Le Mans 2013 81st Le Mans 24 Hours
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10h42m LMP2: Brundle is lapping significantly quicker than Gonzalez in the internecine OAK battle. The gap is down from over half a minute to 22 seconds.
10h42m GTE Am: Jean-Karl Vernay pits, exits and retains the class lead in the #76 Imsa Porsche.
10h39m GTE Pro: The #66 JMW squad's recent stop is under investigation - not sure why though.
10h38m GTE Pro: Routine stop for Lieb in the second-place #92 Manthey Porsche. Darren Turner slides by and into second.
10h38m GTE Am: Meanwhile Dempsey is reporting that his #77 Porsche 911 is pulling to left under braking, and also that its telemetry is broken.
10h37m GTE Am: The #57 Krohn Ferrari becomes the fourth official retirement of this year's race.
10h35m LMP1: Leader TK is in the pits at the end of another 10-lap stint. Nishy climbs aboard and gets a new set of tyres.
10h35m GTE Am: ...and its for Vicente Potolicchio in the #81 8 Star Ferrari, which is beached in the gravel.
10h34m Yellow flags down at Mulsanne Corner...
10h33m GTE Am: Smoky scenes down at the #70 Corvette garage, which is reportedly down to a clutch issue. Doesn't look like a quick fix...
10h32m GTE Pro: Darren Turner closing in on the #92 Manthey Porsche in a battle that has raged pretty much all race. Lieb responds by setting a new personal best in the middle sector.
10h32m 
LMP2: Gonzalez has just pitted out of the lead; his margin to OAK team-mate Brundle is down to half a minute.
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LMP2: Gonzalez has just pitted out of the lead; his margin to OAK team-mate Brundle is down to half a minute.
10h30m LMP1: Belicchi pits from fifth in the lead Rebellion Lola.
10h28m GTE Am: Not the most dignified of exits - seems MacNeil can't locate reverse - but he's eventually back underway.
10h25m GTE Am: Yellow flags down at the exit of the Porsche Curves - its the #70 Corvette being driven by Cooper MacNeil, who has nosed into the wall on the outside.
10h24m LMP2: The G-Drive/Delta-ADR ORECA is in the hits for a driver change, Conway to Rusinov. The car is fourth in class after its earlier delay.
10h23m GTE Pro: Slight delay in the pits for the #98 Aston Martin, currently seventh - the fiddle of changing wiper blades to blame.
10h22m GTE Am: Speaking of Dempsey, he's just spun at the start of the Dunlop Esses, and rejoined in third.
10h20m 
GTE Am: Jean-Karl Vernay has now deposed Patrick Dempsey in the fight for class lead, although he is on a different pitstop cycle, having only made nine stops to Dempsey's 10.
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GTE Am: Jean-Karl Vernay has now deposed Patrick Dempsey in the fight for class lead, although he is on a different pitstop cycle, having only made nine stops to Dempsey's 10.
10h19m LMP1: Lapierre has got the hammer down. He pumps in a 3m29s faster than any of LMP1 car bar one — that's the #1 Audi in the hands of Fassler.
10h10m LMP1: Now the other Toyota is in, following the #3 Audi down the pitlane. Davidson gets in - the Toyota that is. Di Grassi only got a dump of fuel.
10h07m LMP1: Nakajima pits and Lapierre climbs aboard. Nakajima couldn't match Sarrazin's pace; wonder what Lapierre will manage.
10h04m LMP2: Now Pla pits to bring the end to an impressive quadruple stint. Brundle climbs in.
10h03m LMP2: The lead enjoyed by Gonzalez is slowly being eroded by Pla, but not dramatically. The Mexican is putting in a pretty tidy performance.
9h59m LMP1: TK brings the leading Audi into the pits. Fuel only - he's just starting the final leg of a quintuple stint.
9h58m GTE Pro: Lieb moves past DT for second in class, but he's still a minute behind the leading Aston in Rob Bell's hands.
9h55m GTE Pro: Second-placed Turner has taken a trip through the gravel at Mulsanne Corner. That has reduced his lead to just under half a second over Lieb.
9h51m LMP2: Pla is now within 40 seconds of OAK Racing team-mate Gonzalez, though he is due a pitstop in the next few laps.
9h49m LMP1: The #13 Rebellion Toyota has been handed a 30-second pitlane speeding penalty. Belicchi is two laps up on the Strakka car, so he will retain the lead of the privateer ranks when he takes his punishment.
9h47m LMP2: Leader Gonzalez is into the pits.
9h47m GTE Am: Jean-Karl Vernay had closed to within 14 seconds of Patrick Dempsey, but then dives into the pits. The American now has a 30s advantage over the second-place #55 AF Corse Ferrari.
9h45m Oil being reported at the Porsche Curves.
9h45m GTE Pro: Turner heads into the pits for his ninth stop, putting him on the same cycle as leader Bell and the #92 Manthey Porsche currently being driven by Lieb.
9h42m GTE Pro: Rob Bell has been able to pit in the #99 Aston Martin and return in the lead, 21 seconds ahead of Darren Turner in the sister #97 machine.
9h42m LMP1: Kristensen is slowly pulling away from Sarrazin, who's one lap down of course. He's lapping in the 3m29s whereas the Toyota is around the 3m32 mark.
9h41m LMP2: After his off at Arnage, Niederhauser is now reported to be slow through the Porsche Curves.
9h39m LMP1: As that happened, the #3 and #1 Audis have dived into the pits for standard stops. Lucas di Grassi and Marcel Fassler at the respective wheels.
9h39m GTE Am: Roda well and truly beached, but the snatch vehicle is at least on scene.
9h37m GTE AM: Leader Roda is in the gravel at the Esses. Dempsey takes the sister Proton car into the lead.
Yellow flag
9h36m LMP2: Yellows out again as #34 takes to the gravel at the Mulsanne corner. Patric Niederhauser had just set two quick sectors before that off.
By: Jamie O'Leary, Gary Watkins, Sam Tremayne, Scott Mitchell, Geoff Creighton, Matt Beer
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