It was a tough race right from the start, and we definitely gave it the best show we could, but the problems were just too many which has led us to retire after 16 hours here at the 24 hours of Le Mans.

There was a big opening ceremony to the event which was filled with people. It included lining up all the cars on the grid diagonally like the old Le Mans day....

I started the race for the team and drove a strong stint over taking 3 cars before handing the car over to my team mates. However, trouble came when Plamen Kralev, my team mate from Bulgaria drove his first stint. The car stopped on the back straight which was about 5km from the paddock.

The technical guys from Porsche Motorsport and our chief mechanic blasted off on their scooters to go and help him. The regulations state that the car must make it back to the paddock on its own power and that only the driver was aloud to touch the car. It was a worrying moment as we thought the race was going to be over after 3 hours!

But much to our delight, with the aid of Porsche, Plamen was able to fix the car and get the car fired up again and limp it back to the box for repairs. That had already cost us about 90 minutes in the race.

After the car was repaired, I went back in the car for a double stint which lasted just over 2 hours. The car felt great and consistent which helped me to lap very quick times as night started to set in.

I was able to get a couple hours rest and back into the car I went for the next double stint which again lasted 2 hours. This one was extremely hard as it was from 2am-4am... Driving in the night and being quite tired made me muster every bit of concentration out of me. I suffered a puncture during the stint but this didn't set us back too much.

To be so far behind so early in the race, we had a mindset to get the car to the finish line and were no longer fighting for positions. But it just wasn't meant to be...the car soon suffered a gearbox problem and the car came back to the box. I jumped into the car and tried to continue by driving without 4th gear. This was extremely difficult as I struggled alot to downshift and we used 4th gear in many areas of the circuit.

I finished the 2 hour stint without 4th gear and once I started to get the hang of it, was only lapping a few seconds slower than our previous lap times...

But the race really came to and end when the clutch began to slip. This was most likely caused by the difficulties we suffered with the gearbox...Our race ended at 16 hours.

I have to thank the Endurance Asia Team for giving it truly their best effort. We gave it everything we got and I was able to get alot of laps and experience here at Le Mans. There is so many things going on throughout the race and all this is stuff I can take with me to other endurance races in my career. I hope to be back next season and challenge again for a good result here at the 24 hours. It has been a unforgettable and tremendous experience, one that I will remember for the rest of my life.... Thanks to everyone for the support and see you at Le Mans next year!!

I've done alot of driving and have had only 2 hours sleep.. Im exhausted..time to get some sleeeep! Bon Nuit....