24H Le Mans Virtual after 6 hours: 2 Seas Motorsport leads LMP while Porsche tops GTE field
The first six hours of the first-ever 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual has been action-packed with several different leaders across the star-studded LMP and GTE categories.
Below are the headlines at the race’s quarter-way mark.
LMP
• No. 33 2 Seas Motorsport entry (Al Khalifa/Rowland/MacDuff/Braune) leads the 30-strong LMP field with MacDuff at the virtual wheel going into the race’s seventh hour
• Just over one second behind the leader is the No. 20 Team Redline entry with Formula 1 drivers Max Verstappen and Lando Norris sharing driving duties with sim racers Greger Huttu and Atze Kerkhof
• Third in the LMP category are pole-sitters ByKolles – Burst Esport, the team doing a terrific job of making their way back up the leaderboard following their penalty for a jumpstart at the start of today’s race
• The No. 16 Veloce Esports 2 entry is currently fourth with Stoffel Vandoorne undertaking his second stint at the wheel
• Rounding out the top five is the No. 10 Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina entry
• The race was red flagged in the race’s fifth hour, with racing resuming approximately 30 minutes later
• Following the red flag, teams could restart with new cars - effectively cancelling out damage and closing gaps. This also meant that the No. 14 FA/RB Allinsports entry was able to restart with Fernando Alonso’s team resuming the race at the back of the field after their stop earlier in the race
Full explanation of what happened and why we allow @alo_oficial and his team to get back on track.#WEC #LeMans24Virtual pic.twitter.com/88ZCEd3Dgm
— WEC (@FIAWEC) June 13, 2020
GTE
• Four manufacturers – Porsche, Corvette, Aston Martin and Ferrari - currently make up the top five in the highly-competitive GTE field
• The pole-sitting No. 93 Porsche Esports Team leads the class, the Porsche 911 RSR entry just 2.281s ahead of the R8G Esports Team (Corvette C7.R) in second position
• Third is the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR with Jeremy Bouteloup presently at the wheel
• Aston Martin Racing’s No. 95 car and the No. 52 Ferrari AF Corse entry are fourth and fifth respectively
Live timing can be found HERE.
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