 Eventually Salamano's mechanic appeared running towards the pits, with the car apparently out of fuel just a couple of miles from the pits.After a disagreement with officials about using a bicycle to return to the car, the mechanic eventually set off on foot, only to find that the issue in Salamano's Fiat was another supercharger failure.So with the race nearly over Sunbeam had a 1–2–3 finish in hand when on his final lap, Guinness stalled at the "la Membrolle" hairpin costing him over two minutes and allowing Freidrich through into third place.