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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 78th Le Mans 24 Hours
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12h29m Routine stop for the #63 Corvette, with Jan Magnussen taking over from Antonio Garcia. The team were second before the stop.
12h29m Harold Primat brings the #007 Aston Martin in from seventh place. This is the fastest petrol-powered car and he's back out still in seventh place.
12h30m Now a stop for the luminous pink machine as the #24 Pescarolo-Judd of Jean-Francois Yvon, currently in eighth, comes in for a full stop and driver change.
12h32m We see trouble for the #12 Rebellion Racing Lola Coupe. This is the 18th place car. Nell Jani it's fair to say has had a troubled run. Now the marshals are pushing the Lola back behind the barriers down at the Ford chicane.
12h34m The leader is in the pits and Stephane Sarrazin hands over following a quadruple stint to Nicolas Minassian. The #2 maintains a one lap lead over the #9 Audi.
12h37m Nick Leventis in the #42 Strakka HPD losing ground to the chasing #26 HPD of Werner Marco, with his last tour of the circuit almost 20 seconds slower than Marco.
12h38m Problems for the #75 ProSpeed Porsche squad, with the car being rolled into the garage for a closer inspection. A lengthy stop and the team continue to slide down the order - it's currently ninth, only one lap ahead of the #88 Porsche 997 of Horst Felbermayr Jr.
12h43m The #41 Zytek comes in for a routine stop, as does the #97 Porsche 997, currently seventh in class.
12h44m Giancarlo Fisichella comes in after a double stint for the #95 Ferrari 430. Fisichella had just moved into fifth in class, with the #89 Hankook Ferrari falling back to sixth.
12h46m Car #1 is back in the pits for routine service. Anthony Davidson had the Peugeot in fourth place, but has handed over to Alex Wurz.
12h48m As promised the AF Corse team only double-stint Fisichella, and he is replaced by Toni Vilander - although a problem with the right front delayed the changeover. Tom Coronel in the #85 Spyker is replaced by Jeroen Bleekemolen after also double-stinting.
12h50m Sad news for the Rebellion Racing crew. The #12 car has been retired, putting an end to Marco Andretti's visit to Le Mans.
12h51m Neel Jani had been in the #12 when he hit trouble for the final time at the Ford chicane a short time ago.
12h52m The #6 AIM Oreca comes into the pits and Didier Andre stays on board for another stint, with the car in 13th position.
12h54m Audi #9 is in and now out of the pits. Romain Dumas has completed a triple-stint and has handed over to Mike Rockenfeller.
12h55m Oliver Gavin takes charge of the #64 Corvette currently leading the GT2 class, after Emmanuel Collard finishes his night shift.
12h56m The #7 Audi is now in for its regular service and Tom Kristensen takes fuel only. He rejoins with the car in fourth place.
12h58m Up front we have the #2 Peugeot 908 one lap ahead of Audi #9, withe the #8 and #7 cars following behind. The #1 Peugeot is now fifth with Loic Duval in sixth spot with the #4 Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot.
13h01m In GT1, Larbre Competition enjoys a healthy three-lap lead over the #73 Luc Alphand Aventures car. Julien Canal has recently taken over at the wheel of the #50 Larbre entry.
13h01m As we enter the 14th hour of the race, the #42 Strakka HPD still leads in LMP2, ahead of the #26 Highcroft HPD and the #35 Pescarolo-Judd. The #40 Quifel Ginetta-Zytek is fourth, and the #25 Lola HPD completes the top five.
13h04m The #60 GT1 Matech Competition car is in the pits for service. Romain Grosjean is on board and is having trouble getting the Ford GT to move away from the pitbox.
13h05m The Matech crew wheels the #60 into the garage to investigate why it's refusing to start. Many hours ago, this car was leading the GT1 class quite comfortably.
13h06m Healthy helping of GT2 cars in the top 30, with the #64 Corvette - currently piloted by Oliver Gavin - running in 17th. Seven further GT2's in the next ten positions.
13h08m Audi #8 is in the pits from second position after a 12-lap run that time for Andre Lotterer. He remains at the wheel and roars off into the night.
13h09m RML's Tommy Erdos has just arrived in the garage, ready for when Andy Wallace feels ready to pit the #25 Lola-HPD which is currently running fifth - RML Twitter.
13h13m Radio Le Mans reports that it's the end of the run for Matech Competition and the #60 machine. That's all the Ford GTs out of the race.
13h16m Action in the pits as the #007 Lola Aston Martin comes in. Also on this lap the leader is in ... and the #2 Peugeot is quickly back out again.
13h16m We've been mentioning how Marco Werner in the #26 Highcroft Racing HPD has been impressively closing on the leading LMP2 car, the #42 Strakka Racing HPD, and the Highcroft team are understandably happy with Marco's effort - High Croft Racing Twitter.
13h19m Problems for the #28 Radical SR9-Judd, which was an extremely late entry into the race in the first place. The nose is off, and this could be a lengthy stop.
13h21m Driver change for the #007 Aston a short time ago during that stop - Harold Primat handed over to Stefan Mucke and he resumed in a safe seventh place, with the #008 three laps behind.
13h25m The Strakka Racing pitcrew are waiting for class leader Nick Leventis to come in. Andy Wallace in the #25 RML Lola-HPD comes in, and we're expecting Tommy Erdos to replace him.
13h26m The #1 Peugeot has consistently been the quickest car on the circuit for a long time now. Alex Wurz has just turned a lap at 3m22.801s. The car is shown in fourth place and the team is clearly looking to make the top three before dawn.
13h27m The #1 is now in the pits and Wurz will no doubt produce another set of great laps after routine service.
13h28m Routine pitstop for the #89 Hankook Ferrari, which takes on fuel and gets a handy screen clean at the same time. Stop too for the #24 OAK Racing Pescarolo-Judd, which is currently down in seventh in the LMP2 class.
13h30m Loic Duval brings the #4 Oreca Peugeot in from sixth. He climbs out and Olivier Panis jumps in. This entry is four laps down but has a two-lap buffer to Stefan Mucke who occupies seventh in the #007 Aston.
13h30m Matech Competition has just confirmed to the AUTOSPORT pit reporters that its #60 Ford GT suffered an engine failure.
13h32m Hideki Noda takes over from Jonathan Kennard in the #39 Pescarolo-Judd.
13h35m Mike Rockenfeller comes into the pits in the second placed Audi #9. Fuel only and he rejoins the action with the #2 Peugeot still out front.
13h36m Two more driver changes, as Jorg Muller replaces Uwe Alzen in the #78 BMW M3 and Gary Chalandon hands over the reigns of the #41 Ztyek 07S.
13h38m Didier Andre brought the #6 AIM Oreca in for service a short time ago, and now we have Tom Kristensen hopping out of the #7 Audi. He hands over to Dindo Capello.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Steven English, Sam Tremayne
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