Audi and Toyota battle with each other. The LMP1 cars have amazing acceleration, adding 500 horsepower off the corners. Loic Duval moves around Timo Bernhard ass Andre Lotterer pits from fourth, going straight onto slick tires. Frederic Makowiecki in the Porsche 911 RSR has passed Dirk Mueller in the Ford GT. Loic Duval and Sebastien Buemi, are battling each other. Buemi looks inside, and he makes the pass without going offline into the corner with no name. Stephane Sarrazin crashed there, in practice. The #64 Corvette pits for slick tires. The Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE has pitted going for slick tires. Mike Conway and Toyota now lead Le Mans. Porsche has been abusing their tires. You have to be very careful about how many sets of tires you have.
The #1 Porsche is in the lane for slick tires. Aston Martin is running well in LM GTE Pro at the moment as has the #71 AF Corse Ferrari. There are two GTE Am Corvette's here, and endurance racing legend Johnny O'Connell is running in one of them, as we see the Alpine's pitting and one of the Ford GT's as well as a Corvette. We have completed 12 laps. The #49 MSR Ligier Honda has to pit to serve it's penalty, and needs to fix a punctured tire, too. Porsche #2 pits, and will have a driver change. Romain Dumas, Neel Jani, and Marc Lieb share that car, as the #1 sister car has Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber, and Timo Bernhard.
This race has quite the driver lineup including former Formula 1 and IndyCar drivers, and active drivers from the Formula E series. Porsche, Corvette, and Ferrari, battle for GT honors. All we need here, is one of the Ford's. Someone has lost a wheel. What happened there? Patrick Pilet, Giancarlo Fisicehlla, and Tommy Milner. One of the Ferrari's has lost a wheel. But, which one is it? Not sure. The run from Mulsanne to Indianapolis is the fastest on this track since the chicanes were put in on the Mulsanne straight back in 1990. The #49 Mike Shank Racing Ligier Honda pits to serve it's penalty.
Andre Lotterer in one ofn the Audi's is now in the garage. Brendon Hartley is aggressive through one of the corners. The #60 Ferrari limped around this 8.5 mile track, but is now in the garage. Emergency service continus on the #7 Audi R18 eTron Quattro. Dark clouds are gathering, and we'll have more rain for another quarter of an hour, as Loic Duval has passed the Porsche. The speed comparison betwen LMP1 Hybrid, private LMP1, and LMP2 is on full display, and we continue to watch this great battle between Audi and Porsche. Audi now runs a battery for energy recovery with six mega joules, while the Porsche's still run the eight mega joule system.
Porsche has reworked the car and is using last year's battery pack that they won with. Light rain on the front straight, and through Tetre Rouge onto the Mulsanne straight. Le Mans is in the Sarthe region of France. NASCAR Sprint Cup six-time champion, says the Daytona 500, the Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500, the Baja 1,000, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, are all special. Mike Conway has set fastest lap so far. Toyota is definitely in the game. But, the #7 Audi is still in the garage. The Audi is now back on track. But, they are five laps down.
Brendon Hartly is being hounded by Loic Duval at the moment. Push the button, 500 horsepower from the internal combustion engine + 500 horsepower from the electric motors, and, whoosh! These guys have only about 900-950 horsepower at Le Mans, but, it's still a lot. The Porsche is the only car with two kinetic Motor Generator Units. The Toyota's are stepping up their pace. What can you tell your driver, except, "hey buddy, go for it!" Mike Conway continues to hound Loic Duval as Brendon Hartley continues to lead. The balance is in favor of Porsche over Audi and Toyota at the moment. Patrick Pilet and Sam Bird, battle. Pilet in the Porsche, and Sam Bird in the AF Corse Ferrari.
Patrick Pilet tries his best to get around one of the Aston Martin's. The Ferrari has a run as we watch more Prototype action. The Ferrari makes the pass on the Porsche into the Porsche curves. The rain has stayed away. The #67 Ford GT is still in the garage. We see actor Brad Pitt. Pitt could be involved in a movie about Ford vs. Ferrari. We are nearly two hours into the 24 Hours of Le Mans. For the moment, we are dry at Le Mans as Oliver Gavin chases Dirk Mueller. Ford vs. Chevrolet is hot and heavy in LM GTE Pro, as we watch the #6 Toyota get squeezed by an LMP2 car! There's no need for that nonsense. There's plenty of room on track.
There are puddles in the grass beside the track. Richard Westbrook in the #69 Ford GT has taken the lead in LM GTE Pro. He shares with Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon, as we watch the #2 Porsche 919 make a pit stop.
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