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The 78th Le Mans 24 Hours
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10h23m Meantime, the leading #2 Peugeot is into the pits. Stephane Sarrazin remains on board and is quickly rolling back out, still in front.
10h26m Confirmation that the #77 Porsche 997 rejoins and stays third. The #89 Hankook Ferrari 430 GT into the pits now - the team were running sixth, which they should keep after a polished stop.
10h27m The recovering #1 Peugeot is still lapping very quickly in a bid to wrest fifth from the #7 Audi. But now Davidson has pushed too hard. He's in the gravel!
10h27m Davidson is helped by a few of the ACO marshals and rejoins the circuit.
10h28m Davidson had been pushing like crazy before the spin and had the gap to the #7 Audi down to just 29 seconds.
10h30m Great shots of Danny Watts in the leading #42 Strakka HPD making full use of the kerbs - Watts really pushing and he's lapping around two seconds a lap faster than the #26 Highcroft HPD in second.
10h31m Replays show that Davidson possibly made contact with one of the Porsche entries entering the Dunlop curve. He didn't pit and is quickly up to speed once again.
10h33m Reports coming in that the #63 Corvette - currently second in GT2 - has had an off at Post 96 down at Indianapolis
10h35m The Peugeot #1 pit crew have readied a front wing, just incase Anthony Davidson feels the need to come in after that incident at the Dunlop curves.
10h36m Johnny O'Connell in that #63 Corvette still in the gravel - he had been on a strong run and had the gap down to just 12.130 seconds to the lead #64 Corvette. The #77 Felbermayr-Proton looks likely to move into second unless the marshals can get O'Connell's Corvette going in a hurry.
10h36m That incident lost Davidson just over one minute. He is now 1m57s down on the #7 Audi.
10h39m The #1 is in the pits but there is no request for that bodywork change. Davidson is refueled and away to resume the chase of the Audis.
10h41m Interesting battle to keep an eye on between Warren Hughes in the #40 Quifel Ginetta and Guillaum Moreau in the #35 Pescarolo-Judd. The #35 car is third, around 90 seconds ahead on the track, but Hughes has been consistently lapping around 1.5s a lap faster...
10h44m Lead #42 car in LMP2, the Strakka Racing HPD, comes into the pits. Another polished stop and the car will rejoin still in the lead, having come into the pitlane with a three lap advanatge over the #26 Highcroft Racing HPD.
10h45m Audi #9 is in the pits from third place. Timo Bernhard clambers out of the R15 Plus and hands over to Romain Dumas.
10h47m The #28 Radical SR9 comes into the pits, and there's a bit of a delay while the team check for damage seemingly on the side of the car. They're currently 26 laps down on the lead #42 HPD.
10h48m Now we see the #4 Oreca Peugeot in for regular service. Nicolas Lapierre climbs out of the car for a driver handover, but it remains in second position.
10h50m The BMS Scuderia Italia team bring their #97 Porsche 997 into the pits for tyres and a burst of fuel. A not-quite-fresh looking Jean Alesi watches as Giancarlo replaces him in the #95 Ferrari 430, currently running fifth in class.
10h51m Loic Duval takes the wheel of the #4 Peugeot, as Sarrazin continues out front in the #2 factory 908.
10h53m Confirmation now that Johnny O'Connell's incident at Indianapolis hasn't cost the #63 Corvette track position, but the Felbermayr #97 Porsche 997 is less than forty second behind. Antonio Garcia replaced O'Connell when the team called him in to check the car out for damage, and he'll have his work cut out to re-establish the #63 car's gap.
10h54m The #12 Rebellion Lola coupe is wheeled back into the garage with problems. Neel Jani was on board, in 20th position overall.
10h54m Disaster for Tim Greaves in the #41 Ginetta, who spins into the barriers moments after leaving the pits.
10h56m Full service and a driver change for the third placed #8 Audi. Marcel Faessler climbs out, handing control to Andre Lotterer.
10h59m Danny Watts continuing to lap at a phenomenal pace, almost three seconds faster than anyone else in the LMP2 class. The lead #64 Corevtte in GT2 comes into the pits for a full driver change, with Olivier Beretta having built up a handy lead of about five minutes over the #63 Corvette.
10h59m In GT1, the #50 Larbre Competition Saleen maintains a three lap lead over the Luc Alphand Adventures Corvette #73. The Matech Competition #60 car that led for a long time is third, but seven laps down on second place after hitting trouble in the last couple of hours.
11h00m Now the #76 Porsche 997, which had been closing in on the #63 Corvette, comes into the pits.
11h02m The #50 GT1 class leading Saleen is into the pits. No driver change and Gabriele Gardel heads back into a very healthy lead.
11h04m Driver change for the #75 Prospeed Competition Porsche 997. Directly behind them in the pitlane, the rather luminous #35 Pescarolo-Judd, currently third in the LMP2 class, pits for tyres and fuel.
11h05m Warren Hughes pits in the #40 Quifel Ginetta - the team have a quick look around the car and he's back out.
11h09m Stephane Sarrazin brings the leading #2 Peugeot into the pits. Full service for the Frenchman and he rejoins.
11h11m Fisichella in the #95 AF Corse Ferrari 430 slow on his last lap, but the Italian is just 10 seconds down the road from the #89 Hankook Ferrari.
11h12m Loic Duval in the #4 Oreca Peugeot just turned a lap of 3m23.088s in second place, but further back Anthony Davidson is flying once again. He clocks 3m21.757s - four seconds faster than the #7 Audi of Tom Kristensen on the last lap.
11h12m After a lengthy pit stop, the #25 RML Lola HPD rejoins - although Andy Wallace finds himself down in 5th in class...
11h14m Pitstop for the #39 Lola Judd of the KSM team, which is currently seventh in class, five laps down the road from the sixth-placed #41 Ginetta Zytek.
11h14m With pitstops due for many of the front-running cars - except Sarrazin, who has just been in - momentarily we have the top three all within a lap of each other.
11h16m Now the #41 Ginetta comes into the pits, with Tim Greaves handing over the reigns. A few spots of damage ironed out and the team are back out - they're currently a very secure sixth in class.
11h18m Marino Franchitti struggling to redress the #42 Strakka HPD's dominance, and he's currently around four seconds a lap slower in the #26 HPD.
11h19m The fifth placed #7 Audi is in the pits for regular service. Tom Kristensen rolls back into the action following routine service.
11h21m Peugeot #1 is in for a stop and Anthony Davidson stays in the cockpit. Full service for the Briton and he rejoins, maintaining sixth place.
11h24m The #009 Lola Aston Martin pulls in for a regular stop and Sam Hancock drives out, with the car in a solid eighth place, five laps down.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Steven English, Sam Tremayne
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