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ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Taylor has hauled the #3 Corvette into second now, and is three seconds behind Sellers.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Heidfeld has a five-lap advantage at the front at the moment, ahead of the #552 Level 5 HPD of Kane and the #01 Extreme Speed HPD of Sharp, both of which are fighting for class honours in LMP2.
Green flag
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Of we go, back to green, on lap 217 of 394 as Dalziel leads the field, for some strange reason.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Sellers now leads the GT class now that the pit stops have played out. The Falken Porsche driver is ahead of CORE autosport's Christensen and Taylor in the #3 Corvette.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Heidfeld enters the pits from his now very comfortable lead. Sharp follows suit from the lead of LMP2 and loses a place to Dumbreck, thanks to a swift stop by the Level 5 crew.
Euro F3 - Hockenheim: A bigger penalty for Felix Serralles though. He's been disqualified from race two for the incident with Kevin Korjus and will start race three from the back too.
Euro F3 - Hockenheim: Drama as Marciello is penalised!
Don't worry though, it won't affect his title. The new champion has been fined €5000 for undoing his seatbelts before reaching Parc Ferme at the end of race two.
Don't worry though, it won't affect his title. The new champion has been fined €5000 for undoing his seatbelts before reaching Parc Ferme at the end of race two.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: No chance for Pickett to notch up their ninth consecutive ALMS victory today as they've been forced to retire with an overheating issue.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Sandberg is back out of the gravel trap, so hopefully we'll soon be back to racing.
Yellow flag
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Last in GTC is Sandberg, who has just beached his Porsche 911 into the grave at Turn 6, resulting in the fifth caution period of the day.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Closest lead battles can be found in both GT categories at the moment.
Tandy is 6.98s up on Auberlen in the GT class, while Canache Jr is 9.19s ahead of Stanton in GTC.
Tandy is 6.98s up on Auberlen in the GT class, while Canache Jr is 9.19s ahead of Stanton in GTC.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: And the Pickett HPD has gone behind the wall for further checks.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Heidfeld is scything his way through the field at the moment in an effort to build a cushion over rivals Pickett who, four laps later, are still in the pitlane.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Sounding like ignition issues with the Pickett. Heidfeld is behind the wheel of the Rebellion at the moment and takes the lead of the race!
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Engine cover coming off the leading Pickett. Team personnel are having a good look around at the moment. Possible temperature issue?
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Dalziel's in the pits for checks. Looks like he's got away with mild bodywork damage. Nothing that a bit of industrial strength tape won't fix, anyway.
Crash
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Bell's finally made his way back to the pits. Meanwhile, Dalziel walloped into the side of a prototype and ricocheted into the tyre wall.
Nothing terminal, but the #91 SRT Viper was running second in GT at the time.
Nothing terminal, but the #91 SRT Viper was running second in GT at the time.
Crash
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Bell is crawling his way around the circuit at the moment in the #02 Extreme Speed HPD. He appeared to lose it coming over the hill and it looks like he's sustained suspension damage.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: All change in GT: Dalziel's SRT Viper is now second in class behind Magnussen, with Auberlen third.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: ...until the GT mob got a wriggle on. Magnussen continues to lead ahead of Liddell, who has both Dalziel and Auberlen hot on his tail and only 1.5s adrift.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Stanton now leads the GTC class by 1.76s over Canache Jr, who has MacNeil more or less on his bumper.
Elsewhere, things appear to have settled down...
Elsewhere, things appear to have settled down...
Green flag
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: And we're off again, on lap 183 of 394. There's a gaggle of GT cars for the prototypes to filter their way through on the restart, so the next couple of laps could be interesting...
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Prost in for the Rebellion. He's still a lap down on the leading Pickett, now in the hands of Dumas.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Incredibly busy pitlane now as the majority of the GT field come in to make their driver and/or tyre changes.
Bleekemolen and Stanton came in together from the GTC lead, but positions remained the same on their departure.
Bleekemolen and Stanton came in together from the GTC lead, but positions remained the same on their departure.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Second driver change for Pickett, who pit under safety car conditions. Graf makes way for Dumas and another set of slicks bolted on to the HPD.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Driver change for the #01 Extreme Speed as Brabham exchanges places with Sharp.
Yellow flag
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: And with that, we have our fourth caution period of the day.
Crash
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Moment as Wittmer goes into the back of Cheng. Wittmer has ended up in the Turn 10 gravel as a result and needs to be retrieved.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Brabham's just deposed Dumbreck for the LMP2 lead. It's been a good day for the Aussie, who hasn't raced since the start of the year.
Deltawing
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: DeltaWing fans (yes, you) will be keen to know that their experimental racer is currently 30th overall, having made up four places after it's first hour problems.
Meyrick is behind the wheel at the moment and making his way through the GTC field, albeit 27 laps down on the leading Pickett.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: In weather news, it looks like the worst of the rain has been and gone and we're set for a dry conclusion to this, the ALMS finale.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: So, another hour completed and, to be honest, not the most exciting 60 minutes of racing we have ever seen. Hopefully the next six hours will be relatively caution-free...
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: And Briscoe becomes the first of the prototypes to make the switch back on to slicks. The pitlane is about to get very hectic, we reckon.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Magnussen in for slick tyres as a dry line begins to appear. He was 3.6s behind Liddell who leads the GT class at the moment.
Crash
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Bit of a moment as Tandy turned in on Bell on entering Turn 10. No major damage, but a good example that mirrors are sometimes a driver's best friend.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Dumbreck is going like the clappers at the moment in the #552 Level 5 HPD. He's extending his lead in LMP2 with every passing lap, with Brabham appearing to have nothing to offer in return.
The gap between the two is currently 31.18s.
The gap between the two is currently 31.18s.
Green flag
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: And we're off again, on lap 154 of 394, as Graf puts the hammer down and sprints away from the chasing field in the Pickett HPD.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Marcelli spins his Oreca while under yellows. Slightly embarrassing...
He remains second in LMPC.
He remains second in LMPC.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: Prost is the first to take advantage of the pitlane opening for the prototypes. Fuel-only stop for Rebellion.
ALMS - Petit Le Mans: In other LMPC news, did we mention what a great job Negri is doing today?
The Grand-Am veteran, who makes his ALMS debut this weekend, has been the star of the class this afternoon. He had 15.4s advantage in the category before the yellows came out.
The Grand-Am veteran, who makes his ALMS debut this weekend, has been the star of the class this afternoon. He had 15.4s advantage in the category before the yellows came out.
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