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Le Mans 24 Hours 2015 The 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours
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This is the GTE Pro story:
1. #51 Ferrari
2. #64 Corvette +8.5s
3. #91 Porsche +2m17s
1. #51 Ferrari
2. #64 Corvette +8.5s
3. #91 Porsche +2m17s
Rast pits the #9 Audi from second, slipping behind the #17 Porsche of Webber.
Gavin's moved the Corvette slightly closer to the Ferrari: 6.9s the gap now.
1st and 4th place cars are in. That's the #19 Porsche (Tandy) and the #7 Audi (Fassler).
Mega pace from Nicki Thiim in the #95 Aston at the moment, a 3m54.725s on one lap and a 3m54.725s the next. Then a personal-best first sector.
That was the first Vantage to drop back with issues (power steering) but has recovered to become the lead AMR car in fifth in GTE Pro.
That was the first Vantage to drop back with issues (power steering) but has recovered to become the lead AMR car in fifth in GTE Pro.
The #55 GTE Am Ferrari has hit trouble on track. Mortimer had been driving very slowly, and now it's struggling down at Indianapolis.
Following that stop for the leader, the #19 Porsche (Tandy) leads the #17 Porsche (Webber) by 3m04s (so a little less than a lap).
The #9 Rast Audi in third is also just about on the lead lap, while the #7 Fassler Audi is a lap down, running just behind the leader on track.
The #9 Rast Audi in third is also just about on the lead lap, while the #7 Fassler Audi is a lap down, running just behind the leader on track.
The GTE Am-leading #98 Aston Martin's just had an off - Paul dalla Lana skated across the gravel on the exit of the Porsche Curves.
It avoided the barriers and has continued. Its lead over the #72 SMP Ferrari was over a minute at the last count.
It avoided the barriers and has continued. Its lead over the #72 SMP Ferrari was over a minute at the last count.
Vilander pits in the GTE Pro-leading #51 Ferrari. A good recovery from AF Corse, which lost ground early on in this race.
The #19 Porsche leads the #17 by 2m25s now the latest pitstops have shaken out.
Bradley pits from the lead of LMP2 for fuel. The #47 car still has a significant gap back to the #26 G-Drive Ligier.
Side-by-side for the lead of GTE Pro...in the pitlane!
Tommy Milner takes over the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in place of Gavin and rejoins alongside the #51 Ferrari.
Vilander yields, and Milner holds first. Just half a second between them on track.
Tommy Milner takes over the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in place of Gavin and rejoins alongside the #51 Ferrari.
Vilander yields, and Milner holds first. Just half a second between them on track.
Lead order:
1 #19 Porsche
2 #17 Porsche
3 #9 Audi
4 #7 Audi
5 #8 Audi
6 #18 Porsche
7 #2 Toyota
8 #1 Toyota
1 #19 Porsche
2 #17 Porsche
3 #9 Audi
4 #7 Audi
5 #8 Audi
6 #18 Porsche
7 #2 Toyota
8 #1 Toyota
Yellow flag
Yet another spin for the #40 Krohn Ligier.
The #12 Rebellion (33rd) picks up a drive-through for abuse of track limits.
Vilander is really attacking Milner here, they are practically nose-to-tail.
Milner's had a very good race to be fair, he's driven superbly at times.
Milner's had a very good race to be fair, he's driven superbly at times.
Webber pits the #17 car from second, so Tandy's lead in the #19 grows again.
Webber out, Bernhard in the #17 Porsche, which rejoins third, behind Rast in the #9 Audi.
Milner's pulled about a second on Vilander - but there could be trouble on the horizon for the Corvette team.
Its pitstop is under investigation.
Its pitstop is under investigation.
Bradley's LMP2 advantage in the #47 KCMG ORECA is enormous. He is virtually a whole lap ahead of the #26 G-Drive Ligier, with Turvey's #38 Jota Gibson gradually closing in.
Tandy's lead in the #19 Porsche is just over a lap back to Rast in second, while Bernhard is now 11s behind the Audi since taking over the #17 Porsche from Webber.
The investigation into the Corvette's stop surrounds its release, which put it alongside the Ferrari. Great viewing, but unsafe?
The #42 Strakka Dome has ground to a halt on the pit straight.
Yellow flag
Another spin for the #40 Krohn car. Just the latest of countless occasions the driver of the green car has ended up red-faced.
Bernhard is catching P2 Rast - the gap between the Audi and the Porsche is just 8s now.
Turvey in the #38 Jota Gibson is continuing to hunt down Canal in the #26 G-Drive Ligier. The gap was about 2m30s half an hour ago - now it's just over two minutes.
Turvey's cause has just been helped by Canal pitting.
Breaking news
No further action against the #64 Corvette. Let battle recommence!
Tandy was in a slow zone and didn't realise Fassler was alongside him, so the #19 Porsche and #7 Audi banged wheels lightly.
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Update on Goethe after that hefty shunt in the #96 GTE Am Aston:
@AMR_Official: "Just to let you know that Roald is leaving the medical centre but will have some precautionary x-rays at the local hospital to be safe."
@AMR_Official: "Just to let you know that Roald is leaving the medical centre but will have some precautionary x-rays at the local hospital to be safe."
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Strakka are attempting to get the #42 car back into the race.
@StrakkaRacing: "Trying a ctrl alt del."
@StrakkaRacing: "Trying a ctrl alt del."
Fassler got ahead of Tandy on track when the race went green again after the slowzone, meaning the #7 Audi is now just one lap off the lead, along with the #9 Audi and the #17 Porsche (which are separated by just 4s at the moment in their battle for second).
Milner's advantage over Vilander in the fight for GTE Pro honours is up to 8.7s now.
Turvey pits after a very productive stint during which he got the gap down to the second-placed #26 Ligier to a minute-and-a-half.
Rast pits the #9 Audi from second, promoting Bernhard up a place and returning Porsche to a 1-2 out front.
Jarvis has also been in with the #8 Audi.
Jarvis has also been in with the #8 Audi.
Crash
#47 LMP2 leader has stopped - looks like an incident with one of the Nissans.
In actual fact the KCMG had already pulled off with a problem before the Nissan arrived on the scene
Pla brings the #23 Nissan back to the pits. It's currently running 44th.
Bradley's advantage was over four minutes, but can he get the ORECA going again?
The #47 is now on the move, but it's still unclear how much time that has cost Bradley.
By: Scott Mitchell, AUTOSPORT staff, Mitchell Adam, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins
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