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LMP1
Tandy is lapping in the 3m28s. How slow does Porsche want to go. It's got to make sure that its drivers don't lose concentration.
LMP2
Beche has just pitted from third place in the #13 Rebellion.
Tandy is now leading by eight laps. This is my 27th Le Mans and I'm pretty sure I've never seen such a big lead in all my time here. Four laps, yes, like when Kristensen, McNish and Capello were dominating in 2007 before a wheel parted company with their Audi R10 TDI. But eight laps? I'm confident I've never seen that.
GTE PRO
What we meant to say is that Calado pitted out of the lead and Pier Guidi has taken over. That means Adam has now returned to the front in the #97 Aston.
LMP1
Pier Guidi has just pitted out of third place in GTE Pro in the #51 AF Ferrari.
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GTE AM
The #50 Larbre Corvette of Rees has had a brief off and continued.
LMP2
Do not adjust your screen, this really is the overall order at 2am in France:
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GTE PRO
Calado's lead in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari over Adam in the #97 Aston Martin is 3s.
LMP1
The #1 Porsche of Tandy is on its outlap now. Just has the eight-lap lead now! There are still two other P1 cars running, with the #2 Porsche of Bamber 18 laps down and the #8 Toyota of Davidson 28 laps behind.
Pit stop
Laurent brings the #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA into the pits from third in class.
GTE PRO
The #51 AF Corse Ferrari of Calado leads after the #92 Porsche of Estre pitted under the safety car.
LMP2
The leading LMP2 car, the #31 Rebellion of Beche, is now scored in second place overall as the #9 Toyota has been formally withdrawn.
We're wracking our brains here and it seems that the last time a car on Dunlop tyres finished on the podium at Le Mans was when Mazda won here in 1991. Rollcentre had a near miss of sorts with fourth place in 2007.
Green flag
The safety car is in, let's go racing again!
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Pit stop
The #35 Signatech ORECA of Negrao is in the pits. That car moved up to fourth in LMP2 after Trummer's shunt.
LMP1
All of this means the #1 Porsche currently driven by Tandy has a massive lead. The #9 Toyota is still scored in second, but it's stopped for good, so the de facto second place car is the #31 Rebellion of Prost, which is eight laps down.
LMP2
It won't be too long before the class-leading #31 Rebellion ORECA moves into second place overall!
There were shots of a tearful Hugues de Chaunac from ORECA in the Toyota pit, but any tears from his accountant will be of the crocodile variety. We might have a two of his 07 LMP2s on the podiums, and we're sure that's going to be rather good for sales.
Safety car
We're still under safety car conditions here at Le Mans.
GTE AM
The #84 Ferrari JMW Ferrari of Vanthoor is leading GTE Am comfortably.
GTE PRO
The top five in GTE Pro, the #92 Porsche, the #51 Ferrari, the #69 Ford, the #97 Aston Martin and the #95 Aston Martin are all together in one group. Further back, the #91 Porsche, the #71 Porsche, the #63 Corvette, the #68 Ford and the #67 Ford are in the next group. Those cars are all on the lead lap.
LMP1
It was a possibility we all talked about, but given there's no scenario so bizarre that we can't even imagine it here right now, an LMP2 car is going to finish on the podium. And quite possibly two of them.
LMP2
The LMP2-leading #31 Rebellion ORECA of Prost is in the safety car group ahead of the #13 Rebellion ORECA and the #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA of Laurent.
LMP1
The team have told Lapierre that it's game over. We can now say with some certainty that Toyota is not going to win Le Mans this year.
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LMP1
The door is open of the #9 Toyota. Lapierre is climbing out. Is he going to try to fix the car or is he going to walk away?
LMP1
Stranded, in view of the pits:
LMP1
Noooo! Lapierre has stopped again. The drama is unbelievable.
LMP1
Lapierre is inching down the track towards the pitlane entry. Can he make it? Can you bear to look?
LMP1
Replays suggest that the #9 Toyota may have made contact with the #47 Villorba Ligier of Sernagiotto, which was coming out of the pits.
LMP1
More drama. Lapierre is going again. He's in the Porsche Curves and the Toyota mechanics jump to in the pits.
Safety car
The safety car is now out to clear this all up.
LMP1
We're lost for words. Here's the #9 car:
Two red blobs next to the Toyotas still listed in second and third positions is a gut-wrenching sight for anyone hoping for a classic Le Mans dog fight.
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By: Matt Beer
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