Story of the race after 180mins in Mexico

 

  • CLASS LEADERS AFTER 180mins- No.1 Porsche / No. 26 G-Drive Racing / No.95 Aston Martin Racing / No. 88 Abu Dhabi Proton Porsche
  • LMP2 – No.44 Manor Oreca-Nissan suffers water pressure issue, car in pits
  •  LMP1 – Drive Through Penalty for No.6 Toyota Gazoo Racing, Mike Conway for contact with No.31 Chris Cummings
  • LMP1 –No.5 Toyota Gazoo Racing of Nakajima in pits for new nose but car into the garage with hybrid problems
  • GTE Pro –No.51 AF Corse Ferrari Drive Through Penalty for track limits
  • GTE Am – No.98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana into the wall after contact with No.66 Ford GT of Olivier Pla – Stop Go Penalty for Pla
  • LMP1 – No.8 Audi of Di Grassi passes No.1 Webber into T1 then both pit but Porsche back ahead after stops
  • LMP2 – Contact between No.26 Rusinov and No.43 Gonzalez for lead in LMP2 – No.36 Signitech Alpine inherits the lead
  • LMP1 – No.5 Toyota Gazoo Racing filed as official retirement – power train problems
  • LMP1 – Problem for the No.7 Audi Sport Team Joest in the pit lane – Fassler runs out of fuel and loses 35-seconds
  • LMP2 – No. 27 SMP Racing Maurizio Mediani trying to lap No.30 Extreme Speed Motorsport Scott Sharp and contact T13
  • Lap:107 3h15m - Track Declared Wet – Rain lights required
  • FCY – Debris on track
  • LMP1 -No.1 Porsche of Timo Bernhard aborts pitstop at last minute and crosses white line
  • FCY – All cars pit
  • GTE Am – No.50 Labre Corvette of Yutaka Yamagishi contact with No.78 Wolf Henzler final turn.

Photos by Gabi Tomescu/Adrenal Media