The wee small hours saw little drama for the leading group of cars with the #15 Phoenix Audi leading by around. minute with seven hours remaining, a minute ahead of the #3 GetSpeed AMG with the #20 Schubert BMW, on a different stop strategy, a further 30 seconds back.
There was a moment for the then leading #20 Schubert BMW, Alexander Sims finding the moisture in the race only spell of wet weather, running off track briefly and ceding the lead to the Audi
The same brief shower caught out the Cup 2 leading #121 Porsche at Tiergarten, the car heavily into the barriers and out of the race.
The major dramas in SP9 in the early morning hours befell the #26 Ferrari, seemingly retired in the garage, reason unknown, the #101 Walkenhorst BMW, also now out of the running, and the #28 Dinamic Porsche – ditto!
The #706 Glickenhaus, which had been hovering around the top ten, has had an overnight delay dropping a couple of laps, and a handful of positions to 15th – the bright red car sits 15th.
