24 Heures du Mans | 01:11:00
I did sleep, from approximately 4:45-7:00 A.M. During that nap a slight drizzle has started to fall at the circuit, but I am despairing of us getting a proper rain to fulfill the opening line of Truth in 24, gravelly intoned by narrator Jason Statham, "It always rains at Le Mans." There was a briefly interview with Allan McNish, he of the death-defying first hour shunt, & though we'd been told he escaped without injury it did my frazzled nerves good to see him hale & hearty. Over an hour yet remains. Can Audi hold off Peugeot? Can Corvette hold off Ferrari & B.M.W.? There are no prizes for winning the first twenty-three hours of Le Mans, only the full twenty-four. This race is an excellent illustration of Bo Schembechler's immortal words, "Those who stay will be champions."