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Now the lights on red, blink to green, we go racing, and Ricciardo Feller is on his toes. Here comes the Porsche, then straight between the other two cars, Mustang on the right, Audi on the left. It is going to be Arjumaini who leads, and Maxi Martin then in the red. And why Mercedes makes contact, and there's again a Boots and Porsche demolished. And there's absolute mayhem, and that takes out the leaders. Six, seven, eight, nine cars, absolute mayhem. And all of that was triggered long before the corner. It was just, it went on early, that was the problem in row six. Junker there got a mega start to start with. It was only the 17 get speed car that did it officially. There must be 9, 10, 12, 15 cars wiped out, and it's still going on. We're up to green still at the moment. Maxi Martin then is the race leader. Mauro Engel is second. In third place, it's Piccariello. And Valentino Rossi is in fifth behind Dani Junker there as they come up towards the first chicane. And it might kick off here as well as people get crossed up under braking. But you've had pretty much the first four rows of the grid eliminated. I thought that Martin was the one that rather triggered it. He tried to get back into the queue, but he's come out as the race leader. But that's the Mustang, just wiped out. The Audi from the front row, just wiped out completely. It's taken the front of the grid out of the race. Like I say, I don't know what else you do with that chicane, but it's almost impossible to get this many cars through. Yeah, and I thought it was the other VDS car got involved. Piccarello luckily went through. Drinker there is still okay, straight to safety car. Cars will slow down. Look at the 46 car of Rossi. He picked his way through incredibly well. I think it was the Stella Corvette getting involved with the Reutronic Lamborghini down at the second chicane. But they lived to fight on. But that was a huge amount of contact. And I do see what you're saying, David. This red-nosed Mercedes swept out to the inside and then the track narrows and he had to go somewhere. And was that the concertina effect, side to side? So we've lost Arjun Maini. We've lost Wiebelhaus. That's both Mustangs gone. Ricciardo Fella has gone. Gilles Magnus has gone. And I think Kirchhoff has been involved in it as well. That is the third race in a row that a Bootsen, the same car, number 10, is eliminated on lap one. Poorly car, Brands Hatch, Monza. What do they have to do to get a break? Even changing the driver from Robin Knutsen to Gilles Magnus hasn't helped. But look, that's an absolutely written-off Porsche, two demolished Mustangs, a broken McLaren, and there's a Ferrari in there as well. I think there's contact between himself and the Ferrari. That sends the Ferrari into Niki Thiem, takes out the Bootsen car, then wipes out Kirchhoffer, who had a megastar. And he's really the wrecking ball, through no fault of his own. That strong carbon fiber tub McLaren that started all the way back on the 8th row, wiped out our leader. So he had had a great start, but unfortunately, he gets turned around with all the contacts. And he's just innocent in there. And it's so hard to apportion blame. And it is easy with this many cars damaged to really want to point a strong finger back. Well, we go racing. The green flag is out. And so at the end of lap six, we're back in business at Monza. Maxi Martin leads across the line. That incident is being investigated. So any penalties come, we'll tell you. It is Martin ahead of Engel. And then in third, Alessio Picariello. And this time, it's a lot, lot calmer as everyone's in single file. Jim Gaudet has got smoke coming from that front corner. The bodywork rubbing against the tyre. Not too bad at the moment. But if that gets worse, then the 2C team are going to have to have a look at that car. Look at the progress from some of the cars. Andre Olo there. 33 places. Reece Barber 136. 41, 42 places gained. Some big winners from the big losers at Turn 1. Absolutely right. With, of course, a chunk of the field no longer actually in the race. So we've lost very nearly nine cars as there Ivan Klimenko dives up the inside of Renat Salihkov out here ahead of Mercedes. But it's three for the lead, isn't it? You've got Martin from Engel and Picariello's Porsche looking prodigiously pacey right now as they go up through the first of the two Lesmo bends. So Mercedes 1, 2. Porsche 3. Mercedes 4. And then in fifth place, Max Linn having the drive of his life in the RJN McLaren. Leading currently in silver. And we've got a big group of cars here. There's a lot of people out of position that would have got caught up at Turn 1. Didn't get wiped out but lost places. We're hearing that there's a 40... The 46 car has a clutch issue. Let's listen to a radio. Danny, still no update from Race Control. Yeah, but now a lot of cars have finished. Yeah, so they're gambling on an EDS later on. Because so many cars have stopped they were better off staying out and going for a full course yellow. Danny Junker there being told that teams are gambling on an EDS, an extended driving stint, which would include a yellow flag in a stint later in the race. Go on. Yeah, Al Fleming there from 2C's. You've worked with him at Opposite Motorsport. Great guy. And just trying to calm Danny down there. And my worry is here the pace isn't going to be there with the damage still rubbing on the tyre. It is a tyre-limited circuit here. Luckily for Danny, it's on the left side. The right tyre affected has got a bit more life and a bit more bite. But you can see he's having to defend now from the McLaren of Linn. And, yeah, I worry here. And just interestingly, you gain more under a full course yellow than the safety car because of the bunching of the safety car. There's a lot of strategy at play here. We'll talk about it in the remaining 2 hours and 39 minutes. So Martin, Engel, Piccariello, Junker, Deja, Lin and Klimenko up to 6th. Salikov in 7th place at the minute. 8th is Andriolo. 9th is Riesbaum. 10th is Alex Malikian as the cars wriggle through the chicane. Mikkelmaat gets turned around in the Corvette. He's a sitting duck. People go left and right. Mikkelmaat, thankfully, spins the car out of the way and gets going now. That could have been nasty. So race leaders currently work lap 10. You're looking at the Gold Cup train as they come down towards the Parabolica. There is James Kell in the McLaren leading the class. The driver's name on the lumierang as he turns into the corner. So this car currently 16th. The class opposition, Simon Burch, in 23rd. So he's got quite a bit of traffic between himself and the opposition as James Kell as he comes now over the timing line. And the McLaren goes through. We've obviously lost Garage 59 McLarens, but James Kell's car for CSA Racing going nicely and with quite a nice cushion over the traffic behind. And a big, big battle going on now. Look, Giacomo Petrovelli in the blue Aston at the head of the queue as they come diving down towards the chicane. Carl's on the left. Carl's on the right. Breathe in, everybody. There's some late breakers in the background. And yes, they have just about made it through safely, but that was a bit touch and go. No, they haven't made it through safely. BMW and Ferrari go nose to nose and it's number 71 Ferrari. That's Simon Burch's car that's been turned around. He's got to try and find the space. He does it quickly and efficiently. Luckily for him, I thought Burch was going to get beached, but he gets out of there. But a lot of time lost and a lot of the 21 car on the exit spoke slightly too soon, David. I thought you were all right. It kicked off at turn two. We're seeing that happen a bit here at four and five as well. Remember that 30 BMW is the one that's done its three stops. So this is a strategy that we're going to have to keep an eye on. And at the moment, they're going to need a lot of full-course yellows and safety cars towards the end of this race for it to make it work. Petrovelli is causing a huge fight behind him. He's well within his right. He's driving clean. He's driving fast, but he's creating an issue behind him of what's this going to be? 10 to 11 cars. Hang on a minute. He's also pulled away by a couple of lengths the other side of the chicane. So Petrovelli trying to respond as Ethan Ischer defends now from Matisse-Liesemann as the BMW looks for a way through. Then you've got Inaykan, then the Valkenhorst Aston of Jamie Day. Sebastian Urquhart is next in the queue. I think, no, sorry, Sean Goliath is next in the queue. And then it's Augusto Farfus and Hugo de Wilde, two more BMWs looking to make progress. But Petrovelli starting to scarper. Yeah, he's doing well. He's kind of working people back into him. And I was worried at Turn 2 when Aston Martin got on top of the kerb that he was going to get doored as Ischer unloaded his car there. And yeah, I know this race has been a little bit boring for maybe some guys at home, but the rain is coming on the radar anywhere in the next hour and 45 minutes to two hours by the looks of it. So at the moment, we're under sun. Sun, aren't we? You can't believe it's going to rain. But something else we need to keep an eye on. About Maxi Martan triggering an incident. He did make a good start. He kept pushing. He had to try and push his way back into the traffic. And the net result is quite a sizable accident. And three minutes doesn't equate to the damage bill for the teams, but it does certainly affect their race. So in real terms, Engel is the race leader. Yeah, we're on board here with the Corvette. Mikkel Maik got turned around trying to come through the field. Got Dante Rapongi in front in the optimum McLaren. In front of him is Frank Pera, who just cut the second chicane. Didn't gain an advantage. Then Benji Goethe in front. They were side by side. Look at the state of the windscreen already. They're going to do some tear-offs, but the dirt and the stones that are being fired at these cars shows you how bad the circuit is in places with what's being brought on by these drivers. Dante Ascari chicane. Leader has gone by. Maxi Martan staying out for another lap as the team decide when to bring him in. You can't really argue a stop-go penalty like that as there is the race-leading car. But Maxi Martan will get the news or already have had the news and the team will decide when to bring him in. So in real terms, it is Engle versus Piccarello for the race lead. Most about going to rejoin as up towards him comes Engle. This determines whether he's going to go one lap down or two. Engle flashing the lights to say, I'm coming. And as they get to the braking zone, two laps down, Maxi Martan. Does he play the Mercedes game here and hold up Piccarello or where are we going to see the blue flag regulation? Remember at Paul Ricard, it was a hot topic, wasn't it? And basically there it transpired. If you were getting a blue... Oh, there's a car in the wall there at Ascari. That's a McLaren, isn't it? And it's not James Kell's car, is it? It is. James Kell in the gravel. And that could well be a safety car. It's in the middle of the Ascari chicane. So turn eight and that car up against the barriers. He's looped it. He's gone into the gravel. Full course yellow is coming. Full course yellow is going to be called for. That gets everybody under control. Yeah, the gearbox will have a cooling system where it's got a duct to keep it in control. And that's obviously got damage beyond repair. This is what happens to James Kell by himself. And that's all the dirt that we're talking about getting dragged on. And it just looked like maybe he just put his left side tyres on that and it just understeered off is my first call on that one. And yeah, there's going to be some big winners here. Everyone that didn't stop that first time will now be thinking, do we stop? When do we stop? You want to go as long as you can into the full course yellow to push yourself later in the race. 2C's getting to work. We're green again at Monza as we go racing at the end of lap number 28. Through they go. Mercedes versus Porsche down to Turn 1. Yeah, Farthas and Day, third and fourth. I think they're going to have to box at the end of this lap to not exceed their stint time. It was a good restart by Bocciarellacci because Stoltz was left to right, wasn't he? Weaving, weaving on the final weave. He dropped it. Safety cars, brief safety cars. How's it looking at Turn 1? So far so good. Day and Farthas have had one pit stop. So stint time sort of reset as a legacy. But you're right, they're going to have to be, the teams are going to have to be on their toes to make sure that they are brought in before they incur penalties for the amount of time behind the wheel. Safety cars parked itself in the pit lane. I suspect we might see it again before the end of the day as there is Farthas and Horatio Fitzsimon in the McLaren behind. New to GT3, new to modern racing, really. This year, Horatio, very, very good in historic single-seaters and sports car racing. There he is, leading Silver. That behind is Etienne Chelly up from GT4. And further back there, the Greystone McLaren, the turquoise car on the inside going through just. That is Josh Rattigan, GT4 champion, going through, makes the move stick. Gets ahead of Robert Rennauer in the black Porsche. Yeah, good move. And he's got some good pace because he's already dropped those cars behind. Gravel getting kicked up. Just dropping it on that gravel trap out of Lesmo 2 is the theme. There's a bit of damage on the front of the Garazza Lamborghini and even looked like something on the rear as well. So a few things kicking off on the 63. So one pit stop and two stints there now for 48. The leader, it's in its second stint. Just a minute and 21.3 seconds in the pit lane. A tenth slower than the Porsche there in second place as they come down now towards the Parabolica. Don't want to say it's looking a little bit more overcast now. Porsche does let the traffic go and you can see as they break now for the second chicane how much quicker here Jordan Pepper is than Baptiste Muller. The BMW crawling all over the back of the McLaren. Behind them, you've got number 991 BMW. That's Darren Leung who is second in bronze. So the class is all mixed amongst themselves here. So they're going through for 8th place is silver, 9th place pro and 10th place bronze. And the dust kicked up by the hard-charging Jordan Pepper. And talking of class, they really are in the class. They're in the first two. They're three to four tenths clear of anyone else for a stint average thus far. And that's why they're able just to keep working away from the R-Gen McLaren. Obviously different classes, but that gap now getting to three seconds to the lead. It just really feels like it's going to be this Mercedes-Porsche battle to the end. Yes, there's some strategies going on that we're going to have to factor in in the last hour. But at the moment, these two cars working very well. Race lead gap has stretched again then as they come out of the Parabolica. You can see on the AWS Race Vision graphic the fastest driver through the Parabolica was, before the car retired, Maxi Martin. 177 kilometers an hour through the corner. Gilles Stasbad as Ferrari, 176. Just a little bit below on 174. Leaders go by. 7 tenths last time. It's stretched, in fact, over the lap. 11 tenths. There is 23 McLaren. Let's listen in. Horatio Fitzsimons being urged on by his engineer. And he's absolutely right, as they're the two C's for Stapp and Mercedes as part. It was way back in 44th place. And Chris Lallum has parked the car. That's at the Ascari Chicane. Has he gone through the gravel? Has he had a moment? That does not look like it's in a hurry to rejoin, does it? No, has he gone off because of a problem? Would be my guess. Could be a short full course yellow. Here it is in sharp rear. Just seemed to lock on him. Interestingly, when they were checking for damage, they were looking on that rear axle on the rear left. And there's something finally broken. So even though they went into the box to fix, I would say there's something gone wrong on that one. It looks like Lallum's going to get out. They can't recover that under a local yellow. I don't think it is in a place. Smoke billowing out from the bonnet too. Full course yellow is coming. It's in 20 seconds. It's now in 10 seconds time. The pit entry is now closed. So nobody can make a pit stop for the moment. And the gap comes right down as we go full course yellow. This our third caution period of the race. So full course yellow. It might only be a short one to get that Mercedes out of the way. And it's ending on short notice. It is ending. We go back racing now then. So just a full course yellow. And this is the opportunity Dorian Bocelacci needs to try to go for the race lead. Horatio Fitzsimons ain't that far behind in third place in the RGN McLaren. It's nose to tail. Mercedes and Porsche are way up the curve, is Lucas Stoltz. Yeah, this RGN McLaren, that has done it. We heard from the engineer, didn't we, over the radio. RGN are having the race of their life so far. Of course, they were so, so fast back in the Nissan days, winning the championship in the Blancpain days. But now with this McLaren, finally, I think I could hear the excitement and the engineer's voice. They know they're on for a result in their class, let alone overall. At the moment, I don't think Fitzsimons knows that. He's going for the lead. And don't forget, you've got Ben Durr still to come. And with respect to Max Linn and Horatio Fitzsimons, Ben is the one that's done more McLaren GT3 racing, whether it's in this or DTM. So they've got their trump card still to play. Pressure on Horatio Fitzsimons in a sense here to keep the car in the mix. But boy, is he joining the party. He's closing, closing, closing on the Porsche. And Dorian Bocelacchi now, instead of going after Luca Stoltz, is having to think about where he fends off that McLaren. Horatio Fitzsimons going, great guns, but a really fascinating race it is. And it's game on for second place. And full course yellows allowing. We've got another 16 laps or so of this stint in the middle of the race that these drivers could go. So we've got a huge treat on our hands. Bob Neville will be looking as Sean Galea finally gets out of the car. And like I said, he couldn't go over 127 minutes. So they've had to stop that car there. Maybe once a bit earlier, but obviously pit was closed under the short full course yellow. Yeah, I was about to say that perhaps came at the wrong time for them. So maybe this is another car that's going to be slightly disadvantaged by that. Now Fitzsimons has dropped back a little bit from Bocelacchi. So Dorian has just steadied that proverbial ship. Tell you what, Luca Stoltz likes his kerb, doesn't he? Every time I look at that Mercedes, it seems to be clambering over a kerb somewhere. And we're also getting a penalty for Lorenzo Patrese for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. No risk, no risk. There's still P1 in class and P3 overall. Just stay with these boys. Stay with these boys. They'll tell you how long. Yeah, copy. Raychel Fitzsimons, always very, very quick in historic single-seater racing, predominantly. Raced a lot in the UK. We're talking largely club level, admittedly, but he's also raced in the States, coming up to race at this level. The more time he spends in the car, the more time he finds, the better he gets, the more confident he gets. And to be running up in third place, this will do his confidence a power of good, as will the fact that he's also got a gap over Etienne Shelley. But although the engineer was saying no risk, just stay with them. They'll tow you around. If he gets a little bit stuck behind them, he could get caught by the Audi before the end of the stint, couldn't he? Max Lin then, who looks on at Horatio Fitzsimons. He's having the race of his life here. Bob Neville, another car in the gravel. That's Kolobos, isn't it? Kolobos Jr. in the Porsche. That's going to be an interruption, I'm afraid to say, because it's way, way off at Lesmo 1. Way into the gravel trap, and you can see it's left some debris, and it's between the two Lesmos. But yeah, he's gone off at Lesmo 1. He's finished midway between the two. And that, without some assistance, ain't going anywhere. Here it is in replay. He's too quick into the corner, damages the car, bodywork flies, and he's way out of line. Rips the carbon fibre mid-floor off, and the diffuser, actually, you can see hanging off. That's in between a short and a long full-course yellow for me, isn't it? The way it is. Could get it done under a short one. We're still green at the moment. Who would this benefit? Not really anyone that I can see at the moment. We're still too long away from the end of the race to get done on one stop, so it doesn't help WRT just yet. Full-course yellow is coming. I would offer you it's going to be a long one, because it's going to take a bit more time to get a recovery vehicle over there and drag it out of the gravel, because I think you'd have to do it from the inside of the circuit, not the outside. But we now go full-course yellow. This is our fourth interruption of the race. What was your magic number of last year? Nine. That car owes us a pit stop as well in fifth place. So there's still a lot that's going to shake out of this race. We're back to green flag racing. 67 minutes at Monza remain. BMW leads the way. Over the line goes Jordan Pepper. Tries to weave a little bit to get the tyre temperatures and pressures back up, but also to break the toe that might be offered up to the Porsche behind. Simon is in third place, now leading Silver. Bendor is in fourth and fifth. It is the Marvin Deans Mercedes. Through they come. So 48, which is Lucas Auer. 28, he can go to the end now. That car has done... Oh, no, that still owes us a pit stop, doesn't it? Because it's only done two. We've got the driver that can go to the end, but they still need to do their third regulation stop. Yes, with the correct driver in the car, but not on the time. They can't do more than 52 minutes on the green or 57 with full-course yellow. And obviously we're at 66 minutes remaining of this race still. Yeah, but Lucas Auer can stay in the car to the end. All they need to do now is, at the right point, tick off that last pit stop. Change for the lead in Silver again because Bendor has gone back ahead of Gaspar Simon. Boccolacci kicks up the dust into his face as they come off Esmo 2. So they're back up into the Silver Cup lead and third overall is Bendor. Down to fourth goes Gaspar Simon and you've got Marvin Deans charging along behind in the bronze leading Mercedes. So Silver third, Silver fourth, Bronze fifth, Silver sixth, Silver seventh, Bronze eighth, Silver ninth, Silver tenth. Remember the last restart that RGM McLaren really caught up, didn't it, with Fitz Simon? Now Bendor, arguably the quickest out of the three in that car. Let's keep an eye on the gap between him and the Silver Porsche of Boccolacci in second place. At the moment, I feel that gap's coming down. Deans, round the outside of Gaspar Simon into Paramonica. Marvin Deans goes through and runs a little bit wide. The former German Formula 4 champion right round the outside, but he does get the drive off the corner. Front engine cars, lots of grunts and Gaspar Simon certainly has a heavier right foot because he's got his nose back in front as they come down towards the corner. But look behind them. Ricciardo Mazzola in the Audi looking for a way through. He's got a mega tow off the pair of them, but no room to go by. Hard on the brakes. Gaspar Simon retakes the place. Good hard racing there. And still, of course, they all owe us one last pit stop. In the background, you've got Gaspar Simon being caught by Marvin Deans. Got a yellow flag at the moment as well. Can't see who it is, but we are now very close to getting to the end. If there was a full course yellow, expect everyone to dive to pit lane. Stint can't go over 57 minutes. It gets rounded down to there. So he could finish the stint 57 minutes, 59 seconds. Take away the 79 seconds you're in pit lane as well. We are now in the window to get to the end on one more stop. Wooden Pepper, race leader, getting away now because Boccolacci is having to defend from Bendor. He doesn't want that McLaren to go through, of course. He wants to maintain track position, even if the McLaren were able to then get up against the BMW. So Boccolacci hanging on to second place. There are more cars now with 51 minutes to go serving the last regulation stop. Let's see whether any of the top three come into the pits this time around. No, no, and no is the answer to Pepper, Boccolacci and Bendor. They go by. Marvin Deans fourth still well clear within bronze. Darren Leung still being shown in 9.91 as the cars come down towards the chicane. So race order, Jordan Pepper 1.7 seconds to the good from Dorian Boccolacci last time around. Bendor in third place. Marvin Deans is in fourth as the cars make the run again through the Curva Grande. And now Jordan Pepper coming up again to back Marcus. So he's got to be careful here. We're having a drive-through penalty given to Riccardo Perra. Remember, he turns the McLaren 555 around at the first chicane. So drive-through is coming for 97 Porsche Ricci Perra and now up and down the pit lane. Final drivers are ready. That's Kelvin van der Linde. He is going to get on board the lead car. 50 minutes to go. Oh, going to hit the shoulder there. Keean Jewis getting involved with number 71 of Frederik Scharndorff. Frederik, very rapid McLaren racer and a Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final winner as well. Lukas Auer is up with them as well now. So Auer in 18th place. Scharndorff had cleared Jewis and then that little bit of a run between the two as Jewis trying to get the place back here. Last year's British GT champion, another underrated Brit. Good to have him in the World Champions this year. Lukas Auer even having time to adjust the mirror. Arm's just about long enough for that one, isn't it? I thought these days it was all done on a computer camera screen, but no, good old-fashioned mirror required as down they come now into the Variante Ascari. Mercedes on Mercedes here. Auer on to the back of the 2C's car. Doesn't look like he's being shaken around that mirror as in comes the leading pair of cars. So Pepe to give way to van der Linde and Boccolacci for Maurice Schuring. This is going to be a fascinating last stint. Lap times therefore. The last lap by Ben Duer, by the way, the race leader, was the car's best of the race. So now on lap 64, as he was, he's still able to pump out good lap times now that he's got a clear bit of real estate around him. Others are still pushing hard as well. And with 35 minutes of the race to go, still at the revs. I thought I heard some bodywork flapping. It's missing its right-hand seal, that 98 car. So performance-wise, OK. Like you said, lap time-wise. Although the last lap was 7 tenths off Ben Duer's best. And yeah, definitely missing that right-hand seal. With everything that's gone on today, probably accept that on your insurance claim as a pretty light escape. And 7 tenths off a McLaren time, in a sense, mirrors what we've seen over the practice and qualifying sessions because, again, we've been saying it all weekend, those BMWs have just not really been that quick. And it's only because of clever strategy that we're talking about a WRT car now vying for the race lead. There's 87, Marvin Deans, six seconds back now, but still leading in bronze. And he's quite a long way up the road, isn't he? From the other Mercedes that he's fighting against. Kian Jewis' car, the margin is about 24 seconds between first and second within bronze. As you look there at Robert de Haan, very feisty Porsche racer of years past, coming down to the Bari Anthea Roggia in the red and white Paradigm BMW. And he's busy defending. Enrico Sandoz right there behind him. And it hit the limiter. I think he's going to lose a position here, maybe two as well. Let's have a look. Deans then is ahead of the BMW, coming into the corner. Up the inside goes Robert de Haan, but no, Marvin Deans is able to take the line for the corner. He stays ahead. Good recovery there. Yeah, smart move. He sent it in deep on the brakes. It wasn't the ideal line, but it kept him in the position, which was worth more than that. But yeah, normally as a driver, if you haven't heard in a while, you just drop a little radio check just to make sure everyone's still awake and watching what you're doing. But maybe that hasn't happened. Some teams even have a procedure where there's no radio and you indicate left for yes, right for no, flash for okay. And let's see what happens to Wynwood because this car is obviously on for a mega-result right now. Yes, well clear in bronze. The opposition in bronze is 91 Porsche that Hugh van Eindhoven has taken over from Robert Renault, who took over from Ralph Bowen. There is Deans at the kerbs. And remember, with 25 minutes to go, we're getting to the period for the last pit stop. BMW way wide through the gravel and just scrambling back onto the racetrack. That was 998 Jens Klingman, who doesn't often do things like that either. Previous race winner here at Monza as well in the BMW. The gap is growing from Bendor to van der Linde. It's now gone another second up. So even with traffic for Bendor, he is doing a mega job here. This is starting to flow into their race ever so slightly. He's going to have to box in the next five minutes, however. So he may squeeze three more laps in. Is he able to get that gap big enough where he can take the lead in pit lane? Rissen staying out for another lap. I think so. The 44 still not moving. Damage on the 2C's car. That's done an engine fire underneath. Yeah, and you can see all the smoke and there's going to be liquid on the road. That's gone bang big time coming down to the chicane. And whoever is behind it is going to find a very slippery circuit. Key and Dewis parks it. But this could be nasty because you can't see anything. And we do now go full course yellow. Look at the debris on the right-hand side of the road. Full course yellow, not only for the McLaren, but also for this and the smoke screen that it has generated down at Turn 1. So Dord does win halfway through his pit stop. So it is a gain. I think he'll take the lead. But I think Dietz, if he can get him in the pit lane, will take the lead. If they don't, then it goes to the Audis behind him. And then Lukasz Auer will get a benefit from this. The McLaren gets going, but this is going to obviously go long. Are we even going to get back to green with the amount of oil down in Turn 1? Well, let's see. There's all that debris to clear. So Pintos has clearly had a wild ride to get to where we picked up the car. Look at the majority of the undertray and the rear diffuser of that McLaren scattered on the other side of the circuit. The rear of it is somewhat different from how McLaren intended it because he bit hanging off it. That car gets going, but it's all of this. It's the liquid. It's the smoke. It's the oil put down. Thankfully, the smoke is dissipating fairly quickly. We're under our fifth caution period of the race. We've got 21 minutes to go and the BMW there comes through with Parabolica. The whole pit straight behind the RGN McLaren. That's how much it's gained them. 30 seconds is the big difference, but this is going to be 15. So RGN at the moment are leading this and they are clear of these two cars because they pitted under green. RGN at the moment made the right call. It's where everyone else behind them can do the same. And I think they can. The interesting thing here actually is because we're at 80 Ks, is Dean's going to get in the pit lane before his stint time runs out because he's only got a minute and 40 seconds to get to pit lane. And where is the car on the road? The answer is that he is trickling down towards the Parabolica, I think I'm right in saying, in a big, big queue of cars. I think he might get in. I think he should be okay. 20 minutes remain. 20 minutes. Talk about lucking in on strategy, but you run your own race and sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Poor old RGN, you've got a feel for. So close to a class win. So close to an outright win, but not today. Yeah. Dennis Marshall winning the bronze class as well. Worth shouting them out. Oh yeah. Muriel Cox just behind as well. And Sagaris in the 42. BMW will be happy. Sentry with Bioman Racing will have had a strong day as well. Nearly a podium for Ziggo Sport Tempesta as well. We've got a feel for Bob Neville's team, but Arkin Arka's squad loyal to Audi. They lost the number 99 car, of course, a legacy of the early damage. They're doing this without one of their regular stars. Alex Arkin not racing this weekend. We look forward to seeing him back at Spa. But as far as the last lap is concerned, they're just going to run to the chequered flag and Rocco Mazzola will bring it home. 29th on the grid they started and they're going to bring it home. When was the last Audi victory in GT World Challenge? It's been a long time and a car that people have written off as old, past it, only good for GT3 revival. Well, we said it was capable of class wins. Don't think anybody predicted an outright win, did they? They really did. And the chequered flag awaits. The clock has hit zero. And so it is going to be number 66 Audi then that takes the chequered flag to win. A great effort this from Rocco Mazzola, from his co-drivers Sebastian Ogar and Ariel Levi making history by being the first Israeli winner in GT World. And you can see the celebrations. A day for the underdogs. Audi wins at Monza. The drivers involved in the incident at Turn 1 are out of the cars, taken to the medical center for checks. It's hard luck, cruel luck for some, but utter delight there. Arkin Arker, a larger-than-life character, embracing everybody he can find. And he can't believe it. So there'll be a lot to investigate, I think, for the stewards. So the provisional result, Rocco Mazzola, Sebastian Ogar and Ariel Levi. The winners from Lucas Auer, Lucas Stoltz and Mauro Engel, Baptiste Moulin, Romain Andriolo, Laurence Laqueurtua come home third, ahead of Maurice Schuring, Dorian Bocelacchi and Alessio Picariello, Augusto Phafos, Jake Dennis and Raffaele Marchiello, fifth, brackets, how? Because that was a long way back for most of the race. Horatio Fitzsimons, Max Lin and Ben Dur, sixth. It's a good result, third in class, but it could have been so much better. It should have been so much better, you could argue. Kelvin van der Linde, Jordan Pepper, Charles Weir, seventh from Luca Enschler, Marco Mappelli and Patrick Niederhauser. Ninth and tenth, you're top two in bronze. Dustin Blattner, Lorenzo Patrese and Dennis Marshall, the class winners from Giacomo Petrobelli. Lorcan Hannafin coming new into the Blackthorne and Curiacos team and the redoubtable Johnny Adam making it home in second in the class, looking at the different category winners on the right-hand side of that result sheet. But you see how many cars did not get to the end, eliminated late race. So many that were running in the leading group. Best news of all, although there are some damaged cars, drivers are all okay and we look forward to seeing them all back on track in the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. Spectacular engine failure that put Kian Gimis out. Big, big shame for two Cs. That's a squad that's had a tough day. No argument about that either. Ariel Levi, Sebastian Ogar, Rocco Mazzola. They are winners of our second Endurance Cup race of the season. Akinaka getting ready with the champagne to celebrate his gold. He's already done it. He is beside himself as a race-winning team owner. There's a lot of applause, as I say. A day for the underdogs. They win silver. They win outright. Trezor Attempto racing them. Coming through to score honours outright. Rocco Mazzola, Sebastian Ogar, Ariel Levi win round two. of GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup. Champagne sprayed and a very happy team indeed.