Le Mans 2013 Wednesday practice & qualifying
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Half an hour in and here are the class leaders…
LMP1: #1 Audi (Lotterer) 3m29.581s
LMP2: #33 Level 5 HPD (Franchitti) 3m46.718s
GTE Pro: #91 Porsche (Bergmeister) 4m02.022s
GTE Am: #95 Aston Martin (Poulsen) 4m07.804s
LMP1: #1 Audi (Lotterer) 3m29.581s
LMP2: #33 Level 5 HPD (Franchitti) 3m46.718s
GTE Pro: #91 Porsche (Bergmeister) 4m02.022s
GTE Am: #95 Aston Martin (Poulsen) 4m07.804s
LMP2 runner Mark Patterson has a spin at the Ford chicane in the #48 Murphy Prototypes ORECA-Nissan. He's come to rest just short of the barriers and will continue. He lost it on entry to the first part of the chicane.
Stopwatch
Both Lotterer and McNish improve their times to pull away at the head of the field. Lotterer, who has won this race for the past two years, is now setting the pace in 3m29.581s.
Crash
We have another spinner; this time the G-Drive/Delta-ADR ORECA-Nissan of Shinji Nakano. He appeared to lose control at the first part of the Ford chicane and spin into the tyre wall, making light contact with the barrier. He has continued.
Nakano is competing in LMP2 and lies seventh in the class times currently. Setting the pace is the Level 5 HPD of Marino Franchitti in 3m51.301s.
Nakano is competing in LMP2 and lies seventh in the class times currently. Setting the pace is the Level 5 HPD of Marino Franchitti in 3m51.301s.
Stopwatch
Lotterer has reduced the pace-setting time to 3m31.859s at the head of the field. He's 1.8s clear of Allan McNish in the sister Audi R18 e-tron quattro.
One of the Rebellion cars has a scary-looking spin in the middle of the Porsche Curves, but manages to continue without being ploughed into. It looked like the #12 of Nick Heidfeld.
The track still appears a little greasy after earlier rain, but there's no question that slicks are the right tyres for the conditions. Track temperature is up to 29 degrees.
We have a stationary Audi at the Dunlop Esses. It's the #3 of Oliver Jarvis. He had a spin, replays showing the Brit taking to the grass as he crested the hill, and gyrating.
Stopwatch
Audi hits the track first and it's Lotterer sending the #1 car straight to the head of the timesheets in 3m38.319s. That's just the 15 seconds off last year's pole time.
Twitter
Toyota Audi WEC Le Mans 2013
TOYOTA Racing: "#7 @Nico_Lapierre and #8 @Sebastien_buemi on track"
Audi Sport: "Starting drivers: No.1 @Andre_Lotterer, No.3 @LucasdiGrassi, No.2 still in pits"
Twitter
Corvette Racing: "For this first stint, @jordan10taylor is in the #73 and @olivergavin is in the #74. Both Compuware Corvettes on track. #24LM"
Green flag
The green lights are on at the end of the pitlane. Le Mans 2013 is officially underway!
The on-track action is about to get underway with the opening free practice session here in France and you can keep up on top of everything important going on right here with our rolling blog.
Here's how the timetable looks for the rest of the day.
Practice 1: 16:00-20:00 local time
Qualifying: 22:00-00:00 local time
Your AUTOSPORT team for the event is Gary Watkins, Jamie O'Leary, Sam Tremayne, Scott Mitchell and Geoff Creighton.
Here's how the timetable looks for the rest of the day.
Practice 1: 16:00-20:00 local time
Qualifying: 22:00-00:00 local time
Your AUTOSPORT team for the event is Gary Watkins, Jamie O'Leary, Sam Tremayne, Scott Mitchell and Geoff Creighton.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Le Mans 24 Hours right here on AUTOSPORT.com
By: Jamie O'Leary, Sam Tremayne, Gary Watkins, Scott Mitchell
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