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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours 2014 Wednesday: Practice and qualifying

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That's all cleared up and we're green again all round.
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Wurz goes fastest on a 3m27.243s, with the second Toyota of Anthony Davidson three-quarters of a second slower.
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Chatin goes fastest in LMP2 in the #36 Signatech Alpine ORECA
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The #76 Imsa Performance Porsche has had contact and stopped at the Porsche Curves.
Jani's on a quick one in the Porsche...
Albuquerque goes up to second on a 3m26.856s driving the #3 Audi
First batch of GTE times are in. Mucke is quickest in the #97 Aston Martin from Bruni in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari and Antonio Garcia's #73 Corvette.
In GTE Am Bertolini's #72 SMP Ferrari leads Emmanuel Collard's #75 ProSpeed Porsche.
Flying times in GTE Pro from Mucke and his former team-mate Frederic Makowiecki (#92 Manthey Porsche). They lead the way on a 3m55.067s and 3m55.616s respectively.
The #8 Toyota, in the hands of Davidson, goes second on a 3m25.410s.
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Cioci puts the #61 AF Ferrari top in GTE Am on a 3m56.919s, now ahead of Bertolini and Collard.
Patrick Long's just jumped ahead of Bertolini to put the Dempsey Porsche second in GTE Am.
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Pla goes fastest in LMP2 in the #26 OAK Racing Morgan
So, after a busy first 17 minutes of qualifying, the order is:

1 #14 Porsche (Jani), 3m23.928s
2 #8 Toyota (Davidson) +1.482s
3 #3 Audi (Albuquerque) +2.571s
4 #2 Audi (Fassler) +2.859s
Salo has been reported for speeding in the pitlane in the '27 SMP ORECA
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Bertolini restores the SMP Ferrari to top spot in GTE Am on a 3m56.787s.
GP2 champion Leimer has had an off-track moment in the Rebellion.
Yellow flag
Yellow flag at the exit of second Mulsanne chicane.
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Hartley goes fastest in the #20 Porsche on a 3m23.157s. So it's now a Porsche one-two with Jani's sister car second, 0.771s slower
The #60 AF Ferrari has stopped on the left-hand side of the track on the run from the second chicane down to Mulsanne.
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No more issues on the exit of the second Mulsanne chicane, that appears to be all clear.

Meanwhile, Bruni's leapt to top spot in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari – a 3m54.754s for the Italian.
Leimer improves to a 3m33.117s in the #13 Rebellion, which lies seventh.
Wurz improves to third in the #7 Toyota, 2.156s off fastest man Hartley in the #20 Porsche
Yellow flag
Yellow flags on the entry to Indianapolis. Meanwhile, in GTE Pro, Bruno Senna has taken over from Mucke in the #97 Aston.
Half an hour into the first qualifying session for the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours, here's how the key positions are looking:

1 #20 Porsche
2 #14 Porsche +0.771s
3 #7 Toyota +2.156s
4 #8 Toyota +2.263s
5 #2 Audi +3.321s
6 #3 Audi +3.288s
Looks like the #29 Pegasus Racing Morgan is responsible for the yellow.
Red flag
Session stopped.
It's the #37 AF-run SMP ORECA driven by Minassian, which has made contact with the rail at the entry to the Porsche Curves.
Quick look at the GTE Pro situation:

1 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 3m54.754s
2 #97 Aston Martin
3 #92 Manthey Porsche
4 #73 Corvette
5 #91 Manthey Porsche

And GTE Am:

1 #82 SMP Ferrari 3m56.787s
2 #61 AF Corse Ferrari
3 #77 Dempsey Porsche
4 #88 Proton Porsche
5 #75 ProSpeed Porsche
That's quite amusing. A car's on a recovery vehicle on its way back to the paddock...but it's actually the #76 Imsa Porsche from an earlier incident.

The Minassian car is being dealt with too.
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While things are quiet, it seems a good chance to let you know that you can be a part of our live Le Mans coverage this year by Tweeting using #autosport.

Got a question for our team at the race? Or just want to tell us what you think about what's been going on so far? How about taking a guess at what the pole position time will be, and/or which car will take it?
Estimated restart at 2250, so in five minutes.
The AUTOSPORT Live team has had a punt at what the fastest time in this session will be.

Gary Watkins: 3m20.9s
Glenn Freeman: 3m22.0s
Scott Mitchell: 3m21.5s
Edd Straw: 3m21.2s
Green flag
The session is back underway.
Good news - the Nissan ZEOD RC is back on track for the first time since its gearbox failure early in free practice. Ordonez at the wheel.
Here are the drivers in the frontrunning GTE cars: Fisichella (#51 AF Corse Ferrari); Senna (#97 Aston); Holzer (#92 Porsche); Basov (#72 SMP Ferrari)*; Perez Companc (#61 AF Corse Ferrari)*.

*GTE Am.
In the frontrunning cars right now, we have:

#2 Audi: Lotterer
#3 Audi: Jarvis
#7 Toyota: Sarrazin
#8 Toyota: Lapierre
#14 Porsche: Lieb
#20 Porsch: Webber
Crash
The Taisan Ferrari is off again, Ehret at the wheel this time. It's in the gravel at Mulsanne corner.
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Another off, this time at the first Mulsanne chicane. It's the #95 GTE Am Aston with David Heinemeier Hansson driving.

By: Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Scott Mitchell, Gary Watkins

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