07 Nov 2010 1000km of Zhuhai - 3hr

Photo : Nicolas COUSSEAU - ACO/Nikon

  • 14:12: Simon Pagenaud is losing ground, 19s behind the leader. Allan McNish in third is 4 seconds behind the Peugeot #1.
  • 14:20: Patrick Long less than a second from Saleen S7R Laurent Groppi. Although not classified, one can not help but follow progress of the Porsche hybrid!
  • 14:23: The Audi R15 of Allan McNish is right on the tail of the Peugeot 908 of Simon Pagenaud. They are only twenty seconds behind the leader ... It is not over yet!
  • 14.25: Light contact - apparently without damage - between a Porsche GT2 and McNish. The other Audi, #8, has third stop.
  • 14:30: Richard Westbrook is under threat from Marc Lieb for fourth place in GT2. The category is still dominated by BMW's Dirk Werner.
  • 14:31: the Peugeot #2 and the Audi #7 make pit stops.
  • 14:40: In the fight between them, Marc Lieb and Richard Westbrook have caught up the Ferrari of Pierre Ehret. Under pressure, he made a mistake in the last corner and lost about twenty seconds.
  • 14:47: Simon Pagenaud makes a stop and leaves again 32s behind Stephane Sarrazin 6s seconds ahead of Allan McNish. Peugeot have two competing strategies. Montagny-Sarrazin rely on speed while Bourdais-Pagenaud play fuel saving and tyres.
  • 14:48: Like his sponsor, the Pescarolo OAK Racing is running like clockwork... fifth overall, ahead of the Drason Racing Lola which has mechanical problems.
  • 14:55: Allan McNish passes Simon Pagenaud. Audi still has something to say!

Positions after 3 hours :

  1. - 2 - Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - Stéphane Sarrazin (FRA)/Franck Montagny (FRA),
  2. - 1 - Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - Sébastien Bourdais (FRA)/Simon Pagenaud (FRA),
  3. - 7 - Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R15 TDI - Tom Kristensen (DNK)/Allan McNish (ECO),
  4. - 8 - Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R15 TDI - Rinaldo Capello (ITA)/Romain Dumas (FRA),
  5. - 35 - OAK Racing - Pescarolo Judd - Jacques Nicolet (FRA)/Frédéric Da Rocha (FRA)/Patrice Lafargue (FRA),
  6. - 92 - Porsche AG - Porsche GT3-R Hybrid - Joerg Bergmeister (ALL)/Patrick Long (USA),
  7. - 78 - BMW Team Schnitzer - BMW E92 M3 - Jörg Müller (ALL)/Dirk Werner (ALL),
  8. - 95 - AF Corse - Ferrari F430 GT - Gianmaria Bruni (ITA)/Toni Vilander (FIN)/Jaime Melo (BRA),

Photo : ZHUHAI (PRC), 1 000 KM OF ZHUHAI, 7 NOV 2010. Allan McNish & Tom Kristensen, in second place still have something to say!

Julien Hergault