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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Free practice and qualifying

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LMP1
Kraihamer looked like he was going to improve in the #13 Rebellion after setting the car's best time in the first and second sectors, but the 26-year-old brings the car back into the pits. Remember, Kraihamer is actually part of the crew that currently holds second in the drivers' championship along with Imperatori and Tuscher!
GTE PRO
Vilander goes faster once more to make sure of the fastest time, a 3m54.180s.

That was just as well, too, as Gianmaria Bruni takes the #51 up to second, 0.137s further back.
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Lapierre's new LMP2 benchmark is a couple of tenths up on the best time in the class in practice last year. That was a 3m39.897s, set by the KCMG ORECA Lapierre was driving with Howson and Bradley.
GTE PRO
Philipp Eng is making the most headway at the moment. He shaved around five seconds off the #77 Dempsey Proton's best lap on his previous tour, and has just set a personal-best first sector.
LMP2
The SO24! by Lombard Ligier has been summoned to pitlane to fix a telemetry issue. Vincent Capillaire, Jonathan Coleman and Erik Maris are the drivers of that car, Coleman is behind the wheel at the moment.
LMP1
Lieb puts the #2 Porsche up to second with a 3m25.186s, knocking Buemi down to third.
Glenn Freeman
The CLM went past us on a truck. Majority of the fire damage seemed to be quite far forward, right behind the cockpit.
LMP1
And Buemi goes second fastest in the #5 Toyota with a 3m25.223s.
LMP1
Webber gets down to a 3m26.717s - 1.5s off the #1 Porsche's best. That suggestions conditions are rapidly improving.
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The most laps completed so far this session is 31 by the #26 G-Drive Jota ORECA
LMP1
Right now, Webber is the fastest driver on the track, lapping in the mid 3m30s bracket. That's five seconds off the car's best. The conditions are largely OK, but there's some tricky areas thanks to the odd patch of drizzle. But apparently, there will be no rain for the next 30 minutes.
Radio Comms
"The conditions are changing very quickly and are unstable so don't take the risk" is the message to Buemi in the #5 Toyota.
LMP2
Goosens has finally made it back to pitlane in the Murphy ORECA, crawling the final leg of the journey to the team's garage.
GTE PRO
Not too much activity from the GTE cars at the moment, though the Pro leading #66 Ford has returned to the circuit with Stefan Mucke at the wheel.
Buemi and Kobayashi in the #5 and #6 Toyotas are having a busy time, running nose to tail and carving through traffic in Porsche Curves.
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90 minutes of free practice remaining.
Radio Comms
"We may have debris of car #48 [Goosens] after Zone 3" confirms the race director.
LMP2
The Murphy ORECA, with Goosens at the wheel has been the road. Goosens lost the rear end braking after Turn 1 and spun to the outside and collected a foam advertising board. One of the GTE Ferraris had to take seriously evasive action as he rejoined the road in a fairly clumsy manner. Goosens is heading back to the pits with minor bodywork damage.
LMP1
Webber has jumped back into the #1 Porsche - we've already had all three drivers cycling through that car in this session and he is back in for a second run.
GTE PRO
Briscoe sets the #69 Ford's fastest lap with another improvement, a 3m57.052s.
Rain
What is called 'Level 1' rain is back on the pit straight. It's tipped to persist for another 15 minutes, until 6:40pm local time.
LMP2
If you are keeping an eye on a certain C. Hoy this week, he is in the Algarve Pro Racing Ligier for the first time this session.
LMP1
Dumas improves the fastest time for the #2 Porsche to a 3m26.941s.
GTE PRO
A few first sector improvements cropping up at the moment, but they're not being translated into overall bests yet. Garcia sets the #63 Corvette's best S1 time, but tails off through the second and third sectors.
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One hour and 45 minutes remaining of free practice here. Currently, the #8 Audi is fastest thanks to Duval's lap of 3m24.852s.
LMP1
Bernhard just posted a 3m28.310s in the #1 Porsche. That's about 3.5s off the fastest time of free practice, so that track conditions are far better than they were not long ago.
GTE PRO
In GTE Pro, Tommy Milner has been instructed by race direction to pit the #64 Corvette to fix a telemetry issue.
GTE AM
The #55 AF Corse Ferrari is slow towards the back end of the circuit with a puncture, but Duncan Cameron returns the car to the pits.
Red flag
The flames are out now on the CLM, but it is still at the side of the track waiting for a recovery vehicle to take it away. The car is slowest of the LMP1 runners, 8.3s off the pace set by the #8 Audi.

By: Geoff Creighton

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