Nürburgring, 26th June 2011. Information technology'southward most crunch fourth dimension at the Nürburgring 24 Hours (DE). With four hours to go before the chequered flag comes out at xvi:00hrs local time, last twelvemonth's winners Augusto Farfus (BR), Jörg Müller (DE), Uwe Alzen (DE) and Pedro Lamy (PT) hold 2d place in the overall nomenclature. The gap between the BMW M3 GT carrying number 1 and the leading no. xviii Porsche is 4:47 minutes. It's Alzen who is currently at the wheel.

Dirk Werner (DE) drives the 2d BMW M3 GT. The High german and swain BMW drivers in car number 7, Dirk Müller (DE) and Dirk Adorf (DE), connected their chase through the field on Sunday morning. Following a ane-hour repair cease in the early stages of the endurance classic, the GT race car is already back up to 16th.

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Pedro Lamy (machine number 1):"During my early on morning stint I managed to clock some really quick lap times. This is but possible with a perfect motorcar and if the traffic allows y'all use its full potential. Conditions modify chop-chop on the Nordschleife. Sometimes y'all get a relatively make clean lap, and so several accidents happen within simply a few minutes. That's what the Light-green Hell is all about. It won't be easy to catch the leading Porsche, but we have seen countless times hither that the boxing is on until the very last corner. I promise this will also be the case this yr."

Dirk Müller (auto number 7):"I keep my fingers crossed for our mates in car number 1. Manifestly nosotros try to support them as well as possible, for instance by informing the pits early on almost any incidents on the track. Auto number 1 however has a good run a risk for victory, while we are merely fighting for a positive decision to what has been a difficult race for us. I'thou deplorable for the guys in our team, as they deserved to have both cars battling out at the front of the field."