2332: Lead change as Mies pits the #3 WRT Audi. Lotterer takes over in the #2 WRT R8 at the top of the timing screens.
2334: As Lotterer pits from the lead, meaning VDS inherits top spot once again with the #77 BMW of Luhr.
2336: We’ve received confirmation from McLaren that Tim Mullen has been discharged from hospital following his incident earlier in the race driving the #101 Von Ryan McLaren.
2338: The #22 Team Parker Racing has ben given a drive-through penalty for not respecting the red flag procedure.
2345: The #3 Audi – currently in second with Mies at the wheel – have been handed a drive through penalty for not obeying the red flag procedure after the green flag was shown. It’s effectively a drive-through for taking a drive-through instead of a stop-go penalty earlier.
2356: The #120 Pro-Am Sofrev Ferrari, sitting 10th in class and #380 Gentlemen Duqueine Ferrari have also been given drive-throughs for not respecting the red-flag procedure.
0001: Werner in the #77 third place VDS BMW is lapping very quickly, managing to break the 2:22 margin, which is a couple of seconds quicker than the two Audis ahead.
0004: Mies is beginning to catch Winkelhock in the #1 for the lead. Once a gap over 42 seconds, the hard-charging German has managed to get the lead down to 37 seconds.
0010: Estre has managed to break the top 10 once again in the #99 ART McLaren, and sits 9th, two laps off the lead.
0018: Winkelhock pits from the lead in the #1 WRT Audi, on the borderline of his maximum time in the car which is 65 minutes.
0020: The #99 ART McLaren which was sitting 9th, has been reported going slowly around Pouhon. It quickly tumbled down the order before stopping out on track.
0035: Contact reported between the #51 AF Corse Gentlemen Ferrari of Talkanista and #53 sister Pro-Am Ferrari of Cioci at La Source.
0052: After the seventh pit cycle, the #1 still holds the lead with Winkelhock driving, over the #3 WRT Audi and #77 VDS BMW.
0057: Andre Lotterer told DSC after his last stint: “My stint wasn’t too bad – the first was reeally good, but the second was more difficult – there wasn’t as much grip. I was stuck behind Schneider for a bit, too, then I got past and closed the gap to Werner.”
0104: The #84 HTP Mercedes briefly stopped on track, but rejoined the track at Les Combes.
0107: The #1 Audi continues to pace the field, and Winkelhock currently driving, extended the car’s lead to almost a minute.
0118: A drive-through penalty has been handed to the GDL Racing Mercedes for not respecting pit entry.
0121: The #80 RJN Nissan is reported as having an incident out on track it’s confirmed as a puncture. Once in the top 3 in Pro Am, it has now dropped out of the top 30.
0126: Pictures show that a hare has hit the #66 VDS BMW, breaking the radiator, forcing the car to retire.
0130: Dirk Werner takes the lead in the now sole-remaining VDS BMW (#77), getting by James Nash in the #3 Audi.
0141: The #99 ART McLaren is now an official retirement, after stopping out on track earlier.
0144: The #80 RJN Nissan pits again, this time for a checkup of the brakes.
0150: The #41 Gentlemen Trophy Sport Garage Ferrari is reported as slow at Les Combes.
0207: Rene Rast in the #1 Audi and Palttala are trading personal best lap times up front, both dipping in the 2:21s consistently. The gap between them though is around a minute and a half after the BMW had an extended stop.
0211: The Emil Frey Jaguar has slowed at Bruxelles.
0223: Fasseler in the #2 WRT Audi is catching Guilvert’s #26 Sainteloc Audi for fourth place, the gap down to just six seconds.
Stephen Kilbey
