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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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13h38m In the LMP1 petrol class, Emmanuel Collard keeps up the #16 Pescarolo's momentum with a personal best in S2. Their lead remains over one lap
13h37m Duval in the #10 Matmut Peugeot into the pits for a seemingly routine stop
13h36m Have we mentioned that Vanina Ickx is behind the wheel of the #22 Kronos Racing car, which currently sits ninth overall?
13h35m In GTE Am the class-leading #81 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche has extended the lead to just over 90s ahead of the #61 AF Corse Ferrari. The #50 Larbre Competition Chevrolet Corvette is third, just 25 seconds further back.
13h34m Fassler not letting his pace slacken out in front, as the #2 Audi R18 takes a precious few tenths out of the following Peugeots in S1
13h32m Dominik Kraihamer still running well in the LMP2-leading #48 ORECA. Tom Kimber-Smith is marginally faster last time around but the gap is over one minute
13h30m Pagenaud in the #9 and Davidson in the #7 rejoin in second and third, 35s and 65s respectively behind Fassler in the #2 Audi
13h30m Lucas Luhr in the #80 Flying Lizard Porsche comes into the pits from sixth in the GTE Pro class
13h29m Davidson also into the pits in the #7, handing the race lead back to Fassler in the #2 Audi
13h29m Leader into the pits, as Pagenaud peels off the circuit in the #9 Peugeot
13h27m ...gap back down to 0.8s now as Fassler hits traffic in the #2 Audi in the second sector. Lead #9 Peugeot just 30s down the road
13h26m Westbrook the in the GTE Pro lead #74 Corvette dives into the pits for a routine stop
13h26m Davidson's charge is halted partly by traffic, and partly by Audi's persistent ability to respond to the challenge. Gap back to over 2s now.
13h23m Davidson in the 3m28s, as Fassler ups his pace to dip into the 3m29s. Both cars within 29s of the overall leader, the #9 Peugeot.
13h21m The extra fuel efficiency of the Peugeot starting to tell now, as the #2 Audi has stopped two more times than the #9 and #7 908s
13h20m Davidson now just 2s behind Fassler in the #2 Audi, and takes another 0.5s with a personal best in sector one
13h19m Davidson sets the fastest lap of the race - 185 laps after Treluyer's previous best. He goes purple in S3 and dips into the 3m27s bracket for the very first time in the race
13h18m The #50 has pitted, handing the lead in GTE Am back to the Flying Lizard Porsche. This is turning into a classic with all four classes being closely fought.
13h18m Karim Ojjeh pits from second in the #41 LMP2 Zytek-Nissan. Tom Kimber-Smith takes over behind the wheel
13h17m The #51 AF Corse Ferrari pits and Bruni will remain in the car. He rejoins but may lose that second position to the Luxury Racing Ferrari.
13h16m Top three within 36s of each other and all now lapping at a very similar, and very competitive, pace. #2 Audi splitting the #9 and #7 Peugeots
13h15m In GTE Am, the game of musical chairs continues at the top. The #50 Larbre Competition Chevrolet Corvette now leads with Julien Canal behind the wheel, ahead of the #81 Flying Lizard entry and the other Larbre machine in third place.
They remain within a couple of minutes of eachother on track.
They remain within a couple of minutes of eachother on track.
13h15m Oil warning flag comes out at the exit of the Dunlop curve
13h14m Davidson in the #7 Peugeot meanwhile is third, seven seconds behind Fassler, and flying - his last lap being a 3m29s...
13h13m So, Pagenaud retakes the lead of the race in the #9 Peugeot, 28s ahead of Fassler in the #2 Audi
13h11m Fassler is dropped to the floor and he whistles quietly out of the pits.
13h10m The leader pits and the #2 Audi receives routine service.
13h10m Prior to that stop by Sarrazin, the top four cars were covered by just 93 seconds.
13h09m Sarrazin hands over to Nicolas Minassian and he gets away, still in fourth place with the fifth placed Pescarolo some five laps back.
13h08m Audi continues to lead at Le Mans with the #2 machine, by 37 seconds over Peugeot #9. The #7 Peugeot is third and Sarrazin brings the #8 in for service from fourth.
13h07m The #35 Oak Racing machine has been in for what was a lengthy service. It goes back out still in sixth position in the LMP2 category.
13h05m Up front, the gap between first and second is now 37 seconds, as Marcel Fassler pushes to try and extend the gap for Audi.
13h03m Also in last time round was the #26 Signatech Nissan with Soheil Ayari behind the wheel, from third place in LMP2.
13h02m It is likely that the #41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek will take over the lead in LMP2.
13h01m The #10 and also the LMP2 leading #48 Oreca have been in for service.
13h00m The #81 class-leading Flying Lizard Motorsport entry is into the pits and the #70 Larbre Competition Porsche flashes over the line to take the lead in GTE Am.
12h55m More action in pitlane as the #63 Felbermayr Porsche makes a stop. Christian Reid gets away and is fifth in class.
12h54m Another stop for a GTE Am car as the #61 AF Corse Ferrari is in and out from fourth position, with Marco Cioci at the controls.
12h52m The #55 BMW is on for service again and so is the #59 Luxury Racing Ferrari from second place in GTE Pro.
12h50m That's basically the real gap between the two leaders, we think. Davidson is a further 1m10s back.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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