Le Mans latest (16)

1 17 BMW (Kristensen, Lehto, Muller) 266 Laps

2 15 BMW (Winkelhock, Martini, Dalmas) 262 Laps

3 03 Toyota (Katayama, Tsuchiya, Suzuki) 261 Laps

4 08 Audi (Pirro, Theys, Biela) 260 Laps

5 18 BMW (Bscher,Auberlen, Soper) 257 Laps

6 12 Panoz (Brabham, Bernard, Leitzinger) 252 Laps

7 21 Nissan (Cottaz, Goosens, Ekblom) 250 Laps

8 07 Audi (Alboreto, Capello, Aiello) 244 Laps

9 13 Courage (Montermini, Caffi, Schiattarella) 243 Laps

10 51 Viper (Archer, Bell, Duez) 237 Laps


0919CET Audi 8 with Laurent Aiello driving returns to race and stays in fourth place.

Second-placed BMW 15 into pits and Dalmas replaces Winkelhock.

0913CET Toyota 3 in for scheduled pitstop. It does not lose its third place because the fourth-placed Audi 8 is also in the pits having a new gearbox fitted.

0906CET Audi 8 into pits and straight into garage after setting its fastest lap. Gearbox being changed.

Leaders after 17 hours, five minutes at 0905CET:

1 17 BMW (Kristensen, Lehto, Muller) 260 Laps

2 15 BMW (Winkelhock, Martini, Dalmas) 256 Laps

3 03 Toyota (Katayama, Tsuchiya, Suzuki) 255 Laps

4 08 Audi (Pirro, Theys, Biela) 255 Laps

5 18 BMW (Bscher,Auberlen, Soper) 251 Laps

6 12 Panoz (Brabham, Bernard, Leitzinger) 246 Laps

7 21 Nissan (Cottaz, Goosens, Ekblom) 244 Laps

8 07 Audi (Alboreto, Capello, Aiello) 242 Laps

9 13 Courage (Montermini, Caffi, Schiattarella) 237 Laps

10 51 Viper (Archer, Bell, Duez) 232 Laps


0902CET Audi 8 sets another fastest lap - 3:37.583 - on Lap 254.

0900CET Leading car, 17 BMW, came in for pitstop and Muller replaced Kristensen.

0857CET Fastest laps set by Audi 8 - 3:38.243 and Toyota 3 - 3:36.453.

0840CET Audi 7, in eighth place, given a stop-go penalty after illegal mechanics assistance in previous pitstop.

0839CET Race stats

Race leader - 17 BMW (Kristensen, Lehto, Muller) - 2652 laps

Fastest lap set by 2 Toyota GT-One (Kelleners, Boutsen, NcNish) - 3:35.591

There have been 14 leader changes in the race.

Twenty-eight cars are still running, with 16 retirements.