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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 79th Le Mans 24 Hours
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0h49m Bruni is up to 24th overall in his GTE Pro leading Ferrari but has yet to stop. The BMWs run second and third in class after Corvette stops.
0h49m Thomas Kimber-Smith takes fourth place in LMP2 for Greaves Motorsport after a clean pass on Jean Christophe Bouchut at the exit of Tertre Rouge.
0h47m Alex Premat leads the LMP2 category following the stop shakeout.
0h46m Nicolas Lappiere only 8s behind the factory cars in the Oreca Peugeot.
0h45m In comes Gavin in the #74 Corvette for a tank of fuel before heading off to resume his battle with Bruni and Farfus.
0h44m The Audis appear to be slightly faster at this stage, though they did pit earlier with the Peugeots able to do one more lap on average. The French cars are running 4-5-6 in the order of #8, #7, #9.
0h43m So now we have cycled through the first stints, the #1 Audi has moved ahead of Treluyer's #2 car during the stops and now leads. McNish is third in the #3 car.
0h42m The #73 Corvette is in for its first stop of the race with Oliver Beretta at the wheel. The tank is full and it rumbles off on to the track.
0h41m Aston Martin has confirmed to our pit pounder that the problem for the #007 car was mechanical rather than driver related. Not likely to cheer up Mr Turner however.
0h40m Television screens show Peugeot engineers mucking about with a nosecone that has #8 on it. Not sure what that means.
0h39m #9 and #7 pit at the same time from first and second.
0h38m The LMP-2-leading Strakka is now in the pits.
0h38m Interestingly the #9 and #7 Peugeots have now are on the 11th lap of their stints as they lead the field through the stops.
0h37m The Kronos Aston Martin is running slowly with Vanina Ickx at the wheel now. Phew. It's busy at the moment!
0h36m The leading #2 Audi is now pitting, as is the Montagny #8 Peugeot.
0h35m Mailleux has made it into the pits but he has dropped to eighth in class. The Strakka HPD of Jonny Kane is now leading the class.
0h34m Mailleux has got a puncture, which means he is lost the LMP2 lead to Premat.
0h34m A message has appeared in red on the timing screens which reads: '#44 Please check your mail' ! He needs to switch his lights on apparently.
0h33m Neither car takes on new tyres, but just fuel. Interesting strategy. It means Treluyer gets an extra lap.
0h32m The #1 and #3 Audis, ie. the second and third cars have just both pitted. So that's nine laps for stint one.
0h32m The #5 Hope Racing Oreca hybrid makes its first stop.
0h31m Mailleux's Signatech Oreca has a 10s lead in LMP2 from Alex Premat's Matmut Oreca.
0h30m Treluyer has re-established his slight lead at the front as the gaps begin to concertina through traffic. Still only 15s from first to sixth though.
0h28m Farfus is finally past Gavin in the leading GTE Pro battle and is now chasing down early class leader Bruni in the #51 Ferrari.
0h28m Three Peugeots very racey as Bourdais is pushing Montagny, the Champ Car champion getting very close to traffic on the Mulsanne. Peugeot team principal Olivier Quesnel pulls a look that suggests his wardobe man needs to prepare new overalls.
0h26m We are on to lap 8 now and McNish has closed to within 4s of the two leading Audis.
0h25m Chrisophe Tinseau is eighth overall and at the front of the unofficial petrol class for Pescarolo ahead of Andrea Belicchi and Jeroen Bleekemolen in the two Rebellion Lola-Toyotas.
0h24m The leaders now in traffic which has cost Treluyer 1.5s to the #1 car.
0h23m So it's now Audis 1-2-3, Peugeots 4-5-6. Not likely to stay that way though we reckon.
0h22m Do you think he's in a hurry?
0h22m McNish finally passes Montagny around the outside in to the first chicane.
0h22m Aston working on the car and it looks as if the team is settling in for a long bout of practical engineering.
0h21m #007 is now back in the pits with Turner out of the car.
0h21m Treluyer and Bernhard still running 2s apart at the front of the field ahead of this massive scrap for third. Wurz quietly watching it all from sixth position within striking distance.
0h21m Bruni has pulled a slight gap on his pursuers as Farfus continues his efforts to pass Gavin in the Corvette.
0h20m Information trickling up from our pit pounder is that #009 Aston could have had an oil filter problem. No confirmation though.
0h18m Across the line to start lap 6 McNish squeezed against the wall by the #8 Pug. All this activity has allowed Bourdais to catch this pair. So it's now a three-car battle for third.
0h18m The #80 Flying Lizard car with Jorg Bergmeister at the wheel has been in the pits for fresh rubber after trailing back with a puncture.
0h17m The Aston may also have a puncture.
0h17m The GTE Pro battle thunders past the pits with around a second between Bruni, Gavin and Farfus.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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