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Pit stop
LMH: Matthieu Vaxiviere in the #36 Alpine comes in for a stop, its eighth of the race.
GTE Am: Now that round of pit stops is completed. Rovera (#83 AF Corse), despite a spin at the start of the hour, has 32.7s lead over Fraga (#33 TF Sport). The #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari is third ahead of Ilott's Iron Lynx. Fisi is fifth in the #54 AF Corse.
Safety car
We have a safety car.
Third Safety Car. Fraga in the TF Sport GTE Am class contender has been involved in an incident. The Team Project 1 Porsche is at the scene too. Appears two separate incidents.
GTE Am: Fraga has got the TF Sport Aston going again but looks to have a mechanical issue.
GTE Am: Replays show the Team Project 1 Porsche with Perfetti at the wheel had a wild spin at high-speed that has caused the Safety Car.
GTE Am: Perfetti is out of the Team Project 1 Porsche. Doesn't look good for the car though.
GTE Am: Fraga has brought the TF Sport Aston back to the pits. It was in second before the incident and due to inherit the lead once Rovera stopped. As a result, Kessel Racing with Jensen still at the wheel has inherited the position. Ilott's Iron Lynx has moved up to third.
GTE Pro: The leading AF Corse, with Ledogar at the wheel, has come into the pits under the Safety Car. The sister entry has also stopped and rejoined in P4 with Molina at the controls.
Pit stop
LMH: Brendon Hartley has brought the #8 Toyota in, and relinquishes the controls to Kazuki Nakajima.
GTE Pro: The #51 AF Corse Ferrari has rejoined in P2 with Calado taking over from Ledogar.
GTE AM: Leader Rovera pits and is followed in by Jensen in the Kessel Racing entry. Ilott has now taken over the class lead in the Iron Lynx Ferrari.
Pit stop
LMH: Lopez brings the #7 Toyota in too, fuel and tyres for the lead car.
GTE Am: Thomas Flohr has taken over from the rapid Fisichella in the #54 AF Corse Ferrari in P4.
GTE Pro: The sister #64 Corvette looks like its enduring a long stop in the pits. Has dropped to P7 in class. Sims brought the car back to the pits under the Safety Car.
Safety car in this lap.
Green flag
We are racing again.
GTE Pro: Sims has rejoined the race after a lengthy stop for the #64 Corvette but is now last of the eight class runners, behind the pole-sitting Hub Auto Porsche.
LMH: Derani's got on with the task at hand and is picking his way through the LMP2 frontrunners. In that melee, Scherer in the #22 United car has made his way past Habsburg in the #31 WRT.
GTE Pro: While there is trouble one for Corvette, the other leads the class with Catsburg less than a second ahead of Calado in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari.
GTE Am: Drama for the #85 Iron Lynx Ferrari. Frey seems to have picked up a puncture and is slowing. The car was seventh in class.
LMP2: Scherer, who had just cleared Habsburg, now brings the #22 car into the pitlane. He rejoins fourth in class, such is the gap between he and the #28 Jota.
LMH: Lopez in the #7 Toyota continues to lead, over a minute clear of the #8 currently occupied by Nakajima. Alpine's #36 is third, albeit a lap down, as the #708 Glickenhaus has now cleared the LMP2 leaders and has a 2m15s gap to the #36.
LMP2: The #65 Panis car calls in to pit after deciding to put its LMP2 lead battle with the #41 on ice. Canal remains on board as it's just a fuel stop.
GTE Am: Rovera has passed Ilott for the class lead. Meanwhile, the #60 Iron Lynx Ferrari has spun into the gravel at the Mulsanne chicane. The car was lucky not to be collected. Close call!
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Diffuser change complete as race goes back to green. @AlexanderSims returns to track two laps down and in P8. @nickcatsburg restarts in the #GTEPro lead following the latest pit cycle. #LeMans24
— Corvette Racing (@CorvetteRacing) August 21, 2021
GTE Am: The #47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari has found the barriers at Terte Rouge. The car (Lacorte at the wheel) has pulled over to the side of the circuit.
GTE Pro: Catsburg continues to hold sway in the #63 Corvette having managed to build a little advantage over Calado in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari.
GTE Pro: Calado is stalking Catsburg for the lead now. Cracking dice this. Who will prevail Ferrari or Corvette?
GTE Pro: It looks like Calado, has done it. The #51 AF Corse Ferrari takes the class lead from Catsburg's #63 Corvette.
LMP2: The pitstops have spaced out the lead battle somewhat; the #31 WRT is closing in a little on the leading #41 car, while the #22 United car is once again battling with the #65 Panis machine.
GTE Am: The recovering Fraga has lifted the TF Sport Aston to P3 in class. The car had some kind of mechanical issue which contributed to the deployment of the third Safety Car.
LMH: The #7 Toyota has added another 10s to its lead over the #8 the last time we checked in.
Off track
LMH: The Alpine is off the road! Vaxiviere in the #36 is currently beached at one of the chicanes, and requires some roadside assistance. The #708 Glickenhaus can pick up third in class here...
LMH: The #708 does indeed get third, as the Alpine is back on the road; Vaxiviere has the bit between his teeth now.
Pit stop
LMH: Yeah, the Alpine got into a bit of bother there trying to put a lap on a GTE runner. The #36 comes into the pits as the team gives it a once-over and fresh tyres - and Lapierre takes over from Vaxiviere.
GTE Am: It appears Fraga suffered two rear punctures in the TF Sport Aston Martin when it was caught up in an incident that saw it drop from the lead. The car is sitting P3, but is on a charge.
Pit stop
LMP2: The #28 Jota makes another stop, allowing the #34 Inter Europol car of Alex Brundle to move up a spot to fifth in class.
LMP2: The #31 WRT takes the class lead! Habsburg passes WRT stablemate Deletraz to move up to the top of the LMP2 rankings and fourth overall.
GTE Am: The Spirit of Race Ferrari has dropped it at Indianapolis. Duncan Cameron at the wheel. The #55 car is being retrieved. It's not the first incident for the car in the race.
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