59th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

[Matthew Little]

60 minutes remaining..........
And the #10 pit-crew are setting up for a stop, likely next lap.........

 

[Matthew Little]

Lapierre's in for what will likely be their final stop of the night...........full-stop: driver change(Duval in for Lapierre), full fuel & tires

 

[Matthew Little]

Pagenaud takes the lead! Pagenaud takes the lead from Duval...........but the Highcroft team still has to make one more stop......

 

[Matthew Little]

The GT leaders are in for a stop......tires & fuel for the #56

 

[Galahad]

OK, so Pagenaud leads by 16 seconds with one stop to make. Duval probably can't stretch the fuel mileage by the amount required without a caution (IMO) so I reckon he'll have to catch and pass the HPD to take the win!

 

[Matthew Little]

Pagenaud's in.............fuel & tires for the #01

 

[Matthew Little]

Pagenaud's in.............fuel & tires for the #01

....and they're away; waiting for T &S to cycle through....okay, Duval's back in first but the word in pit-lane is that the #10 will be one, maybe two laps short at the end

 

[Galahad]

Phew, I think that sloppy stop will cost Montagny his chance

 

[Matthew Little]

30 minutes remaining...........
Duval continues to lead from Pagenaud & Montagny but Montagny is catching Pagenaud; does he have enough time to catch the Highcroft car and does Duval have enough fuel to make it to the checkers?

 

[Matthew Little]

Duval leads
Pagenaud 34 sec. behind; Montagny now 18 seconds behind P2

 

[Matthew Little]

Should be about 14, 15 laps remaining if Duval continues to lap in the 1:53 range
Pagenaud remains in 2nd, Montagny 17 seconds back

Does Duval have enough fuel to make it to the end?

 

[Galahad]

Does Duval have enough fuel to make it to the end?

He should have, now.

 

[Matthew Little]

*fingers crossed for a Highcroft win..........*

 

[Galahad]

*fingers crossed for a Highcroft second......*

Well, Nick Wirth will be insufferable if Highcroft win! And I like old Hugues de Chaunac. He's the most Gallic person in the universe and yet perversely lovable.

 

[Matthew Little]

Inside of 15 minutes...........
Duval still leads, Pagenaud 2nd & Montagny 3rd overall

 

[Galahad]

2nd - 3rd under 10 seconds. And now a mystery red light on in the HPD...

 

[Matthew Little]

2nd - 3rd under 10 seconds. And now a mystery red light on in the HPD...

 

[Galahad]

1.6 secs lost on the last lap - 7.7 the gap

 

[Galahad]

6.7 - four laps to go? Five?

 

[Matthew Little]

1.6 secs lost on the last lap - 7.7 the gap

Now less than 7 seconds...............