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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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Bird has stretched his advantage over Evans to 16 seconds in the fight for second.
Breaking news
This is the GTE Pro order:

1. #51 Ferrari
2. #64 Corvette
3. #71 Ferrari
4. #95 Aston
5. #91 Porsche

And the GTE Pro story so far:

* #51 Ferrari fights back from early delay to lead

* #64 Corvette remains firmly in contention

* #71 Ferrari runs third after changing starter motor early on

* Sole remaining Porsche loses podium slot to gearbox leak; other 911 RSR expired in fiery fashion in the first couple of hours

* AMR out of Pro fight following a crash for the #99, delays for the #95 and engine failure for the #97

Bruni Le Mans 2015

Bruni Le Mans 2015

The #9 Audi remains in the pits. It won't be too much longer before it loses sixth place to the #2 Toyota.
The real battle of interest on screen was between the #77 Porsche and #62 Ferrari for third in GTE Am.

Patrick Long and Townsend Bell have been trading blows for a while but it ends in tears for the Ferrari when Bell tries to force the issue round the outside at Mulsanne Corner and ends up spinning.
Talking of Kapadia, the #67 Porsche he is part of the crew of is currently ninth in GTE Am.
Lotterer has certainly been pushing on in the #7 Audi. He is well under the 3m20s mark in third place.
The #17 Porsche is in the pits for fuel, tyres and a driver change. Bernhard out, Hartley in.
Vilander's driven well and neutralised the threat from Taylor in the early laps of this stint. The gap is up to 6.6s at the front.
The #2 Toyota has moved up to sixth place thanks to the #9 Audi still being in the garage.
Like clockwork, another 12-lap, approximately 45-minute KCMG stint is in the books. Lapierre pits and goes back on his way. Three more stops will get them to 3pm.
The #9 Audi returns to the track with Albuquerque now at the wheel.
Yellow flag
Lapierre has stopped the KCMG on the escape road at Indianapolis. They had a moment like this a couple of hours ago, but were able to restart and continue.
So Albuquerque now has to chase the #2 Toyota, currently driven by Conway, to get back into the top six. It will take a while, even though the Toyota isn't particularly quick.
With a push back down the hill from the officials, Lapierre is able to restart the car and continue. Led by 1m38s before that moment, but it'll be a lot tighter now.
The #9 Audi was in the pits for 18m28s.
The #22 Nissan of Tincknell is being declared slow by race control. It's down in 22nd place with no hope of being a classified finisher even if it reaches the chequered flag.
Replays suggest it might have been a good, old-fashioned 'off' for Lapierre through the gravel, rather than the car stopping as it did earlier.
Di Grassi has a lead of only 22s over the #18 Porsche of Dumas in the battle for fourth.
Behind him, Bird has pitted and rejoined the race, while Evans has handed the Jota over to Turvey.
Di Grassi is responding to the pressure and sets the fastest first sector of the race for the #8 Audi.
The net result of Lapierre's excursion and those pitstops is that KCMG leads by 1m10s, with Turvey a further 36s behind.
The #18 Porsche pits from fifth place. Dumas takes on fuel.
They are also changing the tyres. But there is no driver change.
Lotterer still cracking on. He just did a 3m19.497s.
Remarkably, there are still 43 cars being scored in this race - although the two cars at the back, the #23 and the #22 Nissan, are both in the pits.
Still the GTE battle continues, and still the gap is eight seconds - Vilander not giving much away, Taylor not giving up at all.

In GTE Am, Bell has caught Long - let that particular fight recommence.
The #9 Audi pitstop is under investigation. The reason is not yet clear.
Here comes Bell, drafting the Porsche down the Mulsanne. Long defends, Bell tries to go round the outside in the same places as before - but thinks better of it this time.
Lotterer is 2m26s behind the second-placed #18 Porsche. He's lapping rapidly, but not anywhere near fast enough to catch him.
Breaking news
Bell's just copped a 15-second stop-go penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
Calado's pit the #71 Ferrari. Looked like a slightly tardy getaway, but he's back on track now.
Di Grassi bangs in the fastest middle sector for the #8 Audi. The middle sector runs from Tertre Rouge to Mulsanne Corner.
All calm at the front of the LMP2 field. Lapierre leads by 1m10s over Bird, with Turvey a further 32s behind. Laptimes are not dissimilar, they can all get to the end with three stops.
Di Grassi has just set the fastest lap for the #8 Audi on a 3m18.420s. That's a second off the overall fastest lap, set by Lotterer in the #7 Audi.
Dumas is trying to unlap himself on the Lotterer Audi.
Di Grassi improved the fastest lap of the #8 Audi to a 3m17.831s last time round.
Bamber brings the #19 Porsche into the pits from the lead - with Lotterer also bringing in the #7 Audi from third.

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

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