The situation after 20 Hours

• One after the another, the two leading Peugeots pitted for a rear bodywork change. The ACO marshals asked the Velizy works team for the change because of serious deterioration of the ventilation grills.


• The driver of the #3 Audi lost control of the car at Indianapolis, and had a brief encounter with the gravel trap. The marshals gave him a little push in order to rejoin the track, and he then made it back to the pits to get rid of the debris from the car.
• After spinning under the Safety Car, Christian Bakkerud had to bring the car back into the pits in order to replace the damaged front bodywork. The mechanics didn't have a spare, so they recycled a repaired one.
• Pierre Ehret incurred a stop-and-go penalty at 10:10 this morning. The former Wall Street banker overtook another car during a Safety Car period. The car was 32nd overall, 8th in LM GT2 class, but this penalty should have no effect on its position.
• Christophe Bouchut brought the #99 JMB Racing Ferrari F430 back into the pits with only three wheels on his wagon. He had lost the rear left wheel at Arnage corner while limping back after a puncture. The mechanics are currently changing the rear left wheel hub.
• The third Audi R15 has once again come back to its pits. The car was obviously unstable when Romain Dumas brought it down the pit lane. The mechanics subsequently changed the front end and the steering rack in just about five minutes. Romain Dumas handed over the car to Alexandre Prémat.

  In 28th place overall and next to last in LM P1, more than fifty laps down, Audi can't expect much more for the #3 car than to finish the race.

The top spots
LMP1
1 - 9 Peugeot
2 - 8 Peugeot
3 - 1 Audi

LMP2
1 - 31 Essex Porsche
2 - 5 Goh Porsche
3 - 33 Speedy Sebah

GT1
1 - 63 Corvette
2 - 64 Corvette
3 - 73 Luc Alphand

GT2
1 - 82 Risi
2 - 97 BMS Scuderia Italia
3 - 76 IMSA Performance