Le Mans latest (22)

14:35 (CET) Martini still setting faster laps in the BMW as Katayama struggles to catch up.




1 15 BMW (Winkelhock, Martini, Dalmas) 343Laps

2 03 Toyota (Katayama, Tsuchiya, Suzuki) 342 Laps

3 08 Audi (Pirro, Theys, Biela) 337Laps

4 07 Audi (Alboreto, Capello, Aiello) 324 Laps

5 18 BMW (Bscher,Auberlen, Soper) 323 Laps

6 13 Courage (Montermini, Caffi, Schiattarella) 320 Laps

7 21 Nissan (Cottaz, Goosens, Ekblom) 319 Laps

8 12 Panoz (Brabham, Bernard, Leitzinger) 316 Laps

9 14 Courage (Pescarolo, Ferte,Gay) 307 Laps

10 51 Viper (Beretta, Wendlinger, Dupuy) 305 Laps

11 11 Panoz (Magnussen, O'Connell, Angelli) 302 Laps

12 52 Viper (Archer, Bell, Duez) 298 Laps

13 81 Porsche GT3 (Alzen, Ricitelli, Wollek) 297 Laps

14 56 Viper (Amorin, Hugenholtz, Seiler) 296 Laps

15 50 Viper (Breyner.B, Breyner.P, Breyner.T) 293 Laps

16 55 Viper (Clerico, Lagniez, Martinolle) 280 Laps

17 54 Viper (Belmondo, Rostan, Monteiro) 276 Laps

18 80 Porsche GT3 (Muller, Wagner) 276 Laps

19 64 Porsche GT2 (Konrad, Kitchak, Slater) 274 Laps

20 62 Porsche GT2 (Hurtgen, Haupt, Ahrle) 271 Laps


14:30 (CET) Lead Toyota in for stop. Katayam remains in. Scrubbed rubber on left hand side, fresh rubber on right hand side? Engine slow to fire and mechanic slightly slow on one wheel.

14:24 (CET) Martini sets his car's fastest lap of the race with a 3:37.955. First lap for an hour that BMW has been faster than Toyota.

14:22 (CET) Martini is only a tenth of the lead BMW's fastest lap of the race in his first lap out of the pits.

14:15 (CET) Lead BMW into pits. Pierluigi Martini takes over from Yannick Dalmas. Tyres and fuel change. Martini away smoothly still in the lead.

14:13 (CET) Weather update: 18 degrees centigrade, low chance of rain.

14:08 (CET) BMW and Toyota are both in a race to the finish with an equal number of pitstops to take.




1 15 BMW (Winkelhock, Martini, Dalmas) 335Laps

2 03 Toyota (Katayama, Tsuchiya, Suzuki) 334 Laps

3 08 Audi (Pirro, Theys, Biela) 329Laps

4 18 BMW (Bscher,Auberlen, Soper) 216 Laps

5 07 Audi (Alboreto, Capello, Aiello) 215 Laps

6 13 Courage (Montermini, Caffi, Schiattarella) 313 Laps

7 21 Nissan (Cottaz, Goosens, Ekblom) 312 Laps

8 12 Panoz (Brabham, Bernard, Leitzinger) 308 Laps

9 14 Courage (Pescarolo, Ferte,Gay) 299 Laps

10 51 Viper (Beretta, Wendlinger, Dupuy) 299 Laps