The two Bentleys continue to dominate the Le Mans 24 Hours, and shows no signs whatsoever of letting their grip on the event loosen. Not only are the two machines lapping considerably faster than their rivals, but they're proving to more reliable as well.
The Champion Racing Audi is at least keeping close enough to the British cars to keep them honest. Emanuele Pirro is three laps back from the lead, which demonstrates that Bentley still can't afford to relax just yet.
A grey Sunday morning at the Circuit de la Sarthe has seen the Riley & Scott machine finally give up its fight, with a blown engine causing the car to retire.
The Spyker team is still fighting, although the car has spent most of the past two hours in the pits having its gearbox changed. Meanwhile, two of the GTS class front-runners have hit trouble. The Luc Alphand Ferrari 550 Maranello had to make a lengthy pit stop for some steering problems, whilst the #53 Corvette has also spent much time in the pits with mechanical issues.
The battle for the GT class continues to rage, with the Alex Job Racing Porsche snatching back the lead from rivals Orbit Racing. This one looks set to go the distance.
Perhaps the biggest news of the morning is the weather. Grey skies cloud the circuit, and weather reports indicate a strong probability of rain at some point this morning.
Positions after hour 15
Pos Drivers Car Laps
1 Kristensen/Capello/Smith Bentley 252 laps
2 Brabham/Herbert/Blundell Bentley 251 laps
3 Pirro/Lehto/Johansson Audi 250 laps
4 Ara/Magnussen/Werner Audi 245 laps
5 Lammers/Bosch/Wallace Dome-Judd 242 laps
6 Beretta/Jeannette/Papis Panoz 240 laps
7 Cochet/Gounon/Gregoire Courage-Judd 239 laps
8 Helary/Ayari/Minassian Courage-Peugeot 239 laps
9 Boullion/Lagorce/Sarrazin Courage-Peugeot 236 laps
10 Kox/Enge/Davies Ferrari 550 230 laps*
* GTS class
GTS class
1 Kox/Enge/Davies Ferrari 550 230 laps
2 Gavin/Pilgrim/Collins Corvette 226 laps
3 Policand/Alphand/Dor Ferrari 550 221 laps
LMP675 class
1 Andre/Maury-Laribiere/Pillon Reynard-Lehmann 217 laps
2 Nielsen/Shimoda/Elgaard DBA-Zytek 188 laps
3 Briere/Daoudi/Defournoux WR 160 laps
GT class
1 Luhr/Maassen/Collard Porsche 212 laps
2 Hindery/Baron/Lieb Porsche 211 laps
3 Neugarten/Smith/Khan Porsche 206 laps
Abu Dhabi / Results
Pos | Driver | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | 1h36m28.645s |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 1h36m44.621s |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | 1h36m47.060s |
4 | Alexander Albon | 1h36m48.632s |
5 | Lando Norris | 1h37m29.374s |
Standings / After 17 races
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Lewis Hamilton | 347 |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 223 |
3 | Max Verstappen | 214 |
4 | Sergio Perez | 125 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | 119 |
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Coming up
Race | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|
Bahrain | Bahrain | 28 Mar |
Emilia Romagna | Imola | 18 Apr |
? | ? | 2 May |
Spain | Catalunya | 9 May |
Monaco | Monte Carlo | 23 May |
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Berlin / Results
Pos | Driver | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 47m22.107s |
2 | Nyck de Vries | 47m23.447s |
3 | Sebastien Buemi | 47m24.948s |
4 | Rene Rast | 47m25.687s |
5 | Sam Bird | 47m30.817s |
Standings / After 11 races
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Antonio Felix da Costa | 158 |
2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 87 |
3 | Jean-Eric Vergne | 86 |
4 | Sebastien Buemi | 84 |
5 | Oliver Rowland | 83 |
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Coming up
Race | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|
Diriyah | Diriyah | 26 Feb 2021 |
Diriyah | Diriyah | 27 Feb 2021 |
Santiago | Parque O'Higgins | |
Santiago | Parque O'Higgins | |
Sanya | Sanya | |
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