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The 76th Le Mans 24 Hours
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The No.25 that was recently nerfed into the armco is on its way back to the pits, is drivable, and the team will attempt repairs when it arrives in pitlane.
The No.1 Audi with Frank Biela driving is in the pits for the first of many stops. All the expectation before the race was that the Peugeots would be stopping before them.
Franck Montagny pits the No.9 Peugeot from the lead and is away again with a tank of fuel.
The No.3 Audi pits for the first time today.
The No.55 Lamborghini has been wheeled into the garage for further attention by the mechanics.
The damaged No.25 Lola MG is still crawling around the circuit to try and make it back to the pits.
Allan Mcnish pits in the No.2 Audi and rejoins the race, having taken fuel only.
Tommy Erdos has finally got the MG Lola back in the pits and the RML team are starting to look at the heavy front end damage.
The 009 Aston Martin pits from third in LMGT1, as the second-in-class No. 64 Corvette is also in for fuel.
The LMP2 leaders both pit in the pair of RS Spyders, with the Van Merksteijn car of Jeroen Bleekemolen not taking Michelin tyres while the Casper Elgaard Team Essex took new Dunlops.
With the first stops having been completed, the Peugeots continue to lead and in fact stretch away from all but one of the Audis.
The No.8 car driven by Pedro Lamy is just over a second ahead of the No.9 of Franck Montagny.
The No.7 machine is third and now 15 seconds behind the leading pair.
The No.8 car driven by Pedro Lamy is just over a second ahead of the No.9 of Franck Montagny.
The No.7 machine is third and now 15 seconds behind the leading pair.
The No.22 Tokai University Courage has been pushed back into the garage.
The GT1 battle has remained unchanged after the first round of stops.
Jan Magnussen (27th overall) leads his class in the No.63 Corvette. He has a 12 second lead over Oliver Gavin in the No.64 sister car, with the two Aston Martins now beginning to fall back a little. The Astons are now 26 seconds behind the leading Corvette.
Jan Magnussen (27th overall) leads his class in the No.63 Corvette. He has a 12 second lead over Oliver Gavin in the No.64 sister car, with the two Aston Martins now beginning to fall back a little. The Astons are now 26 seconds behind the leading Corvette.
The first hour ends with Peugeot trio at the head of the race. Pedro Lamy and Franck Montagny continue to run in tandem, with Nicolas Minassian in the No.7 908 HDi now 21 seconds behind them.
The No.19 Chamberlain Synergy Lola AER is heading slowly back to the pits.
Audi Sport continue to occupy positions four to six. The first of them is the No.2 car driven by Allan Mcnish. He is 48 seconds behind the leader now. Frank Biela in the No.1 car and Lucas Luhr in the No.3 are running together in a battle for fifth position - although they are now 90 seconds off the lead.
Pedro Lamy heads into the pits for the second time in the lead Peugeot, having run 11 laps.
Stephane Sarrazin now takes over the No.8 as the sister car of Montagny now leads.
All three of the Peugeots were running in the 3:24 bracket before Lamy's stop.
The Audi times are all over the place.
Mcnish - 3:27
Biela - 3:30
Luhr - 3:33.
The Audi times are all over the place.
Mcnish - 3:27
Biela - 3:30
Luhr - 3:33.
The No.7 and No.9 Peugeots pit together for the second time.
Driver change for the No.7 and Jacques Villeneuve jumps into the car and heads out of the pits.
Driver change for the No.7 and Jacques Villeneuve jumps into the car and heads out of the pits.
The No.9 also changed drivers and it's Austrian Christian Klien now at the controls.
The No.1 Audi pits and is down and away with Emanuele Pirro now at the wheel.
Allan Mcnish now takes over the lead briefly as we wait for his second stop.
The No.3 Audi pits, takes on tyres and fuel, and Lucas Luhr remains in the cockpit.
The No.3 Audi pits, takes on tyres and fuel, and Lucas Luhr remains in the cockpit.
Allan Mcnish comes into the pits in the No.2 Audi and he stays in the cockpit while the fuel is put in.
The No.2 leaves the pitbox and rejoins the race.
The No.2 leaves the pitbox and rejoins the race.
The No. 83 Risi/Krohn Ferrari has stopped out on the circuit and is struggling to get back to the pits.
So far we have focussed mainly on the top six and the race between the diesels.
In seventh position the Pescarolo Sport No.16 car has been setting competitive laptimes in the hands of Jean-Christophe Bouillion. He is running 50 seconds behind the last of the Audis.
The No.5 Oreca Matmut entry is eighth. Loic Duval is at the wheel and on Bouillion's tail.
In seventh position the Pescarolo Sport No.16 car has been setting competitive laptimes in the hands of Jean-Christophe Bouillion. He is running 50 seconds behind the last of the Audis.
The No.5 Oreca Matmut entry is eighth. Loic Duval is at the wheel and on Bouillion's tail.
Stephane Sarrazin leads for Peugeot after 90 minutes in Le Mans. The No.7 car driven by Christian Klien is running second, from the No.9 of Jacques Villeneuve.
Allen McNish is the best Audi in fourth, almost a minute down on the leader. The other two Audis are running closely together in fifth and sixth, two minutes behind the lead.
Allen McNish is the best Audi in fourth, almost a minute down on the leader. The other two Audis are running closely together in fifth and sixth, two minutes behind the lead.
Duval pits the Oreca from eighth, promoting the No.10 Charouz Racing Lola Aston - still driven by Stefan Mucke - into that place.
Duval rejoined after his second stop in tenth position. He will now chase down the all-Japanese Dome Judd which runs in ninth.
Duval rejoined after his second stop in tenth position. He will now chase down the all-Japanese Dome Judd which runs in ninth.
In LMP2, the Van Merksteijn RS Spyder has pitted from the class lead and 12th overall. Jos Verstappen has now taken the Porsche back out for his first stint.
Stephane Sarrazin has been stamping his authority on the race in recent laps. A quicker pitstop, and a searing set of recent laps have now ballooned the gap between the two leading cars to 35 seconds.
On his 25th lap Sarrazin set a blistering 3:21.872 - eight seconds faster than either of his teammates.
No.8 Sarrazin leads.
No.9 Christian Klien +35.5s
No.7 Jacques Villeneuve +43s.
On his 25th lap Sarrazin set a blistering 3:21.872 - eight seconds faster than either of his teammates.
No.8 Sarrazin leads.
No.9 Christian Klien +35.5s
No.7 Jacques Villeneuve +43s.
The No.55 IBP Spartak Lamborghini remains in the pits with the mechanics looking over the rear of the car. The car has only completed eight laps with Peter Cox at the wheel.
We see the No.12 Charouz Racing Lola Judd coming into the pitlane with light damage, and the No.41 Zytek is parked in the gravel at the Ford Chicane.
The No.12 scrambles into the pits and is being attended to now by the machanics, but it would appear that the No.41 is out. Karim Ojjeh was driving at the time of this incident.
The No.12 scrambles into the pits and is being attended to now by the machanics, but it would appear that the No.41 is out. Karim Ojjeh was driving at the time of this incident.
The No.10 Lola Aston is off after a crash in the chicane after the first corner ...
The leading Charouz that was in eighth position with Stefan Mucke at the wheel is in the gravel. It's the No.10 machine and there is both front and rear end damage.
The No.41 Zytek is now being tractored out of the gravel at the final chicane.
The No.73 Luc Alphand Corvette has been handed a 30-second stop and go penalty.
After some slower laps in the No.7 Peugeot, Jacques Villeneuve is beginning to become more comfortable, setting laptime comparable with the other two Peugeots.
Meanwhile, the flying Peugeots are due to stop once again. Leader Sarrazin has been in from the lead and now Klien has stopped for a tank of diesel in the No.9.
The No.12 Charouz Lola-Judd with Klaus Graf driving has spun at the exit of the Mulsanne corner. The ACO marshals do a great job in getting the car pointed the right way and Graf gets underway again.
The crashed No.10 Lola Aston is trying to recover back to the pits. The car has extensive damage and was losing bits and pieces on to the track before pulling up on the inside at Tetre Rouge. The car is currently in a tricky position for the marshals to recover it.
By: Geoff Creighton, Emlyn Hughes
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