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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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Ford overtakes Ferrari to lead GTE Pro once more.
Briscoe, in the #69 Ford GT, is now in the fight too in third.
The GTE Pro lead trio are pretty much nose to tail.
Crash
Buret goes off in the Panis-Barthez Ligier at the Mulsanne Chicane.
Ford vs. Ferrari at Le Mans ... It's been half a century since we were last able to say that.
Hand has got the hammer down here, and pulled clear of Vilander. Surely it's a matter of time before Briscoe makes it a Ford 1-2.
Pit Stop
Kobayashi has pitted the #6 Toyota. Webber is back in front at the head of the field.
Stopwatch
Rapid lap from Davidson in the #5 Toyota, a 3m22.600s.
Briscoe tows up to Vilander, but can't pass him yet.
Stopwatch
Webber's lead is re-established at 30s over Kobayashi.
And Briscoe breezes past Vilander on the Mulsanne Straight to make it a Ford 1-2. Ferrari down to third in GTE Pro.

Battles to look out for now: Lieb, in #2 Porsche, is closing on Jarvis's #8 Audi for third.

The LMP2 lead is all up for grabs.

Crash
Off! Mathias Lauda takes a trip through the Porsche Curves gravel in #98 Aston.
LMP2 lead now effectively between three cars: #44 Manor, #46 Thiriet by TDS and #26 G-Drive.
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Let's have some more 'Wurz of wisdom' – this time on Toyota's chances against Porsche.
Alex Wurz: "We [Toyota] are chasing Porsche, we are not the leaders in terms of laptime. We didn’t have any long runs to know how the tyres will behave in the second, third, fourth stint, so no-one knows the performance level.
"Usually we are very good on the tyres, and that I think is our strength – if there’s any tyre degradation at all in the second or third stints, that could turn the race towards us. If the tyres are super-consistent, that plays into Porsche’s hands."
Stopwatch
Hirakawa just 0.128s behind LMP2 leader Rao...
Crash
Ah, oh dear. Rao has spun at Dunlop Chicane.
He did that all on his own. It's a costly rotation.
Crash
Now the Gulf Porsche has stopped at the Mulsanne Chicane.
Stopwatch
Webber laps in 3m21.816s – new fastest lap of the race.
Stopwatch
He was over 5 seconds quicker than Kobayashi on that lap.
Jarvis is now under pressure from Lieb for third. Jarvis is about to pit.
Pit Stop
And pit Jarvis does.
Pit Stop
A slow stop for Jarvis, looked like there was some kind of issue on the passenger-side door.
Pit Stop
Webber is warned over track limits in the Porsche Curves. He now pits.
The LMP1s just completed their 75th lap as the fifth hour comes to an end.
Hour 5 Leaders
LMP1: #1 Porsche 919
LMP2: #46 Thiriet By Tds Racing
GTE-Pro: #68 Ganassi Ford GT
GTE-Am: #88 Abu-Dhabi Proton Porsche 911
Mechanical problem
The #13 Rebellion, in sixth place overall, is in trouble!
Pit Stop
It tours into the pits with Kraihamer at the wheel.
Japanese drivers currently leading LMP1 & LMP2 right now in Kobayashi and Hirakawa.
That slow pitstop for the #8 Audi has dropped it to fourth – and not far out of the clutches of the fifth-placed #5 Toyota.
Good news, the #13 Rebellion has left the pits.
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Bourdais is singing the praises of GTE Pro-leading teammate Joey Hand: "Flawless so far."
And it's not just Hand ... The Ford GTs are in complete control of GTE-Pro at the moment, running 1-2-3.
In LMP2, Hirakawa's #46 Thiriet by TDS Oreca leads by 15s ahead of the Signatech Alpine of Menezes. Rao's spin dropped the #44 Manor Oreca down to fourth, behind the KCMG car of Howson.
Stopwatch
Kobayashi joins Webber in the 3m21s club – a 3m21.831s is just a smidge slower than Webber's best of the race.
Pit Stop
The LMP2 leader has pitted.

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