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The #43 Morand Morgan has got a stop/go penalty for pitlane speeding, as has the #29 Pegasus example.
Kristensen pits the lead Audi with a little over four hours to go, and a decent lead of more than a lap. Fuel only.
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The LMP2-leading TDS Ligier has a problem. Looks like it has a puncture. It's cruising back and is in the region of Indianapolis.
Lots of attention at the rear of the #12 Rebellion as Heidfeld pits, and the rear bodywork is briefly removed. After a delay of a couple of minutes he gets new tyres and his back on his way.
Gommendy brings the #46 Ligier into the pits. The second-placed LMP2 car is in sector two at the moment and closing.
It's not going to be a simple job for the #46 crew. The Ligier is wheeled into the garage and the #35 OAK Ligier will be in the lead momentarily.
Lotterer takes another five seconds out of the #20 Porsche in second, bringing the gap between the cars fighting for second down to 2m02s.
The leading #1 Audi stops coming out of the first Mulsanne chicane!
Kristensen - bidding for a 10th Le Mans victory - pulls over to the side of the tack, appears to perform some sort of reset on the car and then gets going again. Let's see how fast he is. Before this happened the #1 car had a lead of a lap and a bit over the #20 Porsche.
Breaking news
Audi's Twitter feed says that was a reset of the electronics.
Kristensen stays out, registering a 4m01s laptime. So that's a loss of half a minute, at least.
The #20 car pits for fuel, so (for now) there's no huge gain that will be noticeable on the timing screens.
The #20 car pits for fuel, so (for now) there's no huge gain that will be noticeable on the timing screens.
The #46 TDS Ligier is back out on track but has lost the lead in LMP2 to the #35 G-Drive-backed OAK Ligier.
Thanks to that stop for the #20 Porsche, the #2 Audi is now 54s behind the second-placed car.
For a number of reasons, it's a shame the Corvette and Aston hit problems. Nothing against Ferrari, but the three-car dice we witnessed for hours on end was spectacular.
Vilander's in cruise control at the moment, two laps to the good. Lietz and Taylor are quicker, but it doesn't matter really.
Vilander's in cruise control at the moment, two laps to the good. Lietz and Taylor are quicker, but it doesn't matter really.
The #1 Audi pits, takes on fuel...and is then released dangerously close to the #50 Larbre car in the pitlane.
The LMP2 runner passes the race leader into the first corner, and Kristensen seems off the pace as he runs down the esses and towards Tertre Rouge.
The LMP2 runner passes the race leader into the first corner, and Kristensen seems off the pace as he runs down the esses and towards Tertre Rouge.
Rapid lap from Gavin's Corvette, a 3m54.652s – if only, if only...
The #42 Greaves Zytek has slowed. Dyson is trying to get the car back.
Lotterer keeps taking chunks of time out of the #20 Porsche in second place - the gap between the two cars is now 45s.
And that could become really significant in the fight for the overall win, because the leading #1 Audi is still off the pace and being overtaken by GTE runners.
Kristensen is only capable of reaching #200km/h, and he returns to the pits for the second consecutive lap.
And that could become really significant in the fight for the overall win, because the leading #1 Audi is still off the pace and being overtaken by GTE runners.
Kristensen is only capable of reaching #200km/h, and he returns to the pits for the second consecutive lap.
The race leader - the #1 Audi - is wheeled into the garage for repairs. The car had a lead of over a lap to the #20 Porsche before these problems struck.
The #35 Ligier now leads the LMP2 class by almost a lap from the #46 TDS machine.
Right now it may look like this could hand the race to Porsche, but even if the #20 car - Mark Webber's car, no less - does get ahead of the stricken Audi, it's got its hands full to keep the #2 Audi at bay.
Lotterer takes 10 seconds out Bernhard, and he trails the Porsche by 35s now.
Lotterer takes 10 seconds out Bernhard, and he trails the Porsche by 35s now.
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Lotterer's charge includes a new fastest lap of the race - a 3m22.567s - and then he pits.
The #20 Porsche leads the race, as Bernhard passes the pits while the #1 Audi is being worked on in the garage.
The Rebellion is sixth. That is all.
Jordan Taylor's really hunting down the #92 Porsche in the fight for second in GTE Pro. His last lap before pitting was a 3m54.632s.
He's pit now, though, having closed the gap to about 1m10s.
He's pit now, though, having closed the gap to about 1m10s.
Lotterer takes new tyres, and he now trails the race-leading Porsche - that he was as much as 10s a lap quicker than towards the end of the previous stint - by 1m39s.
Buemi pits the #8 Toyota from fourth, while Jani has been in for a stop in the #14 Porsche from fifth.
The #1 Audi is still in the garage, and is now two laps off the lead. It looks like this race is now #20 Porsche vs #2 Audi...
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#20 Porsche leads #2 Audi by 1m34s. Lotterer took another four seconds out of Bernhard's lead on that lap.
The TV cameras are loving the fact that Webber's car is leading the race. We're getting plenty of shots of him with his stare fixed on the monitors in the garage.
Three more seconds in Lotterer's favour as the chase at the front continues. The #2 Audi cuts the #20 Porsche's lead to 1m31s.
The #1 Audi rejoins the race - still in a podium position. Di Grassi is at the wheel and nearly four laps down on the leading #20 Porsche, which crosses the line shortly after the Audi takes to the track.
Lotterer takes five seconds out of the leading Porsche that lap. The lead is now down to 1.26s.
The #1 Audi, which pitted from the lead to have that turbo changed, spent 17 minutes in the pits - dropping it from P1 to P3.
GARY WATKINS: There are somewhere just over 60 laps of this race still to run, presuming it stays green. That means at Lotterer's current rate of gain, Audi should win with relative ease.
Just nothing new to tell you about in GTE we're afraid.
Vilander leads comfortably. Lietz is clear of Taylor. Thiim is controlling Am.
Vilander leads comfortably. Lietz is clear of Taylor. Thiim is controlling Am.
Update on the gap in the lead battle: Lotterer has closed to 1m14s behind Bernhard's Porsche.
Yellow flag
Yellow flag at the end of the Porsche Curves. It's the #67 IMSA Porsche, which spins into the gravel while being lapped.
By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff
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