"Narrator:" "They say the last lap is the hardest." "Woman:" "The last lap" "Many have come before." "Slow down, please." "Many have failed." "The machine... the body, the mind, reaching for the line, always reaching." "Le Mans is a car race like no other." "It's an endurance test for drivers and cars that literally take 24 hours to complete." "55 cars will start, but many fewer will reach the checkered flag." "With unprecedented access to six of the teams and the event itself, this is the story of a race that pushes technology to the limit but where the ghosts of the past are never far from the present." "Radio Le Mans:" "16 hours into the race," "Audi are having a major problem." "It looks like the wheel cover has come off the Audi number 7." "So something's broken there, um, so either it's just been fatigue, or it's hit something." "The right-hand rear body work has been completely torn away." "Just when it looked like Audi were going to reel them in, this is a major break for Porsche." "[chatter]" "Boy, you can really hear the shouting in the garage area." "They are really having at each other as well as, uh, the back of the car." "Three minutes already in the pit," " so that car" " That's an horrendous amount of time." "That's a lap." "So the front of the field, the rookie Porsche, the 19 is leading." "Mark Webber in the 17 in third and ready to attack." "The number 9 Audi in second." "As the Porsche number 19 lead is increasing, the panic level at Audi seems to be going up." "Bring in the-- Bring in the" "It's about to be wheeled out." "The engine cover has gone back onto the car." "Seven minutes in the pit." "Man:" "Basically, the engine cover mounting got a little weak with the high speeds." "The mountings couldn't hold it anymore, and then there are some electric cables that have been ripped off and just took a long time to fix, basically." "It was not just a matter of putting an engine cover back and keep going." "You just fight." "You never know what happens at Le Mans, and you got to keep fighting till the end." "Eighth position" "Sebastien Buemi in the Toyota." "How frustrated is he?" "Second position here last year, but nowhere near a podium finish this time." "Sebastien Buemi [in French]:" "Georges Bachmand [in French]:" "As we look further down the grid" "Ooh, that's bad news for Rebellion." "The number 12, Nico Prost's car, has hit the wall." "That's a big shunt." "Well, their hopes of finishing on the podium have just disappeared." "Let's hope they can drive it back and get it fixed and get it to the end of the race." "What extreme team effort to get us to where we are, isn't it?" "Yeah." "And sometimes, when one car's been in the box and both crews have been on that one car, but there's been a number of times when they've both been in at the same time, so they're all bushwhacked," "and it's not been a smooth Le Mans at all for us this year, unfortunately." "News from the 23 car not great again for Jann Mardenborough." "There's serious work going on." "I wish I could find a chink of light at the end of the tunnel for them." "This car and the 22 have been in and out of the garage all night." "They're looking at the front right suspension, at the hubs, playing with the discs." "There are a lot of people crowded around the back of the car as well." "Can't actually see what the problem is at the moment, but I have seen a battery being plugged in." "Man:" "It will be a miracle if we get two or more cars home." "But we need an act of God as well." "It's a 24-hour race." "We keep saying it, but, um, we just got to keep plugging away and see what happens." "Radio Le Mans:" "Back at the front of the race, and we are seeing Mark Webber looking to make his move on the leaders." "17 Porsche goes past the number 9 Audi for second position." "Of course Webber has never actually completedthis race." "he's about to bring the car in for the last time." "Timo Bernhard ready to take over in the pits." "Could this finally be his year?" "Mark Webber:" "We've come so far into that bloody race." "Two hours to go is two hours to go, same as ten minutes to go is ten minutes to go." "The race is so long, the drivers, the team, the mechanics, everyone is so pumped up, running through walls to get the result." "Last year with Porsche, we were leading with a few hours to go, and we could nearly smell the finish line, just pulled up short, and Audi won the race." "Still a long way to go, a lot of laps to do." "It's been a tremendous car race." "Unbelievable." "Between Porsche and Audi, uh, really, really special." "And, uh, yeah, we're very proud so far of Porsche 19." "17 ran really well, and it's good to put Audi under pressure for once." "Andre Lotterer back in the number 7 Audi." "He's not giving up his crown easily." "Unbelievable." "He's already climbed back up from seven minutes behind the leader to third position." "There's just the two Porsches in front of him now." "Andre Lotterer:" "Porsche looks a bit stronger now." "We have to be quicker on the average per lap to compensate this." "Three minutes 17.475 from Andre Lotterer-- the fastest lap in a Le Mans race ever." "20 hours-plus into the race, and Andre Lotterer has broken the Le Mans race record." "You have to drive as fast as you can." "You want to use all the potential of the car, and if you drive 99% on the safe side, you lose time." "If you get excited and you drive it 101%, the speed is so high that any mistake you do, you pay the price." "You brake a meter too late, you're done." "[tires screech]" "No mistakes yet from the rookie Porsche number 19." "I wonder what odds you'd have got on them before the race started." "This is a storming stint from Nick." "Looking at the kind of battle between the two Porsches, if we can sort of admit for a minute that there is a battle between the two Porsches, and even though Timo Bernhard going very well in the number 17 car," "he just can't live with the pace that the number 19 is going." "Car 17, they had a great start to the race that they were actually leading." "But then Brendon did a mistake." "Quite a harsh penalty." "Tough race for them." "We're doing everything we can." "I mean, at the moment, uh, they're stretching the lead." "They have more pace in the car." "We're definitely not catching." "At the moment, it looks like they're running away with it." "the other two drivers of the 19 Porsche are watching on anxiously in the pit lane." "Man:" "You're never relaxed because it's out of your hands." "Everyone else on the team has something to watch, something on the monitors to do." "It's not one driver that needs to be quick." "It's all three, and the team in the pit stops and stuff, so" "The seconds seem to take minutes... and the hours seem to take days... for the-- for the clock to come down." "The second place Porsche, number 17, completely losing control on the run-up to the Dunlop bridge." "Timo Bernhard way off into the gravel." "That was a very, very lucky escape." "Earl Bamber:" "It's not over until you really cross the finish line." "Jann Mardenborough is leaving the pit lane in the Nissan 23." "Well, give these guys some credit." "They have certainly got the Le Mans spirit." "They've been in the pits for most of the night." "The car was in the garage." "They just haven't given up." "But I just wonder if the car was really ready." "Perhaps a little too much too soon for Nissan." "Jann Mardenborough:" "I knew that we'd be back out again, just slugging it out, just real hard, hardcore racing." "[engine sputtering]" "Oh, Jann Mardenborough's gone straight off." "He just went straight on." "Couldn't make the corner." "Almost looks like he had no break pedal at all." "I see we're going to get the car brought." "He's got the double yellow up on the magneti Mirelli marshal system, the flag in the cab." "Now, if Jann can get that car started and back under its own steam, he will be allowed to try and finish the race." "But it's not looking good." "Oh, plumes of smoke coming from the front of the car." "Jann is still in the car for now, so the marshals can't think it's too dangerous." "I want to see my son." "We want to see our son so we can see how he is." "The car is being towed away in flames." "The 23 Nissan has retired." "Round about a quarter of an hour left in the race." "That's four or five laps to go." "The number 19, the rookie Porsche leading two minutes ahead of Porsche number 17." "30 seconds further back," "Audi number 7 in third." "It doesn't matter how big the lead is, although at Le Mans you never feel safe." "I mean, you always are aware that you can hit trouble." "You can have incidents on track." "You can have issues, technical issues." "So much stuff that can happen that you actually feel-- feel never safe." "You can tell your grandchildren that you were here, just you and 263,500 close friends." "Well, Porsche are going to honor this victory with what is a Le Mans tradition." "When the podium finishers are from the same team, they try and cross the line together." "Porsche brought three cars to Le Mans this year." "The favorite for the win was always the 17:" "Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard, and Brendon Hartley." "They fell back with a penalty." "The 18 got pushed down a fifth, so it's going to be the number 19, driven by the rookies" "Earl Bamber, Nico Hulkenberg, and Nick Tandy." "They are going to cross the line in first place." "For the first time in 17 years," "Porsche, with their 919 hybrid, take the 2015 Le Mans 24 hours from the sister car of Brendon Hartley in the number 17 car." "The first place Porsche 19, driven by Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy, and Nico Hulkenberg." "Bamber:" "Once we did win, we didn't really know what to do with ourselves because, you know, we couldn't believe it." "When we did the briefings at the beginning, they said, "Just get experience for the race"" "because we're the rookies and stuff like that." "Words really can never describe what it's like." "Second place, Porsche 17" "Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard, and Brendon Hartley." "Brendon Hartley:" "When I crossed the line, I was quite teared up." "I mean, I think there's not many sporting events in the world where you can see so many grown men brought to tears from, you know, winning, losing, finishing." "As for Audi, well, the king is dead." "Long live the king." "Third place, Audi number 7" "Benoit Treluyer, Marcel Fassler, and Andre Lotterer." "[in German]" "Sebastien Buemi in the Toyota crosses the line in eighth position." "Nico Prost's Rebellion number 12 finished 23rd overall, with its sister car the 13 a little higher in 18th." "Bart Hayden:" "We hadn't even got a car five weeks ago, and here we are at Le Mans," "We've managed to finish 24 hours with both cars." "I think it won't-- it won't sink in until tomorrow, so I think we're all very happy, very pleased." "Well, what about Nissan?" "They brought three cars here." "They lost the 21 in the middle of the night." "Jann Mardenborough's 23 car went out just over an hour from the end of the race, but the 22 does make it to the checkered flag and completes of the 24 hours." "Darren Cox:" "Someone once said winning is so sweet because most of the time you're losing." "And it hurts, seeing your car almost on fire with Jann in it." "And then, you know, the sole remaining car being stroked around for an hour at the end just to get across the line, just to give a thank you to the guys in the garage because they went through hell." "Jann Mardenborough:" "If it was easy, everyone would be doing it." "Just a bit pissed that I haven't finished the race, but... motor sport kicks you in the balls sometimes." "Another tough year for Aston Martin, none of their 5 cars getting on the podium." "You think of what we could've achieved, and I think it could've been more than it is now, so that's the disappointment." "55 cars started this epic race." "39 passed the checkered flag 24 hours later." "At the front of the field, less than two laps between first and third." "At the back, the Nissan number 22 in last place-- 153 laps behind the winning Porsche." "Webber:" "You saw the Clash of the Titans today." "[crowd cheering]" "I don't think there's ever been a Le Mans like that before in terms of intensity, pace, uh, you know, three minute, 23 minute 19s, three minute 18s." "They've never been seen before." "One of the biggest challenges" "I have ever seen in motor sport to put the three cars on the grid, and with such a success in the end is obviously something which is-- makes you feel really, really happy, and is something which made every single member of the team" "really, really proud." "Bamber:" "You have a lot of adrenaline, and you're-- you're completely on, uh, on top of the world, but, um, you know, there's no words that really give it full justice." "This time next year, we'll be having a chat-- about the same time, hopefully, and, uh, yeah, on the top step, mate." "Since I left Nissan," "I've started up a number of different businesses." "One of them is a virtual racing team." "Uh, your tires are going off." "You need to slow down." "More and more now, people are racing online, not necessarily going to race in the real world." "There's a prize in Las Vegas, a race that's going ahead, that's got a million dollar prize pot for the virtual world." "Now what circle is this?" "I believe that one day a gamer will win Le Mans." "Given the right circumstances," "Jann absolutely could win Le Mans." "So 2015, last year at Le Mans, was, uh, was tough." "I'm not going to lie." "It was very difficult." "I actually live out in Japan now." "I've been doing, uh, Japanese Formula 3." "I've had lots of podiums and wins." "If I had a career like, you know, Mark Webber's, uh, retiring at 40 years old, my goals would be to win Le Mans, in the top class." "That would be, uh, top of the list." "Nick Tandy:" "Winning at Le Mans is like nothing else, is it?" " Bamber:" "No, exactly." " Tandy:" "It's the biggest race in the world." "The photos now from kind of when we stood up there on the podium, but I don't really remember too much about what was going on." "I think we couldn't believe we won." " Yeah." " We were like, "What?"" "We found out at the end of 2015 that we wouldn't be going back in LMP1 to defend." "Bamber:" "Imagine what it's like if you win but you never get to return." "Bamber:" "For me, I never imagined that I would actually be replacing Mark's seat, and that's quite special." "I think, uh, the boots are very big, and I don't think I'd ever fill those boots." "Now we get to go back, both of us, so I'm looking forward to the challenge." "And when you win it once, then you definitely want to go back and win many, many more times."