▁cars ▁were ▁further ▁re vised ▁and ▁were ▁running ▁on ▁Michel in ▁radial ▁ty res . ▁The ▁season ▁opened ▁with ▁an ▁L C 2 ▁taking ▁pole ▁position ▁at ▁M ug ello ▁by ▁ 1 . 7 ▁seconds ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁factory ▁Por sche . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁pole ▁position ▁car ' s ▁engine ▁did ▁not ▁last , ▁the ▁other ▁team ▁car ▁finished ▁fourth . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 0   km ▁of ▁Mon za , ▁the ▁L C 2 s ▁were ▁nearly ▁four ▁seconds ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁closest ▁Por sche ▁in ▁qual ifying , ▁and ▁led ▁the ▁race ▁early ▁on . ▁ ▁However , ▁while ▁Pat res e ▁and ▁N ann ini ▁were ▁in ▁third ▁place ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁lap ▁as ▁the ▁leaders , ▁a ▁tree ▁fell ▁across ▁the ▁track ▁and ▁caused ▁the ▁race ▁to ▁be ▁stopped ▁early . ▁ ▁On ▁pole ▁once ▁again ▁at ▁Silver stone , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁L C 2 s ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁lead ▁of ▁the ▁race ▁until ▁a ▁wheel ▁bearing ▁failure ▁in ▁the ▁closing ▁la ps ▁forced ▁N ann ini ▁to ▁pit , ▁for fe iting ▁the ▁lead . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁L C 2 s ▁did ▁not ▁take ▁pole ▁at ▁Le ▁Mans , ▁they ▁lead ▁the ▁race ▁early . ▁ ▁R eli ability ▁issues ▁again ▁forced ▁the ▁team ▁to ▁drop ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁lead . ▁ ▁They ▁eventually ▁finished ▁the ▁race ▁in ▁sixth ▁and ▁sevent h ▁places . ▁ ▁A ▁fuel ▁p ump ▁failure ▁also ▁dropped ▁the ▁team ▁out ▁of ▁cont ention ▁at