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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours 2015 The 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours

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Thiriet pits the #46 ORECA from second in LMP2. The Frenchman still has a significant deficit to compatriot Lapierre in the #47 KCMG car with 11 hours remaining
Bamber pits from the lead in the #19 Porsche. He had a minute's advantage so should return at the head of the field.
The New Zealander does indeed retain his advantage. And we're into the 14th hour.

Time flies, doesn't it?
The impressive Vanthoor in the #34 OAK Ligier has just set his personal best time a 3m38.251s. He is just about the only driver to be improving their times at this stage of the race.
Milner's attacking Stanaway, there's less than two seconds between the top two GTE Pro runners.
Here's who is in the leading cars:

#19 Porsche - Bamber
#7 Audi - Treluyer
#9 Audi - Albuquerque
#17 Porsche - Hartley
#8 Audi - di Grassi
#18 Porsche - LIeb
#2 Toyota - Sarrazin
#1 Toyota - Nakajima
Bamber's lead is 11.434s over Treluyer, Treluyer was two seconds faster last time round.
The #7 Audi heads into the pits with Treluyer at the wheel. He just takes fuel.
Hartley has just banged in the #17 Porsche's fastest lap, a 3m18.938s. Currently, the overall fastest lap is a 3m17.674s set by Albuquerque on lap 62.
Pitstops in LMP2 for the #28 G-Drive Ligier and the #34 OAK Ligier. They rejoin sixth and eighth in class.
Sarrazin has just brought the #2 Toyota into the pits for fuel. Nakajima follows moments after in the #8.
Toyota is having a very difficult race. The two cars are down in seventh and eight and aren't close to the pace of Porsche or Audi.
Lapierre pits in the dominant KCMG ORECA. Takes on a set of tyres and a new driver, Howson.
Hartley pits for fuel in the #17 Porsche, which is still on the lead lap.
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After that stop, KCMG holds a 56-second lead over TDS, with Howson and Thiriet behind the wheel of the two ORECAS.
Lieb has brought the #18 Porsche into the pits. He just takes fuel and heads ack out onto the track. The car is running sixth.
Bamber's lead is currently 61s, but that will close up when he makes his next stop.
Good news for Nissan - the #22 car has left the pits in the hands of Krumm. The #23 car is also on track with Chilton at the wheel but the #21 machine is out.
Pitstops in GTE. Milner has been in and is back out, aboard the #64 Corvette, which had been keeping Aston Martin's Pro leader Stanaway company.

In Am, the #72 SMP Ferrari has stopped, with Basov replacing Shaitar. They've relinquished top spot to the Lauda-driven #98 Aston.
Another stop, the 18th, completed for the G-Drive OAK that currently sits third in LMP2 in the hands of Rusinov.
Ten-and-a-half hours remaining - we are 90 minutes from 'official' sunrise.
Treluyer in the #7 Audi is chipping away at Bamber's lead.
Last lap round, Bamber stabilised the gap to Treluyer, pulling six-tenths of a second on him. But the New Zealander lost a couple of seconds in the first sector on this lap.

Could the gap be about to drop under a minute? Fine stint from Treluyer.
Replays show that the #9 Audi of Albuquerque clipped the back of a GTE car coming into the Ford Chicane. The Corvette was itself mixed up with the Ibanez Racing ORECA.
Di Grassi has been in for fuel in the #8 Audi.
Albuquerque is in the pits in the #9 Audi. That's scheduled and not because of any damage from the clash with a GTE Am Ferrari.
Jota is up to fifth in LMP2, with Dolan having just made another pitstop. It's been a gallant effort - and no doubt they'll keep pushing hard - but the pace of the KCMG and TDS ORECAS has made it tough for them to regain the laps they lost in the first hour.
Hartley is setting a very strong pace in the #17 Porsche. He's just done a 3m19.695s lap and has been very quick since taking over from Bernhard.
Pitstop for Bruni in the lead AF Corse Ferrari, which is still third in GTE Pro.
The #2 Toyota is in for fuel, tyres and a driver change. Sarrazin out and Conway jumps in.
Yellow flag
Yellows at Indianapolis but it's not yet clear why.
Green flag
Well, whatever it was that caused the yellow is cleared up.
Pitstop for TDS, a slightly longer one as Gommendy replaces Thiriet in the second-placed car. Looked like mechanics were ending to the front of the chassis.
Radio Le Mans reports that Kapadia had an off at Indianapolis - that might well explain that yellow flag.
Fantastic battle up front - both Bamber (#19 Porsche) and Treluyer (#1 Audi) were both in the 3m19s last lap round. The gap is up to 61.449s so the Porsche driver is doing a good job to keep the Audi at arm's length.
Another possible scenario is based on the fact that the #26 G-Drive Ligier has been given a bad sportsmanship flag for an unsafe return to the track. And it's now in pitlane, having only stopped about 15 minutes ago. Rusinov has rejoined the race now.
The leading #19 Porsche of Bamber heads into the pits, right on time.

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

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