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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 76th Le Mans 24 Hours
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The light rain continues to fall, ensuring that the track surface stays in a damp condition.
Mike Rockenfeller in third is matching Kristensen for pace and is sprinting away from Zonta's Peugeot as the Audis revel in the greasy conditions.
Tom Kristensen is homing in on the leader, cutting the gap to 27 seconds after a lap seven seconds quicker than Villeneuve's Peugeot.
The No.20 Epsilon Euskadi is finally back out of the garage after many hours under repair. The team are readying the car to resume with Adrian Valles at the wheel.
Villeneuve Peugeot No.7 - 4:08
Kristensen Audi No.2 - 4:06
The gap is trimmed down to 33.5 seconds.
Kristensen Audi No.2 - 4:06
The gap is trimmed down to 33.5 seconds.
The Peugeot No.7 continues to lead at a damp Le Mans circuit. The gap is down to 35.5 seconds as Tom Kristensen continues to haul in the leader in the No.2 Audi.
Kristensen's last lap around was timed at 4 minutes 02 seconds.
Mike Rockenfeller runs in third place in the No.3 Audi, with Ricardo Zonta in fourth place in the No.9 Audi R10.
Kristensen's last lap around was timed at 4 minutes 02 seconds.
Mike Rockenfeller runs in third place in the No.3 Audi, with Ricardo Zonta in fourth place in the No.9 Audi R10.
Conditions remain tricky as the addition of water to the track mixes with the oil, marbles of rubber and various other debris to make a very tricky racing surface.
The rain has become much lighter than it was a few minutes ago, but continues to fall on the circuit. The track surface is damp, but not in a wet condition - yet.
Mike Rockenfeller has overtaken the Peugeot of Ricardo Zonta, putting the Audis up to second and third.
Kristensen closed Villeneuve by six seconds on the latest lap, trimming the gap to the leader.
Jacques Villeneuve leads by 50 seconds from Tom Kristensen.
The No.33 Speedy Lola was push-started by the marshals successfully and the car makes its way slowly down the pitroad with extensive front end damage - particularly to the nose section, which is gone and the front left wheel and suspension.
Marshals are now pushing the stricken No.33 up the pit lane. The car appears to have lost its nose section in the gravel approaching the pit lane.
The rain continues to fall at start-finish as the Speedy Lola continues to be pushed in the entrance to pitlane by a few brave marshals.
The No.33 Speedy Lola has stopped on the pit entry lane. The car is in a tricky position as cars continue to sprint in to the pits for rain tyres.
The No.9 Peugeot comes into the pits and they exchange the intermediates for full wet tyres.
The No.8 car is also expected to pit for full wets soon.
The No.8 car is also expected to pit for full wets soon.
The No.1 Audi has also taken wet tyres and rejoined.
The No.2 Audi is also in. Capello jumps out and Tom Kristensen takes the steering wheel. Full wet tyres are put on and Kristensen rejoins the fight.
The 63 Corvette pits for full wet tyres as rain continues to fall.
Villeneuve rejoins the race.
The No.7 Peugeot is in the pits and the team are bolting full wet tyres onto the lead car.
The frantic scramble for rubber continues. The No.3 Audi takes full wet rubber and a driver change.
The No.8 Peugeot took on intermediate tyres as well.
Rain continues to fall as the cars begin to stream in to the pits for replacement tyres.
Soheil Ayari is driving that No.5 Courage-Oreca Judd and is sitting broadside on the start-finish straight. The ACO marshals do an excellent job in getting Ayari out of a position of danger.
The No.9 Peugeot of Zonta is in for intermediate tyres. The No.8 has also stopped.
The No.5 car has spun out of the Ford Chicane ...
Moderate rain is now falling on most parts of the course. Track conditions will quickly deteriorate.
Rain is falling in the pit lane!
Reports of possible rainfall in the coming hours continue. Some sources say rain is imminent, while some still maintain that the rain won't arrive until dawn.
The latest rain radar looks pretty conclusive.
The latest rain radar looks pretty conclusive.
The Van Merksteijn LMP2 leader is in the garage with the front bodywork removed. They currently have a four lap lead over Team Essex.
The No.1 Audi comes into the pits and rejoins the race still in the fifth position. Marco Werner remains in the cock[pit.
The No.7 Peugeot leads by 54.4 seconds over the No.2 Audi.
The No.5 Courage-Oreca has been wheeled in to the garage. They were running 8th overall before the stop. The garage halt is quickly over and the car returns to the circuit.
Capello brings the leading car into the pits, handing the top spot back to Villeneuve in the No.7 Peugeot.
The No.2 Audi takes on fuel only, keeps the same tyres, no driver change and Capello rejoins the race and continues to chase the leading Peugeot.
The battle at the front has been scintillating over the last couple of hours, and shows no signs of dying down.
The No.2 Audi takes on fuel only, keeps the same tyres, no driver change and Capello rejoins the race and continues to chase the leading Peugeot.
The battle at the front has been scintillating over the last couple of hours, and shows no signs of dying down.
The gap between the first two cars is four seconds after 13 hours of racing. However, the No.2 Audi is due to pit soon for a routine pitstop.
Rinaldo Capello has taken the lead of the 24 hours, passing the Peugeot No.7 of Jacques Villeneuve after the recent overheating issue suffered by the ex-leader.
Antonio Garcia takes to the controls of the 009 Aston Martin as the GT1 leader pits.
Jonny Kane in the No.45 Embassy Racing Zytek has been prevented from going out on the circuit again as his lights are faulty.
The No.7 is now cooled, wheeled back out into the pitlane, and Villeneuve rejoins the race.
By: Geoff Creighton, Emlyn Hughes
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