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03.50 The field has now been under full course yellow being led by the pace car for a full half hour as a result of Boutsen's accident
03.45: (CET) Tom Kristensen stepped out of the lead BMW after his stint and admitted that he felt sorry for the Toyota team.
'I hope everything is alright with Thierry. They put up a good fight, but for us, it does help.'
'It's been difficult lapping here tonight,' he continued. 'Sometimes, they don't know you are there, or see the lights coming and get a little bit scared or a little bit lost. You have to be very careful when you get to cars like that, because you don't want to throw it away. We are doing okay, but it is a long, long, long way to the finish, so we have to keep consistent.
1 17 BMW (Kristensen, Lehto, Muller) 178 Laps
2 15 BMW (Winkelhock, Martini, Dalmas) 175 Laps
3 08 Audi (Pirro, Theys, Biela) 174 Laps
4 03 Toyota (Katayama, Tsuchiya, Suzuki) 173 Laps
5 18 BMW (Bscher,Auberlen, Soper) 171 Laps
6 21 Nissan (Cottaz, Goosens, Ekblom) 171 Laps
7 07 Audi (Alboreto, Capello, Aiello) 170 Laps
8 12 Panoz (Brabham, Bernard, Leitzinger) 165 Laps
9 13 Courage (Montermini, Caffi, Schiattarella) 164 Laps
10 52 Viper (Archer, Bell, Duez) 158 Laps
03:30 (CET) Audi No 8 takes third place after third Toyota makes pit-stop.
03:25:(CET) Action starts in the pitlane and pace car comes out
03:15:(CET) Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 possibly involved in Toyota accident.
03:10: (CET) Boutsen crashes second place Toyota (see separate story)
03:00: (CET)Dalmas in third place BMW sets its fastest lap of the race 3:39.301
Leaders after eleven hours at 03.00:(CET)
1 17 BMW (Kristensen, Lehto, Muller)
2 02 Toyota (Boutsen, Kelleners, McNish)
3 15 BMW (Winkelhock, Martini, Dalmas)
4 03 Toyota (Katayama, Tsuchiya, Suzuki)
5 08 Audi (Pirro, Theys, Biela)
6 18 BMW (Bscher,Auberlen, Soper)
7 21 Nissan (Cottaz, Goosens, Ekblom)
8 07 Audi (Alboreto, Capello, Aiello)
9 12 Panoz (Brabham, Bernard, Leitzinger)
10 13 Courage (Montermini, Caffi, Schiattarella)
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