2019 Monterey SportsCar Championship Powered by McLaren - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

[Music] the unmistakable sound of engines roaring out of the pit layer the beasts have been released we're on the left-hand coast the Monterey Peninsula for two point two three miles of motorsport nirvana it's the WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca good afternoon everybody and it is just into the afternoon as the cars are ruling 11 corners that will test the mettle of every single driver engineer team and particularly the Michelin tire engineers this afternoon hello there I'm John hind off trying to be sure and Adam are the insert rid your team alongside me as we break together insert TV and its original word right at the top of the short for our great friend and colleague Brian Hill who can't be with us this weekend and he's fighting some health battles Brian you much missed we missed you in the Lamborghini sure earlier on today rest assured your headset is sitting right in between me and Jeremy and we're keeping that for you when you're ready come on back we'll see you then in the meantime you have our thoughts of the thought server a lot of people in this pilot with you stay strong brother we'll see you soon we got to the dying embers now of the 2019 the 50th anniversary season for insert Adam what we have got this weekend is the final of the Michelin Sprint Cup in GT Daytona and it's perfectly poised one separates Zachary rubbish on and Trenton and Maria front Parker so the championship leaders in GCD for the whole season long championship are actually trailing in the sprint championship they have to finish one place better than that number nine five Porsche in order to secure the Sprint championship but they also have that season-long battle that they can knock out today to if they leave with more than 35 points of an advantage so Myers shank racing going to be earning their money today in terms of the strategist keeping track of just where that line is and for Zachary rubbish on a faff well they're all in they want the Sprint Cup Jeremy as far as the @jt Lomond bottle goes Porsha Albert wrapped of the teams championship we heard an ambition of countdown degree just how competitive it is between the two sets of drivers there with Nick Tandy and Patrick Bailey at the number nine eleven with a little ground to make up on their team bits yes indeed that they came in here separated by just 11 points so that certainly is possible to overcome that in the other classes too in lmp2 with just five points between Matt McMurray and Cameron castles and saving the same challenges with PR and Mathis and most sports and performance techno sports so that's all to play for and you know that GTD overall season championship yes if they if the number 86 team leaves with a 35-point advisers they wouldn't need even need to go to Patil anymore but with the fact that the points play all the way down and is desertin going to be 15 16 cars at at petit Lamar they don't even need to have a 35-point any lot less less than that going here so really they're just gotta have a a good solid run here and whether they finish they gonna be pretty much unbeatable so it's been a great season for that buyer shank racing we've clear back Iranian team and GTD and as far as DP is concerned the front of the field the front will knock out why Acura Team Penske at they're chasing a championship as well but they've got some competition they do because that 31 will and engineering Cadillac that want the championship last year with Felipe Nasr they're still in the hunt they are not yet out of reach of that championship well Elio here not out of it either they're a bit further back and so er pranker in Jordan they're still in it too and hang on a second five cards in the field actually still have a really good shot at the prototype championship assuming not all goes according to plan for Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron and it has gone according to plan they've been on the podium every single race this year since Sebring that is a very long streak that they have to keep going particularly considering the year ago they were on the podium here odds are in their favor Thank You Jeremy Shaw alongside mate John Hanke dog out of our eyes and there's a good pack up side-by-side great flag is in the air car passing turn the line they go underneath the Weather Tech Raceway Laguna Seca bridge at the two Acuras have broken away at the front of the field that they drop in water - maybe a little bit wide one of the Masters coming up through the inside that'll be the 77 of Tristan Nunez and this side-by-side contact there Nunez for a moment made up a couple of positions with that Hana drop back outfit back behind and John Taylor Utley very glossy black number 10 Cadillac that's right in the mix there wow this looks like that five laps great for Scott Card's not the very top of prototype racing in episode that was a forceful start and here's the 77 master having lost a few positions now having a big lead battle blue turn five of the inside of the lease at deeply I have John Bennett water start to the race and Jeremy that would have been a few hearts in mouths there the Technium master then we've got three in the world coming in here almost lost one of the bullets in that gun before we got started yeah Christina was like a catalyst to escape that it was I know Felipe Nasr on the grass has really lost a couple of phases right right a cape on back again though so yeah as a dramatic start straight I think if we're expanding around there that's the good news and for the master there John's a palm reader comes into this race third in the points and not out of it by any means no indeed and we've seen this place throw up very very odd things in the past remember last year we didn't even get one of the championship contenders to the great flag well at least that hasn't happened this year Montoya has put in the fastest lap in of the race but that's off the green flag so let's not worry about that right now 2040 minutes was what we started with the two Acuras are being in there beat for freedom through turn four again and they're brilliant aware got good half a second call on a second now back to third place that's John Taylor settling in that it's the 55 master of Jonathan Bomarito who's in fourth position after all the hardship Rajee of the first lap in GT Lamar BMW have held the top position coming from Paul with the black number 24 car in the hands of the SE chrome Ford GT and second Dirk bula the 66 that's a red white blue car in the 2016 come on winning livery and in third position the second of the BMWs top lock twist right number 25 GTT Corey Louis lead from Paul position the top of the corkscrew on the first lap side by side almost contact JDC Miller car that was certain time a trimmer in the 84 car grooming him in a pin I think with John Bell in there but no harm no foul John I think just had to go off the track for the moment one minute of 17.3 8 3 is our first flying lap cars full of fuel that's very quickly adidas their Thunder past us and now everybody on the pit wall I think to bring a slightly bigger sigh of relief at start maybe breathing eat normal where rather than party or holding their breath it was a bit like that it was it was very very tight out there and a good silent utd by the way by by Cooper McNeill who's found his way past a career OB Shaw on that motion is left to run second in that distinctive white WeatherTech Ferrari so really good effort by Cooper McNeil he was such a Chastity's restore this morning on the golf cart in the news just eyeing us for questioning their strategy yesterday in qualifying when the number 63 car elected not to go back out on to the racetrack when the qualifying session was restarted but he ended up losing only one position River he we thought he might lose board now but he didn't and he's got a good car coming into this weekend in GT t Cory Louis leads there Philippa Gayley and poor Bella racing last year's Champion's Trent hitman in the 86 championship contending Acura in second then Kevin McNeil in that 63 car the white Ferrari that Jeremy was bench dick there Zachery rubbish odds only half a second further back in the fat Porsche and there's a man who needs points for the Sprint championship as well Kim in to the Michelin spring Cup standings with the specialist the Sprint Cup standings just a point ahead of his nearest rivals who are in that number 86 car so at the moment the championship is going to Trent Hinman and his team the number 86 MSR Acura that's outside it is it's a simple one for us we don't need to do much arithmetic which is probably just as well it was a dinner play on the Friday afternoon but I was its killer guess what I wasn't there that much so basically whichever of the 86 and the nine finishes higher up the GT Daytona standings they will win the Michelin Sprint Cup the inaugural Michelin Sprint Cup pea in 29th year for the drivers that is not for the team Noah stack those will say mr. one the races and the recent Zachary is leading the points right now it's because he did that brace it a Detroit with the park place car and finished on the podium so that gave him the points that means he comes in here with a one-point edge over in the overall championship leaders that's one something they want to continue cracking pair setting at the front of the field as the GT delay that disappears off the top of the corkscrew it's the two Acuras they were blazing a trail at the front of the field Ricky Taylor won bin at 16.7 3 award at last time around terms of the risk that's the new one 117 what 69 reverse set last year but I color brown in the Oregon Gibson 0-7 saw already on the third flying lap of the race we have a new race lap records I have a strong suspicion will be breaking the old qualifying record in the race here we've got well down under the 116 8 the Jordan Taylor sir last year in qualifying Ennis and outstanding qualifying session on Saturday here well worth watching it he's already on the official YouTube channel of him sir if you want to go back after the race and see how the Paul's what it's worth it there was some outstanding driving there from particularly GT LeMond and the DPI fields to set the pole positions let's set the grid for the risk that started at just about seven minutes ago now the battle in GT t the street cars and a street fight although we're on a road circuit number 86 of Trent hitman is climbing up from turn six towards the highest part of the circuit here and he's got Cooper McNeill and the Porsche of Zachary Robichaud Acura Ferrari Porsche Aswad but yep W sitting in behind that as and that would be Robbie for Lee in the number 96 the liqui moly white red and blue car behind that the bright orange and green McLaren a marked Club in the hips of honoring Grand Prix powered by McLaren cars so that car doing really well had a fabulous lap going in qualifying yesterday but a red flag came out but couldn't quite get that when we went back to great they tied it GT Limoges coming out of turn but before it's still the pmw Alessi club for poor lady mentor full of a Ford 66 their top lock twist the 25 BMW then it's a large factor in the paddock list of the two Porsches his teammate his damaged six position behind the forward of Ryan Briscoe that's the 67 car they blew a red car and he's got yang Magnussen right on his tail pipes at the moment as their head out onto another lap entrant had been their backup in the second place and he's got back ahead of Cooper McNeill and the last couple of laps so the champion leader in second place right now and that faff car is to position behind him so the plaid Porsche needs to get ahead Lautrec Kidman and Mario Farber Co he was gonna very short he's going to win that terse WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship we are a new fastest lap on previous lap actually new lap record I woke up one more time the second-place car but this lack a little bit quicker quite good that back but another fast lap by the two leaders and they're extending their lead now already by three or four tenths of a second per lap over Jordan Taylor in third place I should have given you fair warning if this Jeremy but East era scenario in the Michelin Sprint Cup in GTD well we can get an absolute tie because there's only one point between the drivers at the moment and we must go down far enough where there's only one point but it's I may not presume we got the wins after that yeah well and Zachary has two wins right well you know so even if it's the tie down points it would go to Zach indeed right okay so that is the one scenario where the 86 car could finish ahead but if they were far enough down the field just to have a one point spread between the two positions then it would go to the driver of the number nine Porsche is that one place I ask that now yes so that we weren't scrambling for that because scriptwriters here that tend to just want to keep us on our toes I jest of course but live sport particularly this summer has been extraordinary and throwing up the unexpected and the miraculous in some cases already 10 minutes have elapsed let's take a look at the Cadillac in race summary and the update tells us that the two Acuras number seven of Ricky teal and number six of juan Montoya a 1.3 seconds apart Jordan Taylor is the best of the Cadillacs in third position as he heads over the top and falls off the edge of the world at the corkscrew now diving down under the WeatherTech bridge third position but already some three seconds away from the back of the two white and orange accurate in lmp2 it's the 52 don't kill it ahead of Cameron castles by nearly six seconds there so they've had a really good start 52 from 38 BMW Paul sitting car in GT LeMond leads the Ford GT of dirt mullet but only by half a second two seconds further Buckley's team here at the 25 white BMW then the first of the Porsches with Lawrence van sir at the world GT dear torna Corey Lewis from poor position leading a cracking battle with Trent hitman in second in the pick a black hole or nation number 86 Acura NSX gt3 then it's the black and white Ferrari Cooper McNeill a 63 WeatherTech car in third I'm not talking about the gaps here because there's no need to they're actually tied together with a very short punching string at the moment as they come out of turn number five going up the hill was a little challenge of the inside goodbye the Ferrari as the leader is beginning to lap that bottle and that leader is Ricky tail that goes up the hill now that she can't lock in risk updates Cadillac V Series real drivers never take it off siding through the traffic regulators because you know that's what you realize Jeremy's that you tell quick please put the tape sharper to the downforce corners we're talking about race tubes Acura NSX Ferrari Porsche these are proper sports cars and they look like they were tied to a tree that yeah and heads-up driving if I trip him and he saw the thank you Pence is coming on the inside let that go before he turned into the corner was able to maintain his position as well a couple of slight change another five car of the Philip albuquerque's managed to get past Johnson for Murray today and for fourth position on that last I front Johnson must have made a mistake somewhere or else it was who in traffic would keep rely on that one because that she's falling back a bit more on this lap could be just traffic but that number five car we need to take a bit more risk perhaps number 38 the p2 car that fell behind a few off the GTL engine the first couple of laps of race the camera castles quickly worked at the way past them and pulled well a well away and he's going quicker and quickly so it's a good laps with Cameron castles right now in pursuit of Dalton Kellett yeah the exclamation from Bay that Jeremy was giving that information as the 55 off Jonathan Bomarito and just rubbing on the lock side the WeatherTech Ferrari the white the black of a 63 car and again heads up driving by the GTD torna drivers Cooper McNeil has been booked to come The Times by fast moving through at times and he's battling remember for second place with Trent Hillman good heads-up driving by Cooper disappointing weekend from in the Ferrari challenge last weekend down at Homestead another him SAS action series qualified on pole for both races came away with a big fat zero to not finishes not sure even completed a full speed racing lap if after you share was that she reminds me he did not so quite an extraordinary weekend for Cooper but he's pulled that together he's put it behind him it's a reset every time you come to a racetrack the stop watches the cars and the racetrack don't know or care how good or bad you did last time outing you've got to start all over again and I'll have that in your mind and there's been a pass for second position Cooper McNeil just as we were talking about him has managed to get his head hit the game or keep his head at the gear should I say admit the past week try for the last couple of laps so now cause in the second position Trent hit but down to third goes down to fourth does he round the outside that's got championship implications for the Michelin Sprint Cup and the are caused through and that puts a career or be shod in the box seat as far as the championship for drivers is concerned so is there a problem now for the the number 86 car lost two positions in the space of three or four corners has dropped a long way back Kurt behind the number 63 WeatherTech Ferrari remember the Ferrari took was ahead of the Acura for the first couple laps then they change back again now it's back again yeah and the goober McNeil is pulling away from those two so it could have been that trend kind of lost his momentum in the traffic as some of the prototype cards are coming past him but keep an eye on that we know the tire degradation is a major factor I just wonder if he had to go offline Jeremy and he's got him in a pickup on the ties and he's gonna have to clean a little bit because his pace now seems fine but he's had to give up another position he also did a couple extra qualifying laps did hitman so he may have slightly older by a couple of three laps can't see that making that much difference in the tires a law as J's pointing out in my ears at the moment is another heat cycle on the michelin's great crowd in attendance and the infield party looking a picture plenty people down in the vendor mid wing as well we're live from trackside hips original and insert TV together hello everybody she had him in the pit with Jeremy short meet John hang off in the MSHA broadcasts at the right of the start/finish line the car scream screaming buyers really feel part of the event here as we're looking down on the back of the pit lid in GT lamorne the cars have just got past as the two leaders while actually the three leaders because the third VFW's not that far away from the leading pair under the walk over preacher down towards turn for the back in black BMW M it GTE of yes Ekron who qualified on pole position for rear her letter but Lanigan BMW has held that lead from the start and for the last 11 laps has fallen in the red white blue 2016 LeMond winning livery on the 66 Ford GT trying to close it down trying to get the lead third position the team car to the leader that's the white number 25 top block twist he's coming over the top of the corkscrew piece we're just a little bit from the best of the Porsches championship leading Lorentz factor in the 9.2 Porsche he's only a half a second a Ryan Briscoe he's closer in the 67th car that's the blue and red Ford GT Chip Ganassi machine but at par but in a very different approach having a very different approach to there is we end that most of the teams rather than taking Turner turn about to do the qualifying Lawrence patio has done all the qualifying this year therefore started all of the races that normally means that unless there's an incident or a slight change of tactics that it's certainly in the shorter races Lawrence does one stint and Earl does the last two we'll see how that plays out today also it means that Lawrence could fork this on set up for the Carver qualifying and Earl for the longer run this wedding they want tire longevity fuel saving all that kind of good stuff that you want in the hour and 40 minutes that remain when he takes it over still one round to go championships to be decided Motul patty LeMond beginning of October for additional ten hour finale to the incest season but right now the focus is on the two point two three miles of weathertech rear Laguna Seca where our leader is about to put a lap on the GT d 4th position car and has done Lawrence van to will fall in behind Ricky tillery's they go down to turn 11 the final left hander all the way down to second key for the GT cars can I lean it sweet pass the leading to GT LeMond cars [Music] which is actually turned to the adroitly hairpin he's got past the Ford of dirt baller [Music] perhaps having a bit odd there because the Ford was scored as the leader last time around in GT t GT naman excuse me now if that is the case I didn't see happen but that is it dude the case so yes he crops being a mistake we have a new leader the red number one on the side of the 66 so what's happened there because that's quite a big gap almost two seconds for that new Ford apologies as I was checking the timing sprayed there but the 24 car the points hitting car what if that was as traffic was coming through before the leader was on board shot from the lead it was the one that drew my attention for the fact that there was another GT car of the road so BMWs now second and third that's are still in fourth position [Music] it was a radial by the way if you want to get into to this hello to Dave Lister the big smoggy - did still basking in his football team's glorious walk nil bid on Saturday says dear if we miss yet hope to see you soon best wishes from everybody in this putt a bit [Music] also hello at their pinky head Michael has weakened aliv krauser is watching need speed good above the start/finish diverges odd today hundred forty miles an hour the lamborghini sequential fields earlier on the GT the mock cars around about 130 235 now the lead in GT Lomond was being held by the BMW but coming out of turn two a couple of laps ago there was a stutter in a coffin the car just didn't seem to want to push out of the corner that was all the information the dirt bill of Enid and he slipped through he's putting up a couple of seconds call out three seconds three two half seconds now so I'm not sure what went on with yes he could scar his last that was a 125 and he's holding up his teammate top bludvist now we're a dirty lose a 23 for exactly where again I said to be common issues so quickly with the BMW one year after dr. sick 15 laps into this race only it's a long long way to go it's gonna be a lot race if they're gonna have to study for tires every 20 laps or so they've only got ten sets for the weekend Jeremy in GT GT lamorne lmp2 and dpi have 10 sets of brand-new bhishma to start the weekend GTD what you have eight it is you do true through the beers no question about it just watching lmp2 by the way don't kill it had a pre big leader of sub state one state but Cameron castles accountable 38 for performance that most of us he's close that right down now to just a couple of seconds was a lot more than that not so long ago let's go to Adam for an update from the pit lane nobody in the pits yet which is good news you look anxious yes doesn't it get a little bit antsy they have both of their second drivers that's Patrick belay in November with their helmets on sitting all the fit bark still sitting there to the engineers and listening for all the information they're going to need but they are the only gtlm team right now with these second drivers with their helmets on everybody's getting ready ish BMW is definitely another team is putting their drivers etiquette socks on and all that but a Corvette they still have pretty children at Ford well there's no information whatsoever of getting their drivers ready gotta think Jeremy that qualifying was in very different conditions and the tire choice for qualifying would have been predicated by predicated on the warm conditions in air and on track and I wonder if those tires maybe aren't giving the grip that they were expecting on what is a much cooler afternoon now with the search just for the moment or two at various press about the core course just behind clouds and I wonder if there's getting trouble getting heat into the tires quite the reverse from what they would have expected and that's a warm qualifying on Saturday particularly for get pushed off line here and pick up the marbles on top those on those Michelin tire so yeah and look into third place now that Jordan Taylor is close right in on the two accurate so that Cadillac you know the Cadillac is always pretty good on its tire where it's often much better than the other cars and they were kind of hoping the Cadillac teams were hoping they was going to be hotter today because then they they think they might even more of an advantage under the Acuras of the masses and everything else but your tailor is really doing an excellent job in third position answer just to point out the big advantage that the Cadillac cars is a truckload of torque so going through traffic if you just get out of the power bar the little bit of turbocharged cars it can take you half a second or a couple of tenths for the engine just to punch back into the power band well you've got a much wider power and torque band on the big v8 of the Konica Minolta cadillac racing TPI v number ten then you maybe have it some of the more higher revving turbocharged engines the Cadillac has always been very very good indeed through traffic and in maybe that's just helping out Jordan tiller he's also got the advantage of courses the drivers that are being lapped have been walking up to some extent by the fact that the two leaders have gone through once in a while if you're in a midst of a battle no matter how good a driver you are too easy to miss them the first or second blue flag to but well that could be again half a second a couple attends here it's all that makes the difference Dalen GTT torn a cracking part was going on through the field as the prototypes come through Philippe in NASA just going past the number 33 append Keating sitting in here at the position for that wins facilities but Christina Nielsen in seventh at the 57 pattern caterpillar sponsored and I saw that's the Acura NSX down to the final quarter for those two and through comes the master as well pushes Keating just a little bit off like just what Jeremy was seeing just went Ben he's trying to put some pressure on Christina ahead through come the prototypes you've got to give them room because you don't want to frustrate them our Porsche keys to the race patience in traffic that stands for those who are peat pastures well as the ones who are doing the passing you don't want to throw your race away for the sake of one corner when you could have eased out at the throttle and let a faster car through coming about half an hour just half an hour just under half an hour complete it 25 minutes down still the two Acuras ahead Ricky Taylor at Brad Montoya nine tenths of a second apart seven from six Montoya does not like sitting behind anybody even if it's his teammates he'll see that car ahead as a challenge to catch and a challenge to pass did a decent block pass of a couple at the hotel this morning to be honest time to get me wits about me certainly wasn't going to give me any room in the air make sure that right hander as I came out of the parking area Ricky Ricky Taylor least John tillery's brother in third position and then a big gap six and a half seconds back to Filipe Albuquerque he's got Jonathan Bomarito in the 55 Mazda right behind him but they're fighting their way through the leading cars in GT detour at the moment now Bommarito gets through and past the number 63 Cooper McNeill in his own race of course he's nine and a half seconds but Cory Lewis who's done a fantastic job for the number 48 Paul Miller racing Lamborghini team he's up the road gone in GTD so now the third and fourth position cars as they go through turn five and up the hill the six that pretty left hand the attorney just on the brow just that that big invisible hand the downforce will get you through the left-hander now all already up to the corkscrew my goodness knows cars climb the hills very very quickly indeed nothing between them so that is a proper battle on the circuit as they're charged now through turn nine to the right-hander at ten put their entrance coming up on the left-hand side from the number 55 minutes it's all crystal red or miss of the air backed by the Cadillac driver it's only lemon got nowhere near there to the left-hand side of the truck way needed to me so is that Filipe Albuquerque making just a little mistake or is it the first sign of grip going away for the Cadillac he's wide in turn two as well but that might be the cutback as he's caught Cory Louis now this is very interesting indeed not too far behind either Philippe at NASA at the number 31 red white Whelan car you just watch out for stuck something Karcher for me the first sight of him just struggling to get to the apex as in comes be chicoy Berg in the Cadillac number 85 Adam will keep in either the optional truck is that just four tires already it's tires and pure they're gonna put in fuel one the driver change so Misha is staying aboard they're cleaning off the windshield not doing a tear-off yet but it is for new Michelin tires going on this number 85 Cadillac a little bit earlier perhaps than we might have expected barely a half an hour 30 minutes in to this rod okay yada out laughs a couplet Pierre slaps formation laughs call them what you will but I would have thought Jeremy surely somewhere near 40 minutes we would have expected from the piranha types and again and the final corner Albuquerque struggling to get the Cadillac to the MX unless he's not trying to get it to the MX and he's trying to find a bit of grip somewhere us die struggling he's really struggling he is right now Andy and he's losing time to draw Taylor and up Ted car who's who extended that lead from for five seconds out to eight seconds now is pretty much a second a lap each and last couple laps he's lost at the number five car in relation to the number tenth and as you su can see the number 55 Mazda is a looming they're pretty large in his mirrors but it's certainly it's it's gonna go competitive run by five Number five Gardner it's a good battle between these two you often spare one sport comet is talking about the undercut and the other cut to expressions that I dislike intensely if I'm honest but what then I'm talking about is the performance advantage of getting into the pits and putting on a new set of tires and when you are doing that early you get the performance advantage you can make up time on anyone who stays out for a few laps like longer that is the undercut the other cut is where tires work better towards the end of their life and a view called set the tires perhaps don't have the performance in there if you stay off long stout longer you get a performance and time advantage by staying out that's an overcoat it's very much an undercooked track here as Philemon NASA has come into the pit Li and out of some of the GT LeMond teams are getting ready to number three corvette crew is up on the wall with pit board in hand as well and there the next pit box behind the 31 crew and their sister ground the number blank and tires so Felipe NASA sang aboard for one more spits more new tires going onto this car they've done the right side so far they are running around to do the left's as well and you'll hear a rumble of a Corvette coming in very soon as Antonio Garcia is up on the walls that means on Magnussen at least we'll be getting out they will be doing a full service for that cart Whalen engineer there is no specialist that's four stops track that's a four stop race for guys who were stopping this far I mean that this is extraordinary stuff people are really struggling early on here you can see the drivers very good drivers struggling to hit their the apex the pocket bit in the middle of the corner and that second agent of these guys so they're having to drive around that they're having to adapt what they're doing Corvette into the pit lid and gone absolutely fabulous pit stop by Corvette Racing we've expected that and they've delivered that over the last 20 years Adam the only problem was a little bit slow off the pit lane speed limiter for Antonio Garcia he lost about a second on that portion of the stop that the crew nailed that the tires were done and then the fuel probe came out about a second later that was perfection the sister car will be coming in here soon and Oliver Gavin will be getting out of back and also Filipe Albuquerque will get a little bit of respite because at least he's getting new tires but he's not yet getting out of that number five life of track sides on the Monterey Peninsula it's original and emza TV together hello everybody was out of doubt in the pit lane Jeremy Shaw and John hind off in the booth Corvette just rejoining Hill that's the second record ain't coming in the the before car of Olly Gavin which will be rippling up to share other Brides out our boys a driver chance for the 3 car is only getting out you yes he is Tommy daughter will be taking over after one year anniversary to Tommy and his wife lura second place Park has also been to the pen lane that is the number six Acura Juan Pablo Montoya brings that car in we'll wait and see when he stops on his marks if it's time for him to get out you go up the sumerians to have a nice little bit of lunch no it is back in the life and now consider number five don't believe we've got Dean Cameron fully installed into that number six accuracy pets keep leading the championship four new tires for him to championship leader is also into the pit lane but that was not a driver changing all his health the same court and four new tires going onto that lmp2 machine no driver change for Filipe Albuquerque but he is getting four new sticker Michelin so that looks nice and shiny on him just waiting on the fuel probe for Philippe as the tire change was done beautiful pit stop once again by the bus examine the crew and away goes please interesting to see that the lmp2 are eager of Kalat beat out the second-place car in the race we'll see how that shakes out also see what happens to the cars have done these early stops really tearless still leading has not come into the pit lane as yet so see how the performance advantage of the new tires plays for those drivers at teeps who have done it and with 2 hours and 7 minutes when that's number 6 car care be nuts just to over 35 minutes of racing and in comes the leader to the accurate a Penske stop not at the same part of the papillae and of course as it student help it is the Taylor team party down here in the pit lane is both Ricky and Jordan are and they're both staying aboard their cars so they're both gonna be getting new tires this is gonna be fun depending on how closely together the sound of the engine every said the number 55 me too is getting for a new Michelin tires have to sound the Acura revving waiting for the fuel probe to come out and away goes Ricky all right with a nice sideways burnout as he leaves a pit lane next in is the Mazda we're just waiting for Jonathan to be given the clearance to leave these around the end [Music] Jonathan joins the party too we also have the 84 jail his words gotta lock in that is still Simon Trevor he's not getting out of that car but he is getting new tires tristant Nunez they're late having gone stopped so we'll the gap ballplayer half is the performance advantage in the tires that are on that 77 are in the tires that has already been given to the cars behind it we'll find out the lappa twos time we still have not completed 40 minutes of racing just took 35 minutes of racing here at the 2040 minutes contest and these are early stops for the exported safes and remember the two Corvettes have already stopped GT LaVon they have come in they're the only two GT lamont cars that have stopped at the Mormons yeah Anderson the early they need to stop for fuel for the Corvettes they don't need to come it properly for another 15 or 20 minutes so I think they're probably elected to to pursue that strategy that was deployed so effectively by the Ford team at Lime Rock Park a month or two ago 77 Mazda going past the new livery of the number 12 but Frankie Montalvo Lexus RCF [Music] software company jumping into the championship msql cloud-based storage solutions among other things that frankly I have to say I don't really understand I like carrying around a hard drive but great to have them in here not in Vassar Sullivan team confirming Jack hops with with Excel by now I wish the countdown agrees Jack was telling us here the two-year deal anywhere so he was fairly confident he's gonna pay that after the final corner GTD and GT lamorne cars that Ferrari is quick in a straight line that's a GTD car and having a drag passing do some hard work the number 67 Ford of Ryan Briscoe is trying to chase down Lawrence Vata who's now in fourth position their 2.3 seconds we had top block twist who is inferred he's four seconds we had the se trata stupid second to pull elated by three seconds now since he went through it in the late the sixty-six cars built over decent late Tristan Nunez still leads at the front but I don't have not having stopped yes but she slapped types like though German last time around what's great 120 yeah yeah right gosh you're still staying out that's amazing yeah 120 point one so 119 for the previous lap for a twisted dude yes but that's pretty amazing how how far is able to go and I could work out to their favor later in the race but to we'll see how much time he loses he's run long way behind the leaders when they made first made their stops but that Cadillac stop compass 31 car that was it very very early after just 23 laps 26 25 or 26 laps to see the two anchors on the six and seven and 28 laps already competed by the Pacific super car without a pit stop yet the gap between the two Acuras at the third place ford spin Briscoe at the final corner of the 67th blue ant an orange car red car now he was in the battle for fourth position through his gone Nick Tandy Ryan Briscoe getting going no contact there and being told by Adam who had a view of that from the pit lid he was battling for position and closed him on the Porsche ahead of him put this half a car three corners are all too much cut curve on the inside just don't settle the back of the Porsche there's some yellow mark the curbs there that a right on the inside of the curbs almost like speedboats put running alongside the track not at right angles to it and he got far too much wheel on there just looped it around look you got to get picked up by the GTD partner was in behind him including coupe McNeill and Sakharov Machado are absolutely together in comes Tristan Nunez from Adelaide through gauze Ricky Taylor back to the late for Acura at this damage on the of that 77 Mazda the right side of this car looks like it's been bashed in by something rather [Music] remember damage bosses aren't the ones that win so just saying I was feelin tires for just Canadians and a new drinks bottle the 67 Ford will be coming in this plot by the way dawn they were already planning a pit stop in the not genius Briscoe Richard Westbrook is up on the wall his shoes are not very pink today I do have to say has a name Ryan Briscoe into the pit lane it'll be four new Michelin tires for Westie to go out and try and get a win here it's been three BMW wins in the last four years the only non BMW it came as a result of this 67 Ford GT through [Music] dooty guys go to work full service for the number 67 car Filipe Manassas just put his best lap of the race in in the 31 Cadillac dpi in fifth position that's the wheel at car 116 seven against him 116 six fastest lap of the race by Montoya early on one put that lap in on lap five 2.6 seconds between the two accurate DP eyes they were a little bit closer than that about nine tenths of a second before we went in for the pit stops Jeremy yeah yeah there were pretty much nose to tail I mean this it wasn't much an appreciable gap between the before the pit stops what since then Ricky Taylor's take advantage of track knowledge I think and stayed out there whereas the the other cart handed over to think Cameron and Davis I'm sure anxious not to overuse his tires at the early stages so he's not really too concerned I think about Ricky Taylor pulling away at this stage but what is interesting is that the gap that second to third came down from the preacher pit on that last lap as well so we'll have to keep an eye on that way back in GT Daytona the note 48 car has led from the start from pole position corridor stood intact just a fabulous job he's pulled out 40 seconds over three or four laps now he's taken a second and a half of the guys behind them for each of the last two or three laps but the other interesting is from there back to Trent him at the counter r86 the the the right Neal and Zachary rabbit will remain pretty much close too close together there but there's a full 19 seconds behind them is Trent Hillerman in car number 86 again that gap is going out by about a second or lap so hitman really really struggling here I please holding on a head of Robbie falling back from Christina Neal's been heating or sewing in their job Potter has closed up on that group as well in the Magnus racing a Lamborghini caliber 44 [Music] our tips already or if you'd like to get in touch with us coming down just under two hours to go 40 minutes having brain could play that is a Cadillac in residence time with GTD before there start thinking about their pit stops Corey Lewis they're more than 24 seconds between himself and the chasing pack which is late we had that 48 Lamborghini by the 63 Scuderi Corsa Ferrari number four sprung for it in gt3 McNeill doing a great job he's under real pressure but from third place Porsche Zachary Robichaud the man leading the mission the Sprint Cup at the moment mate I'm Lawrence butters put it from fourth position in GT lemak which is led by Dirk Muller and the 66 Ford he's got four seconds on yes synchron in the Paul City 24 black BMW the 25 white at BMW of top block twist his next fourth though his thing Tandy yet to make their stop remember the Corvette stopped first we now we've got to work out whether that was the right thing to do for Korver in lmp2 52 top gallant leaving camera castles by just under nine seconds and it's the two Acura is Ricky Taylor dick Cameron behind the wheel of respectively the seven and six guards two point two seconds between them at three seconds further back the best of the rest is the number ten Cadillac at George Tiller that takes dad's an hour and 56 minutes to go you can lock up do it with Cadillac feed series because real racist dog tick type off and our GT lamothe leader is in that stops right next to other Dirk Miller out Joey it climbing in ever so delicate shining this one tires going on this car it's the light delay with the left front if the wheel gun didn't want to grab the nut and then it did so all is good there now partners on the airbags is waiting on the old windshield tear off fork Joey hand who looks pretty comfy in there got a second waiting on every last drop of fuel now they are killing this car to the maximum they did not do that for the 67 [Applause] wait goes Joey for the 912 pit stop by the way it was BAM Thor Thor out BAM in and four new tires and interesting because they're on such as look they actually a mechanic standing behind the car to make sure that it's rolled backwards a little bit easier of the time slipping the clutch to get things going it's a good punch actually because it caused a service you dip the clutch to started it's going to start rolling backwards at their points well Viet but this is bait fast and furious hustling and every so often about every two or three laps Jeremy we got a great clump of cars together which is the technical turn it's called flipping two point two three miles seems long enough for what 31 cars were all of it all of a sudden as I said only two or three laps you'll get two or three classes clubbed together in six or seven cars linus turn and the faster cars working their way through this is why clicks class endurance and sprint racing is absolutely outstanding the drivers never get a chance really to chill out and cool down they're always orbiting somewhat I can always be for position but it's really really important to get through trapping a Porsche keys to the race patient in traffic whether you're being passed or passing and here comes second place out of GTD into the pit there this is the GT did to other pit stops starting to get under where with 45 minutes out of just having Britain complete it's the nice gold rims are going on the right side of this number six first is good for Micaela's under the fall center back in 2017 and the flying hops aboard Tony's best Fenderson this track his second Cooper's [Music] earlier this year also under the pitlane we've got Ben Keating he was getting lakeville in four new tires for the Riley Mercedes as well as the Prairie service is done and away goes Tony it's bill power time his bill Arlen clam support the number 96 Turner motorsport BMW also doing four new tires a staggered tire stop for Turner's they do left front and right there that fits up both of the Lexus's are in the pit lane and I'll watch their stops for each I'm really struggling yes they're really have just had a change in position Ford and Corvette battling together Ford GT 66 Corvette number four and it was chewing hard to get across the line then he took him back now the number four is buck ahead Tommy Milner but as they go into the corkscrew the Ford goes down the inside this is brilliant stuff both of these cars of course have made their first top but the Corvette stopped a long while early yet so it's got the Michelin some determined pressure that's been a poorly it's a 4/5 and six but with the cars ahead to stop that's a really interesting scrap that's going on through the final corner now and out onto the main straight the Ford is back ahead sort at the end of this lap they're in exactly the same position as they were at the end of last up but I think at least three times well it'd have to be an even number what did four times then yeah the position changed on that lap outstanding stuff by both guys not a hint of training and pigs on pushing people off the track fair respectful clean brilliant racing in GT love up and as you TD the number 86 Acura just fallen behind the McLaren of that plum who has not yet made a pit stop these were very very well right now at the last lap time for Trent him it was a thirty Weinman give us the broker who should when Matt plop got past him but he was running 26 is early on now as you see the BMW of 25 on pit lane that's the second-place car tire change going on for that guards the top block passed out McCartney can we be in and also in out of GCL M the number 911 Porsche Patrick P ladies turn to go out and play for a little while and stick play dictating new tires for both of those teams pretty good stops as well which is waiting for the last the fuel to go in on the number 911 they should really get driver change and tires done in the time that it takes to fill the tank they have the cars already off its jacks the flat-six engine is fired up they're waiting they're waiting this is taking a niche it was feel terrible now the Porsche engine fires up and disappears from right in front of us the school that exhaust out behind its tank car now he's still in the pit lane but the pit lane speed limit is gone so he can attack this left-hander it's really tight you've got to be careful up call the tires out he comes that was a good stop partly pilla now installed seamless the championship with Nick Daphne remember as he gets up to pace coming out of turn number three he's dropped behind the number 67 Ford GT which now has Richard Westbrook behind the wheel so only the pulled sitting preamp W of Yesi club which had that problem earlier I remember whilst it was leading and lost about three seconds in Ward lap only that car has yet to stop in the GT LeMond category and when it does Antonio Garcia I reckon in the number three Corvette will inherit the lead they were the first to stop we're back on lap number 22 Jeremy so that has paid off that is the performance advantage that they had with new Michelin's odd what some people would call the undercut it's going to have worked at least for the number three car when that BMW number twenty-four cups into the pits yeah that's right Oh faff Katya no that's okay that's officer number 63 car that he'd been dicing with for second place in the class before 22 seconds behind the class leader Corps newest extractor only 31 laps of racing that's enforced a pit stop that is almost a pit stop 360 compass racing coming in fuel at tires from a club at least no driver change for the McLaren we did see the driver change by the number nine car which should be moving anytime soon exactly rubbish on his out we'll get a word with him in a moment's time now that we've got some of the first drivers out chicken go grab them for interview and in fact we have done just that as Cooper McNeill pulled himself up the second position having a great fight early on Adam is that Cooper how good it it feel to be battling up there at the front of the field yeah it felt great but to be honest it's just a testament to the hard work from the team the story of course oh by the tech guys have been first surveying all year we haven't had the best season but three podiums in the championship so far over the cars pretty good earlier on Friday so really happy happy with that so far so good I mean there's a long way to go what's gonna be the biggest issue this weekend seems like everybody else to struggle in a bed or Ferrari seems to be pretty light on it on her feet so hoping for the best I think Tony I think Tony has a car to fight for the win so I get I did that I did the best I could so what's up there premiere nice job out there thanks yeah and some redemption after a difficult weekend a Ferrari challenge as we mentioned it from the layed of JT disorder comes yes he Kron and in round about 40 seconds time the Corvette I think he's going to go into the lake grande gets out of the BMW 24 and Adam is watching that stop fuel and tires but this is a long stint for that number 24 BMW to go considering how quickly the Corvettes came in walk away with strategy works out for the best driver change is done tire change you nearly complete car drops off the jack stands fires up just waiting on the field now they go a light that comes on at the top of their gas probe to tell them when to remove it the light one brand and the man pulled it out immediately that was 13 laps longer for that BMW and four cores the Corvette to take the late Tony up Garcia then sweeps past John Edwards who is still in the pit lane he's going to lose second position as well as through cause Joey at Italy and rightly happy now it is a short the gap will he be able to get out in front of the third place go back it's gonna be a drag race out of the two parts the certain he's just ahead of the third-place compact this is crucial call tires then for John Edwards here comes the Corvette number four goes to the left goes to the right gets a lock side of the bridge and will go through into turn four and take that position Tommy Milner then hop into third fantastic stuff and the front of the field Tonio Garcia leads from Joey Han second from Topman the third from John Edwards run the longest but lost the lead because of that performance disadvantage to the class that stopped earlier and Corvette Racing surprise surprise surprise they got their tactics right well we're back on lap 22 but their bid it work if the race was to finish off on lap 40 but the with 40 bits means there are almost certainly they're gonna have to make an extra pit stop compared certainly to that BMW so there's a long long way to go but it's fascinating to see these terrific strategies at this point in the race well they're not far off making their second stop if they only get another 22 23 laps out of those tires Jeremy we're about four or five laps away from them coming in again on day and the time where the tire will improve drew drew in a day I think it won't be you'll be more Robert lay down and that'll help alleviate what difficulties the teams have been having to some extent at least Jeremy Shaw and John hind off in the Ames a broadcast sensor masterisreal occur a fantastic GT risk let's not forget the head of the failed while Ricky Taylor ladies team it did Cameron - accurate dpi 756 one point five seconds for closing in a little bit now John Taylor in third position on for two seconds we had the two latest absolutely the two Acuras came in right there made their pit stops off with 25 at 26 laps the 10th car also came in off to 26 laps the gap but from but the two Acuras to the number 10 car was as much as four seconds it's now down to one less three between the first and third place card on that last lap their day camera tell you had some traffic issues and mosque for a fair bit of ground but certainly that number 10 car looking good at this stage it turns MIT star where I think and it's pulling away just a little bit mushy it's not pulling away front number 5 car of Filipe Albuquerque no he says sitting about five Cs further back was actually fairly constantly pays off high sports go that 84 car the 84 and 85 the 84 word close right up on the 85 guys lower than five car was struggling early on made a very early pit stop often his 21 laps and his results that they would move ahead off in the Brady for not really 40 caught him but I don't know what he was trying to pass his teammate there and that's why I spun it we didn't see that but maybe we will see it now no or gaggle of cars going through traffic at turn a hub of five and a pass for the lead has seen Cameron go through in that traffic we said he closed up on his teammate and den Cameron the six car D now leading Ricky Taylor coming out to turn five and heading up to six in behind the PFW number 25 fifth position for colored official EP and that was three classes in one corner at the lead overall as changed and the third place car off a draw Taylor is not far behind Ricky so it's gonna be a brotherly battle as they head up the hill you he's gonna get squeezed there but number 44 is Andy Lally who's taking over the wheel of that car off a really good first hit by John probably fell back a little bit in the early stages but close up onto the main pack of cars in GTD tell you what Corvette have crapped this with Andy had to think Antonio Garcia at the moment as Jeremy said we've still got an hour and three minutes to go how will that balance out they translate at that early pit stop nine laps earlier than the Ford GT in second 2.1 seconds the lead there but they may have to be making a stop they could have adjusted that tire strategy remember the GT LeMond cars the all these fishermen showed runners here who have the choice of compacts and they'll have been working with their own dedicated Michelin tire engineers just to work water work through the options and what the change in temperature from practice and qualifying on Friday and Saturday has made here into the pits the leader of GTD Waterston this is paid by Cory Lewis and surely he'll be getting out giving Bryan a run an hour pretty much an hour 58 minutes in this repeat that is extra very impressive and sellers has already installed in the car with four new Michelin tires well I think we've got a lot of Geddes breath box in it before you try to have a word with him that was very nearly an hour in the car brilliant stuff just see if tour TV London has gone through in the 63 car [Music] he has I think they've pitted and not lost the ladies yes then up they are picked and not lost the late well yeah because everybody else that was the last card up it so they're going to come out now the computer to see what the the gap was it was over twenty seconds that they had over everybody else before that round of pit stops have to wait and see they've got a good eight laps longer than the Ferrari tits that's in second position so that might have trimmed their lead a little bit they're heading and down the hill now through the corkscrew right now whereas the sixty-three of Wilander comes to the corkscrew about now me time first second third coordinate traffic and trying to put that toward the Corvette number four check that that's the three Corvette going through turn five also in their class GTC Bill Ivana sports brawler tight who is showing them a clean pair of heels going up the hill the Cadillacs got plenty of talk we mentioned that earlier on into the corkscrew did cameraman his TV right behind him and here comes Ricky Taylor in the gloss black Cadillac there was an air of quiet confidence in a couple of the Cadillac teams today they thought they had a chance here and it would seem that is exactly the case through the final corner the yellow Cadillac but winningly perhaps helping its teammate of sorry it's a similar mark mid because the two leaders can't get through more traffic more opportunities formative but more opportunities for Tianjin and they're coming through to the Michelin Sprint Cup leading number nine Porsche or at least the driver who's just got out of that Sammy will be shot is leading that and through caused the number six and he's got past the bright yellow Cadillac now can the second place accurate to the sim yes he can trap the outside going into turn five that only leaves Jordan Taylor and the Konica Minolta got to do the same here maybe at the squeeze pass before turn six but he'll have to have some help from the driver in front who does indeed he'll burn and that was Mexico quick whoo they've just got fight bumped it from the pit lift fuel tires SuperMario now in the number 86 - check racing accurate this is gonna be fun very quick in and out for that car but they have lost grabbed oh I just think this deal yeah yeah I mean another 48 car by staying out so long the gap before totally real I became could McNeil book number 63 character pizza gap first a second in GTD was 22 seconds right now that was on that 431 eight the eight laps later he went that number 48 car came in and that gap between the two cars now they're both back up to speed is less than 10 seconds so by staying out longer at the 63 car on fresh tires was able to crawl back more than half of the deficit than it had before yeah but a second and a half to a second and three quarters per lap if you average it out that's a lot of performance advantage to coming in early the cats out the back now though Jeremy for that so everybody will have seen those numbers they'll all be crunchy possibilities and putting the values into their spreadsheets to see what the computers spit out yeah but they went to full a full hour before making that stop well it's a two hours 40 minutes of you're a dick to me we've already seen this season if you equalize the tasket salinity freeze time still yes absolutely you can't no treat our where we know this is a high-tech tire degradation track battle for GT Lamont is odd coming down from the corkscrew the brain yellow Corvette have Antonio Garcia has the 66 red white blue Ford right in his wheel tracks goes to the right-hand side of the road to set himself up for the final left-handed corner punches out of it all the way up to the green runoff area the thought of trap limits there now to come and complete the lap still an hour and 37 minutes to go everybody now has completed one pitstop the Corvette as two more laps to go on this set of tires to be about where they were when they first put it so let's give you a quick Cadillac in race update before things start kicking off because not all of the classes are digging their pit stops at the same time obviously did Cameron by 1.1 seconds now the two Acuras have switched over after that battle in traffic so Cameron from Ricky Taylor by 1.1 then 2 seconds further back Jordan Taylor in the Collective adult the Cadillac dpi to leave out the perk for it is 6 seconds further away in fourth position if the number five must that something cut like his teammate for action express the 31 we've got to leave Manasseh another two and a half seconds further but then the two pastors they're seven seconds or proper English seven seconds further back his teammate 20 seconds back from him 55 from 77 6th at 7:30 she toid Berg is just on the end of the lead lap [Music] bright yellow JDC Miller Motorsport Cadillac it's still the 52 Orica Dalton Keller to start the coast of 30 seconds now on Cameron castles in the 38 all right you're in second in lmp2 they run 11th and 12th overall then it's the GT LeMond battle only eight tenths of a second as they cross the line between Antonio Garcia and chewy hands number 3 bright yellow Corvette from the red white blue 66 Ford GT then Tommy Milner is about another 90 seconds further back down the road he's got his hands full at the minute with a resurgent BMW number 24 the black car that had held the lead then stuttered fell away steered out perhaps too long there now ten and a half seconds away from the leader but under a second from fourth place from check that third place Tommy Milner in the number four car that team car the second of the BMWs the 25 white car top Canada Phillippi four seconds further back and it's three and a half seconds back to the best of the Porsches and that's the championship leading duo and then then the drivers fight that's a bummer in the name on two car that's your top six in GTE Brian sellers by 11 seconds just beginning to eke out a lead from Tony Verlander who is chasing him down or trying to in the Ferrari 488 that's the white number 63 weathertech car 19 and a half seconds further back ah Michelin Sprint Cup drivers leader he's out of the car Zachary rubbish on but Scott Hargrove is taking that car at the moment to the title for his team mid reliable and it's in fourth position in the liqui moly 96 Turner BMW and then right behind him to upload the wallet in the wins Jebus cities gt390 top 5 and then Katherine Legge it makes up the top 6 of the 57 caterpillar sponsored NSX she's only a second and a half further back haven't taken over that gun from Christina Nielsen great orbiting stint from Corey Lewis Adam just a couple of minutes under an hour but did they go to lock what's the tactics there well the tactics right now for Corey Lewis are really you'll have earned your lunch today is it a little bit boring out there leading with nobody in your rear view mirror no it's certainly not boring at all the tracks very very slick so [Music] we've been on Rails all day so Brian's in the car now he's doing a great job it's the other signal quality mentioned Lars the chief strategist sub-brown the pin box they look pretty calm everything going your way so far yeah so far so good no problems you know I think the biggest thing is to keep our nose clean protect our tires [Music] finish your lunch thank you out of down in the pit live as we're coming down to an hour and a half still to go what a race it's been already green flag racing there I've said it brings out the best in this insert WeatherTech sportscar championship fields Jeremy short Adam and me John hind off live from trackside at the Weather Tech race really guru singer event the buckle at the head of the field in GT T is about to get very interesting indeed particularly for the Michelin Sprint Cup as our leader Bryan sellers comes around to put a lap on Mary or far pocket fire battling with his teammate Trent Hinman for the Sprint Cup championship Woods cooked which has to be decided this weekend because it's the final event of the shorter Championships your career championship for the GT deer tallness only and at the moment their competition in the number 9 car exactly rubbish on his output Scott Park rivers driving that car at third and if they fall off the lead lap here which they are going to do this is a big big moment for the championship Brian just can't get it done as he comes out of the Andretti hairpin and of course farm Baca will want to fight to stay on the lead lap in his category in his class through turn three down to Wharton right hand returned for Mazda coming through there as well the prototype that must be knee I mean 55 of Jonathan Bomarito that's an extrordinary turn around Jeremy for the 86 car that's just rattling in the front of the field here is he credible they would stayed out that long running such a poor pace in that 86 car maybe yeah okay I can't hit myself also it's it's I mean because because this salad send out so long on that old tires that we're really struggling there they've lost an awful lot of ground I mean yeah with beginner race no running in the second place now they're a lap down still then the battle at the front of that GT d field is between the Ferrari of Tony veal and their brain cells Brian's did a good job coming out the pits with the new michelin's he's pulled out what three seconds or so on Tony Verlander in the last three or four laps the did you hear the word Jeremy is that even with a an experienced driver like Brian Sellars he sets off cause I've got more to grip and I could do the times and I can whistle where but if they call it to another long stint here he's got to have tires at the end of it and you've got to piss yourself it's a bit like saving fuel isn't it there's no point in trying to save fuel halfway through a stint you've got to do it right from the beginning and that's exactly the same but the tires here you can't go absolutely flat out at the beginning and then think halfway through who are better save a bit a tire it's too left by then it's too late by then you're absolutely right but if a branch doesn't release these sides are still pretty fresh he came in a lot longer a lot after eight laps after the number 63 car so he knows his his tires are eight laps better or newer than those on the six number 63 Ferrari so you'll be mindful of that year brands been around the sport a long long time who knows them how to manage that gap and manage the the the tires as best he can at JT LeMond Corvette came in first in the first round of pit stops and they are now in the window for their second stop if they are going to make this a full stop race [Music] three stories yeah they ought the only did half an hour at the start the race so that could potentially be a four stop race for them could later on it don't do a long stint in the middle I'll stretch it out they've done a little bit more already at the time jockey holding up very well Fortuna Garcia 20 e Tony or Garcia did a 24 3 last time around and a 24 5 for Jordi hard 24 3 old sofa Tom milled there in the second of the car Corvette so that's a battle that's all right what they've got to look for is what happens if it starts to go away there's only half a second between first and second in the GT lamont category they're heading under the water off a bridge between turns three and four now yeah so yeah the number 24 BMW has moved ahead of Tommy was like you say that I know fair it fairly recently certain number 24 car up now into nine the last time around Jeremy did it happen okay fine we've got movement on the wall that Corvette so that's been ordered is that the three other four cars yeah it's for the three and right in front of them the pit box next pick pops up the first of our second Stoppers that is the number five must example a Cadillac leave all the Kyrgyz out having a final erased you're around WeatherTech race really good a second get into his seat fuels still going off website tire change is in action right now the teammate to that car the 31 getting up on the wall as well they're going to be in fairly shortly [Music] just waiting on fuel for the Mustang sampling [Music] their second stopper wear and done through girls the battle for GT LeMond in front of us across the start/finish line and again goggles of cars it appears to me that in fact Brian sellers has not yet been able to get past Mario farm pocket far back it just hanging on to the end of the lead lap just caught the glimpse of them as they went past us and I think Brian's still behind yes confirm that from the overhead shot with the first and second in GT lamorne catching up to the leader in GT disorder cause this is crackage stuff just under 90 minutes till to go Felipe Nasr is he from fourth position sure we'll watch that Jonathan Bomarito comes it from fifth so the 31 Cadillac the wheeled car the 55 Mazda deep VI also in Spain for the turn of BMW off Watership with a fourth position for pillow Berlin looking for one more victory in him sent to tie the icing with blue kamal and yes he was but I can make Apollo to come from a very very long way back there and there was a touch huh as they were both being passed by the number 52 or occur and in from the lead Tonio Garcia is the first of the second stops that makes sense for Gigi Levon definitely a touch from bling the bullet on to bill or Berlin and that may well 35 minutes ago and Pitt's up going a perfectly Corvette as it tends to they're changing the left front and the right rear now you'll tires no driver change because they put Dean Karen in the last time around and tires into the car so Elio Castroneves taking over for Ricky Taylor feeling there's only one Taylor out on track now the windshield tariff comes off just waiting on fuel for that number seven who's gonna get out first the six or the seven will the seven is a little bit further back down the pit lane rubbing the engine the 77 is cleared bleep waiting on the six the six still waiting now the six is told to go and the sixthly it's just in front of the salmon which is of course exactly how they came in and the only till are out the track is the part they're all chasing Cadillac dpi number 10 the black Konica Minolta machine is a lady by 35 seconds as did cover came out the pits yeah and on the three full lap before the pit stops the two Acuras pulled out about three seconds over number 10 car that was pursuing them two guys not yet made its second pit stop of the day but certainly the the two a cures realtor tomorrow quick laps of 17 hardships a touch up on the circuit and it's the seventh car but Castro no mercy comes off worse that's down at turn number four as he was going by without 'la the aim is on the Alfa and I think he was trying to go by one of the other broader types he got a tap on the left freer than 10 above the track penalty for Europe later Balan instant responsibility with a 96 that bought me a trip to put there for a drive through as a colleague of adult like a Black Codes in from the lead no more Taylor's out on the racetrack cos it is recommend to save this shirt win the race if you can and remember that pass he made in the corkscrew he does - he's going to try and replicate it if history will allow for tires and fuel just waiting on the fill valve is done and breaker is released just say that that made this 83 minutes still to go that's too funny man instant isn't it so at least one more pit stop if we stay green for these deer torna broader tapes if the Cadillac if the Corvette can't get a little bit more out of one of these dudes they may have to splash at the end to get to the checkered flag trying to work out who it was that was in front of Ali or to cause him to go off the track as it comes Corvettes number four from third position that's Tom bill that again that's about right on time and out on the circuit another one of these crucial mormon cies rang a vibe de Xander just out of the pits wasn't able to hold off at number seven of le odd Castroneves now Castroneves was only even in that zip cord course record because he was pushed off the track now who was it that went through there that's the that's one of the oranges isn't it yeah there's no 38 it is the 38 car coming up the inside think the numbers only occur in addition if he Braun did i I don't I don't think Kaveri castle's did anything Rob MacCachren over trying to go around the outside of him the council's thought the wheel that is I saw the black car fleetingly Castroneves is calling with him now this could be interesting le odd now with the car that took him into contact with a couple of laps I got him a wide berth first time he certainly has stuck its nose down the inside did castles book really do much more than that I haven't said it nor that that's being investigated actually we've given you the details on the drive through for general play Kamala yeah that's not at the moment being investigated at its original Foods like to give us a shout on Twitter still Brian seller sitting in behind bar your fart bucket this type it gets a long side going into turn four or Barrios turned it on if they're gonna go through turn four side by side not a smart move there by for a bucket he was really beat to the corner there now the instant rule says you've gotta give a cast width on the inside of the outside they'll be interesting to see which where that is love ducks Bryan sellers will say I put the inside its my corner and pulling him a lap down Mario far back I will say how about the outside I've left to probe with the apex he's got a playroom on the exit I've got this we're not wrest control that is the defending champion for at least one full race Brian cellars against the man leading the championship overall at the moment although it seems the Sprint Cup which that Sprint Cup is going away from that car far back and out a lap down to the leader so advantage then it's as a career or be shot who is paired with Scott Hargrove in the number nine faff Porsche currently sitting in third position in GT tier sauna is the pit stops cycle through Nina has come Cameron castles a little bit of damage on the left-hand side of that car where they actually was the other side that they had the pup with as the and the left-hand side that they came into contact with Castroneves so I'm not sure why then we're looking at the panel on the right-hand side of that car change of driver change of tires and a full tank of fuel dally have got to the other side they're having a look under the same area there oh we're spinning on the jacks that's going to be a penalty there if they were getting some temperature issues at the brakes and they were being sure that the brake ducts were clean underneath or two panels ahead of the rear wheels that would be Mike this gets out out that doubt there I'm sure she'll ask the question well at least once doctored for everybody the lead drivers will have stepped out and an opportunity for us now they've really hydrated to find out about some of the tactics still looking at twisted Nunez leading for Mazda but yet to make his second stop he's last stop on lap 29 we're on lap 59 now so he's chewing anytime now in the number 77 TS at the corkscrew now so sheer Adam are the Mazda yours and while dolly Jarvis up on the wall waiting for his opportunity to jump into that number 77 Justin told us in the Michelin countdown to green about the air conditioning system that they have that tethers itself to the mouthpiece almost the helmet ollie is getting ready for a little bit of extra comfort that car now in the pit lane the lights flashing is it's almost warning its crew hey I'm coming in I'm ready for the service hit the mark man that was spot on driver out Tristan newest driver in Oliver Jarvis they're doing the right front tire first rear is so this is a four-tire stop it's not just right side although that's initially what it looked like taking a little bit of time for the driver chase but feel das is still attached not losing any time windshield tear off lolly and wow it's like a whole new day for up to is these people to finally see you once again engines Rev out of the way [Music] and there goes ollie yeah that's they were happy about that stop shirt very happy about it back into the wrist that will rotation while on the jacks tried to do the 38 no no argument there I think that that would be karma Sonny has to go back in to the pit Laird big while so let me just point out we just after halfway through the race here that the the other Prototype cars came in significant distance points so the number 77 car could certainly get to the end here with just one more pit stop not sure about the other guys a particularly 531 they're the earliest Stoppers under this sequence so this is gonna be really interesting to see how this plays out it could be the number 77 car at this stage in the race can complete the pit stop with one less where complete this race with one less pits on that we really interesting that would be very interesting in to get the memes out we are halfway there just over actually instant weather tech sportscar championship round nine we're here at the WeatherTech race where Lagoon is seeing a live on him to radio and hims a TV [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] just time for Jeremy shared I have to take a short breath before we kick into the second half which is a couple of minutes old now but a damage on the right front of the class leading to before d8 Brian sellers Lamborghini to occur that's the Paul Miller racing car second position for Tony Wilander but he hasn't even crossed the line yet Brian's already heading up the hill still waiting for the Ferrari here it comes now I think onto the front straight so sellers has pulled out 13 call it 14 seconds that's the better part of five seconds then since he came out the pits just ease gently away toward your Garcia puts the momentum for is fastest Lobby there is last time around so does tristan fortune in the domaine five bright yellow cadillac both of those drivers getting the benefit of new Michelin tires and losing that performance the early part of this was probably their penultimate state Tommy Milner in the second of the Corvettes he's down with 22 nights or half a second quicker than his teammate those two Corvettes now out of sequence again but the rest of the field remember their cycle back through to the front of the GT field when the other cars ahead they admit to stops the other cars ahead of all Nick beard Warren GTD pile coming through our GT the bonfire coming through but the GTD leader if there is laughing traffic at the moment made an excellent player by quarry though I said now the 67 of Richard Westbrook in for position in G to the heart looking forward to the VFW number 96 of bill Orville atomic beats support earlier for which you're playing a ball and has had he's drive-through but mix up a position there or will have just got down the inside the times FL using the confusion of traffic to his advantage nice job by the experience pillow Berlin he is it's a risk victory away from the all-time record set by Scott Pruett Scott is the grand marshal here this weekend still looks ridiculously fit Lee says he's retired from racing or less of less but he's he looked Trivedi's resuit when he was in with us the other dear Jeremy and cleani their lack of ambition or lack of skill for Scott Frodo has had 50 years of racing experience behind him tell you what he just felt in here that he could get into any of these GT cars and still turn a decent buck there's that I bought two Porsche coming down the hill and goes up the inside the bright sellers coming into they've put up the corner to turn and number ten ninth one two is our championship leader for the drivers Oh Papa has twelve and a half seconds on his nearest rival who he is his teammate Patrick peel it and six at the moment come Porsche find something in the last hour of 30 minutes of the race who's got the right strategy this weekend our Porsche keys to the risk managing and the tires executing the pit stops and patience in traffic not likely to be a fuel decided release run here as we've seen in the past in in any of the categories it's all I think it's all coming we've seen that could be fuel is good number 77 car has a chance here to make one less bit something everybody else but I mean can he make the tires last Jeff well yet but yeah I mean if you think of it you know he was leading when he came in there true so if you could fit cycles around yeah it's you know it's not it's not our happens around possibly it's unlikely because he's a long way behind but Oliver Jarvis is on the lead lap now he eats fresh to go at the end of the rest first witness you certainly did exactly what was required of him in that first right is only he's only 50 seconds isn't it behind the the wrists lignin which is which is not enough I think to make good - I don't think he can work in their favor but you know it's it's it's worth it's worth a try because yeah they weren't going to beat the accurate on place and which bull commanding engineer is calling the shots strategy-wise for the 77 that would be lena gate never second-guess the gate if Lina has worked this strategy out and her drivers can execute the way she wants it - he wouldn't bet against that car being there or thereabouts but we've now got the the two action Express cars number five and 31 nose to tail heading into the Mario Andretti hairpin on their 67th lap this will be and they're all closing up on LaVon taint Cameron who's well out in front now he's got a ten point four second lead over his teammate Elia Castro Nova's but only a couple of seconds behind him is the number 10 car of Ringo van - Xander and then pretty much right with them now at both of the action Express car so Cadillacs third fourth and fifth I'm turning good laps at this stage in a race she took a little bit quicker laps on average down even our race leaving Jeremy they're still 71 minutes wine and a lot of light colors at the sharp end the failed particularly for Mazda drivers 1:16 8:14 bill 171 for Jarvis there are the fastest laps at the race for the master 55 at 77 66 is the fastest Ridge we're at risk that we're back on lap five it's a new wrist lap record for what Montoya so just couple of three tenths away for Harry Tincknell kid with a real chance here those two Mazdas tinkle and cross the line in a moment [Applause] you can hear the monster coming there it goes lose them coming through the final corner Tincknell under 30 seconds from the lead at the moment but he still lost a couple of tenths of a second to the Cadillac trio he's really the same sort of lap times on average here that as the the Cadillac tree are headed number 10 531 the gap between them run about 12 seconds poly Jarvis is 17 flat that time around - good luck that's a good luck but he hasn't hit the traffic that the guys ahead of him have just done they have all turned nineteen the four cars ahead of him of altered Knight names last time around an 18 for Helio Castroneves in the 17 8 for the later dear Cameron and that is the effect of traffic get caught in one of those little pictures of traffic the GT cars they're all scrapping among themselves and you've got to make some very very quick decisions in the battle for the Michelin Cup which will be decided to ditch the final round of the Michelin Sprint Cup in GTD advantage at the moment - Zachary rule Machado you've got heard from yet what if he's lurking in the pits all he'd ever watch when Scott's in the cast got Hargrove in the number nine faff car third position in the moment and the guys they need to beat they are beating and they are beating at the moment impressively off the lead lap for the number 86 barrio farm Parker and Trent Hinman and that isn't great for their overall title hopes either for that 86 accurate team crew the MSR guys know how to fight for a championship Katherine Legge was writing it to the final round last year they want me to call Warren Bear that Adam he's down in the faff page yes for Zach Robuchon so Zach how nervous are you right now I'm pretty good I think you know at this point I did what a fool what would I could in the first n and Scott's doing a great job kind of hold in the position so you know if it stays green I think we're in a pretty good spot are you a bubble erasing fan right now you know we're really racing racing the MSR Acura so to be honest I don't really care where we are as long as we're in front of them thank you exactly as we would have expected well Doge it [Music] 12 seconds now the gap between did carbonelli on Castroneves after after that whole track moment at 13 actually Castroneves got a bit of contact on the cameron castles car wasn't it who's now beat up cars now being taken over by cameron steam it meantime karma soft by the way in that gun and I believe dr. Mossad is here should just sit as it's getting it's going from bad to worse for the 86 team as the Lexus RC F gt500 Bell has just got past them they're trying to fight back through turn one and they get it back the damage to the left front of the Townsend belt black white and pink Lexus the MS the mmm SQL sponsorship new for this weekend in town turns car but there's no peace in the far back the car at all one twenty nine eight last time around against the leading car over one twenty six seven in the class so not sure what's gone wrong there there team car 128 two with Katherine Legge behind the word now in fifth position this has championship implications and I know we talked about the springer what that is those are those guys the leaders the yeah I'm still got a huge lead in the Arab world championship so [Music] she last or almost last in the class that's for sure but there are unlikely to the can't afford another run like that it's even pertaining JT's it doesn't cos we know the world yet the bathroom or car certainly but it was a Reggie off you'd like to give us a shout on social beta don't forget we've got the Michelin for stress texture coming up the checkered flag is the end of the race but only to start the conversation your submissions plays on the original [Music] user best editorial content your your questions your questions points are rising anything that you've noticed hashtag michelin PRT place to that it's a radio now share Adams noticing a few cars looking even more pretty loved that they were earlier on in the race you did I miss something that the same shirts drink again take a giant bite out in the front of Townsend bells number 12 yes I just mentioned that actually left outside it looks like it's got a little dorsal fin on there I didn't see when the hammock but I don't didn't mean the battle with the accurate of barrio farmer who has punished just about to put a second on town said they were having a crack and scrap earlier on as Gerald Blake a bullet comes through the pizza presume nice that's for his drive-thru only dude that no he's already done this drive-thru this is full service fuel and tires for your own but I would imagine they weld it's so sandy around here and it really does stick to the windshield as into the pit lane comes Super Mario in the number 86 so that's the MSR Acura the pink and black line with the automation and on the side a lot sooner than I was Jeremy can elaborate a little bit there's slight damage to the front of the car right in the middle of the Splinter that's your own getting back underway they are doing fuel and tires from Mario as well as the air Jack was a little bit slow to actually lift the car off the ground before you tires Mario [Music] coming down towards the last 64 minutes of racing here on the Monterey Peninsula this afternoon winds just turned round a little bit and that will potentially have an impact out cause that number 86 car that we were a short stint then yes very nice tires is there so that they've had some issues on the back of that they've got something some problem because that's uh squared I mean the first stop this was way long and this one way sure [Music] curious [Music] very curious in the McLaren number 76 decent rub for them at the image upon Zurich robbery powered by McLaren cars welcome to the hips of family to the flowerin cars as a an event sponsor Katherine Legge also in the pit lane in the other MSR accurate share Adam give us a quick up did the liquid Molly Turner BMWs it as well it was feel the tires for capsule I again it is fuel and tires for globulin boo but those still have stickers that's gonna make Noah very very happy bunny and the number 12 Lexus is also in that the one with the damage on the front of it they are doing field tires in a slight bit of repair as much as they can do while the fuel is going in to that car and Bill and now sold to go so Turner Motorsports is back out of the pit lane as the Lexus is still here well I'm wondering with that they think they can get to the end of the race from here without another pit stop it's just over an hour and we're seeing also pit stops in number 63 carried from second place also even the GT Daytona so that moves another 9 car up into the second place but well well mind drivers championship lead at 9:42 elbaba into the pit lane in his Porsche from 5th position and now we'll start to see the Corvettes cycling back through this will be presumably Adam a full stop for oh and a new set of Michelin tires correct that's exactly the pitstop that they're doing in there now changing the left side tires right sides forgot very quickly these Porsche mechanics they really do nail their pets offices they get a slight adjustment actually to the left where I saw zip-tied meeting you sir maybe something started to wiggle loose in the left rear of the championship leading number 912 mechanic goes behind it once again to stop the car from rolling backwards once the brake pedal is released uh yes there is damage but the service is done and also John there might be a penalty coming for the 86 in terms of its pit stop there was something noticed and I'll wait for that to come through on the screen officially okay thank you out of down there in the pit for us he audience Aurelio and it was a TV spot on an hour to go Jeremy that Porsche with half the gun to the pit lane I reckon one more time certainly I don't around here that can do an hour of fuel I'm sure they can't do an hour of tires so that'll be one more stop to cook for the 9-month to which will take it to three stops the Chevy Corvette is to have not do it for a little while yet 40 for bigger it's been really big run moments really good road for that gee I mean the fourth place in the class Andy Lally as he makes if this skips I think probably scheduled pit stop it's up and running about an hour to go as you say and he moved up just the 48 car stays out there now as it doesn't number nine those the only two cars amongst the leaders have yet to make a pit stop in GTD a change by the way for fourth position overall number 31 car people do run we found a way past your Barbosa on the last lap on the 73rd lap that could be the lapped car get 75 already a quick so calculative laps ago flies when you judge yourself Jenna killing and the the gap between first and second it was pretty constant around her at left 12 seconds it actually crept out as much as 14 on low 72 officer is down to nine and a half seconds but right behind Castroneves only a couple of seconds it is brenda bando centers not only keeping pace but but actually he's keeping pace he's actually probably cap down just a little bit but less than two seconds between second and third well for the number nine faff Porsche they right now have that sprint championship in the swingoff Zachary Rose on the driver not for the team championship beautiful pit stop as for the four tires waiting on the [Music] just right now running over pit equipment for that number 86 buyer same actor and the fueler actually was pulled backwards by another mechanic because he has to lean over onto the car in such an odd angle that it's actually counter gravity for him to come back over we have Paul Miller racing into the pin link Brian sellers getting four new tires and a lot of feel the probably clean up the windshield that looks pretty dirty even from here yeah that's a slightly shortness stop for that 40-acre short the Stig rather for that 48 car that Corey Lewis did at the sharp end of the foot by about ten minutes or so so that's what seven or eight laps depending on how well they're going [Music] question is when they build the core 58 minutes - here - about what they're dealing the first stop Jeremy first did excuse me so Brian sellers hasn't got a lot of leeway there 58 minutes as he dropped down off the jacks to the end of the race that's gonna be tight and with thee the kind of performance advantage a new set of tires could give anybody behind him he goes deeper with newer tires at the end it's gonna make a difference it could do don't tune away at the moment as the 48 car brie joints held on to its lead where's Tony V lambda in the 63 car he was about 14 seconds behind before Freelander was in the pits what three laps ago 48 just going through turn five at the moment is a huge train of cars just to complete turn four moments so think we're Wilander YZ they're so close together on colleague Brian till calls the dancing ants great you actually can't see all the numbers in that pick it up next time it comes around Bay time in GT Levon the 66 Ford leading [Music] ahead of the two BMWs which are just three seconds apart during hunt then leading in the red white and blue Ford Richard Westbrook fourth just one and a half seconds behind the second of the BMWs as they're both pit so that's BMW 25 the white car and 67 for GT both in Adam 56 minutes to go there's no where they can caught the end from here oh I was gonna say we saw this play out 46:18 we've seen this movie before y'all add tires for Wesleyan sis car as they usually call of the right front we see straight through the bumper cover which so San Trek has been Santos 67 beat Ford GT as well fuel and tires nearly complete just waiting on the right rear the engine shut off oh this is not going to pudding Flynn but seat nope they managed to get the tire back on and yep the big hole in the right front a big hole in the door now all right so they lost no time because all that was done very refueling but this 25 BMW is in the fast lane has the advantage 67 needs to yield needs to yell that's what the rulebook says thank you what if you did not want to do that so cara de filippi now has a very riled up her westbrook behind bill has driven to us the past he can win it from here Westport I think had trouble getting off the pit lane speed limiter because he was right in the world tracks that we have double use as they came out of the controlled area with his drop back 15 20 cars lengths and is still not exiting at the pitlor and whereas the Ford is already into turn three they were side by side the BMW has the advantage what happened with Richard he got on the power and then it seemed not to fire up did it go back on the pit lane speed limiter I'm not sure but he's an awful long way back he's dropped six or seven seconds at the very least beat Hall in the right front of that fork by the way make some contact there that surely must be affected the aerodynamics at the front of that guards of air or very Aero dependent JT LaVon car started like a brawl incitement very clever with its aerodynamics in fact the regulations for GT cars it's somewhere a bit more lenient that prototypes in the SEO classes there's a lot of air or devices on the foot and the sides particularly of that but for agility this is back the second third heading through turn five another hill that they've had the traffic number six ago I had little while ago because the guy came down for 14 seconds out to half about your 7.41 now is you've got back out again to 11 so your traffic taketh which I think you'd give us the taketh away does it not it does Julie hats in from the laid of GT lamanna's the battle between they Cadillac of a ten and the second place only off Castroneves driven accurate number seven so it's far de santé and Castroneves fuel and you said michelin tires for joy hand in the 66 car John Edward CC with the BMW number 24 that's the black car that was a poor position back to their black livery this weekend and has been successful for them in the past edge is waiting for all the flu under any hairpin this bath per second has now got the Oracle right in front of them and that's the karmis on carpet Castroneves had problems with with its previous driver before the pit stops earlier on and this took in behind it this gives an opportunity for ranga van der Zanden to Train Claus it also gives an opportunity for the bright red and white Cadillac of people to Ronnie turn close-up on that he's not that far behind just a couple seconds through course the accurate of the efforts to number five car driving number 31a severe quite rapidly I'll both those tunes is very tickled number 55 master he's big sets of grits he has a great that time sir but back ten laps ago the gap between number 31 number 55 was 12 seconds it's now half of that it's just over six so ticklers been consistently quicker there's a nullity best lap by the way from Oliver Jarvis who finally now again that becoming lost quite a bit of ground has now gained it again so the gap between the two masters over the last 18 laps has cut down by about the second Maharani down the inside of turn number 11 and that slowed him up actually she was passing other traffic and his team car the other action Express car right there now as he goes down the inside of karma sod in the first corner he can't make that happen [Music] as they come out of turn to calm Assad who's very good through turns three and four of not list but in that number 30th a dark-colored hurry yes second in elephant - at the moment that car at the - action Express cars putting him down at the moment back into the pit lane or into the pit lane I should say for what might be its final stop she adds it to the number 911 Porsche their appointment strategy that one that the race of VI guard Nick Tandy started the race Patrick pilet drove the middle stint at Nick Tandy back in for the end well guess what Nick Tandy just got back into the 911 for new Michelin tires and windshield tariffs and just waiting on the fuel has one mechanic stance on the guard how the courage and forward as the 67 which goes back to the pit lane enough to find out why that was real rotation on the taxman but for the 911 that was very good stop and an interesting strategy it worked for that lost em out will it work again share the question that has to be asked now is it still it's on a 50-plus minutes out can those GT lamont cars that have just made that which is their second stop can they go all the way at the end we know the two Corvettes which are leading now will have to stop again they stopped back on laps 52 at 54 we're already on 82 so they're not going all the way to the end and then we've got the Westbrook for Tucson at C 76-73 was conative Phillippi I think all of those cars would have to splash the Corvettes how far will they go into this race before they make their laugh if they can do another 10 minutes then we know that their third stop will be their last it's a question is whether the two stoppers are going to try and eke out the fuel and therefore all saw the tires in through the last 55 zero minutes of the race and I think I've got to tell you I think that's a gamble I really do think it's a gamble Adam has asked that question of the 911 in terms of fuel share yeah they're good they're comfortable much they don't need to say okay well Nick Tandy then set to stun he's eighth of eight cars at the moment and a minute one second away from the Corvette that leads question for me is will the tires do and fifty odd minutes that's good to be the big question let's tick a Cadillac in race update with 49 minutes to go and start with GTD which is settled down after their second two pit stops Bryan sellers leads now on continues to lead in the 48 my bikini era cab gt3 for Paul Villa racing that car 18 seconds was a gap from last time couple of 20 now point eights to be absolutely precise 20 Wilander going along nicely and second for the 63 WeatherTech Ferrari third position for the second of the Lamborghinis different team madness racing in the steel blue and black eyes only 4.2 seconds behind on Scott Caan prob sorry in third position in the final Porsche at then 4.2 seconds for the path of that is Andy Lanning Katherine Legge is another six seconds or so back in fifth position large clearly Brooklyn yes he is that was his fastest lap of the race what 25/8 for Andy Lally and Scott hard drove to the 26 three that cars fastest lap of the race but clearly not fast enough their top six to update the mornin after the drive throw for contact on bill or blood 233 Riley Mercedes AMG gt3 with the wins sponsorship Iran sharing of course with pen Keating he's in a top six position at the moment the big story there is the relative lack of pace but the championship leading Acura NSX for the overall championship mario farm back and trent Hinman off the lead lap and 11th out of 11 cars running in GT d and that's bad news for the Sprint Cup the Michelin Sprint Cup because the God that they are battling for that effectively is that the fuff Porsche allure Scott Hargrove isn't in the battle his teammate zachary Robuchon is he came in this weekend to the final round of the sprint michelin sprint come with the Bornmann point advantage and at the moment he's got one hand on the championship trophy in GT LeMond the two Chevrolet Corvettes have done something different today they went off strategy earlier winner relatively short first Stig just on 30 minutes for the to go back to the first in the got a little bit longer than that for their second run tonio Garcia by 5 seconds at the head of GT Lamanna over Tom Milner in the 4 car 12 seconds further back join hand is the best of the Fords the number 66 car then the two pmw use the black 24 from the white 25 they've got three seconds between them put the leader leading BMW is nearly 20 seconds away from a podium position at the moment making up the top six is Earl Bamber for Porsche having not yet made his third and final stop and I reckon all of those cars will have to come back into the pit lid certainly the two Corvettes will the first of the third stops has been done by Nick Tandy and that was with just on 50 minutes to go fuel yes okay see the Ford GT team team and yeah that is some good 912 cargo housing second stop excuse me to Richard Westbrook whose beard the the three stops three times through the pit Lee and they have done a drive-through excuse me that's my that's my bad there my mistake so nicht Annie's all care after each second stop to go on fuel the question will be what performance can you ring out the Mishnah tires at the end meanwhile in in the prototypes has been to fuel save going on in this tent by by the leaders and Dane Cameron no his extended his lead again now it was that 14 seconds at Clint under 7 is now back to over 15 seconds over the sister car of India Castro nervous who remains being trapped by the number 10 of rank of anaxander and number 5 car was is still running right behind people Durrani in the fifth position so number 31 car and forth he's about that gets going down to 6 seconds now it was down to a couple about a half a dozen laps ago but number 5 car that was the first car that made it it's it's it's pitch to mark most recent piss on that from 954 so he's got a lot locked at this time on fuel that the five car Danny had previously loved makes green flag races Jeremy I really do because he's saying the teams fighting for every and second this is really going to be interesting I agree the the gap number five carnauba losses on big fuel say but not losing much ground to any other leaders has come down at one point four seconds now going over Harry tickle in the master and a second of the Masters was twenty two seconds behind the 77 was twenty two seconds behind the 55 car just eight laps ago that gap is now 12 seconds so that's a property very closely together but to fit their collars for sheer Adam and this will all this is going to be tight as well for last stop for the two action Express road cars people to Ronnie in the red white 30 Ward is followed in by our pawpaws at 44 minutes yeah if they can't do 40 minutes by the time they get back on the truck sure this should be their last visit to you I hope so they're doing fuel and tires for the number five and fuel and tires for the 31 right right first for both of those cars and the next pit box back is the number three Corvette the pit board is just dropped down to them as well so it's a very busy section detailing new tires going on the fibers by Barbosa and just waiting on the car to come off the air jacks there it goes for the number five all right so fuel plug should come out of the 31 first and then the by leading a clear way back out onto the racetrack there it goes from pepo there it goes and into his box comes Antonio Garcia new tires and fuel for that number three Corvette when the four car came and it did their last pit stop it was the best pit stop I have seen on the pit lane this year they did fuel and tires a minimum amount of fuel that they needed to in the term of everything else being done so far oh wait goes in Tonio garcia and now we wait to see when Tommy Billy's gonna come in and that number four I've got a comment on that Corvette stop in a moment sure but let's get the next couple of poor a tight pit stops in because we're over ten after 7:00 at the 55 master so I do all right up to the 55 fuel and tires will be going on Harry Tincknell staying aboard there the 77 pit board is no doubt - so hey why not join the party windshield tear off for that number seven accurate Team Penske as the pitstop goes on for them just waiting on fuel at this point the fuel and tires she's done for the chronic penalty Cadillac that's the number 10 of Gregor Madison and that's the first car to get moving once again but the number 7 does manage speed it out just because the pit box placement but they're together by almost nothing waiting on the Mazda service to finish now as we're really gonna have our hands full of that battle for it is now up for the 55 nothing why is Harry tiptoe not moving the box because the sister car is still sitting there they're trying to get around his sister card and the 55 will not fire it is revving but it will not fire won't engage in gear as the number six is also into the pen lane Dane Cameron comes in fuel and tires for Dane and there will not be a driver change there 55 is still in the box though as the Acura Team Penske number six is still getting its full service and that car is going to be able to leave completely unabated asset as the championship leader has a clear review is running in fourth at number six a cutie Penske but this is disaster for the 55 Mazda there now signaling for a new steering wheel as the door opens we've seen this before we saw this Sebring last year in anger Harry has been handed a new wheel they pulled the old one off you go to fit the new one on let's see if this works time to get we've seen starting problems and case selection problems on this car in the past the point I want to make about the Corvettes Jeremy that has just been in and out I've Tonio Garcia that's a relatively short stint for that Corvette number three its teammate he's still out there and they were not that did not love the feel pure problem there very long boots that have used a pill tactic you'll I don't think and they're playing a game now to get to the end of the race and they only did about 30 minutes in their first stint they're left with about 43 minutes to go as incomes than a before car from the lead of the race for Corvette Tommy Milner stays in the car and that will be four new Michelin tires as well as a tear off from the screen cars on the grounds tommy bill there with a bit of right-hand block gets out looks over his right shoulder to make sure it's clean a headed to the pit lid he rumbles past the MSHA broadcast booth had back into the race that Mazda still not moving on the pit lid [Music] it's moved a little bit but not was that under four-cylinder Mazda powers it was under for master mechanic power right but it was making these loud popping sounds as they were pushing it up and it would not fire the winner of two races this year shame for that was the best place for the two masters by a good doesn't second so they didn't need that loss the wittingly they slowed down their teen car as well my big stuck in the box because then the Porsche Ollie Jarvis but around the engine cover on the right hand side he's coming off that car at the wars at master at what used to be their circuit let's not forget they continued leadership and must think that this place doesn't like them battle spinner an Iron Man stood no 14 cameras yeah the toy did the first dick hopped out of that car after 25 laps and today Cameron has been in there ever since and it's just an absolutely magnificent job but the battle adoption if a second place would be the ring commanders and the remaining wheeler-lea Castroneves who's - pretty much tied together hello - Andrew Robin mil tweeted at Ames and regio I disagree obviously I would he says tedious processional risk it might be that the moment processional it's not tedious all the different strategies still have to play out and as we saw on the mission the pilot race yesterday two or four tires longer short stints what's happening at the end master by the way being pushed away this is endurance racing it's not always door to door and Road so apologies if it's not your cup of tea but I urge you to stay on and thank you for doing that and thank you for letting us know there is racing now racing plenty of racing still to go and no one knows who's gonna win yet in any other classes [Music] it's nearly let's go 38 to go and I'm intrigued by the strategy in GT LeMond as well as in dpi I think there's a few people right on the edge fuel wise there in GTD will certainly Brian sellers Cory Lewis and the palmela Racing Lamborghini team have got the beat on the rest of the field there Tony Wilander will never say die either it's got hardened off driving free to teammate Zachary will be shot the weathertech Sprint Cup at the moment or at least exact science at the moment with an uncharacteristic stutter by the championship leaders biopharm anger at Trent hitmen in the six the Ovation big black car still some storage to be resolved here and the battle for second and third well yes it's processional put there it tend to part we're still in line so it's still a procession but tell your cluster Nevers by now just six tenths of a second as they went past us Castroneves and vanda's and are having a cracking scrap lap after lap after lap and continuing that as we cool down the ward to the last half an hour where's your money jeremy particularly in GT LeMond I haven't got a beat really on his go it's right I think the the number 66 car I mean it came in pretty much the same time as all all the other gtlm car so should be assuming he's I mean they all came in pretty much to get on within what more so you yes no no I think it should really good good it go from here yeah yeah yeah but the the Corvette's to come out in third and fourth position it got they got fresher tires by 10 laps that could be fine but they're still I mean with number 66 I was 25 seconds they're good so he's long gone this simply online goes there before they came in I believe on the same lap on except for four laps and the 25 car is to encourage it about seven seconds further back and then the Corvette first two Corvettes about ten seconds behind him the Internet's one of the interesting things for me at that GT LeMond is 102 the 24 car where they lost three seconds being that one lap and it's one perfectly since then not sure we ever got the bottom of that because of the things happened so we'll set share that task as to what happened to the porcelain car when it was lady comfortable comfortably Acuras separated by 18 seconds but then we've got a couple of cars in very close attention now as people to Rodney has claws right in on Rankin bad news and ER who's only a second away from Castroneves or second third and fourth are right there 12 are pause is only 5 seconds further back down the road that's a bit of a slip or a nipple and tough in traffic and they'll be all back together again [Music] Holly Jarvis thinking of his face 117 9 last time around but the trouble was over the 17 - who was the quickest of those leading brawler types it swings and roundabouts and abs and floors Lebert Hendrickson great green flag racing he says great from Mazda and appreciate this you don't appreciate the started racing which is fine from Mazda not engaging the games in the 55 car so either a clutch problem or a gear selection issue for that fifty five five hundred and nineteen days since Corvettes last win in class that was log breach last year Greg Elkin from Emser and shared doing the same arithmetic or how those long nights was my eyes are on number 31 car right now people Durrani he's closed right in on the Andreev Alexander and Ilya Casanova so we've got a three car battle here for second position overall in this race number seven 1031 yeah Toronto course he's still tracer chased in that championship he works for he and Felipe Nasr Nationals the defending Series champion people thought he joined that team for this season and they still very much in contention came into this round of the championship only seven points behind a camera and what Pablo Montoya but the leaders camera Montoya there they're well out of range right now and I think should be good to go to the end of the race from here they they came it they made their possession they they were the last and leaders to pit with 40 minutes remaining in this race off a port bow their paint balls just got off at turn number six that's why he's dropped back giving the weather tech signs mystic fortunately went straight through but it's dropped it back some five seconds and right in the clutches of Schwab our poor sir he was pressuring Ranga Fonda Zander now is he stupid you have to look behind now he's got to get past all of those gt3 cars maybe or valid fellow Cadillac certainly sorry yes it dates bark mates is what I should have said [Music] she'll Barboza he's an action Express Karl though there are different teams and they are pretty much together now as they go back to the scene of the crime people right to the edge of the right-hand side of the truck I mean well they'll be a few there will be some fewer of the correct sports to take back for the marketing team people directly to turn them into snow flew down quite a few as a weekend has progressed yesterday's that was pretty spectacular for people damage the front the Cadillac though that's the good news he's just gonna put another lap on what's been a good run this week and quietly I thought you were McNeal did a good job early on Toni Vilander has taken up the baton in the 63 Scuderi Corsa Ferrari the WeatherTech are still nearly half a minute back on the leader uncharacteristically spread out the top three but he's got hard rockers Jeremy suggested earlier being closed in on bride and Neil Ally for third position that's the Lamborghini area the 44 car now under a second earth cannot support Ian position there that oddly valleys just been chipping away at yeah he has all the way through his long stint here he got into the car after 40 minutes sir John after a good first hit by John Potter and Andy has been charging making up ground all the while [Music] so 30 minutes remaining now in the race you can hear me can you buy the rice pudding on him in fact the third image remained in the race Dave cameras lead lasts around 18 seconds that's pretty comfortable at this stage who's gonna manage that but his teammates know is that's not he's not I don't think he's managed you now he's got all the pressure he can withstand therefore bring about his actor in car number 10 verse 31 car have you made that mistake a couple of laps ago has been quicker on each of the last two laps the gap now is under four seconds it was that work at five John wasn't it just a couple of laps ago so certainly people Dharani that number 31 car it's fast but as we see if we bring commanders and they catching up with one of the Acuras is one thing but overtaking it now that's entirely another people very lucky actually dr. hit the wall they did a good job of keeping her back to bring up their home a mystery a mystery plate do we see why he went he just do under stay it off I think he got bit of air already behind Branka he was very close to regular there may be only a card card a half's then behind close to hunter a second yes well under second you write and close that down from over five in the course of about six or seven laps will receive he can repeat that now and his psyche you put on the road just looking at times coming in just to vote here trying to pick up the pace in the eighth position Cadillac he's 25 seconds behind Colin Braun whose quietly talking about his work in seventh and then this art then Ollie Jarvis see spook put you some decent laps in the last few as well he's closing in on Chihuahua Bossa just a little bit with half an hour still to go interest still for me in GT LeMond Joey I can't join hunt stretch the fuel and the tires we think so yeah leave his on he came in pretty much the same time with all the other GT Ellen that leaders other that the Corvettes which did it boy a different strategy to to make an extra pit stop but yeah that's you know they're commanded in the third four positions at numbers 3 & 4 join and they and I have caught the gap down certainly charity cars ahead of it Edwards remains John Edwards invested the BMW tunnel 24 remains about half a minute behind the leading number 66 but only a couple of seconds behind him in his teammate and then on Antonio Garcia the gap back to he was only six point seven seconds it was over ten not long ago yeah Garcia took another couple of tenths out of philately last time kind of differently last time around still could be a backlog for that podium couple of podium positions there small up from funders under that time around look at a traffic getting into where any sick talk or Nation NSX is not hard a good deer the deer Townsend Bell off the lap of the lead lap in class the weathertech the WeatherTech sprit come I think slipping away from he and his teammate Mario farm back a book they still have a chance of the peak championship they still lead they've got a handy lead in that could tell them on a few weeks away will give them a chance to lift another trophy a different trophy at the end of the season it's been horrible weekend for the investor Sullivan team so Jack Hawks is this morning and they've been struggling over the weekend and I'm prepared to try a completely different set up philosophy for the race I thought he didn't get a chance to prove to to find out whether it really worked during a warm-up thought that that would have given a much indication because of warmer conditions was so much cooler than we had this afternoon it was overcast foggy and pretty chilly out there it was a nice jacket so if they learned nothing there he said it's a bit of a gamble but clear that gap will has paid off because alexis is is has been right at the back of the GD t feel all of the through this race after laps completed them by our race leader's 25 minutes remaining [Music] camera turning nice consistent laps at the front of the field and his teammate Castroneves all of a sudden now is edged away from Rena banter Xander it's essentially over the last couple of laps to see whether that's a trend or whether it was just traffic just turn up into the stint the guys at the sharp end of the field with 25 minutes to go that gives them [Applause] [Music] about 18 laughs - go we'll put them on for the stick which is eminently achievable fuel wise Cooper contributed to clothes I saw the Tokyo government on the drop well they've they've plowed their own fur all this surgery mr. Innis chair opinion that you know that's what we're saying earlier on it might not necessarily all winners pay the side by side bottles that you've got to keep an eye on stealthily getting closer now up there five seconds away from a podium position and in fact really that's stripped to 40 positions because the two PFW is only a second and a half between them and the two Corvettes then just pulling through their doors to c7.r d'Italia is up into a third position of his phone he went past laps ago Jeremy yeah Scott hardrock booked out of thing 40th in the number nine five Porsche he will only be while the govern ice result wouldn't there but they're worried about the WeatherTech Sprint Cup for his teammates a canary rubber shop and that at the moment safe in their hearts exactly coming into the one-point advantage this week 82 count FL - excuse me - barrio fart bucket I trained hitman exactly six Acura [Music] down at 12 seconds and the lead did camera with a 120 last time around we see these popping up once in a while Jeremy told you when we again those little batches of cars indeed so and and you know he's just he's just taking absolutely no risks at the moment is that a very very handy lead doesn't matter how much he wins by as long as he takes the checkered flag in the lead so you know he's been around this time this sport long enough he's already a champion in the prototype ranks indium Swarek sportscar Championships who knows exactly how to manage a championship lead and what a sequence of events it has been for that accurate a Penske looking for his coming into this weekend with six consecutive podium finishes hello it's a fail that with a win says this one's since put like a time machine where's the last two hours and 20 minutes ago God disappeared having it really has don't forget me questions parts arising hashtag Michelin Pete Artie permission of course protected him surrender rank Evander's and days before took three seconds behind but all the sudden ring commanders every come to ten in third position he's got another 31 car filling his mirrors again remember that was the case to seven or eight laps ago and then people fell off the road at turn six lost about five seconds to sew wins now brought back that deficit that is rubbish odds car certainly being helped off the road at turn three couple of laps ago so that's where Abdullah D went by with a little help from I think that was Townsend bells I know tons of bells in the other car this way anything in the vehicle of car so that must have been Jack Horton they pushed the number 9 car off now he Jack's defense and had Andy Lally on the other side of him the work trying to curb ramp let's call it two and a half across the track if not three coming out at number three it's got hard well I think deciding discretion was the better part of father I'm not pushing the issue with ticket to the dirt [Music] Hawks with third in whether take sprint points in the moment for drivers 15 points back [Music] both Alexis off the pace this weekend three North at the big struggling with three a grip certainly last year got the good bit of a handle on that for this season but sitting in the moment in ninth and tenth position the regular football beat colors the twelve in the new sponsor colors never free Alvar now [Music] exactly sir less than two seconds now behind the number 25 which is only a second off second position effectively in gtlm the second position the gtlm [Music] 20 but [Music] still claiming our eyes peeled on this JT Lamont bottle pertick me for second at forth to BMWs through the porcelain climbing second position John Edwards is just a second and a half away from Colin it's now the two seconds ahead of Tonio Garcia who's four seconds ahead of Tom Milner who's in this fight as well the Corvette with ran about ten laps fewer on their tires as we head towards the crucial room to the checkered flag let's take our final Cadillac in Chris update and we'll start with that GTI left there for glades comfortably for Joey hot controlling the race through the 66 they hit the big bottle 25 hit third sitting right in behind it to keep me at the 24 so the black BMW ahead in Tuffy white BMW and then the first of the bright yellow Corvettes Tonio Garcia number three in fourth position is teammate Tom Milner four seconds further back in fifth then 13 seconds back to the Ford of Richard Westbrook with the Porsches not in the hunt today in GTD Lamborghini bride sellers ports at Paul filler racing before the end car has dominated if there's no other word for that but usually toy to to date what that cars been dieting all weekend Toni Vilander coupe McNeil who started the Ferrari 488 GTB that weathertech 263 car at second did a good job when it's 30 seconds and more between them and the latest Andy Lally is up to third position after Scott Hargrove was oh off the road by Jack Hawksworth unintentionally I would say I don't have to make those decisions Katherine Legge in fifth position for the 57 caterpillar sponsored Acura my father fled the place of the to MSR cars it's not been a good day for Barry off our bucket had Trent hit man who's now a bit of a physician in fairness that he's got past Paul halted a couple of three laps ago I think it was eight his last fight because last time I looked ok not long ago he was right behind and trying to because you did number 12 Lexus was it that little battle as well it was for position because number 12 car was a lap behind the other GTD cars but yeah it's been a bit of a good cut back there Fort Myers it was a slow lap last time for Paul Holton and McLeod but a good solid run for that compensation to Karin this weekend something that most clearly allows you to date [Music] there is no battle for second place anymore because Elia Castroneves is called well away we thought at rank of anaxander he's still through these mirrors full filled by the number 31 car again now people irani but unable to find a way past his on the prove once again his on the job this is only six seconds behind number five car [Music] job all posted that gap has come down significant the second about half dozen laps what we look to be a prophecy written lmp2 has got split up with gear back with Murray as a lap hasn't he on power of a saw [Music] that's a 52 for me 38 magic a Black Moon Boot race update cut that fake savings Marissa's doctor take his coffee Trent hit back down in the pit lid with Cher had it not been a banner day for the guys they're still leading the overall championship pull it appears the weather tech spritz companies stop right now you've won many championships before you know it's not your best days that make you a champion but your worst what has made this such a bad day 6fs are accurate well there's this couple different components and first things first I just got to thank the whole Meyer shank racing team we've been we've been fighting some of this tire degradation you know challenges all weekend and these guys really threw the book at it fortunately no we're kind of kind of seeing where we're at now in the race and and it's definitely a difficult situation but at the end of the day we are still moving up a little bit there's still 15 minutes ago you don't know what can happen we can maybe pick up another position or two but again just big thanks to all the guys at Meijer shank racing AutoNation Acura you know it's just one of those days it happens it's racing you know we'll move on to the deep and such is life just keep fighting Thanks absolutely thank you things into perspective there is training isn't it a fantastic suit yeah in this in the class as competitive as this you're not gonna win every race and yes the accurate team short thought they had a good shot here I mean what the race Li here last year but it just hasn't worked out in their favor this weekend so lose to the best they can and that's exactly what to hit that existed and what mario farm burger is Dunamis as we heard trip sales certainly that some ground in the later stages race it could be in the 8th position whose back to it with up to 12 with it with the early are much [Music] after the the first round of pit stops to get the the Mazda canvas 77 that sole remaining Mazda continues to close in on draw Barbosa with 14 minutes now remaining in this race table at housekeeping here 73 Park Place Porsche didn't start after an accident in qualifying for Patrick Lindsay Patrick saw here the car very much not and the team already have packed up and left head back to headed back towards Dallas Texas which is their base we hope that we get that sorted out before more till petty LeMond the Mazda number 55 having tickler came into the pits there couldn't get a gear that car has been pushed behind to the wall so those two of the cars who've had problems along with the two Lexus have been off the piers today and the accurate number 86 which was battling for the imps of Sprint WeatherTech Sprint Cup title that looks to be going the way of Zachary Robbie shop but the battle now on track very much is on again but 13 minutes to go crank up the action again the error floor of even these short nurturance races he just keeps coming back together the cars coming round the laptop as well to add a little bit more spice as they go through turn number five and start climbing you up to turn number six it's BMW and Kannada Fellini and Antonio Garcia in the Corvette canny big use of that accurate going by as they'd ordered the top of the hill and the corkscrew traffic ahead he's got hardener Ovid Scott won't want to get involved in that buckle either no he won't because he's got his own championship to worry about worldly sacraments championship in the hips our WeatherTech the Sprint Cup for TT Daytona but the the Corvettes are charging on here you can look to the inside no D fleepy kind of cover that a little bit later was company that's one but to get away with that one but he's got that the call right now is Richard glued to the rear bumper of the pepper 25 BMW of the head across the start/finish line its interested to me in the last couple of laps the windows hadn't got good pace coming off the corner hasn't it so its traction issues that's hindering it the other Corvette is closely right in as well I think deep Phillippi perhaps here is just big defensive he's allowed the number 24 car to pull away in second place because only a few laps ago he Phillippi was what a second and a half yeah of the uglier of the sister PR WF I think it's just been a bit cagey here and just trying to keep the Corvette behind him as long as he can and allow the the other being don't need to pull away the BMW is very quick in its straight line and the black BMW has pulled away people was looking to put a move on Regan van der Xander across the line the gap between them just point zero four five of a second I can't see the braking area turbid so I'll keep an eye on their split times to see which one of those two cars goes through trying to watch about three different things what is this part of the third position in the GT LeMond quatre he comes down from the corkscrew again rank Evander's add that add people Durrani will lock together across the line if it's not grippy shoes then this could be tactical as Jeremy said the BMW will push out of the rear corner but this time the coffin is right under the rear wing of the carriage trying to prosper already about three-quarters of a car now a car slit now a car at a harsh length as they go down to the first corner but the BMW has to Pretoria and people is ahead people tehrani is ahead of breaking a bad design to his vehicle from again I saw the red of the 31 flash past our windows and that is a position change for third place and once again with down inside the last 12 or so minutes and positions are changing up the inside of turn four and three goes the corner and the same comments right there as well and will get a run but the way up to new comes back on the cover that's just passed it moves to the right moves to the left through turn number five and here comes the second of the Corvettes Tommy Milner has got through and it cleared him second place accurate looks through this is where things get really dicey and everybody has to have their head on a swivel going up at the top of the hill magnificent stuff by olkin CERN their good driving good awareness but that is the VFW then slipping down to places for Kanna de filippi from third to fifth in the spirit of a couple of corners and Durrani got through at the exit of thee and pretty happy last time around I thought it got a good run had to pull out a little bit to get round Jack Hartford and one of the Fords was in there as well battling [Music] so the two Corvettes they're not odd-looking strategy Jeremy we thought they were onto something early on where they kept cycling for the front five seconds now between Garcia call at six five point seven seconds for complete accuracy Garcia from Edwards that's the gap that he's got the bag up and they've got a bit of clear truck in front of them to to offensive or but that might be at the make here in the last day and a half minutes yes would be really interested to watch us but amongst the other battles all of the Jarvis now rift right with job are most of that's a battle for fifth and sixth bases in the Mazda heavy beam as much as seventeen seconds back on that ninety-three here we are 20 laps later it's right on its tail as a certain looking good at the later stages is racing directly bit a little too long to latent searches for people held up in traffic and Bradley outside the server tries to cut back he got three quarters of the way down the outside could make it stick backed out of it the dark-colored Orica the car Mossad 38 car plus one of the Corvettes finger number three that is the third-place GT Lamonica so four cars in line three different classes and the last team of the battling for position and for a position on the overall for diem as well down in the first corner Taurani gets down the inside car Mossad tries to doubt the way it does stay out of the way so that battle between the two Cadillacs the red way the 31 car the gloss black coming up and all that continues and is allowed to continue could good driving in awareness again seven and a half minutes to go tonio Garcia has taken six tenths of a second out of John Edwards time is running out Jeremy's got a couple of decent laps in here does it need to be passed by all those prototypes right there now some minutes to go excuse me I'll be fool laps five maybe five leaders lots of talking points here are locked out the front row first and second at the moment with people to Ronnie now in hot pursuit but he's been rather distracted isn't he bike ranking factors under eight seconds between Dharani and Elio Castle nervous in second schwab our pores are still hanging on there in fifth positions only three seconds behind the battle for third and fourth and he's got a Lee Jarvis whose claws were rated on him Somali Java since Rob got pause it go across the line with only half a second between them in GT LaVon Ford by 24 and a half seconds Joey Han has the advantage then it's Daniel Garcia who is chasing down John Edwards six seconds the bottle Tommy Milner right with him Connor did Philippe the only one and a half seconds further backward doesn't seem to have the performance right now in GTD as we had in the last six minutes Brian sell us with a half a minute lead over Tony Wilander in the 63 Ferrari he's got 26 seconds on Andy Lally who's driven as happy Lallier race as he could possibly think perfectly judged to bring that number 44 Lamborghini him in the third position has now pulled a couple a second on Scott Horrell it's Katherine Legge in fifth position ahead of Jeff Blake a more than whom his Clausing kafir and dad at a rate of knots actually took nearly two seconds after get out the captain last time around and the gap is up to three seconds for fifth position in GTD so Katherine Legge in the 57 caterpillar car and blinker more than in the 33 wins sponsored car that's about to keep your eye on as well [Music] factors after right back with Durrani is the went across the life last time around at people's now he's taking too much Livi's concentration to defend rather than attack there through thee and ready happen now how's the battle for second place in GT lamont going and sir down to 4.3 seconds a big jump on that level what and a half seconds take an era of Edwards last time around that could be traffic no Jeremy well too much into that I think you made that group in point a couple laps ago saved their Corvettes didn't need those delete the leading prototypes to go past his dick costing time now the prototype has got past the number 25 be f ked up for the October excuse me and that's cost the prototype also so the Corvette store trying to close that down what a race it's paid for Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya who started the race for the number-6 did Cameron who took it over got past their teammates has disappeared into the distance dead Cameron knows this very well indeed and his bit good use of his normal knowledge from Russia from Sonoma California to support from the Bay Area [Music] North Carolina but his roots very much here in the categories that Giant last couple of laps Jeremy now and we see people struggling for lap times what a two-lap starting to three of the two three and four seconds away from the best naps of the realest people are pushing very very hard on machinery that has given it all in a four green flag race to this point let's hope it stays green for the next three minutes and ten seconds nobody if their need fuel now we'll come in mode the most brisket unless you've got a championship you win [Music] for TT of QE heart disease T's piss just a little bit but it's been very good indeed joy and has been clinging off the laughter they get good strategy from the Chip Ganassi for GTT a huge knot of traffic that today camera has negotiating they're coming out of turn 11 cost him about four seconds in that you're fat yes it's 22 on that lap you won't worry about that the gap is down to less than 10 hour for eight seconds but that's not a concern fee in the lease and Jerome Blake a Moreland has caught Katherine Legge in that battle for GTD that we pointed out to you earlier on the last Cadillac in race update that is fifth in GTD they're heading to turn five now and they've got a bit of slow traffic ahead of them paint Jack Hawks with him often I say that Jack Hawks with his slower traffic but the Lexus just hasn't been in this race today they'll go away scratch their heads look at the hopefully with some answers for what to could see them on our next and final race of the season great race for pride sellers at Quarry perfect I think that that defines perfection doesn't it that's a one form car the formula racing Lamborghini they've been fastest at pretty much every session on the pole in qualifying with a great effort from Cory Lewis who was one a few drivers who improved after the red flag stoppage during qualifying do lead job back was buy him his first ever pole of this championship a tremendous and long first it by him and a brat Celsus brought it home what is has done everything needed to do from there crossing the line side by side Blake Amala gets the inside run into the first corner and I think will take over that fifth position just ahead of the class leader yes he's gone through but it's a a mark of just how impressive the palmela racing lamborghini team have been defending team and drivers chapters let's not forget that they have lapped everybody up to fifth and sixth position that's extraordinary emptiness GTD not in GTD 43 seconds left of the clock so they I did not see the white flag go out last time around I think you just got to just up in there before you doing that necessary so we're going into 121 laps but that's not two point two three miles too far for anybody out there you wouldn't like to see anybody's risk ending with a cough on a splutter at this stage [Music] get your notes and points arising in white flag goes out now with ten seconds to go another half a second that I'm Cynthia Garcia took out of John Edwards on that on that last lap but I don't think it's going to be quite enough he saw three seconds behind the 25 we had orifice second a position in gtlm yeah John Baum want to say too much traffic nor Willie where are they on the track Jeremy if they've got to do another lap I think they have you know they have a get them across they lie [Music] for yeah the ditch coming down the final corner now German so those will have to do another lap 424 coming into turn 11 now is John Edwards Antonio Garcia is following him through there they are on the Front Street together don't think it's going to be quite enough time for the Corvette they tried a different strategy to an extent it's paid off [Music] hashtag Michelet PRT for mission upholstery is tech coming up after heart racing winning interviews and it's accurate want to on the greets to accurate want to at the finish [Music] flinger Mullen has got past Katherine Legge confirmed as they went by last time around the champion flying his oats and across the line dominated in some respect sir yes sir if you look at the timing sheets Cameron's gone through no sign of elio Castroneves they had of course they had just under 10 seconds between himself and his teammate they started want to on the grid they've finished want to in the race they're Gore's pretty bored irani just ahead under a second ahead of Anders under so the 31 Cadillac is the best of the rest and that was a fighting drive like people might have been able to do a little bit better if he hadn't got off the track when he was chased them down that was the Tyrians of life out the tires good run to the checkered flag from Joey had once again the Ford GT got the strategy perfectly right as deeds Paul Miller racing with the 48 BMW bride sellers at Corey Lewis still waiting for the battle for third position that goes John Edwards if Tulio Garcia was two seconds behind at the end of the risk good run from Corvettes cleared the strategy card let's hear from some winners share them with one Pablo Montoya race winner here a weather ticker is really gonna take a walk congratulations start in the weekend you weren't entirely sure how it was going to go a great demand equip it was good it was really good we had a strong weekend we were either first or second on every session and it was good it was you know we did what we needed to do all day and for the points point advantage that it's cute congratulation thank you half a day for Montoya I'd say yes mr. butts did but no no it was a great team effort he's been fast all the way through the the practice of qualifying is he who who put the car a qualified the car Denis oh yeah it's been it's been a great day for a cutey pets gave me a new beat they've been a dominant force this weekend quite frankly they've been fast as they keep in every session and they've done exactly what they need to do to control this race and put opposing firmly well one had had enough time to do the arithmetic he records 12 points the advantage in the DPI championship yeah was seven is being extended by 5 because Nasser and Durrani finished in third position - that's exactly right well the techs print Cup championship Zachary Robuchon he's won the inaugural running of the shorter form of our championship which comes to an end here this weekend's not even a smile on your face release it there we go that's better a champion for the first time this year then it's still open going in Appetit them all for the overall championship so it's a pretty good day for you yeah you know it's not obviously not the result we wanted we almost got that podium but at the same time we did what we had to do to secure the championship it's not the way you want to do it looks like the accurate guys had a hard day but you know we'll take in very happy with what the five team is done this year congratulations thank you very much well there's our first champion of the Year crowned in terms of the drivers the WeatherTech Sprint Cup champion on his own because he had to swap teams earlier in the didn't work could have gone to one of the races so well Doug - Zachary Robbie shot one hand on the trophy for the overall for Montoya and did Cameron baby 12 points without the correct take that chair - 74 to 262 I would say going into the final round Oh double pointer anything like that just regular points opportunity five points for the win yeah at that second place by Elio Castroneves and the seven carve really important to keep people Durrani from scrambling a few extra points there are still presumably in second place in the championship yes they are as far as the GT LeMond championship is concerned despite a rather anonymous race from Porsche this weekend Earl Bamber and Lawrence van tur will actually increase their lead in the driver's championship over their teammates at least Nick Tandy and Patrick peel is seventh and eighth position of course everybody else will Klaus them down a wee bit puts I think really you've got to see it's between the two Porsche crews and winner-take-all at Betsy Lamont yeah very much so yeah the management Garcia closed closed up by seven points on PA and Tandy they were 10th behind so just a three-point deficit now from second to third but it's a it's a commanding lead now for van - and bamboo came in here with 11 points and it's now well I told you - attorney gone out by one toe just 12 points ahead so still all to play for potentially at petty LeMond in the championship for manufacturers there Porsche you know they've already clinched clearly I've cleaned that GTD Jeremy that one's going to be interesting because our championship leaders well we're down in 9th position now they'll still pick up points for that I'll let you work that one out as we speak - Corey Lewis who put in a yeoman stint in the first first part of the race they're almost a full hour that was a great stint from Corey Lewis get things started and what a way for Bryan sellers to bring it home but hey your first win in a little while since the 12 hours of sebring how does this feel oh it's I guess you could say it's been a long time coming this one feels very very special for sure and it's been a dominant weekend for us here at Paul Miller Racing and hats off to the whole team I mean we were on and off the track we had everything we needed Brian was a huge help getting me up to speed here a little bit in the girly on the weekend and when it came down to race time we we knocked it out the park and I'm just so proud of everybody on Team Ryan did an awesome job there at the end and this this one feels good for sure Congrats to you guys I want to jump in with Brian really quick because this is a momentum you need going into your and Paul Miller home track isn't it yeah it's great I mean I think you have to look at this race and a lot of times it's put on drivers a lot of times it's put on crew but today I have to say was all down to our engineer large gear Singh he did a fantastic job the car was great and one of the things we focus on all week was tire degradation and we were able to just run consistent I think ultimately that's you know that's that that's what was able to get us the win did you have to change your strategy and the balance of the car between the way that you ran the strategy with the long and the short stints yeah I mean we had a plan going in I mean you don't know the whole plan as its unfolding inside the car but when we came out in the 86 was in front of us and the 96 was in front of us I'm like thinking to myself I don't know maybe maybe our plan in the beginning was was bad but in the end it gave us a short fuel stop to the end and a long run on the tires but we knew that the car would be able to hold it so it was really great first win here at WeatherTech Raceway let's take her for Brian Sellars congratulations thank you and the GT T manufacturer Buttle is extraordinary Jeremy yeah it is Acura came in here with an 8-point edge over Lamborghini under unofficially I record Lamborghini will lead leave here with a one-point advantage 269 to 268 over Acura and Porsche then on out of this either they're only seven points behind on 261 so that's the overall championship in the GT d in the spirit world Tech Sprint Cup championship clinched there this is the final round by his a career robot great effort by him all season long the but let me just get back to the team to the team split manufacturers Porsche will will win the GTD manufacturers championship minions were tech Sprint Cup Lexus will hold on to second I reckon by one point over over Lamborghini in Acura and that'll go in favor of Lamborghini because that that's the that win Acura has not won a race in the Sprint Cup this season surprisingly how's the overall championship then with that rather in GTD with that rather interesting performance for the the leaders there they had a healthy late yes it'll be a 31-point lead fourth our backer and hitman so that's that's a few minutes turn up and start the race that's not to say they're not that's okay they've done what they needed to do well we'll leave Jeremy to continue adding up Adam is waiting to speak to the winners in GT the morning fact he's in there now so we'll get that just before we sign off from our race broadcast don't forget Michelin poster istex Postgres tech comes up next Joey and Dirk you guys are race winners once again and Joey you finally won here What's it feel like to get your win here oh man this one's this one feels pretty damn good I'll tell ya I've been trying to win this track for a long long time since my first race here in 1998 I think so here's my hometown race obviously I mean this one you know feels goes to the home down but it feels best because of all the people that I have behind me you know not only this Chip Ganassi team and all the Ford Performance guys and forward but you know my family and friends that are here that support me all year long after the races when I don't win when I'm angry when I'm not hunt when I'm hungry and I'm hangry you know this one's for my wife and my kids you know my parents good to be here I wish it could have been excited I had a good feeling about this but my brother's up there and a lot of my close friends so this is a this one feels really good I had a feeling I mean it was comfort from the get-go so it was a time to set sail Congrats both you sure Adam with our JT lamorne winners and just knit me back the GTD teams championship in the weathertech Sprint Cup Jeremy Shaw that's this all of the front running teams had had pretty horrible weekends so that what that means is that my Shack racing with curb agajanian will clinch the GTD teams championship in the in the Sprint Cup by a considerable by actually a fairly comfortable margin actually extending their lead by one point over a Vasus 11 the penultimate round of them so WeatherTech Sports Car Championship here on the Monterey Peninsula full green race for full two hour and 48 minutes worth of excitement strategy strategy playing out for the teams in all of the categories the next challenge is something very different in date ten hours at the newly named to mission and race we're at Road Atlanta of course we'll be there from early in the week with some special programming including a special midweek mortis board from Porsche in Atlanta on the Wednesday and we've got a special Porsche of M Shaw on Wednesday at 8 o'clock UK that's big deer here on the west course my thanks got the Adam and Jeremy sure my broadcast colleagues here and also slightly further afield to our TV colleagues at NASCAR Productions up in Charlotte who allow us to see the pictures that they have turned out which have made a fantastic venue look brilliant thanks to you all for being with us here at mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca my apologies and hope you'll join us when we convene again for the final round of the season in Atlanta for the 10 hours from John hind off and the rest of the team bye-bye you [Music]

Channel: IMSA Official

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Keywords: IMSA, International Motor Sports Association, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Laguna Seca, WeatherTech Championship, Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Lamborghini, Lexus, Mazda, McLaren, Mercedes, Nissan, Porsche

Id: 635y4-KrSrk

Length: 178min 17sec (10697 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 19 2019