Le Mans, Sunday  12 h00

Gwen Giabbani still leads the race on board the n°7 Yamaha Austria Racing Team machine, but looks as if he has slowed his pace down.

And yet, together with his teammates, the policeman is extremely consistent on track, frequently 2^nd on the lap time sheet behind the n°111 Team Honda France machine.

Knees far away from the tarmac, he overtakes the backmarkers – some of which are wearing superimposed sliders - with no apparent speed. The reason behind this choice : since the lean angle is less important in the rain, wearing two sliders allows to feel the track earlier and keep a better connection with the ground.

Feeling at ease with his Michelin tyres, Gwen Giabbani has one mission : maintain the n°7 machine in the lead, not so much for the outright win but, more importantly in the mind of team manager Mandy Kainz, for the Endurance World Championship points . These guys are out for the World title, would you believe!

In a very fluid style, Gwen Giabbani is putting in some very fast laps.

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