Race - Hours 3-6

8:44 - Joeg now in P 2 behind P 1 leader No. 97 Ferrari. In P 3 is No. 87 Ferrari. Flying Lizard is the top Porsche in GT2. The track is completely dry now and the sun is shining for the first time in a week.

8:30 pm - Joerg pits for tires, fuel, and new drink bottle.

8:11 pm - Joerg, in P 5, set the fastest race lap, then beat his own fast time with a new fastest GT2 time of 4:04.619.

7:46 - Johannes, in P 5, pits for driver change to Joerg, tires and fuel.

7:23 pm - Johannes set the fastest GT2 race lap so far with a 4:06:085. He is still in P 6, still closing on the spyker which is in P 5.

7:14 pm - Johannes in P 6 after the No. 82 Panoz pitted. Positions: P 1 No. 97; P 2 No. 93; P 3 No. 76; P 4 No. 87; P 5 No. 86; P 6 No. 80.

7:03 pm - Johannes in P 7 on same lap as leader.

6:49 pm - The crew readies for a pit stop for fuel and to give Johannes a new water bottle. Stefan Pfeiffer has made the decision to double stint Johannes and possibly the tires. They will make the tire decision when he pits. It looks like they made the call for new tires so with a quick tire change, he is out again.

6:44 pm - Johannes P 6. He is closing on the Spyker in P 5- running four seconds faster per lap

6:36 pm - Johannes moves to P 7, as the No. 82 Panoz pits. No 5 prototype off course, after contact with teh No. 81 Panoz. He appears to be able to continue slowly into the pits.

6:22 pm CET - 3 and a half hours into the race - we are in P 8 with Johannes in the car. Seth pitted for driver change around 6 pm. This is Johannes' second stint. Your blogger is back after a brief cat nap in the trailer. Positions: P 1 No. 93 Porsche; P 2 No. 97 Ferrari; P 3 No. 76 Porsche; P 4 No. 86 Spyker; P 5 No. 87 Ferrari; P 6 No. 81 Porsche; P 7 No. 82 Panoz; P 8 No. 80.

The track is completely dry now and the skies appear to be clearing for the moment.