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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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Fisichella has pitted in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari, but unlike recent hours, the team hasn't relinquished the GTE Pro lead to the Taylor-driven #64 Corvette.
Green flag
The slow zone has cleared.
Webber brings the #17 Porsche into the pits for fuel.
Lamy has pitted in the GTE Am-leading Aston, rejoins without relinquishing top spot to the SMP Ferrari.
Right on cue, the director rolls out some slow-mo footage of Chandhok, Bird and Howson, and the latter has pitted in the KCMG ORECA.
Not much to report in LMP2, Howson still leads Bird by more than one lap, with Chandhok and Turvey the next cars on the road, a further lap behind.
Yellow flag
We have a slow zone at Indianapolis to allow for the recovery of the Rebellion.
Up front, Hulkenberg's lead is now 67 seconds over Fassler
Yellow flag
A moment of alarm as AUTOSPORT is momentarily fooled by one of the 'decoy' Porsches, which is in the wall at Indianapolis. Fortunately for the German marque, it's not a Porsche at all, it's the white #12 Rebellion LMP1 driven by Nicolas Prost.
Treluyer brings the #7 Audi into the pits from the lead. He will take tyres and hand over to Fassler.

Hulkenberg takes the lead in the #19 Porsche.
Treluyer is due in shortly, so Hulkenberg will assume the lead when that happens.
A pitstop for the #72 SMP Racing Ferrari, currently second in GTE Am. Bertolini is now in the car, as the team looks to challenge the leading #98 Aston.
Is Hulkenberg going to feel his way into this stint? Take it easy as he acclimatises perhaps. Not a bit of - he bangs in a 3m19.493s on his first flying lap. He's always been a class act and it's great to see a driver of his ability in a potentially racewinning car.
Treluyer is due in in a couple of laps, which will bring his quadruple stint to an end.
Treluyer has a lead of 17.682s over Hulkenberg.
Well, there's a threat of rain, so Porsche will be very happy to have Hulkenberg - who is very good in the wet and brilliant on a damp track on slicks - in the car.
Hulkenberg was massively impressive during his second stint overnight. Let's see what he can do here.
Big news at Toyota - Buemi has done the #1 car's fastest lap of the race with a 3m22.548s. That's five seconds off the fastest lap overall...
Bamber pits in in the #19 Porsche and hands over to Nico Hulkenberg. This should be Hulkenberg's final go in the car.
Bamber is nudging the lead up to the one-minute mark. It's currently 57.743s over Treluyer in the #7 Audi.
There are still two Nissans moving, down in 44th and 47th place. Chilton is aboard #23 and Krumm in #22. Didn't look especially likely that any of the Nissans would still be around come sunrise, so the fact two-thirds of them are still running is a positive.
There are some question marks about the weather this morning. Depending on who you believe it's either definitely going to rain or definitely not going to rain. There are also unconfirmed reports of a plague of locusts sweeping in from the south, which could make strategy interesting.

For now, it's dry, so let's not worry about bad weather until it turns up. Or doesn't.

AUTOSPORT's high-tech weather system (looking out the window) can confirm it is getting lighter rapidly.
A trio of LMP2 pitstops have just been completed - G-Drive in second, Murphy in third and the #34 OAK in sixth have all visited the lane. No driver changes, with Bird, Chandhok and Estre continuing.
In the lead battle, Bamber and Treluyer are still evenly matched. The gap stands at 55.897s.
Leaders as the sun slowly rises:

Overall: #19 Porsche (Bamber)
LMP2: #47 KCMG ORECA (Howson)
GTE Pro: #51 AF Corse Ferrari (Fisichella)
GTE AM: #98 Aston Martin (Lamy)
The #9 Audi has been brought into the pits, with Albuquerque staying on board after taking on fuel.
Webber is at the wheel of the fourth-placed #17 Porsche. He's lapping in the 3m23s bracket, making him the slowest of the four cars on the lead lap.
The #8 Audi is back in the pits. It holds fifth place in the hands of di Grassi.
Here's how things stand:

1 #19 Porsche (Bamber)
2 #7 Audi (Treluyer), +57.595s
3 #9 Audi (Albuquerque), +1m59.929s
Good job from Bamber in the leading #19 Porsche. He's extending his lead now.
The #18 Porsche heads into the pits for fuel. Dumas is still aboard that car, which runs sixth.
Fisichella bangs in the fastest lap we've seen so far from the #51 AF Corse Ferrari that is second in GTE. He's battling with Milner's Corvette.
Bamber's lead in the #19 Porsche is now 53 seconds. It's a great game of cat and mouse between him and Treluyer. The Frenchman is making gains, but it is very very slow progress!
Sounds like TDS is joining the list of retirees, with the damage to its Ligier beyond repair.
Hartley brings the #17 Porsche into the pits for fuel and tyres. He hands over to Webber.
Another stop complete for KCMG, Howson remains in the dominant LMP2 leader.
LMP2 pitstops for Jota, currently fourth with Dolan behind the wheel, and Strakka, sixth with Watts now in charge.
It's 5:43am here in Le Mans and we're getting closer to sunrise. This is what it looks like out of the media centre window, right now. See?

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

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