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Le Mans 24 Hours 2014 The 82nd Le Mans 24 Hours
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Senna is now in the GTE Pro-leading Aston Martin, with Bruni in the #51 Ferrari just six seconds behind and closing.
It's all eyes on the GTE Pro lead battle. Bruni is now just 2.5s behind Senna.
The fifth-placed #14 Porsche pits and Dumas continues.
Bruni is pushing hard, using all the exit kerb at Mulsanne Corner. Senna is trying to respond and there's traffic to deal with.
Bruni took 1.2s out of Senna in the first sector of this lap. He will be within striking distance soon.
The LMP2-leading Ligier is in the pits.
Bruni is attacking. Senna manages to keep the Aston martin ahead on the run to Porsche Curves.
Shulzhitskiy is out of the #35 Ligier and Mardenborough takes over.
Senna defends into the first Mulsanne chicane. That cost him momentum at the exit and Bruni is right on his tail.
Bruni thinks better of trying to pass on the outside of the second Mulsanne chicane, but has a run on Senna off the corner.
The pair ran side by side but Bruni made it stick into Mulsanne Corner up the inside. That gives the #51 AF Corse Ferrari the lead in GTE Pro on its 251st lap.
Chatin is reported to be going slowly in the Signatech Alpine ORECA - and drops to third in P2 on the timing screens.
Bruni has the legs of Senna and has pulled a second on him in a lap.
Chatin is on his way back to the pits - he's not up to race pace, but he's not crawling along.
The Signatech Alpine ORECA is pulled back into its garage. The left front wheel doesn't look right.
Bruni has just set the Ferrari's fastest lap of the race - a 3m55s - but Senna was actually quicker that last lap, putting the Aston in the 3m54s again.
The problem for the Signatech Alpine ORECA means that Ligier now has a one-two in LMP2 on the marque's first appearance at Le Mans since 1975. Mardenborough leads by pushing three minutes in the #35 OAK-run example, with Badey's TDS machine second.
The #75 Prospeed Porsche has now officially retired. It was last seen without a left-rear wheel being craned off the track.
Here's how things stand early in the 19th hour:
LMP1: 1 #1 Audi; 2 #20 Porsche; 3 #2 Audi; 4 #8 Toyota; 5 #14 Porsche; 6 #12 Rebellion.
LMP2: 1 #35 Ligier; 2 #46 Ligier; 3 #36 ORECA; 4 #38 Zytek; 5 #24 ORECA; 6 #43 Morgan.
GTE Pro: 1 #51 Ferrari; 2 #97 Aston Martin; 3 #92 Porsche; 4 #73 Chevrolet; 5 #74 Chevrolet; 6 #79 Porsche.
GTE Am: 1 #95 Aston Martin; 2 #88 Ried; 3 #61 Ferrari; 4 #57 Ferrari; 5 #90 Ferrari; 6 77 Porsche.
LMP1: 1 #1 Audi; 2 #20 Porsche; 3 #2 Audi; 4 #8 Toyota; 5 #14 Porsche; 6 #12 Rebellion.
LMP2: 1 #35 Ligier; 2 #46 Ligier; 3 #36 ORECA; 4 #38 Zytek; 5 #24 ORECA; 6 #43 Morgan.
GTE Pro: 1 #51 Ferrari; 2 #97 Aston Martin; 3 #92 Porsche; 4 #73 Chevrolet; 5 #74 Chevrolet; 6 #79 Porsche.
GTE Am: 1 #95 Aston Martin; 2 #88 Ried; 3 #61 Ferrari; 4 #57 Ferrari; 5 #90 Ferrari; 6 77 Porsche.
Senna is coming back at Bruni in the GTE Pro battle. Bruni leads, but has been pushed into setting a personal best for the #51 AF Corse Ferrari.
Badey brings the second-placed LMP2 TDS Ligier into the pits. The #36 Signatech Alpine ORECA is still in the pits.
Looks like the Signatech Alpine ORECA is about to rejoin.
Up front, Gene still has a lead of over a lap in the #1 Audi over Webber in the #20 Porsche. He was four seconds faster than Webber last time round.
Fassler in the #2 Audi puts another lap on the #8 Toyota, which runs fourth.
Senna is still pushing Bruni hard in the GTE Pro lead battle.
The sole remaining Rebellion, the #12 car, runs eighth overall and is closing on the two Ligiers that lead LMP2 and hold sixth and seven overall.
Senna retakes the lead in the GTE Pro battle. He drag-raced his way past Bruni's Ferrari on the run to the first Mulsanne chicane.
Gene brings the #1 Audi into the pits. He takes fuel and stays on board, although team-mate Tom Kristensen was ready to take over.
Barthez has handed the #68 Ferrari over to Ayari. Yes, that's Fabian Barthez, the retired World Cup-winning French international goalkeeper and former Manchester United player.
Mardenborough now has a lead of over a lap in LMP2 over the #46 TDS Ligier.
Senna, who just passed Bruni for the lead of GTE Pro, has banged in the fastest lap the #97 Aston Martin has done so far in the race.
Webber brings the second-placed #20 Porsche into the pits.
The problem for the #36 Signatech Alpine ORECA was a front-left upright. The car is now down in fourth in LMP2 with Chatin at the wheel.
Webber took tyres at that stop.
Senna brings the #97 Aston Martin into the pits. There's some concerning smoke coming from the bonnet and it's wheeled into the garage. That is a break for the #51 AF Corse Ferrari, which will now have an unchallenged lead in GTE Pro.
The timing screen has just updated and revealed that Webber handed over to Bernhard at that last stop, which is logical.
Mardenborough has made a stop in the #35 Ligier, which rejoins in the lead of LMP2.
Gene's lead in the #1 Audi is still over a lap from the #20 Porsche.
Dumas brings the #14 Porsche into the pits from fifth place.
Jani takes over the #14 Porsche.
By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff
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