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Le Mans 2017: The race
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Mike Conway on his first stint in the race-leading #7 car: “It was a good first stint. I was just basically controlling things, keeping up a steady pace and trying not to do anything silly. The track is quite dirty so you have to be careful not to get pick up; I had to learn that in the first stint. All in all, the car is good and we just keep chipping away.”
Pit stop
Prost brings the LMP2-leading #31 Rebellion into the pits for tyres and fuel.
GTE PRO
A burst of pitstops for the GTE Pro entries from second-placed Tincknell downwards.
Driver Change
Canal has taken over the #31 Rebellion ORECA.
Pit stop
The #2 Porsche is still in the garage, and as a result has now dropped behind LMP2 leaders Hirschi, Heinemeier Hansson and Canal.
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Lapierre explains the damage sustained to the #9 Toyota on lap one, which hindered the car up to its first pitstop when it took on a new front end: “The Bykolles touched something in front of me and a piece damaged our front end. So the first stint was really difficult with less downforce. The car was much better after we changed the front end and we were back to normal. It felt good and I could push.”
LMP2
The slow zone timing has hurt the #31 Rebellion that was leading. Canal is now in third place, 16s behind the #13 Rebellion that was leading. On the road leader is the #24 Manor ORECA of Hirschi, but that is due to stop.
Crash
Bernhard tells Eurosport's TV crew that the #2 car has lost front-axle drive.
Pit stop
Hirschi brings the temporarily LMP2-leading #24 Manor ORECA into the pits.
LMP1
This front-axle problem for Bamber's Porsche has already proved very costly with the #2 car so far dropping four laps on the leaders.
LMP2
So the #13 Rebellion ORECA is back up into the lead with Heinemeier Hansson at the wheel. Canal is second, but now only 11.5s behind. Third is the #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA of Laurent.
GTE PRO
That last round of stops worked out well for the #51 Ferrari - they've put Calado right behind the #92 Porsche, now driven by Werner (in for Christensen). Calado got by into the first chicane on the Mulsanne, only for Werner to retake the position on the straight. This battle is for seventh at the moment.
Pit stop
Another scheduled stop from the #9 Toyota, with Lopez coming in from fourth.
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LMP2
That slow zone being in force around the pitstops has had a dramatic impact on the race at the front. The #37 Jackie Chan DC ORECA has dropped to fifth and is now 62s behind.
Crash
Heinemeier Hansson, in the #13 Rebellion ORECA, does some gravel-tracking while trying to find the pace to hold off Canal in the #31 Rebellion ORECA. He gets away with it and, actually, has avoided losing much time.
LMP2
The gap between the top two is down to 11s, with Heinemier Hansson leading Canal.
LMP2
Scary moment for the LMP2 leader at the first chicane:
LMP2
The # 28 TDS ORECA did get back out on track. Vaxiviere is running 16th.
Driver Change
GTE Pro leader Serra has pitted to hand over the #97 Aston to Adam.
LMP2
What's going on at the front tells you the value of a strong silver driver. The top five are all silver-rated, and Laurent is the fastest of all in third in the #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA and making big inroads. He's now just 44s off the lead.
Pit stop
There have been more stops among the LMP1 cars with Kobayashi, Tandy and Davidson stopping from first, second and third but all three have remained in their cars.
GTE PRO
The leader's pitstop means the out-of-sequence #66 Ford currently driven by Johnson now leads the class - by 1.7s from Adam.
GTE PRO
More germane is the gap between Adam and Derani, who has taken over the #67 Ford from Tincknell: 0.6s
LMP1
Porsche in the pits. Mechanics currently working on the #2 car's front-axle problem. Photo: LAT
Those are 15-lap stints for the leading #7 Toyota and the #1 Porsche. Don't read two much into it, though. The multiple slow zones have allowed the cars to stretch their fuel allocation.
GTE PRO
The #66 car could still give Adam a headache, given that it's at least two laps away from its pitstop window.
LMP2
The top 11 in LMP2 are still on the lead lap. Last of those is the #47 Villorba Corse Dallara, currently driven by Sernagiotto.
GTE PRO
Werner spins the #92 Porsche at Dunlop after contact with one of the works Corvettes.
Crash
Buret spins in the ##23 Panis Barthez Ligier and rejoins.
LMP1
Davidson is starting to catch Tandy again for second. The #8 Toyota was nearly 25s behind after its recent pitstop but Davidson has now cut the gap to the Porsche down by five seconds.
GTE PRO
Here's a spinning Werner from moments ago. It's still not quite clear which of the Corvettes he had contact with.
LMP1
But no sooner had Davidson reduced that gap to Tandy, it grows again after a poor lap drops the Toyota back by three more seconds.
LMP1
This really does seem to be the end of the hopes of winning the race for the #2 Porsche. It is still in the garage and has now dropped 10 laps behind. It would need Toyota's 'curse' to return pretty spectacularly for it to have a chance at glory.
LMP2
The gap between the two Rebellion ORECAs up front is ebbing and flowing from 9-11s. Heinemeier Hansson leads from Canal and both seem to have similar pace when not in traffic.
LMP1
Kobayashi is starting to build a commanding position at the head of the field. His lead over Tandy is now up to 41s and he's lapping at least a second per lap quicker than any of the other LMP1 cars.
GTE PRO
Now that Johnson has obligingly brought in the anomalous #66 Ford into the pits, Adam leads by 2.8s in the #97 Aston from Derani in the #67 Ford. Following Porsche's misfortunes, the #51 Ferrari is back in the top three, now driven by Pier Guidi again, 20s down. He has Fassler 9.3s behind him in the #64 Corvette, but he's pulling away. Fassler needs to be mindful of the Kaffer in the #82 Ferrari, 14.5s aft and closing in.
Pit stop
Heinemeier Hansson brings the LMP2-leading Rebellion ORECA into the pits for its latest stop.
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LMP2
Canal has brought the #31 Rebellion ORECA into the pits at the end of lap 68. He rejoins and is just over six seconds off the lead.
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