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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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23h25m They race out onto the Mulsanne with the gap clocked initially at just 7 seconds.
23h24m Audi make a gamble on a tyre change and #2 just makes it out of the pits ahead of #9.
23h23m #9 reacts and is in for its tank of diesel to make the flag.
23h23m #2 is in the pits now and the Audi squad go to work for what should be the final stop of the race.
23h21m The #2 Audi crew are getting ready for another fuel stop for the leader.
23h19m Peugeot are in the pitlane to give the #7 car a tank of diesel. Gene is back underway with under 40 minutes still to race.
23h13m Audi #2 flashes past with a lead of 25 seconds over Peugeot #9. Lotterer in the Audi has picked up his pace again, lapping in 3m28s.
23h12m Weather-wise, the drizzle has eased off once again and it is looking brighter overhead for the final 48 minutes of racing.
23h10m The LMP2-leading #41 Greaves Motorsport Zytec has just been in for a stop and what is likely to be fuel to the flag.
23h08m Lombard pits from the LMP2 lead in the #41 Zytek-Nissan
23h07m The lead is down to just 22s now, but both crews still need to stop. Straight shoot-out between the #2 Audi and #9 Peugeot
23h05m Leader into the pits. Routine stop for the #2 Audi crew and they're out cleanly. They'll need a last splash and dash to make it to the flag
23h04m Audi pit crew out, and Lotterer will be stopping from the lead a few laps too early to make this its last stop.
23h03m Antonio Garcia will take control of the #73 Corvette for the final hour. Fisichella is in the #51 Ferrari in second
23h03m Bouchut pits from third in the #33 Lola-HPD
23h02m Pagenaud still pushing hard in the #9 Peugeot, and the gap is 1m21s to the #2 Audi. Both cars still to pit at least once more
22h59m One hour remains in a spectacular 79th Le Mans 24 Hours.
22h58m The #35 OAK Racing Pescarolo has smoked its way into the pits with some serious problems at the rear. The car is garaged for attention.
22h57m #68 Ford GT enters the pits just as the JMB Ferrari gets going again. That's a tight scrap for the final GTE Am podium place.
22h56m GTE Pro leader #73 is in the pits for routine work. It thunders off to resume the race.
22h55m Problems continue for the #83 JMB Ferrari and it remains in the garage. The #68 Robertson Racing Ford GT is about to take position.
22h52m Some tape is being applied to the rear bodywork of #10, which was replaced after it was shed in that earlier off at Indianapolis.
22h51m The #10 is fueled but then turned back into the garage, perhaps for some opportunistic repairs.
22h51m The #10 Oreca Peugeot is in for a tank of fuel. That car runs fifth overall but with little challenge since the demise of the #16 Pescarolo.
22h49m Meanwhile the rain is back on the pit straight, although it is still not that heavy.
22h48m Another Peugeot in the pitlane and this time it is third-placed #8, with fuel only being the call for Minassian.
22h47m The #26 is back underway after 4m35s of repairs in the Signatech Nissan garage.
22h46m GTE Am #83 Ferrari is the next visitor to its garage. The #83 Ford is chasing down that car in a fight over the final podium place.
22h44m Pagenaud remains onboard the #9 and heads off in pursuit of the leading #2 Audi.
22h43m Chasing Peugeot #9 enters the pitlane for a tank of diesel.
22h43m The #26 Signatech Nissan hasn't had a great morning and is now being wheeled back into the garage for more attention.
22h40m Audi #2 leads by 19 seconds from Peugeot #9 ahead of an imminent stop for the latter.
22h38m The #83 Ferrari is shown as slow on the circuit.
22h36m Gene is in for fuel and is away again in the #7 Peugeot.
22h34m Despite the drizzle, a big crowd is building opposite the pits in anticipation of a grandstand finish to an already dramatic race.
22h34m Audi #2 pulls another three tenths of a second ahead of #9 as the Peugeot crew get ready to service the controversial #7 car.
22h32m Just under 90 minutes remaining now at Le Mans - the normal length of a Formula 1 race.
22h31m Lotterer leads by 15.2s ahead of the next stop for the #9 Peugeot.
22h30m There is about two minutes gap in that GTE Pro battle, with the Ferrari just getting up to speed after a recent stop.
22h30m In GTE Pro, the #73 factory Corvette still holds the lead over the #51 Ferrari. The latter has been struggling to get away from the pits.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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