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Le Mans 24 Hours 2014 The 82nd Le Mans 24 Hours
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Amazingly, the sun is out on the pits-side of the track.
Rain
Rain falling in the sunshine at the pits, and the Mulsanne straight is flooded again.
The GT leader's in – and is that unfortunate timing for the #91 Manthey Porsche? Pilet makes way for Bergmeister but surely they stayed on slicks – a few seconds later and they could have gained a big advantage.
Howard Blank's spun the #62 Krohn Ferrari, which had just pit.
Rain
Heavy rain has hit the start-finish straight now.
Last time the leaders crossed the line Wurz's lead was up to 2m05s over P2 Lotterer, and 2m24s over Bernhard.
Crash
Two LMP2s have gone off together. One is Chandhok in the #48 Murphy ORECA and the other is Munemann in the #41 Greaves Zytek. They've had a coming together early on the Mulsanne Straight. Both have suffered damage but are rolling again.
Yellow flag
Race control warns of debris exiting Tertre Rouge, where the two LMP2 cars collided.
The #41 car has right-front damage.
#8 Toyota latest: it looks like new front bodywork is about to be put on the car, suggesting the repairs may almost be complete.
The #47 KCMG ORECA that starred in the first 90 minutes of the race by leading LMP2 is back in the pits.
Lapierre is back in the #8 Toyota and drives to the end of the pits, where he is held to wait for the next safety car group. He is eight laps down on leader Wurz.
Confusing, but the GTE order is as follows:
Bergmeister retains the lead after that stop, ahead of Long (Am), Milner, Holzer, Vilander, Garcia, Mowlem (Am), Mucke and Lamy (Am).
Bergmeister retains the lead after that stop, ahead of Long (Am), Milner, Holzer, Vilander, Garcia, Mowlem (Am), Mucke and Lamy (Am).
Marshals are trying to sweep away huge areas of standing water at one of the Mulsanne chicanes.
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@MurphyPrototype: "Unfortunately we have damage to our right front. @karunchandhok makes his way back to the pits for repairs."
Porsche reveals that Bernhard was struggling with "a problem with the boost" in the opening phase of the race - explaining his lack of pace compared to the rest of the lead pack.
Bergmeister needs to hurry it up a bit, so says race control.
Now the JMW Ferrari gets a hurry-up from race control. Come on Abdulaziz Turki Al Faisal!
Race leader Wurz's safety car group is on the Mulsanne straight. Lotterer and Bernhard - who are in the same group - are exiting the Porsche curves. They cross the line 5m30s after Wurz.
Lotterer pits, which means he will fall back into the next safety car group.
Lotterer pits, which means he will fall back into the next safety car group.
Chandhok has managed to get the #48 ORECA back to the pits. The #41 Greaves Zytek has also had it back.
Treluyer replaces Lotterer in the #2 Audi. The crew are changing tyres as well.
That stop - of course - means the #20 Porsche is up to second in the hands of Bernhard.
That stop - of course - means the #20 Porsche is up to second in the hands of Bernhard.
Unsurprisingly Bergmeister has stopped again, for wet tyres.
That's put the #77 Am-class Dempsey Porsche into the overall GTE lead.
That's put the #77 Am-class Dempsey Porsche into the overall GTE lead.
LMP1 gaps behind the safety car: Wurz is 5m50s ahead of Bernhard, and 8m02s ahead of Treluyer.
Wurz pits from the lead. And the safety car will come in this lap.
The leading #7 Toyota - with Sarrazin now at the wheel - is being held at the end of the pitlane, waiting for the next safety car group which is on its way to the final chicane.
The #34 Race Performance ORECA still leads LMP2, with the #36 Signatech Alpine ORECA second and the #35 OAK Ligier third.
Green flag
The race is back underway.
Bernhard is in the first safety car group to pass the Toyota in the pits, meaning the #20 Porsche now leads the race - by just four seconds.
Treluyer, third in the #2 Audi, is 1m13s off the leader.
So Long leads GTE, a minute and a half or so ahead of the two Pro Porsches which are just six seconds apart.
Yellow flag
Yellows at the first Mulsanne.
Bradley has had a spin in the #47 KCMG ORECA and continued.
Bradley's spin happened as Kristensen went around the outside of him at Porsche Curves.
Kristensen is back on the lead lap - 2m27s off the lead in P4.
A spin for the #67 IMSA Porsche at the first chicane, but it carries on despite a brief trip into the gravel.
Bernhard pulls away from Sarrazin on that lap. The #20 car leads the #8 Porsche by 7.1s now.
Seems Chandhok's off was as a result of aquaplaning. The Murphy ORECA has suffered floor damage.
Mailleux has an advantage over 1m24s in LMP2 in the #34 Race Performance ORECA over the #36 Signatech Alpine ORECA of Chatin. Klien isn't far behind in the #43 Morand Morgan.
HOUR 3 ORDER:
1 #20 Porsche
2 #7 Toyota
3 #2 Audi
4 #1 Audi
5 #12 Rebellion
LMP2 leading runners:
1 #34 Race Performance ORECA
2 #36 Signatech ORECA
3 #43 Morand Morgan-Judd
GTE Pro leading runners:
1 #92 Manthey Porsche
2 #91 Manthey Porsche
3 #74 Corvette
GTE Am leading runners:
1 #77 Dempsey Porsche
2 #98 Aston Martin
3 #53 Ram Ferrari
1 #20 Porsche
2 #7 Toyota
3 #2 Audi
4 #1 Audi
5 #12 Rebellion
LMP2 leading runners:
1 #34 Race Performance ORECA
2 #36 Signatech ORECA
3 #43 Morand Morgan-Judd
GTE Pro leading runners:
1 #92 Manthey Porsche
2 #91 Manthey Porsche
3 #74 Corvette
GTE Am leading runners:
1 #77 Dempsey Porsche
2 #98 Aston Martin
3 #53 Ram Ferrari
Bernhard is doing a good job out front - his lead over Sarrazin's Toyota is up to nine seconds.
By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff
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