Working third, Conway tracked Vanthoor to the subsequent spherical of stops earlier than handing over to de Vries, who swiftly leapfrogged Lotterer.
Nielsen had vaulted again to second behind team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi’s #51 Ferrari by the point the pair lastly stepped out of their respective cockpits approaching half-distance, with de Vries by this time shut behind.
#38 Hertz Group Jota Porsche 963: Jenson Button, Philip Hanson, Oliver Rasmussen
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This got here moments after Calado had pitted beneath inexperienced – and as soon as others had made their stops beneath the warning, he rejoined fourth with Kobayashi now main Molina and Estre.
Molina instantly pounced on Kobayashi when the race went inexperienced amid worsening rain, with the Hypercars struggling to heat their tyres to the extent that each automobiles have been overtaken by Joel Sturm’s GT3 class-leading Porsche.
Crucially, Kobayashi instantly dived into the pits for wets, as did Estre, whereas all three Ferraris stayed out. It proved the incorrect name, with Kobayashi and Estre a number of seconds quicker per lap and the monitor particularly treacherous within the last sector.
Kobayashi additionally straightlined the Tamburello chicane following his personal change of tyres, however saved his lead intact over Estre.
Begin motion, #50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, Nicklas Nielsen, #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Robert Kubica, Robert Shwartzman, Yifei Ye
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The Frenchman dipped into the Rivazza gravel whereas pursuing Kobayashi, and once more exiting the Villeneuve chicane, however managed to get inside a second coming into the closing phases.
Nevertheless, a five-second penalty for overtaking beneath the protection automotive meant he wanted to each overtake the Toyota and pull out a spot, which proved an insurmountable job.
After ditching his aged wets, Pier Guidi repassed the third Ferrari of Yifei Ye, which had earlier served a penalty for a full course yellow infringement throughout Kubica’s stint, to complete seventh.
#35 Alpine Endurance Group Alpine A424: Paul-Loup Chatin, Jules Gounon, Charles Milesi
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Vaxiviere was given a one-minute stop-go penalty for the incident, which adopted his broken automotive understeering into the obstacles on the exit of the Tamburello Chicane and amassing an promoting hoarding.
The WRT crew loved a day to recollect within the LMGT3 class by recording a 1-2 end with its BMW M4 GT3s.
Key to its victory was the timing of its first driver modifications, as Leung exceeded his minimal bronze time of 1hr45m by simply 5 seconds, whereas al Harthy accomplished solely 80 seconds greater than was obligatory.
Polesitter Alexander Malykhin managed the early phases of the race in his Pure Rxcing Porsche, however crucially needed to get again into the automotive later after ending his double stint simply in need of the minimal.
#92 Manthey Purerxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3: Aliaksandr Malykhin, Joel Sturm, Klaus Bachler
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The additional pit go to to cycle again to its silver driver, Sturm, meant he was in flip driving for half an hour longer than WRT’s silvers Gelael and Rossi.
Moments after straightlining Tamburello, Martin obtained sideways exiting Acque Minerali and the Brazilian pounced to take the lead into the Variante Alta chicane.
A drive-through penalty for not respecting VSC process ended any hopes of victory for the #46 BMW, however didn’t value it third place to the Manthey-run Porsche of Malykhin, Sturm and Bachler.
Rovera tried to wrest fourth place on the highway away from Riberas within the closing phases, however the Spaniard firmly shut the door coming into the Tamburello chicane and ensuing contact prompted each to take to the gravel, the Aston rising nonetheless forward.