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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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A reminder of the order in GTE Pro, it's Ford-Ferrari-Ford at the moment with Muller's #68 leading Vilander's #82 and Westbrook's #69.

The #95 Aston Martin, now with Nicki Thiim driving, is up to fourth ahead of Olivier Pla in the best of the WEC-entered Fords.
Stopwatch
Just four seconds between second-placed Buemi in Toyota #5 and Dumas in Porsche #2. Conway is well over a minute clear.
Mechanical problem
There's signs of life from the #1 Porsche. It is now 14 laps down. A mechanic is sitting in the driving seat, so it's not imminent – but its engine is at least running now.
Pit Stop
Leader Jani pits the #1 Porsche, hands over to Dumas.
Lights out
Audi #7 has had another warning over its visibility panels.
After a poor lap from Conway, Jani is now 10s clear up front in Porsche #1.
Pit Stop
The LMP2 leader, the #46 Thiriet by TDS, has been in the pits, with Beche taking the wheel. That car still has a minute advantage over Lapierre's #36 Signatech.
Crash
Remy Striebig drives off the track for no particular reason once again in the Pegasus Morgan. Oh, and there's Tracy Krohn limping around too. Who'd have guessed? What a pair.
Jani is gapping Conway – it's out to 5.7s. Top three cars are lapping within 0.4s of each other.
The #66 Ford, which dropped out of the lead fight a while ago with an electrical issue, is having its pitstop investigated.
Mechanical problem
The #1 Porsche is last of the factory LMP1 hybrids, it has now lost 10 laps. Is that the end of the WEC title defence of Webber, Hartley and Bernhard?

Buemi is running third in Toyota #5, 1m18s off the leaders.

Duval is fourth in Audi #8.

Jani leads by 1.7s at the stripe.
Pat Long in the #88 Porsche meanwhile still out in front in the GTE Am class.
Well after a scare that the safety cars had messed this race up, we now have a race on our hands again. However, the #6 Toyota is pitting much later than the #2 Porsche in the cycle.
GTE Pro update: It's the #68 Ford of Muller from the #82 Ferrari of Vilander and  the #69 Ford of Westbrook, which just pitted now.
And Jani blasts pasts Conway to take the lead!
Conway rejoins with a lovely empty track in front of him – but right in front of Jani, who attacks into Dunlop!
Pit Stop
And Sarrazin pits, with a 2m24s lead in Toyota #6's pocket.
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The defending LMP2 class winners aren't done just yet.
Mechanical problem
One car that's not racing is Porsche #1. It is still firmly stuck in the garage.
Green Flag
Safety Car in - we're racing!
Leader Sarrazin is going to pit #6 and hand over to Conway, who starred in his first stint.
Pit Stop
Fisichella pits the #82 Ferrari to hand back to Vilander, the Risi-run 488 dropping to third in GTE Pro.
In other good news for Toyota #6, he's only got six cars in front of him, until he will get a clear track.
Breaking news
OK: Sarrazin is behind safety car B, and Jani is behind safety car C. Hence the big discrepancies in lap times between them.
Mechanical problem
The #78 KCMG Porsche is having some trouble and is not at full power.
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Race Control: "We are fixing the guardrail in some places, we hope this won't take long."
Pit Stop
#5 Toyota pits from third, he was right behind Jani's #2 when he did. New nose goes on the car.
Stopwatch
More bewilderment: Sarrazin laps in 6m58s, Jani laps in 8m22s. The gap between the leaders is now 3m45s!
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Race Control: "Car 61 is losing parts from the rear. For your information we are cleaning the track."
The #27 BR01 of Mikhail Aleshin is under investigation for overtaking behind the Safety Car...
The AMR team has gotten the #98 back into the race after that shunt.
That issue for the #36 means the #46 Thiriet by TDS car is now a lap in the clear in LMP2.

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