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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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Pit Stop
The #6 Toyota hits the lane for its 27th stop.
Penalty
The #28 Pegasus entry has been given a drive-through for speeding in pitlane. Ines Taittinger is currently behind the wheel.
The gap at the front is just hanging around the 30 second mark.
Nicolas Lapierre looks ready to jump in the class-leading #36 LMP2 entry.
Pit Stop
The #36 Signatech is in the lane. Richelmi out, Lapierre in.
Video
#1 Porsche is up to 15th now. Remember when it hit trouble in the middle of the night? Refresh your memory of the night-time action with our highlights package...

 

 

The LMP2 leader has more than a lap up its sleeve. Barring absolute disaster, Lapierre will bring it home for victory.
Video
In GTE Pro, it looks like Ford is going to repeat its victory over Ferrari of 1966.
Remember, you can watch Ford's own stream of the action here...

 

 

Pit Stop
The #7 Audi pits, with Marcel Fassler jumping on board.
Stopwatch
Gap update in GTE Am: Motorsport.com-backed Jeff Segal's Ferrari leads David Heinemeier Hansson's Porsche by 2m53s.
Pit Stop
Second last round of stops coming up. Jani kicks it off in the #2 Porsche.
Video

Here's our latest highlights package, to bring you up to date.

It's been some battle up at the front...

 

 

Pit Stop
Nakajima now pits in the outright-leading #5 Toyota.
Both the leading cars just took on fuel. They're back on a pretty similar strategy now.
Crash
More trouble for Ines Taittinger and the #28 Pegasus entry. She's stuck in the gravel.
That means we have some slow zones.
Video
A look back to the crash that finally did for the #44 Manor...

 

 

Crash
How many times have we seen that #28 car spin or in the gravel this weekend?
Pit Stop
Fisichella pits the #82 Ferrari from second in GTE Pro.
A scary moment for the #69 Ford, as it laps a Porsche at the Ford Chicane without much margin for error. It is third in GTE Pro.

In WEC terms, this has been a disastrous Le Mans for Ferrari, and it's had to rely on the Risi machine that runs in IMSA to shine.

In fact, IMSA series cars run 1-2-3 in GTE Pro, the first WEC regular is the fourth-placed Ford of Pla, ahead of the two Astons.

And it's also a US-run car that rules in GTE Am, so this has been a great Le Mans for the GTs from across the Pond.
Crash
And we have a fire on track.
It's the #28 Pegasus.
Yellow Flag
A fire at the right-rear corner. Tattinger is out and OK.
The car is stranded, just off the left of the circuit, on the run  to Indianapolis.
Crash
A video montage of the #28's offs and spins. This could take some time...
Pit Stop
The GTE Pro leading car pits.
Video
It's our F1 technical expert Giorgio Piola's first Le Mans 24 Hours, and – as he tells James Allen in our video – there's a huge difference between overtaking in sportscars compared to the F1 that he's used to...

 

 

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Bill Sweedler in the GTE Am-leading Ferrari: "We're not even going to comment on the race, it's just head down and still pushing. I've don enough 24 hours and endurance racing, you know what can still happen. We've just got one more hour to go."
Gap at the front is still 28s. It's not getting any bigger, but Jani is making any ground forward either. Traffic-induced fluctuations aside, obviously.
The AF Corse Ferrari has moved up into second in GTE Am, following a pitstop for the #88 Porsche.
Crash
Ben Keating has had a spin.
He's beached the Murphy Oreca. Yellow flags are out.
Pit Stop
At the same time, the class-leading LMP2 pits again.
Pit Stop
The #6 Toyota pits from third place.
Pit Stop
The #83 Ferrari has pitted in GTE Am, so the #88 Porsche is back into its rightful second.
We are well into the final hour now – will there be a sting in the tail of this 84th 24 Hours of Le Mans?

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