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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.
Milner's advantage over Vilander in the fight for GTE Pro honours is up to 8.7s now.
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).
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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."
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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."
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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No further action against the #64 Corvette. Let battle recommence!
Turvey's cause has just been helped by Canal pitting.
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.
Bernhard is catching P2 Rast - the gap between the Audi and the Porsche is just 8s now.
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.
The #42 Strakka Dome has ground to a halt on the pit straight.
The investigation into the Corvette's stop surrounds its release, which put it alongside the Ferrari. Great viewing, but unsafe?
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.
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.
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.
Webber out, Bernhard in the #17 Porsche, which rejoins third, behind Rast in the #9 Audi.
Webber pits the #17 car from second, so Tandy's lead in the #19 grows again.
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.
The #12 Rebellion (33rd) picks up a drive-through for abuse of track limits.
Yellow flag
Yet another spin for the #40 Krohn Ligier.
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
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.
Bradley pits from the lead of LMP2 for fuel. The #47 car still has a significant gap back to the #26 G-Drive Ligier.
The #19 Porsche leads the #17 by 2m25s now the latest pitstops have shaken out.
Vilander pits in the GTE Pro-leading #51 Ferrari. A good recovery from AF Corse, which lost ground early on in this race.
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.
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 #55 GTE Am Ferrari has hit trouble on track. Mortimer had been driving very slowly, and now it's struggling down at Indianapolis.
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.
1st and 4th place cars are in. That's the #19 Porsche (Tandy) and the #7 Audi (Fassler).
Gavin's moved the Corvette slightly closer to the Ferrari: 6.9s the gap now.
Rast pits the #9 Audi from second, slipping behind the #17 Porsche of Webber.
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
Jarvis brings the #8 Audi in from fifth place, having been running 50s behind the #7 R18 beforehand.
Canal pits in the G-Drive Ligier from second in LMP2, rejoins in the same place.
The Krohn car has fired up again, so the tractor is reversing back off the circuit. Slow zone should be cleared shortly.
Pitstops for the two leading GTE Am entries, Dalla Lana is still in the class-leading Aston, Shaytar climbs aboard the pursuing Ferrari.
Yellow flag
There's a slow zone at the the second Mulsanne chicane thanks to Krohn spinning his Ligier.
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Direct from one of Jota's three drivers...
@mitchevans_: Massive night stints from @OliverTurvey @simondolan & I to put us back into a podium position. Still lap down from p2 but we keep pushing on
@mitchevans_: Massive night stints from @OliverTurvey @simondolan & I to put us back into a podium position. Still lap down from p2 but we keep pushing on
By: Scott Mitchell, AUTOSPORT staff, Mitchell Adam, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins
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