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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours 2014 The 82nd Le Mans 24 Hours

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The #2 Audi still leads, but the sister #1 car is now closing in. There's significant work going on at the rear of the car now.
Yellow flag
We have a Ferrari off at the Porsche Curves.
It's the #72 Ferrari, which took a heavy rear-end impact. The driver, Shaitar, is out of the car.
Radio Le Mans confirms that the #2 Audi is having its turbo changed.
Yellow flag
Race control is prepping a slow zone at the Porsche Curves. That will buy a little time for the #2 Audi.
Gene takes the lead in the #1 Audi, with the sister car that was leading still in the garage.
Webber has just gone into second place, while repairs continue on the #2 Audi.
Panciatici pits in the second-placed P2 car.
The nose is back on the #2 Audi and Fassler is getting some instructions, but repairs are still on-goin. It's been in the pits now for over 15 minutes.
The #2 Audi is back out - the total lost of time is about 20 minutes. It was two laps up and now it is two laps down.
Yellow flag
The safety car is out - there has been intense examination of the damaged barriers in the Porsche Curves after Shaitar's accident.
The slow zone in the Porsche Curves has to be respected during the safety-car procedure, says race control.
So, with the field neutralised by the safety car, here's how things stand in LMP1: 1 #1 Audi (Gene); 2 #20 Porsche (Webber); 3 #2 Audi (Fassler); 4 #8 Toyota (Davidson); 5 #14 Porsche (Dumas).
The #74 Chevrolet has been pulled into the garage. The car has been suffering with an oil leak.
Yellow flag
There's some grinding work being done on the barriers at Porsche Curves.
Gene and di Grassi are behind different safety cars.
In LMP2, the #35 Ligier continues to dominate. 1 #35 Ligier (Brundle); 2 #36 ORECA (Panciatici); 3 #46 Ligier (Badey); 4 #34 ORECA (Frey); 5 #38 Zytek (Turvey); 6 #24 ORECA (Charouz).
There's some mother of a piece of equipment being brought around the circuit to aid the barrier repairs in the Porsche Curves.
The GTE Pro battle has been fierce. Here's how things stand: 1 #51 Ferrari (Vilander); 2 #97 Aston Martin (Mucke); 3 #92 Porsche (Holzer); 4 #73 Chevrolet (Magnussen); 5 #74 Chevrolet (Milner); 6 #79 Porsche (MacNeil).
#8 is into the pits for a driver change and new tyres - and fuel, of course.
Yellow flag
Race control warns that when the safety car period ends, the slow zone at Porsche Curves will continue to be in place.
The #42 Greaves Zytek is in the pits. It had some trouble earlier in the race but is still going down in ninth place. Matt McMurry has already become the youngest driver to start Le Mans and, currently, is on course to become the youngest to finish it too.
The LMP2-leading #35 Ligier has been in. Shulzhitskiy is now at the wheel.
Crash
We've got 13 official retirements so far. They are:

#0 Nissan ZEOD RC (Garage 56)
#3 Audi R18 e-tron quattro (LMP1)
#7 Toyota TS040 HYBRID
#13 Rebellion-Toyota R-One (LMP1)
#26 G-Drive (OAK) Morgan LMP2 (LMP2)
#37 ORECA 03R (LMP2)
#41 Zytek-Nissan Z11SN (LMP2)
#47 KCMG ORECA 03R (LMP2)
#48 Murphy Prototypes ORECA O3R (LMP2)
#52 Ram Racing Ferrari (GTE Pro)
#60 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia (GTE AM)
#71 Ferrari 458 Italia (GTE Pro)
#91 Ferrari 458 Italia (GTE Am)
Green flag
The green flags fly, but the slow zone remains at the Porsche Curves.
And now it's up to 14 official retirements as, to no great surprise, the #72 SMP Ferrari that crashed at the Porsche Curves has been officially retired.
Yellow flag
The #70 Taisan Ferrari is in the gravel having locked up at the second part of Indianapolis.
The #35 Ligier's lead in LMP2 stands at 90 seconds after the safety car.
The #34 Race Performance ORECA of Frey has been given a 35-second stop/go penalty. It runs fourth in LMP2.
The #1 Audi has a lead of 1m51.447s over the #20 Porsche. Gene and Webber are at the wheel of the two cars.
Panciatici in the #36 Signatech ORECA is closing the gap to Shulzhitskiy#s LMP2-leading #35 Ligier.
The #74 Chevy returns to the track but it has lost a lot of ground. Mucke leads GTE Pro in the #97 Aston Martin.
Yellow flag
The slow zone at Porsche Curves is still in place. This is why the laptimes are so slow.
Mucke brings the #97 GTE Pro-leading Aston Martin into the pits. This allows Fisichella to reclaim first place in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari.
Green flag
The slow zone has been deactivated. So now we have green flag conditions for the whole lap and the pace will pick up.
Gene brings the race-leading #1 Audi into the pits.
The #1 Audi gets fresh rubber and rejoins but it wasn't the quickest stop.
The #1 Audi has come a long way. During free practice on Wednesday, Loic Duval suffered this horrendous crash and Gene, currently leading, was preparing to race the #38 Jota Sport Zytek in LMP2.
The #2 Audi is setting a decent pace after its turbo change. Fassler is in third place, three laps off the lead.
And remember the #8 Toyota, which crashed early on in the rain? Well, it's up to fourth place. The car is eight laps down, but if one of the three cars ahead hits trouble, could salvage a podium. Davidson is at the wheel.

By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff

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