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#1859
McNish szerint versenybaleset történt! Sőt, szerinte pont attól más most a GT autók lekörözése, mert sebességben közelebb hozták őket az LMP autókhoz, így többet kell őket a kanyarban előzni. Vagyis: amikor lassabbak voltak, kevesebb problémát jelentettek. Ennek fényében semmi értelme arról beszélni, hogy a lassú GT autók veszélyt jelentenek. Semmivel nem jelentenek több veszélyt, mint évekkel ezelőtt. Az LMP autóknak kell óvatosabbnak lenniük, mert kisebb a sebességkülönbség. Sok GT-s kritizálja is őket, hogy túl kockázatos manőverekbe mennek bele. Ez persze a kiélezett verseny következménye, mert ahol 10 mp dönt a végén mint tegnap, ott minden kanyarvétel számít. Dehát ettől szép ez az egész. Ettől izgalmas.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92270
"I think you can't blame people in these circumstances," said McNish. "It's a part of racing and it's a part of Le Mans.
"He obviously had concern about the situation. He's not new to this type of racing, he's experienced and a good driver. I don't apportion blame, and I don't think it is the right to be honest considering what could have happened and where we are I think we should be a bit more positive about it."
McNish also played down suggestions that the rule changes that had brought the prototype and GT cars' straightline performance closer together had directly caused the crash - though he admitted that traffic now had to be handled differently.
"It's definitely more tricky to overtake with less speed differential," he said.
"When you have got less speed differential on the straight you are overtaking more in the corners. You can see that the race is coming down to just tenths right now, so you know you have got to maximise advantages when you can.
"But whether it increased the chances of it I'm not sure to be honest. It definitely... if I had 100bhp more then I would definitely have overtaken him easier, but then again it might have been at a different state in the corner."