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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 77th Le Mans 24 Hours
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18h15m Allan McNish has been installed in the #1 car and he resumes their third place.
18h14m Romain Dumas brings the #3 Audi into the pits. Throughout the night that car has slowly but steadily climbed its way back up the standings, and now sits in 29th position.
18h13m It is a driver change for the best of the Audis as the team go to work cleaning out the car.
18h12m The #1 is in the pits and the Audi garage.
18h10m The #9 Peugeot was 1m36s ahead of the #8 car before that stop.
18h10m The leading #9 Peugeot is in for service. David Brabham hops out and in jumps Alex Wurz.
18h09m Jani handed over the #13 Speedy Lola Aston to Nicolas Prost. The young Frenchman brings the car back onto the circuit in eighth place.
18h08m The Peugeot #7 is in the pits again and Nicolas Minassian hands over the controls to Christian Klien. That car remains in ninth place overall.
18h06m Neel Jani had closed to within three seconds of the sixth placed Kolles Audi, but as he approaches his target he pits the #13 Speedy Racing Lola Aston Martin.
18h01m Neel Jani continues to close on Charles Zwolsman in the #14 Kolles Audi in the developing fight for sixth overall.
17h58m Team Essex continue to hold their customary three lap lead over Team Goh in LMP2. The spell in the garage last night for the Japanese squad has taken the life out of that particular battle.
17h56m Risi Competizione have maintained their two-lap lead in GT2 for many hours now with the #82 Ferrari, ahead of BMS Scuderia Italia #97. Paolo Ruberti is behind the wheel of that car, and he is a lap in front of Raymond Narac in the IMSA Performance #76 Porsche.
JMW Motorsport are a further lap behind in fourth, with Rob Bell trying to recover lost ground after he ran up an escape road just over an hour ago.
JMW Motorsport are a further lap behind in fourth, with Rob Bell trying to recover lost ground after he ran up an escape road just over an hour ago.
17h56m In GT1, the gap is 1m6s between the leading Johnny O'Connell Corvette and the sister Corvette Racing entry. The #73 Corvette remains the final podium car but is several laps behind.
17h53m Jos Verstappen is back out for another attempt at getting back up to speed in the #008 Lola-Aston.
17h53m Bruce Jouanny is eighth in the #16 Pescarolo car, with Nicolas Minassian ninth in the #7 Peugeot and Christian Bakkerud rounding out the top ten in the #15 second Kolles Audi machine.
17h50m Neel Jani is 10 seconds behind the #14 Kolles Audi in a battle for sixth.
17h50m Peugeot continue to lead the race as we have just over five hours remaining in the Le Mans 24 Hours. The #9 with David Brabham at the control is at the front, 1m51s ahead of Stephane Sarrazin in second place.
Tom Kristensen is third in the #1 Audi, one lap down. Tomas Enge is fourth for Aston Martin in the #007 machine - seven laps off the lead. Soheil Ayari runs in fifth spot on board the #11 Oreca-AIM car and has clear space both in front and behind him.
Tom Kristensen is third in the #1 Audi, one lap down. Tomas Enge is fourth for Aston Martin in the #007 machine - seven laps off the lead. Soheil Ayari runs in fifth spot on board the #11 Oreca-AIM car and has clear space both in front and behind him.
17h46m Neel Jani is back underway in the #13 Speedy Racing Sebah Lola-Aston Martin after that earlier moment in the gravel.
17h44m Franck Mailleux has been given a stop-go penalty for exceeding the pitlane speed limit by 20km/h.
17h43m The #7 Peugeot continues to lap the 8.4 mile Le Mans circuit quickly. Nicolas Minassian is now trying to get a lap back from the leading #9 car. He is in ninth place and closing in on the eighth-placed #16 Pescarolo rapidly.
17h42m The #008 is wheeled back into the garage.
17h41m Jos Verstappen has been out for a tour in the #008 Lola-Aston but the car is back into the pits after smoking its way around the lap.
17h40m Montagny hands over to Stephane Sarrazin and the #8 is back underway.
17h40m Franck Montagny pits the second placed #8 Peugeot. The gap to the leading car was down to just 23 seconds. The gap will grow now but the race at the top is slowly getting closer.
17h39m The #13 Speedy Racing Sebah Lola-Aston Martin has gone off into the gravel at the Dunlop Chicane. Neel Jani was in the car which was sixth overall but is now being towed out of danger.
17h33m In GT2 the #76 Porsche is now up to third place following a recent incident and subsequent pitstop for Rob Bell in the #92 JMW Motorsport Ferrari.
The #82 Ferrari continues to lead with the BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari in second place.
The #82 Ferrari continues to lead with the BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari in second place.
17h32m Tomas Enge has pitted the #007 Lola-Aston from fifth overall for regular service.
The #008 is still in the garage with gearbox trouble.
The #008 is still in the garage with gearbox trouble.
17h30m The gap between Peugeots #9 and #8 is down to 25s ahead of the next stop for the latter.
17h29m The #1 Audi is also in from third with Tom Kristensen back underway with fuel only.
17h28m The #3 Audi has stopped for Romain Dumas to take over in the 31st place car.
17h28m The #16 Pescarolo Peugeot with Christophe Tinseau on board comes into the pits. The team wheel their car into the garage to clear debris from the filters and radiators.
17h26m The leading #9 Peugeot comes into the pits for regular service. Fuel only for David Brabham and he rolls back into the action.
17h22m The #14 Kolles Audi has failed to make the Arnage corner. He is pushed back on to the circuit and resumes.
17h22m The showers on the western side of France are moving ever-closer to Le Mans.
The latest rainfall radar sequence shows a band of heavy showers in central France that is moving north east towards the circuit. At the current speed, rain could be falling in around 60 minutes' time.
The latest rainfall radar sequence shows a band of heavy showers in central France that is moving north east towards the circuit. At the current speed, rain could be falling in around 60 minutes' time.
17h20m Franck Montagny has closed to 1m19s behind David Brabham and the #8 clearly hasn't given up hope, with such a long way yet to go.
17h16m Jos Verstappen is moving back towards the #008 Lola-Aston Martin and the Prodrive crew seem to think they have repaired the gearbox gremlins that have stranded that car over the last half-hour.
17h13m Jaime Melo is extending his advantage at the top of GT2 as the second and third placed Ferraris see who can go the furthest off the road, and the #76 IMSA Performance Porsche now has the gap to third place down to just over two minutes. That gap is likely to shrink further as Rob Bell gets back up to speed following that pitstop.
17h12m Up front, Peugeot #9 leads by an ever-reducing margin of 1m23s over the #8.
Franck Montagny is clearly quicker than David Brabham at this stage.
The #1 Audi remains a further lap behind in third.
Franck Montagny is clearly quicker than David Brabham at this stage.
The #1 Audi remains a further lap behind in third.
17h10m Rob Bell lost two minutes in that recent incident. He has brought the #92 back to the pits and the JMW Motorsport squad go to work - a routine stop there and Bell rejoins the action.
17h07m Rob Bell is at the wheel of the JMW Motorsport #92 and was pushing hard in the fight against the BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari. Bell's off hands second place back to the #97, but the pressure is telling as Paolo Ruberti then locks up heavily and runs off track, losing a few seconds on the next lap.
This all plays into the hands of the fourth-placed IMSA Porsche, which is still charging on trying to catch these three Ferraris.
This all plays into the hands of the fourth-placed IMSA Porsche, which is still charging on trying to catch these three Ferraris.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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