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WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours – Race

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And he goes through!
Hand pulls out...
Vilander defends into the first Mulsanne Chicane.
Vilander and Hand now nose to tail. Ferrari versus Ford. The battle they all wanted to see.
Yellow Flag
As usual there's some repeat offenders when it comes to moments of ineptitude...
Crash
#28 has spun AGAIN. The exit of the Porsche Curves. And he noses it into the wall.
Stopwatch
The LMP2 lead continues to decrease, the gap from Rao to Hirakawa now down to 14s.
Stopwatch
Kobayashi lays down a 3m23.404s at the head of the field, that's in Conway territory. The #6 car has some ground to make up, however.
Getting tasty in GTE Pro, with Hand's Ford less than a second behind Vilander's Ferrari.
Crash
A quick spin by the #28 Pegasus Morgan, not its first this weekend. Striebig at the wheel.
Photo
Remember to check out our constantly growing photo gallery for this iconic race ... Over 1,500 photos so far, including shots from the start of the 24.

 

#8 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18: Lucas di Grassi, Loic Duval, Oliver Jarvis
#8 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18: Lucas di Grassi, Loic Duval, Oliver Jarvis

Photo by: Eric Gilbert

 

Stopwatch
Kobayashi claws 3s back on Webber now the track is fully green.
Webber rejoins only 27s behind Kobayashi, who has inherited the lead for a while.
Green Flag
All slow zones have been lifted.
Pit Stop
#1 Porsche has pitted for fuel, #2 follows suit.
KCMG leads a Porsche 1-2 in GTE Am, Camathias in the #78 is 12s clear of the similar 911 of of Heinemeier Hansson.
In GTE Pro, the #82 Risi Ferrari of Vilander is 8s clear of the #69 Ford GT of Briscoe.
Manor's LMP2 lead has been trimmed to 26s now Matt Rao is aboard the #44. Hirakawa is aboard the chasing Thiriet by TDS Oreca.
Stopwatch
One theory on the Toyota's loss to Webber would be if Webber passed the accident scene under waved yellows, then it changed to slow zone (80kph) when Kobayashi arrived there. That would explain the big time loss.
Pit Stop
#8 Audi pits from third.
Crash
Tracy Krohn has been off in the #40 Ligier. No surprises there.
Stopwatch
Webber's lead is up to 24.645s. That really has undone a lot of Conway's good work in the #6 Toyota. Jarvis is 45s off the lead in the #8 Audi.
Stopwatch
Kobayashi lost another 7s to Webber on that lap. Not sure if this is the slow zones playing havoc, or what.
Hour 4 Leaders
LMP1: #1 Porsche 919
LMP2: #44 Manor
GTE-Pro: #68 Ganassi Ford GT
GTE-Am: #78 KCMG Porsche 911
Sorenson passed them both in the #95 Aston, up to seventh in class.
Milner and Rigon, no holds barred right there.
Crash
#64 Corvette cruises past #71 Ferrari – but they get into each other at the Mulsanne Chicane!
Crash
#34 has gone off again. Up another escape road.
Mechanical problem
Problem with the #13 Rebellion. Stopping in the pits. Now it goes.
Yellow Flag
Slow zones now declared at Dunlop.
Crash
The #89 Porsche lost control at the Dunlop Curve and – boom! Smashes into the tyres, rear and then front.
Stopwatch
Horrible lap from Kobayashi, 3m31s. He's now 14s behind Webber.
Yellow Flag
A lot of damage, the #89 has smashed into the barriers on the right at the Dunlop Chicane.
Crash
#89 Proton Porsche is off!
Mechanical problem
Uh oh, #91 rejoins with fluid leaking from left-rear corner.

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