Hour 22: Kristensen Pushing On

Boullion continued to lap faster than Tom Kristensen, however it did not appear to be fast enough to catch the Dane by the end of the 24 hour race. At the end of the hour, Kristensen had more than one-lap margin, and Boullion's four seconds per-lap gain does not look enough to overhaul the Dane.

The GT1 class also looked to have swung in the favour of an American team. Corvette's #64 C6-R.

The #58 Aston Martin suffered an identical puncture as their car had two hours earlier, on its right-rear side while Corvette were running smoothly. The Aston limped back to the pits for a replacement tyre and ended the hour in third in class behind the other Audi.

Such was the pace of the Corvette that it moved up to fifth place overall.

In GT2, the Alex Job Racing Porsche led for the 17th successive hour, with Mike Rockenfeller at the wheel.

The LMP2 chase appears to be all but over, with the #37 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage continuing to lead. Rick Sutherland currently holds a comfortable five lap lead over Tommy Erdos.

Pos	#	Drivers	Make	Class	On Hour 22
1	3	Lehto, Werner, Kristensen	Audi R8	LM P1
2	16	Collard, Boullion, Comas	Pescarolo Judd	LM P1
3	2	Biela, Pirro, McNish	Audi R8	LM P1
4	4	Montagny, Gounon, Ortelli	Audi R8	LM P1
5	64	Gavin, Beretta, Magnussen	Corvette C6-R	LM GT1
6	59	Brabham, Sarrazin, Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	LM GT1
7	9	Hignett, Stack, Kurosawa	Zytek 04S	LM P1
8	58	Enge, Kox, Lamy	Aston Martin DBR9	LM GT1
9	63	Fellows, O'Connell, Papis	Corvette C6-R	LM GT1
10	10	Lammers, Julian, Bosch	Dome Judd	LM P1
11	12	Schwager, Frei, Vann	Courage Judd	LM P1
12	71	Hindery, Rockenfell., Lieb	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	LM GT2
13	90	Bergmeist., Long, Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	LM GT2
14	50	Goueslard, Dupard, Vosse	Ferrari 550 Maranello	LM GT1
15	80	Overbeek, Pechnick, Neiman	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	LM GT2
16	76	Dumas, Dumez, Narac	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	LM GT2
17	7	Minassian, CampbellW., Wallace	DBA Judd	LM P1
18	18	Short, Barbosa, Ickx	Dallara Judd	LM P1
19	72	Policand, Campbell, Alphand	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	LM GT2
20	61	Fomenko, Vasiliev, Bouchut	Ferrari 550 Maranello	LM GT1
21	37	Belmondo, Andre, Sutherland	Courage C65 Ford	LM P2
22	25	Erdos, Newton, Hughes	Lola MG	LM P2
23	89	Nielsen, Thyrring, Ehret	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	LM GT2
24	36	Gosselin, Ojjeh, Sharpe	Courage C65 Ford	LM P2
25	30	Bennett, Mitchell, Mullen	Courage Judd	LM P2
26	83	Collin, Felbermayr, Shep	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	LM GT2
27	95	Hartshorne, Stanton, Johnson	TVR Tuscan 400 R	LM GT2
28	24	Terada, Roussel, Binnie	WR Peugeot	LM P2