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The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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18h55m So it's a two horse race now and Benoit Treluyer leads in the #2 Audi by 32 seconds over Peugeot #9.
18h59m The leader pits and Benoit Treluyer has the #2 on pit road.
18h59m Meantime, the #7 is repaired and rolls back into the action, but way down on the leaders now.
19h00m The #7 Peugeot spent 10 minutes in the pits and Anthony Davidson has taken over.
19h02m Pagenaud takes over the lead of the race in the #9 Peugeot as the #2 Audi gets up to speed following that stop.
19h03m Treluyer stayed on board the #2 Audi and will continue for yet another stint.
19h05m Tommy Milner pits the second placed #73 Corvette in GTE Pro. The lead car #51 had stopped a lap or two ago, with Gianmaria Bruni handing over to fellow Italian Giancarlo Fisichella.
19h07m Loic Duval brings the fifth placed Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot into pitlane with a puncture. This is likely to hand Julien Jousse and the #16 Pescarolo fifth place back for the time being.
19h09m The #10 Oreca Peugeot is back underway on fresh rubber but is now clocked 50s down on the #16 in that scrap for best-of-the-rest honours.
19h10m Race leader #9 is in the pits for full service - handing over to Bourdais.
19h11m Benoit Treluyer takes a huge amount of kerb through the Ford chicane as he bounces his way back into the lead in Audi #2.
19h11m It may look bright at the moment with nice sunny spells, but the local radar is showing us light rain showers and drizzle to the west, and advancing towards Le Mans swiftly.
19h12m #8 Peugeot is the next in the pitlane, with Montagny taking over at the controls.
19h13m Wurz is not happy with his earlier off in the #7: "Smashed car into wall, lost 4 laps, not happy. Grrr. My 1st driver mistake since 2008. Sucks big time. Officially monster grumpy now. Grrr"
19h14m Treluyer heads off into his 277th tour, clocked 57s ahead of the #9 Peugeot.
19h16m We expect light rain and drizzle to arrive in the next hour. It has already reached Laval to the west and could turn the race on its head.
19h18m Looking out of the press room window, we can also see some darker clouds moving in, so teams will be keeping a close eye on the weather now.
19h21m #77, third in GTE Pro and the best of the Porsches, is in for a stop with Richard Lietz taking over at the wheel.
19h22m The troubled #58 Luxury Racing Ferrari is slow on the circuit once again with a left rear puncture.
19h23m The #66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari has pulled to a halt at the Ford Chicane.
19h25m #66 has found a small amount drive and Xavier Maassen is trying to make it back down the pitlane.
19h26m The #49 Oak Pescarolo was reported slow on the circuit but has made it into the pits. The team go to work on the pink-liveried machine.
19h27m Xavier Maassen seems to have found just enough fuel to make it into the pits and he now gets a welcome push from his #66 mechanics.
19h29m Meanwhile up front, Treluyer is shown one minute ahead of Bourdais in the #9 Peugeot as the sole remaining Audi slowly builds an advantage.
19h31m However, full service is due shortly on the #2 Audi, which will likely put it behind the Peugeot before the latter's next stop.
19h31m Ferrari #66 is back underway with a splutter after getting some much-needed fuel in the tank of the 458.
19h33m The Oreca #10 has switched back ahead of the #16 during the latest round of stops but that battle is still on, with 35s between them.
19h36m Attrition has really set in down in GTE Am with just four cars still circulating in the category.
19h37m Long-time leader, the #50 Larbre Corvette, is still in control with Bornhauser at the wheel. The #70 Porsche is running second, a lap behind
19h38m Audi are out in the pitlane to receive #2. Fuel, tyres and a driver change is the expected call.
19h38m Treluyer remains seated and is going for a fuel only stop.
19h39m #2 Audi resumes but there is a cheer from the crowd as he emerges just behind local hero Bourdais in the #9 Peugeot.
19h41m Skies continue to darken beyond the pits in the direction of the airport and teams will be watching the radar very closely now.
19h42m The delayed #7 Peugeot is in for a fill of fuel. Davidson is quickly serviced and heads off to try and recover ground lost with Wurz's crash
19h43m Treluyer is clocked 3.2s behind Bourdais on well-worn rubber but will take over again at the front once the Frenchman makes his next stop.
19h44m Audi is clearly rolling the dice here, trying to extend its advantage before the full-service stop.
19h45m The #76 IMSA Porsche has gone off at the Dunlop chicane immediately after heading out of the pits.
19h48m Car #35, the LMP2 Oak Pescarolo, is touring slowly on track with a problem - looks like a puncture. Patrice Lafargue is driving.
19h50m Another sharp intake of breath in the press room as Treluyer slices through the traffic past the #40.
19h51m Weather deteriorating rapidly now at the circuit as fully overcast conditions set in above the pits.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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