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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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That was a 15-lap stint that time, albeit one helped by the safety car.
Rast now pits the #26 G-Drive Oreca from second in class.
And now the GTE Pro leading #82 Ferrari is in too.
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Another car in the gravel - this time the #60 Ferrari of Johnny Laursen at the Dunlop chicane.
Fassler right on Kraihamer's tail in the battle for P5 overall.
Fastest man on the track? Hartley is lapping in the 3m23s bracket in the #1 Porsche. Not much good when it's 53rd overall...
And the Swiss passes the Austrian, that's another position for the #7 Audi.
The LMP2 battle is hotting up as well, just six seconds split Beche and Menezes. Will Stevens now aboard the #26 in third.
A couple of GTE Pro driver changes to report: Vilander has handed over the #82 car to Malucelli; Briscoe takes over the #69 from Westbrook.
Beche relinquishes the lead in LMP2 as he brings in the #46.
Menezes now with a 47s gap over Beche, who in turn is just five seconds clear of Stevens.
Another GTE Pro driver change, Hand takes over the third-placed #69 Ford from Muller.
Up front, Conway and Dumas lap within a tenth of each other. It's high-speed stalemate right now.
The ByKolles pits. It hasn't caught fire for quite some time now. Progress.
Shout out to the #13 Rebellion, as it's still on the same lap as the #7 Audi as we approach half distance.
In GTE Pro, the gap between Malucelli's #82 Ferrari and Briscoe's #69 Ford is 36.3s.
The #92 Porsche staggers drunkenly into the pits, and there was a huge cloud of smoke as he negotiated the Porsche Curves. He's pushed into the garage.
It's been a bit of a disaster for Porsche in the GTE class this year. Not a full-time contender in WEC this year, of course, as a works force.
Buemi pits the #5 Toyota, just as the #7 Audi does likewise.
Davidson takes over the #5 Toyota, Fassler is in the #7 Audi.
Kobayashi takes over the #6 Toyota out front from Conway.
The LMP2-leading Signatech Alpine has just stopped too.
The GTE Am battle between the #88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Porsche and the #62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari is under the minute mark now. They've just both pitted.
I thought that was a slow stop for Kobayashi, suddenly Dumas is in the lead by 17s!
The #6 Toyota took tyres in that stop, which was a driver change too of course. Even so, it's handed the advantage back to Porsche, as the leaders have both made 13 stops now.
#7 Audi has stopped at the Esses after the Dunlop Bridge!
Fassler is behind the wheel, and the car is off the track, sat on the Bugatti circuit loop.
The #7 Audi is on the move again. Looks like he's recycled the electronics successfully. He's still going slowly, however.
So the #6 Toyota is back in the lead, with Kobayashi at the wheel.
The #13 Rebellion moves back into fifth place after the #7's issue.
LMP2 lead battle is down to 15s between #36 and #46.
Beche pits the #46 TDS Oreca, giving Menezes some respite in the leading LMP2 Signatech Alpine.

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