Blomqvist came up just two seconds short of the victorious Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 after 24 hours of racing, but was forced to give up his lead during the final round of pitstops – which was caused by a caution period for Parker Thompson’s GTD class Lexus catching fire.
He then couldn’t find a way past Porsche’s Felipe Nasr in the 30-minute sprint to the finish.
“Came up just short,” sighed Blomqvist. “The team, everyone did a fantastic job since we got here more than a week ago.
“The car was fast, the crew did a great job on pitstops and my team-mates were outstanding in the car as usual. One less yellow and who knows? We could have had it.
“In those last couple of stints there, I was chipping away and closed the gap.
“We decided to take an early stop to try to undercut them. We didn’t really manage that, but thankfully I was able to get by on track.
“But the goal there was that we had to make a gap, because we’d have a longer stop time at the end.
“That yellow kind've ended our chances really. Especially where we are in the pitlane, that hurt us really. I think it would've been a lot closer if that yellow hadn’t come out.”
Source: Autosport