Lime Rock - Race day

4:50 pm - The No. 45 Flying Lizard Porsche clinches it - and wins in GT2. No. 46 was not able to cross the finish line but will receive points because it completed more than 70% of the distance of the overall leader. The No. 44 was retired mid-race due to an incident with the No. 16 Dyson prototype.

The Acura (Tequila Patron) prototype has taken the overall win - congratulations to Acura on their first overall win.

4:45 pm - No. 45 is still P1. No. 71 is P2 and No. 87 P3. Of the three Lizard Porsches, only the No. 45 is still running. The No. 44 has been retired due to an earlier accident with the No. 16 Dyson prototype, and the No. 45 has left the pits from damage suffered earlier with the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche.

4:43 pm - On the No. 46, they have removed the rear decklid and the car is smoking significantly. Johannes is exiting the car and the car is being taken behind the wall. Very unfortunate for the No. 46. We have less than five minutes left in the race.

4:42 pm - Johannes calls in that the throttle has started to stick. They have called him into the pits.

4:40 - under 10 minutes to go...

4:34 pm - No. 45 P1. No. 46 in P4. the No. 45 needs to conserve fuel to make sure he can get to the end of the race without needing fuel. No. 46 is fighting damaged right front radiator and bodywork damage - they added water a few minutes ago, but he needs to make it to the end of the race without pitting. No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari is P2 and No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche is P3. We believe that the Tafel Racing Ferraris do not have brake lights, but so far, no comment from race control on that.

4:31 - 19 Minutes to go.

4:28 - The No. 45 retains the lead, and is 2 laps ahead of the No. 71 Tafel Racing Porsche in P2. The No. 87 Tafel Racing Porsche is now in P3. The No. 46 Flying Lizard Porsche is now in P 4.

4:25 - No. 46 pits for water and to check the car. Leaking right side radiator but they are not going to replace it. They have filled the water system and sent him on his way. He will now be in P3 or 4 once he rejoins.

4:21 pm - Johannes is still out in the No. 46 after the incident with the No. 87.
The crew is watching oil and water temps carefully in case there was damage during the incident. The No. 45 should be able to make the rest of the race without stopping for tires or fuel, if they can conserve fuel. No. 45 is still 2 laps ahead of the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari in P3 and is now 1 lap ahead of the No. 46 Lizard Porsche which is in P2. It appears that the brake lights on both Tafel Racing Ferraris are not working. In the ALMS, cars must have working brake lights. Johannes is stilli in P2, 1 lap ahead of the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari.

The crew made the call to bring the No. 46 Porsche in to add water to the radiators, which we believe were damaged during the earlier incident with the No. 16 Dyson prorotype.

4:17 pm - The No. 87 has received a black flag and a stop and go penalty for the contact with the No. 46. No. 45 is P1; No. 46 is P2.

4:13 - On the restart, Johannes in the No. 46 was forced off track after a tussle with the No. 87 Farnbacher. Unclear what happened, but he went off course and gathered a lot of dirt. He was able to rejoin, but lost the lead. Johannes radios in that the car appears OK. Wolf Henzler in the No. 45 has moved into the lead. No. 44 has been retired, after an earlier incident with the No. 16 Dyson Prototype.

4:12 pm - Green flag.

4:11 - We are about to go green. At the restart, the No. 46 and No. 45 will be at the back of the field, with no cars behind them.

4:08 pm - Double yellow to pick up a piece of debris on the track. The No. 46 remains in the lead, with the No. 45 just behind in P2. The No. 62 Risi Ferrari missed the Chicane and went off into the dirt. The No. 62 is now P4 and the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche in P4. No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari is P3. Wolf radios in that "the track is very greasy and very slippery. If you have to go off line for any reason, there is so much dirt and you get a strong understeer and slide."

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3:57 pm - The No. 46 holds the lead with the No. 45 just behind in P2. Both cars are 2 laps ahead of the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari in P3, which is ahead of the No. 62 Risi Ferrari in P4. There is just under one hour to go in the race. The No. 44, which was significantly damaged in an earlier incident with the No. 16 Dyson prototype, has been retired from the race.

3:53 - Green flag.

3:47 - Still yellow flag. No. 46 with Johannes is P1; No. 45 with Wolf is P2. The No. 44 is unfortunately out of the race.

3:43 - With this yellow flag, if it is lengthy (15 minutes or so) it's possible that the No. 46 and the No. 45 could make it to the end of the race with no additional fuel. We'll see in a few minutes.

3:40 - No. 44 and the No. 16 Dyson prototype got together in a big incident on track. Driver OK, will report more in a minute. Although the car is drivable, the course officials do not want Darren to drive the car back because it will leave fluid on the track from the damaged front radiators. So unfortunately, it looks like the No. 44 is out of the race. Darren appears to be fine. Double yellow.

3:32 pm ET - Johannes van Overbeek now P1 in the No. 46 and Wolf Henzler now P2 in the No. 45. The No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche is P3 and the No. 62 Risi Ferrari is P4. No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari is P 5 and the No. 21 is P6. No 44 is P 7. the Lizard cars were able to increase their lead on the GT2 field and both the No. 46 and the No. 45 are now 2 laps ahead of the third place car, the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche.


3:31 - Green flags. I'll report positions in a minute.

3:29 pm - Both the No. 46 and the No. 45 had small hiccups at the end of their pit stops. But the No. 46 got out of the pits just ahead of the No. 45 to take the lead.

3:27 - Joerg just went to reserve, got the wave by, will go one time by and then pit for tires, fuel, and driver change to Wolf. No. 46 will also pit for remaining fuel, driver change to Johannes and fuel. No. 45 is in first, with the No. 46 just behind.

3:26 pm - Wave by has started.

3:24 pm - Positions P1 No. 45; P 2 No. 46; P 3 No. 71; P 4 No. 62;Wave P 5 No. 87; P 6 No. 21; P 7 No. 44. The No. 61 Risi Ferrari, which appears to have been involved in the earlier incident with the 008 and the No. 1 Audi, is now P8.

3:20 pm - No. 45 is very low on fuel. If the yellow flag continues much longer, we will need to pit earlier than we had planned for fuel.

3:16 - Still yellow - should be a few more minutes. We were able to retain our lap lead on the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari, but both the No. 45 and No. 46 have to pit. No. 45 will be very low on fuel right now because they did not pit early in the yellow, as the No. 46 did. The No. 44 had pitted prior to the incident so they are fine on fuel.

3:12 pm - Still yellow while they load the 008 on the transport truck.

3:08 - The No. 46 came in briefly during the yellow for a splash of fuel, but no driver change.

3:05 - Major incident between the No. 1 Audi, the No. 008 Aston Martin, and one of the Risi Ferraris. The No. 1 is limping back to the pits. Double yellow. Since we are in iour pits. The No. 008 appears to be unable to continue. This is both good and bad news for us - we were in our fuel window, wo will have the opportunity to pit under yellow. However, it will also allow other GT2 cars to make up their lap and catch up to the No. 45 and No. 46 during the wave by.


3:03 - The No. 2 Audi went off course briefly in Turn 1 on his way out of the pits, but continued.Lizards still P1 and P2.

3:01 pm - No. 46 will pit in 15 minutes. No. 45 is expected in shortly. Wolf will take over for Joerg in the No. 45 and Johannes for Patrick in the No. 46.

2:59 - Darren Law now P7 in the No. 44.

2:56 - Positions: P1 No. 45; P 2 No. 46, P 3 No. 71; P 4 No. 62; P5 No. 87. No. 44 reatined P 8 even with their pit stop. No. 71 is P3 but has just been given a stop and go penalty for avoidable contact, which will the No. 45 and No. 46 some breathing room. No. 62 is 1 lap down on the No. 45 and No. 46. We are getting ready for our pit stops for No. 45 and No. 46


2:55 - No. 44 pits for fuel & driver change. They are making some repairs for damage that happened when Seth went off course early in the race. One of the Risi Ferraris went in the dirt again, but is going again.

2:53 - No. 87 Porsche went for an off road excursion, which allowed the No. 62 Risi Ferrari to pass him into P4.

The No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari, which is now P3, must have passed the No. 87 just before the incident.

2:51 - No. 61 Risi Ferrari is in the pits.

2:47 - The No. 61 Risi Ferrari went off again but continued. He is now covered with dirt. Approximately 40 minutes into the 2 hour and 45 minute race, we are getting close the the driver window. Positions: P1 No. 45; P2 No. 46; P No. 87; P 4 No. 71; P 5 No. 62; P 6 No. 61; P 7 No. 21;P 8 No.44

2:44 pm - Flying Lizard now P1 and P2 - Joerg in the No. 45 is P1, and Patrick in No. 46 is P2. Seth in No. 44 is P8.

2:43 - Patrick has passed the No. 87 to move into P2. Joerg radioed in something about an Audi, but we don't have any info yet. The No. 61 Ferrari is in the dirt but is going again.

2:42 - The No. 11 is in the pits with some major damage. We did not see the incident on our cameras, but he was able to drive back to the pits and is now going
behind the wall.

2:40 - Patrick in the No. 46 has repassed the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari and is back in P3. Joerg still P1.

2:35 - Joerg has moved into P1, passing the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche to take the lead. Patrick, in the No. 46, is P3. Seth in the No. 44 is P8.

Patrick also made it past the No. 87 to take second, but then went off course into the dirt. he continued but lost his position, allowing both the No. 87 and the No. 71 to move past him. Patrick is now P4. Joerg still in the lead.

2:28 - Positions in GT2 P1 No. 87; P2 No. 45; P3 No. 46; P4 No. 71. Seth in the No. 44 now P8.

2:26 - Seth went off track after a large group threaded through but continued.

2:23 - The No. 62 has spun and is off track. He is going again. the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche, which is in the lead, has received the unsportsmanship flag for blocking the No. 45.
Positions: P1 No. 87; P2 No. 45; P 3 No. 46; P 4 No. 71. No. 44 is P7.

2:21 -Joerg is pushing against the No. 87 and Patrick is just rehind Joerg. With prototype traffic is snaking between them, it is very, very touchy right now.

2:20 - Joreg is putting a lot of pressure on the P1 No. 87 Porsche and the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari is just behind Joerg. Joerg missed the chicane, which means that he had to drop back so he did not get an advantage from the shortcut.

2:18 - Joerg moves to P2 after Risi's pit stop. No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche holds the lead and No. 46 is P4. No. 71 Rafel Racing Ferrari is P3. Seth in No. 44 is now P7. Risi No. 62 is now P8.

2:17 - No. 62 Risi Ferrari is in the pits for an early stop. Appears to be fuel and tires. They were P2.

2:14 - The No. 73 Ferrari went off course and stopped but was able to continue without incident. The No. 73 was in P9 behind Seth, and has now falled to P11.

2:11 pm - Patrick Pilet in the No. 46 in P5 is putting pressure on the No. 71 Ferrari, which is in P4. In the No. 45 in P3, Joerg is in his own battle with the No. 62 Risi Ferrari, which is in P2.

2:06 pm ET - Clean start at the front of the prototype field. Joerg is now P3, having passed No. 71 at the start. Patrick P5, Seth P8. No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche is P1, No. 62 Risi Ferrari is P2.

2:05 pm ET - Green flag.

2:01 - We are rolling for pace laps. Joerg is in the No. 45; Patrick in the No. 46 and Seth in the No. 44. Starting positions are 4, 5, and 8.

1:27 - Cars are on the grid. We are starting fourth (No. 45), fifth (No. 46) and eighth (No. 44) on the GT2 grid.

1:15 pm ET - We are back. The cars are heading out for their recon lap and to the grid.

** We'll be back with you around 1:45 pm ET for the race which starts at 2:05 pm ET **

10:30 - Checkered flag on the morning warmup session. Joerg commented on the session today "We made some changes last night that definitely improved the car and it's much better today. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the car. We didn't get much track time yesterday, so we're not quite where we'd like to be, but based on this morning we should have a good car for the race this afternoon."

10:25 am - Five minutes left in the warmup. Wolf still P1 in the No. 45, Johannes now P 6 in the No. 46. Seth P 9 in the No. 44.

10:19 am - Wolf is in the No. 45 and is now P1. Johannes in the No. 46 is P3. No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche is second and No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferari is P4.

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10:15 - Joerg now P3. Johannes is in the No. 46 and is P 4. Seth is in P3 in the No. 44.
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10:11 am ET - Joerg is P1 right now. Patrick is P3. Seth is P 8. Twelve GT2 cars on track tihs morning.

10:05 am ET - Good morning from Lime Rock. Green flag on the morning warmup session before today's race. Joerg is in the No. 45, Seth in the No. 44 and Patrick in the No. 46. yesterday was a challenge for the teams on the new track. The drivers say that the changes have removed nearly all passing areas, which will make this race extremely difficult given the four classes running on the track at the same time. also, the drivers say that the way that the curbing has been implemented on the new corners makes it difficult for them to navigate - race control has stated that they will disallow laps if a driver appears to shortcut any corners - if they hit the dirt on the entry to the corner, it will be disallowed.