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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 78th Le Mans 24 Hours
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15h45m Confirmation that Fisichella took over from Alesi in the #95 Ferrari 430, and he'll be looking to set after Patrick Pilet in the #76 Porsche 997, currently fourth in GT2.
15h45m That's one down for Fisichella: he moves into fifth as Leh Keen in the #89 Ferrari 430 comes into the pits.
15h46m The GT1 lead battle remains static with #50 Larbre Competition Saleen holding a two lap lead over the #73 Luc Alphand Corvette for the past five hours.
Tomas Enge is behind the wheel of the third placed Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9, but ten laps behind.
Tomas Enge is behind the wheel of the third placed Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9, but ten laps behind.
15h47m Into the pits comes Dindo Capello in the #7 Audi. He is fifth in the classification and takes on fuel only before leaving in a hurry.
15h50m Looks like a new brake disc and pads on the left front of the #64 Corvette, which is leading in GT2 - Olivier Beretta is driving and he should re-emerge from the pits with his lead intact.
15h51m Here's a surprise - the #69 JLOC is in the garage. It is the last classified car in the race at the moment in 39th position, a full 122 laps down.
15h54m That pitstop for the #64 Corvette hasn't cost the team its lead, but the #63 Corvette of Johnny O'Connell is now less than four minutes behind on circuit.
15h56m The #009 Aston Martin has been in for a full service - fuel, tyres and a driver change. Darren Turner gives way to Sam Hancock. He rejoins the race with the car in eighth position.
15h58m Benoit Treluyer comes into and out of the pits after taking on fuel only. He resumes in third position, somewhere close to two minutes behind the second placed #9 entry.
15h58m So too does the third car in LMP2, the #25 Lola-HPD driven currently by Thomas Erdos.
16h01m The leader is into the pits. Franck Montagny hits his marks and stays firmly on board. He takes fuel only and rejoins the fray with a two lap lead.
16h02m David Brabham now matching Jonny Kane's pace at the front of the LMP2 field, with the #42 Strakka Racing team now enjoying a two lap advantage over the #26 Highcroft HPD.
16h02m Oh there's big trouble for the #2 as it shovels smoke and flames from the right rear!
16h02m The #2 is on fire as Montagny pulls the car over to the side of the road. This is the race leading car.
16h03m The marshals quickly put the small fire out but the car is still stranded out at Tertre Rouge.
16h03m Montagny had only just pulled out of the pits after what seemed like a very routine service.
16h04m High drama now - looks like the #63 Corvette has also pulled off to the side and may be struggling...
16h04m The #1 car pits and Peugeot team boss Olivier Quesnel cannot believe what he is seeing as the dead #2 lies marooned at the side of the road.
16h05m Montagny is being pushed to a safer spot by the marshals.
16h08m It's all change as the #9 Audi takes over the lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours with just under a third of the race to go.
16h08m Suddenly the Audis are one-two with the #8 entry about to move into second place.
16h09m That #63 Corvette had just exited the pits and Antonio Garcia had taken over the driving duties - heartbreak for the team, as they were running second in class and looking very solid. Looks like the #77 Felbermayr Porsche 997 will move into second, with Fisichella in the #95 Ferrari set to inherit third.
16h09m The marshals are laying oil-dri down at Tertre Rouge to cover the oil that was dropped from the #2 Peugeot.
16h11m Franck Montagny has stayed with the car. He is attempting to remove the engine cover and take a closer look at the damage underneath the 908.
16h12m The unfortunate Montagny looks absolutely gutted. The #2 was holding a two-lap lead very comfortably, but suddenly the victory bid is over.
16h14m The #39 KSM Lola-Judd has gone straight on at Arnarge.
16h16m Jean de Pourtales is at the wheel of that car, which is being pulled out of the escape road by marshals.
16h16m The order at the front of the race is now like this: Audi is one-two with the #9 leading by 2m15s ahead of #8. The #1 Peugeot that has been the fastest car through the night is third with Marc Gene at the wheel.
16h18m The #7 is up to fourth position and Dindo Capello is behind the wheel, with the #4 Oreca Peugeot now fifth ... and in the pits for routine service.
16h18m Here's Audi's view on the demise of the #2 Peugeot - "Dr. Ulrich: "We will not change anything...not take unnecessary risks."
16h19m Nicolas Lapierre remains in the cockpit of the #4 entry and resumes in fifth.
16h21m The wonders of communication send Montagny into despair. He phones the garage from his position at Tertre Rouge and is told that it's game over.
He had stayed with the car searching for some kind of silver lining for some minutes, but he's trudged away and is heading back to the pits on the back of a motorbike.
He had stayed with the car searching for some kind of silver lining for some minutes, but he's trudged away and is heading back to the pits on the back of a motorbike.
16h24m Timo Bernhard brings the leading Audi #9 into the pits. Fuel only and he rejoins with less than one lap's advantage over the #8 car.
16h28m Timing and scoring has the gap between the front-running Audis at 2m12s, with Marc Gene and the #1 Peugeot shown as one lap down.
16h29m Montagny has arrived back with his team and the post-mortem begins, as he describes to team members what he felt as the #2 began to blow out smoke and flames on that lap out of the pits.
16h31m Dindo Capello comes into the pits in the #7 Audi. Looks like routine service and he heads back out in fourth place.
16h35m The #11 Drayson Racing Lola is undergoing further repair work in the pits. Jonny Cocker has been in the car for a good while but now the engine cover is off as the team investigates a mechanical problem.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Steven English, Sam Tremayne
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