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Emanuele Pirro pits the No.1 Audi for tyres and fuel.
The leader comes into the pits. The No.7 Peugeot has fresh tyres, fuel taken, no driver change on this occasion and Nicolas Minassian rejoins retaining the lead.
The No.8 team were rocking the car back and forwards, indicating that the transmission gremlins may have returned.
The No.8 Peugeot, previously in trouble with the gearbox, is turned to push back in to the garage.
Alex Wurz pulls the No.8 car in to end his stint.
It is a slow stop and the car is struggling to restart ...
It is a slow stop and the car is struggling to restart ...
The autosport.com news team at the circuit tell us that the No.45 Embassy Racing car that is running in 33rd in overall classification, has been given a penalty as they were running on the circuit without the lights on.
The fourth-placed No.3 Audi comes into the pits. The tyres are changed, fuel has gone in, no driver change on this occasion and Lucas Luhr rejoins the fight.
With the recent problems that have affected the No.5 Oreca Courage-Judd, the Pescarolo Sport entry takes over the lead of the Petrol-powered race, and run in seventh place.
The No.11 Dome has been out for an exploratory lap after lengthy repairs. They have come back in to the pits and have been wheeled back for another spell in the garage.
In LMP2, Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Van Merksteijn RS Spyder is now around one lap ahead of Team Essex and runs tenth overall.
Minassian sets a 3:24.332 to lead by just over two minutes from McNish in the best of the Audis.
Franck Montagny continues in third for Peugeot, ahead of Lucas Luhr and Emanuele Pirro in the other Audis.
Alex Wurz continues the recovery of the No.8 Peugeot in sixth.
Franck Montagny continues in third for Peugeot, ahead of Lucas Luhr and Emanuele Pirro in the other Audis.
Alex Wurz continues the recovery of the No.8 Peugeot in sixth.
The Darren Turner Aston has overtaken the Ron Fellows Corvette somewhere around the circuit.
The 009 regains the lead in GT1 and leads the No.63 by three seconds.
Turner's last timed lap was a 3:52 compared to Fellows' 3:55, in a pass for the lead that was unseen by the cameras around the circuit.
The 009 regains the lead in GT1 and leads the No.63 by three seconds.
Turner's last timed lap was a 3:52 compared to Fellows' 3:55, in a pass for the lead that was unseen by the cameras around the circuit.
In the GT1 category, we have a race for the lead in progress. Ron Fellows still holds first position in the No.64 Corvette, but under the safety car the 009 Aston Martin had closed up right behind it. The gap between the pair is one second. Darren Turner is at the wheel of the 009 currently.
The safety car did not close Allan McNish up on the leader as the No.2 Audi was behind the opposite pace car to the No.7 Peugeot.
The Peugeot No.7 answers the call and leads the field back to green flag racing. It leads by 2 minutes 02 seconds over the No.2 Audi in second place, who in turn is a full lap ahead of the No.9 Peugeot in third.
The safety cars pull in and we are racing once again in Le Mans.
The autosport.com team at Le Mans tell us that the safety car will pit at the end of this lap.
We are nearing the end of the only safety car period so far in the race. The lights on the roof of the controlling vehicle change to green, meaning that we should be under racing conditions again soon.
Work continues on the No.11 Dome Judd. The car is now up on jack stands as the team continue to investigate the huge loss of oil that forced the car in to the garage.
The LMGT2 leader, No.82 with Mika Salo at the wheel, is taking advantage of the safety car to have the front brakes serviced on the Ferrari. He is away once again but gets held at the pit exit lights while the pack of cars stream by.
The two safety cars that are controlling the field remain on track. Meantime the crashed Courage No.6 has been removed from harms' way and the race should resume soon.
The clutch was fixed on the No.5 during that spell in the garage. The autosport.com news team in Le Mans also tell us that the No.77 Porsche is struggling with gearbox trouble and has fallen way behind the LMGT2 leaders.
The No.63 Ron Fellows Corvette had retaken the lead of the GT1 category, but has just been into the pits to fuel up. No driver change and Fellows rejoined the train of cars.
Further CCTV footage from the circuit's security cameras show the No.6 Courage now being lifted away from the scene of the crash at the Porsche curves.
The No.5 has is back out of the garage and heads off in to the night to find a snake of cars behind a safety car.
The No.9 is in now and the crew are clearing rubbish out of the radiators. The car rejoins with Montagny still on board.
The No.9 Peugeot is next to pit.
Fassler was carried into the ambulance on a stretcher and was seen to be moving, but visibly very shaken.
The No.5 Oreca Courage has been wheeled in to the garage as efforts continue to clean-up the crash of the sister car.
Further CCTV pictures show Marcel Fassler being escorted into an ambulance. The medical car is already down there at the Porsche curves, and this looks like it could be a lengthy safety car period.
The leading No.7 Peugeot pits under the safety car. Fuel is taken, no driver change and Minassian gets away.
As the pack forms up behind the pace cars, a scramble is now on to take advantage by pitting under caution ...
On the circuit's CCTV cameras we can see the marshals trying to remove the car. Fassler was in ninth position at the time of the incident.
Marcel Fassler was at the wheel of the No.6 and it has been in heavy contact with the barriers.
This is the first safety car period in over nine hours of racing.
Car No.6 is shown stopped in the Porsche Curves area.
The safety car has been deployed.
The Dome crew continue their scramble to get the car back on track.
The team are taking the opportunity of time in the garage to service the brakes.
The team are taking the opportunity of time in the garage to service the brakes.
The No.11 Dome entry remains in the garage while work continues to rectify the oil leak.
They are slipping down the order and are currently in 11th position overall.
They are slipping down the order and are currently in 11th position overall.
In among the oil drama affecting the Dome and Peugeot cars, when the No.7 leading Peugeot pitted there was a driver change. Nicolas Minassian is now piloting the lead car after taking over from Marc Gene.
By: Geoff Creighton, Emlyn Hughes
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