the race when Mathieu Jaminet came to a stop during the car’s 85th lap with what turned out to be a terminal fuel pressure problem. Vanwall also suffered a setback, a spin in the first sector costing their sole car a significant chunk of time.

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Positions after eight hours

PosNo.ClassTeamCarDriversLaps
194Hypercar (H)Peugeot TotalenergiesPeugeot 9X8Loic Duval/Gustavo Menezes/Nico Mueller104
250Hypercar (H)Ferrari AF CorseFerrari 499PAntonio Fuoco/Miguel Molina/Nicklas Nielsen104
32Hypercar (H)Cadillac RacingCadillac V-Series.REarl Bamber/Alex Lynn/Richard Westbrook104
451Hypercar (H)Ferrari AF CorseFerrari 499PAlessandro Pier Guidi/James Calado/Antonio Giovinazzi104
58Hypercar (H)Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR010Sebastien Buemi/Brendon Hartley/Ryo Hirakawa104
67Hypercar (H)Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR010Mike Conway/Kamui Kobayashi/Jose Maria Lopez103
75Hypercar (H)Porsche Penske MotorsportPorsche 963Dane Cameron/Michael Christensen/Frederic Makowiecki103
83Hypercar (H)Cadillac RacingCadillac V-Series.RSebastien Bourdais/Renger Van Der Zande/Scott Dixon103
96Hypercar (H)Porsche Penske MotorsportPorsche 963Kevin Estre/Andre Lotterer/Laurens Vanthoor103
1093Hypercar (H)Peugeot TotalenergiesPeugeot 9X8Paul di Resta/Mikkel Jensen/Jean-Eric Vergne102
11708HypercarGlickenhaus RacingGlickenhaus 007Romain Dumas/Olivier Pla/Ryan Briscoe101
12709HypercarGlickenhaus RacingGlickenhaus 007Franck Mailleux/Nathanael Berthon/Esteban Gutierrez100
1338Hypercar (H)Hertz Team JOTAPorsche 963Antonio Felix Da Costa/Will Stevens/Yifei Ye100
1434LMP2Inter Europol CompetitionOreca 07 – GibsonJakub Smiechowski/Albert Costa/Fabio Scherer100
1541LMP2Team WRTOreca 07 – GibsonRui Andrade/Louis Deletraz/Robert Kubica99
1680LMP2 Pro/AmAF CorseOreca 07 – GibsonFrancois Perrodo/Ben Barnicoat/Norman Nato99
1728LMP2JOTAOreca 07 – GibsonDavid Heinemeier Hansson/Oliver Rasmussen/Pietro Fittipaldi99
1845LMP2 Pro/AmAlgarve Pro RacingOreca 07 – GibsonGeorge Kurtz/James Allen/Colin Braun99
1930LMP2Duqueine TeamOreca 07 – GibsonNeel Jani/Rene Binder/Nicolas Pino99
2037LMP2 Pro/AmCool RacingOreca 07 – GibsonNicolas Lapierre/Alexandre Coigny/Malthe Jakobsen99
2165LMP2Panis RacingOreca 07 – GibsonManuel Maldonado/Tijmen van der Helm/Job van Uitert99
2235LMP2Alpine Elf TeamOreca 07 – GibsonAndre Negrão/Olli Caldwell/Memo Rojas99
2348LMP2Idec SportOreca 07 – GibsonPaul Lafargue/Paul Loup Chatin/Laurents Horr98
2436LMP2Alpine Elf TeamOreca 07 – GibsonMatthieu Vaxiviere/Charles Milesi/Julienal Canal98
2563LMP2Prema RacingOreca 07 – GibsonDoriane Pin/Daniil Kvyat/Mirko Bortolotti98
2647LMP2Cool RacingOreca 07 – GibsonReshad de Gerus/Vladislav Lomko/Simon Pagenaud98
2710LMP2Vector SportOreca 07 – GibsonRyan Cullen/Gabriel Aubry/Matthias Kaiser98
2831LMP2Team WRTOreca 07 – GibsonSean Gelael/Ferdinand Habsburg/Robin Frijns98
2939LMP2 Pro/AmGraff RacingOreca 07 – GibsonRoberto Lacorte/Giedo van der Garde/Patrick Pilet98
3023LMP2United AutosportsOreca 07 – GibsonJoshua Pierson/Tom Blomqvist/Oliver Jarvis97
3156LMGTE AmProject 1 – AOPorsche 911 RSR-19PJ Hyett/Gunnar Jeannette/Matteo Cairoli96
3285LMGTE AmIron DamesPorsche 911 RSR-19Sarah Bovy/Michelle Gatting/Rahel Frey96
3354LMGTE AmAF CorseFerrari 488 GTE EvoThomas Flohr/Francesco Castellacci/Davide Rigon96
3457LMGTE AmKessel RacingFerrari 488 GTE EvoTakeshi Kimura/Scott Huffaker/Daniel Serra95
35911LMGTE AmProton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR-19Michael Fassbender/Martin Rump/Richard Lietz95
3698LMGTE AmNorthwest AMRAston Martin Vantage AMRIan James/Daniel Mancinelli/Alex Riberas95
3724CDNTHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet Camaro ZL1Jimmie Johnson/Mike Rockenfeller/Jenson Button95
384HypercarFloyd Vanwall Racing TeamVanwall Vandervell 680Tom Dillmann/Esteban Guerrieri/Tristan Vautier95
3925LMGTE AmORT by TFAston Martin Vantage AMRAhmad Al Harthy/Michael Dinan/Charlie Eastwood95
4086LMGTE AmGR RacingPorsche 911 RSR-19Michael Wainwright/Benjamin Barker/Riccardo Pera94
4188LMGTE AmProton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR-19Harry Tincknell/Donald Yount/Jonas Ried94
4233LMGTE AmCorvette RacingChevrolet Corvette C8.RNicky Catsburg/Ben Keating/Nicolas Varrone94
4322LMP2United AutosportsOreca 07 – GibsonPhilip Hanson/Filipe Albuquerque/Frederick Lubin94
44100LMGTE AmWalkenhorst MotorsportFerrari 488 GTE EvoChandler Hull/Andrew Haryanto/Jeffrey Segal93
4577LMGTE AmDempsey-Proton RacingPorsche 911 RSR-19Christian Ried/Mikkel Pedersen/Julien Andlauer93
4674LMGTE AmKessel RacingFerrari 488 GTE EvoKei Cozzolino/Yorikatsu Tsujiko/Naoki Yokomizo92
47777LMGTE AmD’Station RacingAston Martin Vantage AMRSatoshi Hoshino/Casper Stevenson/Tomonobu Fujii91
489LMP2Prema RacingOreca 07 – GibsonBent Viscaal/Juan Manuel Correa/Filip Ugran90
4966LMGTE AmJMW MotorsportFerrari 488 GTE EvoThomas Neubauer/Louis Prette/Giacomo Petrobelli89
50311Hypercar (H)Action Express RacingCadillac V-Series.RLuis Felipe Derani/Alexander Sims/Jack Aitken87
51923LMP2 Pro/AmRacing Team TurkeyOreca 07 – GibsonSalih Yoluc/Tom Gamble/Dries Vanthoor87
5232LMP2Inter Europol CompetitionOreca 07 – GibsonMark Kvamme/Jan Magnussen/Anders Fjordbach86
5343LMP2 Pro/AmDKR EngineeringOreca 07 – GibsonTom Van Rompuy/Ugo de Wilde/Maxime Martin85
5475Hypercar (H)Porsche Penske MotorsportPorsche 963Felipe Nasr/Mathieu Jaminet/Nicholas Tandy84
5572LMGTE AmTF SportAston Martin Vantage AMRArnold Robin/Maxime Robin/Valentin Hasse-Clot58
5683LMGTE AmRichard Mille AF CorseFerrari 488 GTE EvoLuis Perez Companc/Alessio Rovera/Lilou Wadoux33
5716LMGTE AmProton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR-19Ryan Hardwick/Zacharie Robichon/Jan Heylen28
5860LMGTE AmIron LynxPorsche 911 RSR-19Claudio Schiavoni/Matteo Cressoni/Alessio Picariello28
5955LMGTE AmGMB MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMRGustav Dahlmann Birch/Marco Sorensen/Jens Reno Moller21
6021LMGTE AmAF CorseFerrari 488 GTE EvoSimon Mann/Julien Piguet/Ulysse de Pauw21
6113LMP2 Pro/AmTower MotorsportsOreca 07 – GibsonSteven Thomas/Ricky Taylor/Rene Rast19
6214LMP2 Pro/AmNielsen RacingOreca 07 – GibsonRodrigo Sales/Mathias Beche/Ben Hanley18

Hours 9-10

The clean-up of the crash which eliminated the number seven Toyota required the deployment of the Safety Car so the machine could be safely craned away. It joined the number 75 Porsche as the second Hypercar-class retirement.

That meant another lengthy re-ordering process, during which many of the runners took the opportunity to pit. The entire procedure took around an hour to complete. By this time the race was in its 10th hour, of which the total duration spent behind the Safety Car was over three hours.

When the race went green again, Peugeot’s 90-second lead has been wiped out and Mueller had an aggressive Sebastien Buemi on his tail. The Cadillac driver had received a few encouraging words on his radio during the lengthy delay, and immediately set about passing the race leader to rejoin the leader lap.

Ryo Hirakawa in the number eight Toyota also pounced on the leading Peugeot in the Esses at the start of the lap. While he claimed the lead in the sole remaining GR010, the two Ferraris gave pursuit.

Fourth-placed Pier Guidi was soon lobbying to be allowed past Antonio Fuoco ahead of him, to no avail. The pair remained separated by little more than half a second for several laps through the 10th hour, before Fuoco managed to stretch a lead of just over a second.

Alex Lynn followed close behind in the first of the Cadillacs. His team mate Bourdais, who had the race-leading Toyota in his mirrors, was the last car on the lead lap.

A Full Course Yellow was triggered with 20 minutes left to the 10-hour mark when Daniil Kvyat crashed his number 63 Prema LMP2 car heavily in the Porsche curves, striking the barriers twice. Kvyat climbed from his wrecked car unaided.

Hirakawa in the race-leading Toyota had been putting around a second per lap on his pursuers, but took the opportunity to pit under the suspension, putting Mueller’s Peugeot back in front. Ferrari took the opportunity to bring Fuoco into the garage to have the front of his car looked at, but racing speed resumed before he was able to rejoin.

Much further back the Action Express-run number 311 Cadillac lost yet more time when Pipo Derani spun at the final chicane while the race was neutralised.

Pier Guidi in the second Ferrari immediately attacked the lead Peugeot when the race restarted and took the lead as they accelerated out of Mulsanne corner. However it proved only temporary, as he headed for the pits at the end of the lap, handing his car over to James Calado.

Hirakawa was also due to change over, and brought his Toyota back into the pits soon after his previous visit so Sebastien Buemi could take the wheel.

That meant as the 10th hour concluded four difference cars occupied the top four places. Mueller continued to lead for Peugeot, pursued by Lynn’s Cadillac, them Buemi and Calado as they gave chase at the beginning of their stints. Fuoco had dropped to eight place in the second Ferrari following his extended pit stops, losing places to Bourdais, Kevin Estre in the leading Penske Porsche and Mikkel Jensen in the second Peugeot.

Positions after 10 hours

PosNo.ClassTeamCarDriversLaps
194Hypercar (H)Peugeot TotalenergiesPeugeot 9X8Loic Duval/Gustavo Menezes/Nico Mueller124
22Hypercar (H)Cadillac RacingCadillac V-Series.REarl Bamber/Alex Lynn/Richard Westbrook124
38Hypercar (H)Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR010Sebastien Buemi/Brendon Hartley/Ryo Hirakawa124
451Hypercar (H)Ferrari AF CorseFerrari 499PAlessandro Pier Guidi/James Calado/Antonio Giovinazzi124
53Hypercar (H)Cadillac RacingCadillac V-Series.RSebastien Bourdais/Renger Van Der Zande/Scott Dixon123
66Hypercar (H)Porsche Penske MotorsportPorsche 963Kevin Estre/Andre Lotterer/Laurens Vanthoor123
793Hypercar (H)Peugeot TotalenergiesPeugeot 9X8Paul di Resta/Mikkel Jensen/Jean-Eric Vergne122
850Hypercar (H)Ferrari AF CorseFerrari 499PAntonio Fuoco/Miguel Molina/Nicklas Nielsen121
9708HypercarGlickenhaus RacingGlickenhaus 007Romain Dumas/Olivier Pla/Ryan Briscoe121
10709HypercarGlickenhaus RacingGlickenhaus 007Franck Mailleux/Nathanael Berthon/Esteban Gutierrez120
1138Hypercar (H)Hertz Team JOTAPorsche 963Antonio Felix Da Costa/Will Stevens/Yifei Ye119
125Hypercar (H)Porsche Penske MotorsportPorsche 963Dane Cameron/Michael Christensen/Frederic Makowiecki119
1337LMP2 Pro/AmCool RacingOreca 07 – GibsonNicolas Lapierre/Alexandre Coigny/Malthe Jakobsen118
1434LMP2Inter Europol CompetitionOreca 07 – GibsonJakub Smiechowski/Albert Costa/Fabio Scherer118
1541LMP2Team WRTOreca 07 – GibsonRui Andrade/Louis Deletraz/Robert Kubica118
1630LMP2Duqueine TeamOreca 07 – GibsonNeel Jani/Rene Binder/Nicolas Pino118
1747LMP2Cool RacingOreca 07 – GibsonReshad de Gerus/Vladislav Lomko/Simon Pagenaud118
1865LMP2Panis RacingOreca 07 – GibsonManuel Maldonado/Tijmen van der Helm/Job van Uitert118
1948LMP2Idec SportOreca 07 – GibsonPaul Lafargue/Paul Loup Chatin/Laurents Horr118
2028LMP2JOTAOreca 07 – GibsonDavid Heinemeier Hansson/Oliver Rasmussen/Pietro Fittipaldi117
2110LMP2Vector SportOreca 07 – GibsonRyan Cullen/Gabriel Aubry/Matthias Kaiser117
2236LMP2Alpine Elf TeamOreca 07 – GibsonMatthieu Vaxiviere/Charles Milesi/Julienal Canal117
2331LMP2Team WRTOreca 07 – GibsonSean Gelael/Ferdinand Habsburg/Robin Frijns117
2480LMP2 Pro/AmAF CorseOreca 07 – GibsonFrancois Perrodo/Ben Barnicoat/Norman Nato116
2523LMP2United AutosportsOreca 07 – GibsonJoshua Pierson/Tom Blomqvist/Oliver Jarvis116
2645LMP2 Pro/AmAlgarve Pro RacingOreca 07 – GibsonGeorge Kurtz/James Allen/Colin Braun116
2735LMP2Alpine Elf TeamOreca 07 – GibsonAndre Negrão/Olli Caldwell/Memo Rojas115
2856LMGTE AmProject 1 – AOPorsche 911 RSR-19PJ Hyett/Gunnar Jeannette/Matteo Cairoli115
2985LMGTE AmIron DamesPorsche 911 RSR-19Sarah Bovy/Michelle Gatting/Rahel Frey115
30911LMGTE AmProton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR-19Michael Fassbender/Martin Rump/Richard Lietz115
3154LMGTE AmAF CorseFerrari 488 GTE EvoThomas Flohr/Francesco Castellacci/Davide Rigon115
3257LMGTE AmKessel RacingFerrari 488 GTE EvoTakeshi Kimura/Scott Huffaker/Daniel Serra115
334HypercarFloyd Vanwall Racing TeamVanwall Vandervell 680Tom Dillmann/Esteban Guerrieri/Tristan Vautier114
3425LMGTE AmORT by TFAston Martin Vantage AMRAhmad Al Harthy/Michael Dinan/Charlie Eastwood114
3524CDNTHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet Camaro ZL1Jimmie Johnson/Mike Rockenfeller/Jenson Button114
3686LMGTE AmGR RacingPorsche 911 RSR-19Michael Wainwright/Benjamin Barker/Riccardo Pera114
3798LMGTE AmNorthwest AMRAston Martin Vantage AMRIan James/Daniel Mancinelli/Alex Riberas114
3888LMGTE AmProton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR-19Harry Tincknell/Donald Yount/Jonas Ried114
3933LMGTE AmCorvette RacingChevrolet Corvette C8.RNicky Catsburg/Ben Keating/Nicolas Varrone114
4063LMP2Prema RacingOreca 07 – GibsonDoriane Pin/Daniil Kvyat/Mirko Bortolotti113
4122LMP2United AutosportsOreca 07 – GibsonPhilip Hanson/Filipe Albuquerque/Frederick Lubin113
42100LMGTE AmWalkenhorst MotorsportFerrari 488 GTE EvoChandler Hull/Andrew Haryanto/Jeffrey Segal112
4374LMGTE AmKessel RacingFerrari 488 GTE EvoKei Cozzolino/Yorikatsu Tsujiko/Naoki Yokomizo112
4477LMGTE AmDempsey-Proton RacingPorsche 911 RSR-19Christian Ried/Mikkel Pedersen/Julien Andlauer112
45777LMGTE AmD’Station RacingAston Martin Vantage AMRSatoshi Hoshino/Casper Stevenson/Tomonobu Fujii110
469LMP2Prema RacingOreca 07 – GibsonBent Viscaal/Juan Manuel Correa/Filip Ugran109
47311Hypercar (H)Action Express RacingCadillac V-Series.RLuis Felipe Derani/Alexander Sims/Jack Aitken106
4843LMP2 Pro/AmDKR EngineeringOreca 07 – GibsonTom Van Rompuy/Ugo de Wilde/Maxime Martin105
4932LMP2Inter Europol CompetitionOreca 07 – GibsonMark Kvamme/Jan Magnussen/Anders Fjordbach104
5039LMP2 Pro/AmGraff RacingOreca 07 – GibsonRoberto Lacorte/Giedo van der Garde/Patrick Pilet103
517Hypercar (H)Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR010Mike Conway/Kamui Kobayashi/Jose Maria Lopez103
5266LMGTE AmJMW MotorsportFerrari 488 GTE EvoThomas Neubauer/Louis Prette/Giacomo Petrobelli89
53923LMP2 Pro/AmRacing Team TurkeyOreca 07 – GibsonSalih Yoluc/Tom Gamble/Dries Vanthoor87
5475Hypercar (H)Porsche Penske MotorsportPorsche 963Felipe Nasr/Mathieu Jaminet/Nicholas Tandy84
5572LMGTE AmTF SportAston Martin Vantage AMRArnold Robin/Maxime Robin/Valentin Hasse-Clot58
5683LMGTE AmRichard Mille AF CorseFerrari 488 GTE EvoLuis Perez Companc/Alessio Rovera/Lilou Wadoux33
5716LMGTE AmProton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR-19Ryan Hardwick/Zacharie Robichon/Jan Heylen28
5860LMGTE AmIron LynxPorsche 911 RSR-19Claudio Schiavoni/Matteo Cressoni/Alessio Picariello28
5955LMGTE AmGMB MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMRGustav Dahlmann Birch/Marco Sorensen/Jens Reno Moller21
6021LMGTE AmAF CorseFerrari 488 GTE EvoSimon Mann/Julien Piguet/Ulysse de Pauw21
6113LMP2 Pro/AmTower MotorsportsOreca 07 – GibsonSteven Thomas/Ricky Taylor/Rene Rast19
6214LMP2 Pro/AmNielsen RacingOreca 07 – GibsonRodrigo Sales/Mathias Beche/Ben Hanley18

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11 comments on “Peugeot regain Le Mans lead after another lengthy Safety Car interruption”

  1. Wow, the Peugeot is leading and suddenly it’s a lap ahead of the four cars following it.
    If I only understood how the pitstop exit blocking works… Confusing as hell. It seems to me that a pitstop under a full course yellow costs you a full lap… Correct??

    1. Under a SC the pit exit is closed until the closest of the 3 SC’s & pack behind it passes the pit exit.

      This is done for safety so you don’t have cars driving fast to try and catch the pack.

      They have also altered the SC procedures for this year to be more in line with what you see in the US with wave arounds to try and keep more cars on the lead lap and in the flight.

      However it’s just resulting in unnecessarily long sc periods as the 3 safety car packs have to merge, Then the wave around happens and then they drop the slower classes to the back of the pack.

      Was apparently a process change that was done purely for the show to try and keep more cars on the lead lap and in the lead fight.

      Maybe it’s done that but the unintended consequence of absurdly long caution periods and confusion over getting everyone in the right pack and order has been a complete farce.

  2. Coming up on 3 hours of safety car running in a 9 hour race.

    It’ll be interesting to see how the Cadillac does in the night; they’ve had great pace so far, but perhaps not always at the right moments.

  3. The 24 hours of Safety Car

  4. Man I’m enjoying the race! Checking in as i have time but every time theres a lead change. Great to see as many manufacturers as there are in hypercar and all being competitive! I was expecting a Valkyrie though?? Next year?

    The Nascar ain’t doing too bad! And good to see kiwis well represented!!

    1. RandomMallard
      11th June 2023, 8:37

      @antznz My understanding is while Aston Martin were heavily involved in early discussions surrounding the Hypercar class with regards to creating the ruleset entering a Valkyrie, they scrapped the project after the Stroll buyout/investment in 2020 to instead focus on F1. So unfortunately I wouldn’t expect a Valkyrie any time soon. Alpine, BMW and Lamborghini, as well as a couple of smaller Italian manufacturers, do plan on bringing cars next year though.

  5. Jonathan Parkin
    11th June 2023, 5:07

    This re ordering process is why I don’t like it in F1. I watched the 2008 Monaco GP recently which had such a long SC period because there was a long reorder

    This was I’m sure why Kimi ran into the back of the Force India and why the race was ultimately time limited at 2 hours

    1. So you mean he rear-ended Sutil because of tyres & or brakes getting cold from a lengthy SC period?

  6. I watched the race at parts from some teams’ onboard footage on YT, mainly Toyotas, but unfortunately, the unnecessarily lengthy & repetitive SC neutralizations are ruining enjoyment for everyone.
    I, like all others, just wanted to see some LM24h racing instead of a high-speed parade.

    1. Rather I’ve watched & will do more today.

  7. William Coles
    11th June 2023, 8:10

    I’ve sat down and watched for probably two hours total and there has been about 20 minutes of actual racing in this time. Endless cautions, pointless full course yellows and safety car periods that last for hours. They have killed the spectical. My brother is there and he said that it has ruined it too. The coverage has also been awful. Watching the pit crews sleeping and washing their goggles is not what people tune in for…

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