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The 77th Le Mans 24 Hours
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20h38m The #92 JMW Motorsport Ferrari is touring slowly on the circuit after contact. This car was in third position in GT2 behind the Risi Competizione #82 and the BMS Scuderia Italia #97 cars.
20h36m The battle for sixth is close now, as Pedro Lamy has moved to within seven seconds of Nicolas Prost.
The #7 Peugeot is set pass the #13 Speedy Racing Aston and move into the top six. Lamy is lapping six seconds per lap faster than the Frenchman.
The gap is now two seconds.
The #7 Peugeot is set pass the #13 Speedy Racing Aston and move into the top six. Lamy is lapping six seconds per lap faster than the Frenchman.
The gap is now two seconds.
20h35m The #1 remains in the garage and continues to fall behind the leading Peugeot pair.
20h34m There is major work going on at the rear-end of the #1 Audi.
20h33m The #1 is five laps ahead of the #007 Lola-Aston Martin so has some time in hand for this service.
20h32m Showers continue to skirt past the circuit, just to the south. The weather is closing in all the time, but the national rainfall radar shows that no rain is coming far enough north to affect the race.
Now it comes down to judgement whether you trust the radar or not. If you were Dr. Ulrich or Olivier Quesnel, would you believe it? Victory in the greatest motor race in the world could depend on it.
Now it comes down to judgement whether you trust the radar or not. If you were Dr. Ulrich or Olivier Quesnel, would you believe it? Victory in the greatest motor race in the world could depend on it.
20h31m Didndo Capello is climbing aboard the car while the mechanics work around the third-place challenger.
20h30m The #1 Audi is back in the pits and in to the garage!
20h28m Allan McNish has made an unexpected stop in the #1 Audi. The team had an electronic problem on that car and were forced to change the steering wheel.
20h27m The race order has settled down again following that recent round of pitstops. Pedro Lamy is in seventh place in the #7 Peugeot, and is chasing down the #13 Aston Martin driven by Nicolas Prost.
The gap between them is 27 seconds, and Lamy is closing in at 11 seconds per lap - turning a very impressive 3m25.096s on his last tour.
The gap between them is 27 seconds, and Lamy is closing in at 11 seconds per lap - turning a very impressive 3m25.096s on his last tour.
20h24m The #63 Corvette is back on top in GT1 after recent stops.
20h21m The #8 Peugeot pits for fuel only. Stephane Sarrazin remains in the cockpit and the Frenchman blasts back into the action.
20h21m The fifth-place ORECA-AIM car has been in the pits for a driver change. Nicolas Lapierre has taken over at the wheel.
20h19m The #9 lead Peugeot has been in and out of the pits. Alex Wurz stayed on board and continues for another 12-lap stint. The gap to the second-placed #8 car is now timed at 1m41s.
20h17m Allan McNish pits the #1 Audi from third. He is away with the diesel tank now full.
20h17m The #76 IMSA Performance Porsche has continued to drop down the GT2 standings. It is now eighth, behind Leo Mansell in the Team Modena #84 Ferrari.
20h14m Christian Klien brings the #7 Peugeot into the pits for routine service. He is in and out quickly and will fall behind Zwolsman to eighth place.
20h12m The AMR Eastern Europe Aston Martin continues its strong run in fourth place.
20h12m The #9 Peugeot continues to lead the race over the #8 sister car by just under two minutes, with the Audi #1 with Allan McNish behind the wheel, two laps down in third place.
20h11m Christian Klien has taken the #7 Peugeot past Charles Zwolsman in the #14 Kolles Audi R10 for seventh place, and is now closing in on Nicolas Prost in the Speedy Racing Lola Aston Martin. The gap between them is 32 seconds and reducing quickly.
20h02m Keeping an eye on the GT1 battle, the gap is now 17s in favour of the #64 Corvette.
20h01m The #7 Peugeot is closing down on its next target - seventh-placed Charles Zwolsman in the #14 Kolles Audi R10.
Christian Klien is flying at the moment, lapping in the 3m28s bracket. He is going 10s per lap quicker than the Audi and is just 16 seconds behind.
Christian Klien is flying at the moment, lapping in the 3m28s bracket. He is going 10s per lap quicker than the Audi and is just 16 seconds behind.
20h00m Four hours remain in Le Mans 2009.
19h58m Wet tyres are now standing ready in the Lola-Aston Martin pit.
19h55m The official weather forecast from the ACO expects rain in 10 minutes.
19h54m The gap between to the two leading Peugeots is currently static around 1m50s.
19h53m In the GT2 category, the #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari has led since Saturday evening, gradually building up a commanding two-lap lead through the night and early morning.
The #97 BMS Scuderia Italia entry is in second place, two laps ahead of Rob Bell in the JMW Motorsport #92 car.
The IMSA Performance #76 has slipped down the class standings to seventh and is struggling badly for pace after a strong run. Ferrari are now completely dominant.
The #97 BMS Scuderia Italia entry is in second place, two laps ahead of Rob Bell in the JMW Motorsport #92 car.
The IMSA Performance #76 has slipped down the class standings to seventh and is struggling badly for pace after a strong run. Ferrari are now completely dominant.
19h51m More significantly, some light rain drops have been observed at the far reaches of the circuit.
19h49m The GT1 Corvette gap is now 14 seconds, with the #64 now asserting itself in the class lead.
19h44m The #3 Audi has been in for a replacement nose section after Alexandre Premat's trip through the scenery.
19h43m Weather-wise, the sky has clouded over considerably in the last few minutes. The rainfall radar still shows showers skirting past Le Mans to the south, but it won't take much for them to edge a few miles north and clip the southern end of the circuit.
19h42m #5 Team Goh has been in for a stop with Keisuke Kunimoto taking over from Sascha Maassen. That car remains three laps behind the Team Essex car in LMP2.
19h39m The #3 Audi has taken a trip through the gravel in the hands of Alexandre Premat. The Frenchman rejoins the circuit quickly, but is expected to pit to have gravel removed from the floor of the car.
19h36m The #007 Lola-Aston Martin has also been in the pits with the recent safety car having lined up all the pitstops once gain.
19h36m Peugeot #8 has been in for a stop. Stephane Sarrazin remains behind the wheel and rejoins the action after a quick turnaround. Sarrazin is still second to the #9.
19h35m Allan McNish has been in for a fuel and tyre stop in the #1 Audi.
19h33m The #4 Creation pulls into the pits and to no-one's surprise it is wheeled into the garage for the umpteenth time in the race. A shame really, because Campbell-Walter, Ickx and Iannetta have done a great job driving the car throughout the event. They were approaching the fringes of the top 20 for the second time in 23rd spot, but their progress is frustratingly halted once again as repairs are made.
19h33m Alex Wurz has pitted the leading #9 Peugeot for a fill of fuel.
19h32m Tracy Krohn has been involved in a minor off for the #83 Risi Ferrari.
19h29m Nicolas Prost is in sixth place driving the #13 Speedy Racing Lola Aston Martin. He is 16 seconds ahead of Charles Zwolsman in the #14 Kolles Audi R10 and continuing to edge away slowly.
The #7 Peugeot is now solidly in eighth spot as Christian Klien continues in the cockpit, with Bruce Jouanny ninth in the Pescarolo Peugeot and the leading LMP2 #31 Team Essex car is now tenth - Emmanual Collard is behind the wheel of that one.
The #7 Peugeot is now solidly in eighth spot as Christian Klien continues in the cockpit, with Bruce Jouanny ninth in the Pescarolo Peugeot and the leading LMP2 #31 Team Essex car is now tenth - Emmanual Collard is behind the wheel of that one.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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