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The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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1h57m McNish himself is largely unharmed but is being taken to a local hospital for a possible precautionary scan:
McNish fine but may require scan
McNish fine but may require scan
1h55m No sign of stops from the leaders so far. Meanwhile, the remains of the #3 Audi are being returned to the ACO garage in the pitlane.
1h53m The race has now been under safety car for an hour, but the barriers do look largely repaired at the scene of McNish's massive impact.
1h52m Race control are now estimating a restart in three minutes, but the target time has been revised a lot over the last half hour.
1h52m The work completes on the #8 and Minassian is off to join the pack behind one of the small safety car queues.
1h50m Montagny has stepped out of the #8 and tells Radio Le Mans that the Peugeot is suffering from a brake balance problem.
1h48m The #8 Peugeot is in for fuel and the mechanics go to work making some adjustments behind the nose box.
1h45m And now the delay is further extended to a 16:50 restart.
1h40m Indeed, the next message on the screens here says the race could resume at quarter to the hour.
1h39m Race control's estimate on completion of the repairs looks to be optimistic as work continues on the mangled barriers.
1h37m LMP2 leader Alexandre Premat is in for service from the #48 Oreca team.
1h36m Teams will be considering pitstops as this safety car period draws to a close.
1h35m Race control expects the safety car to end at 16:40 local time - some six minutes from now.
1h34m A flatbed truck has arrived to collect the shattered remains of McNish's #3 Audi and return it to the pits.
1h33m Audis #1 and #2 are right together in the safety car train, with the first of the Peugeots, #8, behind a stack of GTE cars.
1h28m Marshals are still hard at work repairing the huge dent that the #3 Audi made in the Armco barrier.
1h24m There's only a handful of runners behind one of the Audi safety cars, with the majority of the pack trailing the other pace vehicle.
1h23m The atmosphere is somewhat muted on the pit straight here, occasionally interrupted by the pack snaking past the pits behind the safety car.
1h17m The #58 Ferrari that was involved in the McNish crash is under repair in the Luxury Racing garage.
1h15m Up front, it is Audis #1 and #2 leading from Peugeot #8, #7 and #9 with just lapped traffic between the top diesels.
1h13m The Corvette pair, leading GTE Pro following early stops, are split by the two safety cars, which will put the #74 well ahead when racing resumes.
1h10m Race control says that the safety car could be out for 30 minutes.
1h09m The #74 Corvette with Oliver Gavin at the wheel has shaken out in the GTE Pro lead after pitting just before the safety car.
1h06m This could be a lengthy safety car intervention as there is major damage to the barriers after McNish's huge impact.
1h06m Both Davidson and Sarrazin both ready to jump in the #7 and #8 cars respectively. Peugeot could be considering switching drivers on their second stops.
1h01m Anthony Davidson was telling us yesterday about the risks the leading drivers have to take in GTE traffic in the new generation of smaller 3.7-litre diesels:
Davidson: Rules make traffic harder
Davidson: Rules make traffic harder
1h00m Anthony Davidson runs across the pitlane, helmeted up, to check that McNish is okay. Gets the thumbs up and runs back to his position before switching.
1h00m So with the safety car out, Audi #1 leads from Audi #2. The three Peugeots are next all five cars behind the same safety car.
0h58m McNish and Anthony Davidson has made reference to the level of risk LMP1 drivers were needing to take in traffic this year now that regulations have reduced the turbodiesel's power this year.
0h58m The Ferrari involved in that huge crash has been exacted from the gravel and is heading back to the pits with relatively little damage at the rear of the car.
0h57m Scary moments then up and down the pitlane and a massive sigh of relief when McNish climbed unscathed from the car.
0h55m There is a huge queue of cars waiting in the pitlane now, with a red light holding them until a safety car arrives.
0h54m McNish is very, very lucky to be okay. But there is some concern for the level of debris that flow over the barriers.
0h53m The #3 Audi is utterly destroyed.
0h53m The rest of the field is coming under control of the safety cars.
0h53m The Scot has climbed from the car by himself. Looks shaken, but thankfully he is okay.
0h52m McNish clipped the rear of Anthony Beltoise's Ferrari and spun sideways into the gravel. The car rolled after that and destroyed itself against the barrier.
0h52m The safety car has been deployed.
0h51m Allan McNish has collected the #58 Ferrari. An enormous accident after the Dunlop Bridge.
0h51m The safety car has been deployed.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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