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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 78th Le Mans 24 Hours

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4h17m The #79 BMW art car is in the wars again. Andy Priaulx limping back to the pits with a puncture
4h15m The injured cameraman is now being stretchered out of the pitlane
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
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
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
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
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
4h01m Davidson has jumped Sarrazin in the pits and now leads the race again in the #1 car
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
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
3h53m The #70 Marc VDS is not repairable and the car is retired with the injuries sustained in Leinders' crash
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
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
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
3h38m Loic Duval has settled into the third-placed ORECA Peugeot. He's now lapping consistently faster than Sarrazin and Davidson
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.
3h32m Sarrazin held up by one of the Oak Pescarolos exiting Tertre Rouge and Davidson is now less than a second behind
3h31m The #37 WR-Zytek has had a trip through the gravel at the Ford chicane and rejoined
3h28m Gianmaria Bruni has now caught Olivier Beretta. Prepare for a GT2 lead battle
3h28m Xavier Maassen is now aboard the #73 Alphand Corvette and is 15s behind class leader Jonathan Hirschi in the #60 Matech Ford
3h26m Davidson closing back up to leader Sarrazin. The gap is back down to under 5s
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
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.
3h17m For those wondering about Nige, the Mansell clan has packed up and gone home
3h16m Davidson pits the #1 908 for fuel only and falls back into line behind Sarrazin
3h13m Spyker reckons the Norma caused their crash...

spykersquadron: Hit by the Norma. This is going to take some time to fix.
3h12m Audis #7 and #9 pit together again
3h11m Sarrazin pits the #2 Peugeot, handing the lead to Anthony Davidson in the #1 car
3h10m Peugeot responds to Audi's Twitter jibe...

PeugeotNews: Peugeot car No3 retired due to issue with front suspension fixing point. Lead Audi now 1 lap down
3h08m The Norma is back in the pits now as the Pegasus team goes to work on the damage
3h06m Olivier Beretta continues to lead GT2 for Corvette, but Gianmaria Bruni is closing in the #82 Risi Ferrari with Johnny O'Connell right behind him in the #63 Corvette. Felbermayr and Imsa Porsches are next, ahead of AF Corse and Hankook Ferraris
3h05m The #60 Ford still leads GT1, but the Young Driver Aston Martin and #73 Alphand Corvette are still in touch
3h04m The #38 Pegasus Norma and the Spyker just had a sizeable crash at the Porsche Curves. It looks like the Spyker had a failure and wiped out the Norma on its way to the barrier. The Spyker has made it back to the pits but the Norma is still wounded on track
3h02m The Highcroft car has just been in for a stop and replaced the windscreen, which was knocked out of place during the previous driver change
3h01m Strakka still leading LMP2 from Highcroft. The RML Lola is third
3h00m Three hours in. Sarrazin leads Davidson by six seconds, with Lapierre a further 15s back in the ORECA 908
2h57m The #83 Risi Ferrari has just been pushed back into the garage. Cars are dropping like flies at the three-hour mark
2h57m The BMW art car is back in the race following its earlier problem
2h56m The #28 Race Performance Radical isn't having a great race. It's sitting in the gravel again. This time at Indianapolis with Pierre Bruneau behind the wheel
2h54m The Drayson team is checking the vibration that both Paul Drayson and Jonny Cocker have been complaining about since the start. Emanuele Pirro will hop in for the next stint

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Steven English, Sam Tremayne

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