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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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18h03m Christophe Tinseau rolls down the pitlane and he joins the racetrack.
18h04m Position change and the #10 has taken over fifth place.
18h06m Up front, Benoit Treluyer is now leading by 15 seconds in the #2 Audi, ahead of the #9 Peugeot, driven by Simon Pagenaud. Alex Wurz is third, 27 seconds back. All three drivers posted 3m29s on their last lap.
18h07m The #16 Pescarolo Judd spent 10m52s in the pits undergoing that repair, resulting in the loss of fifth place.
18h08m Treluyer has a lucky escape as he laps the BMW M3, having moved one way to pass and the BMW moved the same way to let him through.
18h08m Treluyer did well to avoid any contact and continues to lead by a slender margin.
18h09m The #80 Flying Lizard Porsche is back underway after a 13-minute stop in the pits.
18h12m Alex Wurz is slowly beginning to lose ground to the two leaders. He posts 3m31s on his last lap around, while Treluyer and Pagenaud both record 3m28s.
18h14m Wurz continues to lose ground in the #7 Peugeot. He falls to 36.5 seconds behind the leading #2 Audi, while second placed Peugeot #9 driven by Simon Pagenaud is 17 seconds down.
18h19m If you'd said before the start of the race that the top three would be covered by just 36 seconds after 18 hours, you would be laughed out of town, but that is exactly what we have as this amazing race continues.
The action has actually calmed down a little when compared with the last few hours, when we had the top three cars nose-to-tail.
The action has actually calmed down a little when compared with the last few hours, when we had the top three cars nose-to-tail.
18h19m Pitstop time and the lead is in for service and Benoit Treluyer gets service for the #2 Audi.
18h20m Treluyer rolls back out onto the track and Simon Pagenaud takes over the lead in the #9 Peugeot.
18h21m The #9 crew is ready to receive the new leader as Pagenaud rounds Arnage and heads for home.
18h23m Pagenaud stays out and takes the #9 onto another lap of La Sarthe.
18h23m He leads by 19 seconds over the #7 sister car with Alex Wurz at the wheel.
18h25m The #55 BMW M3 has been wheeled into the garage. That car is third in GTE Pro.
18h26m Simon Pagenaud flicks right and brings the leading Peugeot into the pits for service.
18h27m The #7 sister car flashes past and into the lead of the race, with the #2 Audi up to second, as Pagenaud is dropped down and rolls out of the pitlane.
18h28m So Alex Wurz takes over the lead momentarily with a stop due relatively soon, as the #8 Peugeot pits from fourth with Stephane Sarrazin at the wheel.
18h29m In LMP2, the #41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek continues to lead handsomely over the #26 Sigmatech machine. The gap between them is three laps and they run in ninth and 10th overall.
18h31m Loic Duval has also been in for a stop in the #10 Oreca Peugeot. The Pescarolo may have passed it to retake fifth, as a battle to the end shapes up between the two.
18h32m Wurz leads by 14 seconds but Treluyer is already hauling in the #7 Peugeot - and that's before the leader even stops.
18h36m Wurz is in an out of the pits. He took on fuel but not tyres this time and remains in the car for another stint.
18h36m Benoit Treluyer retakes the lead for Audi in the #2 car.
18h38m AF Corse continues to lead GTE Pro with its #51 Ferrari. Gianmaria Bruni is now behind the wheel and holds a one lap lead over the #73 Corvette. Tommy Milner produced a very good stint in the middle of the night and he is back in for another go.
18h39m The #56 BMW M3 is third in that class, but Andy Priaulx is two laps down on Milner.
18h41m Patrick Bornhauser brings the leading #50 Larbre Competition car into the pits for routine service. He had a two lap lead of Jean-Phillippe Belloc in the #70 Porsche.
18h43m The gaps at the front continue to spread out as Treluyer begins to tighten his grip on this phase of the race. He leads in the #2 Audi by 30 seconds over Simon Pagenaud's #9 Peugeot, with Alex Wurz consistently falling back and 45 seconds behind the leader.
18h45m Alex Wurz has missed the apex at Indianapolis and gone straight on, lightly touching the tyres.
18h45m A tractor unit is on the scene very quickly and dragging the #7 Peugeot backwards through the gravel trap.
18h46m Wurz gets going again but there is visible damage to the right front corner of the car.
18h47m The bodywork disintegrates and actually helps his cause by coming off rather than potentially cutting his right front tyre.
18h48m Wurz goes one lap down as he heads for the pitlane.
18h49m Wurz stops at the pitbox and the mechanics begin to inspect the damage. They hastily push the #7 into the garage.
18h50m The bodywork is taken off and the mechanics go to work on Wurz's car.
18h50m Wurz himself has climbed out of the car and was due to hand over to Anthony Davidson very soon anyway.
18h51m Meantime, Treluyer has the gap to Pagenaud in the #9 Peugeot up to 31 seconds.
18h51m Feverish work continues and the mechanics are working on the front suspenion of the #7 car.
18h52m Stephane Sarrazin has already crossed the line to take over third position in the #8 Peugeot, but he remains one lap down to the two leaders.
18h54m The #7 drops to fourth in the standings but the next car is nine laps back, giving the crew a buffer of around 27 minutes before they come under threat for any further loss of position.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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