Le Mans 2013 81st Le Mans 24 Hours
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21h09m LMP1: Lapierre's stop elevates Jarvis to third. That battle will run to the flag.
21h08m LMP1: Lotterer unlaps himself again from Jarvis, the #1 now seven laps behind the #3 Audi.
21h03m LMP1: Lapierre pits shortly after his team-mate.
21h02m LMP2: Brilliantly, Pierre Mondolot is trying to fix the #45 OAK Morgan at the side of the track with the car's emergency kit and is being given instructions from the team over a phone borrowed from a marshal.
21h02m LMP2: Stewards not happy with the driver rotation plan of the #38 Jota Zytek squad, handing out a 10 second stop/go penalty for exceeding the four-hour maximum driving time. It's Oliver Turvey behind the wheel right now.
21h01m LMP1: Davidson pits from second in the #8 Toyota.
21h00m LMP2: Bertrand Baguette is now onboard the class-leading #35 OAK Morgan with a 2m01s lead over Pla, chasing in the #24.
20h58m 
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20h57m LMP1: The #12 Rebellion has been wheeled back into the garage. More problems for Prost and co.
20h56m GTE AM: Raymond Narac is now at the wheel of the class-leading #76 Porsche with a solid lead over the #55 AF Corse Ferrari.
20h55m GTE Pro: Just six seconds now between Turner and Lieb. The Aston is closing but it's in very small amounts. What it is doing is setting us up for an epic final three hours.
20h51m LMP2: The two fastest cars in the class at the moment are the #43 Morand Morgan-Judd of Franck Mailleux and Oliver Turvey in the #38 Jota Zytek-Nissan.
Turvey is 20s behind Mailleux and is eighth, but is lapping 3s quicker. Both have a three-lap disadvantage to the sixth-placed TDS ORECA of Ludovic (don't call me Bond) Badey.
Turvey is 20s behind Mailleux and is eighth, but is lapping 3s quicker. Both have a three-lap disadvantage to the sixth-placed TDS ORECA of Ludovic (don't call me Bond) Badey.
20h50m LMP2: Service for the #26 Oreca with Mike Conway remaining at the controls. Michael Krumm in the #42 Greaves car had been slowly closing to make that a scrap over the final P2 podium spot, with a gap of 1m40s.
20h48m LMP1: Jarvis has the gap to Nakajima down to 21s.
20h46m GTE Pro: It's getting very close at the front now; Darren Turner's #97 Aston Martin is now only 6.5s behind Lieb's leading #92 Porsche.
After everything AMR has been through this weekend, there will be very few neutrals not willing it on.
After everything AMR has been through this weekend, there will be very few neutrals not willing it on.
20h45m The weather doesn't seem to know what to do as sunshine breaks out on the pit straight and the track is dry again.
20h42m LMP1: Duval pits and resumes, as the #7 Toyota runs wide at Dunlop as he passes a slower car.
20h42m LMP2: More trouble for the #45, which is now in the gravel at the second chicane after a spin for Phillipe Mondolot.
20h39m 
LMP2: The Caterham-backed Greaves Zytek #41 continues to progress towards the first page of timing as it moves up to 26th overall. Alex Rossi has been putting in some strong pace in that entry, which was delayed by early suspension trouble and an off under safety car overnight.
We'll have another update from Caterham's Mike Gascoyne in his exclusive AUTOSPORT blog later on.
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LMP2: The Caterham-backed Greaves Zytek #41 continues to progress towards the first page of timing as it moves up to 26th overall. Alex Rossi has been putting in some strong pace in that entry, which was delayed by early suspension trouble and an off under safety car overnight.
We'll have another update from Caterham's Mike Gascoyne in his exclusive AUTOSPORT blog later on.
20h37m LMP2: OAK #24 makes a stop to switch Brundle for Olivier Pla. He's away to continue the chase of #35, which is now almost a lap ahead before the next stop for the class leader.
20h36m LMP1: Lotterer unlaps himself from Nakajima. The #1 Audi, lying fifth, is now five laps behind.
20h32m GTE Pro: After Lieb pitted in the factory Porsche, the gap shrunk to 7.4s. This race is far from done.
20h30m It is looking quite dark in the direction of Arnage, so there may be more rain on the way.
Rain
20h28m Rain reported around the track - we see it! On the start/finish straight.
20h27m LMP2: Brundle putting on a chase at the moment in the #24 OAK Morgan with some 3m40s pace. There's a 2m12s gap ahead to the class-leading #35.
20h27m GTE Pro: A trip through the Arnage gravel for Al Faisal in the #66 JMW Ferrari.
20h23m GTE Pro: Turner pits - he was 0.5s quicker than the factory Porsche on that last lap. First move from Aston.
20h20m LMP1: Full service for the #8 Toyota, which heads out the pits and on its way.
20h20m LMP2: The #45 OAK art car is back underway after that Ferrari assault in the pitlane. It's down in 42nd overall but up to speed again.
20h19m GTE Pro: The battle continues to rage at the front with Lieb responding to Turner's pressure. Eight seconds separate the cars on track.
20h16m 
GTE Am: Meanwhile, an off in Am for the #75 Prospeed Porsche at Indianapolis. Sebastien Crubile has dragged the car out of the gravel and is back underway.
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GTE Am: Meanwhile, an off in Am for the #75 Prospeed Porsche at Indianapolis. Sebastien Crubile has dragged the car out of the gravel and is back underway.
Crash
20h15m GTE Pro: Shunt in the pitlane where Malucelli is blindly released into the path of the #45 OAK LMP2. The OAK car is spun, and now the incident's under investigation.
20h13m LMP1: The #3 Audi is fitted with new boots, Jarvis replaces the Brazilian and he's on his way.
20h12m LMP2: Strong pace from Brendon Hartley in the #48 Murphy Prototypes Oreca at the moment with a new best for that machine of 3m40.434s. He's 15th overall and closing on Oliver Turvey's #38.
20h11m LMP1:...And just like that, di Grassi pits.
20h10m LMP1: di Grassi is on the prowl - third place is almost in sight, literally. The #7 Toyota is 15s up the road and the Audi is gaining fast. We'd suggest - barring a pitstop - that it'll be an Audi 1-3 by the end of the hour.
20h05m LMP1: Leader Loic Duval pits for fuel and rejoins still leading. No tyres, no driver change.
20h04m Less than four hours remain to the end of the race, meaning that each car's next driver change could be its last, as per the rules limiting each driver to four hours max in every six.
19h59m GTE Pro: The battle for honours is hardly settling down. Darren Turner in the #97 Aston Martin has taken two seconds out of Marc Lieb's #92 Porsche in the past three laps and is now only 8.8s behind.
19h54m LMP1: Marcel Fassler is into the pits from fifth. He's seven laps behind fourth-placed di Grassi in the #3 car and stays on board.
By: Jamie O'Leary, Gary Watkins, Sam Tremayne, Scott Mitchell, Geoff Creighton, Matt Beer
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