Le Mans 24 Hours 2019
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Rusinov is back in the G-Drive car.
Driver Change
And Thiriet has taken over the Signatech LMP2 entry.
Driver Change
Lopez is into the pits and hands over to Conway, new tyres and fuel going into the #7 Toyota too.
GTE PRO
The #94 Porsche is in the garage. That car was running in eighth, but a lap down in the hands of Sven Muller.
LMP1
Menezes is off and beached in the gravel in the Porsche Curves in the #3 Rebellion. He was chasing Vandoorne in the #11 SMP BRE for third after losing those three minutes in the pits with a stop-go.
LMP2
Rojas and Jamin are having a fierce scrap for sixth in LMP2 currently, one of the few battles in the LMP2 field ongoing.
Autosport
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LMP2
Phil Hanson's replaced di Resta in the United Autosports Ligier, with TDS Racing's Perrodo serving his latest pistop at the same time.
Hanson's fourth, Perrodo's fifth in class.
Hanson's fourth, Perrodo's fifth in class.
LMP1
Menezes has been hauled out of the gravel and is on his way into the pits. Replays of the spin show that he lost it at the end of the double-left at the start of the Porsche Curves and ended up off the track on the entry to the long right.
LMP1
Worse still, the #3 car is up on the dollies and swivelled into the garage.
Green flag
That slow zone has been removed.
LMP1
Nakajima was the net winner in that slow zone period. He was a minute and a half down on Conway and is now 1m19s in arrears.
LMP2
That slow zone was a perfect time for Autosport to make a cup of tea and, during the brewing process, nothing changed at the sharp end of LMP2.
As we sip, G-Drive holds a 2m49s lead over Signatech.
As we sip, G-Drive holds a 2m49s lead over Signatech.
LMP1
Conway goes a second faster than Nakajima that time around the majestic Circuit de la Sarthe. The #7 car has had an edge for most of this race, and for the most part, luck when there have been yellow flags waving around the place.
LMP1
Menezes was in the pits for nine minute after his off and has now just had a stop of just under four minutes. The incident in the Porsche Curves has resulted in the #3 Rebellion falling two laps down on the #11 SMP entry.
Information
Oh something's happened in LMP2! Aubry is reported as going slowly at the first Mulsanne chicane. That's the third-placed car remember.
LMP2
Aubry's first sector is 10s slower than comparable cars...
LMP2
That's a Sunday stroll for Aubry as he passes a bollard that's been loosened by one of the Ford GTs at the exit of the Mulsanne.
GTE PRO
The #91 Porsche of Makowiecki pits in from P4 in GTE Pro, so expect the class-leading Corvette and the #93 Porsche in any time soon.
LMP2
Aubry lost another minute or so in the second sector. This is a painful crawl home for the Jackie Chan DC Racing car.
LMP2
No work done on the #38 Chan/DC ORECA after its arrival back in the pits. Just fuel, tyres and a driver change, Tung for Aubry. That can only mean one thing - the car was running out of fuel.
LMP2
That drama for the #38 car means fourth-placed Perrodo is now just 14.5s off Tung.
LMP2
Rusinov pits from the lead of LMP2, with a nice three-minute lead in his back pocket.
GTE PRO
Pilet pits the #93 Porsche out of third in GTE Pro, and Earl Bamber is now aboard that car. That just leaves the Corvette of the leading quartet needing to make another stop soon.
LMP1
Conway is edging away from Nakajima. The gap has topped 90s now.
GTE PRO
And there we go, Rockenfeller brings in the Corvette, so it's Ferrari back to the fore.
LMP2
As the #38 car had more drama than your average Jackie Chan film, we forgot to mention that Jamin won the battle with Rojas for sixth in class.
Pit stop
Thiriet pits his Signatech from second in the LMP2 class - he stays in the car. A little bit of a spruce up on the livery and windscreen and he gets back out there.
GTE PRO
So, following that round of stops, Serra is 50s to the good in GTE Pro. Expect the Brazilian in again some time before the end of this hour. Rockenfeller stays in the Corvette and is second, followed by the Porsches of Bamber and Makowiecki.
LMP1
Conway is into the pits in the #7 car. Like Lopez before him, he pumped in some purple sectors on that final lap.
LMP2
Tung's done a good job of clawing back some time here, he's 21s ahead of Perrodo now after a couple of laps. So his Jackie Chan car is looking a bit more safe in third.
LMP2
Perrodo nearly had a hairy moment in traffic on the Mulsanne when he stumbled across some GT cars, but no real harm done.
Pit stop
And Perrodo pitted at the end of that lap from fourth in class.
LMP1
There's been a nine-second swing to the #7 car through that pit sequence. Conway was 1m28s up before Nakajima stopped and now he's 1m37s to the good.
GTE PRO
Serra should be due in the pits soon from the GTE Pro lead, he's managed to eke the gap out over Rockenfeller's Corvette to 56s as it stands. The gap between Rockenfeller and the third-place Porsche of Bamber is out to 19s.
Pit stop
Right on time - in comes Serra in the #51 Ferrari.
LMP2
Duqueine Engineering's now up to fifth in class through Ragues, it's passed Hanson's United Autosport and the IDEC Sport ORECA of Rojas.
GTE PRO
Alessandro Pier Guidi takes over the #51 and resumes in second, 9.4s down on Rockenfeller. He should be cycling back into the lead in 35 minutes or so, barring any dramas.
LMP2
Duval's back in the TDS Racing car and has a 26s gap to Tung ahead to work on.
Pit stop
LMP2 leader Rusinov is into the pits, purely fuel and a tidy up.
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