Meanwhile back at the track, the cars are already on the grid.

The French “Red Arrows” put on an impressive display back and forth over the grid.

That was very low and loud!

Time to clear the grid.  Where did those paratroopers come from?

Over 6 minutes for this lap.  They soon got a lot faster.

In a thick haze of exhaust.

Only twenty three hours, fifty six minutes and thirty one seconds to go.

Jaguar’s lead car had a poor start and is now stuck behind a convoy of Porsches, which occupy most of the top ten.