21hrs: Dindo feels heat

Capello got an oversplash of fuel during his pitstop, which then ignited on his outlap. But the Italian remained calm and stopped the car while his team put the fire out. This could have cost the team more time, but the pursuing Veloqx Audi, being driven by Jamie Davies and led for so long before its suspension problems, also had extra time in the pit to remove an onboard camera which had come loose.

At the turn of the hour there is just 1m25s separating the two cars and both drivers are pushing very, very hard indeed, as they exchange fastest lap times.

Emanuele Pirro, in the third-placed Audi, also spent extra time in the Champion pits with a stuck front right wheel. But the Italian is ten laps off the lead, and has a five lap advantage over the fourth-placed Pescorolo, so is really in no danger of effecting the overall order now.

Pierre Kaffer, in the sister Veloqx car that was completely rebuilt after McNish's 170mph crash yesterday, is now running a remarkable fifth but even this car's run was not without drama as he was forced on to the grass while lapping a backmarker.

The front splitter damage to Alain Menu's Prodrive Ferrari has allowed Jan Magnussen to stretch his lead in the GTS category. The Corvette is now some 50s clear of the 550 Maranello.

Ara/Capello/Kristensen Audi R8 LM1 330 laps completed
Davies/Herbert/Smith Audi R8 LM1 330 laps
Lehto/Werner/Pirro Audi R8 LM1 320 laps
Ayari/Comas/Treluyer Pescarolo-Judd LM1 315 laps
Biela/Kaffer/McNish Audi R8 LM1 301 laps
Gavin/Beretta/Magnussen Corvette GTS 301 laps
Enge/Kox/Menu Ferrari 550 GTS 300 laps
Lammers/Dyson/Kaneishi Dome-Judd LM1 294 laps
Fellows/O'Connell/Papis Corvette GTS 294 laps
Andre/Leuenberger/Vanni Lola-Judd LM1 286 laps
Coronel/Wilson/Firman Dome-Judd LM1 286 laps
McRae/Rydell/Turner Ferrari 550 GTS 286 laps
Maasen/Bergmeister/Long Porsche GT 285 laps
Kelleners/Ortelli/Dumas Porsche GT 281 laps
Kurosawa/Nishizawa/Oriodo Porsche GT 280 laps
Burgess/Collin/Bagnall Porsche GT 276 laps
Alphand/Laveille/Almeras Porsche GT 275 laps
Bouchut/Goueslard/Dupard Ferrari 550 GTS 275 laps
Donaldson/Fisken/Nielsen Porsche GT 274 laps
Wilson/Montain/Hugenholtz Ferrari 360 GT 271 laps
Stirling/Lupberger/McGarrity Nasamax-Judd LM1 271 laps
Berridge/Caine/Stockton TVR GT 264 laps
Newton/Erdos/Kinch Lola-MG LM1 256 laps
Khan/Smith/Sugden Porsche GT 254 laps
Tomlinson/Greensall/Evans TVR GT 253 laps
Binnie/Field/Sutherland Lola-Judd LM2 247 laps
Nielsen/Elgaard/Moller Lister LM1 243 laps
Terada/Roussel/Porta WR LM2 230 laps
Sharpe/Hyde/Cunningham Morgan GT 194 laps
Collard/Bourdais/Minassian Pescarolo-Judd LM1 282 laps
Short/Barff/Barbosa Dallara-Judd LM1 230 laps
Hindery/Lieb/Rockenfeller Porsche GT 223 laps
Katoh/Michigami/Fukuda Dome-Mugen LM1 206 laps
Hezemans/Deletraz/Barde Ferrari 575 GTS 200 laps
Bosch/Sullivan/Biagi Ferrari 575 GTS 167 laps
Wallace/Brabham/Shimoda Zytek LM1 163 laps
Rosa/van Merkstein/Caffi Porsche GT 148 laps
Bouvet/Gommendy/Briere WR LM2 137 laps
Melo/Daoudi/de Fournoux Ferrari 360 GT 133 laps
Frei/Gounon/Hancock Courage-AER LM2 127 laps
Jeanette/Pickering/Derlot Courage-Willman LM2 124 laps
Maurylaribiere/Boulay/Besson Reynard-Lehman LM1 122 laps
Belmondo/Gosselin/Saviozzi Courage-AER LM2 80 laps
Vasiliev/Fomenko/Nearn Porsche GT 65 laps
Bourdais/Blanchemain/Berville Panoz LM1 54 laps
Andrews/Lockie/Kumpen Lola-Caterpillar LM1 35 laps
Field/Dayton/Connor Lola-Judd LM1 29 laps
Warnock/Matthews/Daniels Porsche 27 laps