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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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Pit Stop
The #68 Ford, which took over the GTE Pro lead, now pits as well. Joey Hand out, Sebastien Bourdais in.
Pit Stop
The #46 Oreca, running second in LMP2, has pitted as well.
Looks like the leading Toyota is about to pit.
Crash
The Krohn Racing LMP2 & the #67 Ganassi Ford GT have collided & spun.
Pit Stop
Here comes Kobayashi into the lane.
Kobayashi is out of the #6 Toyota, with Sarrazin taking over.
In GTE Am, Jeff Segal in the Scuderia Corsa Ferrari is leading Pat Long in the Proton Porsche by 2min42sec.

The out-of-sequence #2 Porsche is now back in the outright lead.
Since the latest round of stops, Risi Ferrari #82, now with Fisichella at the wheel, is leading local hero Sebastien Bourdais in the lead Ford GT by half a minute.

The gap between the two Toyota LMP1 cars is just nine seconds, #6 still leading #5.
Scott Dixon is at the wheel of the #69 Ford. He's 2min15 from Fisichella, but that car did have a long pitstop to change its brakes. Should be good to go to the end mechanically.
Pit Stop
The #8 Audi, with Lucas di Grassi at the wheel, is in the pits. The car is currently running fourth outright, two laps down on the leaders.
Traffic apart, expect those gaps to stay similar between the top three in GTE Pro. On a clear lap - Fisi 3m54.4, Boudais 3m54.5, Dixie 3min54.4. Amazing BoP work there...
Pit Stop
The #7 Audi, running one spot behind the #8, has made a stop too.
Pit Stop
The leader pits. The #2 Porsche is into the pits after a 13-lap stint since that unscheduled stop for a puncture.
Pit Stop
The leading LMP2 car, the #36 Alpine, is in the pits as well.
Lapierre stays in the #36 for another stint.
#64 Corvette in the pits from sixth place. Looks like he's staying in .
So, the Toyotas are back in front, Sarrazin leading Nakajima by nine seconds. And the #2 Porsche is just two seconds behind the second Toyota. We have a race on our hands, here...
It's getting lighter at Le Mans, as it should be. It's 5.34 in the morning. About 9hr30 to go...
Scott Dixon stops for gas in the #69 Ford, heads back out no problem.
Lieb dropped a couple of seconds on the last lap. He's now 12 seconds off the lead and a little over four seconds behind the second Toyota.
And now it's Scuderia Corsa's turn to pit their Ferrari. Jeff Segal stays on board. He's doing a great job in the 458 Italia.
Lieb in the 3m26s again. Nakajima fastest man in the Top 3, taking another half a second out of the lead.
Pit Stop
The #26 Oreca Nissan pits from third in the LMP2 class.
Pitstops notwithstanding, it's very strange to see those magnificent Corvette C7.Rs languishing in 8th and 9th, two laps off the lead of GTE Pro.
Gap at the very front down to less than six seconds now.
Bourdais really getting with the program now. A 3min52.484sec lap pulls the #68 Ford GT within 30sec of Fisichella's Ferrari.

Lieb hurtling through the dawn now and is just 2.5sec from the second Toyota of Nakajima.
In case you're wondering – and we're sure some people are – Lapierre's Signatech Alpine leads LMP2 by 2min15 ahead of Thiriet's TDS Racing Oreca.
Pit Stop
And Nakajima pits the #5 Toyota.
And he's away without apparent problem, but now in third.
Pit Stop
Fisichella pits the #82 Ferrari from the lead of the GTE Pro class. Toni Vilander takes over the driving duties.
Nine hours to go.
Pit Stop
Our leader, Stephane Sarrazin, pits the #6 Toyota TS050.
Pit Stop
The fourth place LMP2 car, G-Drive's Gibson-Nissan, stops and resumes.
Hour 15 Leaders
LMP1: #6 Toyota TS050 - Hybrid
LMP2: #36 Signatech-Alpine Alpine A460 Nissan
GTE-Pro: #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488
GTE-Am: #62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458

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