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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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Beche pits the #46 TDS Oreca, giving Menezes some respite in the leading LMP2 Signatech Alpine.
LMP2 lead battle is down to 15s between #36 and #46.
The #13 Rebellion moves back into fifth place after the #7's issue.
So the #6 Toyota is back in the lead, with Kobayashi at the wheel.
The #7 Audi is on the move again. Looks like he's recycled the electronics successfully. He's still going slowly, however.
Fassler is behind the wheel, and the car is off the track, sat on the Bugatti circuit loop.
#7 Audi has stopped at the Esses after the Dunlop Bridge!
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.
I thought that was a slow stop for Kobayashi, suddenly Dumas is in the lead by 17s!
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.
The LMP2-leading Signatech Alpine has just stopped too.
Kobayashi takes over the #6 Toyota out front from Conway.
Davidson takes over the #5 Toyota, Fassler is in the #7 Audi.
Buemi pits the #5 Toyota, just as the #7 Audi does likewise.
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.
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.
In GTE Pro, the gap between Malucelli's #82 Ferrari and Briscoe's #69 Ford is 36.3s.
Shout out to the #13 Rebellion, as it's still on the same lap as the #7 Audi as we approach half distance.
The ByKolles pits. It hasn't caught fire for quite some time now. Progress.
Up front, Conway and Dumas lap within a tenth of each other. It's high-speed stalemate right now.
Another GTE Pro driver change, Hand takes over the third-placed #69 Ford from Muller.
Menezes now with a 47s gap over Beche, who in turn is just five seconds clear of Stevens.
Beche relinquishes the lead in LMP2 as he brings in the #46.
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.
The LMP2 battle is hotting up as well, just six seconds split Beche and Menezes. Will Stevens now aboard the #26 in third.
And the Swiss passes the Austrian, that's another position for the #7 Audi.
Fastest man on the track? Hartley is lapping in the 3m23s bracket in the #1 Porsche. Not much good when it's 53rd overall...
Fassler right on Kraihamer's tail in the battle for P5 overall.
Another car in the gravel - this time the #60 Ferrari of Johnny Laursen at the Dunlop chicane.
Don't forget we've got a livestream from Ford, check it out...

 

 

And now the GTE Pro leading #82 Ferrari is in too.
Rast now pits the #26 G-Drive Oreca from second in class.
That was a 15-lap stint that time, albeit one helped by the safety car.

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