Nico Muller leads Le Mans for Peugeot after eight hours, with former leader Alessandro Pier Guidi stuck in the gravel at the first chicane.
Pier Guidi, in the #51 Ferrari 499P, spun at the first chicane after trying to avoid contact between two cars ahead of him. This meant the Peugeot of Muller, which was formerly second, has inherited the lead, with the sister #50 Ferrari of Nicklas Nielsen in second, a minute abnd 129 seconds.
In yet more chaos, the #66 JMW Ferrari and #7 Toyota have also come together, with Kobayashi stopped on track just past Tertre Rouge.
After a highly eventful first quarter of the race, and then a further eventful hour as the rain returned in droves alongside the Mulsanne straight, causing cars to go spearing off everywhere.
However, through the chaos, Pier Guidi managed to keep it on the black stuff and pulled a gap to his competition. He had a 50 second gap to Muller but is slipping down the order while he waits to be recovered by the marshals.
The Peugeot, meanwhile, is performing well after a lacklustre qualifying. The claims of better race pace from Peugeot, though, appear to have to come fruition, with both cars staying reliable too. That said, Jean-Eric Vergne spun under the previous safety car and beached his car in the gravel, requiring the marshals to extract him and losing 2 laps in the process.
Earl Bamber is third in the # Cadillac V-Series.R.
In LMP2, #34 Inter Europol Oreca 07-Gibson’s Fabio Scherer, who fractutred a bone in his foot earlier in the day, is leading, with an over 40 second gap to Robert Kubica in the #41 WRT Oreca 07-Gibson. Ben Barnicoat in the #80 AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson is third in class.
In GTE-Am, Matteo Cairoli leads in the #56 Project 1 AO Porsche 911 RSR-19, while Michelle Gatting is second in the #85 Iron Dames Porsche 911 RSR-19. Davide Rigon is third in the #54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
Nico Muller leads Le Mans for Peugeot after eight hours, with former leader Alessandro Pier Guidi stuck in the gravel at the first chicane.
Pier Guidi, in the #51 Ferrari 499P, spun at the first chicane after trying to avoid contact between two cars ahead of him. This meant the Peugeot of Muller, which was formerly second, has inherited the lead, with the sister #50 Ferrari of Nicklas Nielsen in second, a minute abnd 129 seconds.
In yet more chaos, the #66 JMW Ferrari, #7 Toyota and #35 Alpine LMP2 car have also come together, with Kobayashi currently stopped on track just past Tertre Rouge.
After a highly eventful first quarter of the race, and then a further eventful hour as the rain returned in droves alongside the Mulsanne straight, causing cars to go spearing off everywhere.
However, through the chaos, Pier Guidi managed to keep it on the black stuff and pulled a gap to his competition. He had a 50 second gap to Muller but is slipping down the order while he waits to be recovered by the marshals.
The Peugeot, meanwhile, is performing well after a lacklustre qualifying. The claims of better race pace from Peugeot, though, appear to have to come fruition, with both cars staying reliable too. That said, Jean-Eric Vergne spun under the previous safety car and beached his car in the gravel, requiring the marshals to extract him and losing 2 laps in the process.
Earl Bamber is third in the # Cadillac V-Series.R.
In LMP2, #34 Inter Europol Oreca 07-Gibson’s Fabio Scherer, who fractutred a bone in his foot earlier in the day, is leading, with an over 40 second gap to Robert Kubica in the #41 WRT Oreca 07-Gibson. Ben Barnicoat in the #80 AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson is third in class.
In GTE-Am, Matteo Cairoli leads in the #56 Project 1 AO Porsche 911 RSR-19, while Michelle Gatting is second in the #85 Iron Dames Porsche 911 RSR-19. Davide Rigon is third in the #54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
