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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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Pit Stop
It's now a Toyota 1-2, as the #8 Audi pits.
Pit Stop
#1 Porsche also pits.
So the Toyotas, and Jani's Porsche, are the only LMP1 cars not to pit for slicks.
Penalty
Our first penalty of the race goes to the #49 Michael Shank Ligier car for using a second engine. Five-minute stop-and-go for Vanthoor.
The #49 is actually leading LMP2 after stops for the #26 and #36.
Very tricky conditions out there now, dry line but with treacherous damp patches.
The #1 Porsche is ahead of the #8 Audi, but for how long? Looks like Duval is quicker.
Pit Stop
Both Toyotas pit from the lead of the race, #2 Porsche is in too.
So who's going to be in the lead now? Lotterer in the #7 Audi?
Pit Stop
All the GTE Pro cars have been in the pits now. Order is Makowiecki from Westbrook and Calado at the head of the field.

Erstwhile leader Muller has lost a lot of time.
It appears Toyota stayed out too long.
#7 Audi leads the #1 Porsche and the #8 Audi. Best Toyota is now fourth.
The #44 Manor Oreca leads LMP2 as the Shank car pits.
After Corvette's horror show in qualifying, Gavin has the #64 car up to a respectable fourth in GTE Pro.
Pit Stop
#1 Porsche managed a 1m14s pitstop, the quickest of the leaders, to the #7 Audi's 1m18s.
Let's reset things for you: Lotterer leads in #7 Audi, ahead of Hartley, who is now in the #1 Porsche. Duval is third in #8 Audi.
Lotterer's lead is 8.47s.
Conway and Buemi have dropped to fourth and fifth respectively in their Toyotas, with the polesitting #2 Porsche the big loser in the first 20 minutes of racing. It's now sixth, 43s off the lead.
Gavin has lost a spot to Pilet in the battle for fourth in GTE Pro, with Fisichella's Ferrari close behind.
And 'Fisico' is through into fifth for the #82 Ferrari.
Make that fourth as the Italian ace drafts ahead of Pilet's Porsche.
From earlier...
Stopwatch
Hartley is the fastest man on track in the second-placed #1 Porsche, a 3m26.254s.
Cloud
Suddenly it's all gone a bit dark at Le Mans. The cloud cover is increasing...
Mechanical problem
#7 Audi is in the garage!
The #60 Ferrari also wheeled into the box.
The Lotterer Audi that was in the lead is now being worked upon frantically.
Incidentally, GTE Am is now being led by the #89 car of Leh Keen for Proton, the team down to two men after Cooper MacNeil was taken ill.
Quote
Race Control: "Rain expected and it will last 15 minutes."
How topsy-turvy is this race? The #8 Audi passes the #1 Porsche for the lead!
Duval now leads Hartley, they are 8s up the road from the Toyota of Conway.
Mechanical problem
Huge smoke in the Audi garage from the wounded #7 car. This looks bad.
GTE Pro update: Makowiecki in the #92 Porsche leading the way by some 14 seconds from Westbrook's #69 Ford after that early surge. 

Calado, Fisichella, Pilet round out your top five.
The gap between the leaders is still less than a second after 17 laps.
In LMP2, Merhi has a huge 21 second lead in the #44 Manor from nearest challenger Beche in the #46 Thiriet by TDS car.

Then it's the #42 Strakka, the #38 G-Drive and the #47 KCMG.
It's a super scrap for third in LMP2. Jonny Kane (43) goes at it with Jake Dennis (20).
Rain
Rain reported in the final section of the Porsche curves...
Leader catches the ByKolles in the Porsche Curves, Hartley is right on Duval's tail. Gap down to less than half a second!

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