Got the noise out of the way and now back on topic.
The race between Blomqvist's Cadillac and Nasr's Porsche came down to a sprint final in the last 30 mins. Literally nose to tail the whole time. Porsche Penske's pit crew wont them the race with a slightly quicker stop to gain that track position. Bravo.
Thompson's car fire and yellow flag did caused Blomqvist a chance at the win however. Also caused Thompson to lose 2nd place in class. But that's racing, anything and everything can happen. It's what makes endurance racing exciting.
Nasr really drove the wheels off the 963 in that last stint, driving 105% of that car entering turn 1 a few times. What car control!
A black eye for IMSA however, cutting the race short by just under 2 minutes. They seemed confused about the timing clock.
Could Nasr hang on for 1 more lap at the end? Very likely, that 963 has the slightest of edge on top speed, no matter how hard Blomqvist tried, he just can't quite get close enough. The 963 also have a secondary advantage coming out of corners, it just exit corners that little bit faster than the Caddy and staying ahead.
Porsche has a proper race car now with this year's 963. All 4 cars survived 24 hours, and at least a couple if not 3 of them are quick enough to challenge for the win. Now it's up to the BoP gods. And also how they will stack up against the Ferrari.
The 919 had teething problem the first year also, so things could be looking good.
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