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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 77th Le Mans 24 Hours
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23h21m Peugeot #9 leads the race by nearly one lap over the sister #8 car driven by Sebastien Bourdais. Tom Kristensen will finish the race in the #1 Audi in third spot - some seven laps off the lead.
23h19m The leader answers the call of the race director and Marc Gene and the rest of the field head down to Tertre Rouge and the Mulsanne straight once again.
23h18m The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
23h17m Less than 45 minutes remain in the 77th running of the endurance classic.
23h16m The safety car will pull in at the end of this lap, allowing the race to resume.
23h15m The GT1 class-leading #63 has pitted for what may be its final service of the race.
23h13m The field remain under the control of the safety car, as it crosses the start-finish line to begin another 8.4 mile lap of the Le Mans circuit.
23h11m The sole running Lola-Aston Marin, #007, has popped in to the pits for a top-up of fuel.
The #008 remains in the pits with what may be terminal problems.
The #008 remains in the pits with what may be terminal problems.
23h11m The cement dust spreading and track clean up continues following the Goh crash and the #39 KSM Lola oil slick round parts of the circuit.
23h09m JMW Motorsport's #92 Ferrari is taking advantage of the long safety car period to make a pitstop. The car is fourth in GT2.
23h09m The Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder is in the pits for what looks like precautionary service. That car now has a massive lead after the demise of the Taeam Goh car in that accident that brought us under safety car.
23h02m The #9 Peugeot car is behind one of the safety cars and the #8 is behind the other. That will dent the recent charge from the second-place car and leaves it with little chance to catch up over half a lap in the time remaining.
23h00m One hour remains in Le Mans 2009 with the field once again under control of the safety car.
22h59m Down at Mulsanne, an army of ACO marshals are laying cement dust down on the track surface to soak up any despoited oil from the #39 car.
22h57m The #39 KSM entry was in seventh position in the LMP1 class. The marshals quickly put out the resulting flash fire as the rear end of the car steamed merrily.
22h55m The #1 Audi R15 has been into the pits under the safety car. Tom Kristensen resumes in third position behind the rapid Peugeots.
22h52m The #33 Speedy Racing Sebah Lola-Judd will take over second place in LMP2, with the Team Goh Spyder comprehensively destroyed in that crash.
22h52m The #39 KSM Lola Mazda pulls into the pits with smoke coming from the rear. Chances are another Mazda engine has expired. The pitlane marshals are dealing with the recovery of the car and pushing it towards the KSM garage.
22h50m Seiji Ara is unhurt after a massive accident in the Goh car, which speared in to the armco barrier under braking for the chicane before smashing in to the tyre barriers.
22h49m The #9 Peugeot reacts to the safety car deployment and Marc Gene is in for service. The race leader enjoys a trouble-free stop and is away again - Gene remains on board.
22h48m The #5 Team Goh Porsche RS Spyder has been crashed heavily at the first Mulsanne chicane.
22h47m The safety car has been deployed.
22h43m On cue, Sebastien Bourdais brings the #8 in for a stop, taking on fuel and tyres, which releases the #9 Peugeot into a lead of over one minute again.
22h41m At the sharp end, the Peugeot duo are running 18 seconds apart in first and second. The #9 remains at the front in the hands of Marc Gene.
Sebastien Bourdais in second in the #8 car is due in the pits soon.
Sebastien Bourdais in second in the #8 car is due in the pits soon.
22h39m The #008 Lola-Aston Martin is smoking heavily as Darren Turner tours it back to the pits.
22h37m The #007 is in for a final driver change and new tyres. Tomas Enge heads out to resume in fourth overall but he loops it around in the Dunlop chicane, before continuing.
22h33m The #24 OAK Racing Pescarolo is another Mazda-engined car to face a smokey demise. It has similar symptoms to the other retired cars with heavy smoke from the rear as it pulled out of the pits.
22h30m Matias Russo has got the #78 AF Corse Ferrari back to the pits. The mechanics go to work, investigating the issue that has slowed the car, resulting in a latest lap time of just over six minutes.
The #83 Risi Competizione Ferrari driven at the moment by Tracy Krohn moves up into third in class.
The #83 Risi Competizione Ferrari driven at the moment by Tracy Krohn moves up into third in class.
22h27m Marc Gene brings the supreme #9 Peugeot leading car into the pits. Fuel and tyres for the Spaniard and he takes the 908 back onto the circuit.
22h24m The #13 is wheeled in to the garage for attention. It is still five laps ahead of the #15 Kolles Audi in ninth.
22h24m The #13 Speedy Racing Sebah Lola-Aston Martin hasn't been all that speedy in recent laps but has made it back in to the pits after a pause on the track and a tour back to the pits.
22h23m The #78 AF Corse car that we just mentioned as third in the GT2 category, is touring slowly on the circuit.
22h20m Emmanuel Collard has been in the pits for another stop in the LMP2-leading Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder.
22h20m In the GT2 category, the #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari has led for what seems like an age. Jaime Melo enjoys a two-lap lead over the #97 BMS Scuderia Italia car driven by Paolo Ruberti.
Third in class is the #78 AF Corse Ferrari with Matias Russo ploughing on, six laps behind Melo.
Third in class is the #78 AF Corse Ferrari with Matias Russo ploughing on, six laps behind Melo.
22h19m The recently-stopped #13 Speedy Racing Sebah Lola-Aston Martin has resumed and is touring back to the pits.
22h18m The #1 Audi is in for service from third. Tom Kristensen is taking over the car for the run to the flag.
22h16m In seventh place is the Kolles Audi R10 #14 driven currently by Andre Lotterer and his sole team-mate Charles Zwolsman. Eighth is the #16 Pescarolo Peugeot, 15 laps behind the works cars.
22h14m The #73 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette has taken second in GT2, with the #64 Corvette still stranded near the pits with what looks like terminal trouble.
22h13m Fourth is the AMR Eastern Europe Aston Martin #007, with the Oreca AIM #11 entry in fifth with Pedro Lamy sixth in the #7 Peugeot and continuing to close up on the #11 - the gap is down to just over one minute.
22h12m Up front, Peugeot continue to dominate the great race and lead with the #9 car driven by Marc Gene and in second place is the #8 with Sebastien Bourdais at the controls. The gap between them is 1m37s.
The Audi #1 is still in third, six laps down on the French cars. Dindo Capello is in the cockpit.
The Audi #1 is still in third, six laps down on the French cars. Dindo Capello is in the cockpit.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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