GTLM Championship-Leading Corvette Crashes Under Yellow

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The GT Le Mans class championship-leading No. 3 Corvette C7.R has hit trouble with less than three hours remaining in the Motul Petit Le Mans.

Antonio Garcia went behind the wall for repairs following a bizarre accident while under the race’s fourth full course caution.

Garcia lost control of his Corvette while exiting pit lane near Turn 1 and made contact with the wall.

While limping the car back the pits, the Pratt & Miller-led squad ordered the Spaniard to go straight to the garage, where it underwent a nose and splitter change, among other components.

The car has dropped to 9th and last in the GTLM class, two laps behind the pair of Porsche 911 RSRs, which run 1-2 in class.

As it runs now, the No. 67 Ford GT of Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe, which is third in the race, would win the class championship. 

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