Le Mans 24 Hours 2015 The 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours
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The #7 Audi has been rolled into the garage for some work.
Meanwhile, the lead #19 Porsche returns to the track after taking on fuel.
Estre pits from fourth in the Honda-powered OAK, rejoins in the same place. He's got a lap on fifth-placed Yacaman in the second G-Drive entry.
The #7 Audi was in the garage for an oil top up. Treluyer returns to the track in third place after taking over from Lotterer.
Vilander's got the Ferrari's lead up to 13 seconds, at this stage the AF Corse car looks like it's got just about enough.
The #7 Audi is back in again. And again, it's being wheeled back into the garage.
The status quo remains in GTE Am also, with the #95 Aston two laps to the good.
The #7 Audi has been rolled back out of the garage and gets back onto the track in the hands of Treluyer. It's still holding third place.
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The reason behind the latest #7 stop.
@Audi__Sport: "Lap 356, 12.46 pit stop No. 7 to fix the engine cover, fuel."
@Audi__Sport: "Lap 356, 12.46 pit stop No. 7 to fix the engine cover, fuel."
The fourth-placed #8 Audi is in the pits in the hands of Di Grassi. Fuel goes in, di Grassi heads back out.
An off-track excursion from the #95 Aston, but it's hardly going to make a difference to its result.
Hartley is lapping rapidly in the #17 Porsche - he's in the 3m19s.
Hartley Le Mans 2015
The two leading GTE Pro cars pit together.
Taylor's out of the Corvette, in jumps Gavin - and he's got new tyres, too.
Vilander's already on his way though. No new rubber for the Ferrari, and that means he spends 23 seconds fewer in the pitlane.
Vilander's already on his way though. No new rubber for the Ferrari, and that means he spends 23 seconds fewer in the pitlane.
With just over two hours to go, the #19 Porsche of Bamber has the race completely under control, while time lost by the #7 Audi recently means that the #17 Porsche driven by Hartley has second place wrapped up.
Provided, of course, nothing goes wrong. The Le Mans 24 Hours has been lost much later than this in the past...
Provided, of course, nothing goes wrong. The Le Mans 24 Hours has been lost much later than this in the past...
Fourth-placed di Grassi is 90s behind the third-placed #7 Audi of Treluyer.
The Brazilian's #8 Audi has been playing catchup since early on after Loic Duval shunted approaching a slow zone at Indianapolis.
The Brazilian's #8 Audi has been playing catchup since early on after Loic Duval shunted approaching a slow zone at Indianapolis.
The second-placed #17 Porsche is in the pits. Hartley is staying in and taking on fuel.
The two Toyotas are still pounding round, with #2 (Conway) and #1 (Nakajima) in sixth and eighth places respectively. The Toyotas have tended to float around the five or six seconds off the pace mark for much of the race...more than the team anticipated.
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@MurphyPrototype: "Small bit of moisture in the air but doesn't look like we will have any sort of proper rain until after the race."
How things stand up front:
1 #19 Porsche (Bamber)
2 #17 Porsche (Hartley)
3 #7 Audi (Treluyer)
4 #8 Audi (Treluyer)
5 #18 Porsche (Dumas)
6 #2 Toyota (Conway)
7 #9 Audi (Albuquerque)
8 #1 Toyota (Nakajima)
1 #19 Porsche (Bamber)
2 #17 Porsche (Hartley)
3 #7 Audi (Treluyer)
4 #8 Audi (Treluyer)
5 #18 Porsche (Dumas)
6 #2 Toyota (Conway)
7 #9 Audi (Albuquerque)
8 #1 Toyota (Nakajima)
Pitstops for the top three in LMP2 as we entered the penultimate hour. Lapierre had a slower stop, but still leads Bird by 53 seconds. Turvey is a further 12 seconds behind.
Dumas brings the fifth-placed 18 Porsche into the pits.
Change of lead in GTE Pro as the #51 Ferrari slows and comes into the pits for work.
The AF Corse car has several laps in hand over the #71 Calado car, but this has denied the fight with the #64 Corvette continuing to the flag.
The #19 Porsche continues to make seemingly serene progress. Bamber leads by a lap with just over an hour-and-three-quarters to go.
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@mitchevans_: Just under 2 hours to go, we are P3 65sec off the lead and 12sec off P2. @OliverTurvey in till the end now. It's game on!! #LeMans24h
The #51 Ferrari is still in the pits. Its battle with the Corvette had been one of the highlights of the race after a lengthy pitstop lost it ground early in the race.
Nissan is still battling hard to get its cars to the end. Both #22 (Krumm) and #23 (Krumm) are still on track.
Di Grassi is putting together a decent stint in the #8 Audi. Just turned a lap in the 3m18s.
Lamy now pits the #98 Aston from the GTE Am lead. His advantage at the front of the class was about two laps and there's no sign of a challenge from behind.
Frantic work continues at the back of the #51 Ferrari. Gavin's GTE Pro advantage in the #64 Corvette has stretched to two laps already.
The #22 Nissan, driven by Krumm, has picked up a puncture. It's last of the cars that are still in the race, so that's not going to cost it anything in terms of position.
Turvey has closed the gap to Bird again, he's now within six seconds of the second-placed Ligier. Lapierre still leads by 54 seconds.
The Honda-powered OAK, which has been running fourth, is limping back to the pits with Vanthoor behind the wheel.
Porsche puts Hulkenberg in the race-leading #19 car for the finish. He rejoins with a fresh set of tyres on the 919 and just over 90 minutes to go.
The leading Porsches (#19, #17) are back on the same lap following the stop (and driver change) for the frontrunner.
Turvey is now less than three seconds behind Bird.
Stops for the #7 and #8 Audis, which occupy third and fourth at the moment, some way off the lead Porsches.
Hulkenberg leads Hartley by 2m30s out front.
The two leading Audis are separated by over 2 minutes as well, in the 'battle' for third.
The two leading Audis are separated by over 2 minutes as well, in the 'battle' for third.
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More negative Nissan news:
@NISMO: "Rear suspension issue on the No.22. We will fix it, and we will finish."
@NISMO: "Rear suspension issue on the No.22. We will fix it, and we will finish."
By: Scott Mitchell, AUTOSPORT staff, Mitchell Adam, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins
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