The Corvette and Ferrari made pit stops soon after, and a slow pit stop for the No.51 Ferrari enabled the No.64 Corvette to pull out a gap of nearly 20 seconds to the Ferrari, now in the hands of Daniel Serra.Ĭhristensen, meanwhile, stayed out until the very end of this 15th hour of racing.
Just moments later, hearts stopped in the Porsche garage when Christensen overshot the Mulsanne corner and took a brief trip through the gravel, which took him out of the fight momentarily. If this is really is the sunset of all-pro GT racing at Le Mans, what a view it is giving us: Milner grabbed the class lead from Pier Guidi on track by slipstreaming down the Mulsanne straight and powering past in the first chicane. The Ferrari and Corvette ran tail-to-nose for several laps, and the Porsche was just a second behind them. Michael Christensen emerged in third, just behind the No.64 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of Tommy Milner, who was now chasing the No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of Alessandro Pier Guidi ahead of him. The window of opportunity opened when the No.92 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR had to undergo rapid emergency service to change all four brakes. Nine hours remain in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Corvette Racing’s sole remaining challenger for the GTE Pro class win has taken the lead in its class.
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