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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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2h48m The earlier damaged #58 Luxury Racing Ferrari is reported slow on the circuit and looks to have a problem with the right rear tyre.
2h48m #26 Signatech Nissan into the pits from 10th in class. Lucas Ordonez at the wheel.
2h46m Pagenaud readying himself to take over the #9 Peugeot, which is currently third - 20s off the lead
2h44m Cat and mouse at the front, as Wurz takes 0.9s in the first sector, but loses almost the same time in sector two
2h43m The #63 GTE Am leader is in for fuel and a change of driver.
2h43m From fourth, Lapierre in the #10 Team ORECA Matmut comes into the pitlane
2h42m Felbermayr Jr has taken over the lead in GTE Am with the #63 Proton Competition Porsche ahead of its second stop.
2h38m Problems for the #5 Hope Racing ORECA, which slows to a halt on the start of the Mulsanne straight. A long way back...
2h37m #1 Audi, which has been going backwards, comes into the pits from third
2h36m Premat comes in from the lead in LMP2, and slots neatly back into second. #39 Pecom Lola now in the lead
2h34m Jan Magnussen has taken over at the wheel of the #74 Corvette and heads off back into the lead of GTE Pro.
2h34m Treluyer in the #2 Audi and Wurz in the #7 Peugeot lapping in the 3m30s bracket. Only the #8 Peugeot (sixth) and the #12 Rebellion Lola (seventh) are within one second of that pace
2h32m Wurz moves into second. Simple as you like that - as the pair cut their way through traffic, Wurz tucks his #7 Peugeot behind the #1 Audi and the slipstream pulls him through down the Mulsanne straight
2h32m Oliver Gavin pits the #74 Corvette for the second time.
2h31m Slight problems for the #1 Audi? Having surrendered the lead one lap previously, its very close to losing second as Wurz in the #7 Peugeot is just two tenths behind now
2h28m Treluyer's lead in the #2 Audi is already three seconds - he's flying, but Bernhard in the #1 Audi was also slightly delayed by traffic on that lap. Wurz in the #7 Peugeot now closing in on second...
2h27m #5 Hope Racing ORECA takes a temporary break from the race at Mulsanne corner - but he's able to rejoin with a minimum of fuss
2h25m However, the timing screens in the press room have decided this is a good time to become stuck on lap 29.
2h25m Bernhard in the #1 Audi completes his 30th tour of the circuit, and the gap has closed considerably. Treluyer in the #2 Audi all over the back of him - and Treluyer moves into the lead on the Mulsanne Straight!
2h24m Things finally settling into a racing rhythm here after that hour-long safety car intervention.
2h22m From 23rd position, the #22 Kronos Racing Lola-Aston Martin comes into the pits for a third time. Maxime Martin is currently in the car.
2h20m The #61 Ferrari, driven by Marco Cioci, has a sizable 16-second lead in GTE-Am down in 37th overall.
2h20m Across in LMP2, the #48 Team ORECA Matmut leads by around 40 seconds from the #39 Pecom Racing Lola
2h19m Nick Tandy in the #88 Porsche leads the chasing GTE Pro pack, scrapping with Corvette #73 and Marc Goossens in the #75 Prospeed Porsche.
2h19m So, a round up. #1 Audi leads from the #2 Audi, with the lead #7 Peugeot six seconds down the road. Bernhard and Treluyer are in the respective Audis, while Wurz is in the lead Peugeot.
2h16m #7 Peugeot into the pits now, Wurz looking calm and collected as a hive of activity takes place around him
2h15m Oliver Gavin has a sizable lead in the GTE Pro class after profiting from the safety car deployment.
2h13m Peugeot #9 is in for service, while Wurz continues to lead in #7 ahead of his stop.
2h11m The #58 Luxury Racing has been repaired after being clipped in McNish's accident. But it has now come back in the pits after a single lap.
2h10m Wurz continues in the #7, taking the lead, with Bourdais in the #9 now up to second place before the Peugeot pair make a stop.
2h08m The lead Audis both dive into the pits together. The pair have swapped order to match the garage layout.
2h07m The #42 Strakka is in for a driver change, handing the LMP2 lead to the #48 Oreca driven by Alexandre Premat, which stopped under safety car
2h06m Wurz is still at the wheel of the top #7 Peugeot in third but is clocked eight seconds off the lead as they get back up to speed.
2h05m Treluyer whistles past the pits in the lead at the end of lap 25 with a margin of just over a second from the #1 car.
2h04m Benoit Treluyer in the #2 grabs the lead from the #1 Audi as the pair charge away from the pack of lapped GTE cars.
2h02m The safety cars pull off and we are racing again at Le Mans!
2h01m The #10 Oreca Peugeot is in for fuel and fresh rubber.
2h00m Lights remain on the leading pace car and we continue under caution for the moment.
1h59m Oliver Gavin is ahead of the lead Audis in his class-leading Corvette as they come around to take the green flag.
1h57m The safety car is said to be in this lap by race control.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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