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3h12m Audis #7 and #9 pit together again
3h13m Spyker reckons the Norma caused their crash...
spykersquadron: Hit by the Norma. This is going to take some time to fix.
spykersquadron: Hit by the Norma. This is going to take some time to fix.
3h16m Davidson pits the #1 908 for fuel only and falls back into line behind Sarrazin
3h17m For those wondering about Nige, the Mansell clan has packed up and gone home
3h18m The Drayson team reckons it has fixed its vibration...
DraysonRacing: The tail was changed during the last stop to remedy the vibration. EP says it is better.
DraysonRacing: The tail was changed during the last stop to remedy the vibration. EP says it is better.
3h24m Tom Coronel has snapped some pics of the damaged Spyker...
TomCoronel : Just small damage Peter, and after being hit by LMP big damage now. http://twitpic.com/1w6nqr Still working on car in pit but we can repair http://twitpic.com/1w6nsc
TomCoronel : Just small damage Peter, and after being hit by LMP big damage now. http://twitpic.com/1w6nqr Still working on car in pit but we can repair http://twitpic.com/1w6nsc
3h26m Davidson closing back up to leader Sarrazin. The gap is back down to under 5s
3h28m Xavier Maassen is now aboard the #73 Alphand Corvette and is 15s behind class leader Jonathan Hirschi in the #60 Matech Ford
3h28m Gianmaria Bruni has now caught Olivier Beretta. Prepare for a GT2 lead battle
3h31m The #37 WR-Zytek has had a trip through the gravel at the Ford chicane and rejoined
3h32m Sarrazin held up by one of the Oak Pescarolos exiting Tertre Rouge and Davidson is now less than a second behind
3h34m Risi is nearly ready to send the #83 Ferrari back out...
risicomp: Krohn Ferrari to be back on track in 5 min or less. Rebuilt right front suspension. Jonsson will be in.
risicomp: Krohn Ferrari to be back on track in 5 min or less. Rebuilt right front suspension. Jonsson will be in.
3h38m Loic Duval has settled into the third-placed ORECA Peugeot. He's now lapping consistently faster than Sarrazin and Davidson
3h41m Franck Mailleux just bounced across the grass at the final chicane in the Signature Aston, which is running 10th overall and fourth petrol car behind the two AMR cars and the #12 Rebellion
3h43m Bruni has taken the GT2 lead from Beretta's Corvette. That's from last to first in under four hours for the #82 Risi Ferrari
3h48m Marc VDS sharing pics of their damaged Ford after Leinders' crash
marcvdsracing : Bas Leinders brings the Marc VDS Ford GT back to the pits after the crash two hours into the race - http://yfrog.com/mlsnxj
marcvdsracing : Bas Leinders brings the Marc VDS Ford GT back to the pits after the crash two hours into the race - http://yfrog.com/mlsnxj
3h53m The #70 Marc VDS is not repairable and the car is retired with the injuries sustained in Leinders' crash
3h56m Romain Dumas just hit a cameraman as he brought the #9 into the pits for a stop. Kristensen was in the previous pit bay so it was a bit cramped down there
3h59m Contact with the cameraman has knocked one of the mirrors off the #9 Audi. His injuries seem to be ankle and shoulder, but it could have been a lot worse
4h01m Davidson has jumped Sarrazin in the pits and now leads the race again in the #1 car
4h03m Coronel bids you farewell before heading out in the repaired Spyker...
TomCoronel: Will be fixed, Spyker mechanics super. I will go out in about 20min. put helmet on so will be back in 2 hours - double stint. Helmet on now, ciao
TomCoronel: Will be fixed, Spyker mechanics super. I will go out in about 20min. put helmet on so will be back in 2 hours - double stint. Helmet on now, ciao
4h04m The BMW art car is back in the pits with another problem. Muller reports that it's a bearing in the steering. Priaulx waiting in the car while the team tries to fix it
4h06m Peugeot Twitter has another dig at Audi. Can't wait for the reply...
PeugeotNews: Peugeot continue to lead and are managing to lap faster than Audi and do longer stints. Peugeot doing 13 laps Audi 12
PeugeotNews: Peugeot continue to lead and are managing to lap faster than Audi and do longer stints. Peugeot doing 13 laps Audi 12
4h11m bit of a weak response, this. Think Peugeot might have won the war of words on Twitter...
Audi : Lead Audi driver (Tom Kristensen) 2 minutes behind race leader
Audi : Lead Audi driver (Tom Kristensen) 2 minutes behind race leader
4h12m Sarrazin has closed to less than half a second behind Davidson. The two remaining Pugs seem to be allowed to race each other for now
4h15m The injured cameraman is now being stretchered out of the pitlane
4h17m The #79 BMW art car is in the wars again. Andy Priaulx limping back to the pits with a puncture
4h19m Pierre Kaffer has now jumped into the GT2-leading Risi Ferrari, with the Corvettes of Emmanuel Collard and Antonio Garcia close behind
4h20m Jorg Bergmeister has just climbed into the Flying Lizards Porsche, but that car is running just 10th in class
4h22m Bit of a fright for Danny Watts and Andy Meyrick as they come across the JMW Aston Martin and the BMW art car crawling back to the pits
4h23m Tom Kristensen spins off in the #7 Audi. He came across Andy Priaulx's slow-moving BMW in the Porsche Curves and couldn't make it round the outside. The R15 is still sitting in the gravel, waiting for a tow
4h28m Kristensen has got going again but has lost one lap already and is now being pushed into the garage to have the rear end damage repaired
4h28m Audi Motorsport boss Wolfgang Ullrich marched down the pitlane to BMW to give Schnitzer boss Charly Lamm a piece of his mind. Hope someone had a microphone in range of that!
4h30m Peugeot doesn't let not seeing the incident stop it having another dig...
PeugeotNews: Audi taken into garage with problem. Are the Audi gremlins coming back
PeugeotNews: Audi taken into garage with problem. Are the Audi gremlins coming back
4h31m #7 Audi is back out with Dindo Capello driving
4h32m There has been another puncture. This time it's Bergmeister in the Flying Lizard Porsche
4h34m Nick Leventis is now in the class leading LMP2 Strakka. And he's off already, going straight through the first chicane on the Mulsanne and taking one of the Porsches with him
4h39m The GT2 battle is hotting up again with the #64 Corvette now just one second ahead of the #83 Risi Ferrari
4h43m Looks like it wasn't just a simple puncture on the Flyzing Lizard Porsche...
FlyingLizard_MS: No. 80 in garage for replacement of punctured radiator and front undertray after Darren went off into the gravel.Should be back out shortly.
FlyingLizard_MS: No. 80 in garage for replacement of punctured radiator and front undertray after Darren went off into the gravel.Should be back out shortly.
4h44m Duval has been in for a stop in the ORECA Peugeot and is back out and lapping in the 3m23s
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Steven English, Sam Tremayne
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