 Four laps later, Carpentier slowed momentarily and was overtaken by Fernández on the backstraight for eighth place.At the front of the field, Bourdais and Junqueira began catching Tracy.Junqueira lowered Tracy's lead to 1.401 seconds as the fastest lap of the race at the time was set by Carpentier who completed a circuit in 38.515 seconds on his 18th lap.