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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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The #67 Ford is finally back on track in the hands of Harry Tincknell, albeit in P60 and last - and 18 laps behind 59th place...
Pit Stop
The #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche is in, no driver change.
The #82 Risi Ferrari has cycled into the lead of the Pro class while KCMG remains in control of the Am field.
Mechanical problem
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We've got a few people making a mark on their first 24 Hours of Le Mans – but surely the most impressive so far has been Roberto Merhi, who has blitzed the LMP2 pace from the start.
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Here's a look at how the race started, once the safety car had pulled off...
Progress update on the #7 Audi. It is 38th overall, six laps down after that earlier turbocharger change.
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Conway is back in the groove after a few relatively slow laps. He sets a new fastest lap in the #6 Toyota in 3m22.155s. Swift!
Webber and Lieb poised to take over the #1 and #2 Porsches respectively at their next pitstops. They are suited and booted... and helmeted.
Mechanical problem
Black and orange flag for the #4 ByKolles for excessive cockpit temperature. When it rains...
Stopwatch
The lead gap is down to 8.5s.
Pit Stop
The #8 Audi pits, we can expect the #1 Porsche in next.
Pit Stop
Duval hands over #8 to Jarvis. New rubber for him.
Pit Stop
#1 pits, leader Hartley out Webber in. Fresh rubber for the reigning world champion.
This is Conway's avenue of opportunity to cap his best-ever WEC stint, can he give Toyota the lead outright while Webber gets up to speed? Or will Webber's fresh rubber be the key to extend Porsche's lead?
Stopwatch
Conway is down into the mid-3m23s.
Pit Stop
The #2 Porsche 'tortoise' is in the pits. Dumas out, Lieb in.
The #43 RGR Sport Ligier finally emerges from the pits, but Ricardo Gonzalez finds himself last in class and 58th overall.
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Hartley after his race-leading stint: "It was good. Bit too long under the safety car at the beginning, Pitting early for slicks was the right call. We didn't know how long we could make the tyres last, but the car was very good. Toyota's pace is very good, the times seem very close."
Stopwatch
The top three in GTE-Pro have all just run their personal best laps of the race with the leading Risi Ferrari quickest - 3:54.288.
Update from Audi on the #7's troubles...
Stopwatch
Webber is pretty much matching Conway's pace at the front.

Good battle for second in LMP2 right now between Mathias Beche in the Thiriet by TDS #46 Oreca and the similar KCMG-run #47 of Richard Bradley.

They are 54s behind the amazing Merhi in the #44 Manor.

Pit Stop
Conway bails out of the #6 Toyota, Kobayashi in. And fresh tyres.
Crash
Offs! One of the SMPs takes a gravelly adventure, but the #34 has a more serious moment, screeching to a halt at Indianapolis.
Pit Stop
Davidson is now out in the #5 Toyota.
Stopwatch
So let's reset: Webber's #1 Porsche leads Kobayashi's #6 Toyota by 7.2s.
Change for P2 in GTE Pro - the #68 Ford of Joey Hand has moved clear of the sister #69 car of Ryan Briscoe.

The #51 Ferrari is also back on track after a 50-minute spell in the garage after that electrical issue.
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Conway after exiting the #6 car: "The car seems to be getting better as the stints go on. We're trying to extends our stints as long as we can."
Pit Stop
Woah! Merhi has a huge moment at the Porsche Curves on his in-lap. He flirts with the gravel trap, and dives into the pits. What. A. Stint.
Pit Stop
Now that was odd, the #5 Toyota made a second pitstop – one lap after its last one.
Pit Stop
Kevin Estre will take over the #91 Porsche from Nick Tandy during this pit stop.
Here's your answer from Toyota...
That has gifted fourth place to the #2 Porsche.
Mechanical problem
#91 Porsche in the garage. Trouble.
Mechanical problem
Also hearing of boost issues with the #71 Ferrari. Just what AF Corse needs after the #51 electrical problems.
Pit Stop
After that delay, Davidson's #5 Toyota has fallen 1m25s off the pace. That unscheduled pitstop cost just under a minute.
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KCMG cars running together right now, and they're both leading their classes! The LMP2 car is a temporary lead, as the #44 Manor just pitted.

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