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Introduction: You are here on British Eurosport HD and it's time for some motorsport action. Now after months of waiting, the Toon World Endurance Championship begins with the Gran Turismo 6 Duel from Brands Hatch, introduced by (just for this week) Nathan Hudson
(World Animation Racing Alliance introduction then followed by the Toon WEC intro and straight to the commentary box with Nathan Hudson)
Nathan Hudson: Hello, everyone and welcome to the World Endurance Championship, live on Radio Le Mans and on British Eurosport HD, and to Brands Hatch in the heart of Kent, i'm Nathan Hudson, your racing commentator on this live boardcast here, i be joined by an special guest later on in Duel 2, but for the time being, you will have single commentary on this very interesting Duel 1, with 25 cars, Serena Tsukino, in the Audi R18 e-tron will be on pole as their is the commaned for the engines to start, this races will see what the teams have been during during these winter months, and it's for an healthy payday for the winning team and driver with 500,000 dollar checks on the line, let's go trackside.
(An cut to the race track and an shoot at the #1 Audi R18 of Serena Tsukino)
Nathan: Derek Bell, the first most successful British winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is our Grand Marshall for the Duels here at Brands Hatch. He puts the green flag in the air to get the pace laps started. Let’s take a look at our starting grid, presented by Tudor.
Grid Order:
1. (1) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Serena Tsukino
2. (15) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Eren Yeager
3. (7) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Shinji Itsuki
4. (20) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Reiner Braun
5. (34) Race Performance; Oreca 03; Liam Urevig
6. (50) Labre Compétition; Morgan LMP2; Carter Fargo
7. (43) Newblood by Morand Racing; Morgan LMP2; David Rivera
8. (46) Thiriet by TDS Racing; Ligier JS P2; Pichu London
9. (24) Sébastien Loeb Racing; Oreca 03; Luigi Victorino
10. (55) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Mila Jizovich
11. (911) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Tommy Pickles
12. (3) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; Aelita Stones
13. (56) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Sione Tapili
14. (57) Krohn Racing; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Sam Manson
15. (91) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Jimmy Neutron
16. (912) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Heidi Wienerman
17. (66) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Deon Scott
18. (11) Gainer; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Jack Kearney
19. (19) Black Falcon; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Benjamin Miles
20. (23) United Autosports; Audi R8 LMS Ultra; Alex Minazuki
21. (77) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Christopher Pierce
22. (98) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Theo Stegall
23. (22) Green Tec Racing; Nissan GT-R GT3; Clint Spillman
24. (16) AF Corse; Ferrari 458 Italia GT3; Nelo Balvin
25. (61) R&D Sport; Subaru BRZ; Austin Weiner
Serena Tsukino, driving the #1 Audi R18, heads the pack of prototypes, with Eren Yeager and his #15 Porsche 919 alongside him.
Row two sees Shinji Itsuki and the #7 Toyota TS040 and the other Porsche 919 of Reiner Braun.
From LMP1, we move to the LMP2 class; Liam Urevig and the Race Performance #34 Oreca start on pole for their class. He lines up alongside Labre Compétition’s Carter Fargo.
The #55 BMW Z4 GTE of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, driven by Mila Jizovich heads the GT1 field, alongside Tommy Pickles and the #911 of Porsche North America’s 911 GT3 RSR.
And like, the GT1 class, the GT3 class is also headed by a BMW; Marc VDS’ Deon Scott has class pole over Jack Kearney and Team Gainer, with their Mercedes SLS AMG GT3.
Hudson: The lights are off on the Audi RS6 pace car as it guides the field down the track; Yeager and Tsukino getting the Prototype field into grid order, while Pickles and Jizovich get the GT cars in the same order. Pace car is in the pits, prototype field in the hands of the leading Audi and Porsche as they approach the main straight.
No overtaking until the lights go green...AND GRAN TURISMO 6 DUEL #1 IS UNDERWAY!
(LMP1 & LMP2 start)
Nathan: It an great start by Serena Tsukino and Eren Yeager heading into Paddock Bend, meanwhile Shinji Itsuki got slighty ahead of Reiner Braun and takes 3rd place without any dispute, into Paddock Bend....
Meanwhile, in LMP2, Liam Urevig spins his tyres and Carter Fargo goes into and CONTACT!!!!
The #46 Thiriet by TDS Racing has tagged the passing #24 Sébastien Loeb Racing and the #24 has spun into the gravel trap, already, it's lap 1 of this 1.5 hour race and the favourites for the LMP2 already been dumped out of the race.
Back to LMP1, Serena Tsukino puts an gap between her and Eren heading to the hairpin, question mark is, will the safety car be deployed for the stranded #24 of the possbly pissed off Luigi Victorino in the #24
Now down to Graham Hill Bend and Eren and Shinji see one another, some dust been kicke dup in the air from the incident in LMP2.
Meanwhile LMP2 itself, Liam Urevig has able to regain 3rd place from Pichu London, what bad timing to spin the tires, as they head though the hairpin, their an move by David Rivera in the quicker Morgan LMP2 machine and can't make the move stick as they head down into Graham Hill Bend.
LMP1 Cars now head into the longer Grand Prix bit instead of the smaller Indy track and their an possible move by Toyota of Shinji Itsuki on Eren Yeager, down the hill and Shinji can't make it stick
(GT1 & GT3 start)
Nathan: Anyhow, GT1 and GT3 cars are ready to go, and Derek Bell shows the green flag for them now and they are get away cleaning and what an start by the #3 chevy of Aelita Stones and she's going into the lead, all the sudden, the BMW has gone from 1st to 3rd at the front straight, what an start by the former British Touring Cars Champion.
Who knows this track very well from her days with Renault.
Meanwhile GT3, Alex Minazuki's Audi passes Benjamin Miles's Mercedes-Benz as everyone heads into Paddock very cleanly, yellow flag waving as the strucken #24 LMP2 is getting pulled out, Now, they can continue racing into the hairpin and their an couple of moves by some of the GT1 cars, Heidi Wienerman is right up and behind Sam Mansoon's Ferrari by the looks of things she gets the position in Graham Hill Bend, GT3, look at this, their bump drafting one another, this will end disasterous.
*SAFETY CAR*
Nathan: Safety Car is out, now that no shock really cause the strucken Sebastian Loeb Racing Oreca would of been hit if been left thier as Serena leads them though into the last croneer, they see the yellow flag with the SC board, meaning safety car is out.
Oh no, well sadly, Subaru's first race of endurance racing has ended quite way too early, Austin Weiner has pulled it over at the bridge, looks like something wrong with it, this car has had trouble with it engine, something with the battery, sadly, it looks like it had died within 1 lap.
So here's is the grid order after the first piece of actions as they recover both cars.....
(1) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Serena Tsukino
(15) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Eren Yeager
(7) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Shinji Itsuki
(20) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Reiner Braun
(50) Larbre Compétition; Morgan LMP2; Carter Fargo
(43) Newblood by Morand Racing; Morgan LMP2; David Rivera
(34) Race Performance; Oreca 03; Liam Urevig
(46) Thiriet by TDS Racing; Ligier JS P2; Pichu London
(3) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; Aelita Stones
(911) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Tommy Pickles
(55) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Mila Jizovich
(56) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Sione Tapili
(57) Krohn Racing; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Sam Manson
(91) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Jimmy Neutron
(912) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Heidi Wienerman
(66) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Deon Scott
(11) Gainer; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Jack Kearney
(23) United Autosports; Audi R8 LMS Ultra; Alex Minazuki
(19) Black Falcon; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Benjamin Miles
(77) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Christopher Pierce
(22) Green Tec Racing; Nissan GT-R GT3; Clint Spillman
(98) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Theo Stegall
(16) AF Corse; Ferrari 458 Italia GT3; Nelo Balvin
Nathan: Both the Oreca 03 and Subaru BRZ are now off-track and in their respective team pits. Green flag waves as Tsukino and Yeager approach the main straight, and we are back underway!
Yeager gets the jump on Tsukino as they head into Paddock! He’ll make it stick, as he brings along Itsuki for 2nd!
To the LMP2 class, the #46 Thiriet Ligier dives down the inside of Newblood Morgan and Race Performance Oreca for 2nd! London won’t make the move stick for the 2nd spot - he’ll have to be satisfied for 3rd.
To the GT1 class; we have a battle between the #55 BMW of Jizovich and the #911 Porsche of Pickles! The Porsche tries to overtake on the outside of Surtees!
Jizovich will stay steady and hold the 2nd position as they approach Surtees! However, Pickles won’t let her get away!
Over to GT3, where the #22 Green Tec Nissan GT-R of Clint Spillman gets by the #77 Marc VDS BMW of Christopher Pierce with no trouble at Druids. At the head of the pack, the #66 Marc VDS BMW is romping away with the lead, getting further and further from Kearney’s Mercedes!
LMP1 again, where we find Yeager and Itsuki battle for the lead! Going up into Hawthorne Hill, Itsuki dives into the lead!
He’ll make the move stick, but Yeager comes back at Dingle Dell! This battle between them will give Tsukino and the Audi team a good chance to catch up.
(Caution 2: 32 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We have a full-course caution coming in at minute 32 - it’s for the #56 BMW of Sione Tapili; looks like it’s gone into the gravel trap at Westfield Bend.
Looking at the replay, it seems it was just driver error; Tapili just out-braked herself into Westfield, and next thing you know, she’s gone off.
Tsukino is now right up the rear wing of Itsuki during the caution; she could be looking for an opportunity right at the restart.
Meanwhile, the GT3 class has had no lack of excitement, with Kearney and Minazuki trading blows and overtakes for the 2nd spot. Miles, meanwhile, continues to lose spots to Spillman and Pierce; the latter two are indeed, fighting for 4th.
Pits are now open; everyone’s coming in to take four tires. First one out is going to be Tsukino, then Itsuki!
After Pit Stops (37 minutes of 90):
(1) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Serena Tsukino
(7) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Shinji Itsuki
(15) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Eren Yeager
(20) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Reiner Braun
(46) Thiriet by TDS Racing; Ligier JS P2; Pichu London
(50) Labre Compétition; Morgan LMP2; Carter Fargo
(43) Newblood by Morand Racing; Morgan LMP2; David Rivera
(34) Race Performance; Oreca 03; Liam Urevig
(3) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; Aelita Stones
(55) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Mila Jizovich
(57) Krohn Racing; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Sam Manson
(91) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Jimmy Neutron
(911) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Tommy Pickles
(912) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Heidi Wienerman
(66) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Deon Scott
(11) Gainer; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Jack Kearney
(23) United Autosports; Audi R8 LMS Ultra; Alex Minazuki
(77) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Christopher Pierce
(22) Green Tec Racing; Nissan GT-R GT3; Clint Spillman
(98) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Theo Stegall
(16) AF Corse; Ferrari 458 Italia GT3; Nelo Balvin
(19) Black Falcon; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Benjamin Miles
(Restart 2; 40 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We’re almost halfway into this duel; green flag waves as the cars approach the final corner! We’re off again!
Itsuki gets the better of Tsukino into Paddock, and the Thiriet Ligier starts to extend its class lead!
In the GT field, Stones and Jizovich are duking it out big-time into Druids!
Jizovich grabs the lead going into the Cooper straight to Surtees; but Stones hasn’t given up just yet! She pulls onto the outside and pulls alongside her!
GT3’s finally had some competition for the lead! Marc VDS’ Deon Scott vs. the dueling pair of Minazuki and Kearney!
Scott’s defending seems to be on par with the oncoming attacks from the two drivers! Into Pilgrim’s Drop, and Kearney takes the lead, but not for long as they head up Hawthorn Hill!
Scott manages to retake the lead into Hawthorn Bend!
Meanwhile, the AF Corse Ferrari of Nelo Balvin starts to gain momentum; he takes the ART McLaren through Druids, and the GreenTec Nissan through Surtees!
Back at the front, Tsukino looks for a move on Itsuki down the main straight, as they approach Clark Curve. Here’s a dive from Tsukino - she gets alongside the Toyota!
Down the main straight, Tsukino’s got the better exit, but Itsuki has that power behind him as we approach the halfway mark of this race; Itsuki will retain the lead, but just! Stout defending from the Toyota team!
I think we’re seeing - yes, we are seeing Reiner Braun’s #20 Porsche come in to the pits - he’s had trouble with the electrics of the car before the race began - his race is done.
Back to the Audi-Toyota battle - we have a close call at Graham Hill Bend! Tsukino and Itsuki almost collide , but Tsukino gets the better of the two and takes the lead back, but Itsuki is still on Tsukino’s tail! This is fantastic stuff - the stuff that legends are made of!
(Caution 3 + Safety Car; 65 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We have a caution, 25 minutes from the end of the first Duel; the caution is for both GT1 Porsches, the #911 and #912 of Pickles and Weinerman! They’ve done a Red Bull into the gravel pit at the final corner!
The safety car is out, and that will be good news for Eren Yeager - he catches up back to the dueling pack of Tsukino and Itsuki. Meanwhile, the Thiriet Ligier has assumed a one-lap lead in its class; it looks unlikely that anyone will catch London and his flying Ligier.
Stones, of the GT1 class, lost the lead to Jizovich, but is duking it out with her for the lead; the pit stops could decide this.
Cars are coming in to the pits for the final time; tires only, no fuel for everyone - Yeager’s going to be the first one out for LMP1, Stones back to the lead in GT1!
After Pit Stops (70 minutes of 90):
(1) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Serena Tsukino
(7) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Shinji Itsuki
(15) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Eren Yeager
(46) Thiriet by TDS Racing; Ligier JS P2; Pichu London
(50) Labre Compétition; Morgan LMP2; Carter Fargo
(43) Newblood by Morand Racing; Morgan LMP2; David Rivera
(34) Race Performance; Oreca 03; Liam Urevig
(3) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; Aelita Stones
(55) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Mila Jizovich
(57) Krohn Racing; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Sam Manson
(91) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Jimmy Neutron
(66) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Deon Scott
(11) Gainer; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Jack Kearney
(23) United Autosports; Audi R8 LMS Ultra; Alex Minazuki
(77) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Christopher Pierce
(22) Green Tec Racing; Nissan GT-R GT3; Clint Spillman
(98) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Theo Stegall
(16) AF Corse; Ferrari 458 Italia GT3; Nelo Balvin
(19) Black Falcon; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Benjamin Miles
(Restart 3; 80 minutes of 90)
Nathan: The green flag waves for the 10 minute dash to the finish! Itsuki grabs the jump on Yeager and Tsukino for the LMP1s, as the #3 Corvette also grabs the lead from Jizovich!
Tsukino tries to catch the Toyota, but the proverbial jets have turned on for Shinji Itsuki! He’s roaring off with the lead into Surtees!
Over to GT3; Minazuki snatches back 2nd from Kearney and is in pursuit of Deon Scott right now, who has a good lead over the Audi. In LMP2, the two Morgan LMP2s duke it out for 2nd as well; down the Brabham straight, Newblood and Rivera catch the Labre Morgan for 2nd!
(Final caution; 89 minutes of 90)
Nathan: Right when we have everything figured , the race ends on a climax! The #98 ART McLaren and #16 AF Corse Ferrari crash on the entrance to the Brabham Straight! This race is over!
The white and checkered flags wave, and Eren Yeager takes it home to win #1 of the duels for Porsche! The Newblood Morgan of Rivera takes the LMP2 class, GT1 goes to Aelita Stones and Corvette Racing, and Deon Scott ends a domination of GT3 with a victory for Marc VDS!
Now it's the interviews:
Interviews:
Eren Jaeger (LMP1 Winner - Porsche)
“Well, to be honest, if it were me, I’d be happier with finishing under green than taking a win by caution flag. But a win is a win any way you take it. I definitely loved the battles going on between myself, Tsukino and Itsuki. If anything, I feel as though we have an edge on shorter tracks; we could tell that by the data in testing. Let’s be honest, Porsche can compete for wins, but we’ll need a good stroke of luck and some mega qualifying laps to win more than just the Duels or Monza. I’ll be looking forward to Silverstone - if we can manage a victory there, I’ll be a bit surprised. Anyway, thanks for the interview.”
David Rivera (LMP2 Winner - Newblood-Morgan)
“What a big surprise, indeed! I never expected that Thiriet Ligier to have some reliability problems towards the end - but that’s just our luck. I think, given the right circumstances, we can beat the Thiriet team. Well done to the Newblood guys; they worked on their pitstops day and night, and it paid off in the end. Hopefully we’ll get a win on equal terms at Silverstone.”
Aelita Stones (GT1 Winner - Corvette Racing)
“I guess we kind of expected that win - this C7.R Corvette is a huge step up from last year’s C6.R - and that was a good car in itself. Awesome job by Chevrolet and their guys - they really made this race count, and we were able to beat out the Porsches and Ferrari. We’ll be looking forward to a close race at Silverstone, so best of luck to everyone out there. We’ll see you then!”
Deon Scott (GT3 Winner - Marc VDS BMW)
“All I have to say is, Marc VDS is probs the best team in GT3. I don’t know what kind of story you’re trying to get out of me, but I’m just going to say nothing. I’m just here because I had to be. Anyway, we’re on to Silverstone. See you.”
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Time now for Duel number 2!
Grid Order:
1. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
2. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
3. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki
4. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
5. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
6. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
7. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
8. (28) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
9. (29) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
10. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
11. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
12. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
13. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro
14. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture
15. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
16. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
17. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
18. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet
19. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
20. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3; Winston Rivers
23. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
24. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
25. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
Nathan: Derek Bell, once again, puts the green flag in the air to get the pace laps started. Let’s take a look at our starting grid for duel #2, presented by Tudor.
A surprise from the LMP1 field - Dan Kuso with Rebellion’s #12 R-One has taken pole outright, with Heero Yuy in the #8 Toyota TS040 alongside him, taking the LMP1-H pole.
Row two has the other Rebellion R-One of Runo Misaki and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Nicole Yumehara - Yumehara the big favorite to win this duel for Audi.
From LMP1, we move to the LMP2 class; Jeffrey Finguy of Murphy Motorsports starts on pole for their class. He lines up alongside Chris Maley of Jota Sport.
The #62 Risi Ferrari F458 of Taranee Cook heads the GT1 field, alongside William Dunbar and the Chevrolet C7.R Corvette.
Rounding out the grid overview, the GT3 class is also headed by Trackspeed’s Austin Talley in their Porsche 911 GT3-R over JLOC’s Dillon Poteet and their Lamborghini Gallardo.
The lights are off on the Audi RS6 pace car as it guides the field down the track; Kuso and Yuy getting the Prototype field into grid order, while Dunbar and Cook get the GT cars in the same order. Pace car is in the pits, prototype field in the hands of Kuso and Yuy as they approach the main straight.
Remember, no overtaking until the green lights...AND GRAN TURISMO 6 DUEL #2 IS ON!
(LMP1 & LMP2 start)
Yuy gets the jump on Dan Kuso heading into Paddock Bend! Kuso struggling to find a means of catching the Toyota, as Yumehara also overtakes Misaki into Druids sans trouble.
Remember, the Rebellion teams are competing in the LMP1-L class, so they have little to no chance of winning this race outright.
Meanwhile, in LMP2, Finguy couldn’t find a way to get the jump on Maley, as we see him and Jonathan Zoerlein of the Alpine Racing team battle for the lead - Maley defending his line well; nicely done to him.
We’re not going to see the last of this battle for quite a long time.
Back to LMP1....Yuy puts an gap between himself and Yumehara heading into Surtees. The big question is, will the Audi of Yumehara be able to catch the Toyota of Yuy? The answer looking more and more likely to be yes, as we see Yumehara start to ebb at Yuy’s gap at the Pilgrim’s Drop/Hawthorn Hill complex.
Meanwhile, in LMP2, Zoerlein has just seized the lead from Maley, as they head down into Graham Hill Bend. The two are making quite a spectacle as they head down into Surtees - will Zoerlein be able to hold his lead?
No, it doesn’t look like it - Maley manages to pull the Jota-Zytek alongside the Alpine! He’s not going to get by him into the Drop - both cars run the same engine, created by Nissan.
(GT1 & GT3 start)
Nathan: GT1 and GT3 cars are ready to go; Derek Bell shows the green flag for them now and they are underway!
What a start by both the #62 Ferrari and #4 Corvette! Cook and Dunbar lead the entire field, and all of a sudden, the #17 Porsche has jumped the entire rest of the field to trail the battling duo by some 1.1 seconds!
GT3’s start is a bit more eventful, as the Tomei Sports Nissan and the Triple Eight BMW launch to the lead! The #99 ART McLaren passes the Team LNT Ginetta G55, as everyone heads into Druids very cleanly.
They continue racing into the Graham Hill Bend, and there’re a couple of moves by some of the GT1 cars....Venture in the #45 Audi R8 is right up and behind Garcia-Shapiro's Aston. By the looks of things, this might not go well AS VENTURE PLOWS INTO GARCIA-SHAPIRO AT SURTEES! CAUTION IS OUT!
And according to Race Control, the Safety Car is now out. What Dean Venture was trying to accomplish by crashing into the rear of Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, we will never know. Also, we are getting another message from Race Control that the driver of the #45 Flying Lizard Audi R8 is set to see the stewards after the race.
Yuy and Yumehara lead the field through into Clark Curve, seeing the yellow flag with the SC board.
So here's the grid order after the first piece of actions as they recover both cars.....
1. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
2. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
3. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
4. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki
5. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
6. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
7. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
8. (28) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
9. (29) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
10. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
11. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
12. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
13. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
14. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
15. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture (out)
16. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (out)
17. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
18. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
19. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
20. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
23. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3-R; Winston Rivers
24. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet
25. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
(RESTART; 15 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: Both the Audi LMS and Aston are now off-track and in their respective team pits. Green flag waves as Yuy and Yumehara approach the main straight, and we are back underway!
Yumehara gets the jump on Yuy this time as they head into Paddock! She’ll make it stick, as she brings Yuy down to 2nd!
To the LMP2 class, the #36 Signatech-Alpine dives down the inside of the Jota-Zytek! Zoerlein won’t make the move stick for the lead - he’ll have to be satisfied with 2nd for now.
To the GT1 class; we have a battle between the #17 Porsche and #35 Audi! The Porsche tries to overtake on the outside of Surtees!
Levin will just squeak by the Audi for the lead as they approach Surtees! However, Uno’s on him like superglue!
Over to GT3; the #888 BMW of McIntire gets by the #360 Nissan GT-R with no trouble at Druids. Behind them, the the #88 BMW is getting into a scuffle with the #99 ART McLaren, #33 Trackspeed and #101 Ginetta, romping away from the #9 Porsche!
LMP1 again, where we find that battle for the lead continue to heat up! Going up into Hawthorn Hill, Yuy dives back into the lead!
He’ll make the move stick, but Yumehara gets the switchback at Dingle Dell! Yuy will relent for now, as he moves right up the rear wing of Yumehara; he could be looking for an opportunity later on.
(Caution 2: 40 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We have a full-course caution coming in at minute 40 - it’s for the #86 Lamborghini of Poteet; looks like he’s gone and stuffed it into the gravel trap at Westfield Bend.
Looking at the replay, again, it seems it was just driver error; Poteet just out-braked himself into Westfield, and next thing you know, he’s off.
Meanwhile, the GT3 class has had no lack of excitement, with Dent and Wascher trading blows and overtakes for the 4th spot. Louviere, meanwhile, continues to lose spots to the rest of the field.
Pits are now open; everyone’s coming in to take four tires. First one out is going to be Yuy, then Misaki!
After Pit Stops (43 minutes of 90):
1. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
2. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki
3. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
4. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
5. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
6. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
7. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
8. (28) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
9. (29) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
10. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
11. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
12. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
13. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
14. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
15. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture (out)
16. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (out)
17. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
18. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
19. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
20. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
23. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3-R; Winston Rivers
24. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
25. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet (out)
(Restart 2; 45 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We’re halfway into this duel; green flag waves as the cars approach the final corner! We’re off again!
Yuy gets the better of Misaki with that power advantage, going into Paddock, and the Pegasus Morgan starts to extend its class lead!
In the GT field, Levin breaks free from Uno, and joins Dunbar and Cook, who are still duking it out big-time into Druids!
Cook grabs the lead going into the Cooper straight to Surtees; but Dunbar, like Stones, hasn’t given up just yet! He pulls onto the outside and pulls alongside her!
GT3’s really starting to blaze over for the lead! Tomei’s Johnson vs. Triple Eight’s McIntire! McIntire’s defending looks a bit weak, with the oncoming attacks from Johnson! Into Pilgrim’s Drop and Johnson takes the lead; he makes it stick as they head up Hawthorn Hill!
Meanwhile, the Trackspeed Porsche starts to lose a bit of momentum; he gets taken by the ART McLaren through Druids, and the other Triple Eight BMW of Wascher through Surtees!
Back at the front, Yuy making a down the main straight on Yumehara, as they approach Clark Curve; he dives down the inside - he gets alongside the Audi!
Down the main straight, Yumehara’s got the better exit, but Yuy, like Shinji Itsuki, has 986 brake-horsepower behind him, as we approach the halfway mark of this race; Yumehara will retain the lead! The Audi team must want revenge for round 1!
And by the looks of it, Runo Misaki’s #13 Rebellion Oreca has come into the pits. It looks like the Rebellion team want to save the engine - her race is done and dusted at 47 minutes.
Back to the Audi-Toyota battle! Yuy and Yumehara almost collide when Yuy tried another divebomb on the latter, but she gets the better of the two and retains the lead, but Yuy is not letting up! This is fantastic stuff - the stuff that legends are made of!
(Caution 3 + Safety Car; 75 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We have a caution, 15 minutes from the end of the first Duel; the caution is for the Pacific Racing Porsche 911 – he’s blown his engine on the main straight. Not very encouraging for the #9 team.
After Pit Stops (78 minutes of 90):
1. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
2. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
3. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
4. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki (out)
5. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
6. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
7. (29) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
8. (28) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
9. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
10. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
11. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
12. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
13. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
14. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
15. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture (out)
16. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (out)
17. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
18. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
19. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
20. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
23. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
24. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3-R; Winston Rivers (out)
25. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet (out)
(Restart 3; 82 minutes of 90)
Nathan: The green flag waves for the final 8-minute dash to the finish! And Yuy snatches the lead for the LMP1s, as the #17 Falken Tire Porsche romps away from the GT pack!
Yumehara in full attack-mode, as she tries to catch the Toyota! Yuy’s still trying to roar off with the lead into Surtees!
Over to GT3; McIntire snatches back the lead from Dent, who is in pursuit of the former right now, and leaving everyone else in the GT3 field for dust.
In LMP2, Maley and Zoerlein are still at it for the lead as well; down the Brabham straight, Fitzwater catches them both and overtakes them on the outside! Oh, what a move!
(90 minutes of 90)
The white flag is out for the last lap – time is up and whatever lap any car is on, this is it. LMP1 – Yumehara going for the attack into Druids! She almost gets it – the “no attack, no chance” mentality for Yumehara really working out for her!
To LMP2, and Zoerlein is not going to lose this race! He’s on the ragged edge trying to beat the Greaves Zytek! Into Graham Hill Bend, and still Fitzwater defends!
GT1, and it seems Dunbar will grab 2nd from Cook, but will not catch Levin! It will not be a sweep for the Corvette boys!
GT3; McIntire barges his way past Dent, and the Triple Eight BMW edges a slight lead!
Back to LMP1, and it’s going to be a photo finish as they cross the line! Yuy takes it from Yumehara by .025 of a second! LMP2’s winner is going to be Greaves Motorsports’ Fitzwater, who stayed quiet the entire race! GT1, and Kevin Levin wins it by a pitstop and some 5 seconds to William Dunbar! And GT3 – DENT WINS IT AT THE LAST CORNER! That should give the British crowd something to really cheer for!
1. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
2. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
3. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
4. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki (out)
5. (29) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
6. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
7. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
8. (28) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
9. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
10. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
11. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
12. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
13. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
14. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
15. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture (out)
16. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (out)
17. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
18. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
19. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
20. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
23. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
24. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3-R; Winston Rivers (out)
25. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet (out)
Post-race interviews:
Heero Yuy (LMP1 Winner – #8 Toyota Racing):
“Talk about a race – I don’t think the gap between myself and Yumehara-san left anything more than 1.5 seconds, did it? Anyway, well done to the Toyota guys – they cranked out a close victory there in the pits, and I think we should be looking forward to the bigger Silverstone race, where we can really crank out that Toyota’s power! Thanks to Nicole and to you guys!”
Zachary Fitzwater (LMP2 Winner – #29 Greaves Motorsport)
“Yeah. I won. What more about it do I need to say? Thank you.”
Kevin Levin (GT1 Winner – #17 Falken Tire Porsche)
“If it weren’t for the last-minute yellow, I think I probably would have ended up second! Really, I wasn’t too sure whether or not we could have won that race; although by half-distance, we had some thought of winning. Really, it all comes down to a bit of luck and a lot more skill. Thanks to the team and to you.”
Taylor Dent (GT3 Winner - #99 ART Grand Prix)
“Surely that has to make up for the last race, where we got dominated by that Marc VDS BMW. Really, I’m glad this race is over – it was just hell on wheels. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to let off some steam. Well done to the ART team, and we’ll see you at Northamptonshire.”
So Heero Yuy, Kevin Levin, Eren Yeager and Aelita Stones walk away with $500,000 check in their pocket and the team's pockets too, now it's starts the countdown to Sliverstone for Round 1, we hope to see you soon, right here on British Eurosport and British Eurosport HD, i'm been Nathan Hudson signing off
Next Round: Sliverstone 6 Hours, 11th April 2015, be there!!!!!
(World Animation Racing Alliance introduction then followed by the Toon WEC intro and straight to the commentary box with Nathan Hudson)
Nathan Hudson: Hello, everyone and welcome to the World Endurance Championship, live on Radio Le Mans and on British Eurosport HD, and to Brands Hatch in the heart of Kent, i'm Nathan Hudson, your racing commentator on this live boardcast here, i be joined by an special guest later on in Duel 2, but for the time being, you will have single commentary on this very interesting Duel 1, with 25 cars, Serena Tsukino, in the Audi R18 e-tron will be on pole as their is the commaned for the engines to start, this races will see what the teams have been during during these winter months, and it's for an healthy payday for the winning team and driver with 500,000 dollar checks on the line, let's go trackside.
(An cut to the race track and an shoot at the #1 Audi R18 of Serena Tsukino)
Nathan: Derek Bell, the first most successful British winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is our Grand Marshall for the Duels here at Brands Hatch. He puts the green flag in the air to get the pace laps started. Let’s take a look at our starting grid, presented by Tudor.
Grid Order:
1. (1) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Serena Tsukino
2. (15) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Eren Yeager
3. (7) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Shinji Itsuki
4. (20) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Reiner Braun
5. (34) Race Performance; Oreca 03; Liam Urevig
6. (50) Labre Compétition; Morgan LMP2; Carter Fargo
7. (43) Newblood by Morand Racing; Morgan LMP2; David Rivera
8. (46) Thiriet by TDS Racing; Ligier JS P2; Pichu London
9. (24) Sébastien Loeb Racing; Oreca 03; Luigi Victorino
10. (55) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Mila Jizovich
11. (911) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Tommy Pickles
12. (3) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; Aelita Stones
13. (56) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Sione Tapili
14. (57) Krohn Racing; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Sam Manson
15. (91) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Jimmy Neutron
16. (912) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Heidi Wienerman
17. (66) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Deon Scott
18. (11) Gainer; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Jack Kearney
19. (19) Black Falcon; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Benjamin Miles
20. (23) United Autosports; Audi R8 LMS Ultra; Alex Minazuki
21. (77) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Christopher Pierce
22. (98) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Theo Stegall
23. (22) Green Tec Racing; Nissan GT-R GT3; Clint Spillman
24. (16) AF Corse; Ferrari 458 Italia GT3; Nelo Balvin
25. (61) R&D Sport; Subaru BRZ; Austin Weiner
Serena Tsukino, driving the #1 Audi R18, heads the pack of prototypes, with Eren Yeager and his #15 Porsche 919 alongside him.
Row two sees Shinji Itsuki and the #7 Toyota TS040 and the other Porsche 919 of Reiner Braun.
From LMP1, we move to the LMP2 class; Liam Urevig and the Race Performance #34 Oreca start on pole for their class. He lines up alongside Labre Compétition’s Carter Fargo.
The #55 BMW Z4 GTE of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, driven by Mila Jizovich heads the GT1 field, alongside Tommy Pickles and the #911 of Porsche North America’s 911 GT3 RSR.
And like, the GT1 class, the GT3 class is also headed by a BMW; Marc VDS’ Deon Scott has class pole over Jack Kearney and Team Gainer, with their Mercedes SLS AMG GT3.
Hudson: The lights are off on the Audi RS6 pace car as it guides the field down the track; Yeager and Tsukino getting the Prototype field into grid order, while Pickles and Jizovich get the GT cars in the same order. Pace car is in the pits, prototype field in the hands of the leading Audi and Porsche as they approach the main straight.
No overtaking until the lights go green...AND GRAN TURISMO 6 DUEL #1 IS UNDERWAY!
(LMP1 & LMP2 start)
Nathan: It an great start by Serena Tsukino and Eren Yeager heading into Paddock Bend, meanwhile Shinji Itsuki got slighty ahead of Reiner Braun and takes 3rd place without any dispute, into Paddock Bend....
Meanwhile, in LMP2, Liam Urevig spins his tyres and Carter Fargo goes into and CONTACT!!!!
The #46 Thiriet by TDS Racing has tagged the passing #24 Sébastien Loeb Racing and the #24 has spun into the gravel trap, already, it's lap 1 of this 1.5 hour race and the favourites for the LMP2 already been dumped out of the race.
Back to LMP1, Serena Tsukino puts an gap between her and Eren heading to the hairpin, question mark is, will the safety car be deployed for the stranded #24 of the possbly pissed off Luigi Victorino in the #24
Now down to Graham Hill Bend and Eren and Shinji see one another, some dust been kicke dup in the air from the incident in LMP2.
Meanwhile LMP2 itself, Liam Urevig has able to regain 3rd place from Pichu London, what bad timing to spin the tires, as they head though the hairpin, their an move by David Rivera in the quicker Morgan LMP2 machine and can't make the move stick as they head down into Graham Hill Bend.
LMP1 Cars now head into the longer Grand Prix bit instead of the smaller Indy track and their an possible move by Toyota of Shinji Itsuki on Eren Yeager, down the hill and Shinji can't make it stick
(GT1 & GT3 start)
Nathan: Anyhow, GT1 and GT3 cars are ready to go, and Derek Bell shows the green flag for them now and they are get away cleaning and what an start by the #3 chevy of Aelita Stones and she's going into the lead, all the sudden, the BMW has gone from 1st to 3rd at the front straight, what an start by the former British Touring Cars Champion.
Who knows this track very well from her days with Renault.
Meanwhile GT3, Alex Minazuki's Audi passes Benjamin Miles's Mercedes-Benz as everyone heads into Paddock very cleanly, yellow flag waving as the strucken #24 LMP2 is getting pulled out, Now, they can continue racing into the hairpin and their an couple of moves by some of the GT1 cars, Heidi Wienerman is right up and behind Sam Mansoon's Ferrari by the looks of things she gets the position in Graham Hill Bend, GT3, look at this, their bump drafting one another, this will end disasterous.
*SAFETY CAR*
Nathan: Safety Car is out, now that no shock really cause the strucken Sebastian Loeb Racing Oreca would of been hit if been left thier as Serena leads them though into the last croneer, they see the yellow flag with the SC board, meaning safety car is out.
Oh no, well sadly, Subaru's first race of endurance racing has ended quite way too early, Austin Weiner has pulled it over at the bridge, looks like something wrong with it, this car has had trouble with it engine, something with the battery, sadly, it looks like it had died within 1 lap.
So here's is the grid order after the first piece of actions as they recover both cars.....
(1) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Serena Tsukino
(15) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Eren Yeager
(7) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Shinji Itsuki
(20) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Reiner Braun
(50) Larbre Compétition; Morgan LMP2; Carter Fargo
(43) Newblood by Morand Racing; Morgan LMP2; David Rivera
(34) Race Performance; Oreca 03; Liam Urevig
(46) Thiriet by TDS Racing; Ligier JS P2; Pichu London
(3) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; Aelita Stones
(911) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Tommy Pickles
(55) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Mila Jizovich
(56) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Sione Tapili
(57) Krohn Racing; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Sam Manson
(91) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Jimmy Neutron
(912) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Heidi Wienerman
(66) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Deon Scott
(11) Gainer; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Jack Kearney
(23) United Autosports; Audi R8 LMS Ultra; Alex Minazuki
(19) Black Falcon; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Benjamin Miles
(77) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Christopher Pierce
(22) Green Tec Racing; Nissan GT-R GT3; Clint Spillman
(98) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Theo Stegall
(16) AF Corse; Ferrari 458 Italia GT3; Nelo Balvin
Nathan: Both the Oreca 03 and Subaru BRZ are now off-track and in their respective team pits. Green flag waves as Tsukino and Yeager approach the main straight, and we are back underway!
Yeager gets the jump on Tsukino as they head into Paddock! He’ll make it stick, as he brings along Itsuki for 2nd!
To the LMP2 class, the #46 Thiriet Ligier dives down the inside of Newblood Morgan and Race Performance Oreca for 2nd! London won’t make the move stick for the 2nd spot - he’ll have to be satisfied for 3rd.
To the GT1 class; we have a battle between the #55 BMW of Jizovich and the #911 Porsche of Pickles! The Porsche tries to overtake on the outside of Surtees!
Jizovich will stay steady and hold the 2nd position as they approach Surtees! However, Pickles won’t let her get away!
Over to GT3, where the #22 Green Tec Nissan GT-R of Clint Spillman gets by the #77 Marc VDS BMW of Christopher Pierce with no trouble at Druids. At the head of the pack, the #66 Marc VDS BMW is romping away with the lead, getting further and further from Kearney’s Mercedes!
LMP1 again, where we find Yeager and Itsuki battle for the lead! Going up into Hawthorne Hill, Itsuki dives into the lead!
He’ll make the move stick, but Yeager comes back at Dingle Dell! This battle between them will give Tsukino and the Audi team a good chance to catch up.
(Caution 2: 32 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We have a full-course caution coming in at minute 32 - it’s for the #56 BMW of Sione Tapili; looks like it’s gone into the gravel trap at Westfield Bend.
Looking at the replay, it seems it was just driver error; Tapili just out-braked herself into Westfield, and next thing you know, she’s gone off.
Tsukino is now right up the rear wing of Itsuki during the caution; she could be looking for an opportunity right at the restart.
Meanwhile, the GT3 class has had no lack of excitement, with Kearney and Minazuki trading blows and overtakes for the 2nd spot. Miles, meanwhile, continues to lose spots to Spillman and Pierce; the latter two are indeed, fighting for 4th.
Pits are now open; everyone’s coming in to take four tires. First one out is going to be Tsukino, then Itsuki!
After Pit Stops (37 minutes of 90):
(1) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Serena Tsukino
(7) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Shinji Itsuki
(15) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Eren Yeager
(20) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Reiner Braun
(46) Thiriet by TDS Racing; Ligier JS P2; Pichu London
(50) Labre Compétition; Morgan LMP2; Carter Fargo
(43) Newblood by Morand Racing; Morgan LMP2; David Rivera
(34) Race Performance; Oreca 03; Liam Urevig
(3) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; Aelita Stones
(55) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Mila Jizovich
(57) Krohn Racing; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Sam Manson
(91) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Jimmy Neutron
(911) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Tommy Pickles
(912) Porsche North America; Porsche 911 RSR; Heidi Wienerman
(66) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Deon Scott
(11) Gainer; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Jack Kearney
(23) United Autosports; Audi R8 LMS Ultra; Alex Minazuki
(77) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Christopher Pierce
(22) Green Tec Racing; Nissan GT-R GT3; Clint Spillman
(98) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Theo Stegall
(16) AF Corse; Ferrari 458 Italia GT3; Nelo Balvin
(19) Black Falcon; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Benjamin Miles
(Restart 2; 40 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We’re almost halfway into this duel; green flag waves as the cars approach the final corner! We’re off again!
Itsuki gets the better of Tsukino into Paddock, and the Thiriet Ligier starts to extend its class lead!
In the GT field, Stones and Jizovich are duking it out big-time into Druids!
Jizovich grabs the lead going into the Cooper straight to Surtees; but Stones hasn’t given up just yet! She pulls onto the outside and pulls alongside her!
GT3’s finally had some competition for the lead! Marc VDS’ Deon Scott vs. the dueling pair of Minazuki and Kearney!
Scott’s defending seems to be on par with the oncoming attacks from the two drivers! Into Pilgrim’s Drop, and Kearney takes the lead, but not for long as they head up Hawthorn Hill!
Scott manages to retake the lead into Hawthorn Bend!
Meanwhile, the AF Corse Ferrari of Nelo Balvin starts to gain momentum; he takes the ART McLaren through Druids, and the GreenTec Nissan through Surtees!
Back at the front, Tsukino looks for a move on Itsuki down the main straight, as they approach Clark Curve. Here’s a dive from Tsukino - she gets alongside the Toyota!
Down the main straight, Tsukino’s got the better exit, but Itsuki has that power behind him as we approach the halfway mark of this race; Itsuki will retain the lead, but just! Stout defending from the Toyota team!
I think we’re seeing - yes, we are seeing Reiner Braun’s #20 Porsche come in to the pits - he’s had trouble with the electrics of the car before the race began - his race is done.
Back to the Audi-Toyota battle - we have a close call at Graham Hill Bend! Tsukino and Itsuki almost collide , but Tsukino gets the better of the two and takes the lead back, but Itsuki is still on Tsukino’s tail! This is fantastic stuff - the stuff that legends are made of!
(Caution 3 + Safety Car; 65 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We have a caution, 25 minutes from the end of the first Duel; the caution is for both GT1 Porsches, the #911 and #912 of Pickles and Weinerman! They’ve done a Red Bull into the gravel pit at the final corner!
The safety car is out, and that will be good news for Eren Yeager - he catches up back to the dueling pack of Tsukino and Itsuki. Meanwhile, the Thiriet Ligier has assumed a one-lap lead in its class; it looks unlikely that anyone will catch London and his flying Ligier.
Stones, of the GT1 class, lost the lead to Jizovich, but is duking it out with her for the lead; the pit stops could decide this.
Cars are coming in to the pits for the final time; tires only, no fuel for everyone - Yeager’s going to be the first one out for LMP1, Stones back to the lead in GT1!
After Pit Stops (70 minutes of 90):
(1) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Serena Tsukino
(7) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Shinji Itsuki
(15) Porsche Team; Porsche 919 Hybrid; Eren Yeager
(46) Thiriet by TDS Racing; Ligier JS P2; Pichu London
(50) Labre Compétition; Morgan LMP2; Carter Fargo
(43) Newblood by Morand Racing; Morgan LMP2; David Rivera
(34) Race Performance; Oreca 03; Liam Urevig
(3) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; Aelita Stones
(55) BMW Team RLL; BMW Z4 GTE; Mila Jizovich
(57) Krohn Racing; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Sam Manson
(91) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Jimmy Neutron
(66) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Deon Scott
(11) Gainer; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Jack Kearney
(23) United Autosports; Audi R8 LMS Ultra; Alex Minazuki
(77) BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS; BMW Z4 GT3; Christopher Pierce
(22) Green Tec Racing; Nissan GT-R GT3; Clint Spillman
(98) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Theo Stegall
(16) AF Corse; Ferrari 458 Italia GT3; Nelo Balvin
(19) Black Falcon; Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3; Benjamin Miles
(Restart 3; 80 minutes of 90)
Nathan: The green flag waves for the 10 minute dash to the finish! Itsuki grabs the jump on Yeager and Tsukino for the LMP1s, as the #3 Corvette also grabs the lead from Jizovich!
Tsukino tries to catch the Toyota, but the proverbial jets have turned on for Shinji Itsuki! He’s roaring off with the lead into Surtees!
Over to GT3; Minazuki snatches back 2nd from Kearney and is in pursuit of Deon Scott right now, who has a good lead over the Audi. In LMP2, the two Morgan LMP2s duke it out for 2nd as well; down the Brabham straight, Newblood and Rivera catch the Labre Morgan for 2nd!
(Final caution; 89 minutes of 90)
Nathan: Right when we have everything figured , the race ends on a climax! The #98 ART McLaren and #16 AF Corse Ferrari crash on the entrance to the Brabham Straight! This race is over!
The white and checkered flags wave, and Eren Yeager takes it home to win #1 of the duels for Porsche! The Newblood Morgan of Rivera takes the LMP2 class, GT1 goes to Aelita Stones and Corvette Racing, and Deon Scott ends a domination of GT3 with a victory for Marc VDS!
Now it's the interviews:
Interviews:
Eren Jaeger (LMP1 Winner - Porsche)
“Well, to be honest, if it were me, I’d be happier with finishing under green than taking a win by caution flag. But a win is a win any way you take it. I definitely loved the battles going on between myself, Tsukino and Itsuki. If anything, I feel as though we have an edge on shorter tracks; we could tell that by the data in testing. Let’s be honest, Porsche can compete for wins, but we’ll need a good stroke of luck and some mega qualifying laps to win more than just the Duels or Monza. I’ll be looking forward to Silverstone - if we can manage a victory there, I’ll be a bit surprised. Anyway, thanks for the interview.”
David Rivera (LMP2 Winner - Newblood-Morgan)
“What a big surprise, indeed! I never expected that Thiriet Ligier to have some reliability problems towards the end - but that’s just our luck. I think, given the right circumstances, we can beat the Thiriet team. Well done to the Newblood guys; they worked on their pitstops day and night, and it paid off in the end. Hopefully we’ll get a win on equal terms at Silverstone.”
Aelita Stones (GT1 Winner - Corvette Racing)
“I guess we kind of expected that win - this C7.R Corvette is a huge step up from last year’s C6.R - and that was a good car in itself. Awesome job by Chevrolet and their guys - they really made this race count, and we were able to beat out the Porsches and Ferrari. We’ll be looking forward to a close race at Silverstone, so best of luck to everyone out there. We’ll see you then!”
Deon Scott (GT3 Winner - Marc VDS BMW)
“All I have to say is, Marc VDS is probs the best team in GT3. I don’t know what kind of story you’re trying to get out of me, but I’m just going to say nothing. I’m just here because I had to be. Anyway, we’re on to Silverstone. See you.”
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Time now for Duel number 2!
Grid Order:
1. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
2. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
3. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki
4. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
5. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
6. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
7. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
8. (28) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
9. (29) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
10. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
11. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
12. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
13. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro
14. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture
15. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
16. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
17. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
18. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet
19. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
20. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3; Winston Rivers
23. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
24. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
25. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
Nathan: Derek Bell, once again, puts the green flag in the air to get the pace laps started. Let’s take a look at our starting grid for duel #2, presented by Tudor.
A surprise from the LMP1 field - Dan Kuso with Rebellion’s #12 R-One has taken pole outright, with Heero Yuy in the #8 Toyota TS040 alongside him, taking the LMP1-H pole.
Row two has the other Rebellion R-One of Runo Misaki and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Nicole Yumehara - Yumehara the big favorite to win this duel for Audi.
From LMP1, we move to the LMP2 class; Jeffrey Finguy of Murphy Motorsports starts on pole for their class. He lines up alongside Chris Maley of Jota Sport.
The #62 Risi Ferrari F458 of Taranee Cook heads the GT1 field, alongside William Dunbar and the Chevrolet C7.R Corvette.
Rounding out the grid overview, the GT3 class is also headed by Trackspeed’s Austin Talley in their Porsche 911 GT3-R over JLOC’s Dillon Poteet and their Lamborghini Gallardo.
The lights are off on the Audi RS6 pace car as it guides the field down the track; Kuso and Yuy getting the Prototype field into grid order, while Dunbar and Cook get the GT cars in the same order. Pace car is in the pits, prototype field in the hands of Kuso and Yuy as they approach the main straight.
Remember, no overtaking until the green lights...AND GRAN TURISMO 6 DUEL #2 IS ON!
(LMP1 & LMP2 start)
Yuy gets the jump on Dan Kuso heading into Paddock Bend! Kuso struggling to find a means of catching the Toyota, as Yumehara also overtakes Misaki into Druids sans trouble.
Remember, the Rebellion teams are competing in the LMP1-L class, so they have little to no chance of winning this race outright.
Meanwhile, in LMP2, Finguy couldn’t find a way to get the jump on Maley, as we see him and Jonathan Zoerlein of the Alpine Racing team battle for the lead - Maley defending his line well; nicely done to him.
We’re not going to see the last of this battle for quite a long time.
Back to LMP1....Yuy puts an gap between himself and Yumehara heading into Surtees. The big question is, will the Audi of Yumehara be able to catch the Toyota of Yuy? The answer looking more and more likely to be yes, as we see Yumehara start to ebb at Yuy’s gap at the Pilgrim’s Drop/Hawthorn Hill complex.
Meanwhile, in LMP2, Zoerlein has just seized the lead from Maley, as they head down into Graham Hill Bend. The two are making quite a spectacle as they head down into Surtees - will Zoerlein be able to hold his lead?
No, it doesn’t look like it - Maley manages to pull the Jota-Zytek alongside the Alpine! He’s not going to get by him into the Drop - both cars run the same engine, created by Nissan.
(GT1 & GT3 start)
Nathan: GT1 and GT3 cars are ready to go; Derek Bell shows the green flag for them now and they are underway!
What a start by both the #62 Ferrari and #4 Corvette! Cook and Dunbar lead the entire field, and all of a sudden, the #17 Porsche has jumped the entire rest of the field to trail the battling duo by some 1.1 seconds!
GT3’s start is a bit more eventful, as the Tomei Sports Nissan and the Triple Eight BMW launch to the lead! The #99 ART McLaren passes the Team LNT Ginetta G55, as everyone heads into Druids very cleanly.
They continue racing into the Graham Hill Bend, and there’re a couple of moves by some of the GT1 cars....Venture in the #45 Audi R8 is right up and behind Garcia-Shapiro's Aston. By the looks of things, this might not go well AS VENTURE PLOWS INTO GARCIA-SHAPIRO AT SURTEES! CAUTION IS OUT!
And according to Race Control, the Safety Car is now out. What Dean Venture was trying to accomplish by crashing into the rear of Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, we will never know. Also, we are getting another message from Race Control that the driver of the #45 Flying Lizard Audi R8 is set to see the stewards after the race.
Yuy and Yumehara lead the field through into Clark Curve, seeing the yellow flag with the SC board.
So here's the grid order after the first piece of actions as they recover both cars.....
1. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
2. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
3. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
4. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki
5. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
6. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
7. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
8. (28) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
9. (29) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
10. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
11. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
12. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
13. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
14. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
15. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture (out)
16. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (out)
17. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
18. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
19. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
20. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
23. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3-R; Winston Rivers
24. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet
25. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
(RESTART; 15 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: Both the Audi LMS and Aston are now off-track and in their respective team pits. Green flag waves as Yuy and Yumehara approach the main straight, and we are back underway!
Yumehara gets the jump on Yuy this time as they head into Paddock! She’ll make it stick, as she brings Yuy down to 2nd!
To the LMP2 class, the #36 Signatech-Alpine dives down the inside of the Jota-Zytek! Zoerlein won’t make the move stick for the lead - he’ll have to be satisfied with 2nd for now.
To the GT1 class; we have a battle between the #17 Porsche and #35 Audi! The Porsche tries to overtake on the outside of Surtees!
Levin will just squeak by the Audi for the lead as they approach Surtees! However, Uno’s on him like superglue!
Over to GT3; the #888 BMW of McIntire gets by the #360 Nissan GT-R with no trouble at Druids. Behind them, the the #88 BMW is getting into a scuffle with the #99 ART McLaren, #33 Trackspeed and #101 Ginetta, romping away from the #9 Porsche!
LMP1 again, where we find that battle for the lead continue to heat up! Going up into Hawthorn Hill, Yuy dives back into the lead!
He’ll make the move stick, but Yumehara gets the switchback at Dingle Dell! Yuy will relent for now, as he moves right up the rear wing of Yumehara; he could be looking for an opportunity later on.
(Caution 2: 40 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We have a full-course caution coming in at minute 40 - it’s for the #86 Lamborghini of Poteet; looks like he’s gone and stuffed it into the gravel trap at Westfield Bend.
Looking at the replay, again, it seems it was just driver error; Poteet just out-braked himself into Westfield, and next thing you know, he’s off.
Meanwhile, the GT3 class has had no lack of excitement, with Dent and Wascher trading blows and overtakes for the 4th spot. Louviere, meanwhile, continues to lose spots to the rest of the field.
Pits are now open; everyone’s coming in to take four tires. First one out is going to be Yuy, then Misaki!
After Pit Stops (43 minutes of 90):
1. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
2. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki
3. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
4. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
5. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
6. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
7. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
8. (28) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
9. (29) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
10. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
11. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
12. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
13. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
14. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
15. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture (out)
16. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (out)
17. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
18. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
19. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
20. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
23. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3-R; Winston Rivers
24. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
25. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet (out)
(Restart 2; 45 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We’re halfway into this duel; green flag waves as the cars approach the final corner! We’re off again!
Yuy gets the better of Misaki with that power advantage, going into Paddock, and the Pegasus Morgan starts to extend its class lead!
In the GT field, Levin breaks free from Uno, and joins Dunbar and Cook, who are still duking it out big-time into Druids!
Cook grabs the lead going into the Cooper straight to Surtees; but Dunbar, like Stones, hasn’t given up just yet! He pulls onto the outside and pulls alongside her!
GT3’s really starting to blaze over for the lead! Tomei’s Johnson vs. Triple Eight’s McIntire! McIntire’s defending looks a bit weak, with the oncoming attacks from Johnson! Into Pilgrim’s Drop and Johnson takes the lead; he makes it stick as they head up Hawthorn Hill!
Meanwhile, the Trackspeed Porsche starts to lose a bit of momentum; he gets taken by the ART McLaren through Druids, and the other Triple Eight BMW of Wascher through Surtees!
Back at the front, Yuy making a down the main straight on Yumehara, as they approach Clark Curve; he dives down the inside - he gets alongside the Audi!
Down the main straight, Yumehara’s got the better exit, but Yuy, like Shinji Itsuki, has 986 brake-horsepower behind him, as we approach the halfway mark of this race; Yumehara will retain the lead! The Audi team must want revenge for round 1!
And by the looks of it, Runo Misaki’s #13 Rebellion Oreca has come into the pits. It looks like the Rebellion team want to save the engine - her race is done and dusted at 47 minutes.
Back to the Audi-Toyota battle! Yuy and Yumehara almost collide when Yuy tried another divebomb on the latter, but she gets the better of the two and retains the lead, but Yuy is not letting up! This is fantastic stuff - the stuff that legends are made of!
(Caution 3 + Safety Car; 75 minutes out of 90)
Nathan: We have a caution, 15 minutes from the end of the first Duel; the caution is for the Pacific Racing Porsche 911 – he’s blown his engine on the main straight. Not very encouraging for the #9 team.
After Pit Stops (78 minutes of 90):
1. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
2. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
3. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
4. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki (out)
5. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
6. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
7. (29) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
8. (28) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
9. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
10. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
11. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
12. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
13. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
14. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
15. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture (out)
16. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (out)
17. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
18. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
19. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
20. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
23. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
24. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3-R; Winston Rivers (out)
25. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet (out)
(Restart 3; 82 minutes of 90)
Nathan: The green flag waves for the final 8-minute dash to the finish! And Yuy snatches the lead for the LMP1s, as the #17 Falken Tire Porsche romps away from the GT pack!
Yumehara in full attack-mode, as she tries to catch the Toyota! Yuy’s still trying to roar off with the lead into Surtees!
Over to GT3; McIntire snatches back the lead from Dent, who is in pursuit of the former right now, and leaving everyone else in the GT3 field for dust.
In LMP2, Maley and Zoerlein are still at it for the lead as well; down the Brabham straight, Fitzwater catches them both and overtakes them on the outside! Oh, what a move!
(90 minutes of 90)
The white flag is out for the last lap – time is up and whatever lap any car is on, this is it. LMP1 – Yumehara going for the attack into Druids! She almost gets it – the “no attack, no chance” mentality for Yumehara really working out for her!
To LMP2, and Zoerlein is not going to lose this race! He’s on the ragged edge trying to beat the Greaves Zytek! Into Graham Hill Bend, and still Fitzwater defends!
GT1, and it seems Dunbar will grab 2nd from Cook, but will not catch Levin! It will not be a sweep for the Corvette boys!
GT3; McIntire barges his way past Dent, and the Triple Eight BMW edges a slight lead!
Back to LMP1, and it’s going to be a photo finish as they cross the line! Yuy takes it from Yumehara by .025 of a second! LMP2’s winner is going to be Greaves Motorsports’ Fitzwater, who stayed quiet the entire race! GT1, and Kevin Levin wins it by a pitstop and some 5 seconds to William Dunbar! And GT3 – DENT WINS IT AT THE LAST CORNER! That should give the British crowd something to really cheer for!
1. (8) Toyota Racing; Toyota TS040 Hybrid; Heero Yuy
2. (2) Audi Sport Team Joest; Audi R18 e-tron quattro; Nicole Yumehara
3. (12) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Dan Kuso
4. (13) Rebellion Racing; Rebellion R-One; Runo Misaki (out)
5. (29) Greaves Motorsport; Zytek Z11SN; Zachary Fitzwater
6. (36) Signatech Alpine; Alpine A450b; Jonathan Zoerlein
7. (38) Jota Sport; Zytek Z11SN; Chris Maley
8. (28) Pegasus Racing; Morgan LMP2; Mason Powers
9. (48) Murphy Prototypes; Oreca 03; Jeffrey Finguy
10. (17) Team Falken Tire; Porsche 911 RSR; Kevin Levin
11. (4) Corvette Racing; Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; William Dunbar
12. (62) Risi Competizione; Ferrari 458 Italia GT2; Taranee Cook
13. (35) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Nigel Uno
14. (93) SRT Motorsports; Dodge Viper GTS-R; Butters Scotch
15. (45) Flying Lizard Motorsports; Audi R8 LMS; Dean Venture (out)
16. (97) Aston Martin Racing; Aston Martin Vantage GTE; Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (out)
17. (99) ART Grand Prix; McLaren MP4-12C GT3; Taylor Dent
18. (888) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Levi McIntire
19. (360) Tomei Sports; Nissan GT-R GT3; Richard Johnson
20. (33) Trackspeed; Porsche 997 GT3-R; Austin Talley
21. (101) Team LNT; Ginetta G55 GT3; Chris Louviere
22. (88) Triple Eight Race Engineering; BMW Z4 GT3; Kris Wascher
23. (5) Oman Racing Team; Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3; Timothy Walch
24. (9) Pacific Racing Team; Porsche 911 GT3-R; Winston Rivers (out)
25. (86) JLOC; Lamborghini Gallardo GT3; Dillon Poteet (out)
Post-race interviews:
Heero Yuy (LMP1 Winner – #8 Toyota Racing):
“Talk about a race – I don’t think the gap between myself and Yumehara-san left anything more than 1.5 seconds, did it? Anyway, well done to the Toyota guys – they cranked out a close victory there in the pits, and I think we should be looking forward to the bigger Silverstone race, where we can really crank out that Toyota’s power! Thanks to Nicole and to you guys!”
Zachary Fitzwater (LMP2 Winner – #29 Greaves Motorsport)
“Yeah. I won. What more about it do I need to say? Thank you.”
Kevin Levin (GT1 Winner – #17 Falken Tire Porsche)
“If it weren’t for the last-minute yellow, I think I probably would have ended up second! Really, I wasn’t too sure whether or not we could have won that race; although by half-distance, we had some thought of winning. Really, it all comes down to a bit of luck and a lot more skill. Thanks to the team and to you.”
Taylor Dent (GT3 Winner - #99 ART Grand Prix)
“Surely that has to make up for the last race, where we got dominated by that Marc VDS BMW. Really, I’m glad this race is over – it was just hell on wheels. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to let off some steam. Well done to the ART team, and we’ll see you at Northamptonshire.”
So Heero Yuy, Kevin Levin, Eren Yeager and Aelita Stones walk away with $500,000 check in their pocket and the team's pockets too, now it's starts the countdown to Sliverstone for Round 1, we hope to see you soon, right here on British Eurosport and British Eurosport HD, i'm been Nathan Hudson signing off
Next Round: Sliverstone 6 Hours, 11th April 2015, be there!!!!!
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Amazing race! Can't wait for the Silverstone 6 Hours.