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The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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21h27m #10 Matmut Peugeot back out, but it drops to 6th in LMP2 behind the petrol #16 Pescarolo
21h27m It really is too dry for a full wet tyre a this stage, so those pitting for intermediates are getting probably the best rubber option now.
21h28m Emmanuel Collard pits in the #16 Pescarolo now, currently petrol class LMP1 leader
21h29m Tom Kimber-Smith pits following that off in the lead #41 Zytek-Nissan, and its a lengthy stop for the team
21h29m Leader Lotterer has dropped his pace from earlier blistering 3m26s tours to a latest 3m52s on the damp circuit.
21h31m Davidson is more confident in his Peugeot at this stage and is now catching the leader #2.
21h32m Davidson is all over the back of the Audi and Lotterer will surely let the #7 unlap himself in these tricky conditions.
21h32m Rain is still falling and those on slicks must be getting a bit worried about the grip levels.
21h32m Problems for Sugden in the #66 JMW Ferrari, which stalls on the pit lane exit and has to be pushed back to his garage
21h33m Davidson dives to the inside at the second chicane, making it past, but Lotterer can't slow his Audi enough and bounces over the run-off.
21h33m Muller pits from third in the #56 BMW M3 GT, currently several laps down on the leaders
21h34m These leaders must surely be pondering a move to wet-weather rubber very soon with conditions getting worse by the minute.
21h35m Bergmeister in the #80 Flying Lizard Porsche dives into the pits, and it looks like a change to intermediates
21h35m The leader almost silently flashes past the pits as it continues to get slippery all around the circuit.
21h36m In LMP2, Kimber-Smith in the #41 Zytek-Nissan still has a commanding lead of more than ten laps over the #26 Signatech Nissan
21h37m More problems for Muller and the #55 BMW M3, which is parked out on track on a run-off road. The team knew there was a problem apparently
21h38m Minassian is the slowest of the leading cars at the moment in the #8 car, perhaps having burned up the best of the intermediates on that car
21h38m Audi are clearly still confident in the use of slicks as they ready another set for the #2.
21h38m At the front of that GTE Pro class, Vilander in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari leads Milner in the #73 Corvette by just 24s
21h39m Milner is reeling Vilander in as well, at quite a rapid rate...
21h39m Henzler pits from fourth in the #77 GTE Porsche 911
21h39m #2 is in the pitlane for fuel and an inspection of the car. He's down and away on the same set of slicks.
21h41m The chasing Peugeot, #9 comes over the line 1m6s down on the recently-pitted Audi, which holds the advantage at this stage.
21h42m Confirmation that Muller stopped the #55 BMW at Arnage. A long way back for the team - and the car doesn't look able to make it unassisted
21h42m It's still raining but the drivers are coping well with the changing conditions for the moment.
21h43m Lotterer is now weaving on the straights to try and build heat in his tyres, which have cooled while sat in the pits.
21h43m Pilet peels into the pits from fifth in the #76 Matmut Porsche
21h44m GTE Pro class lead down to 12s now, as Milner in the #73 Corvette continues to eat away at Vilander's lead in the #51 Ferrari
21h46m That will close things up - Vilander runs very wide in the #51 Ferrari, and the gap is just 7s this time around
21h48m Tom Kimber-Smith having a look at the lead #2 Audi now - Lotterer having to be very careful due to the tricky conditions
21h48m Peugeot are readying themselves for a stop and must surely be considering some cut rubber as rain falls ever more intensely.
21h49m Rain falling sideways now we can see from the press room window. Time for some big calls from the pitwall.
21h50m #26 Signatech Nissan off, ironically at the Playstation chicane. He keeps it on the gravel though and resumes
21h50m It's all over for the #16 Pescarolo after that heavy off in the Porsche Curves.
21h51m #7 is in for a driver change. It looks like they will gamble on slick rubber as Gene climbs aboard.
21h51m Vilander pits in the #51 Ferrari, having just lost the lead to Milner in the #73 Corvette
21h51m Replays show Davidson bounced over the gravel on a wild entry to the pitlane.
21h52m The #49 OAK Pescarolo pits from fourth in LMP2
21h53m Marshals are still recovering the crashed #16 but at least Emmanuel Collard appears to have escaped serious injury in that big off.
21h54m Following that spin, Mailleux pits from second in the #26 Signatech Nissan
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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