Le Mans 2017: Wednesday
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And Kobayashi instantly restores Toyota's position at the top of the standings. He has set a 3m20.966s which is 0.721s faster than Bamber in the Porsche. Are we now starting to see what Toyota is truly capable of?
LMP2
The #38 DC Racing ORECA of Tung is apparently going very slowly on track somewhere.
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Bird also setting the pace a-flutter, posting a 3m56.170s in the #71 AF Corse Ferrari. That's the quickest that car has gone for over an hour. That puts him fifth in class, but only for a minute because Calado crosses the line in 3m56.163s - seven hundredths quicker – in the sister car.
LMP1
Doesn't look like the #1 Porsche is going anywhere soon with the car in the garage and work taking place.
GTE PRO
Bird has properly taken flight now - 3m54.832s is nearly half a second quicker than the previous best in class.
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GTE AM
While we're not convinced anyone is going to better Lamy's 3m56.082s this session – he might not, since Dalla Lana has now taken his place in the Am class-leading #98 Aston – there has been movement further down the timesheets as Vanthoor put the #84 Ferrari second on 3m57.614 before handing over to Smith. Wee is now aboard the erstwhile class-leading #60 Ferrari that punctured at the top of the hour.
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Crash
The Proton Competition smites the barrier, rumpling the bodywork on the right-hand side and depositing part of its rear wing on track. It was running slowest of all in the hands of Lemeret.
GTE PRO
Calado improves again - 3m55.504s - but it's not enough to leapfrog the #97 Aston and he remains third in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari.
Crash
Spin for Kobayashi! The Toyota driver had been setting fast sector times but ran wide out of the final corner, got onto the gravel and spun.
GTE AM
Here's the Proton machine glancing the barrier a moment ago
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LMP1
Here's a look at the aftermath of that spin for Kobayashi at the final corner
LMP2
ORECA holds 14 of the top 15 places in LMP2. The only interloper is the #27 SMP Dallara in 10th. Shaytar set the time in that car earlier.
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Crash
There's a car off nosed against the barrier. It's an LMP2 car by the looks of it but we can't tell which one.
Slow Zone
We have a slow zone in the final part of Mulsanne. The car that's off is the #47 Dallara driven by Lacorte.
Crash
Replays also show Menezes in the #36 Signatech ORECA having a brief off track moment at the final chicane.
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The team manager of the #47 Villorba Corse Dallara that caused that slow zone and driver Lacorte have been ordered to go to race control immediately after the session.
Stopwatch
With just five minutes of practice left, Jani has put the #1 Porsche to the top of the timesheets with a 3m20.362s to go 0.604s faster than Kobayashi.
GTE PRO
The #67 Ford driven by Priaulx has had a quick spin at the final chicane.
GTE PRO
Here's the #67 Ford getting it wrong at the final chicane
Checkered flag
That's the chequered flag - end of session.
LMP1
So the #1 Porsche of Jani ends the sessions fastest, 0.604s faster than the #7 Toyota of Kobayashi.
LMP2
Fastest in LMP2 was the #26 G-Drive ORECA of Alex Lynn. That's fielded under the G-Drive banner but run by DragonSpeed. The Rebellion ORECAs were second and third with Beche second in the #13 car and Senna third in the #31 machine.
Autosport
Here's our report from that session. We'll be back in the run up to qualifying, which starts at 2200 local time at Le Mans: 
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Qualifying is scheduled to start in 12 minutes, but race control has warned of a possible delay thanks to clear up from the red-flagged Road to Le Mans practice session.
Autosport
The interesting question in this session is whether the pole position record will fall. Read all about that here 
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If you fancy something to listen to while following qualifying live, try our Le Mans preview podcast. It features 2015 winner Nick Tandy, former Audi factory driver Oliver Jarvis and Ford GT ace Harry Tincknell 
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Race control has not advised of any delay - but it has also not advised that there will be no delay. This is France, so that could mean anything.
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Qualifying is clearly delayed as there some work going on on the barriers. Should have just started, but very much hasn't.
There's various cars out in the pitlane and everyone is keen to go as the track conditions should be excellent - still some light out there.
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Race control estimates a start in 30 seconds. Looks unlikely right now...
Yup, that 30 seconds came and went without a green flag...
Autosport legendary sportscar journalist Gary Watkins is having a problem. He's lost his tea bag.
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Porsche advising that Richard Lietz will start the #91 car and Michael Christensen the #92 in this qualifying session. The new 911s showed promise during practice but slid down the order later in the session as others improved.
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