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Le Mans 2017: The race
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One unseen part of Autosport's Le Mans live coverage is the number of accidental 'pocket dial' phone calls Gary Watkins has been producing. He's proving to be a master of this.
Pit stop
Tyres are being changed and the car is now sent on its way.
Driver Change
And Bernhard is ready to jump into the only P1 car that stands a chance of winning this race.
Pit stop
Hartley now pits in the #2 Porsche.
GTE PRO
The #63 Corvette pits for a driver change - Magnussen relaying to Taylor - yet still manages to emerge ahead of the #97 Aston. But Serra isn't hanging about and he makes short work of the Corvette, asserting himself at the second Mulsanne chicane again.
LMP1
Hartley is starting to take greater chunks of time out of Laurent in the lead. The #2 Porsche gained 12 seconds on the last lap alone.
LMP2
Overall standings with 2h30 to go. We've added the 'last lap' column to the right-hand side, that is going to be crucial in the outcome of this race:
Pit stop
The #35 Signatech Alpine of Negrao has made a stop. It holds second in class and third overall.
LMP1
It's easy to forget there are still two LMP1 cars in this race. The #8 Toyota TS050 is still circulating quickly - only just over a second a lap slower than the fastest of the race so far last time around - down in ninth.
LMP2
Rubens Barrichello is on track in the #29 DTN Dallara. That car hasn't been a serious contender in class, but is holding 11th place. Not bad for a 45-year-old rookie!
LMP2
The #34 Tockwith Ligier holds ninth place in the hands of Hanson. That team is taking a very wise conservative approach to this race and it's paying off. Former F1 driver and Autosport contributor Karun Chandhok is part of that team and has to complete a quintuple stint yesterday in the hottest part of the day with the drinks bottle not working for three out of the five stints. "I haven't felt so dehydrated since the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix," he reports.
LMP1
It looks like Bernhard is getting ready to take the place of Hartley in the #2 Porsche. It will fall to the German to bid for a win for the German manufacturer.
LMP1
At the moment Hartley is lapping around three seconds quicker than race leader Laurent in the #38 DC Racing-run ORECA. So it will still be quite a while before the #2 Porsche is in a position to challenge for the lead.
We'll remember this year's Le Mans as a race of retirements, but it is worth pointing out that there are only 11 DNFs so far from 60 entries.
LMP2
The #13 Rebellion ORECA and the #40 Graff ORECA have both made stops. Those cars run third and seventh in class respectively.
LMP1
Lotterer is talking to Jacky Ickx in the Porsche pit. Maybe they're discussing another chance missed for the German to creep towards the Le Mans legend's tally of six wins here.
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LMP2
The rear body was off the #13 Rebellion in that pitstop. Pit-in to pit-out was 3m30.
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The third-placed #13 Rebellion ORECA's latest stop is under investigation. And it has now just entered the pits again.
GTE PRO
Serra in for his scheduled stop just after the top of the hour in the #97 Aston, rejoining in fourth between the #67 Ford GT of Priaulx (who is 11s ahead, due a pitstop soon) and the #71 Ferrari of Rigon, who is a minute behind.
Pit stop
Talking of Nakajima, he has just pitted and as a result dropped back to 10th.
LMP1
What of the other LMP1 car in this race? Nakajima is now up to ninth in the #8 Toyota but is still 11 laps behind the leader.
GTE PRO
Serra pitted out of the GTE Pro class lead in the #97 Aston at four minutes past the hour. That raises the prospect of the car being unable to complete the race on two more pitstops. The #63 Chevy and the #91 Porsche can surely do so.
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LMP1
That delay for the race leader means Hartley has reduced the gap to one lap now in his Porsche.
LMP2
Race leader Laurent – he's the LMP2 and overall race leader – has pitted. The rear tail section was changed on the #38J Jackie Chan DC ORECA with the loss of a good minute and a half.
LMP1
Hartley needs to be extra careful through the traffic now so much is riding on his performance. It is estimated that each Porsche/Toyota driver would pass 500 cars during a 24-hour race but this edition has been slightly different with the LMP1 cars spending so much time off the track...
LMP1
There are still three hours of this race to go. Three hours for the #2 Porsche crew to prevent an LMP2 outright victory.
Pit stop
Beche has just brought the #13 car into the pits and so #2 is now up to second and is two laps behind leader Laurent in the #38 Jackie Chan DC ORECA.
LMP2
The #1 Porsche is officially retired - so we have an LMP2 car leading the Le Mans 24 Hours overall:
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There has been no further action taken over the contact between Lapierre and Trummer last night that put the #9 car out of the race.
LMP1
That stop briefly dropped Hartley back to fifth but he has quickly dispatched Ragues in the #35 Signatech ORECA.
GTE PRO
Notwithstanding the excellent job Turner and Adam have done this weekend, Serra has really sparkled. Breaking the lap record twice earlier this morning and now passing the Corvette for the lead - even if it is probably a net second or third place behind the #91 Porsche once the strategies shake out - has really helped bring this car back into contention after its earlier misfortunes.
GTE PRO
Here's a look at the wider picture in the GTE ranks:
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LMP1
Hartley brings the #2 Porsche in for a routine fuel stop and a bit of a clean around the numbers.
GTE PRO
Here's the pass for the lead in GTE Pro:
LMP1
At this stage Hartley is two laps behind Laurent who is effectively leading in the #38 DC Racing ORECA. That will take less than two hours to close the gap.
GTE PRO
Pilet brings the #91 Porsche in pretty much an hour after its last stop, elevating the #63 Corvette to fifth – but Serra (#97 Aston Martin) has been hunting him down and skilfully uses the wake of a passing LMP2 to get a run on Magnussen into the second Mulsanne chicane.
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