18.HOURS
TOP THREE WITHIN 30 SECONDS
The fight for the lead had evolved into an intriguing affair, and living up to expect
were running within a whisker of each other.
The eighteenth hour of racing began with the news of two retirements: Thiriet by
and the #64 Corvette as a result of Tommy Milner’s collision with the tyre barrier a
of the initial grid.
Barring a major surprise, the final victory would boil down to a three-way tussle
places at each pit stop. It is not unusual for the fastest lap time to be bettered
benchmark fastest lap of 3:21.446 set on Saturday on the 81st lap by Kamui Kob