Le Mans Hour 23: #1 Audi e-tron quattro edges closer to historic win

Despite Allan McNish's best efforts and some very rapid laps from the #2 car as the Scot tries to recover from his crash earlier on Sunday morning, #1 Audi driver Andre Lotterer is managing to maintain the advantage that his car has held for much of the event.

Audi will be hard-pressed to return to the 1-2-3-4 formation it held for a while, though, as Neel Jani's speed in the Rebellion Lola-Toyota looks sufficient to keep him in fourth place and clear of the recovering #3 Audi.

LMP2 and GTE Pro appear similarly settled, with TDS back on the same lap as Starwork but still two minutes behind, and AF Corse three laps clear of fellow Ferrari runner Luxury in the top GT dice - although Aston Martin's Adrian Fernandez has not given up on catching the latter for second.

GTE Am is still very close, with under half a minute separating the leading Imsa Porsche and the chasing Larbre Corvette.

POSITIONS AFTER 23 HOURS

Pos Car            Drivers                      Class  Laps  Gap
 1. #1  Audi       Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer    LMP1   361   
 2. #2  Audi       McNish/Capello/Kristensen    LMP1   360   +     1 Lap
 3. #4  Audi       Jarvis/Bonanomi/Rockenfeller LMP1   358   +    3 Laps
 4. #12 Lola       Prost/Heidfeld/Jani          LMP1   350   +   11 Laps
 5. #3  Audi       Gene/Dumas/Duval             LMP1   349   +   12 Laps
 6. #22 HPD        Brabham/Dumbreck/Chandhok    LMP1   340   +   21 Laps
 7. #44 HPD        Potolicchio/Dalziel/K-Smith  LMP2   337   +   24 Laps
 8. #46 Oreca      Thiriet/Beche/Tinseau        LMP2   337   + 2m21.566s
 9. #49 Oreca      Perez Companc/Kaffer/Ayari   LMP2   336   +   25 Laps
10. #26 Oreca      Ragues/Panciatici/Rusinov    LMP2   334   +   27 Laps
11. #13 Lola       Belicchi/Bleekemolen/Primat  LMP1   333   +   28 Laps
12. #41 Zytek      Zugel/Julian/Gonzalez        LMP2   331   +   30 Laps
13. #25 Oreca      Martin/Charouz/Graves        LMP2   330   +   31 Laps
14. #35 Morgan     H Hansson/Leinders/Martin    LMP2   324   +   37 Laps
15. #23 Oreca      Tresson/Mailleux/Lombard     LMP2   324   + 1m44.670s
16. #42 Zytek      Brundle/Brundle/Ordonez      LMP2   323   +   38 Laps
17. #51 Ferrari    Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander    GTEP   320   +   41 Laps
18. #59 Ferrari    Makowiecki/Melo/Farnbacher   GTEP   318   +   43 Laps
19. #97 Aston      Mucke/Fernandez/Turner       GTEP   316   +   45 Laps
20. #67 Porsche    Pons/Armindo/Narac           GTEA   313   +   48 Laps
21. #50 Corvette   Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy        GTEA   313   +   27.915s
22. #73 Corvette   Garcia/Magnussen/Taylor      GTEP   311   +   50 Laps
23. #71 Ferrari    Bertolini/Beretta/Cioci      GTEP   311   +   33.459s
24. #45 Oreca      Briere/Nakano/Petersen       LMP2   309   +   52 Laps
25. #57 Ferrari    Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo         GTEA   308   +   53 Laps
26. #40 Oreca      Frey/Hirschi/Meichtry        LMP2   304   +   57 Laps
27. #21 HPD        Leventis/Kane/Watts          LMP1   302   +   59 Laps
28. #79 Porsche    Neiman/Pumpelly/Pilet        GTEA   297   +   64 Laps
29. #70 Corvette   Bourret/Gibon/Belloc         GTEA   294   +   67 Laps
30. #43 Norma      Rosier/Haezebrouck/Thirion   LMP2   293   +   68 Laps
31. #55 Porsche    Daniels/Palttala/Camathias   GTEA   288   +   73 Laps
32. #61 Ferrari    Kauffman/Aguas/Vickers       GTEA   288   +16m55.356s
33. #83 Ferrari    Rodrigues/Illiano/Ferte      GTEA   278   +   83 Laps
34. #74 Corvette   Gavin/Westbrook/Milner       GTEP   204   +  157 Laps
35. #17 Dome       Minassian/Bourdais/Ara       LMP1   201   +  160 Laps
36. #38 Zytek      Hancock/Dolan/Kurosawa       LMP2   271   Retired
37. #33 HPD        Tucker/Bouchut/Diaz          LMP2   240   Retired
38. #30 Lola       Sims/Buurman/Iannetta        LMP2   239   Retired
39. #88 Porsche    Ried/Roda/Ruberti            GTEA   222   Retired
40. #15 OAK        Montagny/Kraihamer/Baguette  LMP1   219   Retired
41. #66 Ferrari    Walker/Cocker/Wills          GTEP   204   Retired
42. #48 Oreca      Firth/Hartley/Hughes         LMP2   196   Retired
43. #77 Porsche    Lietz/Lieb/Henzler           GTEP   184   Retired
44. #75 Porsche    al Faisal/Curtis/Edwards     GTEA   180   Retired
45. #31 Lola       Holzer/Schultis/Moro         LMP2   155   Retired
46. #58 Ferrari    Ehret/Jeannette/Montecalvo   GTEA   146   Retired
47. #24 Morgan     Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla           LMP2   139   Retired
48. #7  Toyota     Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima       LMP1   134   Retired
49. #80 Porsche    Bergmeister/Long/Holzer      GTEP   114   Retired
50. #28 Lola       Giroix/Badey/Johansson       LMP2   92    Retired
51. #8  Toyota     Davidson/Buemi/Sarrazin      LMP1   82    Retired
52. #0  DeltaWing  Franchitti/Krumm/Motoyama    CDNT   75    Retired
53. #81 Ferrari    Perazzini/Cadei/Griffin      GTEA   70    Retired
54. #99 Aston      Nygaard/Poulsen/Simonsen     GTEA   31    Retired
55. #16 Pescarolo  Collard/Bouillon/Hall        LMP1   20    Retired
56. #29 Lola       Ihara/Deletraz/Rostan        LMP2   17    Retired