The night atmosphere at Le Mans
All the news and the top three class positions after 13 hours
LMP1
1. 7 LM P1 M.Gene, N.Minassian, J.Villeneuve Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 214 3:41.613
2. 2 LM P1 R.Capello, A.McNish, T.Kristensen Audi Sport North America Audi R10 213 1 Lap
3. 9 LM P1 F.Montagny, R.Zonta, C.Klein Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 212 2 Laps
LMP2
10. 34 LM P2 P.van Merksteijn, J.Verstappen, J.Bleeke Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche RS Spyder 202 12 Laps
11. 31 LM P2 J.Nielsen, C.Elgaard, S.Maassen Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder 200 14 Laps
14. 35 LM P2 P.Ragues, M.Lahaye, C.Cheng Saulnier Racing Pescarolo Judd 193 21 Laps
GT1
16. 00 LM GT1 D.Brabham, D.Turner, A.Garcia Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 192 1.211
17. 63 LM GT1 J.O'Connell, J.Magnussen, R.Fellows Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R 192 37.258
18. 00 LM GT1 H.-H.Frentzen, A.Piccini, K.Wendlinger Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 192 2:21.449
GT2
25. 82 LM GT2 M.Salo, J.Melo, G.Bruni Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GTC 182 32 Laps
27. 96 LM GT2 T.Mullen, R.Bell, T.Sugden Virgo Motorsport Ferrari F430 GTC 181 33 Laps
28. 97 LM GT2 F.Babini, P.Ruberti, M.Malucelli BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari F430 GTC 180 34 Laps
- The #26 Team Bruichladdich Radical, Radical AER SR9, has been in the pits for around twenty minutes. There are two problems, the car is over heating and it also picked up some body damage after getting a puncture. It is still in the pits.
- The #8 Team Peugeot Total, Peugeot 908 HDI FAP has been in the pits due to overheating. They pumped dry ice through the system to cool it all down, cleaned the radiators, and the car is now back out with Sarrazin at the wheel and it is currently the fastest of the Peugeots, although only running 8th, 9 laps behind the #7 Peugeot 908, but only 1 lap down from the 6th place #17 Pescarolo.
Shortly after #8, the #9 Peugeot of Zonta and #7 car of Villeneuve undergo the same quick fix of the cooling system. - #4 Saulnier Racing, Pescarolo went into the pits and straight into its garage. The Team then set about changing the front left wheel bearing. This is a big job and it was not until 03:23hrs that they got the car back out. This was a long delay of around 29 minutes.
- #22 Tokai University - YGK Power, Courage-Oreca Ygk in its garage while the team set about fitting new, larger diameter coolant hoses for the brakes which are overheating. It is back out again
- The #20 Epsilon Euskadi, Epsilon Euskadi has been in the pits for at around three hours while the team changes the fuel tank. The car had suffered from a fuel leak earlier.This is a major job!
- The #32 Barazi Epsilon, Zytek 07S has been in its pit for 42 minutes so far. They are replacing the right hand side drive shaft. The car has dropped to 8th place in LM P2 class.