24 hours: Audi retains control

After more than two hours of racing, Benoît Tréluyer (Audi n°2) is the leader of the race ahead of the two Peugeots of Anthony Davidson and Simon Pagenaud. The 908 No. 8 slips behind the 908 Oreca following brake distributor problems.

Published on 11/06/2011 à 18:32

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At the end of the refueling salvo, the No. 2 Audi of Benoît Tréluyer remained in the lead before about forty seconds ahead of the No. 908 7 of Anthony Davidson and the No. 9 of simon pagenaud. Romain Dumas was in fourth position in the n°1 Audi, but his offbeat strategy with a stop ahead caused him to slip to sixth place.

The Frenchman is ahead of Nicolas lapierre (908 Oreca n°10) and the 908 n°8 of Stéphane Sarrazin, who remained in the pits for a few moments following a failure of the brake distributor stuck at the rear.

Alexandre Prémat (No. 48 Oreca) leads the LMP2 category after a puncture in the No. 26 Signatech Nissan, now seventh in the category. Danny Watts (Strakka n°42) is second ahead of Olivier Lombard (Zytek n°41).

Corvette remains at the top of the GTE Pro with Jan Magnussen (Corvette No. 74). The Dane is pursued by the BMWs, with Augusto Farfus (BMW n°55) and Dirk Müller (BMW n°56) in order. Fabien Giroix (Aston Martin n°60) is leader of the GTE Am category.