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The 78th Le Mans 24 Hours
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18h53m Marco Holzer now into the pits in the #97 Porsche 997, which is fourth currently in GT2.
18h52m We mentioned earlier how close the #95 and #89 Ferraris were out on circuit, and Fisichella's accident should allow the #89 Hankook car to jump up into second.
18h51m Danny Watts into the pits in the #42 Strakka HPD, which currently has a two lap advanatge at the front of LMP2. Smooth stop, with Watts ending another very impressive run and Nick Leventis - who struggled a little during the night - clambering in to replace him.
18h50m Working through the stops, Dumas' lead in the #9 Audi is clocked at 22.1s over the #8, with Davidson still over a full lap further behind.
18h49m Very crumpled front on the #95 AF Corse Ferrari 430, which suffers a slightly bizarre accident as it goes straight on at Indianapolis. Almost looked like the throttle was stuck open and there's signs of quite a heavy impact all along the mangled front bumper. The car is up on the stands and is pushed back into the garage.
18h48m A 3m20s lap for Davidson the last time by as he continues his relentless chase of the Audis.
18h47m Confirmation from Corvette that the #64 car has been retired - Oliver Gavin reported engine problems and was instructed to pull over.
18h45m More bad news for the #64 Corvette, which of course was leading until that collision with Davidson's Peugeot. The car is issuing smoke from the sides and that looks like fairly terminal engine problems. The car comes to a halt at the side of the track and is rolled back into a gap in the fencing by the ever vigilant marshals.
18h45m The #7 Audi is in for service from fourth. Allan McNish takes a tank of fuel back out on to the circuit, where he is currently defending the advances of the #4 Oreca Peugeot
18h41m Tough times for the #40 Quifel Ginetta-Zytek, which is still in the pitlane and has now dropped to ninth in class - although they do now have a bit of a gap to tenth, with the #39 KSM Lola-Judd nine laps adrift at present.
18h40m It looks like the Saleen crew mainly need to clean gravel out that machine and it may be able to get away again ahead of the Young Driver AMR #52.
18h38m Worth mentioning that the #95 Ferrari has been lokced in a very engaging battle with the #89 Hankook Ferrari 430, which is little over a minute down the road - it'll be even closer following that pitstop.
18h38m The Saleen has been wheeled in to its garage and the mechanics go to work pulling gravel out of the leading GT1 car.
18h37m The #50 has an advantage of around 10 laps in GT1 but has just been off in the gravel at the Ford Chicane.
18h36m Alesi steps out of the car and gives a smile to the cameras after another double stint. Giancarlo Fisichella assumes driving duties.
18h36m Oh! Another class leader in trouble and this time it is the #50 Saleen.
18h36m The #8 Audi with Marcel Fassler at the wheel is clocked 1m23s behind the leader.
18h35m Jean Alesi pits in the #95 Ferrari 430 which is currently second in class and trails the overall leader, the #77 Felbermayr Porsche 997, by just over one lap.
18h33m Davidson is still reeling in the leading Audi's in the #1. His latest tour is a 3m23s, with Romain Dumas on a 3m28s lap in the lead Audi.
18h32m #25 RML Lola-HPD pits, but Andy Wallace remains behind the wheel as the team just adds fuel and screen clear. Good stop for the team and they're back out.
18h31m The #15 Kolles Audi makes a stop from seventh overall, while the #4 Peugeot is also in for fuel.
18h30m #40 Ginetta-Zytek still in the pits, and the delay has cost the team at least one position so far on circuit - Ralph Meichtry in the #28 Radical SR9-Judd slipping by to snatch seventh.
18h28m Good battle in the LMP2 as Marino Franchitti in the #26 Highcroft HPD sets a searing pace, his last tour of the track being a 3m36.613s - around three seconds faster than the #42 Strakka HPD. Currently there are four LMP2 cars in the top 13, with the #35 Pescarolo-Judd and the #25 Lola HPD all in the mix.
18h27m Davidson has been in for another tank of diesel in the rapid #1 car and is back out in pursuit of the leading Audis.
18h24m The #40 Quifel Ginetta-Zytek heads into the pitlane. The car is currently seventh in class, although they will be looking over their shoulders a little - they're currently 15 laps down the road from sixth, but just over 90 seconds ahead of the #28 Radical SR9-Judd.
18h23m The #007 Lola-Aston Martin is back underway after extensive gearbox repairs in the garage. That car has dropped to 14th overall after around an hour in the pits.
18h21m The GT1 leader - #50 Larbre Saleen - is in for a stop. That car is 20th overall and currently behind the leading GT2 contenders but well clear of the Young Driver AMR entry that is second in class.
18h20m Over in LMP2 it's still the #42 Strakka Racing HPD in the lead, with Danny Watts currently assuming driving duties. Remarkably the #26 Highcroft HPD is second and the #35 OAK Racing Pescarolo-Judd is third - the trio have held position for the last 13 hours.
18h18m 300 laps now in the books for the leading Audi as Romain Dumas presses on in the #9.
18h18m The second placed #52 Young Driver AMR entry has been into the pits, but it is ten laps behind the leading Larbre Competition car.
18h16m Jean Alesi in the AF Corse Ferrari is around a full lap down on the GT2-leading Felbermayr Porsche, which is now being campaigned by Richard Lietz.
The Ferrari is lapping quicker at the moment but it will take a while to close that gap.
The Ferrari is lapping quicker at the moment but it will take a while to close that gap.
18h15m Davidson turns in another whopping lap. This time he posts 3m20.687s and continues to reel in the Audi pair at around four seconds per lap.
18h13m Also, down in ninth there is a battle for position between the Oreca AIM #9 car and behind it by just two seconds, the leading LMP2 #42 Strakka Racing machine.
18h11m There is some fun both at the front and at the back end of the top ten. Timing and scoring now shows the gap between the two Audis in first and second places as just 35 seconds.
18h08m The #64 Corvette is back under attention of the mechanics in the pitlane with some lingering issues after that rear-end shunt in the last hour.
18h07m The #26 Highcroft LMP2 car has been in for a stop, with Marino Franchitti taking over from David Brabham. That car is now 11th overall but still over two laps behind the Strakka.
18h06m On the next lap Davidson takes a further four and five seconds out of the two Audis ahead of him. The #1 Peugeot has without doubt been the fastest car in the field since midnight.
18h03m The rapid pace of the #1 Peugeot continues as Davidson reels in another four seconds on the #8 Audi and almost six seconds on the leader. Romain Dumas continues to lead the race by one complete lap.
18h00m The #64 Corvette is back underway after rapid repairs. Oliver Gavin is at the wheel in the car that has tumbled to fifth in GT2.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Steven English, Sam Tremayne
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