Did a personal best in qualifying with 4:24.3, but only was in 4th behind the two Alpines and Fox, who got a draft out of Lout, I think. Grid-order was going to be secondary anyway, and the start was a very cool thing I thought. DK and Ranhammer had a shorter 1st gear and went by me, I overtook Fox - a lot going on over the first couple of corners, also with PT's going off.
Once a rhythm was established, I found Lout's draft and tried to build a train to get closer to Sagaris who was a couple of seconds ahead. We managed 4:20's, which was very good, but not enough. Then Lout had a slight off at the end of the Hunaudières and I was left without a slipstream and quickly started falling away from Sagaris. That was about 30 minutes into the race, and the last I ever saw of a direct opponent.
Strategy-wise I had estimated about 42 laps for the GT's and since the Vette could do about 18 on one tank of fuel, I knew I would have to pit twice, so that's what I did after laps 14 and 28. I can't say for sure without looking at the replay, but it seemed like the Alpines were on a one-stop strategy, because I was quite a bit in front of Lout before I came in, but when he must have pitted, he came out in front of me, so he must have lapped several seconds faster in the meantime although I hadn't made any mistakes. Since I was already in 3rd and still had a pitstop to make, I had a quite uneventful rest of the race. A couple of laps from the end I crashed into DK, who was parking at the outside exit of the last Porsche-curve, the last place where you can avoid someone, especially, if you have been going for 2 hours 40 already. Added one more pitstop for repairs and took the flag probably about 2-3 minutes behind the Alpines.
Unfortunately, the BoP was too lopsided to challenge the Alpines. Looking at the times, I made up a couple of tenths in first and last sector, only to lose 5 seconds between Tetre Rouge and Indianapolis. Additionally, it seems the fuel consumption was also in their favour. Well, can't win with a knife in a shoot-out.
I thought I gave you enough room but I just barely clipped you which sent me into to the wall.. and did cause you to run off at the turn before Porsche curves? If I did, my appologies. 
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