This meant that the car had to spend over 90 minutes in the pits for extensive repairs, losing 66 laps to the leaders.

Narain's stint went quite well, but it was impossible to make up such a huge deficit of time. Nevertheless, Narain does come away from the weekend with some positives.

His previously injured shoulder did not give him any trouble at all, and even after a two-hour long drive he was feeling fine with no pain or tiredness.

His disappointment after the race was apparent. 'I'm really upset that we were not able to get the result we deserved. The car was really quick in race-trim. The team had done a fantastic job preparing both cars for the race. I'm sure we had the pace to challenge for a podium finish, if not for the outright win.

'In a six-hour endurance race, it is quite unnecessary to be so aggressive right at the start of the race, especially with your own team-mate. It's such a shame that a huge opportunity for success was thrown away by one single hasty action.'