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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 2017: The race

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Pit stop
Ragues brings the #35 Signatech ORECA, which runs fourth in LMP2 and fifth overall, in for a stop.
Pit stop
Heinemeier Hansson brings the #13 Rebellion ORECA into the pits, which allows Tung to take the LMP2 lead in the Jota-run #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA.
GTE AM
The leading #84 JMW Ferrari makes a stop. Vanthoor stays at the wheel.
LMP1
Lotterer has taken over at the wheel of the leading #1 Porsche. That car is now not far off being 10 laps ahead of second place.
LMP2
The #31 Rebellion rejoins, but Prost was in the pits for almost five minutes.
Crash
The LMP2-leading #31 Rebellion ORECA of Prost comes into the pits and is pulled into the garage. It looks like the team is changing the nose.
LMP2
Tung has made his pitstop in the #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA and slips back to third. That means the Rebellion ORECAs are back to running first and second.
LMP1
There's not a great deal to say about the leading #1 Porsche at the moment, except that it's Tandy driving, it seems not to be missing a beat and it has an eight-lap lead over the second-placed car, which is the LMP2 ORECA of Prost.
LMP1
News from Toyota. Lapierre had a fuel cut as he was going through the Dunlop Curve and was hit from behind by Trummer in the #25 Manor ORECA. The drivetrain was damaged in the impact and that explained his failure to get the car back to the pits.
Driver Change
Beche brings the #13 Rebellion ORECA into the pits and hands over to Heinemeier Hansson. That car has dropped to third.
GTE PRO
It's still Aston, Aston, Ferrari nose to tail at the front in GTE Pro.
LMP2
Replays are showing that Lapierre tagged Trummer in the #25 Manor ORECA when he spun on entry into the Dunlop Chicane. That contract precipitated the monster crash for the Swiss P2 driver.
LMP1
Davidson brings the #8 Toyota into the pits. That car is just the 29 laps down and in 48th overall.
LMP2
A quick lap there from Vergne in the #24 Manor ORECA, a 3m29.817s. That's the quickest we've seen from that car.
Information
Race control warns teams there is debris on the right hand side of the track in the final part of the Mulsanne Straight.
GTE PRO
Adam has moved ahead of team-mate Stanaway in the GTE Pro battle. They are separated by a tad over a second, with Pier Guidi right behind them in the #51 AF Ferrari
Pit stop
Bradley brings the #40 Graff ORECA into the pits from fifth place in LMP2..
Pit stop
The #92 Porsche of Estre dives into the pits.
GTE PRO
As the pitstop sequence cycles through, the #95 and #97 Aston Martins have moved back to the front.
Slow Zone
We've still got a slow zone at the Porsche Curves.
LMP2
Prost brings the #31 Rebellion ORECA into the pits for a stop.
Pit stop
The leading #1 Porsche of Tandy is making a scheduled pitstop. It should just about re-emerge still in the lead given the eight lap advantage it now has!
Here's the #49 Bratislava Ligier of Calko in the Porsche Curves gravel

Here's the #49 Bratislava Ligier of Calko in the Porsche Curves gravel

Slow Zone
There's a slow zone at the Porsche Curves to deal with the #49 Bratislava Ligier.
Gary Watkins
The GTE Pro guys have all cycled through their stops and its an Aston one-two at the top of the class. Sorensen leads Adam by a second.
Crash
It's the #49 Bratislava Ligier driven by Calko, which has spun into the gravel.
Yellow flag
There's a yellow flag at the Porsche Curves.
Gary Watkins
What do the drivers battling for third overall at the moment have in common? Probably many things, but they have both been profiled by me in Autosport magazine's 'Introducing' column over the years. Was really impressed by Beche when he first arrived on the scene with TDS six or so years ago and likewise Laurent this year. They have both cut their racing teeth in Asia, something else they have in common. You can read about Laurent if you rush out tomorrow and buy a copy of Autosport.
GTE AM
Bell has had a spin in the #62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari and comes into the pits.
GTE PRO
The GTE Pro leaderboard is changing all the time as the top cars make their stops. There are 10 cars on the lead lap and they appear to be taking turns to run at the front. For the record, right now it is the #71 AF Ferrari at the top of the leadboard with Molina behind the wheel.
LMP2
Beche is now a shade under 10s down on Prost and closing in, but he's also got Laurent on his tail in the #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA.
LMP2
Beche actually pitted out of the class lead - otherwise known as second overall - and is now third behind the sister Rebellion ORECA with Prost at the wheel.

By: Matt Beer

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