The 6 Hours of Imola enters the crucial phases and the Ferraris now find themselves fighting against Toyota, which thanks to an excellent recovery and a Safety Car had managed to take the lead in this second seasonal event of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
There are 120 minutes to go and the rain is also starting to fall on the Enzo and Dino Ferrari, mixing up the cards, after the 499P #51 and #50 had been the protagonists between the third and fourth hour; the first pulled ahead, the second was instead caught by the GR010 #7 and Nyck De Vries, after a Full Course Yellow, overtook Miguel Molina's Red on the restart.
The neutralization occurred due to an exit by Carl Bennet at the 'Variante Alta', remaining planted in the gravel with the Isotta Fraschini, while shortly afterwards the Safety Car became necessary to remove Callum Ilott, along with Jota's #12 Porsche at the 'Variante Alta'. Tosa' while the Peugeot #94 saw the front left tire delaminate at the end of the straight, scattering debris everywhere.
Here everyone stopped and De Vries came out ahead of Molina, who on the restart – just as the downpour began – regained the top spot, with James Calado third in the #51 ahead of the Porsches.
In the LMGT3 Class the Porsche #92 of Manthey Pure Rxcing had momentarily given up the lead to the Ferrari #55 of AF Corse, which had opted to extend the third stint by adopting a different strategy, then returned to the lead followed by the BMWs of WRT #46 and #31; on the first of the two M4s an excellent Valentino Rossi was seen, who then succumbed to Maxime Martin just before the end of the 4th hour.
The aforementioned 296 in the hands of Simon Mann is fourth, but we await Alessio Rovera's grand finale, while the Aston Martin #27 of Heart of Racing is fifth with the two TF Sport Corvettes behind.
The McLarens of United Autosports are also in the Top 10, with the #95 eighth and the #59 tenth, interspersed with the Ford Mustang #77 of Proton Competition.
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