Le Mans 2013 81st Le Mans 24 Hours
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16h41m LMP1: Treluyer pits in the #1 Audi.
16h41m LMP2: The #45 OAK - that's Jacques Nicolet at the wheel - is limping round, and he seems to be have issues controlling it at low speed.
16h33m A warning to all drivers about respecting the track limits on the exit of the first Mulsanne chicane.
16h33m LMP1: Treluyer has made it past Nick Leventis' Strakka HPD over the past few laps and is now 30s ahead of the Brit.
16h32m LMP1: Yowza! Benoit Treluyer squeezes himself into a tiny gap between Mark Patterson's #48 Murphy ORECA and Sarrazin's #8 Toyota out of Tertre Rouge and nicks a lap back from both. It was close though, the Frenchman just inches away from a nasty accident.
16h29m LMP1: Sarrazin takes over from Buemi and a tyre change for the #8 Toyota too.
16h28m LMP1: Pla leads Baguette by 28.8s in LMP2 but is very much out of sequence in terms of pitting as he's yet to make stop number 21.
16h26m 
LMP1: Slow stop for Jani in the #12 Rebellion-Lola, which spent three minutes in the pits.
LMP1: Slow stop for Jani in the #12 Rebellion-Lola, which spent three minutes in the pits.
16h22m LMP1: Buemi comes up to lap Wurz but loses a bit of time at Tertre Rouge as they both catch a slower GTE Pro car.
16h21m LMP2: Kimber-Smith finally gets the hobbled #41 car back to the pits.
16h19m LMP1: Lucas di Grassi pits in the #3 Audi. That car is steadily working its way towards a podium spot and will soon be challenging the #7 Toyota.
16h17m GTE Pro: Senna, third on the road, is the fastest of the lead trio in the #99 Aston Martin. He's nine seconds behind Dumbreck in the #97 Vantage - having made a stop more than the sister car.
16h14m LMP2: The #41 Greaves car is suffering from suspension damage and Tom Kimber-Smith is limping the car back to the pits.
16h13m LMP1: Leader Duval makes his 23rd stop and hands his car over to Tom Kristensen. His lead is well and truly intact.
16h11m GTE Am: A spin for the third-placed #61 AF Corse Ferrari of Jack Gerber, and not for the first time today either.
That will allow the #77 Dempsey Del Piero Porsche, now being driven by team owner Patrick Dempsey, to close in.
That will allow the #77 Dempsey Del Piero Porsche, now being driven by team owner Patrick Dempsey, to close in.
16h07m GTE Pro: Senna has been into the pits in the #99 Aston Martin and has fallen from first to third. Lietz is back in the lead in the #92 Porsche with Peter Dumbreck third in the #97 Aston.
Senna should get the lead back once the other two make their next stops, but with Lietz off-sequence, this could get interesting...
Senna should get the lead back once the other two make their next stops, but with Lietz off-sequence, this could get interesting...
16h01m LMP1: Benoit Treluyer is now only 2m25s behind seventh-placed Nick Leventis, and is lapping around 15s faster than the Strakka HPD.
Remember, every position is crucial in the race for the FIA World Endurance Championship and with Le Mans counting for double points, the #1 Audi crew can ill afford to lose ground to their rivals.
Remember, every position is crucial in the race for the FIA World Endurance Championship and with Le Mans counting for double points, the #1 Audi crew can ill afford to lose ground to their rivals.
15h58m LMP2: Not for the first time in the race, the #32 Lotus-Praga, now being driven by Thomas Holzer, is being reported as having a door open.
15h57m LMP2: Jann Mardenborough, third in category, rejoins the track after another stop for the #42 Greaves Zytek-Nissan.
He's now just 14s ahead of fourth-placed Mike Conway. A Great battle is in store for the final podium spot in the class.
He's now just 14s ahead of fourth-placed Mike Conway. A Great battle is in store for the final podium spot in the class.
15h54m LMP2: Rodin Younessi, 16th in class, has been given a 30s stop/go penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
15h53m GTE Am: The picture has changed again in the fight for the podium spots. Leader Narac has just pitted again to hand over to #76 Imsa Porsche's fastest driver; Jean-Karl Vernay.
The #61 Ferrari has been back into the pits with Matt Griffin handing over to Jack Gerber.
That's dropped it to fourth, behind team-mate Lorenzo Case in the #55 AF Corse machine, while Pat Long has recovered to third in the #77 Dempsey Del Piero Porsche.
The #61 Ferrari has been back into the pits with Matt Griffin handing over to Jack Gerber.
That's dropped it to fourth, behind team-mate Lorenzo Case in the #55 AF Corse machine, while Pat Long has recovered to third in the #77 Dempsey Del Piero Porsche.
15h47m LMP1: The #13 Rebellion Lola-Toyota of Mathias Beche has a loose engine cover. That will almost certainly necessitate an extra pitstop to avoid a technical penalty.
15h46m GTE Am: Matt Griffin has brought the #61 AF Corse Ferrari - which led the class for the first four hours, remember - back up to second. He's 52s ahead of the #55, which is now driven by Lorenzo Case, but has made one less stop.
15h43m 
GTE Pro: News from the pits is that the #92 Porsche had a brake-disc change at that last stop. That's how he lost the time.
GTE Pro: News from the pits is that the #92 Porsche had a brake-disc change at that last stop. That's how he lost the time.
15h40m GTE Pro: Unseen by us, class leader Richard Lietz has lost around 90 seconds in the pits after stopping last time around.
That's dropped the #92 Porsche 45s behind the #99 Aston Martin, which had a trip through the gravel at Indianapolis a lap earlier with Frederic Makowiecki at the wheel, and is now driven by Bruno Senna.
That's dropped the #92 Porsche 45s behind the #99 Aston Martin, which had a trip through the gravel at Indianapolis a lap earlier with Frederic Makowiecki at the wheel, and is now driven by Bruno Senna.
15h38m LMP2: Mike Conway's on it in the #26 Delta-ADR ORECA-Nissan. Two best times of the race for that car in a row is impressive, but it's a long way behind the third-placed #42 Greaves car.
15h36m LMP1: The 22nd stop of the race for the #2 Audi.
15h36m LMP2: The #32 Lotus-Praga runs wide at Mulsanne Corner and goes deep into the gravel. Dominik Kraihamer's in the car. It's being towed by a tractor at the moment.
15h33m GTE Am: The #70 Larbre Chevrolet Corvette - last of the runners - is not having a good tme of it. Rodrigues spins again - he was a regular offender in his first stint - this time on the exit of the Porsche Curves.
15h31m LMP1: Gene's likely to need to pit soon in the #3 Audi but for the time being he's just one minute now behind Wurz in the #7 Toyota.
15h30m LMP1: Benoit Treluyer is lapping faster than anyone - 3m24.174s the last effort - and you'd have fancied him to move further forward had Jonny Kane's own pace in the Strakka HPD not been quite as impressive.
Kane's been steadily lowering the #21 car's pace and his last lap, a personal best, was 3m30.88s - quicker than the #3 Audi and the #12 Rebellion.
Kane's been steadily lowering the #21 car's pace and his last lap, a personal best, was 3m30.88s - quicker than the #3 Audi and the #12 Rebellion.
15h28m LMP2: At Mulsanne Corner, Brandela is off yet AGAIN in the #39 DKR Lola-Judd.
15h26m LMP1: Audi's advantage at the front is 3m15s as Duval continues his charge. Buemi cannot get within 3s of the #2 Audi's time on each lap and the second Toyota - the #7 of Wurz - is not just 2m15s clear of Gene in the #3 Audi.
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15h24m LMP2: Marino Franchitti on the fire-happy #33 Level 5 HPD: "It's definitely affected the car's driveability. The balance has not been ideal. Ryan [Briscoe] seems to be able to deal with a little bit better. With all the setbacks we've had I'm just happy we're still in there."
15h20m LMP2: Bertrand Baguette pits the #35 OAK car to hand the lead back to the team's other Morgan-Nissan - the #24 in the hands of Pla.
15h17m LMP2: The #33 Level 5 HPD, in the pits with Marino Franchitti handing over to Scott Tucker, is on fire in the pitlane. It's not the first time - though on this occasion there's a much bigger burst of flames - and as before, it pulls out to rejoin the track.
15h15m LMP2: Mardenborough runs straight on at the first Mulsanne chicane - not long after a minor mistake at the Ford esses- he's third in the #42 Greaves car.
15h14m GTE Am: The #75 ProSpeed Porsche of Emmanuel Collard enters the pit with a puncture.
15h08m 
The desks here in the Le Mans press room have lockable drawers to keep your laptops/overalls etc in.
We opened ours and found this... Yuk!
Sam Tremayne informs us that AUTOSPORT had these very same desks last year. Not pointing any fingers, but....
The desks here in the Le Mans press room have lockable drawers to keep your laptops/overalls etc in.
We opened ours and found this... Yuk!
Sam Tremayne informs us that AUTOSPORT had these very same desks last year. Not pointing any fingers, but....
15h06m LMP2: Matt Howson goes off at the same place that Luhr had done recently. He takes a bit of a trip through the gravel before rejoining the circuit; the driver of the #47 KCMG Morgan-Nissan 12th in class.
By: Jamie O'Leary, Gary Watkins, Sam Tremayne, Scott Mitchell, Geoff Creighton, Matt Beer
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