Around seven hours were on the clock when the #90 TF Sport Aston Martin (Sörensen/Thiim/Pittard/Martin), which had been leading for a long time, lost positions. As it turned out, Nicki Thiim had been involved in an accident earlier.
A short time later another big favourite, the #98 Rowe BMW (Catsburg/Edwards/S. van der Linde/Wittmann) was suddenly stranded at the side of the track. Sheldon van der Linde crashed into the barriers in the Bergwerk section. In onboard recordings, no other vehicle appeared to be involved.
