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H17: Peugeot leads under safety car

Peugeot leads as this year's Le Mans enters its 18th hour as another safety car and different fuel strategies play their part

The #7 and #9 Peugeots had trailed the #2 Audi until it made a scheduled stop. A GT accident then brought out the safety car.

The #9 Peugeot and #2 have just pitted, but Marc Gene has stayed out in the #7 908 to hold the lead.

The #16 Pescarolo continues to lead the petrol runners in fifth overall, well clear of the sole remaining Rebellion Lola-Toyota.

Olivier Lombard heads LMP2 in the Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan.

There was drama in GTE Pro. Having led the class almost throughout, the #74 works Chevrolet Corvette surrendered its advantage when Jan Magnussen lost control exiting the Porsche Curves and spun into the #63 Proton Competition Porsche.

The accident brought out the safety car and handed the class lead to the #51 AF Corse Ferrari, currently driven by Toni Villander. Its closest challenger is now the #73 Corvette, which suffered its own minor off earlier in the hour when in the hands of Olivier Beretta.

The #50 Larbre Competition Corvette narrowly leads GTE Am, helped by an off for Seth Neiman in the rival #81 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche.


NOTES:

- Jean-Christophe Boullion crashed the Rebellion Lola-Toyota in the 14th hour at the Porsche Curves. He had been running eighth at the time of the shunt.

- Mike Rockenfeller was taken to hospital following a frightening accident that totally destroyed the #1 Audi in the seventh hour of the race. The German had been running third when he made contact with a GTE Ferrari at kink after Mulsanne. Audi later confirmed that the German would be kept in overnight for observation but that he was okay.

- The #3 Audi of Allan McNish crashed out of the race in the first hour having just taken second position. The Scot collected the #58 Luxury Racing Ferrari in the right-hander after the Dunlop Bridge. The heavy impact destroyed the car and McNish was taken to hospital for precautionary checks, but was later released with an all-clear.

- Both Aston Martin AMR Ones ran into trouble on the first lap of the race. Darren Turner spinning with mechanical trouble and Adrian Fernandez stopping out on the Mulsanne. The #007 car of Turner was recovered to the pits where it was discovered an alternator belt tensioner was to blame.

POSITIONS AFTER 17 HOURS

Pos  Car            Team                      Class   Gap
 1.  #2  Audi       Audi Sport Team Joest     (LMP1)  
 2.  #7  Peugeot    Peugeot Sport Total       (LMP1)  +    0.620
 3.  #9  Peugeot    Team Peugeot Total        (LMP1)  + 2:01.133
 4.  #8  Peugeot    Peugeot Sport Total       (LMP1)  +    1 Lap
 5.  #16 Pescarolo  Pescarolo Team            (LMP1)  +   7 Laps
 6.  #12 Lola       Rebellion Racing          (LMP1)  +  10 Laps
 7.  #10 Peugeot    Team Oreca-Matmut         (LMP1)  +  10 Laps
 8.  #22 Lola       Kronos Racing             (LMP1)  +  14 Laps
 9.  #41 Zytek      Greaves Motorsport        (LMP2)  +  16 Laps
10.  #26 Oreca      Signatech Nissan          (LMP2)  +  19 Laps
11.  #33 Lola       Level 5 Motorsports       (LMP2)  +  21 Laps
12.  #49 OAK        OAK Racing                (LMP2)  +  22 Laps
13.  #51 Ferrari    AF Corse                  (GTEP)  +  25 Laps
14.  #35 OAK        OAK Racing                (LMP2)  +  26 Laps
15.  #73 Corvette   Corvette Racing           (GTEP)  +  26 Laps
16.  #80 Porsche    Flying Lizard Motorsports (GTEP)  +  26 Laps
17.  #55 BMW        BMW Motorsport            (GTEP)  +  27 Laps
18.  #77 Porsche    Team Felbermayr-Proton    (GTEP)  +  28 Laps
19.  #76 Porsche    IMSA Performance Matmut   (GTEP)  +  28 Laps
20.  #56 BMW        BMW Motorsport            (GTEP)  +  28 Laps
21.  #74 Corvette   Corvette Racing           (GTEP)  +  29 Laps
22.  #36 HPD        RML                       (LMP2)  +  29 Laps
23.  #75 Porsche    Prospeed Competition      (GTEP)  +  30 Laps
24.  #40 Oreca      Race Performance          (LMP2)  +  31 Laps
25.  #50 Corvette   Larbre Competition        (GTEA)  +  32 Laps
26.  #81 Porsche    Flying Lizard Motorsports (GTEA)  +  32 Laps
27.  #70 Porsche    Larbre Competition        (GTEA)  +  33 Laps
28.  #83 Ferrari    JMB Racing                (GTEA)  +  39 Laps
29.  #65 Lotus      Lotus Jetalliance         (GTEP)  +  39 Laps
30.  #63 Porsche    Proton Competition        (GTEA)  +  41 Laps
31.  #66 Ferrari    JMW Motorsport            (GTEP)  +  45 Laps
32.  #68 Ford       Robertson Racing          (GTEA)  +  46 Laps
33.  #44 Norma      Extr                      (LMP2)  +  91 Laps
34.  #48 Oreca      Team Oreca-Matmut         (LMP2)  +  40 Laps
35.  #13 Lola       Rebellion Racing          (LMP1)  Retired
36.  #61 Ferrari    AF Corse                  (GTEA)  +  52 Laps
37.  #59 Ferrari    Luxury Racing             (GTEP)  +  57 Laps
38.  #71 Ferrari    AF Corse                  (GTEP)  +  62 Laps
39.  #88 Porsche    Team Felbermayr-Proton    (GTEP)  +  71 Laps
40.  #42 HPD        Strakka Racing            (LMP2)  Retired
41.  #60 Aston      Gulf AMR Middle East      (GTEA)  Retired
42.  #39 Lola       PeCom Racing              (LMP2)  Retired
43.  #89 Ferrari    Hankook Team Farnbacher   (GTEP)  Retired
44.  #58 Ferrari    Luxury Racing             (GTEP)  + 104 Laps
45.  #64 Lotus      Lotus Jetalliance         (GTEP)  Retired
46.  #57 Ferrari    Krohn Racing              (GTEA)  Retired
47.  #24 OAK        OAK Racing                (LMP1)  Retired
48.  #1  Audi       Audi Sport Team Joest     (LMP1)  Retired
49.  #5  Oreca      Hope Racing               (LMP1)  Retired
50.  #62 Ferrari    CRS Racing                (GTEA)  Retired
51.  #15 OAK        OAK Racing                (LMP1)  Retired
52.  #79 Aston      Jota                      (GTEP)  Retired
53.  #20 Zytek      Quifel-ASM Team           (LMP1)  Retired
54.  #3  Audi       Audi Sport North America  (LMP1)  Retired
55.  #007  AMR-One  Aston Martin Racing       (LMP1)  Retired
56.  #009  AMR-One  Aston Martin Racing       (LMP1)  Retired

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