Le Mans 24 Hours final qualifying day
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GTE PRO
Kevin Estre skates into the gravel at the Porsche Curves in the #92 'Pink Pig' Porsche, but he just keeps it out of the barriers and he's safely made it back to the pits. That car still lies second in GTE Pro.
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LMP1
So with the Manor-Ginettas a bit more on the pace, your LMP1 order is currently:
1 #8 Toyota; 2 #7 Toyota; 3 #1 Rebellion R-13; 4 #3 Rebellion R-13; 5 #17 SMP Racing BR1; 6 #10 DragonSpeed BR1; 7 #11 SMP Racing BR1; 8 #4 ByKolles CLM P1/01; 9 #6 Manor-Ginetta G60-LT-P1;10 #5 Manor-Ginetta G6-LT-P1
1 #8 Toyota; 2 #7 Toyota; 3 #1 Rebellion R-13; 4 #3 Rebellion R-13; 5 #17 SMP Racing BR1; 6 #10 DragonSpeed BR1; 7 #11 SMP Racing BR1; 8 #4 ByKolles CLM P1/01; 9 #6 Manor-Ginetta G60-LT-P1;10 #5 Manor-Ginetta G6-LT-P1
LMP2
Chatin also shaved a tenth off his best time yesterday to consolidate his place at the top, and has since come into the pits. Vaxiviere was the only one of the leading quartet not to improve on his first run, so TDS has sent 2013 Le Mans winner Loic Duval out in his place. Can he find the four tenths needed to get on terms with Chatin?
LMP1
We now have all the LMP1 cars leading the way after Roussel moves the second Manor-Ginetta to 10th with his 3m24.763s time.
Considering the start the Manor-Ginettas have had to this week, there'll be a few sighs of relief there you'd imagine.
Considering the start the Manor-Ginettas have had to this week, there'll be a few sighs of relief there you'd imagine.
GTE PRO
Westbrook edges into the 3m49s in the #69 Ford now, moving up two places to seventh in the process.
GTE AM
Ben Barker restores last night's Porsche 1-2-3 in GTE Am with a 3m51.391s lap aboard the #86 Gulf Racing car, 0.663s slower than the leading Dempsey-Proton machine.
GTE PRO
Few more improvers in GTE Pro now, with Patrick Pilet (#93 Porsche), Sam Bird (#71 Ferrari) and Richard Westbrook (#69 Ford) all setting new personal bests. Antonio Garcia has likewise delivered the best lap for Corvette so far, but the #63 remains 13th in class.
LMP1
Kobayashi's latest time is just two tenths off bettering the #7's best time of 3m17.337s.
LMP1
Rowland's improved the Manor-Ginetta #6 car's best time in a much more productive day for that car. He's still ninth in the LMP1 class but the best lap is 3m23.757s.
GTE PRO
Only one mover on the first round of GTE Pro laps, the #51 Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi. He's now up to fourth with an effort of 3m49.494s, a shade under two seconds off the pace.
LMP1
Kobayashi is in the #7 Toyota but has yet to better that car's best time, so it stays second and exactly two seconds behind Nakajima in the sister car.
LMP1
Nakajima brings the Toyota back into the pits. That's an impressive start to say the least...
LMP2
Plenty of changes after the first runs in LMP2, as Nathanel Berthon goes second-quickest in the Dragonspeed #31 ORECA, just 0.041s behind Chatin's IDEC Sport car, to make it a Michelin 1-2 at the head of the field. Vergne has also improved, jumping ahead of the #28 TDS car, but stays third, while Will Stevens has gone fifth in the #23 Panis-Barthez Ligier.
The two Rebellions have displaced SMP Racing as LMP1's non-hybrid's pacesetter, with the #3 car driven by Laurent edging out Senna with his 3.18.252s lap.
Stopwatch
Nakajima completes the #8 Toyota's first flying lap and he blitzes his provisional pole time! It's now a 3m15.377s, that's just under two seconds quicker than his previous table-topping time.
GTE PRO
After Gimmi Bruni's heroics yesterday, Fred Makowiecki has been entrusted with the pace-setting #91 Porsche for the early laps of this session. Remember, the Frenchman took pole at the wheel of a Luxury Racing Ferrari in 2012 and a works Aston Martin in 2013.
LMP2
The quick boys are out for the start of the session in LMP2. Paul-Loup Chatin, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Jean-Eric Vergne set the three quickest times yesterday evening and all are out in their respective machines in a push for pole position.
LMP1
And the first flying laps begin as the Toyotas and Rebellions cross the line.
Green flag
But we're back to green quickly.
Yellow flag
And we have our first yellow at the first Mulsanne chicane as Pierre Nicolet spins the Jackie Chan DC Racing Ligier.
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Green flag
And the Rebellions once again lead the cars to the track.
There's been spots of rain, but that shouldn't deter any quick laps when the session begins.
Floodlights are on along the start/finish line and the entire session has been declared as night running.
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It's 17 degrees Celsius, but the real interest is the chance of rain. It's currently at 85%...
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And we have some engine noise as cars head down to pit exit.
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No real change in weather conditions for this session as the sun starts to sink a bit. It's still overcast but there doesn't appear to be a huge threat of rain.
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As the final session has been brought forward, there's barely more than 15 minutes until that gets underway.
Autosport
Miss any of that chaotic qualifying session? Catch up with our report as Toyota remains on top and Alonso set his best lap of the running to date: 
LMP1
One of the Manor-Ginettas has its rear bodywork off with some tweaks being made to the left-rear suspension.
Here's how LMP1 is shaping up with one qualifying session remaining
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We've had confirmation from the team that Sernagiotto is OK. The cause of the incident was a front-left puncture.
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The session will not be resumed, according to race control. Qualifying 3 will proceed at 9:30pm local time - that's half an hour earlier than planned.
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Car #50 - the Larbre Ligier - has been asked by race direction to pick up the pace on its return to the pitlane.
Crash
On-board footage from one of the GTE-Pro BMWs shows tyre marks heading for the barriers on the inside on corner approach, before the Dallara had a secondary impact against the outside wall.
Crash
The debris trail shows it to be the #47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara LMP2 car that crashed, with Giorgio Sernagiotto at the wheel. Thankfully the Italian appears to have exited the cockpit unaided.
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Message from the race director: “We have a lot of debris on track approaching the first chicane.”
Cars after marshal post 11 (at the scene of the incident) have been told they may pick up the pace to return to the pits.
Cars after marshal post 11 (at the scene of the incident) have been told they may pick up the pace to return to the pits.
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