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Le Mans 2012 - Audi R-18 e-tron #2 Allan McNish PIT-STOP

Name: Le Mans 2012 - Audi R-18 e-tron #2 Allan McNish PIT-STOP
Uploaded: 2012-06-16T14:38:42+00:00
Duration: 11 s
Channel: Adam Mocarski
Description: In this excerpt from the 2012 Le Mans race broadcast, the commentators discuss a developing pit‑lane issue affecting Audi’s R‑18 e‑tron #2 driven by…

16 Jun 2012 · 0 min

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In this excerpt from the 2012 Le Mans race broadcast, the commentators discuss a developing pit‑lane issue affecting Audi’s R‑18 e‑tron #2 driven by Allan McNish. André Lotterer, leading the race at the end of lap 10, is seen triggering the pit‑lane timing and scoring system. However, Audi #2 becomes trapped behind an LMP2 Gulf Middle East car (#29), driven by a slower amateur team, which is attempting to push forward in the pit lane to regain its position more quickly. The commentators note the surprise of this blockage, its impact on Audi’s pit‑lane time loss, and hint at a front‑end inspection that may be influencing the situation. The segment ends with a promise to investigate further and provide more details.

So it is, it really is still in the pit lane.
And the leader is in, André Lotterer is in at the end of lap 10 now.
Well, it's all going off and this is not what I was expecting. So Lotterer's car will trigger the pit lane timing and scoring and the other Audi is also— oh, haha. Car number 2 is trying desperately to push the LMP2. Car 29, one of the Gulf Middle East cars driven very much by the slower amateur team, was trying to push it up the pit lane in order that he could back to get back to his slot quicker than anybody else. This— is this a surprise? Yes. Yes, I think this is a surprise. And Audi losing buckets of time in the pit lane there by being trapped behind the car that's holding them up. There's something they're all looking at there, and we want to know what that is. We will try and find out and obviously tell you more in due course, but there's a bit of a front-end inspection going on there, David. Did you see that?
One thing that they might be doing here is just running a conservative first stint. There's Mike Rockenfeller's car, look, rejoining. And if he can get out ahead of numbers 1 and 2, then it will keep its— stay on the lead lap. He's not got out ahead of number 1, I don't think. My only suggestion is that they're doing a very conservative opening stint. Just get the data, not do anything trick on the fuel, they can do that once they're more happy with the pace of the car. They can assess the tire wear, they can assess fuel