Oliver Mathai is caning Rose in an attempt to catch the green frog. It isn't over until it is over - the gap being clocked at 1mins 29 secs - a small margin after nearly 21 hours of racing. One slip by either of the protagonists and the pendulum can rapidly swing in the other direction.
Matthew Marsh reports: "Dr Bez is doing last stint in Kermit..."
So with the two cars trading times in the 9mins 50secs bracket there is everything to play for.
Kermit running slow on Lap 117 with a front wheel askew - the car is limping back to the pits. A cruel blow after getting this far.
12:10: #8 is now running in 16th place and leading the SP8 class. Car #7 has reached the pits where they are working on the car, meanwhile it has dropped down the leader board being shown in 21st place.
L119 and car #7 is in the pits for a scheduled stop. There are still 2hours 40mins of racing left to go and plenty of time for further twists of fate.
Mathai completed his out lap in 12mins 04.746secs.
Matthew Marsh reports: "Kermit came into contact with another car and suffered suspension damage. It's been repaired but has come back in with some other problem." Chris Porritt was at the wheel. The subsequent problem revolved around disconnecting the ABS to get back running and finding the car was difficult to drive.
Mathai is running in 17th position in the Aston Martin Vantage V8 N24, #8, and completed Lap 121 in a time of 9mins 57.823secs.
RLT [Pic by Colin Marsh].
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