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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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2h57m Pagenaud clambers, or rather trips, into the #9 Peugeot, which takes on new tyres and fuel.
2h57m Another 12-lap stint by Peugeot there, while Audi seem to be managing 11-lap stints...
2h58m The lead petrol LMP1, the #12 Rebellion Lola, pits. Bleekemolen behind the wheel.
3h00m The lead #7 Peugeot into the pits, and Wurz will swap with Davidson. Treluyer in the #2 Audi back into the lead
3h03m Steering issues for the #15 OAK Racing, with the team's repair job dropping the car way down the order
3h04m News from the pitlane: Peugeot insist the Safety Car won't affect team strategy, given how early in the race it came
3h05m Premat in the #48 ORECA has a commanding lead in LMP2, stretching the gap to almost one minute now
3h06m The #77 Porsche is slow on the Mulsanne with what looks like a left rear puncture. Marc Lieb is touring back to the pits.
3h06m Great result for Audi after the third round of the pit stops, with the #2 R18 emerging with a +35s lead
3h08m The shredded tyre drops off the #77 Porsche, rolling into the path of oncoming cars. Its a long way back for Lieb as he tours in on the rim.
3h09m The #007 Aston Martin re-appears in the pitlane, more than 150 minutes after diving in with problems
3h10m Julien Jousse takes over the #16 Pescarolo, which currently lies in 8th
3h12m The #77 finally crabs sideways into the pitlane and gets fresh tyres and a change of driver. The team are also patching up bodywork damage.
3h12m Treluyer stretching his legs out front, as the gap increases to 44s over Davidson in the #7 Peugeot
3h14m #007 Aston Martin back into the pits - terrible luck for the team so far, after a previous water pump issue caused serious delays
3h14m The BMW pair are nose to tail in second and third for GTE Pro. Farfus still has the advantage over Dirk Muller.
3h15m Into the pits for the LMP2 leaders, the #48 ORECA-Nissan. They should keep the lead, such was their gap to second
3h17m The #77 Porsche is repaired and back underway after that puncture, but it is towards the back of the Pro field and 45th overall.
3h17m Treluyer in the lead #2 Audi R18 still setting a relentless pace, and the lead is almost 50s.
3h18m Farfus in the BMW is clocked 1m4s behind the #74 Corvette, with Muller less than a second behind him.
3h19m Davidson in the #7 Peugeot loses another 0.7s in the second sector. His pace has improved, but he still loses 3s to Treluyer in the lead
3h20m Still a fine and dry evening at Le Mans with scattered clouds in the sky. Forecasts predict a dry night, with a chance of showers tomorrow.
3h21m In LMP2 meanwhile, Premat in the #48 completes his outlap and his lead is almost 60s, even after an extra pit stop
3h22m Lucas Ordonez makes his first ever Le Mans stop in the #26 Signatech Nissan, currently seventh in class
3h22m #71 AF Corse Ferrari crew tell us that Robert Kauffman reported understeer earlier on. Michael Waltrip has now taken over the controls.
3h23m Double pit stop for Peugeot, as the #10 and #8 908s stop from fourth and fifth respectively
3h24m The troubled #58 Luxury Racing Ferrari is now in trouble with Race Control, with the team's manager summoned to see officials.
3h25m Sarrazin in the #8 Peugeot jumps Duval in the sister #10 908 during that stop, and the pair are now 5th and 6th
3h27m Pagenaud in the #9 Peugeot just three seconds behind Davidson in the #7, although both have picked up their pace on the last lap
3h29m Leaders into the pits, as Treluyer swaps driving duties with Fassler in the #2 R18.
3h30m Smooth stop for the #2 Audi, as it rejoins in third. Davidson now leads by 2.9s in the #7 Peugeot
3h31m Close for Davidson in the #7 Peugeot, as he battles his way through traffic.
3h32m From third, the #41 LMP2 Ztyek-Nissan comes into the pits
3h33m Pagenaud rapidly closing in on the lead - just 1s behind Davidson in the #7 Peugeot now
3h35m Jan Magnussen thunders out of the pits in the #74 Corvette, resuming just ahead of the chasing pair of BMWs.
3h35m As Pagenaud in the #9 Peugeot closes on the overall lead, the front six are all on the lead lap
3h37m Watts in the #42 Strakka HPD comes into the pits, as do the #41, #39 and #36 cars from 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively
3h39m Problems for the #20 Quifel Zytek, a big plume of smoke issuing from the rear of the car coming into the Esses
3h40m Pagenaud comes into the pits from second. Fuel but no tyres for the #9 908
3h42m Both BMWs into the pitlane in GTE Pro, which promotes Fisichella in the #51 Ferrari into second in class
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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