Do love Le Mans, and with its history there, the 917 seemed the only option. Never tried the LH version - have hated it on previous tracks, and always found it slower than the K. Judging from Ziu's laptimes, that was a mistake; obviously there is a way to make it sing.
2nd then was the best I could hope for. From lap 2, the race became completely lonely. Up front, Ziu was gone, and the same applied for the rest of the field behind. Entered the pits at the end of lap 7, to find a gaggle of cars already there. Could see my pit guy up ahead of Kostja, but uncertain if I should pass his car to the left or right. Picked left, which was a mistake, as my pit guy promptly disappeared
With no place to stop, I had no other option but to exit the pits and go round one more time. Thankfully had enough fuel for that, but cost me 23 secs lost, and made any hope of challenging Ziu an even more distant dream.
Rest of the race as uneventful as the first half. Grats to Ziu on the win, and Bob for completing the podium. Grats also to class podiums, and commiserations to all who met with untimely exits.